- Accession Number
- 1990-12-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 14 photographs
- Date
- 1908-1990
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by the Danson family. The records include a family history written by Bertram Danson, newspaper clippings, family portraits, a marriage certificate, an obiturary, correspondence and a brochure for Camp Winnebagoe, which was run by the Danson family.
- The photographs are housed in scrapbook sheets with some notations. They depict members of the Danson family
- Administrative History
- Barnett Danson emigrated to Canada from Russia in 1874. He returned to Russia in 1878 or 1879, divorced his wife and remarried to a Bertha Brase. Together they returned to Canada and had their first child, Rose, in 1885. The Dansons also had two sons, Joseph and Leo, who helped with their clothing and men's wear store in the west end of Toronto. There was another daughter named Flo.
- The Danson family belonged to the Toronto Hebrew Congregation--later to be know as Holy Blosson Synagogue. Barnett Danson was a charter member of the Bond Street Congregation.
- Bertha Danson died in 1914 and Barnett Danson died in 1919.
- Joseph B. Danson, along with his wife Sadie, was the founding director of Camp Winnebagoe in Muskoska, Ontario. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes.
- Joseph and Sadie had a son named Bertram Wolfe Danson in 1916 and two younger children named Marilyn and Barney.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1892]-1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of twenty-four black-and-white photographs with negatives. The photographs are of three generations of the Danson family. Some of the photographs depict family members at home, on holiday, and in group shots with friends.
- Included in the accession are photocopies of the original prints with notes indicating the names of the people, location and dates
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-11-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-11-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives)
- Date
- [ca. 1903]-1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two black-and-white photographs depicting Joseph Danson. One photograph depicts a group of young men with Joseph Danson in the front row. It was taken in approximately 1903 at Red Feather Camp in Munro Park, Scarborough. The second photograph is of Joseph Danson canoeing at Camp Winnebagoe and is dated 1946.
- Included are negatives for both photographs
- Administrative History
- Barnett Danson emigrated to Canada from Russia in 1874. He returned to Russia in 1878 or 1879, divorced his wife and remarried to a Bertha Brase. Together they returned to Canada and had their first child, Rose, in 1885. The Dansons also had two sons, Joseph and Leo, who helped with their clothing and men's wear store in the west end of Toronto. There was another daughter named Flo.
- The Danson family belonged to the Toronto Hebrew Congregation--later to be know as Holy Blosson Synagogue. Barnett Danson was a charter member of the Bond Street Congregation.
- Bertha Danson died in 1914 and Barnett Danson died in 1919.
- Joseph B. Danson, along with his wife Sadie, was the founding director of Camp Winnebagoe in Muskoska, Ontario. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes.
- Joseph and Sadie had a son named Bertram Wolfe Danson in 1916 and two younger children named Marilyn and Barney
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-1
- Material Format
- sound recording
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- 2 audio cassettes
- 1 audio disc
- 12 photographs (6 negatives)
- Date
- [ca. 1922]-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by Marc Bernstein. Included are the following records: audio cassettes; a Sacred Service record by Ernest Bloch with Leonard Bernstein conducting; and some individual scrapbook pages, photographs, and textual files from Cantor Bernstein's Summer Hotel at Lake Shore House and Cabins in Orillia.
- The audio cassettes contain recordings of Cantors Akiba Bernstein, Pinchos Borenstein, and Haynach Borenstein; a recording of Mary Simmons in early broadcasts; plus Cantors Akiva, Haynach, Hershal, and Archie Borenstein.
- Photographs include some portraits of family members and several group portraits
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Name Access
- Bernstein, Akiva
- Places
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-5-5
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [192-?]-1975
- Scope and Content
- The records in this accession document the Raxlen family and the Raxlen Clinic and Doctor's Hospital that was set up by the Raxlen brothers. The records also include personal correspondence between Katie Cherney and her mother, family photographs, greeting cards, press clippings and a booklet of articles written by Rabbi Fine of Peterborough. This booklet includes translated documents that he produced as rabbi from 1926 to 1934. Finally, there are three historic postcards documenting Holy Blossom's building on Bond Street, Jarvis Collegiate, and the Doctor's Hospital
- Custodial History
- Records were collected by Karen Fejer, the daughter of Alexander Raxlen.
- Administrative History
- The Raxlen brothers were born in Toronto in Cabbagetown, where their father operated a grocery store. The four brothers were Saul, Benjamin, Alexander, and Sam. All of the brothers graduated in medicine during the 1930s, except for Sam, who became a dentist. Together, they opened up the Raxlen Clinic in 1937, which was located on Carleton Street.
- In 1953, the brothers opened their own private hospital, the Doctor's Hospital, which was located on Brunswick Avenue. The hospital started in a ninety-year-old building that was owned by a religious order. The brothers modernized and expanded it from a facility accomodating 59 patients to one that could hold up to 168 beds by 1955. It soon became the largest privately-held, non-profit hospital in North America. By the time the brothers sold it during the late 1970s, it had 554 full-time staff and five hundred hospital beds.
- The other family documented in this accession is the Cherney family from Peterborough. The patriarch and matriarch were Abraham and B. Cherney. They had two children, Katie ("Kaye") and Meyer. Abraham and B. divorced, and Abraham remarried and had three more kids: Harry, Helen, and Louis. The family remained in Peterbough, but the ex-wife moved to Toronto. Kaye married Dr. Alexander Raxlen, and they had three children. Karen Fejer, their daughter, is the donor.
- Use Conditions
- Correspondence is restricted. Researchers must contact donor for permission to access them. The rest of the collection is open.
- Descriptive Notes
- Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Some of the photographs are the property of the City of Toronto Archives.
- Subjects
- Families
- Hospitals
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Doctor's Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)
- Fine, Abraham
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1900-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 6 photographs that document the Bossin Family. They include photographs of Hye Bossin, Sally, Bessie, Zossman and a friend, Mike Morrison. Other documents in this accession include publications such as: "If You Will It, It is No Fairy Tale: Theodore Herzl Fifty Years after his death," "A Saint in Street Clothes: Willie Frankel his Life and Loyalties," written by Hye Bossin, as well as three newsletters published by United Jewish People's Order (UJPO), Canadian Film Weekly and The Barker, and two editions of The Jewish Standard. There is also a Judean Glee Club programme for their third annual Kibitz under the direction of Hye Bossin. Finally, there is a copy of a certificate from the Jewish Colonial Trust made out to Sussi Bossin in 1900, and a Jewish Community Senior Softball League, Toronto programme and scorecard from 1932.
- Administrative History
- The Bossin family lived in Toronto. Hye Bossin (1906-1964) was editor, publisher, and columnist with the Canadian Film Weekly. He received many commendations and awards for his contribution to the motion picture industry and the promotion of the Canadian Film Archive.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 10 cm textual records
- Date
- 1927-1971
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials relating to the Agudath Achim Congregation in Port Colborne and personal materials relating to the Rudolph family.
- Specific documents relating to the synagogue include ledger and cash books, property asessment and insurance documents, executive correspondence, financial documents, congregant lists, various certificates and hand painted posters and signs.
- Documents relating to the Rudolph family include various high school and vocational school diplomas from St. Catharines, kettubahs, in memoriam posters and the Rudolph family tree.
- Custodial History
- Records were under the care of Sam Rudolph and the Agudath Achim Congregation in Port Colborne
- Administrative History
- Agudath Achim Congregation was located at 104 Catherine Street in Port Colborne and served the small but vibrant jewish community for many years. The synagogue was affiliated with the United Synagogues of America and the United Synagogue Education Commission.
- Sam Rudolph was born in 1927 and was an active member of the Agudath Achim Synagogue in Port Colborne. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the synagogue during the 1960s and early 1970s. His family owned a furntiure shop named Rudolph Furniture Ltd., opened the year of his birth, which he subsequently took over in his later years.
- Name Access
- Rudolph, Sam
- Agudath Achim Congregation (Port Colborne, Ont.)
- Places
- Port Colborne, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1974-001
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1974-001
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1907-1971
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Ostrovtzer Congregation and Society. Records include a 40th Anniversary Jubilee Book produced for its fortieth anniversary event held at the Beth Haknesseth Hagodol (Anshei Ostrovtze) on 19 February 1950. In addtion, there is a booklet for a testimonial dinner held in honour of Joshua J. Barsht (arranged by the Ostrowcer Synagogue and Society), notes from the meetings of the subcommittee on 58 Cecil Street to discuss the future of the building, and a ticket for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.
- Also included are documents for the Leranbaum-Nisker family including a marriage certificate (1907), correspondence regarding verification of ages of the bride and groom for old age security (1953), a Canadian certificate of naturalization, a death certificate, and several obituaries.
- This accession also includes phtographs of Mr. and Mrs. Zelig Nisker, Yukel Nesker, Isidore and Sylvia Rayman, and the Ostrovtzer Mutual Benefit Society Ladies Auxiliary.
- MG_RG
- MG3A22
- MG6K
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Nisker (family)
- Places
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1923-1930
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Max Bochner's certificate of honour from City of Toronto Public Schools (1923-1929); Minnie Bochner's certificate of proficiency in typewriting at the High School of Commerce, Toronto (1925); and Arthur Bochner's certificate of admission to a collegiate institution high school in Ontario (1930).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1928-1936
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of S. Levy's licence to operate radio receiving equipment in Toronto (1928-1929); gasoline handling licence granted to I. Levy of Levy's Hardware, Toronto (1934); and Isaac Levy's certificate of membership at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (1936).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1913-[ca. 1915]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one postcard from Palestine (now Israel) to Mr. Ed Goldstick; one postcard from Palestine (now Israel) to Mrs. E. Goldstick; and an invitation from B'Noth Zion Kadimah to a social gathering (1913).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 27 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1938]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of family photos including wedding and other formal portraits, and group photos. There is an immigration passport for Mindles Plecuto (born 1883) to Canada from Romania in 1928. There are 2 additional passports (probably Romanian) for other individuals who immigrated in 1910. Both are stamped on the back page with Canada Old Age Security numbers (one in 1957). In addition there are 4 immigration documents including an Inspection Card for Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival in Canada issued to Hodess Morkewicz on August 30, 1913.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records
- Subjects
- Families
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-33
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-33
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1905-[ca.1940]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the ketuba for the marriage in Hungary in 1905 or 1906 of the great-aunt and great-uncle of Marta Lorincz. Their family name was Tevan. The photographs are of family members in Hungary taken before the Second World War.
- Administrative History
- One branch of Marta Lorincz's family survived imprisonment in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. They remained in Hungary after the war and gave these materials to Marta when she emigrated to Canada. She was entrusted to donate them to a Jewish community archive for safekeeping.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-38
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1957-1961
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Teddy Jacobson's copy of a "Bencher" (a book of prayers, blessings, and hymns) for the bar mitzvah of Ronald S. Kimel on December 1, 1957 at Beth Sholom Synagogue, Toronto, and a Canadian passport issued to Rose Jacobson (nee Pischokski) on October 6, 1961.
- Administrative History
- Rose Jacobson was born on October 1, 1889 in Lodz, Poland.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1891-1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents concerning the application of Menachem Kernerman of Berdichev to live in Warsaw (1891-1892), and a 1912 London England birth certificate for Aaron Kernerman, son of Philip and Rebecca Kernerman. There are also immigration documents for the Kemerman family from Liverpool to Quebec City in 1914, a Certificate of Naturalization for Philip (1931) and a Certificate of Eligibility for Naturalization of Women of Foreign Birth for Rebecca (1934). Also included are University of Toronto Junior Matriculation reports for Morris Kernerman (1918-1920), a 1943 deed of land for cemetery plots for Philip and his wife in the McCaul Street Cemetery (Congregation Beth Medresh Hagodol Chevra Thilim), and two telegrams congratulating Philip and Rebecca on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1948.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Russian, Yiddish and English.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-12-5
- Material Format
- object
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Artifacts
- Photographs
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1884-1986
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs, textual records, and artifacts documenting the Sadowski family from Massey, Ontario. Records include family photographs, family correspondence, geneological information, and business records. Of note are photographs of the Sadowski General Store in Massey, a meal token from the store, a notebook documenting animal fur transactions (1920-1922), and a land survey of the Sadowski family property (1893).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1901-1931
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the marriage certificate of Philip Loeb (Taube) and Annie Dratha (December 2, 1901), a seat indenture document between Jacob Sherman and Congregation Shaarei Tzedek (1922), and two Hebrew engagement certificates for Dr. John Sherman and Etta Taube (1931).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1999-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1999-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the Labish and Noble families of Toronto. Identified are Yehudah Laibish Noble, Zelda Bayla Noble, Bluma (Blanche) Janowski, Miriam Press, Rose Stone, Ruth Lister, and Moishe (Morris), Florence, and Gertie.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Nana's Memoirs, a book by Mina Sprachman (1900-1991) transcribed from audio tape recordings made between approximately 1978 and 1986 and a Sprachman family tree compiled by Carol Bleiwas.
- Use Conditions
- See donation record
- Name Access
- Sprachman, Mina
- Bliewas, Carol
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1917]-1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Recollections of Tzine Orzech (Sidney Orch) in Yiddish , three of his notebooks (in Yiddish), two business cards for Araham Zak, Buenos Aires, correspondence from the Jewish Public Library of Toronto thanking S. Orch for monetary and book donations (1974), and an information notice about the unveiling for S. Orch's wife in Toronto (1971). There are publications " 20 Songs of the Ghettos (1963), "The Warsaw Ghetto in Pictures- Illustrated Catalogue" published by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (1970), and an issue of the Yiddish periodical "Kultur un Lebn" (1975). Photographs include a ca. 1932 reprint of a group photo of members of a Bakers Union in Czestochowa, Poland taken fifteen years previously to honour their president C. Orzech, a photo of the 40th Labour Day celebration of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers international Union of America (1952), and a composite of the same organization's members (1952) including S. Orch and S. Ladowsky. Also included are The Toronto Alliance Review (1975) and a program for the Farband Labor Zionist Order 25th Anniversary Banquet and Dance (1969).
- Administrative History
- The uncle of Tzine Orzech (Sidney Orch) was Maurycy Orzech, a Warsaw journalist and Bund leader.
- Descriptive Notes
- Associated material note: The 'Orzech" file in the bund archives at YIVO contains material pertaining to Maurycy with several items relating to Tzine (Sidney).
- MG_RG
- MG 2 J 1J
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 8 cm and 2 x 4 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1912]-[ca.1945]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a copy negative of Joseph and Annie Levine and Family, Toronto, ca. 1912 and one mounted photograph of Manny Pullan in RCAF uniform, early 1940s.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-1-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-1-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1909
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photograph of the Rosenthal family at their home located at 328 Shaw Street in Toronto. From left to right is Adolph Rosenthal (1864-1933) with his children Ben Rosenthal (1893-?), Harry Rosenthal (1889-1936), Fanny Rosenthal (1891-1959) and his wife Eva Rosenthal (1869-1948).
- Administrative History
- Adolph Rosenthal was Geri Clever's maternal grandfather. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky on 29 July 1864 and died in Toronto on 26 September 1933. Adolph sold and traded in books, stamps, coins and manuscripts at his store at 179 York Street. The Rosenthal family lived above the store prior to their purchase of 328 Shaw Street in 1908. Adolph continued to conduct business at the store until his death in 1933.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on mat 17 x 21 cm
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of the Cohen family wedding portrait in Liverpool, England.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Weddings
- Places
- Liverpool (England)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-3-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- [ca 1921]-1978
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photograph and negative of (L-R) Molly, Anne, and Harold Haberman posing with their musical instruments in Toronto ca. 1921-23; a photocopy of the photo, identifying the children in the photo; and a pamphlet from Adath Israel Congregation regarding the consecration of the new cemetery, Pardes Shalom Memorial Park, 8 October 1978.
- Administrative History
- Harold Haberman was adopted by the Haberman family as a Russian war orphan when he was 11 years old in 1921 after their son Jack Haberman, a well-known Toronto saxophone player, drowned in the lagoon at Centre Island in Toronto on July 15, 1920, at 18 years old.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Haberman, Jack
- Haberman, Harold
- Haberman, Anne
- Haberman, Molly
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 32 photographs : b&w (16 negatives) ; 25 x 20 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1903-ca. 1938]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 16 copy photographs with negatives of the Haberman family, Toronto. Pictured are Nessie, Mina, Mordechai, Jack, Abraham (?), Molly, Anne, and Harold. Also included are two photocopies of a clipping advertising a "Haberman Kiddies" special attraction on March 28, 1923.
- Administrative History
- The Haberman children, Molly, Anne, and Jack, were dancers/musicians who performed together in Toronto. Harold Haberman was adopted by the Haberman family as a Russian war orphan when he was 11 years old in 1921 after their son Jack Haberman, a well known Toronto saxophone player, drowned in the lagoon at Centre Island in Toronto on July 15, 1920, at age 18.
- Name Access
- Haberman, Jack
- Haberman, Harold
- Haberman, Nessie
- Haberman, Mina
- Haberman, Mordechai
- Haberman, Molly
- Haberman, Anne
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-5-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca.1932]-[ca. 1933]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photograph of the Dolman (Dauman) family in Chenstechov (?), Poland. In centre are mother, Gitel, and father, Leib. From left to right are children: Chaim, Berel, Rhoda, and Lipsha. Berel and Rhoda are twins.
- Name Access
- Dolman, Gitel
- Dolman, Leib
- Dolman, Chaim
- Dolman, Berel
- Dolman, Rhoda
- Dolman, Lipsha
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-1969
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of seven copy photographs of the Lerner and Rosenthal family in Woodstock; London, Ontario; and Detroit
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Woodstock (Ont.)
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 29 cm
- Date
- 1996
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a colour photograph of the Sadowski family reunion held on August 24th, 1996. A letter dated Sept. 12th, 1996 from Dianne and Richard Isaacson addressed to their cousins, pertaining to the photograph and the reunion, is also included in this accession.
- Administrative History
- The Sadowski family reunion was held at the Isaacson's in Kettleby, Ontario. 103 family members were present at the reunion.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : b&w (20 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1905]-[ca. 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives and a family history of the Farber family. Photographs include members of the extended Farber, Spencer, Harris, Gallander, Rosen, and Nisker families.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 4 plaques
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1966-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a four plaques awarded to Sarah Levine including a 94th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1976); a 90th birthday plaque from Baycrest (1966); a life membership plaque from Baycrest (1973); and 3 congratulatory telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday in 1970.
- Name Access
- Levine, Sarah
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1913-[194-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Rubin and Karmarner families. There is also a small amount of textual material such as a wedding arrangments brochure from the T. Eaton Co., a ketubah for Harry and Elizabeth Rubin, a Ukranian passport and a Dominion Staple Company blotter.
- MG_RG
- MG 6 K
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-2-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca.1922]-1934
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the Weingarten family in Toronto taken around 1922, including Lou Weingarten (later Johnny Wayne). There is also a group photo of children attending a Jewish school in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in 1934.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1919-[ca.1932]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of five photographs of the Arbeiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), two photographs of unidentified men, two photographs of the Jewish brigade in Palestine after the First World War, and three photographs of Jewish soldiers in the Polish army during the interwar years. The accession also contains a small amount of textual material, related to the career of Sarah Rhinewine, Abraham's sister.
- Most of the Arbeiter Ring photographs feature Abraham Rhinewine, who was a member of the Circle and also the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal (Yiddisher Zhurnal), and Isaac Matenko, who was a teacher and principal of the Workmen's Circle Peretz School in the Junction. The photos include group portraits of members of the Circle, teachers, staff and students of the Peretz School, and a meeting of Jewish journalists at the Arbeiter Ring convention in Toronto.
- Some identified individuals include: Abraham Rhinewine; I. Weinrot; Dr. S.B. Hurwich; Yisroel Meriminski; Kalman Wagner; Mr. Freeman; Mr. Coldofsky, Mr. Bromberg; Paul Frumhartz; Mr. Rigelhaupt; Mr. Kleiman; Dave Gordon; Yisroel Libman (Paul Mann); "Daddy" Brick; Isadore Tepperman; Morris Nisnevitch (Nesbitt); Shulamith Rhinewine; Helen Nelson; Eva Langbord; and Toby Rosenberg.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were in the possession of Aviva Bakerspigel, the daughter of Abraham Rhinewine, before they were donated to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) was born in Poland and immigrated to London, England in 1902, at the age of 15. There he met his wife, Annie and together they immigrated to Toronto in 1907. They had two (possibley three) children, Shulamith and Avivah (Bakerspigel). Abraham had a sister named Sarah, who was involved with UNRAA after the Second World War and was the Assistant Director of Jewish Family and Child Services for many years. Abraham was a prominent scholar and the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs : b&w (24 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca.1903]-1918
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 24 copy photographs and 24 negatives. There are group photos of the Danson family, extended family and friends in Toronto locations such as High Park, the Canadian National Exhibition, the Humber Valley near the Old Mill, Northview Terrace (Bay and Davenport), and the Red Feather Camp in Monroe Park, Scarborough.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-6-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1908
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs of a portrait of Fanny Goldhar Gertzbein and a group photo of the Myer and Tzyrel Goldhar family with identifying information. Both photos were taken in Toronto.
- Goldhar family studio portrait. Identified from left, Mary, Myer (holding Harry), Jack (seated on floor), Molly (m. Robins), Fanny (standing centre), Tzyrel (Cyrel) holding J. Barney, Eva (m. Applebaum), Tillie (m. Freeman).
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: OJA Accession 2019-7-2.
- Name Access
- Goldhar, Fanny
- Goldhar, Myer
- Goldhar, Tzyrel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1859
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an indenture of bargain and sale of land on Wellington Street (formerly Market Street) in the City of Toronto by Abraham Nordheimer and Samuel Nordheimer, and Fanny Nordheimer, the wife of Abraham, to John Macdonald. The cost of the land was £3,425.
- Custodial History
- The custodial history for this accession is unknown.
- Administrative History
- Brothers Samuel and Abraham Nordheimer established the Nordheimer Piano & Organ Company Ltd. in 1844. The firm was located at 122 King Street in Toronto. At first the company imported pianos, organs, and melodeons; subsequently, they began manufacturing products of their own. In 1866, the brothers went into partnership with Gerhard Heintzman and opened Lansdowne Piano Company. In 1927, Heintzman purchased the Nordheimer name and produced their pianos until the 1960s.
- Descriptive Notes
- Document is on heavy linen parchment.
- Subjects
- Land titles--Registration and transfer--Ontario
- Name Access
- Nordheimer, Abraham, 1816-1862
- Nordheimer, Abraham, 1816-1862
- Places
- Wellington Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-9-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Date
- 1930-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph of interns at Mount Sinai Hospital 1958-59 with identification on the back, a banquet program for the B'nai Mitzvah of Morris and Willie Shapiro (1930), a University of Toronto medical school publication "Epistaxis", and a booklet "Toronto's Jewish Doctors" written by Dr. David Eisen.
- Name Access
- Herlick family
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-11-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Scope and Content
- Accesssion consists of a copy photograph of the Starkman family of Acton, Ontario with identification information.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 postcards
- Date
- 1916-1924
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents relating to the immigration of Shyman, Chaia and Sara Klodman (1923-1924), sponsored by Thomas Clodman of Toronto and two postcards from Russia and Latvia. Also included is a programme for the First Annual Concert under the auspices of the De Sola Zion Society (1916).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-8-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-8-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
- Date
- 1918-1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a ketuba and marriage registration form for Philip Rotman and Jennie Haft, and three exterior photographs of the Berkeley Street Synagogue in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Berkeley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 9 x 13 cm
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two copy photographs and two negatives of the wedding of Bernard Garshowitz and Rebecca Himel.
- Administrative History
- The Garshowitz family was from Hamilton. The Himels were from Sault Ste. Marie. The marriage took place in Toronto.
- Descriptive Notes
- Photographer was Hundert Studio.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting the bar mitzvah of Eric Grosbein at the Pride of Israel Temple, Toronto on August 11, 1973. Included are a guest list with addresses and their gifts, a table listing, a Toronto Dominion bankbook with transactions for July and August 1973, and contracts, licences, and receipts for hall rental, catering, liquor, musical entertainment, photography, formal attire rental, dressmaking and other purchases. In addition, there is an undated newspaper clipping about the 70th wedding anniversary of Nathan and Hinda Grosbein.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1912]-1930
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Collis family of Oshawa, Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Berg, Helen
- Berg, Morris
- Collis, Anne
- Collis, Ben
- Collis, Eva
- Collis family
- Collis, Mac
- Collis, Sam
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)
- Date
- 1916-1988
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Camp counselors
- Camps
- Farms
- Farm tractors
- Purim
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1921
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the 1921 registration of the birth of Isak Eisen in November 1891, an invitation to the wedding of Rebecca Gelbwachs and Isador Eisen on December 11, 1921 at the First Russian Congregation on Bellevue Avenue (The Kiever Synagogue), a portion of their certificate of marriage, and a letter written by David Eisen of Toronto in German.
- Subjects
- Birth certificates
- Families
- Letters
- Marriage records
- Name Access
- Eisen, David
- Eisen, Isak
- Eisen, Rebecca
- Eisen, Isador
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-11-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-11-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1901-1949
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original share certificates (with a photograph and negative of one of them) for Palestine/Israel companies including the Jewish Colonial Trust, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Hassneh Eretz Israel Development Company, Worker's Bank Ltd., and Nakhshon Ltd, as well as the Toronto Labour Lyceum. Owners of the shares are Abraham Reinwein (Rhinewine) and Vivian Rhinewine.
- Name Access
- Rhinewine, Abraham
- Rhinewine, Vivian
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-10-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records and graphic material (approximately 57 photographs : b&w)
- Date
- [ca. 1842-1946]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of correspondence, photographs, birth certificates, marriage certificates, a German passport, a medal, postcards, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada receipt vouchers, parchment prayer scrolls, City of Toronto bicycle licenses, and other material relating to Chaim and Hena Silbiger and family of 51 Baldwin Street, Toronto. There are also photographs of Toronto scenes such as Harbord Bakery, Dibble Oil Truck (Manny Rotman), Harbord Fish Market, and a Belle Ewart street scene.
- Photo Captions (001 - 012): Toronto Street Scenes, [194-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, Accession # 1987-10-2.
- Photo Caption (002): Street view of Alter and Goldie Kosower's Harbord Bakery, (Toronto, ON), [194-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, Accession 1987-10-2.
- Custodial History
- Material was donated by Suzanne Harning and was found in a house on Harbord St., west of Spadina Ave.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 1 medallion
- 2 coins
- 2 lapel pins
- 8 photographs
- Date
- 1921-1971
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs and textual materials relating to the Shefsky and Magerman family; immigration and naturalization papers for Max and Toba Shefsky; photographs depicting the Toronto textile trade; Hungarian currency; school yearbooks from Harbord Collegiate, Toronto Normal School, Borochov School and Kindergarten, and Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute; newsclippings; and several Baycrest Centre lapel pins and coins. Also included is a photo of the Ray-Magerman wedding party (8 May 1948). The records origianlly belonged to Esther (Magerman) Ray.
- Custodial History
- The materials were kept by Leslie Gales, wife of Keith Ray
- Administrative History
- Abe Magerman was the assistant manager for the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union for many years. He was married to Jennie (nee Shefsky) Magerman and had two children, Esther and Alfred. Esther attended Toronto Normal School and Harbord Collegiate while both Esther and Alfred attended the Borochov School and Kindergarten.
- Jennie (nee Shefsky) Magerman was the daughter of Myer and Toba Rayzel (nee Nusynovitch) Shefsky. The Baycrest pins and coins once belonged to her.
- The donor, Keith Ray, is the son of Esther (nee Magerman) Ray and Gerald (Jerry) Ray. Gerald Ray attended Vaughan Collegiate Institute and later went on to the University of Toronto for chemical engineering
- Subjects
- Families
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1916]-[ca. 1960]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of twelve copy photographs and one original photograph of the Lofsky and Penzner families in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Lofsky (family)
- Penzner (family)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 59 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [189-]-1928
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs from London and Warsaw of the Rhinewine family and friends.In addition there are two Jewish New Year cards written in Polish.
- Administrative History
- Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) was born in Poland and immigrated to London, England in 1902, at the age of 15. There he met his wife, Annie and together they immigrated to Toronto in 1907. They had two (possibley three) children, Shulamith and Avivah (Bakerspigel). Abraham had a sister named Sarah, who was involved with UNRAA after the Second World War and was the Assistant Director of Jewish Family and Child Services for many years. Abraham was a prominent scholar and the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal.
- Source
- Archival Accessions