- Accession Number
- 1997-5-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca.1942]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph Alfred Rubinoff's father in his men's wear store at 340 Queen Street West, Toronto about 1942.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-53
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-53
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 46 photographs : b&w (26 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm and 35 mm
- Date
- 1986
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of interior and exterior photographs of United Bakers Dairy Restaurant on Spadina Avenue before the move to Lawrence Plaza; Anshe Minsk Synagogue; and Rotman's Shoe Store, Spadina Avenue.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Cyrel Troster.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Restaurants
- Stores, Retail
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Bakers Dairy Restaurant
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-90
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-90
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 21 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1937]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of Leo Hertzman in front of his United Clothing Store at 194 Queen Street West in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-164
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-164
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17 cm + identification key
- Date
- 1921
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a photograph of the official opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue. The photograph was taken while the group was preparing for the official portrait and thus there is movement and a relaxed air about the subjects of the photo. A document identifying some of the individuals is included.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-39
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-39
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 reel of microfilm
- Date
- [ca. 1932]-[1950]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one reel of microfilm containing the scrapbook of Cantor Alexander Steinberg.
- MG_RG
- MG 6 D
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-12-4
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 plaques
- Date
- 1 Jan. 1931
- Scope and Content
- Included in this accession is a Jewish National Fund certificate given to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steinberg of Sudbury, Ontario on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary on 1 Jan. 1931. There are also four plaques.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-2-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-2-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 78 cm
- Date
- 7 May 1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one panoramic photograph of the opening of the Jewish Community Softball League, taken in front of home plate at a baseball field. Depicted in the photograph are two teams of players, one in sweaters marked with a "T". There are also several men in suits standing between the two teams holding two trophies. There are spectators sitting in the bleachers behind.
- Responsibility
- Panoramic Camera Co., Toronto
- Name Access
- Sniderman, Bill.
- Sniderman, Harry.
- Benjamin, Joe.
- Alderman, Fred.
- Factor, Sam.
- Weiss, Herb.
- Stone, Harry.
- Gold, Bill.
- Track, Len.
- Eckler, Matty.
- Gold, Sam.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 84 cm
- Date
- 20 May 1930
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one panoramic photograph of the opening of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League at Bellwoods Park. The photograph depicts the Judean and B'nai Brith teams standing in front of home plate, along with some city dignitaries. The crowd can be seen in the background on the bleachers.
- Left to right: [unidentified], Harry Polevoy, [unidentified], Frank Garber, [unidentified], Sam Felot, "Lefty" Starr, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Joe Benjamin, Natie Duke, "Curly" Rosen, [unidentified], Max Sheff, [Sam Gold?], [unidentified], Alderman Joe Gordon, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Jimmy Simpson, [unidentified], Sam Factor, Alderman Fred Hamilton, [unidentified], Arnold Hundert, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Harry Sniderman, [unidentified], Issie Wilson, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Herb Weiss, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Jack Rumak, [Sam Gold?].
- 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
- Baseball teams
- Portraits, Group
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1921
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one copy photograph and negative taken at the official opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. The photograph is shows the group dressed in top hats and tails in front of the entrance to the shul. The photograph was taken before the official portrait and thus there is movement and an air of relaxation amongst the subject. The accession record states that this photograph was taken by the donor as he was passing by the shul and saw everyone assembled for the official portrait.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-8-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-8-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 74 cm
- Date
- 20 May 1931
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one panoramic photograph of the opening game of the Jewish Community Softball League.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of Goldhar's Cigar Store, located at 1125 St. Clair Ave. W. in Toronto. Sam Goldhar may be the individual standing in front.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this item. It was found amongst other orphaned items in the processing room. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Administrative History
- Sam Goldhar is the father of Leo Goldhar, philanthropist and developer.
- 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
- 2012-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-11-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (tiff)
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of the exterior of Sam Lichtman's news store. The photograph was taken soon after the store first opened. Identified in the photograph is Sam Lichtman (right). The other man in the photograph may be Toronto's mayor at the time.
- Custodial History
- The original photograph is in the custody of Sam's daughter, Maxine Cadsby, who has it stored in an antique frame. The scan was taken through the frame.
- Administrative History
- Sam Lichtman was born in 1888 in Galicia. He immigrated to Canada on his own in 1901 with 25 cents in his pocket. He started out as a newsboy selling daily papers and comic papers in Toronto. He later opened his own news store, Lichtman's, and became a newspaper distributor. Around 1918, he married Fanny (nee Shapero) and they had four daughters together: Grace Hillman, Marjorie Rosenfield, Eileen Hertzman, and Maxine Cadsby. Sam passed away in 1958.
- 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.
- Name Access
- Lichtman, Sam, 1888-1958
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- June 1905
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one issue of The Open Court magazine (Vol. XIX, no. 589) from June 1905. It contains an article by Mark Geldzaeler entitled, The Third Commandment.
- Name Access
- Geldzaeler, Mark
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-5-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records
- 10 film reels : 8mm
- ca. 300 photographs
- Date
- [192-]-[200-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Steinberg family. The bulk of the material was collected and created by Elise Steinberg. Included are photographs and slides, family films, Israel and Miriam's wedding album and honeymoon scrapbook, correspondence and greeting cards, newsletters, Holy Blossom Temple bulletins, newsletters, certificates, Elise's school notebooks and assignments, and financial and legal records pertaining to the estate of Joseph Steinberg. Of particular note are Elise Steinberg's diaries which span the years from 1974 to 1984. Also of note is material documenting the family's resignation from Holy Blossom Temple.
- Custodial History
- The material came into the possession of Charles Levi and his parents after the death of Israel and Miriam Steinberg.
- Administrative History
- Irving (Israel) Steinberg was born to Joseph and Leah Steinberg (Schindermann) on January 16, 1919. Joseph and Leah had immigrated to Canada in 1914. They initially lived in Peterborough, but moved to Toronto by 1921. They lived in Toronto for a few years, but evetually settled in Sudbury and opened the Toronto Bargain Store.
- Irving joined the Canadian army in 1942 and served in Canada. He married Miriam (from Philadelphia) and they lived in Toronto. They had one daughter, Elise, on September 25, 1955. Israel worked as an accountant and Miriam was a musician and patron of the arts. In her teen years, Elise developed an intellectual and physical disability (possibly scoliosis). Elise was an avid doll collector and volunteered for many years at Holy Blossom Temple's library. The family were members of Holy Blossom Temple for many years and tried advocating for better access to the synagogue for individuals with disabilities. They resigned their membership in the 1990s.
- Elise passed away on April 5, 2005. Miriam passed away on February 28, 2011. Irving passed away the following day on March 1, 2011.
- Subjects
- Diaries
- Families
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Steinberg, Elise, 1955-2005
- Steinberg, Irving, 1919-2011
- Steinberg, Miriam, ?-2011
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 23 x 36 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1928-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the life and cantorial career of Rev. Alexander Steinberg, and to a lesser extent his son, Ben Steinberg. Included are photographs of Cantor Steinberg, fellow cantors and the Shaarei Shomayim cheder class; Cantor Steinberg's scrapbook; hand-copied solo and choral music books; correspondence; and materials relating to Ben Steinberg's cantata Echoes of Children memorializing the children who perished in the Holocaust.
- Students identified in Cheder class include: Avrom Buckstein, Arnie Morrison, Reuvein Landsberg, Jack Geller, David Satok, Norman Rasky, Leon Gasner, Gerry Benson, Harvey Kofman, Leo Snowbell, Ben Steinberg, Earl Farber, Albert Strauss, Jerome Levine, and Saul Goodman (sitting third from the front against the wall).
- Administrative History
- Chazzan Alexander Steinberg was born Eliyahu Steinberg in Zhitomeir, Ukraine in 1893 to Chava and Chaim Steinberg. His father was the owner and operator of a lumber yard and, as a devout Jew, brought his son Eliyahu regularly to the synagogue where he developed a love of chazzanut and, in the then traditional apprenticeship method, studied the skills which would lead him eventually to a lifetime career in the music of the traditional synagogue.
- At the age of 15 he emigrated to Winnipeg, Canada and worked in a men's clothing store until he could find employment as a cantor. He began his professional life as a visiting cantor in the 1920s, travelling to smaller communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan, officiating at services for Shabbat, High Holy Days and the Fesitvals, as well as presenting concerts of Hebrew and Yiddish song.
- By the 1930s, he officiated regularly at the Atereth Yisrael Synagogue in Winnipeg and appeared as a concert cantor throughout the western Canadian provices (Lethbridge, Regina, Prince Albert, Edenbridge, Melville, Edmonton, Calgary, etc.) as well as Ontario (London, Hamilton, Kitchener, Sarnia, Ottawa, Fort William and Toronto) and as far away as St. Louis, Missouri and Detroit, Michigan.
- He was appointed cantor of Atereth Yisrael Congregation of Winnipeg in 1930 and maintained a relationship with that Shul throughout his time in Toronto, visiting regularly to daven and present concerts.
- After the death of his first wife, he married Polly Shapiro in 1928, and in 1933 he moved his family including four children (three, Sam, Ida and Laurie from his previous marriage) to Toronto, where for a time he served as cantor at Goel Tzedec Congregation.
- In Toronto, Cantor Steinberg became renowned for his beautiful tenor voice and his knowledge of the liturgy. He was much sought after and officiated througout the Toronto area in synagogues such as the Hebrew Men of England, Ostrovtzer, Beth Jacob, Kiever, Goel Tzedec, Palmerston, Anshei Minsk and Lubavitcher. All this activity brought him to the attention of various synagogues in the United States as well and he travelled to Detroit and Rochester on several occasions.
- In 1941, he was appointed Cantor at Shaarei Shomayim on St. Clair Ave., a congreation he served until 1950. He continued to serve outlying congregations in Hamilton, London and Sarnia until he was invited in 1953 to establish the King David Congregation in Toronto, to serve the unaffiliated during the High Holy Days. His cantorial career came to an end in April 1960 when he experienced a heart attach in London, Ontario while leading that community's Pesach service. He died at home in Toronto two days before Yom Kippur in 1960.
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- Benjamin Steinberg is a composer, conductor, organist, and teacher. He was born in Winnipeg on 22 January 1930 and received his Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto in 1961. He and his wife Mildred have two children.
- A soloist at age 8 in the synagogue choir conducted by his father, Cantor Alexander Steinberg, he began conducting choirs himself at age 12. At the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from 1948-1951 and 1957-1960 he studied composition with John Weinzweig, piano with Samuel Dolin, and voice with Weldon Kilburn. After teaching from 1953-1958 in public schools in the Toronto area and studying music education at the University of Toronto, he served from 1961-1964 as head of the music department at Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute and from 1961-1964 and in the same capacity at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute from 1964-1986. He was director of school music (1950-1960) and music director (1960-1969) at Holy Blossom Temple, and in 1970 he became music director at Temple Sinai. His method for youth choirs, "Together Do They Sing" (New York 1961), was commissioned and published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
- Steinberg's music includes five sacred services (four published - 1963, 1969, 1969, and 1990 - by Transcontinental Music); works for choir and/or soloist and organ or orchestra (some published by Transcontinental Music and Israeli Music Publications); The Vision of Isaiah (1970) for tenor, choir, and organ or instrumental ensemble; Yerushalayim (1973) for soprano, choir, and orchestra; Echoes of Children (1979), a cantata for soloist, narrator, chorus, and orchestra (which won the International Gabriel Award and has twice been televised on PBS); and instrumental works including a suite for flute and string trio based on Israeli folksongs. Steinberg was invited by the city of Jerusalem to be an artist-in-residence in 1978 and 1980; he received the Kavod (Honour) Award of the Cantor's Assembly in 1983, and that same year received a composer's award from the American Harp Society for his Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp (1981, commissioned by Suzanne Shulman). A number of temples, synagogues, and congregations in the USA commissioned some 18 works from Steinberg between 1980 and 1991. He has also received commissions from Paul Brodie (Suite Sephardi 1980), the Chamber Players of Toronto (Suite for String Orchestra 1983), and Lawrence Cherney (Invocations 1990). Baritone Richard Allen recorded several of Steinberg's works on the cassette A Ben Steinberg Concert. (ca 1989, Transcontinental unnumbered).
- Of Steinberg's music Michael Isaacson wrote, 'While conservative, pragmatic and always well-mannered, it is also gratefully mindful of its tradition in a deeply lyrical way' (Journal of Synagogue Music, June 1973). Steinberg has presented Jewish music on the CBC, has published articles on it, and has given many lecture-recitals on it in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the USA. He is a contributor to EMC, a member of the CLComp, and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre.
- Descriptive Notes
- Biographical Note: Further biographical information on Ben Steinberg is available with the accession record.
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Families
- Heder
- Name Access
- Steinberg, Alexander, 1893-1960
- Steinberg, Ben
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Address
- 339 Spadina Avenue
- Source
- Landmarks
The variety store was run by Mr. Coopersmith and his wife. Mrs. Coopersmith was involved in organizing the Mother's Day celebrations for the Labour League.
- Address
- 339 Spadina Avenue
- Scope Note
- The variety store was run by Mr. Coopersmith and his wife. Mrs. Coopersmith was involved in organizing the Mother's Day celebrations for the Labour League.
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 400 Spadina Avenue
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 400 Spadina Avenue
- Category
- Retail store
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 376 College Street
- Source
- Landmarks
Leon Koffler was born in Romania. He moved to Canada and settled in the Toronto area at the age of fifteen with his mother and his three sisters. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1921, and two years later, opened his first pharmacy at 376 College Street. Leon lived in the apartment above his store with his wife Tiana [née. Reinhorn] and their son Murray.
- Address
- 376 College Street
- Time Period
- 1923
- Scope Note
- Leon Koffler was born in Romania. He moved to Canada and settled in the Toronto area at the age of fifteen with his mother and his three sisters. He graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1921, and two years later, opened his first pharmacy at 376 College Street. Leon lived in the apartment above his store with his wife Tiana [née. Reinhorn] and their son Murray.
- Category
- Retail store
- Source
- Landmarks
![Murray Koffler with his Aunt Anne outside his father's College Street Store, [ca. 1927]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 37, series 9, item 1.|Murray Bernard Koffler was born in a four-room flat over his father's drugstore on College Street on January 22, 1924. His parents' names were Leon and Tiana [née Reinhorn] Koffler. Murray married Marvelle Seligman and they had five children named: Leon, Theo, Tom, Adam and Tiana.|Following in his father's footsteps, Murray was educated as a pharmacist and eventually took over the family drugstore when he was twenty-two years old. After making some profitable real-estate investments, he helped to co-found the Four Seasons Hotel chain, and created the first self-serve pharmacy in Canada. His entrepreneurial talents led the way to the creation of the giant pharmacy franchise, Shoppers Drug Mart.|A world renowned philanthropist, Murray Koffler’s donations and commitments have helped fund the creation of the Koffler Centre of the Arts, the Koffler Institute of Pharmacy Management, the Canadian Council for Native Business, the Council on Drug Abuse, and, as well, he has also held positions on numerous boards and organizations. His tireless efforts and achievements have been recognized with many awards including becoming a member of the Order of Canada in 1977.](/media/Digital Assets/37-Gilbert/37-S9-Item-1.jpg?maxheight=1000&maxwidth=1000&watermark=wmk)
- Address
- 494 Spadina Avenue
- Source
- Landmarks
In 1952, Edell married Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock. They lived in the newly developed suburb of North York with their four children: Ethel, Simcha, Malka and Joseph. After 10 years of marriage, Dolly died and in 1966, he married Celia Rogen Hoffman.
- Address
- 494 Spadina Avenue
- Time Period
- 1948
- Scope Note
- In 1952, Edell married Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock. They lived in the newly developed suburb of North York with their four children: Ethel, Simcha, Malka and Joseph. After 10 years of marriage, Dolly died and in 1966, he married Celia Rogen Hoffman.
- History
- Sol Edell was a founding member and first president of the Clanton Park Congregation. He was actively involved in the construction of the synagogue and its development. He continued to be affiliated with Shomrai Shabbos where his grandfather Rabbi Yosef Weinreb had been the rabbi. He was also involved with Adas Israel, the synagogue in Hamilton where his wife Celia had been an active member. He was chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region -- Toronto Jewish Congress Archives Committee, which subsequently became the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Category
- Retail store
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 399 Spadina Avenue
- Source
- Landmarks
N. Hoffman Grocery was owned and operated by Nathan (Nahum) Hoffman and his wife Rivka. They first owned a grocery store at 339 Centre Avenue in St. John's Ward. In 1915, they moved their store to Spadina Ave.
- Address
- 399 Spadina Avenue
- Time Period
- 1915-
- Scope Note
- N. Hoffman Grocery was owned and operated by Nathan (Nahum) Hoffman and his wife Rivka. They first owned a grocery store at 339 Centre Avenue in St. John's Ward. In 1915, they moved their store to Spadina Ave.
- Category
- Food-related business
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 71 Kensington Avenue
- Source
- Landmarks
This store was owned and operated by Harry Trachter and his wife Becky (Cooper) Trachter.
- Address
- 71 Kensington Avenue
- Scope Note
- This store was owned and operated by Harry Trachter and his wife Becky (Cooper) Trachter.
- Category
- Food-related business
- Source
- Landmarks
- Address
- 420 College Street
- Source
- Landmarks
Joseph Gary and Goldie (nee Lawrence) Gary married in 1921 in Rochester, N.Y. Shortly thereafter they moved to Toronto. Joseph and Goldie had three children; daughters Ethel (Halter) and Shirley (Cohen), and son Leslie. They owned and operated a grocery store on College Street. In 1950, after three years of visiting the region, Joseph and Goldie purchased a home on Amelia Street in Pontypool, ON. As the area was a popular summer resort spot for vacationing Jews from the 1940s to the 1960s, Joseph and Goldie decided to build 10 cottages on their land for rental, which they named Gary's Cottages. The area was relatively cheap and had a pond as its swimming spot. Kosher meals would often be brought in for the vacationers who arrived on two trains daily from Union station. The cottages were sold around 1970 and are no longer in existence, however their home is still standing.
- Address
- 420 College Street
- Scope Note
- Joseph Gary and Goldie (nee Lawrence) Gary married in 1921 in Rochester, N.Y. Shortly thereafter they moved to Toronto. Joseph and Goldie had three children; daughters Ethel (Halter) and Shirley (Cohen), and son Leslie. They owned and operated a grocery store on College Street. In 1950, after three years of visiting the region, Joseph and Goldie purchased a home on Amelia Street in Pontypool, ON. As the area was a popular summer resort spot for vacationing Jews from the 1940s to the 1960s, Joseph and Goldie decided to build 10 cottages on their land for rental, which they named Gary's Cottages. The area was relatively cheap and had a pond as its swimming spot. Kosher meals would often be brought in for the vacationers who arrived on two trains daily from Union station. The cottages were sold around 1970 and are no longer in existence, however their home is still standing.
- Category
- Food-related business
- Source
- Landmarks
- Passenger Names
- Steinberg, George
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Steinberg, George
- Page Number
- 329
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Steinberg, John
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Steinberg, John
- Page Number
- 214
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 398
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 398
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- The item is a photograph of Clara Love outside Isacc Love's grocery on Queen st. in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Love, Clara
- Subjects
- Children
- Storefronts
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 435
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 435
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Located at 339 Spadina Ave.
- Name Access
- Coopersmith's Variety Store
- Subjects
- Variety stores
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 438-439
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 438-439
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Louis Lockshin affixing a mezuzah.
- Name Access
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Lockshin, Louis
- Subjects
- Mezuzah
- Workshops
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 505
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 505
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Kruger, Arthur
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 557
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 557
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Albert Fine (on right) and another man in Fine's store in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Fine, Albert
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 561-562
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 561-562
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, Chaplain, CJC. Central Region, at dedication of Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Toronto, Oct. 12, 1975.
- Notes
- Acquired Oct. 24, 1975.
- Name Access
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Subjects
- Consecration of cemeteries
- Cemeteries
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 581-582
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 581-582
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Notes
- Acquired Dec. 1975.
- 35 mm negative location: 7:6:13 and 7:6:14.
- Name Access
- Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Subjects
- Bronze doors
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 639
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 639
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph and corresponding negative of Moses and Rivka Edell in from of their store.
- Name Access
- Edell, Moses
- Edell, Rivka
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Robert Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Sussex Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Moses Edell in front of his store at Sussex and Robert Streets, Toronto
[graphic material]
– [194-].
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 640
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 640
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Moses Edell in front of his store
- Name Access
- Edell, Moses
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Robert Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Sussex Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 693
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 693
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The store was located on St. Clair Ave., west of Landsdowne.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sylvia Kaplan inside the I. Rosenbaum Dry Goods store at 1651 St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto. I. Rosenbaum was Sylvia Kaplan's father.
- Name Access
- I. Rosenbaum Dry Goods
- Kaplan, Sylvia
- Subjects
- Dry-goods
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 804
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 804
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 12 May 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 117 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a panoramic photograph of the opening game of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League at Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto.
- The Jewish Fraternal Softball League was affiliated with the Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society.
- Identified individuals include: 3rd from left, Sam Urman; 7th from left, Sam Feldt; 16th from left, Fred Hamilton; 17th from left, Jimmy Simpson; 20th from left, Henry S. Rosenberg; 24th from left, Arnold Hundert.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Sports
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Trinity Bellwoods (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1975-007
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 867
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 867
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Service Supply store in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The store was operated by Dave and Saidie Lavut from 1937 to 1954.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Photo by Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Lavut, Dave
- Lavut, Saidie
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 885
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 885
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studios
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of the building that once housed the Atkins brothers' grocery business on Second Street in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The business was begun in the 1930s by Ben, Al, and Harry Atkins.
- Name Access
- Atkins, Ben
- Atkins, Al
- Atkins, Harry
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 890
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 890
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studios
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Saul's ladies' and men's wear store. The building was purchased by Saul Aidelbaum in the 1940s. By the 1970s, Saul's son Abe was running the business.
- Name Access
- Aidelbaum, Saul
- Subjects
- Family-owned business enterprises
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 894
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 894
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studios
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Sam Langer's Northern Auto Supply store.
- Name Access
- Langer, Sam
- Sam Langer's Northern Auto Supply
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 897
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 897
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studios
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of the Rosenstein building, owned by Mrs. Rosenstein of Sturgeon Falls, and Seymour's men's boys' and ladies' wear store in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Seymour's was owned by Seymour Sukerman and was established in the early 1930s.
- Name Access
- Sukerman, Seymour
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Streets
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 910
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 910
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- International Council of Jewish Women
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 923
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 923
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929-1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Englehart Bargain Store was run by Louis Schwartz from Toronto. The Gurevitch family lived behind it and rented out the front to use on Shabbos when they were not on their farm.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Min (née Gurevitch) and Hymie [Lebiman?] standing in front of the Englehart Bargain Store.
- Name Access
- Englehart Bargain Store
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Englehart (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 925
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 925
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Manny Gurevitch standing in front of a grocery store in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Gurevitch, Manny
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 942
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 942
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Charles Pierce standing in front of his store, which sold mining and prospecting supplies in Timmins, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Pierce, Charles
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 988
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 988
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Circa 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. The photograph depicts members in formal dress standing on the front steps. Cantor Jacob Dorskind and Rabbi Jacob Gordon are pictured.
- Standing third row from the top is David Cohen (second from the left), and Chaim "Israel" Biback (fourth from the left), the president of the synagogue. Standing second row from the top is Jacob Fine (third from left).
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1002
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1912]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of Goldstein women with a horse and buggy outside of Goldstein's Butcher Shop and Ice Cream Parlour in Charlton, Ontario. Identified are Bessy Goldstein, Ida Goldstein, Mrs. Goldstein and [Rivi?] Levine.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Name Access
- Goldstein, Bessy
- Goldstein, Ida
- Subjects
- Women
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Charlton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1110
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1110
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and a corresponding negative of Bucovetsky's store, located on Third Avenue in Timmins, Ontario. The photograph is a street scene of Third Avenue, showing the store and the Palace Theatre next to it.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 14:3:23.
- Name Access
- Bucovetsky
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1145
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1145
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a hosiery sale at Allan B. Collis' ladies' and children's wear store in Oshawa, Ontario. The pictures depicts a line-up of women waiting to be let into the store.
- Subjects
- Shopping
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1182
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1182
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Faye Hyman in front of Hyman's Book Shop.
- Name Access
- Hyman's Book and Art Shop (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hyman, Faye
- Subjects
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1186
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1186
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Bucovetsky store window in Timmins, Ontario. Affixed to the window is a flyer for a grand opening sale. There are also several signs with slogans which read: meet our manager Mr. Seely; come in, get aquainted (sic), bargains that are real bargains, truly the working man's stores.
- Name Access
- Bucovetsky
- Subjects
- Special sales
- Repro Restriction
- 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.
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions