- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1926
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of the Chestnut Street Synagogue. One photograph is of the exterior of the synagogue with Yankel Jessel and Shlomo Dov Jessel standing in front. The other photograph is of the interior and shows the front arch.
- Administrative History
- The Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue, also known as the Chestnut Street Synagogue, was located at 109 Chestnut Street in Toronto.
- 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
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-5-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 36 photographs (1 vol., 10 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- [192-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photo album that belonged to Yankel Jessel. This album was presented to him in 1927 by his friends as a going away gift before he left for Palestine. The album consists of sixteen photographs depicting synagogues from Toronto including: Shomrei Shabbos, Goel Tzedec, the Shaw Street Synagogue, Holy Blossom, the McCaul Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob, the Ostrovtzer Synagogue, the Russian Synagogue on Centre Avenue, and the Hebrew Men of England Congregation. Also included in the album are photographs of the auditorium of the Hebrew Free School Temple Emanuel and Shearith Israel Synagogues in New York City, a synagogue in Brooklyn, New York; and the Englewood Synagogue in New Jersey. There are copy prints and negatives of the photos depicting Toronto institutions as well as an additional print and copy negative of staff standing in front of United Bakers on Spadina Avenue.
- 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
- Synagogues
- Places
- New Jersey
- New York (N.Y.).
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-6-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 7 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1948–1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of synagogue material, attendance records, and other information relating to the Jewish community of Sudbury, Ontario.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, William, 1911-2008
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 60 cm textual records
- 1 photograph
- Date
- [194-]-[196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting the National Council of Jewish Women of Welland and the Welland Hebrew Congregation. Materials include certificates, posters, financial documents, blueprints, correspondence, program newsletters, educational docuements, scrapbooks, photographs and executive notebooks
- Administrative History
- The Welland Jewish Congregation, also referred to as the Welland Hebrew Congregation, originally served the Jewish community of Welland from a synagogue located at Burger and Grove Streets in the mid-1940s. By the mid-1950s, a new shul was under construction on Summit Street which would serve the community from that point onward.
- The Congregation participated in many fundraising drives and social events and worked closely with other faiths in their community
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Welland (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.3 m of textual records
- Date
- 1979-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of the USDS Board of Directors, Membership, Executive Committee, working committees, programs and office files. The records document budgeting, teachers' welfare, membership appointments, synagogue affiliation, the 25th anniversary of USDS and transportation. The records include minutes, notices, agendas, correspondence, memos to parents, memos to teachers and lists. The following committees and groups are documented: Scholarships and Bursaries; Personnel; Ways and Means; Growth; House; Building; Fiscal; Special Tuition Committee, Board of Jewish Education; Parents' Association; CHAT; Junior High School committee; Education committee; Special Education sub-committee; Mainstreaming committee; and Pre-school sub-committee. As well, special programs are highlighted. These include: the Cultural Enrichment program; Keren Ami; Avraham Nachum Memorial (1976-1980); and French Language Grants. Finally, there are files pertaining to interaction with the Ontario Jewish Association for Equity in Education and the Ontario Association of Alternative and Independent Schools.
- Administrative History
- In 1957, the Beth Tzedec Synagogue, a Conservative congregation, opened a congregational day school, the Foundation day school, consisting of a kindergarten and grades one to four. In 1961, eight other synagogues joined with Beth Tzedec to form the United Synagogue Day School. Beginning in 1965, the school offered instruction from Nursery to grade nine. From 1971 to 1973, the United Synagogue Day School also included a high school.
- The school was founded in order to provide students with a complete general and Judaic education. The language of instruction in the Judaic studies was Hebrew. The Judaic curriculum was presented within the framework of Conservative Judaism. However, the students were taught the traditional customs and observances. Within the confines of the school, students were expected to conform to traditional, religious behavior. Emphasis was placed on the diversity of Judaism and the importance of the re-establishment of the state of Israel.
- Each day included instruction in both Judaic and general studies, which were sometimes integrated together. Wherever possible, the general studies were approached from a Jewish perspective.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: see related records in accession 1986-11/5, MG 3 A4 (Beth Tzedec) and 1980-12/12 (Beth Tzedec).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1948-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Beth Israel Synagogue in Toronto. Included are a Hebrew prayer book, a plan showing the Beth Israel Synagogue cemetery, correspondence, an inventory, a general by-law (constitution) of the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, a journal listing members and disbursements, a folder of indentures, minutes, and other materials.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 box of textual records
- 16 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1906-1960]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs, Beth Israel Congregation annual almanacs, an account book, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the Florence and Collis families and the history of the Oshawa and Peterborough Jewish communities
- Administrative History
- Beatrice Collis (nee Florence) was married to Allan B. Collis, who owned a department store in Peterborough, Ontario called Allan B. Collis Limited. It was located on the west side of George Street, just north of Simcoe Street, and sold ladies' wear, mens' wear, and children's wear. Beatrice was active in the Peterborough Chapter of Hadassah. They had three children and later moved to Toronto.
- MG_RG
- MG 3 B 9
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1937–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records belonging to two manuscript groups.
- The first manuscript group (MG2 B5) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1234 of Timmins, Ontario. Included are a minute book for the years 1962–1968, an attendance register for the years 1947–1951, a fifteenth anniversary souveneer program from September 1950, two copies of a program for an event featuring guest speaker Senator J. Bradette that was held on 10 January 1954, correspondence for the years 1956–1968, minutes from 1950–1968, and a constitution from 18 June 1936.
- The second manuscript group (MG3 B22) consists of material documenting Congregation B'nai Israel of Timmins. Included are six membership cards for the years 1939–1940 and 1940–1941, three seat number cards (no date), a membership account ledger for the years 1942–1948 and 1948–1950, a general financial ledger for the years 1941–1949, membership assessment lists for the yeras 1942–1943 and 1946–1947, and financial statements for the years 1937–1954.
- MG_RG
- MG2B5
- MG3B22
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Timmins, Ont.)
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-9-2
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 7 photographs
- artifacts
- Date
- 1908-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records, graphic materials, and artifacts documenting the Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Fort William (Thunder Bay) and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The records include a brass menorah and shivisi from the Synagogue, along with a wooden tablet of the ten commandments (1920s); a marriage register (1908-1951); a minute book of the chevra kadisha (1913-1986); B'nai Brith Lodge membership registration books, minute books, a dues book, and a framed citation (1911-1970); and several photographs including the Jewish community's float for the coronation of King George VI, the turning of the sod for the new synagogue, the B'nai Brith Lodge annual picnic in Port Arthur and a meeting honouring Jewish servicemen of the Second World War, and three portraits of the Synagogue's honourary presidents.
- MG_RG
- MG 2 B 1ii
- MG 3 B 23
- Subjects
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Places
- Thunder Bay, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1971]-[ca. 1976]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to the dismissal of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg by the Beth Tzedec Board and relating to the Rabbi Hollander case; copies of "The Committee of 10 Report" and "Setting the Records Straight: Analysis and refutation of The Committee of 10 report"; Beth Tzedec Board letters and Bulletins; Beth Tzedec Congregational School Education and Youth Committee minutes and newsletters; Beth Tzedec Congregation Constitution and By-Laws; a report on membership dues policy; and records relating to the Board elections.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Rosenberg, Stuart E., 1922-1990
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-1
- Material Format
- text
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- 8 microfiche sheets
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1889-1917
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created by Goel Tzedec Congregation. Included are microfiche of minutes and ledgers, a copy of a Seder T'filas Yisroel donated to Goel Tzedec by Chaim Smith in 1917, and a class photograph for the Farband Shule taken in the late 1930s.
- Included in the photograph are Hershel Fogle, Rivkah G, Fayge Weingarten, Sarah Gingold, Aaron Hermaub, Shangle Atkin, Lil Newman, Etle Brody, Rochel Blumenshtein, Chava Smith, Sora Zweig, Yaacov Drexler, Malka, Yaacov Rosenzweig, Aaron Shnipper, Klumann, Shore, Aaron Folk and the teachers Fogle, Leah Lander, Shopsai Rappaport, Moishe Rigelhaupt, and Dr. Isaiah Rabinowich
- Custodial History
- Records were kept by Goel Tzedec and later Beth Tzedec and were donated by the museum on behalf of Dr. Fred Weinberg
- Administrative History
- Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania. The first synagogue was situated in a room on Richmond and York Streets. Three years later they purchased and remodelled a building on University Avenue at Elm Street that was owned by the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1904 they hired an architect to construct a large building that was perfectly suited to their needs. In February of 1907, the building on University Avenue was dedicated and became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.
- During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the Congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.
- After the Second World War, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue, Beth Hamidrash Hagadol amalgamated in September 1952 to form Beth Tzedec. The two congregations worked together to build a synagogue which was built in the North end of the city on Bathurst and was dedicated 9 December 1955. Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg served as Beth Tzedec's first Rabbi and J. Benjamin Friedberg as its Assistant Rabbi. The Chazzan at the time was Cantor Joseph Cooper. The synagogue adhered to the principles of the Conservative Movement and represents the largest synagogue in Toronto
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [193-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of Cantor Bornstein's choir of boys and young men at Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Choirs (Music)
- Name Access
- Bornstein, Cantor
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records.
- Date
- 1960-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of several bulletins (1975–1976), a letter from the Beth Zion Congregation in Oshawa, and material from the Piyah Chapter of Hadassah in Oshawa (1960–1970). Included are flyers of organizational news, events, and announcements of meetings.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a flyer from the synagogue urging congregants to make a pledge to a fund to purchase a new building for their Talmud Torah.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1914-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of constitutions for Congregation Agudath Israel Anshei Sfard (Palmerston Avenue, Toronto, 1914) and Beth Haknesseth Hagodol (Ostrovtzer Synagogue, Toronto). Material is in Yiddish and English.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a High Holiday ticket for Beth Hamidrash Achdus Israel Umerchoz Harav Synagogue at 257 Euclid Avenue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1940
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one original photograph of a Consumers' Gas Labour Day Parade float that appears in front of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto, 1940.
- 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
- 1991-5-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1972-1984
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence relating to Congregation B'nai Israel and the Cambridge Jewish community, as well as a plan for a synagogue to be built in Moshav Bar-Giora in the Jerusalem corridor.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. (slides) ; 35 mm
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 4 colour slides of the dedication of a Holocaust monument in Litvische-Latvische section of Bathurst Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, with Cantor N. Stolnitz.
- Subjects
- Holocaust memorials
- Cemeteries
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a program for a Testimonial Dinner in honour of Joshua J. Bart, arranged by the Ostrowcer Synagogue and the Ostrowcer Society held at Murray house in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Ladies Ticket for ground floor seating during the High Holy Days at Goel Tzedek Synagogue in 1939.
- 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
- 1996-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1926-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the lives of Lillian and Israel Marder. Included are Polish passports used for entry to Canada by Lillian (1926) and Israel (1928), Canadian Naturalization Certificates for Lillian and Israel (1935), and a 1946 English translation by JIAS of a Polish application for a birth certificate by Skul Merder (Israel Marder) in 1928. In addition, there is a certificate honouring Israel for fifty years of participation in the Workman's Circle (1990), a testament to the Marder family for a "Sacred Bridge" concert by Toby Marder Cyglen (1992), and documents concerning the 1995 deaths of Israel and Lillian. These include information from Mount Sinai Cemetery, a eulogy delivered by their son-in-law Gordon Ciglen, and a faxed copy of their tombstone inscription.
- Administrative History
- Israel and Lillian Marder died on the same day in the same hospital.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1974-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of Congregation B'Nai Israel in Galt, Ontario. Included are minutes of general and executive meetings, letters to the congregation from the executive, a list of congregation members and non- members in the community, a list of the executive, sisterhood,and committee chairs, and information about religious services and cultural activities.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1940-1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material from B'nai Jacob Congregation in Niagara Falls, Ontario. These include bank cheques, utility and hardware bills, insurance policy statements from the 1940s, general correspondence, as well as a report on the dedication of the rebuilt synagogue.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Communities
- Name Access
- B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
- Places
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : col (20 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm and 35 mm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1955-[ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the B'nai Jacob Congregation Sisterhood of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Included are general and executive meeting minutes as well as photographs of a Shavuot event at the synagogue. Beverly Blackstien is identified in one of the photographs.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Women
- Name Access
- B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
- Places
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1915-1923
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a text book of the Toronto Jewish Free School at 202 Berverly Street that was printed and published by Edmund Scheuer in 1915 and a letter written by Abraham Landsky in 1923 authorizing his son Harry Landsky to use his seats in Beth Medrosh Hagodol Chevra Tehillim (McCaul Street Synagogue) during the father's absence from Toronto.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: The letter written by Abraham Landsky has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.
- Subjects
- Synagogue seating
- Name Access
- Landsky, Abraham
- Landsky, Harry
- Benstein, Ida
- McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs
- Date
- [nd], 1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of sketches detailing former Holy Blossom Temple locations. The first is a sketch by an unknown artist of Coombe's Drugstore and the second is a sketch by artist Aba Bayefsky of the Richmond St. building.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 86 photographs : col. (26 negatives) ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1975-1982
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the synagogue interior during the restoration and one exterior view dated 1975.
- Descriptive Notes
- Photographs taken by Michael Shockett, for the Archives Committee.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-6
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 7 drawings : blueline prints ; 61 x 50 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Kiever Synagogue in downtown Toronto. Included are architectural drawings of south and west elevations, cross section, details of window frames and balcony basement, the ground floor, and roof and balcony plans. Benjamin Swartz was the architect.
- 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
- Synagogue architecture
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Swartz, Benjamin, 1899-1961
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger
- Date
- [1910?]-[1930?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the pinkus for the Knesseth Israel Synagogue. Material is in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Name Access
- Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-2-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 34 photographs : col. ; 26 x 21 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 33 photographs of the interior of the Kiever Synagogue at 28 Denison Square, Toronto, and one exterior view of the shule, as well as a letter from the Toronto Historical Board to Dr Stephen Speisman, Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 27 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1942–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two manuscript groups: MG 2 B-16A and MG 3 B 14.
- The first manuscript group (MG 3 B 14) consists of material documenting the Adath Israel Congregation of Kirkland Lake. Included are miscellaneous correspondence from 16 September 1952–18 September 1958; accounts from 1949–1954; schedule of services for the years 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, and 1965–1966; Board of Education minutes from 25 November 1951–17 June 1955; and a letter to Rabbi B[?] dated 1956.
- The second manuscript group (MG 2 B-16A) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1123 of Kirkland Lake. Included are executive meeting minutes from 3 September 1942—3 March 1948; correspondence for the periods 1944–1954, 1947—1949, July 1948–November 1948, and 1960; membership applications for 1947; and a dues book for the years 1944–1946.
- MG_RG
- MG2B16A
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1912
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Constitution of the Beth Israel Men of Minsk (Congregation Anshei Minsk) in the form of a small booklet. Material is in Yiddish and English.
- Administrative History
- The booklet belonged to Joshua Meslin, the grandfather of the donor. Joshua was a member of the congregation from its inception and its Shames for forty-two years. It was printed by the Royal Printing Company owned by Benjamin Meslin, Joshua's son.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-2-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-2-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records (1 v.)
- Date
- 1958-1984
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the minute book of Congregation Anshe Minsk with entries written in Yiddish.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Yiddish
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records relating to Ralph Milrod's involvement in Beth Tzedec Synagogue and the various court cases of the early 1970s arising from the dismissal of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Law
- Name Access
- Milrod, Ralph
- Rosenthal, Stuart E.
- Beth Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 120 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1904–1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the First Narayever Congregation of Toronto. Included are membership books, minute books, insert cards used to record aliyah pledges, correspondence, ledger sheets, contracts, and other material.
- Administrative History
- In 1914, Jews from eastern Galicia (now in modern Ukraine) established the First Narayever Congregation in Toronto as a landsmanshaf, i.e. a society of Jewish immigrants from the same town or region. The synagogue takes its name from the small market town of Narayev, which is located in eastern Galicia. The synagogue's founders belonged to the working class and many worked in Toronto's garment industry.
- Initially, congregation members met in different locations, but by 1923 their numbers and financial means had grown such that they were able to rent a small house at 70 Huron Street at the corner of Huron and Dundas. This house served as the congregation's home for twenty years.
- The congregation's first president was Israel Chaim Katz and its first meeting was held at the Katz home at 156 William Street. The congregation's first rabbi was Solomon Langner, who was hired by the congregation in 1923. He retained this affiliation despite serving the Kiever Synagogue as a full-time rabbi from 1929 until he died in 1973.
- In 1943, the congregation purchased property at 187-189 Brunswick Avenue from Bethel Church. This is where the the synagogue is located today.
- In 1950, Henry Young became president of the congregation. He occupied that position until his death in 1976. Shalom Langner, the son of Rabbi Solomon Langner, succeeded Young as president.
- As Toronto's Jewish population began to move north, the First Narayever continued to serve Orthodox Jews living downtown. In the 1980s, the congregation struggled to balance the needs of this older generation with the young generation's desire to make the synagogue more egalitarian with respect to gender. In 1983, the congregation's new leadership team successfully advanced a proposal to allow the full participation of women in traditional services. This innovation led to several long-standing members taking legal action, but their case was dismissed on the grounds that it was not a matter for civil law.
- The First Narayever's identity continued to evolve. In 2009, its membership voted to allow its rabbi, Edward Elkin, who began serving the congregation in 2000, to officiate at same-sex marriages.
- MG_RG
- MG3 A55
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-3-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 12 drawings: blueline and pencil: 111 x 77cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual material
- Date
- 1924-1981
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of the original architectural plans of the Kiever Synagogue in Kensington Market as well as plans drawn by Martin Mendelow for the Synagogue's restoration in the early 1980s. Also included is a Mendelow drawing of the Minsk Synagogue and textual materials relating to the Kiever
- Custodial History
- Materials were kept by Martin Mendelow
- Administrative History
- Martin Mendelow is a well known architect working in the Toronto area. His professional association with the Kiever Synagogue began when he was hired as architect of the Synagogue's restoration, which was completed in the early 1980s
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Menedelow, Martin
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 19 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1954-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to Congregation B'Nai Israel of Galt/Cambridge, Ontario and the Jewish communities of Galt/Cambridge, Preston, and Hespeler, Ontario. Materials include newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of the synagogue executive and general meetings, a program for an arts and crafts sale at B'Nai Israel, and a 1954 survey of the three communities prepared by the Research Committe of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Administrative History
- The City of Galt changed it's name to Cambridge in 1973.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Places
- Cambridge, Ont.
- Galt, Ont.
- Preston, Ont.
- Hespeler, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-[ca.1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a large certificate of membership in the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society awarded to S. Rath and a one thousand dollar share in the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in the form of "money".
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Date
- 1953-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of synagogue material including minutes of meetings, a list of members, bulletins, school information, correspondence, and a JNF tree order application form.
- Administrative History
- In 1973 the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair were amalgamated to form the City of Cambridge.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-51
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-51
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[ca. 1965]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of High Holy Day appeal cards for Jewish National Fund of Canada and Israel Bonds issued to Mr. J. Kornish of King David Congregation in Toronto.
- 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
- 2004-5-58
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-58
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual reccords
- Date
- 1926-[ca. 1936]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of letters patent and ledger of B'nai Israel Hushatine Kloise Synagogue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken on College Street in Toronto of a parade celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.
- 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
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1999
- Scope and Content
- Accession Consists of photographs taken at an Israel Fair and a Purim party at the Bloor JCC, UJA Israel Walkathon, the Yiddish Cultural Club at the Borochov Centre, and dance (Rikudiyah) and choir (Zimriyah) festivals.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Book of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Community Action for Israel Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and the role of Rabbi Harvey Fields as Chairman. Included are memos, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, list of committee members, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a seminar program. As well there are a few letters to Stephen Speisman, Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives from individuals in small Jewish communities in Ontario.
- Administrative History
- The Community Action Committee for Israel was constituted on March 1978. Rabbi Harvey Fields served congregations in Boston, New Jersey, and Holy blossom Temple in Toronto before becoming the senior rabbi of the Wiltshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles from 1985-2003. He passed away on January 23, 2014 at the age of 78.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-146
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-146
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col.
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1998]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photos and a newspaper article about the closing of the Ohav Zedeck Synagogue, Hamilton's "last sysnagogue in the core".
- 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