- 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
- 1992-2-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-2-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of photographs and negatives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs taken by Allan Anshan for the Canadian Jewish News.
- 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
- 1990-12-8
- 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
- 1991-5-11
- 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
- 1992-2-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-2-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a colour photograph of Hanna Schusheim, Emunah Toronto Council co-president (centre) with bazaar co-chairman Agnes Deutsch (left) and Malka Deutsch; a photograph of the entrance to Pardes Shalom cemetery with (L-R) Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, Jewish community chaplain; Sidney Freedman, founding president of Toronto Hebrew Memorial Park; Bill Draimin, current president; and Lorna Jackson, mayor of the city of Vaughan; a photograph of Rabbi Yitzchak Witty (right) and Mr and Mrs. Yitz Feldman; and a photograph of Anna Cohen and family.
- Custodial History
- Thes pohtographs came to the OJA from the Canadian Jewish News through Leila Speismanm, a former journalist with the paper.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Newspapers
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish News
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 173 photographs : b&w (136 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs from the Canadian Jewish News documenting activities of a number of organizations and activities including United Synagogue Day Schools, Associated Hebrew Schools, Jewish War Veterans, Baycrest Terrace, Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue, Cummer House, the Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg Memorial at the Lipa Green Building, and the Ontario Jewish Archives staff and volunteers. There are two photographs of the Hudson's Bay store at Lawrence and Bathurst Streets in Toronto.
- 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
- 1996-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-9-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 66 photographs : b&w and col. ; 19 x 24 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1908-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of group photos of organizatons including delegates to the 1910 Zionist convention in Toronto on the steps of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue, volunteer collectors for the War Relief Conference in Toronto during the First World War, founders of the Toronto Hebrew Students Association, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine holders of "T" for athletics, the University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association, the University of Toronto Zionist Circle, the University of Toronto Menorah Society, the Nordau Zion Club picnic at Long Branch, and the Associated Hebrew Charities Childrens Home (orphanage). Many of the photos have identification of individuals including David Eisen, Henry Dworkin, Morris Goldstick, A.G. Volpe, Jacob Singer and Fred Catzman.
- In addition there are a series of photographs of the University of Toronto St. George Campus, and buildings along Queen Street West, Nathan Phillips Square, New City Hall, Kensington Avenue and other downtown locations taken in 1965 and 1966. Some of the buildings have since been demolished.
- Finally, a clipping from the Canadian Jewish Congress Supplement written by Stephen Speisman outlines the history of the Central Region Archives Committee, later the Ontario Jewish Archives. Photo Captions: 002 Associated Hebrew Charities Children's Home, Simcoe St., (Toronto, ON), 1916. Adults indtified in the back row (L to R): [Unknown], Sam Miller (Dr. Miller of Chicago), [unkown woman], [Unkown woman], [unknown man], Reuben Lieberman (Toronto Lawyer), A.G. Volpe. 003 "T" holders in the Faculty of Medicine, 1920. See reverse for identification of the members of the boxing and wrestling teams. 005 Founders of Toronto Hebrew Students Association, September 1918. Front Row (L to R): P. Phillips, Henry Lipsett, A. Glassberg-Volpe, and Harry Fine. Back Row (L to R): Sam Moss, Henry Papernick, A. Kaminsky, Reuben Lieberman. 006 Members of the Hebrew Club, 1921. Front Row: K.I. Freeman, Fred Catzman, and Goodman; Middle Row: Reuben Hurwich, Shirley Freeman (Kraicer), I. Wallerstein, Miss Madorsky, S.W. Leslie, Riva Bronstein and Sam Hurwich. Back Row: Himel, Unidentified, Miss Wallerstein, Unidentified, Miss Goodman, Tomashinsky (Tomson), Unidentified, Lachovsky, Yitzhak (Itche) Goldberg and Abe Katz. 007 Toronto Hebrew Student Association cast of actors in sketch presented at Orange Hall, (College at Euclid), Toronto, ON JAN 7, 1918.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2004-5-92
- 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
- 2004-6-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 20 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four photographs depicting the Jewish community of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Two photos are of Joe Atkin's birthday parties. There is a photograph of the Dubinski familiy and another of a fireman service held in a Kirkland Lake synagogue. This last photograph includes Rabbi Rabinovitch along with members of the Kirkland Lake firefighters
- Administrative History
- Joe Atkins was a prominent member of the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. His family came to Canada from Lithuania in the early 1900s
- Name Access
- Atkins, Joe.
- Dubinski.
- Rabinovitch, Rabbi.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1973-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting persons and events connected with the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto including the Campaign Cabinet, Advanced Gifts division, Womens' Campaign, Walk For Israel, and United Jewish Wefare Fund and a mission to Israel.Identified individuals include Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin, Pierre Trudeau, Murray and Marvelle Koffler, Isadore Sharp, Charles Bronfman, lawrence Bloomberg, Phil Granovsky, Gerald Halbert, Alvin Rosenberg, Sheila Engel, Carol Kassel, Al Green, Harold Green, J. B. Salsberg, and George Cohon.
- Photo Captions:
- 2004-5-4_003: Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meets with representatives from UJA Toronto. From left to right: Gerald Sheff, Paul Morton, Shimon Peres, Lisa Morrison and Neil Nisker, 1986
- 2004-5-4_004: Rabbi Plaut and Barbara Frum, [197-]
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Presidents--Israel
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Name Access
- Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016
- 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
- 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
- 2004-5-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1971-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of United Jewish Appeal photographs documenting events including those of the Major Gifts and Women's Campaign Divisions. Identified individuals include Phil Granovsky, Ralph Halbert, Jack Chisvin, Issy Sharp, Tom Beck, David Azrieli, Lawrence Bloomberg, Roz Davidson, Didi Urbach and Carol Kassel.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 76 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-[ca.1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Jewish community of Hamilton, Ontario. They include portraits of individuals, group and committee activities, a sculpture, and scenes from a "peaceful protest for Russian Jews."
- Subjects
- Communities
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- 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
- 2004-5-54
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-54
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1915-[ca. 1966]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs documenting the military career of Jack Aarons in England, Egypt, and Palestine during the First World War and at military parades in Toronto after the Second World War. There is also a photograph of the inerior of the Murray House catering kitchen on Steeles Avenue about 1966.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Egypt
- England
- Palestine
- 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
- 2004-5-149
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-149
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs: b&w & col.
- Date
- [ca. 1905]-[ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 3 photos from London Ont., a 1905 photo of a grocery store owned by Rose Ginsberg and Willian Freidken, a 1935 group photo of the Arbeiter Ring, and a photo of 6 unidentified men.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-48
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-48
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1955]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copy photographs and negatives of the Newsies basketball team, a Toronto basketball team; group photographs of elementary and high school students; boys in a woodworking class; and a group of guests and staff at a Jackson's Point summer resort restaurant, possibly the Tides Hotel.
- One photograph of the Newsies Basketball Team (ca. 1940) features the following individuals:
- Top row, left to right: Lou Goldstein, [unidentified], Harold (Gasky?), [unidentified], Mike (Hurrs?), [unidentified].
- Middle row, left to right: Harold "Red" Lederman, Jack Gelfand, Hy Kimmel, Bukcky Tibando.
- Front row, left to right: "Blackie" Hoffman, [unidentified], Danny Glick, [unidentified].
- 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
- 2004-5-55
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-55
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 16 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1980]-1987
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the activities of a number of Toronto organizations and schools including several committees of B'nai Brith, the Canadian Jewish Congress Soviet Jewry Committee, the Toronto JCC, Baycrest Centre, the Toronto Committe for Ezrath Nashim, Eitz Chaim school, Leo Baeck Day school and CHAT (Community Hebrew Day School. There is also a photograph of an event in Cagary involving the Calgary Jewish Community Council.Identified individuals include Dorothy Reitman, Shirley Carr, Alan Rose, Frank Diamant, Alex Fisher, Rabbbi Sheldon Steinberg, Toronto Mayor Art Eggleton, and Larry Grossman.
- 001: Grade 4 student Robbie Berger demonstrates the principles of electricity at the Leo Baeck Science Fair, [198-]. Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto, ON.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-46
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-46
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs of U.J.A. society chairmen, 1970s; "Let My People Go", Labour Zionist meeting; Mandolin Group (Montreal); Toronto Group, Forest Hill, and congregants in a synagogue sanctuary.Identified individuals are Ben Kayfetz, Joseph B. Salsberg, Gordon Mendly, Dr. Syd Wax , and Lucille Lorie.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1928, 1936-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the account books and constitution for the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
- MG_RG
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Places
- Kirkland Lake, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1901]-1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, 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
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Galt, Ont.)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1958-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one program to a Celestial Ball held at the Agudath Israel Synagogue in Ottawa, an invitation a Cinderella Ball at the synagogue, invitations to the new synagogue's sod-turning ceremony, installation dinner and dedication ceremonies, bulletins, and a sisterhood newsletter.
- MG_RG
- MG3 B13
- Subjects
- Balls (Parties)
- Newsletters
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Agudath Israel Synagogue (Ottawa, Ont.)
- Places
- Ottawa, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1940-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the interior and one of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake with corresponding negatives.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-2-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-2-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 key
- Date
- 1921
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a gold key presented on 18 September 1921 to Fred and Sophie Torno at the opening of the Eastern Children of Israel Congregation, popularly known as the Berkeley Street Synagogue.
- Descriptive Notes
- B'nai Israel Hamizrachim.
- MG_RG
- MG 3 A 43
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Eastern Children of Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Berkeley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-8-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1949-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material related to the Israel Histradrut campaign activities in Canada and abroad. Included are photos that document donation plaques in Israel, meeting minutes in Toronto, correspondence with donor organizations, societies and synagogues in Toronto and smaller cities in Ontario, meeting and conference announcements and programs, and newspaper and magazine clippings from North America and Israel. Many of the records are in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- In 1946, the Jewish Folk Organizations in Toronto responded to the pioneers and workers in Palestine represented by the Histradrut Ha'Ovdim, and founded an aid organization. Projects in Israel have included medical clinics, hospital wings, trade schools, childrens' homes and the museum in the Kibbutz of the Ghetto Fighters.
- Name Access
- Israel Histadrut
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-12-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1957-1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a minute book of Congregation Agudath Israel Anschei Sfard (Palmerston Shul).
- MG_RG
- MG 3 A 58
- Name Access
- Palmerston Shul.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound book of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society constitution and by-laws from 1946.
- Administrative History
- The Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society was founded in 1905 on Chestnut St. for the purpose of providing aid to its members requiring medical support. Each member was required to pay dues to the society and in return was entitled to the following services: doctor's attendance, special medical aid, hostpital care, incurable benefits, a burial plot, funeral arrangements and funeral benefits and sick benefit payments.
- As the society grew, the benefit society formed an "Actzia" or credit society for granting loans and in the 1940s established a synagogue on Spadina Ave. so that its members could pray together. It later moved to Wilson Ave. and in 1969 a building was erected at its current location on Bathurst St., south of Steeles.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.5 m of textual records
- Date
- [199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of record related to the United Israel Appeal and the March of the Living.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-6-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 11 cm
- Date
- [18--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one studio photograph of a Jewish family. Written on the verso of the photo is the date May 1944 and the name [Esther Shulman?]
- 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
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-17
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-17
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Date
- Aug. 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one DVD of the United Jewish Communities Israel Emergency Campaign video from August 2006.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-11-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 100 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1997-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting UJA Federation's community grant allocation ceremonies from 1997, 1999 and 2003. The photographs feature representatives of the Community Planning and Allocations Department and various representatives of chosen community organizations.
- Administrative History
- The Community Planning and Allocations Department was responsible for awarding financial grants to chosen community organizations and projects. They were involved in the selection and allocation processes.
- Under the former Toronto Jewish Congress, community grant allocations was handled by the Social Planning Department, which was responsible for selecting the winning applicants, and the Budget and Finance Department, which was responsible for distributing the grant money. When the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto was founded, the two functions merged and became the Community Planning and Allocations Department. Under UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the two functions were once again separated into the Strategic Planning Department and the Budget and Finance Department.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 135 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1948-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of approximately 135 photographs and one negative of youth programs and events at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. Included are photographs of Camp Kadimah, the JCC nursery (including a Hanukkah iimage), the group work program, and the swimming pool. Photographs of the JCC building are also included. A guide describing the photographs is contained within.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 14 shirts and other material
- Date
- 1998-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of eight Walk with Israel t-shirts (2002-2008), one hat (n.d), one necklace (2008), and two collection envelopes (2006, 2008) from that same event. Contents also include three t-shirts (1998-2000), and one hat (n.d) from Israel Fun Walk. Other items in this accession include one Ilan Ramon Street Festival t-shirt (2007), one Israel Emergency Campaign t-shirt (2007), and one Telethon t-shirt (2006).
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 2 hats, 1 necklace and 1 folder of textual records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 51 x 41 cm
- Date
- June 1942
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one oversized photograph of the executive members of the Jewish National Workers Alliance, taken by Famous Studio at their annual conference. The conference was held on June 12 to June 15, 1942. The photograph features some touch-ups and markings, as well as the name of the studio etched in white ink, presumably by the photographer. Prints of the photo were likely made from this proof. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: B. Harold (Sec. Org.), A. Levinson (Rec. Sec.), G. Steinhouse (Yugnt), W. Eisenberg (Org. Chair), I. Weinert (Sec. Trade Union), M. Kachuk (Sec. Geverkshaften), Z. Cohen (Sec. Library), M. Witenberg (Sec. J.N.F.).
- Middle row, left to right: S. Rapaport (Cultural Chair), B. Shatz (Library Chair), J. J. Zweig (Treas.), J. Cash (Trade Union Chair), D. Cooper (House Comm.), N. Levinsky (Fin. Sec.), H. Share (Cemetery).
- Front row, left to right: S. Yollick (Cor. Sec.), H. M. Kirshenbaum (Vice Chair), I. J. Weinrot (Chair), Louis Segal (Gen. Sec. J.N.W.A.), Dr. S. B. Hurwich (Chair Actions Comm.), I Freeman (Shule Chair), P. Walerstein (Ex. Chair City Comm.).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 51 cm
- Date
- Jun. 1952
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one oversized photograph taken at the sixtieth birthday party for Michael Garber. The party was at a club in Montreal. Pictured in the photo are (left to right): Samuel Bronfman, Michael Garber and Edward Gelber.
- Subjects
- Birthdays
- Parties
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Accessions