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B'nai Jacob Congregation Sisterhood (Niagara Falls, ON) [graphic material, textual record] – 1955-[ca. 1970].

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

Shari-Lyn Safir (Thunder Bay, Ont.) [textual record (electronic)] – 1962.

Accession Number: 2007-7-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-7-5

Material Format: textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 document (pdf)

Date: 1962

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

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; Food; Women

Name Access: Safir, Shari-Lyn; Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Places: Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto B'nai B'rith Women [textual record] – 1953, 1956-1957.

Accession Number: 2007-11-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-11-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1953, 1956-1957

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three cookbooks produced by the Toronto B'nai Brith Women. The first is entitled "Party Book", the second is "Oven Magic", and the third is "What's Cooking?".

Subjects: Food; Women

Name Access: Toronto B'nai B'rith Women

Source: Archival Accessions

Coalition of Jewish Women for the GET [textual record, moving images] – 1969, 1997.

Accession Number: 2009-1-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-1-2

Material Format: textual record; moving images

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 2 videocassettes (each 44 min, 39 sec.)

Date: 1969, 1997

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a 1969 letter from Senator A[rthur] W. Roebuck, responding to a thank-you letter sent by Mrs. Sydney Cooper and Mrs. Minden, co-chairs of Crown Gifts division, and Mrs. Allen A. Small, chair of the Women's Division of UJA. The letter refers to the recent visit of a group of women who visited the Parliament buildings in Ottawa and were received by Senator Roebuck. The other items in the accession are a video and guidebook set entitled 'Untying the Bonds... Jewish Divorce: a GET Education Video & Guidebook, Fall 1997."

Custodial History: The records were in the office of Frances Goldstein, associate director for Top Gifts at UJA's Centre for Philanthropy, before being transferred to the OJA. Goldstein was formerly the head of Women's Campaign.

Administrative History: The Canadian Coalition of Jewish Women for the GET was composed of all the major Jewish women's organizations, which joined forces in the late 1980s to have the federal Divorce Act amended. The Jewish Women's Federation was one of these organizations; the others were Jewish Women International of Canada, Emunah Women of Canada, Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, Na’amat Canada, Canadian ORT, Women’s Federation CJA, National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Status of Women Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and Women’s League of Conservative Judaism. In 1990, as part of a lobbying group that included B'nai Brith, Canadian Jewish Congress, and religious groups of all faiths, the Coalition succeeded in having a protective clause added to the Divorce Act, ensuring that no spouse should retain barriers to the religious remarriage of their ex-spouse in a divorce in Canada. The Coalition went on after its successful legislative reform campaign to produce an educational video on Jewish divorce and continue with its activism and public awareness building.

Subjects: Women; Get (Jewish law)

Source: Archival Accessions

Ethel Abramsky - 8 Nov. 1981

Name: Ethel Abramsky

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 8 Nov. 1981

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ethel Abramsky

Number: OH 42

Subject: World War, 1939-1945; Women; International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)

Interview Date: 8 Nov. 1981

Quantity: 2 cassettes (1 copy); 1 CD; 4 WAV files

Interviewer: M. Feldman

Total Running Time: 001: 30.53 minutes 002: 30.50 minutes 003: 31.25 minutes 004: 30.42 minutes

Conservation: Copied to cassette in August 2003.; Digitized in January 2015.

Notes: Sound quality poor in many sections.

Use Restrictions: Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Ethel Abramsky (née Levin) came to live in Kingston after her marriage to Harry Abramsky in 1927. Ethel remained an active member of the Queen Esther Chapter of Hadassah throughout her life. Harry, an industrialist and business man, was a generous benefactor of Queens University and was instrumental in establishing Hillel House at Queens. Ethel and Harry had three children and eight grandchildren.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Abramsky, Ethel; Abramsky, Harry; Canadian Hadassah-WIZO; International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)

Geographic Access: Kingston (Ont.); Florida; Poland

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Digital file; Audio cassette

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_002_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_003_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_004_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Dr. Mattie Rotenberg - 26 Feb. 1976

Name: Dr. Mattie Rotenberg

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 26 Feb. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Dr. Mattie Rotenberg

Number: OH 63

Subject: Antisemitism; Rabbis; Charities; Influenza; Balfour Declaration; Immigrants--Canada; Women's clothing; Women; Department stores

Interview Date: 26 Feb. 1976

Quantity: 2 cassettes (1 copy); 2 WAV files

Total Running Time: 62:52 sec.

Conservation: Copied to cassette in August 2003.; Copied to digital file in June 2014.; Side 2 of the original cassette is damaged. The tape continually speeds up and slows down.

Use Restrictions: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Mattie Rotenberg was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She grew up in Toronto's Ward district and received her degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. In 1920, she became the first secretary of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society in Toronto.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto; Hillcrest Progressive School; Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); University of Toronto; T. Eaton Co

Geographic Access: Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: Introduction of Dr. Mattie Rotenberg to the audience 0:00-:49 Family History 0:50-4:00: Rotenberg, daughter of Russian immigrants, recounts the story of her parents’ immigration and arrival in Toronto during the early 1890s. 4:01-7:35: Rotenberg recalls her childhood memories of life growing up in Toronto’s Ward district during the era of “great” Jewish immigration. 7:40-11:10: Rotenberg recalls happy childhood memories living on Regent Street, then a primarily non-Jewish neighbourhood. 11:11-13:40: Rotenberg recalls the Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 that destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. 13:45-15:19: Rotenberg recalls the open-air streetcar that ran along Toronto’s beltline, the City Dairy, and Riverdale Park. 15.20-18.02: Rotenberg recalls Rabbi Jacob Gordon of Goel Tzedec Synagogue and Rabbi Julius Price, the synagogue’s first English-speaking rabbi. 18:03-21:00: Rotenberg discusses her education at the Dufferin Elementary School and Jarvis Collegiate, her family’s first telephone, riding in a motor car, Massey Hall and Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets considered to be the choice residential district of the time. 21:01-22.00: Rotenberg recalls Dr. Sandler, Toronto’s first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto’s non-Jewish community. 22:01-22:59: Rotenberg recalls the Queen Street shopping district, the Willinsky’s department store, and Hadassah’s first bazaar held at Toronto Armory. 23:00-23:47: Rotenberg recalls antisemitic incidents that occurred in Toronto during the late 1920s. 23:48-24.33: Rotenberg discusses the Orange Lodges’ influence on civic politics, prejudice towards the Jewish and Catholic communities, and the anti-French-language campaign Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto then and now 24.34-25.30: Rotenberg recalls the changes to Gerrard Sreet East, from a tree-lined street to concrete sidewalks. 25.31-26.48: Rotenberg recalls being the only Jewish student at Jarvis Collegiate. 26.49-27.20: Rotenberg discusses her Jewish education. 27.22-28.06: Rotenberg provides an anecdote about local Jewish news and gossip. 28.07-29.18: Rotenberg discusses the hardships of housekeeping. 29.20-30.25: Rotenberg discusses women’s fashion during the early 1900s. 30.26-31.05: Rotenberg discusses Eatons and Simpsons before the introduction of the cash register. 31:26-33.23: Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto during the early years of the First World War. Rotenberg recalls recruitment meetings held at the Armoury and the crowds that gathered to view war bulletins posted in the window the Telegram’s office on Bay Street. 33.24-36.28: In this portion of the interview, Rotenberg describes the University of Toronto as being an extremely “WASPish” place run by professors with chauvinistic attitudes 36.29-37.23: Rotenberg discusses the problem faced by Jewish women looking for a teaching position. 37:24-39:12: Rotenberg recalls Dr. (Canon) Cody, president of U of T, and his witch hunts for students believed to have Communist leanings. 39:13-40:05: Rotenberg recalls Toronto’s flu epidemic following the First World War. 40:06-41:07: Rotenberg recalls the announcement of the Balfour Declaration in 1918 and the city’s commemoration parade to honour the declaration. Side 2 0:00-:46 : Commemoration of the Balfour Declaration continued. 0:47-4.09: Rotenberg discusses her job as secretary to JIAS during the 1920s. She describes JIAS as an “embryo” started by a few dozen men working to provide aid for Jewish immigrants. *Speech garbled in some sections* 4:10-6:24: Rotenberg discusses the founding in 1929 of the Hillcrest Progressive Day School, whose main motive was to provide a comprehensive Jewish education. 6.25-6.36: Rotenberg discusses the making of liquid hydrogen at the University of Toronto’s physics building during the early 1920s. 6.36-10.00: Here the sound quality becomes poor and Rotenberg’s voice is garbled. 10:00- 21.45: Question period. Sound quality poor and garbled. END

Source: Oral Histories

J. B. Salsberg - Sep. 1985

Name: J. B. Salsberg

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: Sep. 1985

Source: Oral Histories

Name: J. B. Salsberg

Number: OH 71

Subject: Labor movement; Labor unions; Women; Demonstrations

Interview Date: Sep. 1985

Quantity: 1

Total Running Time: OH71_001: 44:50 minuets OH71_002: 35:55 minuets

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Joseph Baruch Salsberg (1902–1998) was a labour leader, political activist, politician, newspaper columnist, and a man who dedicated his life to Yiddishkeit and the advancement of social justice. He was active in various Jewish organizations, including the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, and the New Fraternal Jewish Association. In 1938, he was elected as alderman on Toronto’s City Council; in 1948, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is well remembered by contemporaries, such as Sam Lipshitz, as a "champion of the people," committed to social justice, the plight of the working-class, and the preservation of Jewish culture.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 71 - Salsberg\OH71_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 71 - Salsberg\OH71_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Joseph Salsberg discusses the events that led to the birth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) in America and the ILGWU's influence on the Canadian garment industry.

In this clip, Joseph Salsberg discusses the first sit down strike by tailors in Canada in recognition of women

Dora Till - 4 May 1983

Name: Dora Till

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 4 May 1983

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Dora Till

Number: OH 151

Subject: Immigrants--Canada; Families; Labor; Labor unions; Women; Occupations

Interview Date: 4 May 1983

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: 46 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Dora Till (née Tobias) was born in New York City in 1896. She came to Toronto in 1900. She married Morris Till in 1918. They had one daughter, Cecile. As a youth, Dora was involved with Herzl Girls and the Boot and Shoe Society. Dora was active in community service and contributed greatly to social service work. She was co-founder and first president for the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home, vice president of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society, a board member for the Jewish Family and Child Services, an executive for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, honorary vice president of United Jewish Welfare Fund, on the board of Canadian Jewish Congress and past president of the Naomi Chapter of Hadassah-WIZO.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Herzl Girls Boot and Shoe Society, 1920; Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home; Baycrest Hospital; United Jewish Welfare Fund; Beth Tzedec Synagogue; Timothy Eaton Company; Till, Dora

Geographic Access: Toronto; Bronte

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Dora Till discusses some of the services provided by Hebrew Maternity Aid.

Dora Till was co-founder and first president for Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home. In this clip, Dora describes the efforts to solicit and fundraise on behalf of the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home.

Lillian Gollom - 8 Dec. 1986

Name: Lillian Gollom

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 8 Dec. 1986

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Lillian Gollom

Number: OH 122

Subject: Families; Women; Occupations; Antisemitism; Hospitals

Interview Date: 8 Dec. 1986

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Morris Silbert and Nancy Draper

Total Running Time: OH122_001: 31.05 minutes; OH122_002: 17.07 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Lillian Gollom (née Slovens) was born in Russia in 1903. She came to Toronto around 1907. She attended Ogness Public School and Canada Business College. She married Nat Gollom in 1924. They had a son and a daughter. Lillian was actively involved with the "Sinai's" and served as president of the organization in 1939. The fund-raising efforts of the the "Sinai's", Ezrat Nashim and "Twigs" assisted with the establishment of the first Mount Sinai Hospital on Yorkville Avenue. Lillian was a volunteer at the hospital. She remained active with the Sinais and involved with the establishment of the second Mount Sinai Hospital on University Avenue. Afterwards, the organization's focus shifted to fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Mount Sinai Hospital; Dworkin, Dorothy; Canadian Cancer Society; Singer, E.F.; Gollom, Lillian

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 122 - Gollom\OH122_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 122 - Gollom\OH122_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Lillian Gollom discusses the establishment and early days of the first Mount Sinai Hospital. She describes the fundraising efforts of Ezrat Nashim, the Sinais, and the Twigs.

In this clip, Lillian Gollom relates anecdotes pertaining to the impact of the Great Depression on Jewish families in the early 1930s.

Ida Siegel - 22 Jul. 1971

Name: Ida Siegel

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 22 Jul. 1971

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ida Siegel

Number: OH 166; OH 167

Subject: Charities; Women

Interview Date: 22 Jul. 1971

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Eva Kayfetz

Total Running Time: OH166A: 47.minutes OH166B: 5. minutes OH167A: 29. minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Hadassah-WIZO of Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Ida Siegel discusses the formation of Hadassah in Canada and how it evolved into Hadassah-WIZO. She describes the creation of separate Hadassah branches.

In this clip, Ida Siegel explains the events that led up to the formation of a committee that she headed to write a aonstitution for Hadassah. She describes some of the struggles she encountered in the process.

Genya Intrator - 26 Nov. 1990

Name: Genya Intrator

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 26 Nov. 1990

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Genya Intrator

Number: OH 223; OH 224

Subject: Antisemitism; Women; Human rights

Interview Date: 26 Nov. 1990

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Mindy A. Skapinker

AccessionNumber: 1993-9-1

Total Running Time: OH 223A: 46 minutes OH 223B: 46 minutes OH 224A: 16 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Genya Intrator was born in Moscow and moved as a child to Palestine in the 1930s. She was a member of the Israeli underground and served in the Israeli army during the War of Independence. She played a central leadership role in the Soviet Jewry movement in Canada. She founded Women for Soviet Jewry and served as chair of the National Soviet Jewry Committee. She helped with the creation of the Group of 35, a Soviet-Jewry activist group in Toronto. Genya had regular contact by phone with Soviet activists and relayed their information back to Israeli consuls. She was an advisor to B'nai Brith on Soviet Jewry. She started an inter-religious Task Force for Soviet Jewry in Canada.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Intrator, Genya; Skapinker, Mindy A.; Canadian Jewish Congress

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Genya Intrator discusses the formation of the Group of 35, a Soviet-Jewry activist group.

In this clip, Genya Intrator describes how information about Soviet Jews was passed on to the Israeli consulate in New York, who tracked all the data. She explains how she was appointed as a "secret agent" who would report information from her many phone calls to the Soviet Union.

Delicious Dishes : Sudbury's New Jewish Cook Book [text] – [198-?].

Accession Number: 2013-8-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-8-3

Material Format: text

Physical Description: 1 book : 166 p.

Date: [198-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one cookbook published by the Sisterhood of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue and the Dorothy Rothschild Chapter of Hadassah (Sudbury).

Subjects: Food; Women

Name Access: Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue; Hadassah-Wizo

Places: Subury, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Masada Chapter of Lithuanian Jews [textual record] – 1970-2008.

Accession Number: 2014-6-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-6-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1970-2008

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records documenting the activities of the Masada Chapter of Lithuanian Jews. Included are invitations, newspaper clippings, program books, membership lists, certificates and song lyrics.

Custodial History: Records were in the possession of Anna Kremer, Masada Chapter president. Brought to the archives by Mara Finkelstein, her granddaughter.

Subjects: Societies; Women

Name Access: Masada Chapter of Lithuanian Jews (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

National Council of Jewish Women, Council 63 Branch [multiple media] – 1963-2013.

Accession Number: 2014-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-10-1

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 10 cm textual records; ca. 70 photographs: b&w and col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm or smaller; 1 scrapbook

Date: 1963-2013

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the activities of "Council '63", a branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC). Types of records include a photograph album, a scrapbook, correspondence, souvenirs, meeting minutes, membership lists, program materials and budgets.

Administrative History: The "Council '63" Branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) was formed in 1963. Currently consisting of 20 members, the group was initially spearheaded by Barbara Norwich (d. 2011), and they met regularly in homes in the Cedarvale area. The group primarily did volunteer work, although it later evolved into a study group and book club.

Subjects: Women; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: National Council of Jewish Women (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Morley S. Wolfe [textual record, graphic material] – 1982-1983.

Accession Number: 2015-6-11

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-6-11

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 6 cm textual records; 1 photograph

Date: 1982-1983

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a scrapbook with materials documenting Morley Wolfe's presidency of B'Nai Brith Canada in 1982. Materials include congratulatory letters, tribute items, badges, pins, invitations, banquet programs, annual convention programs, speeches, awards, and certificates. There is also a photograph from a Harbord Collegiate reunion from the early 1990s. People identified in the photo: A. Kashen, I Cass, M. Barrett, G. Rumak, M. Silverberg, S. Rabinowitz, B. Federman, L. Novitsky, S. Friedberg, F. Gross, E. Robbins, B. Kleiman, B. Nightingale, S. Siegelman, G. Saunders, H. Freeman, M. Yasny, E. Fisher, L. Rosen, E. Smith, S. Landsberg, and M. Wolfe.

Administrative History: Morley S. Wolfe was born in Winnipeg in 1928 to Cecil (b. 1895) and Betty (nee Davidow) Wolfe. He spent his early childhood in various cities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba until moving to Toronto in 1940. Soon after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1955 he started his own practice as a senior member of the law firm Burt, Burt, Wolfe and Bowman. In 1971 he was appointed Queen’s Council, and from 1973 to 1977 he served as counsel for B’nai Brith Canada. After his retirement from practice in 1993, the Province of Ontario appointed him presiding Justice of the Peace for Ontario and Deputy Judge in Small Claims Court. His first marriage was to Sandra Newman in 1958 and they had three children together: Leslie, Lee, and Melanie. He later married Joan and became the step-father to her daughter, Erin. Throughout his life Morley was passionate about fighting prejudice and discrimination and became involved with organizations, such as the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He was also a member of the Toronto Police Services Board Committee on Race Relations, served as Chair of the North York Committee on Community, Race and Ethnic Relations, and was appointed to the Canadian Multiculturalism Council. In addition, he was the founding president of Toronto Residents in Partnership (TRIP) from 2003 to 2006. His involvement extended to Jewish organizations. He served as national president of B’nai Brith Canada (BBC) from 1982 to 1983 and was a founding member of its League for Human Rights. He was also president of BBC’s Toronto Regional Council and Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998, and of the Jewish Camp Council of Toronto as well as many other organizations. Morley’s hard work and involvement in the community earned him many awards, including, City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Race Relations Award, the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, B’Nai Brith Canada Service Award, and the Province of Ontario’s Senior Achievement Award. Around 2002, Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998 began filing a series of appeals with B’nai Brith International (BBI) over concerns that BBC’s national executive was governing undemocratically. Morley played a key role in filing these appeals and was the centre of one appeal filed after BBC censured him without advance notice or the opportunity for a hearing. These appeals were not all successful. Around 2006, Morley became involved in another appeal against BBC that was filed by a group of members who called themselves the Concerned Members of B’nai Brith Canada (CMOBBC). They alleged that BBC’s national executive had too much centralized power, was not governing transparently, failed to provide members with audited financial statements at multiple annual general meetings (AGMs), passed a constitution that members had defeated at the 2005 AGM, and was threatening and harassing some members. BBI’s appeal court rendered its verdict in 2007 in favour of BBC. Soon after this judgment was made BBC took steps to expel all the members of CMOBBC. In response, Morley resigned from the organization. Morley currently resides in Brampton.

Subjects: Law; Women

Name Access: Wolfe, Morley, 1928-

Source: Archival Accessions

Janice Benatar|Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto [multiple media] – 1986, 1991-2015.

Accession Number: 2015-12-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-12-7

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: ca. 10 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1986, 1991-2015

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the personal and professional activities of Janice Benatar. Personal records include a family tree, speeches Janice delivered at the Lipa Lippers Toastmaster's Group meetings, a Sephardic cookbook, immigration papers, and a Sharon School Reunion invitation for alumni living in Toronto. Also included are photographs of Janice with her family, performing in a ballet production with the Academy of Ballet and Jazz, with her newborn son, at her son's bar mitzvah at Chabad Flamingo, and with the keys to her first home in Thornhill. Also identified in photographs are: Elan Levitan, Viviane Benatar, Michael Benatar, Claudia Benatar, Rachel Pasternak, and Samuel Pasternak.; Also included are speeches, invitations, event programs, and video recordings of Book Of Life events as well as a bookmark that was designed by artist Enya Keshet for Book of Life honourees. Finally, accession also includes Professional Advisory Committee meeting minutes (2009-2015) and breakfast seminar presentations (2014-2015).

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes: Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 4 DVDs, 200 KB of textual records, and 1 bookmark.

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada; Nonprofit organizations; Philanthropy and fundraising; Women

Name Access: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto : Women's Campaign and Advocacy [textual record, graphic material] – 1989-2000.

Accession Number: 2016-2-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-2-14

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1.8 m of textual records and graphic material

Date: 1989-2000

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records created by UJA Federation's Women's Campaign and Advocacy. The records consist of general subject files that document the breadth of work of the WC&A, including the operation of its executive board and committees, fundraising campaigns and the various giving levels, missions, volunteer management, outreach efforts, programming, as well as the WC&A's relationship with the Jewish Women's Federation.

Custodial History: These records appear to have originated with Frances Goldstein.

Use Conditions: UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Subjects: Philanthropy and fundraising; Women

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Jewish Women's Federation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

A Blessed Rage for Order : The Life & Art of Lea Vogel [moving images] – 2013.

Accession Number: 2016-4-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-4-12

Material Format: moving images

Physical Description: 1 DVD (55 min.)

Date: 2013

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one DVD copy of a film David Nimmo created regarding the life and art of his late wife, Lea Vogel-Nimmo.

Administrative History: Lea Vogel-Nimmo was born in Rozniatov, Poland in 1937. She was saved from the Holocaust as one of the "Children of Tehran" and grew up in Israel. She became an artist and travelled to various countries to study and practice art, including, Florence, Amsterdam, Jamaica and the United States. She married Dr. David Nimmo in 1974 and later moved to Toronto, Canada. She passed away in March 2012 after living with cancer for 21 years.

Use Conditions: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Arts; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Women

Name Access: Vogel-Nimmo, Lea, 1937-2012

Source: Archival Accessions

ORT & Women's Division, United Jewish Welfare Fund [graphic material] – 1950-[196-].

Accession Number: 2016-3-45

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-3-45

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm and 18 x 13 cm

Date: 1950-[196-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three photographs. One photo is of a group of canvassers seated at a meeting for UJWF's Women's Division (1950). The Division broke its area down into districts, which appear on poster boards at the back of the room. The other two photographs appear to date from the 1960s and were taken in Israel. On the reverse side of a photo with three people is the name Prof. Lillian Kingstone, ORT and the other photo depicts Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion and Aba Eban seated, along with others.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects: Women

Name Access: ORT; United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.); Ben-Gurion, David; Eban, Aba; Meir, Golda

Places: Israel; Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Charlotte Bochner [graphic material] – [ca. 1941].

Accession Number: 2016-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-8-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Date: [ca. 1941]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one black and white photograph of Charlotte Bochner ca. 1941. The photo appears to have been an official portrait, used when she served as Chairman of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The notes on the back of the photo are as follows: Charlotte Bochner, return to Toronto Jewish National Fund committee, 651 Spadina Ave.

Custodial History: The photograph was in the possession of Charlotte's Daughter Anne Bochner Stein.

Administrative History: Charlotte Bochner (1906-1979) was born in 1906 to Abraham and Annie (née Garofsky) Andrews. She married Maxwell Bochner (1900-1968) in Dec. 1928 and they had two children named Anne Constance and Joseph Harvey. Dr. Maxwell Bochner was born on October 8, 1900 to Charles and Ann (née Kurtz) Bochner.; Dr. Maxwell Bochner was an ophthalmologist and Chief of Staff and Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology for New Mount Sinai Hospital and Scarborough General Hospital. He was also Chief of the Eye Department for the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. He belonged to numerous medical associations, B'nai B'rith, the Primrose Club, Phi Delta Epsilon Fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity and was a member of the Holy Blossom Temple. He founded the Bochner Eye Institute in 1929.; Charlotte served as chair of the Women's Division of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1941.

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: Women; Portraits

Name Access: Bochner, Charlotte, 1906-1979; Bochner, Maxwell, 1900-1968

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Pearl Freedhoff [textual record] – 1945-1955.

Accession Number: 2017-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-8-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 7 cm of textual records

Date: 1945-1955

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to Pearl Freedhoff's volunteer work with the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood as well as general records of Goel Tzedec and Beth Tzedec Synagogues. Included are Goel Tzedec Sisterhood bulletins (1945-1950), Sisterhood Annual Torah Tea invitations (1946-1951), Sisterhood Luncheon and Dinner Meeting invitations (1945-1952), Sisterhood Sabbath service invitaions (194-?), a Sisterhood finanical statement (1950), general Goel Tzedec Sisterhood correspondence (1950-1952), a script for a Goel Tzedec Sisterhood play (194-?), a speech given by Pearl Freedhoff (195-?), Beth Tzedec Sisterhood meeting invitations (1955), records related to the binennial convention of the National Women's League of the United Synagogue of America (1950), Goel Tzedec graduation and confirmation programs (1950-1951), a program book for the consecration of the Goel Tzedec Memorial Park (1949), Goel Tzedec Weekly Bulletins (1950-1951), and records documenting the Beth Tzedec Syangogue Dedication (1955).

Administrative History: Pearl Freedhoff (née Narrol) was born on 17 September 1906 to Harry Narrol and Esther Narroll (née Newman). She had four siblings: She had four siblings: Albert, Gertie, Hilda (m. Spivak), and Mendell (died as infant). Pearl married Dr. Samuel Osias Freedhoff (1903–1973) in 1927 and had two children: Stephen and Judith. Samuel was the son of Harry Freedhoff and Molli Freedhoff (née Bohnen). Pearl graduated from the University of Toronto, School of Social Work, and Samuel graduated from the School of Dentistry. Both were members of Goel Tzedec Synagogue, with Pearl serving as sisterhood president from 1949–1950 and Samuel as president of the men's club in 1952. Pearl passed away on 18 December 1997.

Subjects: Women; Synagogues

Name Access: Freedhoff, Pearl, 1906-1997; Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Esther Matlow [textual record, graphic material] – 1959-2001.

Accession Number: 2017-6-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-6-8

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1.4 m of textual records and graphic material

Date: 1959-2001

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to Esther Matlow's involvement as both a member and as a former president of Hadassah-WIZO of Canada. By extension, the records also reflect the activities of World WIZO and Hadassah International. Included are meeting minutes and associated board reports; speeches and greetings; general correspondence; Hadassah publicity and informational materials including Orah Magazine; bulletins and president's newsletters; seminar materials; conference materials; and honours and certificates. There is also material related to Matlow's personal affairs, including letters written to news media outlets with her husband Irving, personal correspondence, and several cookbooks including one compiled of Esther's recipes created in 2001 in her honour. Also included is a personal memoir written by Irving Matlow for his children.

Administrative History: Esther (née Climans) Matlow (1930-2012) served as national president of the Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada from Nov. 1990 to Nov. 1993, presiding over the organizations 75th anniversary celebrations. Her term of office spanned an historic period from the events leading up to and including the Persian Gulf War to the signing of the Middle East peace accords. A forty-year member of the organization, she served it in a variety of executive capacities before her election as president. She was married to Irving Matlow for 60 years and had four children, Anne, Ruth, Elaine, and David. Esther passed away on 1 Dec. 2012.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: ASSOCIATED MATERIAL NOTE: Library and Archives Canada hold the Esther Matlow fonds, MG31 H187.

Subjects: Women; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Matlow, Esther, 1930-2012; Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Adena and Harvey Glasner [textual record, graphic material] – 1976-1993.

Accession Number: 2018-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-3-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 10 cm of textual and graphic material (2 vol.)

Date: 1976-1993

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a scrapbook documenting the Yedidot Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women and a photo album documenting programming of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto). The Scrapbook includes photographs, invitations and notes, programmes and other related ephemera. The album includes photographs documenting the Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy held in Toronto on June 27-30, 1993 at the Park Plaza Hotel.

Administrative History: The Yedidot Chapter was formed in 1977. Chairpersons included Marsh Cohen (1976-1977); Cheryl Sonenberg (1977-1978); Noreen Horowitz (1978-1979); Adena Glasner (1979-1980); Elaine Safer (1980-1981); Blanca Abramson (1981-1982); Pauline Gold (1982-1983); Isabel Schnapp (1983-1984); Paula Frisch (1984-1985): Ellen Lewkowicz (1985-1986).

Subjects: Genealogy; Women

Name Access: National Council of Jewish Women of Canada; Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Act to End Violence Against Women [textual record, graphic material, multiple media] – 1938-2016.

Accession Number: 2018-7-21

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-7-21

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; multiple media

Physical Description: 113 cm of textual and other records; 1 scrapbook

Date: 1938-2016

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the Act to End Violence Against Women organization. Included are: meeting minutes of the executive board; a ledger containing executive board waivers of notice; meeting minutes and resolutions from the yearly conventions; photographs of Act to End Violence Against Women members; correspondence with other organizations; correspondence, research material, public reactions, and ephemera from various campaigns; a commemorative booklet for a B'nai Brith cantorial concert; a scrapbook on the formation of the B'nai Brith Women Claire Morry Chapter; constitutions, constitutional amendments, reports, budgets, resolutions and other records of Act to End Violence Against Women; member lists and honour roll of past chapters; material and correspondence with B'nai Brith Washington; UJA material concerning assimilation and intermarriage and 2001 Jewish census data results.

Administrative History: The first Canadian chapter of B'nai Brith Women International was formed in Windsor, Ontario in 1923. Other chapters were soon formed throughout Eastern Canada and additional chapters were established in Winnipeg and British Columbia after 1949. The organization was initially administered by the American B'nai Brith Women. In 1976, it finally became autonomous (although still affiliated with the American agency) and changed its name to B'nai Brith Women of Eastern Canada. In 1981, its name was changed again to B'nai Brith Women of Canada. In 1995, the organization became known as Jewish Women International of Canada (JWIC). In November 2011, the organization underwent a final name change to Act to End Violence Against Women.; JWIC is committed to social change, with a particular focus on improving the lives of women and their families. In the 1980s, the agency initiated programs to counter domestic violence and began operating safe housing for Jewish women and children known as ASTEH (Alternative Safe Temporary Emergency Housing). JWIC also runs the JWI Residential Treatment Centre for emotionally disturbed youth.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: Language note: Material in English, Russian and French.

Subjects: Charities; Family violence; Women

Name Access: Act to End Violence Against Women

Places: Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Bessie Frisch [textual record, graphic material] – 1939-1987.

Accession Number: 2022-5-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2022-5-12

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records; 10 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date: 1939-1987

Scope and Content: Accession consists of materials documenting the Hebrew Weston Sanitarium and Service Club. Included are meeting lists, minutes, financial statements, photographs, and invitations for charitable luncheon and tea events. Other organizations documented in the records include: Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations; Israel Lung and Tuberulosis League; Mount Sinai Women's Auxilliary; Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation; and Shaarei Shomayim.

Administrative History: Bessie Frisch was the president of the Hebrew Weston Sanitarium Club between 1967-1971; 1974-1976; and co-president with Ivy Freiman in 1980-1982. She was married to Harry Frish and had one daughter. Rhoda.; HWSC was founded in 1928 and became Hebrew Weston Charitable Services in 1967. It was a volunteer group that was formed to provide aid to the Jewish patients at the Toronto Hospital for Consulptives (more commonly known as the Weston Sanitorium), now West Park Healthcare Centre. Meals on Wheels was funded in part by HWCS in 1965 and was in full operation by 1966.

Subjects: Women; Medical care

Source: Archival Accessions

Brian Theimer [textual record, graphic material] – 1938-1939, 1964.

Accession Number: 2024-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2024-2-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook; 1 commemorative book; 1 bulletin

Date: 1938-1939, 1964

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three items. The first item is a Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood scrapbook for the years 1962–64. The second item is a commemorative book released on the occasion of the 1938 dedication of Holy Blossom Temple. The third item is a Holy Blossom Temple bulletin dated 26 November 1939.

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: Synagogues; Women

Name Access: Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mrs. Chaya Fruitman and niece, Mrs. Chana Wiseberg [graphic material] – 1919.

Level: Item

ID: Item 52

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 52

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1919

Physical Description: 1 photograph: 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of Mrs. Chaya Fruitman and her niece Mrs. Annie "Chana" Wiseberg in Toronto in 1919.

Notes: There is a negative for this photograph.

Name Access: Fruitman, Chaya; Rosenblatt, Rebecca; Wiseberg, Annie

Subjects: Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Thirty-fifth anniversary of Pioneer Women, surviving original members, Toronto [graphic material] – 1961.

Level: Item

ID: Item 415

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 415

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1961

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Notes: Acquired January 28, 1975.

Name Access: Pioneer Women

Subjects: Anniversaries; Portraits, Group; Women

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

National Council of Jewish Juniors, Madison Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – 1940.

Level: Item

ID: Item 458

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 458

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the National Council of Jewish Juniors, members of the cast of three one-act plays performed at Madison theatre, Toronto, 1940.

Notes: A negative is available.

Name Access: Madison Theatre; National Council of Jewish Juniors

Subjects: Actors; Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

National Council of Jewish Juniors, Cast of a Play, Madison Theatre, Toronto [graphic material] – 1940.

Level: Item

ID: Item 459

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 459

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w , mounted on board ; 14 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Item is an original photograph of National Council of Jewish Juniors cast of play, Madison (Midtown) Theatre, Toronto, directed by Ida Strauss. Left to right: Eve Cappe, Jenny Birken, Syd Scheen, and Olga Galitsky.

Name Access: Birken, Jenny; Cape, Eve; Galitsky, Olga; Madison Theatre; National Council of Jewish Juniors; Scheen, Syd; Strauss, Ida

Subjects: Actors; Women; Theater

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

National Council of Jewish Juniors [graphic material] – 1932.

Level: Item

ID: Item 460

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 460

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1932

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of members of the National Council of Jewish Juniors taken at 44 St. George Street, Toronto.

Name Access: National Council of Jewish Juniors

Subjects: Women

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 George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mozirer Young Women's Club (Toronto) Executive Committee [graphic material] – 1930.

Level: Item

ID: Item 549

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 549

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1930

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the Toronto Executive Committee of the Mozirer Young Women's Club

Notes: From the Mozirer S.B.S. Silver Anniversary Book (B.G.K.).

Name Access: Mozirer Young Women's Club

Subjects: Clubs; Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Women seated in remodelled synagogue, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – [195-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 801

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 801

Material Format: graphic material

Responsibility: Duke Studio

Date: [195-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of four women seated in the pews of the newly-remodeled Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured on the far right is Fanny Goldstein.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Goldstein, Fanny

Subjects: Women

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Executive and Ladies' Auxiliary, McCaul St. Synagogue, Toronto [graphic material] – 1937.

Level: Item

ID: Item 987

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 987

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1937

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Item is a composite photograph featuring portraits of the members of the Exeuctive and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue (the McCaul St. Synagogue) on their fiftieth anniversary.

Name Access: McCaul Street Synagogue; Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue; Chevra Tehillim; Ladies' Auxiliary

Subjects: Anniversaries; Portraits; Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1976-10-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Ladies' Society, Hebrew Men of England Congregation, Toronto [graphic material] – 1918.

Level: Item

ID: Item 995

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 995

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1918

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a studio portrait of the members of the Hebrew Men of England Ladies' Society. Pictured are Ms. Levy, Ms. Abrams; Ms. Katz; Ms. Neiman; Mrs. Rosen; Mrs. Brass.

Name Access: Abrams, Ms.; Brass, Mrs.; Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Katz, Ms.; Levy, Ms.; Neiman, Ms.; Rosen, Mrs.

Subjects: Portraits, Group; Societies; Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Goldstein women with horse & buggy at Goldstein's store (Charlton, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1912].

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

Women's League for Conservative Judaism, National board meeting, Adath Israel Synagogue, Toronto [graphic material] – [5 Nov. 1976 or 6 Nov. 1976].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1005-1007

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1005-1007

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [5 Nov. 1976 or 6 Nov. 1976]

Physical Description: 3 photographs

Notes: Acquired December 1976.

Name Access: Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.); Adath Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Women's League for Conservative Judaism

Subjects: Conservative Judaism; Women

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1976-11-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Anne Collis (Rouge Hill, ON) [graphic material] – 10 July 1927.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1008

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1008

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 10 July 1927

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 Anne Collis (m. Pinsky) standing on the back of a truck in Rouge Hill, Ontario near Oshawa. She is wearing a summer dress and is holding an umbrella.

Name Access: Pinsky, Anne

Subjects: Women

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: 1976-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Helen Berg and Anne Collis (Oshawa, ON) [graphic material] – 1925.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1012

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1012

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1925

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 Helen Berg (m. Sacks) and Anne Collis (m. PInsky) standing on the street in Oshawa, Ontario.

Notes: .

Name Access: Pinsky, Anne; Sacks, Helen

Subjects: Women

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: 1976-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Hadassah program (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – 1959.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1132

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1132

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1959

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hadassah event in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of women standing or seated on a stage, next to a woman speaking into a microphone. She is holding a book with the title: This is your life Hadassah 1959.; Standing, left to right: Lena Rotberg, Clara Freedman, Terese Zwetchkenbaum, Edith Kanter, Anne Tulchinsky.; Seated, left to right: Mrs. (Rabbi) Michael Rosenberg, [Cealy] Willinsky, Evelyn Pearlman.

Notes: Acquired on June 28, 1976.

Name Access: Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Subjects: Women

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1976-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mrs. Charles Bender and Lena Frankel, Lakeview House Beach (Jackson's Point, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1904].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1250

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1250

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1904]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Right to left: Mrs. Charles Bender, Lena Frankel, [unidentified], [unidentified].Only Lena Frankel is Jewish.

Name Access: Frankel, Lena; Bender, Mrs. Charles; Jackson's Point

Subjects: Women

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: Jackson's Point (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-4-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Ladies' Auxiliary, Beth Jacob Synagogue, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1907].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1311

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1311

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1907]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the Beth Jacob Synagogue Ladies' Auxiliary, seated in a yard.

Name Access: Beth Jacob Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Ladies' Auxiliary

Subjects: Women

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Sky and Mrs. Kushner (South Porcupine, ON) [graphic material] – June 1916.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1327

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1327

Material Format: graphic material

Date: June 1916

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 (left to right) Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Sky and Mrs. Kushner of South Porcupine, Ontario.

Notes: Original photograph by Tomkinson Studio, South Porcupine.

Name Access: Kusher, Mrs.; Rosenberg, Mrs.; Sky, Mrs.

Subjects: Women

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: South Porcupine (Timmins, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Ruby Sky Esser (Hanbury, ON) [graphic material] – 1918.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1331

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1331

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1918

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Ruby Sky on the Sky farm in Hanbury, Ontario. She is seated in a garden.

Name Access: Sky, Ruby

Subjects: Family farms; Women

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: Hanbury (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Hadassah convention, Royal York Hotel, Toronto [graphic material] – 1934.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1339

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1339

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1934

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a Hadassah convention banquet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Notes: Original photo by A.B.C. News Pictures, 87 King St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Hadassah-Wizo; Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Dinners and dining; Women

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.

Accession Number: 1977-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Women for Soviet Jewry display, Toronto [graphic material] – 1974.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1391

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1391

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1974

Physical Description: 1 slide : col.

Subjects: Display boards; Jews--Soviet Union; Women

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Pickets, Dressmakers General Strike, Dressmakers Union ILGWU [graphic material] – 1931.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1440

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1440

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1931

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a group of women dressmakers picketing on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. They are holding a sign that reads: Dressmakers General Strike, Dresmakers Union, ILGWU.

Notes: Acquired June 22, 1975.

Name Access: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Subjects: Labor unions; Strikes and lockouts; Women

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: Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-7-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Ottawa Hadassah Convention [graphic material] – [194-?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1639

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1639

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table of women at an Ottawa Hadassah Convention. From left to right: Adeline Levine, Ruth Swartz, Sylvia Cherney, Bea Collis, and Bernice Henry (Toronto).

Name Access: Ottawa Hadassah Convention; Levine, Adeline; Swartz, Ruth; Cherney, Sylvia; Collis, Beatrice; Henry, Bernice

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Women

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: Ottawa (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-7-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mrs. Dora Saxe with group of women at the Canadian Jewish Farm School (Georgetown, ON) [graphic material] – 1927.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1678

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1678

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1927

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mrs. Dora Saxe (standing left) with a group of women at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Identified standing in the back row (left to right) is: Mrs. Dora Saxe, Sonia Goldfarb, Rivka (?), Sura Liba Goldman, and Esther Barnett. Identified in the front row, sitting fourth left is Rayzeleh (Rose) Rosenbloom (m. Plant).

Name Access: Barnett, Esther; Canadian Jewish Farm School; Goldfarb, Sonia; Goldman, Sura Liba; Rivka; Saxe, Dora

Subjects: Farms; Women; Orphans

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: Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-12-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish Old Folks Home residents, Cecil St., Toronto [graphic material] – 1946.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1714

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1714

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1946

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.); Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Old age homes; Women; Older people

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: Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-3-8

Source: Archival Descriptions