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Accession Number

2018-10-10

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

7 cm of graphic material and textual records

Date

1925-1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Kirschner family, in particular Maurice and Gertrude Kirschner. Included are family photographs, wedding telegrams, marriage certificates, certificates of naturalization, and passports. Individuals identified in the photographs include: Ann Kirschner, Chaim Kirschner, Gertrude Kirschner (née Taylor), Hannah Kirschner, Helen Kirschner, Joseph Kirschner, Maurice Kirschner, Shlomo Kirschner, Ruth Lowe, Bernice Taylor, Leah Taylor, and Saul Taylor.

Administrative History

Gertrude Kirschner (née Taylor) was born on 29 November 1907 in Toronto, Ontario. She lived with her parents at 770 Markham Street and finished high school. On 3 July 1932, she married Maurice Kirschner, with whom she had two daughters: Helen (b. 1934) and Elaine (b. 1942). The couple lived at 770 Markham Street until they bought their first home at 46 Gloucester Grove. They became founding members of Beth Sholom Synagogue on Englinton Avenue. Gertrude died 7 June 1982.

Maurice Kirschner was born on 13 August 1904 in Lyck, Germany. He was trained as a watchmaker and opened a watch repair shop on Bay Street, just north of Queen. The shop was demolished to make way for the new city hall. Maurice subsequently went to work for Sayvette, where he remained for the rest of his career. He died on 15 February 1980.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digital copies (jpg, tif) have been created for thirty-one documents.

Subjects

Families

Immigrants--Canada

Married people

Name Access

Kirschner (family)

Kirschner, Gertrude

Kirschner, Maurice

Places

Germany

Ontario

Soviet Union

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

302

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

91

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Yehuda Hellman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter from Yehuda Werber to Ben Dunkelman on the subject of Dunkelman's research for Dual Allegiance. In addition, the file contains notes Werber wrote, along with what seems to be a transcript Dunkelman wrote of a taped interview with Werber.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

199

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence and memoranda, itineraries of tours, photostats of newspaper articles from The Daily Press in Timmins, The Canadian Jewish Review, and The Galt Evening Reporter.

Name Access

Noy, Yehuda

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

174

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958-1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

277

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

455

Material Format

textual record

Date

1955-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

464

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

95

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

122

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

247

Material Format

textual record

Date

1968-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive Director sub-series

Executive Director's Correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive Director sub-series

Executive Director's Correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

289

Material Format

textual record

Date

18 June 1973-9 July 1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Name Access

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

371

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952-1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

School files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

5

File

210

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

40

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Dov Yehuda Schochet was born on 26 July 1904, in Lithuania, the son of Meier and Rachel Schochet. He was married to Sarah (née Muenson) Schochet and had ten children: Shulamith, David, Ruth, Jacob Immanuel, Joseph Danien, Ezra Benjamin, Rachel Batya, Gershon Elisha, Obadiah Meri, and Amina.

Rabbi Schochet was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary of Telsh. He studied philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Zurich and Basel. At the age of twenty-five, he was appointed Rabbi of the Orthodox Congregation of Basel, a post that he occupied for seventeen years. In 1947, he was elected Chief Rabbi of The Hague and South Holland and held that position for four years. At the same time, he was principal of the Yeshivah in Leiden. In 1951, his family immigrated to Toronto and he became the spiritual leader of the Ostrovtzer Synagogue until 1959, when he became the spiritual leader of Congregation Moriah. He was also an instructor at Midrasha L'Morin (Toronto Hebrew Teachers Seminary) and the author of many scholarly papers. Rabbi Schochet died on 22 September 1974, at the age of 70.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Dov Yehuda Schochet.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

200

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Yehuda Noy standing at a speaker's podium. George Liban is seated next to Noy.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1258

Material Format

textual record

Date

1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Director of school finances series

School audited financial statements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

3-2

File

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1960-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

42

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1884-1974

Physical Description

21 cm of textual records

3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart (1862-1937) was chief rabbi to Toronto's Polish Jews, director of Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, and a leading spokesman for Orthodox Jewry during the 1920s and 1930s. Rabbi Graubart was born in Poland, the descendant of a prominent rabbinical family. He was a noted rabbi and posek (legal decisor) in Poland, St. Louis (USA), and later, Toronto. In Poland, he served in Stashov, the district from which most of Toronto's Polish Jews had emigrated. He was renowned for his religious knowledge and published works and for his efforts in creating rabbinical associations throughout Poland and Russia. He was also an enthusiastic Zionist.

On August 18th, 1920, Rabbi Graubart became the communal rabbi of Toronto's Polish Jews, succeeding Rabbi Judah Rosenberg. He soon took charge of the Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, and in 1922, he formed a yeshivah called Shaarei Torah. He was the recognized authority for Polish Jewish congregations on the supervision of kosher food production, which involved him in ongoing disputes with other Toronto rabbis of the time, including Rabbi Jacob Gordon and Rabbi Joseph Weinreb.

Rabbi Graubart developed the first communal Eruv in Toronto, enabling Jews to carry or move items outdoors on the Sabbath. He launched a campaign against Sabbath violation, publishing notices and holding open-air sermons in Kensington Market, urging Jewish workers and manufacturers not to work on Saturday. He also approached unions urging them to let their employees off for holy days. He was also a spokesman for Mizrachi, the movement of religious Zionists.

Toward the end of his life, Rabbi Graubart withdrew from communal work and concentrated almost exclusively on his writings and the study of rabbinic literature. He was renown internationally as a scholar and authority in his field. He wrote an autobiography entitled Book of memoirs. Rabbi Graubart was married to Esther (née Liebschuetz) and they had three children: David, Hinda, and Deborah.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of Rabbi Graubart's marriage registers and certificates, personal and professional correspondence, articles, speeches, sermons, photographs, copies of the introductions to "Chavalim Ba-Ne'Imim" in Hebrew and English, and other personal and family documents.

Notes

ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: Rabbi Graubart's marriage registers and certificates post-1937 are closed in accordance with the OJA's privacy policy. Pre-1937 records are open and can be consulted.

Name Access

Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937

Subjects

Orthodox Judaism

Rabbis

Access Restriction

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

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Many of the records are in very fragile condition.

Related Material

See also Photo #3413 and the Ontario Jewish Archives' news clippings file under "Graubart, Rabbi Yehuda Leib"

Creator

Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937

Accession Number

1990-5-1

1992-8-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

43

Material Format

graphic material

Date

28 June 1970

Physical Description

6 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at the Toronto airport upon the arrival of Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz (Reb 'Yidele' Stitshiner) of Stitshin and later the Stitshiner Rav in Brooklyn.

The images depict Rabbi Horowitz being greeted at the airport and Rabbi Horowitz and his family leaving the airport in a car. One photograph depicts Rabbi Horowitz and Rabbi Shlomo Langner of Toronto seated in a car.

Notes

Title note: This photograph was originally identified as Rabbi Dovid Flam of Montreal, the brother-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Langner. This was contested by a family member who stated that Rabbi Flam died in Israel in 1971 after living there for several years and did not make a trip to Toronto in 1970. Further verification determined that the Rabbi pictured is actually Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz of Brooklyn (later London, England).

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Level

Item

Item

3803

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Yaakov Yehuda Zelbovtiz (Silbert) with his wife Nechama and his three daughters.

Notes

See accession record for further identification.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

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

Lithuania

Accession Number

1985-1-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

49

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

86 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3208

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Photograph of Bais Yehuda Congregation, Dovercourt Rd., Toronto with Talmud Torah students, teachers, and synagogue officials.

Notes

For identification information, see accession record.

Name Access

Bais Yehuda Congregation

Talmud Torah

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Ossington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1992-8-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1924-1937

Scope and Content

Accession includes Rabbi Graubart's marriage registers and marriage certificates (1926-1937). As well there are financial records in Yiddish for Kahal Adas Yisroel, Toronto. Accession also includes records of Eitz Chaim, which form part of the records contained in MG2 G1F.

Administrative History

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart (1862-1937) was a noted rabbi and posek (legal decisor) in Poland, St. Louis, and later, Toronto. On August 18, 1920, Rabbi Graubart became the communal rabbi of Toronto. In 1922, he formed a yeshivah called Shaarei Torah. Rabbi Graubart also developed a communal eruv in Toronto to enable Jews to carry on the Sabbath. He was the spokesman of orthodox Jewry of his time and for Mizrachi, the movement of religious Zionists.

Descriptive Notes

See fonds-level description (fonds 42) for further information.

MG_RG

MG 3 A 73

MG 2 G 1F

MG 6 C

Subjects

Marriage records

Name Access

Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Western Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

3

File

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Vancouver (B.C.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

997

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the reception held at the installation of Rabbi Abraham Kelman at Bais Yehuda Congregation in Toronto.

Name Access

Bais Yehuda Congregation

Kelman, Rabbi Abraham

Subjects

Rabbis

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

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

50

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

54 photographs : col. slides, (3) b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Beth Yehuda Congregation (Montréal, Québec)

Congregation Shomrim Laboker (Montréal, Québec)

Shaare Tefillah (Montréal, Québec)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive Director sub-series

Executive Director's Correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

162`

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963-1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3420

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1941

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits, Group

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3425

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1941

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken inside the synagogue.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits, Group

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

998

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[May 1946?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of individuals at the farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. David Joseph at Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto. Rabbi Avraham (Adolph) Kelman was the older brother of Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Name Access

Kelman, Rabbi A

Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. David

Sporn, Mr. and Mrs

Bais Yehuda Synagogue

Subjects

Dinners and dining

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