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Tamara Weinreich
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 500 photographs (10 v.)
- Date
- 1964-1977
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of ten photo albums documenting several Purim balls thrown by Tamara Weinreich. The money raised at the parties went towards the Anne Frank Foundation, which supported a kibbutz school for needy children in Israel. The balls took place at several synagogues in Toronto, such as Beth Tikvah, Beth Torah, and Beth David.
- The photographs are of the guests in costume.
- Administrative History
- Tamara Weinreich (née Buchman) was born in Warsaw, Poland on 1 June 1930. She was the eldest child of Israel and Pola Buchman. She worked as an arts and crafts director at Baycrest during the 1960s and 1970s and was an artist by profession. She died on 20 Jan 2017.
- Subjects
- Purim
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
