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Ruth Speyer
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one black and white photograph taken during the Second World War depicting a group of Jewish men and women who met for services and socializing once a week in the basement of the Sons of Jacob Congregation in Belleville, Ontario. Pictured in the photograph are Ruth Wise (back row, far right) and Rabbi Gedaliah Felder (centre).
- Custodial History
- Michelle Speyer donated the photograph to the Archives at the request of her grandmother Ruth Speyer (née Wise), who is pictured in the photograph.
- Administrative History
- Ruth Molly Wise was born in 1926 to Eva and William Wise. She grew up in Belleville, Ontario, where she was part of a group of women at Beth Jacob Congregation that prepared meals for Jewish service men stationed at an air force base in Trenton. When she was 16, Ruth moved to Toronto, where she stayed with relatives for two years. She changed her name to Ruth Speyer when she married Mark Speyer. The two were married for 59 years during which time they had three children: Bruce, Michael, and Lloyd. Mark and Ruth were involved with Beth Tzedec for many years and had been part of Goel Tzedec before it merged with the McCaul Street Synagogue. Mark and Ruth were also founding members of the Island Yacht Club, to which they were very devoted.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Ruth Speyer has written some additional names on the back of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Felder, Gedaliah
- Speyer, Ruth
- Source
- Archival Accessions