- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4051
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4051
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by M. Schlachter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Linitzer Sick Benefit Society
- Subjects
- Fraternal organizations
- Photomontage
- 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
- 1986-6-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3184
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3184
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 January, 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This is a copy photograph.
- Name Access
- Linitzer Sick Benefit Society
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- 1982-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 186
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs: one is a group photo of the Maramosher Society; the other is a group photo of the Judaea Lodge Knights of Pythias, with Gordon Mendly seated at the table.
- Notes
- Photos by Famous Studio, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Benevolent societies sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958-1971
- Physical Description
- 88 negatives : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Benevolent societies, or landsmenshaften, were formed in the early part of the twentieth-centurey along shtetl lines by Eastern European Jewish immigrants to Toronto. The societies served to unite members of the community who originated from the same town or region, and also helped to secure passage to Toronto for those who were still in Europe. The societies also provided services to its dues-paying membership such as: aid in finding employment or accomodation, hospital and special medical care, doctor's visitation, sick benefit payments, funeral benefits and arrangements, and in many cases a burial plot. Some societies also provided a loans to its membership through a credit society. In later years, many benevlent societies also began to act as fraternal organizations that engaged in cultural and philanthropic programming.
- The benevolent societies included in this sub-series were founded on the following dates: Chenstochover, 1914; Chmielnicker, ?; Drildzer, 1934; Hebrew Sick Benefit, 1910; Ivansker, 1931; Keltzer, 1913; Lagover, 1932; Lubliner, ?; Ostrovtzer Independent, 1925; Pride of Israel, 1905; Radomer, 1935; Stashiver, 1918; Warshaver Lodzer, 1929.
- [Dates taken from: Rosenberg, Louis. "Jewish Mutual Benefit & Friendly Societies in Toronto: The First Fifty Ayears. 1896-1945"]
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of images documenting several sick benefit and mutual benefit societies in Toronto, such as: the Chenstochover Hilfs Farein, the Chmelnicker Society, the Drildzer Young Society, the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society, the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society, the Keltzer Sick Benefit Society, the Lagover Mutual Benefit Society, the Lubliner Society, the Ostrovtzer Independent Mutual Benefit Society, the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society, the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society, the Stashiver Young Men's Mutual Benefit Society, and the Warshaver Lodzer and Mutual Benefit Society. The images include members at banquets, dinners and meetings, members partaking in fundraising campaigns, and group photographs of the officers and ladies' auxiliaries.
- The images have been arranged alphabetically by society and chronologically by event. They have been described at the file or item level.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 5 videocassettes (ca 120 minutes ea)
- Date
- 1994-1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of videos documenting various commemorations and conferences of the Transnistria Society in Montreal; Quebec; and Washington, D.C. Tape 1 features the First North American Commemoration of Victims of Transnistria, 1994 and Montreal Transistria 1995. Tape 2 features the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre and Transnistria Commemoration Service, 29 October 1995. Tape 3 features the Transnistria Group, Washington, 23–27 June 1996. Tape 4 features a Washington trip, Transnistria Conference, undated. Inserted in the jacket of the VHS is a typewritten note from Felicia Carmelly to the individuals who ordered copies of the video, stating the expenses and final cost. Also included is a VHS of Felicia Carmelly's interview with Paul Draper dated August, 1994.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1980, the Transnistria Survivors' Association works diligently to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors from Transnistria, an area by the eastern Moldovan border with today's Ukraine that was the third largest Jewish population in Europe. As early as 1933, the Jews of Bucovina and Basarabia were affected by the brutally repressive laws aimed at Jews enforced by both the Nazis and the Romanians, neighbours turning on neighbours. By 1942, over 100,000 Romanian Jews were deported or murdered and many were interned at concentration camps in the Transnistria area. Those who survived these tragic circumstances and made a new home in Toronto, found one another and banded together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. They organize regular Hazkarah (memorial) services and untiringly present their stories at speaking engagements and synagogues.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 451
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 Oct. 1979
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three negatives of a large group of unidentified men, possibly a fraternal society, in a large boardroom.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 457
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of five men from the Tzosmerer Society at a dinner event.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 463
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 Dec. 1979
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of the Zaglembier Society. Identified on the back of the photo are Harry Ferens, Zvi Garcy, Arthur Pomocnik, and Henry Yoskowich.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 479
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 Jan. 1980
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of the Stashover Society. The accompanyig press release reads, "Maurice Corson, centre, national director of UIA, poses with members of the Stashiver [sic] Society on evening of their annual UJA banquet, where he was guest speaker. With him are Jack Rosen, president; Henry Jaskolka, UJA chairman; Mrs. Gertie Kates and Nathan Friedman, UJA co-chairman."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.St
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 561
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of the opening meeting of the Societies Division.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Societies Division series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1950
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- This was a very active committee consisting of representatives from the fraternal orders, sick benefit societies and landsmanshaften. An early chairman was Alfred Green. In 1947, it was Carl Herlick, K.C. The committee dealt - or tried to deal - among other issues, with the relationship of the societies and the medical profession. After the expulsion of the United Jewish Peoples Order in 1950, it seemed to peter out. The Societies Division held annual social events - one year at the Prince George Hotel.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of general files of the Societies Division.
- Notes
- Series formerly described and cited as RG265.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region (creator)
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1982-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two copies of the Chenstochover Aid Society 50th Jubilee book.
- MG_RG
- MG2B1RR
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Date
- 1922
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of the founders of the Tzomer Friendly Society. Some of the members established some of the prominent fur and cloak factories on Spadina Avenue.
- Top, left to right: Morris Samborsky; David Greenbloom; Lou Greenbloom; Nathan Green (Greenbloom).
- Bottom, left to right: Irving Green (Greenbloom), Joe Stone (Milstein), Joe Kerbel.
- Administrative History
- Sheila Zeldin was the daughter of Irving Green, one of the members of the Tzomer Friendly Society.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Name Access
- Tzomer Friendly Society.
- Sambirsky, Morris.
- Greenbloom, David.
- Greenbloom, Lou.
- Green, Nathan.
- Green, Irving.
- Stone, Joe.
- Kerbel, Joe.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [1922?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two booklets from the Ezra Noshem Society, used to record dues collected and including a brief history of the society up to 1922.
- Administrative History
- The Ezras Noshem Society (or Ezras Noshim Society) was a women's mutual benefit society established in Toronto in 1913 by R. Miller, a Mrs. Adler, and a Mrs. Zigerman. It began as an aid organization through which dues-paying members received visits and help with household chores during times of illness. The growing need for a place to care for elderly Jews prompted the society to open the Jewish Old Folks' Home in a house at 31 Cecil Street in 1917. Slova Greenberg initiated this effort and was still leading the Ezras Noshem Society when it played an instrumental role in raising funds for and founding Mount Sinai Hospital on Yorkville Avenue, around 1922.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: One of the booklets has been scanned and is available as a PDF file.
- Name Access
- Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Benevolent societies sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 Oct. 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the officers of the Lubliner Society. Seated left to right: M. Alspector; M. Fridman, President; Anna Brom; J. Cukierfajn, Vice president; M. Waksbaum. Standing left to right: C. Fefferman; H. Sigelman; P. Yablonski; A. Laufer
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Administrative functions sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-12
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Women's Auxiliary's relationship with the Ontario Society on Aging. Included is correspondence, a brochure, an agenda, reports, and a speech given by W. Lyons (Jewish Family and Child Services) on "Care at the Home".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Menorah Society grew out of the Yiddish Club at the University of Toronto in 1917. The had a semi-official status and superseded most of the other Jewish student groups. Most often they met off campus, but they did have a faculty advisor named Professor W. R. Taylor, who taught Hebrew at University College. The society was a branch of an intercollegiate Jewish society formed at Harvard in 1906 for the study of Jewish history and culture. In Toronto, they flourished until it was undermined by the Greek-letter fraternities in the late 1920s. It dissolved in 1931.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executives for 1917–1918.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- 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
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- Other societies and cemeteries series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1914-2006
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 66 photographs : b&w and col. ; 22 x 28 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to other societies and cemeteries, which David Pinkus collected for research or out of personal interest. Included are photographs, constitution handbooks, booklets and brochures, bulletins, printed copies of newspaper clippings and legal documents, magazines, correspondence, prayers, and articles.
- Societies and cemeteries being documented are: Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Sunnyside Cemetery Association, Holy Blossom Religious School, the First Narayever Congregation, Adath Israel Congregation, Beach Hebrew Institute, Pride of Israel Congregation, Beth Tzedec Congregation, the Junction Synagogue (Congregation Knesseth Israel), the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue, Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am, Emunah Shleima Synagogue, Beth El (Windsor, ON), Shaar Hashomayim (Windsor, ON), Or Shalom (London, ON), the Great Choral Synagogue (Kyiv, Ukraine), Kollel Kovno and Kollel Beth Israel (New York, U.S.), Achdut Ha-avoda Poale Zion Toronto, the Lizzies Old Timers Association, Steeles College Memorial Chapel, St. Michael’s Hospital, Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim, Baycrest, and Herzl Zion Club.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-5-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph and anniversary book documenting the 50th anniversary of the Chenstochover Aid Society.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-19
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-19
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 51 photographs (tiff)
- Date
- 1980-2011
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the activities of the Chmielnicker Charitable Society including the annual "Hazkarah," teas, and an unveiling of the monument at Lampton cemetery in Toronto.
- Administrative History
- The Chmielnicker Society was started in Toronto after the Holocaust by survivors. In its early years, the society played an important role in the lives of the newly-arrived groups for socializing with people who had shared similar experiences in Europe. They organized picnics, women's teas, celebrated Yom Yerushalaim, Hanukkah parties, and an annual "Hazkarah," a memorial service for those who died in the war. The Hazkarah continues to be the most important activity of the group today.
- 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
- 2016-10-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-10-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a leather bound cemetery ledger presented to the Board of Directors by Mr. & Mrs. S. Ulster. The ledger is referred to as the "Golden Book". The names of the Board of Directors are handwritten in Hebrew. Listed on the following pages are the names of the deceased, some including the date and cemetery name. Also included are 7 handwritten sheets of paper from 1940-1966, of individuals names, dates and cemetery name.
- Administrative History
- The Chenstochover Aid Society, incorporated December 1914, was established as a mutual benefit society which included sick benefits and burial. The two burial locations for the CAS were Dawes Road Cemetery and Bathurst Lawn Cemetery.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Societies
- Name Access
- Chenstochover Aid Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 261
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 Jan. 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives of an unknown group, possibly a society. In one frame three women a man stand talking; in the other frame the group poses for a group photo.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 349
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of a cheque being presented at a Chenstochover Aid Society event.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.
- Name Access
- Chenstochover Aid Society
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 367
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 30 Oct. 1978
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (4 negatives) : b&w ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four negatives of a UJA meeting, possibly a societies meeting. Gordon Mendly, Gerry Halbert, Izy Stern, and Yona Gazit are identified.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ladovsky family fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 17 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of several members of the Kieltzer Society in Toronto. Standing left to right are Kornbloom, S. Levy, and Joe Berkowsky.Seated left to right are A. Yashne, Guest, and A. Ladovsky.
- Notes
- Originally cited as photo # 3843.
- Name Access
- Ladovsky, A.
- Yashne, A.
- Berkowsky, Joe
- Levy, S.
- Kornbloom
- Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- 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
- 1983-11-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 107
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding an article in the Statford Ontario Herald about a speech by a member of the "Hebrew Evangelization Society".
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Stratford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Mar. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives depicting a group photo of an unidentified group/society.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 badge
- Date
- 1900-1950
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by the Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society. Included are an immigrant's letter book in Yiddish and English and a member badge for the Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society
- Administrative History
- The Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society was a fraternal organization, founded in 1913, whose primary objective was the provision of aid to the Jewish community
- MG_RG
- MG 20 B 1N
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1935-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of commemorative booklets for the 35th Anniversary celebration of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1935, the Golden (50th) Anniversary in 1949, and the 60th Anniversary in 1959. There is also a 1947 constitution of the society. Some of the material is in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- The first meeting of the Toronto Hebrew Benovolent Society took place in January 1899 and the Society received its charter from the Ontario Government in February 1899. The original 35 members were all cloakmakers. The original functions of the group included sick benefit allowances and visits and "shiva" money for mourners. The Society purchased burial grounds in Roselawn Cemetery in 1903 and at Dawes Road (St Clair East) in 1917. The Ladies Auxiliary was organized in 1923. The Refugee Fund was set up in 1940, and in conjunction with the Auxiliary raised significant funds for war efforts and Jewish and Israeli causes.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 19 cm and 20 x 26 cm
- 2 scrapbooks
- Date
- 1966-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a certificate of honour awarded by the Israel Histadrut Campaign of Canada to Henry Wolfson of the Shedlower Young Men (1966) and two photographs mounted on cardboard of the Shedlover Society yearly outings at Bathurst Lawn Cemetery in Toronto. In addition there are two scrapbooks with photos, certificates, and memorabilia documenting the society's involvement with Baycrest Centre, Pioneer Women Na'amat, United Jewish Appeal, and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a program for a Testimonial Dinner in honour of Joshua J. Bart, arranged by the Ostrowcer Synagogue and the Ostrowcer Society held at Murray house in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 pin
- Date
- [193-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a gold Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society pin engraved with "for not drawing ten years benefit".
- Administrative History
- The Kieltzer Society was organized in 1913 by a handful of immigrants from the city of Kieltz (Kielce) in Poland with the objective of creating a home away from home for themselves and the arriving new immigrants. They helped each other find jobs and accommodations, and they arranged opportunities to socialize with one another. As the Society became more established, it created a Free Loan Casa (fund). Members could borrow money for down payments on homes, starting businesses, and sending home parcels. Each member was also entitled to receive weekly sick benefits when necessary and free doctor visits.
- Following the devastation of the Holocaust, there were new obligations and responsibilities for the Society. Members welcomed recently arrived immigrants from Kieltz into the Society and helped them adjust to a new life. These new members reinvigorated the Society with active participation and the organization of more social events. Once the immigrants became more settled in Toronto, the Kieltzer Society turned its efforts to strengthening the new State of Israel by raising funds, buying Israel Bonds and teaching the next generation the importance of its security. The members of the Society were awarded with pins and badges in recognition of their leadership and tzedakah. As the Kieltzer Society celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2013, it remains steadfast in its commitment to Israel and to preserving its legacy for future generations.
- Name Access
- Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs : b&w (10 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1938-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copy photographs of members and activities of the Toronto Lagover Mutual Benefit Society. Included are group and composite photographs, including a group photograph of the Lagover Society with J. B. Salsberg pictured, ca. 1940.
- 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
- Societies
- Name Access
- Lagover Mutual Benefit Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-008
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-008
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 badges
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society members' badges.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975–1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists consists of material documenting the Canadian Jewish Historical Society. Included are papers and a letter from Professor Sydney Eisen to Professor Michael Sefton.
- MG_RG
- MG2 H
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Historical Society
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1943-1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material related to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) of Canada. Records include campaign promotional material, national convention programmes and invitations, national activity reports and Central Region meeting invitations.
- Descriptive Notes
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada.
- JIAS.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 31 x 36 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Mozirer Young Women, Mozirer Young Men, and Mozirer Ladies Auxiliary.
- Descriptive Notes
- The date of the photographs was estimated by Ben Kayfetz, whose relatives appear in the photos. However, the date seems to be incorrect. The photograph of the ladies auxiliary appears to be from the 1940s or early 1950s, judging from the clothes worn by the women. The Mozirer Young Women photograph appears to be from the 1920s or 1930s, and the Mozirer Young Men photo appears to be from the 1920s.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1665 photographs (approx.) ; b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1997]-[ca. 1999]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs of headstones at the Roselawn Cemetery in Toronto. The photographs were taken by volunteers working on the project which meant to capture genealogical information from the Jewish cemeteries around Toronto. Some of the information from the stones have been uploaded to the JewishGen's burial registry database, however, the photographs contain additional information such as Hebrew names and birth and death dates.
- Taken alongside the stone in each photograph is an accompanying marker indicating the section and row of the grave, which corresponds to a physical list filed with each binder. Researchers will have to search for the deceased person's name on JewishGen first and locate the section and row of the stone, before being able to find the photograph in the binders.
- Administrative History
- The Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) was formally established in 1985. It is now one of seven Jewish genealogical societies in Canada. Its mission is to stimulate interest in the pursuit of Jewish genealogical research; to facilitate the pursuit of Jewish genealogical research locally and globally; and to provide an environment for fellowship and mutual exchange among persons with an interest in Jewish genealogy.
- http://www.jgstoronto.ca/About.html
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Benevolent societies sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 13 negatives : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits of members of the Drildzer Young Men's Society, including Mr. Levitt (item 2) Mr. M. Greenglass (item 2), Mr. Greenglass (item 3) and Mr. Blimer (item 4)
- Notes
- Physical description note: items 9, 10 and 11 have two images on one negative.
- 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
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Benevolent societies sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of a group of men and women associated with the Lagover Mutual Benefit Society. The men are most likely members of the executive, while the women are most likely members of ladies' auxiliary executive.
- 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
- Dora Till fonds
- Other organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 7
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Men's Service Group series
- Membership sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation and photograph of Gordon Mendly receiving a silver tray in honour of his work with the Organizations and Societies Committee. Identified in the photograph is (left to right): Daniel E. Kert, president of the Men's Service Group; Gordon Mendly; Mrs. Mendly; and [?].
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
