Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

192

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1951

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

Accession Number

1984-5-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs

3 cm of textual records

Date

[192-]-[194-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Davis' clothing store. Included are three photographs. Also included are records related to Sault Ste. Marie Jewish organizations.

MG_RG

MG3B26

Places

Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-7-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1929-[198?]

Scope and Content

Accession contains two documents, one an original Get from 1929 for Pearl and Getzel Buchman. The Get is written by Rabbi Isaac Stollman of Detroit. It is handwritten on stationery in Hebrew script and bears the rabbi's official stamp. The other document is a photocopy of a letter written by a Mr. Weinberg[?], a leader at Ner Israel College of Toronto, to a concerned community member. The letter is a defense of Weinberg's association with various organizations within the community (such as Mizrachi and Beth Tzedec), which his correspondent has criticized.

Administrative History

Murray Buchman is the eldest child of Getzel and Pearl Buchman. His father, born in Warsaw around 1897, came to Canada in 1916 and married Pearl around 1923. Murray was born the following year.

Subjects

Get (Jewish law)

Letters

Name Access

Buchman, Murray

Buchman, Pearl

Buchman, Getzel

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 May 1926

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 cm x 19 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio photograph of Bill Stern's maternal uncle, Murray Rumack, (born Rumainek) holding a telephone.

Subjects

Boys

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

2004-5-135

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2012-4-9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 26 cm

Date

1957-1982

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Murray Page's involvement in the Don Mills B'nai Brith Lodge. Included is a copy of the Lodge's charter, a photograph of the B'nai Brith bowling league (1960-1961), an invitation, an issue of the "2131 News" newsletter, and a 25th anniversary booklet.

Custodial History

Records were in the possession of Murray Page's wife when they were donated to the OJA.

Administrative History

Murray Bernard Page, QC, was born on 20 August 1926. His Hebrew name was Moshe Berel. He and his wife, Janet, had four children: Ian, Alan, Ken, and Elaine. Murray received his bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto and his bachelor of laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1971, he was appointed as Queen's Council. Murray passed away on 21 February 2010 in Richmond Hill.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Murray Bernard Koffler was born in a four-room flat over his father's drugstore on College Street on 22 January 1924. His parents' names were Leon and Tiana Koffler (née Reinhorn). Murray married Marvelle Seligman, and they had five children: Leon, Theo, Tom, Adam and Tiana.

Following in his father's footsteps, Murray was educated as a pharmacist and eventually took over the family drugstore when he was twenty-two years old. After making some profitable real-estate investments, he helped to co-found the Four Seasons Hotel chain and created the first self-serve pharmacy in Canada. His entrepreneurial talents led the way to the creation of the giant pharmacy franchise Shoppers Drug Mart.

A world-renowned philanthropist, Murray Koffler’s donations and commitments have helped fund the creation of the Koffler Centre of the Arts, the Koffler Institute of Pharmacy Management, the Canadian Council for Native Business, and the Council on Drug Abuse. He has also held positions on numerous boards and organizations. His tireless efforts and achievements have been recognized with many awards, including becoming a member of the Order of Canada in 1977.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Murray Koffler preparing pharmaceuticals in the Koffler Drug Store located on Bathurst Street.

Name Access

Koffler, Murray, 1924-

Subjects

Businessmen

Pharmacists

Philanthropists

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series

1970 dinner file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

2

File

2

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series

Unidentified 1960s dinner file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

2

File

3

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1983

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 21 cm x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour portrait of Murray Rosenbaum on his grauation as a medical doctor (Toronto, Ontario), 1983.

Subjects

Graduation (School)

Physicians

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

123

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1961

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photograph of Murray Rosenbaum, taken in Toronto in 1961.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

126

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photograph of Murray Rosenbaum, Toronto, [mid 1960’s]

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

198

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b & w ; 6 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken at Crystal Beach of Murray Rosenbaum, in the mid 1960s.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Murray, Alex

Page Number

425

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

182

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Cantor Murray Nixon.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Murray (Moishe) Reingold was born in 1918. Reingold graduated from the University of Toronto in 1943, although his Canadian Medical Association license was issued as "Dr. Maurice Reingold". Reingold completed his training in thoracic surgery at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. Reingold served as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as an MD. He worked as a Specialist in Thoracic Surgery, primarily lung surgery, and a Certified Specialist in General Surgery. He was married to Isabelle Ruth Reingold (née Rodger) by Rabbi Samuel Sachs in Toronto on Feb 26, 1944, and had two children: Debbie (Hamann) and Bryan. Wife Ruth Reingold worked as a Registered Nurse. Murray Reingold died on 25 December 2000, at the age of 82.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Dr. Murray Reingold.

Name Access

Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps

Subjects

Physicians

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

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

78

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of one photograph of Marvelle Koffler with Jane Mahut, director of visual arts, and one of Murray and Marvelle Koffler with Jane Mahut and author John Phillips during "A Will to Survive" book launch on 18 January 1979.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ben Kayfetz fonds

Correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

62

Series

2

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972-1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series

Unidentified 1960s dinner file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

2

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

124

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photograph. From left to right, unidentified, Murray Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Toronto, [1963].

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

218

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b & w ; 9 cm x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo of Murray Rosenbaum, taken in the late 1960s in Gravenhurst

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

115

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1952]

Physical Description

1 item

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

259

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Jan. 1977

Physical Description

12 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm and 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of five photographs and four negatives of an unidentified meeting in a board room. Murray Koffler, Wilf Posluns, Irwin Gold, Allan Offman, Hy Isenbaum, Harry Solomon, Gerald Halbert, Stephen Berger, Dr. A. A. "Bucky" Epstein, and Laurie Shankman are identified. Also included are three 35 mm negatives of an unidentified group standing outside.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series

Unidentified 1960s dinner file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

2

File

3

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

119

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photograph of Bella Rosenbaum with son Murray, Toronto, 1960

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

130

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour photograph of Murray Rosenbaum at his [5th] birthday, Toronto, 1965.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

131

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Item is a photo at Passover seder, seated from left to right, Bella Rosenbaum, Brenda Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum, and Murray Rosenbaum. Toronto [1965],

Scope and Content

.

Subjects

Passover

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

132

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1967]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Item is a colour photo at Murray's birthday party, 80 Acton Road, Toronto, in the late 1960's. Standing at left bis Henry Rosenbaum and the birthday boy to his left.

Scope and Content

.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

273

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Harry Steiner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

299

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 Harry Zifkin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

301

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Zinder.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

222

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph negative : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a negative of a photograph of Harry Rosenthal. the negative is accompanied by a letter from Joseph Eisenberg.

Name Access

Harry Rosenthal

Joseph Eisenberg

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

81

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Milton Harris.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

90

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Dr. Harry Heffler.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

123

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Kelman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

218

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Harry Rosen.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1974-007

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Date

[192-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.

Administrative History

Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.

Subjects

Contractors

Name Access

Goldman, Harry

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1994-10-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1926

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an agreement document between the Kehilla of Toronto and Harry Elster, shochet.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-10-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1989

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a souvenier booklet celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda Poale Zion and the 40th anniversaries of Anielewitch Branch Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.) and Zerubavel - Federman Branch L.Z.A.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Labor Zionism

Name Access

Simon, Harry, 1909-1993

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-8-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1907

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Goel Tzedec Synagogue seat deed for Harris Yanover, purchased in 1907.

Administrative History

Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania and was first situated in a room at Richmond and York Streets. Three years later a former Methodist church at University Avenue at Elm Street was purchased and remodelled. In 1904 the congregation hired an architect to construct a new building and in February of 1907, the synagogue on University Avenue was dedicated. It became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.

In September of 1952, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue Beth Hamidrash Hagadol, amalgamated to form Beth Tzedec.

Harris Yanover was the grandfather of Rayna Rabin.

Subjects

Synagogues

Religion

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-1-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 190 photographs: b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

1 painting: oil on canvas ; 77 x 63 cm in frame 91 x 78

35 cm of textual records

Date

1901-2005

Scope and Content

The accession includes a oil painting of Henry Dworkin, the grandfather of the donor. The painting was created by Sam Soboloff, who owned a tobacco store on St. Clair Avenue West during the 1920s.

In addition, the accession consists of graphic and textual material including photographs of the Dworkin and Goldstick familes and the Dworkin travel business, correspondence written by the Dworkins, press clippings, an album of condolences on the death of Henry Dworkin in 1928, as well as other material. Item lists of the materials, compiled previously, are included in the box.

Custodial History

Item lists found in the boxes indicate that these records belonged to Ellen (Honey) Arthurs.

Administrative History

Harry William (Raxlen) Arthurs was born on May 9, 1935 in Toronto to Lewis and Ellen Honey Raxlen. He was adopted in 1942 by Leon Arthurs of Toronto, Honey's second husband. He is the grandson of Dorothy and Henry Dworkin. His sister Cinda was born on Sept. 1, 1942, also in Toronto. In 1958, Arthurs married Sheila Rubin. After their divorce, he remarried Penelope Milnes and together they had two sons, Joshua and Gideon.

Harry Arthurs received his B.A. in 1955 and his LL.B. in 1958, both from the University of Toronto. He received his Masters of Law in 1959 from Harvard and joined Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970, Arthurs served as Associate Dean and then as Dean, from 1972 to 1977. Arthurs served as president and vice-chancellor of York University from 1985 to 1992.

Arthurs is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1982), an Officer of the Order of Canada (1989), a Member of the Order of Ontario (1995), and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2003). He was awarded the D.W. Mundell Medal in 1988, the first Killam Laureate in the Social Sciences in 2002, and the first Bora Laskin Award for Distinguished Contribution to Labour Law in 2003. His many publications include his book "Without the Law: Administrative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Nineteenth Century England."

Use Conditions

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

Name Access

Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Posen was born in 1908, in Pinsk, Poland, to Yakov Shleime and Ethel (née Stravietz) Posenitsky. He was married to Blanche (née Cohen) Spiegel Posen and had three children: Karen (Davidman), Stephen, and David. Blanche also had two other children from a previous marraige: Barry Spiegel and Joy (née Spiegel) Cohen. Harry Posen was the co-owner of a dental laboratory named Posen and Furie. He was a member of Holy Blossom Temple and Ontario Men's O.R.T. He died on 20 May 1985.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Posen.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

43

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Simon was born on 15 July 1909, in Russia, the son of Sam and Rachel Simon. He immigrated to Toronto in 1924 with his parents, and in 1930, he married Eva (née Millman). Together, they had a son named Morris.

Simon was most active in the field of labour-management relations. At the age of twenty, he represented the Fur Workers Union as its business agent, and went on to act as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, a Canadian representative of the International Leather Goods Union and the American Federation of Labour. He served on many conciliation boards and helped settle numerous industrial disputes. He was considered to be the youngest labour leader in Canada.

Simon was actively involved in the community as the regional director for the Canadian Labour Congress; on the regional council of the Canadian Jewish Congress; chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee in Toronto; vice-chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Toronto Labour Council; affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Independent Workers' Circle, the Fur Workers Union, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters of America; on the Executive of Histadrut; and on the Board of the Borochov School.

Harry Simon passed away on 22 December 1993, at the age of 84.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Simon.

Name Access

Simon, Harry, 1909-1993

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Labor leaders

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

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

46

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Ungerman was born in 1912, to Isaac and Jenny (née Sopman) Ungerman. Early on, he was involved in the family poultry business with his father and his brothers, Jack, Irving, Karl and David. In later years, Ungerman became a builder. He was married to Yetta, who, in 1937, was the first Jewish nurse to graduate from the Toronto General Hospital. Together they had three children: Larry, Alan and Karyn (Pasternac). Ungerman was a member of Beth Sholom Synagogue and a long-time supporter of Baycrest Hospital. He died on 25 June 2004, at the age of 91.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Ungerman.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

112

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence to and from Sydney Harris, Chairman of the CJC Central Region.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-4-4

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

88 photographs (jpg) : b&w

3 textual records (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1940-2008], predominant 1940-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document Harry Wolfson's experiences during the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of Harry's military activities, his travels across Canada, and his experience working on Vancouver Island. Scanned records are selections from an album maintained by Harry.

Administrative History

Harry Wolfson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from December 1942 to August 1945. After the war he spent a year maintaining the runways and telephone lines on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.

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.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2010-6-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one postcard sent to Mrs. M. Gelber of Toronto inviting her to see Sir Ellsworth Flavelle, Chairman of the Canadian Palestine Committee, speak on the Palestine issue on Saturday November 3rd, 1945.

Custodial History

The postcard was sent to the archives by Eiran Harris, Archivist Emeritus, at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-10-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 20 cm

Date

1937-1977, predominant 1963-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Harry Share's involvement in the B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order. Included are speeches, photographs and anniversary books documenting the B. Borochov Branch 124's 20th, 50th, 55th, and 60th anniversaries. Also included are invitations to Labour Zionist events in Toronto and two issues of the Jewish Standard which contain articles on the Farband Labour Zionist Movement, one of which was written by Harry.

Custodial History

Records were donated to the OJA by Harry's daughter Razy Share Stolberg.

Administrative History

Harry Share was born in 1895 in Poland. By the age of 21 he was living in Toronto and married Sonia (or Sofie) Dworkin (1897-1956) on February 11, 1916. They had four children together: Belle Lewis, Francis, Stanley, and Razy. Harry briefly ran a restaurant on College and Brunswick called Segals and later operated a cafeteria in the Silknit factory. He was very active in the labour Farband movement out of the B. Borochov Branch 124. He was also involved on committees concerning Camp Kvutza and served as the camp's chef at one point. Sonia was also active in Farband movement through Pioneer Women. Harry passed away in 1983 at the age of 89.

Subjects

Labor Zionism

Societies

Name Access

Share, Harry, 1895-1983

Share, Sonia

Farband Labour Zionist Order

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-4-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

41 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

1964-1976

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Hon. Sydney Harris' activities with the Canadian Jewish Congress and as part of a Canadian delegation to the World Jewish Congress events. Among the events being photographed: World Jewish Congress Sixth Plenary Assembly in Jerusalem in 1975, World Jewish Congress Executive Meetings in Geneva in 1968 and Jerusalem in 1970, CJC Representatives Conference in Hamilton, a Central Region Meeting in 1964 and the International Conference on Soviet Jewry in Brussels in 1976. Also included is a programme from a Tribute Dinner presenting the Canada Israel Friendship Award to Honourable R. Roy McMurtry. Identified in the photographs: Sydney Harris, Enid Harris, Monroe Abbey, Minnie Abbey, Max Melamet, Evie Melamet, [?] Becher, Marcus Einfeld, Sol Kanee, Sam Sable, David Satok, Leon Kronitz, Saul Hayes, Beatrice Hays, Daniel Lewis, [?] Fidler, Leon Teitelbaum, [?] Rowe, [?] Daniels, Gerhard Riegner, Lord Sieff, Lady Reading, Stephen Roth, Harry Steiner, Meyer Sarner, Goldie Sarner, Julie Hayman, Leah Seller, [?] Finkleman, Sam Bronfman, Dave Peters, Shelly Kent, Sally Kent, Joachim Schneeweiss, Aryeh Tartakower, Zalman Shazar, Joachim Prinz, Nahum Goldman, John Roberts, Serge Joyal, Ruth [?], William Wexler, and Hugo Gryn.

Administrative History

Sydney Harris (1917-2009) was born on June 23, 1917, to Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris (nee: Geldzaeler). Samuel worked as a salesman. Sydney's maternal grandparents, Mark and Yetta Geldzaeler (nee: Shumer) immigrated to Toronto in the 1880s. Mark Geldzaeler was the Chazan at Holy Blossom Temple. Sydney's paternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Harris (nee: Buker), and their children, also immigrated to Canada in the 1890s. Samuel Harris (senior) owned the Harris Delicatessen (later a tobacco store) and was one of the founders of the Hebrew Free Loan Society. Sydney Harris received degrees from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, and then worked as a lawyer in Ottawa. He, along with Harold Rubenstein, founded the law firm of Harris and Rubenstein. Appointed as a judge of the Ontario Provincial Court in 1976, he rendered decisions on very noteworthy cases. In 1978 he acquitted officers of the Pink Triangle Press and gay magazine Body Politic of charges of possession and distribution of obscene materials. He also dismissed the charges against Magder Furs for doing business on a Sunday. In 1988, he convicted NHL player Dino Ciccarelli for his on-ice attack on a player from the opposing team. He became a small claims court judge when he retired in 1982, and was also a part-time member of the Ontario Assessment Review Board, a referee for the Law Society of Upper Canada and a lay appointee of the Council for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Sydney Harris was a human rights advocate, fighting for stronger laws in the Criminal Code to combat neo-Nazism. He was also a fervent supporter of the civil rights movement, even meeting with Martin Luther King Junior in 1963. He was active in the Jewish community, serving as president of the Canadian Council of Reform Congregations national president of Toronto Jewish Vocational Services, and president Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem. He was also a founding member of Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith. Most notably, he served as president of Canadian Jewish Congress, after serving on CJC's National Executive Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee and Religious Welfare Committee. He was secretary of Holy Blossom Temple's board, and then active at Temple Sinai. He was also known for his opposition to religious education in public schools. Sydney married Enid Pearlman, a registered nurse, in 1950 and they had two children, Mark and David. Sydney Harris died on January 17, 2009.

Name Access

Harris, Sydney, 1917-2009

Source

Archival Accessions