Accession Number

2007-6-11

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

technical drawing (electronic)

Physical Description

9 documents (pdf and jpg)

9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 technical drawing (jpg)

2 drawings (jpg)

Date

1917-[1981?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of electronic copies of documents, photographs, and portraits that pertain to Belleville's Sons of Jacob Congregation, to the activities of the Belleville chapter of Hadassah-WIZO, and the Tobe family of Belleville. The records date from 1917 to circa 1981 and include: the congregation's constitution (1972) and a certificate from The United Synagogue of America recognizing it as a member synagogue of the Conservative movement (1961); Hadassah-WIZO documents including certificates relating to donations, photographs, and an advertising bookmark; a plan of the Sons of Jacob Memorial Park (oversized); and various photographs of the Tobe family of Belleville.

There are also two photographs made of oversize drawings (portraits) of persons unidentified but probably related to the Tobes.

Verso of 04.jpg reads: "June 28, 1981. To my friends, Bluma. Zeke Tobe. Happy memories! Bill Palmatier."

Verso of 06.jpg reads: "About 1917. Bellville [sic] Ontario. Dave, Zeke, Bluma, Sam & Abe. Abe was about 5 years when this was taken. His dad 'Moses' (age 42) had died about this time leaving their mom to raise 6 children with very little means of support and she could not speak English."

Custodial History

The records originally belonged to Abe Tobe of Belleville. They were retained by Miri Cohen, president of the shul, when Mr. Tobe passed away in March 2007, to be preserved by the synagogue.

Descriptive Notes

Photographs of oversize portraits by Daniel Ehrenworth.

Subjects

Communities

Name Access

Tobe, Abe

Places

Belleville, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-30

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

17 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 document : col. (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1955]-[2003?]

Scope and Content

Accession is comprised of family and community photographs of two generations of the Albert family of Belleville. Images include rabbis Moses Lewin and Walter Seligman, friends, events such as bar mitzvahs, Ethnic Day and a Purim Party, and the Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen memorial. People pictured are identified in the finding aid. There is also one electronic copy of a newsclipping about Rabbi Moses Lewin.

The photographs are as follows:

01. Joe Burke far right Norman Albert in middle Ruth Goldberg far right, 1950s.

02. Belleville Community Picnic at the Albert's Summer House.

03. David Albert, 1960.

04. David Albert bar mitzvah with Rabbi Seligmann and wife.

05. Ethnic Day at the Shul, mid-1970s.

06. Florence Yannover.

07. Jacob Albert with grandsons, 1958.

08. Left to right: Ruth Lear and Becky Shulmann and Sarah Lightstone in back.

09. Left to right: Selma Bochnek, Shirley Osborne, Ethel Burke, Walter and Mrs Seligmann at synagogue dinner dance.

10. Mark and Michelle and David Albert, March 20 1971, bar mitzvah.

11. Norm and Lil and Jacob Albert and Rose.

12. Purim Party, 1957.

13. Purim Party. Joe Burke and Mynra Crystal of Peterborough, April 1957.

14. Rabbi Moses Lewin.

15. Shulman Departure, May 1985.

16. Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen Memorial, ca. 2003.

17. Ted and Eleanor Schwab.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Albert, Carole

Albert, Norm

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

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2007-6-40

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

16 documents (pdf and jpg)

7 photographs (jpg)

Date

1954-1992

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned copies of material reflecting Lee Jourard's involvement in theatre in the Belleville area. There are eight theatre programmes, most of them of plays produced by the Belleville Theatre Guild, in which Jourard was a cast member and/or on the backstage crew. The records also include scanned newspaper clippings about Jourard's talks and plays (including photographs), and seven scanned copy photographs of Jourard.

The photographs are as follows:

01. A Thurber Carnival programme, 1964

02. Albert-St Catharines Review Playbill, Dec 3 1960

03. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page 21. Cast of The Drunkard. Lee Jourard in top hat far left.

04. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page21. Lee Jourard and Linda Archer dressed for their roles in The Drunkard.

05. Belleville Intel, April 17 1969, page 3.

06. Belleville Intel, Feb 13 1970. Flo Yannover as Queen Mother Yoland in the Lark.

07. Lee Jourard talk advert.

08. Programme Diary of Anne Frank, 1992.

09. Belleville Theatre. Lee Jourard in A Man For All Seasons.

10. Belleville Theatre. Photo of Lee Jourard at Rehersal, 1962.

11. Belleville Theatre Programme, 1962.

12. Birth announcement for Matthew Jourard, 1994.

13. Lee Jourard in costume receiving news of birth of grandson Mathew Joseph Jourard, 1994.

14. Cable Communications, Vol 43, No 10, Oct 1977.

15. Lee Jourard. CableVue 4 went colour, 1977.

16. Lee Jourard as Robert de Baudricourt and Milton A. Crystal as Brother Ladvenu in The Lark, March 1, 1970.

17. My Three Angels, 1960.

18. The Drunkard, June 2 to 12, 1971. Lee Jourard as Lawyer Cribbs and Edward Middleton as Stewart Arnott.

19. The Lark, 1970.

20. The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1956.

21. You Can't Take It With You, cast photo on stage, 1954.

22. You Can't Take It With You programme, 1954.

Administrative History

Entertainer Lee Jourard is well-known in the city of Belleville for his support of the arts and his community involvement. He worked as a broadcaster for CJBQ radio, was the first Community Programs Director at the Cablevue 4 television station, and was a founding member of Belleville's Cultural Awards Committee and the Harbour Improvement Committee. He is a longtime member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, having been in the cast and crew of many of its producations from the 1950s through the 1990s. Jourard is also a member of the Bay of Quinte Power Squadron and the Moira River Conservation Authority Advisory Board. In 2007 he was named Senior of the Year in the City of Belleville.

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

Theater

Name Access

Jourard, Lee

Places

Belleville, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-9-10

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date

[192?]-[1978]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of nine scanned copy photographs of the donor's parents, relatives, and community events in Kitchener, Ontario.

Photographs are the following:

01. Bessie and David Roseman.

02. Bessie and David Roseman.

03. Beth Jacob Centre ribbon-cutting ceremony, Feb. 18, 1961. Left to right: Alex Orzy, Jack Rosen, and Rabbi Rosensweig.

04. Kitchener gang at Joe Roseman’s daughter, Helene’s wedding, 1978. Bottom row, left to right: Burk and Rennie Brown, Fred and Nettie Steinhouse, Jules and Beatrice Speigel, Alex and Alice Orzy, Raymond and Shirley Cohen. Top row, left to right: Roy and Rose Klein, Jack and Eve Gordon, Morris and Freda Gartenberg, Murray and Mrs. Walman.

05. Kitchener Jewish community picnic near Petersberg, ca. 1920s.

06. Left to right: Sholom Brown (no relation), Al Brown (cousin) and Sam Moldaver (brother-in-law), Trafalgar Square, 1940s.

07. Port Carling, 1950s. Left to right seated: Norman Orzy and wife,Alice Orzy, Bill Kosky with daughter on lap and Dora Kosky, Bessie Roseman and Sheldon Kosky. Left to right standing: Alex Orzy, Jean Roseman and Joe Roseman.

08. Ruth Roseman Katz and Joe Roseman, 1940s.

09. Sam Roseman, Sam Moldaver (brothers-in-law), 1940s.

Administrative History

Joe Roseman's parents, Bessie Baranski and David Roseman, came to Canada separately from Poland in 1918. Bessie had siblings already in Ontario: her sister Channah and brother-in-law Charles Glass, living in Kitchener at the time; brother Gordon; and brother Joe. All three brothers worked in second hand furniture and eventually switched to new furniture. They Anglicized the family name from Baranski to Brown.

Settling in Kitchener by 1920, David Roseman had a job running the tuck shop at McBrine Baggage. By 1922 he had joined his brother-in-law Charles Glass in his store, Central Furniture on King Street East. David's wife Bessie helped deliver furniture until her brother Joe came on. Joe died in 1945 after being hit by a car in front of the store.

David and Bessie had five children: Samuel, Esther (who married Sam Moldaver), Max, Ruth (married Henry Katz of Hamilton), and Joe. Samuel served and was killed in action in the Second World War. Joe began working at the furniture business in his second year of high school (1938) and stayed there until 1962 with his father retired and the business was sold. After this, Joe's brother Max opened his own store in Brantford; Joe opened one in Stratford; and Sam remained in Kitchener, opening his own small furniture store next to the original Central Furniture.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Name Access

Roseman, Joe

Roseman, David

Roseman, Bessie

Places

Kitchener, Ont.

Source

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Accession Number

2008-8-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

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

Date

[194-]-2005

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.

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.

Subjects

Communities

Purim

Synagogues

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2022-2-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

[197-]-2008

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Sons of Jacob Congregation of Belleville, Ontario. Included are meeting minutes, handwritten notes, and a copy of the synagogue's constitution, as well as other textual records.

Custodial History

The files belonged to the donor's parents. The latter were active in the Sons of Jacob Congregation (Mike's mother was the secretary for a time).

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Constitution also available as a PDF file.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Sons of Jacob Congregation (Belleville, Ont.)

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-8-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

7 photographs : col. and b&w ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1949]-[ca. 1969]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of seven photographs of Hennick's cottages in Pontypool and of the Hennick family.

Administrative History

The cottages were owned by William and Molly Hennick, who are pictured in one of the photos with their daughter Frances. The cottages were popular among Jewish vacationers.

Subjects

Communities

Vacations

Name Access

Hennick, Molly

Hennick, William

Kleinberg, Frances

Places

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

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Accession Number

2008-3-2

Material Format

textual record

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

6 documents : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

[1915?]-[200-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of brochures from the Cherney family businesses: their furniture store of fifty years, followed by Cherney Realty, established after 1984. Also included are a pamphlet on the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund of the Community Counselling and Resource Centre of Peterborough. There is also a memorial card for the death of Harry Cherney in 1984. Electronic records include articles about Cherney's and Erica Cherney, City of Peterborough Awards of Merit for Harry and Erica Cherney, and four photographs.

Photograhps are as follows:

01. Award of Merit, Erica Cherney, 1977.

02. Award of Merit, Harry Cherney, 1981.

03. Harry Cherney on a sailboat, ca. 1978.

04. 40th Anniversary of Cherney Store, 1975. Left to right: Myer and Harry and Lou Cherney.

05. Rebecca Cherney, ca. 1915.

06. Tree of Life donated in honour of Harry Cherney.

07. Cherney business story in Peterborough Industrial Review, 1975.

08. Erica Cherney article in Business Advantage February, 1997, page 13.

09. Cherney ad, 1975.

10. Harry Cherney newspaper article about his death, Peterborough Examiner, December 29 1984, page 1.

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

Business

Communities

Name Access

Cherney, Erica

Places

Peterborough (Ont.)

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2007-9-7

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1925]-[ca. 1975]

Administrative History

Accession consists of scanned photographs of Goldie Barth's (nee Greenspoon) family in Sudbury, Ontario, including pictures of her parents Mary and Samuel, their backyard with scrap metal, and their general store. Other images include Mary Singer, Ghital Halman, a children's event in the basement of the synagogue, a group of Young Judea youth, and a group of young children.

Photographs include:

01. Children outside shul, early 1940s.

02. Event in basement of synagogue, late 1930s or early 1940s.

03. Greenspoons inside shul, nd.

04. Left to right: Mary Greenspoon and Mary Singer at Jewish community camp.

05. Left to right: Ghital Halman, Mary Greenspoon, unidentified. Unidentified man behind.

06. Mary Greenspoon in backyard with chickens, late 1930s.

07. Mary Greenspoon with children in front of her grocery store, 1930s.

08. Samuel Greenspoon in backyard with chickens and scrap metal.

09. Young Judea event, February 1964. Far left Goldie Barth. Other children are Jewish and Catholic.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Barth, Goldie

Places

Sudbury (Ont.)

Source

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Accession Number

1978-8-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1957–1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Jewish community of London, Ontario. Included are a copy of the Constitution of the London Jewish community, a speech form the dedication of the new B'nai Israel Synagogue, a community council report from January 1957, a copy of the Report to the Special Committee for the Study of the London Jewish Community by R. P. Kannee dated 24 April 1973, a 1975–1976 program guide to the Jewish Community Centre of London, and other documents.

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Subjects

Communities

Places

London (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gary family fonds

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Item

Fonds

97

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Gary and Goldie Gary (née Lawrence) married in 1921 in Rochester, N.Y. Shortly thereafter they moved to Toronto. Joseph and Goldie had three children; daughters Ethel (Halter) and Shirley (Cohen), and son Leslie. In 1950, after three years of visiting the region, Joseph and Goldie purchased a home on Amelia Street in Pontypool, ON. As the area was a popular summer resort spot for vacationing Jews from the 1940s to the 1960s, Joseph and Goldie decided to build 10 cottages on their land for rental, which they named Gary's Cottages. The cottages were sold around 1970 and are no longer in existence, however their home is still standing.

Mrs. Burke owned a farm near the pond in Pontypool. Joseph and Goldie rented a room from her in the summer of 1947 while they looked for a home to purchase in the town.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Goldie and Joseph Gary standing in Mrs. Burke's cornfield. They are holding onto a large sunflower.

Notes

Title taken from back of original photograph.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

Burke, Mrs.

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

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2007-5-7

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

19 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1908-1961]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of digitized photographs depicting four generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, from the early 1900s to 1961.

The photographs are as follows:

01. Goldie & Nathan Rabovsky, [ca. 1908].

02. Goldie Rabovsky (9) and Gail (9) in summer of 1961 in front of cottage at Sauble Beach, July 1961.

03. Bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, at Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].

04. Rose Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky & Irving Rabovsky at bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].

05.Rabovskys at Sauble Beach, 1957.

06. Marsha Rabovsky at Harrison Park, Owen Sound, 1957.

07. Group in suits in front of building, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Goldie [Cadesky] Rabovsky, Rose [Schecter] Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia [Gordon] Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Mike [Meyer] Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky (on shoulders), Moe [Moses] Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky

08. Sauble Beach, Ontario, [1954]. Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky.

09. Sadie Rabovsky, Miriam Levison Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Molly Cadesky, Max Rabovsky, [1954].

10. Joel Cadesky, Debbie Cadesky, Marsha Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky (toddler) Sauble Beach, 1954.

11. Nathan Rabovsky & Goldie Rabovsky in front of their furniture store, Owen Sound, [193-?].

12. L to R: Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1940].

13. Max Rabovsky & Celia (Gordon) Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].

14. Ezekiel Cadesky, Owen Sound, [194-?].

15. Max & Celia Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].

16. Four young men in suits; second from left is Max Rabovsky, [ca. 1930].

17. Max Rabovsky & Nettye Podnick, Owen Sound, [ca. 1930]

18. Rabovsky family downtown Owen Sound, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Rose Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Meyer (Mike) Rabovsky, Stanley Rabovsky (on shoulders), Pvt. Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky (hugging).

19. Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, [195-?].

Administrative History

The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944. Max married Celia Gordon, and their granddaughter is donor Julie Gonik.

Use Conditions

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Descriptive Notes

Related records: 2007-5-5, 2007-6-37

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Rabovsky family

Places

Owen Sound (Ont.)

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2007-6-37

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date

1942

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one scanned photograph of three generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, headed by Nathan and Goldie Rabovsky (née Cadesky). In the back row are Celia, Max, Meyer (Mike), Moe, Irving, and Rose Rabovsky. In the front row are Lillian, Nathan, Sadie, Stanley (son of Irving and Rose), Goldie, and Bertha Rabovsky.

Administrative History

The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike -- the donor of this photo), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944.

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

Related records note: See also accession 2007-5-5 and 2007-5-7

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Rabovsky family

Places

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-32

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 b&w photographs (copies)

Date

[193?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two scanned photographs of work scene in front of the Myer Salit Scrap Metal yard, Niagara Falls.

Custodial History

The records were transferred to the OJA as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.

Administrative History

The donor, Larry Cohen, was born 1931. His grandfather, Myer Salit, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three he booked passage to America on the S.S. Norge. On June 28, 1904 the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer. In 1905 he moved to Niagara Falls and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community.

Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law Irvin Feldman and grandson Larry Cohen joined the business. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel.

During the 1980s the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of Southern Ontario.

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

Related Material Note: See AC 302 for an oral history for Larry Cohen.

Subjects

Occupations

Communities

Name Access

Salit, Myer

Places

Niagara Falls, Ont.

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2007-7-10

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

19 photographs : b&w

1 folder of textual records

2 books

1 CD

1 vest

1 hat

Date

1938-1986

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material documenting the donor's family, particularly her father, Nathan Rivelis. The items include a vest and hat worn by her father during the late 1950s as part of the Lion's Club. It also consists of an oral history of her father conducted in 1983; his school primer and English reader; photographs of the business and Hebrew classes; certificates; and, finally, newspaper clippings.

Administrative History

The Rivelis family owned a large clothing store in North Bay from 1926 until 1986 called Rivelis. They sold men's and women's mid-range clothing and became famous in town for their annual sale held on 16 November. The business grew from a small family-run store to a large department store with twelve employees.

In addition to running the business, Nate Rivelis was also involved in the local Lion's Club and was the president of this organization from 1957-1958. He was the only Jewish member at that time. In addition, he also served as the president of the Hebrew school during the 1940s.

Subjects

Business

Communities

Name Access

Rosen, Rheta

Rivelis, Nathan

Places

North Bay (Ont.)

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2007-7-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. (jpg)

1 painting : col. (jpg)

Date

[194-?]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one digital photograph of a painting depicting the Dodick family while in Poland, and one scanned copy of an original photograph. Identified in the painting are, left to right: Harry, Dora (mother), Sam (baby), Cecil, Fay, Abraham, Murray.

Custodial History

The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

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.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Dodick, Vicki

Dodick, Cecil

Places

Thunder Bay, Ont.

Poland

Source

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Accession Number

2007-9-9

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

[193-]-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three scanned family photographs as follows:

01. Bat mitzvah of Richelle Gordon, 1962. Left to right: Moishe Laeb, Shaina Hanna, Jack Gordon, Richelle Gordon, Eve Gordon, Raizel Rosen, Yisroel Rosen, Brian Gordon. In front: Sheri Gordon.

02. Family portrait, 1930s. Left to right: Mathew Gordon, Shaina Hana Gordon, Joe Gordon, Moishe Laeb Gordon, Sarah Polen. In front: Jack Gordon.

03. Raizel and Yisroel Rosen (parents of Eve Gordon).

Administrative History

Eve Rosen Gordon was born in Russia in 1923. When she was three years old, her parents and paternal grandparents came to Canada with Eve's sister and brother. Her uncle Aaron Rosen had been in Kitchener, Ontario, since 1903. His business was scrap metal, and Eve's father joined him in the work to pay off their tickets from Russia. Following that, he peddled with a horse and buggy. In 1933, he launched his own business, clearing and filling the swampy land by hand to build a multi-generation business, Rosen and Sons, which eventually moved into industrial waste.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Gordon, Eve

Places

Kitchener (Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1986-9-2

Material Format

object

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

7 photographs

artifacts

Date

1908-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records, graphic materials, and artifacts documenting the Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Fort William (Thunder Bay) and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The records include a brass menorah and shivisi from the Synagogue, along with a wooden tablet of the ten commandments (1920s); a marriage register (1908-1951); a minute book of the chevra kadisha (1913-1986); B'nai Brith Lodge membership registration books, minute books, a dues book, and a framed citation (1911-1970); and several photographs including the Jewish community's float for the coronation of King George VI, the turning of the sod for the new synagogue, the B'nai Brith Lodge annual picnic in Port Arthur and a meeting honouring Jewish servicemen of the Second World War, and three portraits of the Synagogue's honourary presidents.

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Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Name Access

Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)

Places

Thunder Bay, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-11-12

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

technical drawing

Physical Description

56 cm textual records

172 photographs

2 technical drawings

Date

[194?]-1998

Scope and Content

Accession consists of minutes of meetings, ledgers, correspondence, notes, and photographs documenting the former B'nai Jacob Congregation in Niagara Falls. The material includes records of the Rose Dunkelman chapter of Hadassah (1940s–1950s), Sisterhood (1970s), the merged Hadassah-Sisterhood (1977–1986), Lundy's Lane Cemetery, and the Niagara Falls Jewish Federation (1943-1966). The records include a file with lists of Torah Fund donations, the constitutions of Sisterhood and of B'nai Jacob, many copied newspaper clippings about the Greenspans and Barbara Frum, and a copy of the 1953 CJC Community Self-Survey. There are also two copies of the 1977 Sisterhood New Year's community directory and textual and graphic material on the Holocaust Memorial at the cemetery. Records also include a photocopied chapter from a young adult book telling the story of Niagara Falls resident Irving Milchberg and how as an adolescent he survived the Second World War in Nazi-occupied Warsaw after escaping from the ghetto.

Accession includes 172 photographs; ninety-six are colour prints from the 1998 Holocaust Memorial dedication ceremony in the cemetery and the rest are special events and shul members in the 1960s and 1970s. In addition there is a collage of twelve photographs picturing music classes and performances. Finally, two oversized landscape technical drawings also relate to the proposed Holocaust Memorial.

Photo Caption 001-007: Festival of Holidays at B’nai Jacob Congregation, Niagara Falls, 1980.

Administrative History

B'nai Jacob Synagogue was a Conservative shul founded in 1918. It amalgamated with the Reform congregation in St. Catharines and became B'nai Tikvah in 1998 and is still located in the original shul building in Niagara Falls.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Name Access

B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)

Places

Niagara Falls (Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2009-8-8

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : b&w : 12 x 17 cm on matte 18 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1912-1983

Scope and Content

The accession consists of six photographs of the Rosen family of Kitchener. The pictures are all portraits involving multiple generations of the family taken between 1912 and 1944. The people pictured include Aaron J. Rosen, his parents, his children, and one with his brother Israel Rosen. There is also a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Aaron Rosen. It is dated 1951, however it makes reference to his naturalization in 1911. Later documents include a copy of the Rosen-Shpizel family tree, and a letter written by the donor recounting her mother's reminiscences of life in Kitchener. The letter was written to accompany photographs that the donor loaned to Mr. Donald Bierstock in Kitchener, who was compiling a history of Beth Jacob congregation for its 75th anniversary.

Custodial History

The photographs belonged to Aaron Rosen's daughter Mary until she passed them on to her son in the early 1990s. He gave them to his sister Phyllis, the donor, in July 2009.

Administrative History

Aaron J. Rosen (1879-1973) was born in Checholia, Russia, the son of Avraham Zvi Rosen and Pesa Cohn. He was the first of his family to come to Canada, in 1903. He came ahead of his wife Sima Leah (1873-1948), and their son Irving (d. 1962). In Kitchener, Aaron established himself in the peddling business, founding Rosen Rag & Metal. After his wife and son joined him, they had two more children, Mary (1908-1996) and Joseph (1906-1916). Joseph died of diphtheria at the age of ten. He was one of the first to be buried in the Beth Jacob Cemetery.

Aaron Rosen was one of the founders of Beth Jacob Congregation in 1908, and was among those who signed the mortgage for the synagogue in 1924. The family rented a house at 156 Church Street, and later lived next to the Rosen Rag & Metal warehouse at 123 Strange Street. In 1927, Aaron brought over his brother Israel with his family and their parents.

In 1938, Aaron's daughter, Mary Rosen, married Ben Coles. They settled in Toronto. They had two children, Alan and Phyllis (the donor). Irving Rosen married Tillie Minsky and his children (in the photos) are Estelle and Gerry.

Sima Leah Rosen predeceased Aaron, and when he was 70 he remarried, wedding Rebecca (usually called Bayla) Kaplan (grandmother of Robert Kaplan, MP and Attorney General). The marriage was religious but not civil. Aaron Rosen died at the age of 93 in 1973. He is buried next to his first wife at Roselawn Cemetery in Toronto.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Rosen, Aaron, 1879-1973

Rosen, Sima Leah, 1873-1948

Places

Kitchener (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-8-9

Material Format

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

48 photographs : b&w and col. (1 jpg) ; 21x 25 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of family snapshots and portraits of members of the Zet family of St. Catharines. They include images of the donor's grandmother, Sadie (Hyatt) Zet, and grandfather Morris Zet, their friends, children and grandchildren. Among the events documented are the wedding of Bernice Zet to Albert Shecter in 1946 at the Congregation B'nai Israel, officiated by Rabbi Herschel Shapiro (who officiated weddings from 1931-1956), and summer scenes at Crystal Beach including Bernice Zet, Freda Caplan, Claire Zet and Deborah Caplan. There are several photographs of a group of high school girls, including Anne Granek, Minnie Lefstein, Ann Caplan, Ethel Friedman, Sylvia and Frieda Greenberg, Rae Rosenberg, and Eve Luntz. There is also an image of twenty little girls dressed in white holding British flags on the occasion of the opening of the shul in 1925, and one of Celia Taube with her children. As well, there are pictures of "the gang" of couples at social occasions in the 1950s. Persons pictured include Bayla Katzman, Joel Zeldon, Anne Granek, Abe Herzog, Margaret Zeldon, Jenny Katzman, Joe Katzmean, Gert Granek, Bea Magder, Dave Kates, Sybil Cowitz, Elsie Kates, Chippie (Helen) Feldman, [unknown man], Syd Magder, Dolly Cooperman, Eleanor Lambert, Sarah (Sookie) Slepkov, and Sheila Newman.

Finally, there is a ca. 1908 portrait of Berel and Nachama Kaplan, great-aunt and uncle of the donor.

Administrative History

Morris Zet (Zatulove) immigrated to Toronto in 1913 at age 18. In Romania his family enjoyed prosperity as dairy farmers, but after being conscripted into the Russian army, he left, walking from Russia to Austria. After a year in Toronto, Morris moved to St. Catharines, where he boarded with the Adelsteins. There, he made a living peddling to the many workers building the Welland Canal. In 1917, Morris married Sadie Hyatt (her brother changed the family name to Goldberg in Canada), who had come to Toronto in 1914. Morris opened a men’s wear store on St. Paul’s Street in St Catharines called Zet’s Clothing. Ten years later in 1929, he closed this store and opened Zet’s Men’s Wear in nearby Thorald, though the family continued to live in St Catharines. In 1935, Sadie opened Zet’s Ladies Wear across the street in Thorald. Morris and Sadie Zet had 3 daughters whom they raised in St Catharines: Anne, Clare and Bernice. Anne is the donor's mother. She married Kelley Granek in St. Catharines in 1939. Clare married Sam Kranitz in 1940; Bernice married Albert Schecter of Toronto, also at the St. Catharines shul, in 1946.

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

Physical Desription note: two of the photographs are colour copies.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Zet, Morris

Zet, Sadie

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

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Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Community correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

6

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and community leadership, lists of contributors to fundraising campaigns, and correspondence concerning the Israel Art Exhibition.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2007-6-31

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

1 document (4 jpgs) : col.

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned copy of the constitution of the B'nai Jacob Congregation of Niagara Falls, 4 pages in four separate files.

Subjects

Synagogues

Communities

Name Access

B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)

Places

Niagara Falls (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-7-5

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

1 document (pdf)

Date

1962

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.

Custodial History

The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

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

Communities

Food

Women

Name Access

Safir, Shari-Lyn

Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

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Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-6-34

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date

[1933?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a scanned copy of a photograph taken at the Lambert family's Port Dalhousie cottage. The donor, Eleanor Lambert (née Friedman), and her mother Channa Friedman are at the bottom right. Back row: Minna Anderson, Patty Walman, Sarah Meyers. Front row: Jean Matlow, Goldie Matlow, Esther Rivka Pomerantz, Channa Friedman, Eleanor Friedman.

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.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Outdoor recreation

Name Access

Lambert family

Places

Port Dalhousie, Ont.

St. Catharines, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-36

Material Format

textual record

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (jpg)

1 textual record

Date

1923-2004

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one issue of the Jewish Standard, from June 2004, two scanned copy photographs of Sid Slepkov during the Second World War, and one scanned copy photograph of Sid's father Morris in front of his clothing store, the Fashion Cloak and Fur Co. in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The photographs are as follows:

1. Sydney Slepkov in decompression chamber, Second World War.

2. Morris Slepkov outside his store, 1923.

3. Sydney Slepkov, 1944.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-04.

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.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

Business

Communities

Name Access

Slepkov, Sid

Slepkov, Morris

Places

St. Catharines, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

55

Material Format

textual record

Date

19709

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jewish related issues in Belleville. Of special interest is the correspondence about the religious education in public primary schools.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

86

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings about Jewish related issues in Belleville, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

437

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1912

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) 21 x 26 cm and 17 x 22 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Davidovitch (Davidson) family were the only Jewish family in Burks Falls. They owned a general store and lived there for five years. A rabbi, a mohel, and a shoichet would visit Burks Falls for the benefit of the family.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and two corresponding negatives of the Davidovitch (Davidson) family seated around the seder table. Pictured are:

Standing, left to right: Hym Davidson, Harry Davidson, Isaac Davidson, Rabbi.

Seated, left to right: Mrs. Gert Sher, Mrs. Lillian Fink, Irving Fink, Ada Davidson, Mohel, Shoichet, Mrs. Davidson's father.

Notes

Scope and content note: It has been pointed out that the sideboard mirror is covered with a cloth, indicating that this may be a family sitting shiva.

Name Access

Davidovitch family

Davidson, Ava

Davidson family

Davidson, Harry

Davidson, Hym

Davidson, Isaac

Fink, Irving

Fink, Lillian

Sher, Gert

Subjects

Families

Seder

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

Burk's Falls (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired June 3, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

107

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings, programmes, and correspondence regarding Belleville's Brotherhood Week.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2008-8-2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date

1930-1977

Scope and Content

This accession consists of nine scanned copies of original photographs documenting the Samuel and Marcus families of Belleville. Pictured in the photographs are: Harry Samuels, Rose (née Samuels) Berman, Sidney Samuels, Dorey (née Samuels) Safe, Helen (née Samuels) Sussman, Reta (née Samuels) Marcus, Max Marcus, Percy Marcus, Sidney Marcus, Sophie Marcus, Samuel Springer and Thomas Samuels.

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.

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Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2009-9-4

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1948]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one scanned photograph of a cheder class in the basement of the synagogue in Belleville. Identified are: Bill Mayer, Rabbi Babb, Ron Gitelman, Sandra Yanover, Stanley Albert, Janet Salz (nee Charendoff), Steven Schwab, Barbara Abramsky, Jane Yanover, Paul Yanover, and Gloria Lipes.

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.

Subjects

Children

Heder

Portraits, Group

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

General office records sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-5

File

75

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence related to the future of the Belleville Synagogue.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1960

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

77

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1975

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

133

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1960

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

145

Material Format

textual record

Date

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

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

221

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959

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

271

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1959

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

360

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1961

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

282

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 Joseph Tekoah.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

297

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Joseph Yover.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

113

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Dov Joseph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1984-8-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1920

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the Canadian Certificate of Naturalization for Joseph Rosenberg dated March 8, 1920.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1990-10-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1941-1990

Scope and Content

The accession consists of 1 photograph of the 1941-42 officers of Viceroy Reading Lodge, B'nai Brith, Hamilton; correspondence between Joseph Alexandroff and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln M. Alexander, 1985; a bencher for the bar mitzvah of Joseph Alexandroff's great nephew, Brandon Alexandroff, May 19, 1990 at Congregation Knesseth Israel; and photocopies of letters written to, and newspaper clippings from, the Hamilton Spectator.

Administrative History

Joseph Alexandroff was born on October 19, 1907, the first-born son of Boris and Rebecca Alexandroff and one of the first Jewish children born in the Junction. He was a long-time member and supporter of Congregation Knesseth Israel.

Use Conditions

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

Name Access

Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-1-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1938-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of documents related to Joseph Skulko including two copies of an engagement certificate, a ketuba and a Canadian Certificate of Naturalization.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1991-5-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1910-1950

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the business career and community involvement of Joseph Graner. Included are receipts, insurance release foms, bills, and an auditor's financial report. His company is decribed on letterheads as dealing with steamship tickets, real estate, foreign exchange, insurance, loans, mortgages, valuations, and rent collection. There are three items of historic paper foreign currency from Germany and Russia. As well there are order forms for Universal Garment Company Sportswear Specialists, and a seal for Joseph Graner, Justice of the Peace for Toronto and the County of York. Finally there are press clippings and correspondence pertaining to his community activities with organizations such as Associated Hebrew Schools, Goel Tzedec Synagogue, Ontario Zionist Association, the Conservative Association, and committees protesting the persecution of Jews in Poland and Gemany before the Second World War.

Administrative History

Joseph Graner was one of the founders of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Dispensary (the forerunner of Mount Sinai Hospital). A biography is included with the Instrument of Donation.

Name Access

Graner, Joseph

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : 22 x 25 cm

Date

[ca. 1920]-1929

Scope and Content

This accession consists of two photographs taken of members of the Kirkland Lake community. One photograph is of the Kaplan family, including Sime Kaplan and her children Abraham, Nathan, Fannie and Isadore. This photograph was taken around 1920 in Lithuania. The second photograph was taken at the Kirkland Lake Fireman's Ball in the late 1920s. Included in the photograph are Harry Atkins, Max Kaplan, Albert Kokotow, Faye Atkins, Sonia Kaplan, and Anne Black

Administrative History

Hyman Kaplan moved to Kirkland Lake from Lithuania in 1914. The rest of his family followed in 1923

Name Access

Joseph Atkins.

Kaplan family.

Places

Kirkland Lake.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-6-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

140 photographs : b&w; 30 x 24 cm or smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

[between 1930 and 1975]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Jewish entertainers, including Yiddish theatre actors, comedians, singers and screen actors. Most of the entertainers depicted were American, however, several photographs have been autographed indicating that they may have performed in Toronto at one of the early Jewish theatres. Records are predominantly photographs, with a few pamplets and a movie publicity brochure.

Administrative History

Joseph Eisenberg's was born in Poland on March 4, 1895. He came to Canada with his father Alexander and mother Rebeccah Eisenberg in 1906.

Joseph Eisenberg married Sadie Schwartz and had three children named Ted, Thelma, and Julius.

Both Alexander and Joseph became prominant members of the Conservative Party, each dedicating fifty odd years to the promotion and support of the party within Canada. In fact the Eisenberg home was known as the unofficial headquarters of the Ward 4 Conservatives.

Joseph was involved with Jewish theatre in Toronto as the representative of the Hebrew Actors Union of America.

He was also one of the first members of the Farband Labour Zionist Movements, and was actively involved the labour movement in Canada

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Archival Accessions