- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 7
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1913-1928
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs (1 negative) : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of marriage certificate receipts for marriages performed by Rabbi Weinreb at 26 Henry Street as well as a photograph of Rabbi Weinreb leading a march in commemoration of the proclamation of the Balfour Declaration. Also included is a certificate that Rabbi Weinreb received for collecting money to help people make aliyah in their old age (4 Oct. 1923).
- Subjects
- Marriage records
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The certificate is in fragile condition and is starting to tear across the centre. Tape is adhered to sections on the back of the document.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings of obituaries, death notices, and memorial service notices for Rabbi Joseph Weinreb.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Family photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-9
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 12 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1917-[ca. 2000]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Edell family, Rabbi Weinreb, Paul Edell's printing company, the She'arim Hebrew Day School, and the Edell family's involvement with the Mackziki Hadas Congregation. Accession also includes records documenting Rabbi Kelman's involvement with the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda synagogue. Records include photographs of family gatherings and family members participating in a Balfour Declaration march in 1917, correspondence, flyers, invitations, and genealogical information and family reminiscences collected by Sara Kelman. Also included are two printing blocks from Paul Edell's printing company and one stamp used by Rabbi Weinreb. Of note, is a flyer and correspondence documenting the Husiatyner Klaus Beth Israel synagogue and its closure. The bulk of the material is in English, but a small amount is in Yiddish or Hebrew.
- 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
- Includes 9 photographs (tiff), 2 photographs, 1 stamp, and 2 printing blocks.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2930
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2930
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Weinreb, Rabbi Joseph
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 7
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the Associated Hebrew Day Schools relating to the Rabbi Yoseph Weinreb Memorial Scholarship which was sponsored by Shomrai Shabbos synagogue. Also included are donation receipts.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Nesterowsky, Malke & Yosef
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Nesterowsky, Malke & Yosef
- Page Number
- 307
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Shiffman, Moses & Yosef Meir
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Shiffman, Moses & Yosef Meir
- Page Number
- 408
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Quebec synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 1
- File
- 57
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1947]
- Scope and Content
- The accession consists of two photographs of Reverend Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel.
- Administrative History
- Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel Gringorten (née Melnick) were born in Poland in 1876 and 1881 respectively. They moved to Canada in 1910 with their eldest child. They subsequently had five more after their arrival.Their children included Morris, Jennie, Jacob, Esther, Louis, and Isaac.
- Rabbi Gringorten served as spiritual leader, teacher, shochet, and mohel for the Brantford Jewish community after his arrival for thirteen years. He then moved to Toronto during the early 1920s and became the principal of a Jewish school. The family lived at 26 Cecil Street at that time and then moved to 393 Markham Street during the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became active in the Jewish community, serving as vice-president of the Sons of Jacob, a board member of the Folks Fareign, and the first trustee of the Old Folks Home.
- Rabbi Gringorten and his wife moved to California during the 1940s in order to live in a climate that was better for their health. Rachel passed away in 1947, and the rabbi followed in 1959.
- 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
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Gringorten, Saul, Rabbi, 1876-1959
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Festival Committee sub-series
- Succoth program, photographs
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-5
- File
- 9
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Rabbi Greenspan taken Succoth 1976.
- Notes
- Photographer is unknown.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Access Restriction
- Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Rabbi A. A. Price file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 180
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a brief written by Rabbi A. A. Price.
- Name Access
- Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 184
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Katz and several rabbis in Canada and the U.S. Included are letters from Katz when he served on the executive of Mizrachi Organization of Toronto and letters on the subject of Kashrut in hospitals.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Oct. 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to the Moshe Feinstein Award which was being given to Rabbi Kerzner by the Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem and the Yeshiva of Staten Island.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 420
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 420
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Rabbi Silberstein, Dayan of Va'c Hungary and founder of the Rabbinical Institute of Sarkad.
- Name Access
- Silberstein, Rabbi
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- Hungary
- Accession Number
- Acquired 4 April 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 93
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (1 negative) : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits of Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch and Rabbi Felder.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Rabbi portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 93
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives for permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 32 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim. There are several music books with Oppenheim's compositions, as well as loose sheet music and other composers song sheets. There is a concert program and correspondence from the Cantor's Assembly of America and the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association.
- Included is a record of Canto Eliazar Zaslavsky's Prayers and Songs.
- Photographs depict Mordechai Oppenheim, as well as an unidentified individual and group portrait
- Administrative History
- Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim was a cantor who lived in Toronto
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-6-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 7 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1948–1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of synagogue material, attendance records, and other information relating to the Jewish community of Sudbury, Ontario.
- 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
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, William, 1911-2008
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- text
- Physical Description
- 1.5 m of textual records and graphic material
- Text
- Artifacts
- Date
- 1928-1981
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records and graphic material documenting the life and career of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum of London, Ontario. Included is material related to Congregation B’nai Moses Ben Judah and Congregation Or Shalom, communal records, minutes, articles, sermons, orations, correspondence, books, periodicals, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, personal and family records and awards. Also included are the following artifacts:
- Shochet's knife and sharpening stone. -- [ca. 1925-1960]. -- 1 sharpening stone : stone, black ; 0.8 x 7.5 x 2 cm; 1 knife : metal, gold, black and silver ; 21 cm. This shochet’s chalef (ritual slaughtering knife) and sharpening stone belonged to Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1903-1981), who served in London, Ontario from the
mid 1920s until his retirement in the 1960s. This size of knife, used for poultry, was specially-designed to maximise cleanliness, speed, and efficiency, and minimise pain. During the height of the Jewish markets in the Kensington area, from the 1920s until the 1940s, buyers had the option of paying someone to pluck the chicken’s feathers, or they could bring the animal home and do it themselves.
- Pen and pad given to the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Division 27th Convention.
- Ontario Zionist Region conference delegate badge. -- 1 badge : textile, blue and gold ; 10 cm in length. -- A light blue ribbon with a pin at the top saying "Rev Kirshenbaum, London".
- Administrative History
- Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1902-1981) was born in Koriw, Poland and came to Canada in 1921. In 1926 he became rabbi of B’nai Moses Ben Judah Congregation in London, Ontario and remained in that position until his retirement in 1966. During his tenure in London he was active in many Jewish organizations including the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Histadrut Campaign and the Jewish Community Council of London. He was a regular contributor to Yiddish and Anglo-Jewish publications. His articles appeared in the Hebrew Journal, Kanader Adler, Voice of Radom and The Jewish Standard. He was also the author of several books : Our Chassidic Treasuries, What is General Zionism?, Ships at Sea, A Journey to Israel, Mixed Marriages and the Jewish Future, Religion: Love or Hate? and Feast Days and Fast Days. He was also elected to the Board of the Victoria Hospital Trust and served on the University Assembly of the University of Western Ontario.
- Rabbi David Kirshenbaum was married to Pearl Kirshenbaum.
- MG_RG
- MGC 6
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Kirshenbaum, David, 1902-1981
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 75 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created and collected by Rabbi Nachum Shemen. Included are correspondence, newsclippings, writings, and organizational records.
- Among the organizational records are subject files including: Vegetarianism (1944); Warsawer-Lodzer mutual Benefit Association; Rabbi Berel Wein; Kurt Weinberg; Weizmann Institute of Science; Windsor; Anselm Wise obituary (1977); Attitudes Toward Women; World Jewish Congress; Rabbi Dr. W. W. Wurzburger; Yad Vashem; Yavneh - Nir-Etzion Projects; Yeshiva Gedorah Ateres Yaakov, Yeshiva of Staten Island; Yeshiva Torah Chaim; Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel D'Aleksander; Yeshiva University; Yeshivas; Yiddish Cultural Council; Yizkor Fund; Yivo Institute; York University; Rabbi Aaron Zimmerman; Zionist Organization of Canada; Zionist Revisionist organization of Canada; Rabbi Zolty; Louis Zuker.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Yeshivas
- Yiddish language
- Name Access
- Shemen, Nachman, Rabbi, 1912-1993
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four photographs of participants at a teachers' meeting in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec. Individuals identified include Rabbi William Rosenthal, Dr. and Mrs Chomsky, and Dr. Gelbert.
- Administrative History
- William Rosenthal was the Rabbi of Shaar Hashomayim Congregation in Sudbury from 1949-1964.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1911–1934
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photocopied material documenting Rabbi Jacob Gordon.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: The bulk of the documents are in Hebrew or Yiddish.
- MG_RG
- MG 6 C
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Gordon, Jacob, 1877-1934
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1899-1982
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the life and career of Rabbi Ernest Klein. Records include personal as well as professional correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings and book reviews, a marriage register, bar mitzvah invitations, and Klein's birth certificate.
- Administrative History
- Ernest Klein (1899-1983) was born in Szatmar, Hungary on 26 July 1899. He studied at the University of Vienna and served as a rabbi in several countries including Czechoslovakia, Romania, and France. The Second World War brought great hardship for Klein, who survived Auschwitz and Dachau (his wife and son were killed in Czechoslovakia just before the war). After the War, Klein came to Canada, where he became rabbi of Congregation Beth Yitshak in Toronto. A polyglot and a scholar, Klein wrote three etymological dictionaries, the most famous of which was his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1966-67). For his work, he received honourary degrees from McMaster University and the University of Guelph in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1978. He passed away on 4 February 1983.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- USE CONDITION NOTE: Accession contains medical records that are closed to researchers until January 2034.
- MG_RG
- MG 6 D
- Subjects
- Birth certificates
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Invitation cards
- Marriage records
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Klein, Ernest, 1899-1983
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 11 artifacts
- 1.2 m of textual records
- Date
- [19--?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records and artifacts related to the work of Rabbi Nachman Shemen.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-9-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-9-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1952-1997
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Jewish community of Sudbury, Ontario, and specifically to Rabbi Rosenthal. The records include a delegate list for the sixty-first semi-annual conference of the Eastern Canadian Council of B'nai Brith as well as a delegate's badge belonging to Rabbi Rosenthal; one piece of correspondence; two dinner invitations with the mayor of Sudbury; a Survivors of the Shoah tribute booklet, as well as a photograph of Rabbi Rosenthal with Dr. Chomsky; and two photographs of children at a Hanukkah party at the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Sudbury. There is also a sound recoring of Cantor David Bagley with the Beth Sholom Synagogue choir in Toronto.
- Identified individuals in the photographs include: Dorothy Greenspoon, Claudia Greenspoon, Annabelle Grimson, Lynne Waisberg, Sally Ann Braverman, Miriam Rosenthal, Rochelle Jaffe, Goldie Greenspoon, Alexis Singer, Judy Kahn, Hana Suk, Lilian Rosenthal, Jonathan Spiegel, Pauline Rottenberg, Arthur Moses, Stanley Jaffe, Mitchell Spiegel, Leslie Rosenthal, Victor Greenspoon and Jack Greenspoon.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of the donor, who is the daughter of Rabbi Rosenthal, until they were donated to the Archives on Sept. 16, 2008.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: records include 3 photographs, 1 badge and 1 sound recording.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-10-4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1939-2000
- Scope and Content
- The accession consists of records and artifacts created or collected by Rabbi David Monson during his career. This includes his annual journals, marriage registers (1939-2000), newspaper clippings, photographs, awards, certificates, letters, a vinyl record, and several artifacts. The artifacts include objects of recognition from Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in Jerusalem and from a Negev Tribute in 1977, and items of regalia clothing from the Order of the Masons. There are also two scrapbooks of clippings: one documents Beth Sholom Synagogue in the 1940s, and the other is about the University of Waterloo in the 1960s.
- Among the photos in this collection is the confirmation of Iona Feldt (m. Silverberg) daughter of Samuel (Shmeal) Feldt.
- Administrative History
- Rabbi David Monson was born in Ottawa in 1917. He was educated at Yeshiva University and later was ordained by the Rabbinical College of Canada of Montreal in 1939.
- He served as a rabbi for Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto from 1939 until 1943. During the war, he served as a Chaplain with the Canadian military until 1945. After his return to Toronto, he founded Beth Sholom Synaogogue and served as rabbi there until his retirement in 1985. During his tenure, he officiated his first bat mitzvah in 1953, introduced a mixed choir to the service, and allowed men and women to sit together in the sanctuary.
- Rabbi Monson was a founding member of the Canadian Council for Christians and Jews. Over the years, he served on the Ontario Police Services Commission and many other government committees. He also helped establish Or Yehuda, a community centre for underprivileged Iraqi and Romanian children in Israel. As well, he was also instrumental in the establishment of the University of Waterloo. He organized the Hebrew Association of the Blind, and was named by the Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to the Board of the Canada Council. He was also active in the Order of the Masons. Finally, Rabbi Monson was a great supporter of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Centre. Through his persistent efforts, the small hospital he first visited during the Six Day War was transformed into a modern, state-of-the-art facility.
- During his career he became widely known as the "people's rabbi", due to his ability to connect with community members from all branches of Judaism as well as non-Jews. He died on July 28, 2008, at 91 years of age. His wife Susan predeceased him and he left behind one child, Judith Waldman.
- Descriptive Notes
- Associated material note: Library and Archives Canada possesses 30 cm of records created by Rabbi Monson as well.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-1-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- [196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one portrait of Rabbi William Rosenthal of Sudbury, Ontario.
- Custodial History
- The photograph was in the custody of Lilian Rosenthal, the daughter of Rabbi Rosenthal, before it was donated to the Archives on January 8, 2009.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, William
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 918
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 918
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print depicting a gathering of rabbis in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:
- Rabbi Klein of Guelph, Rabbi Phillip Rosensweig of Kitchener, and Rabbi Pruzinsky of Brantford.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1976.
- Photo by Robert Bierstock. Please credit accordingly.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Isaac Aronoff was born in Bialistock, Poland in 1908. He came to Canada in 1933 and was active in the Toronto Jewish community until his death in December 2004.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Rabbi Isaac Aronoff.
- Name Access
- Aronoff, Isaac
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- David Pinkus fonds
- Genealogical research series
- Rabbi Samuel Cass file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 3
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1929-1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of printed copies of documents that were created by Rabbi Samuel Cass, such as correspondence, reports, daily logs, and his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature. Also included is a letter written by Elliot Gluck regarding Rabbi Cass’s daily logs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- Genealogical research series
- Rabbi Solomon Langner file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 3
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]-[196-?]
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. (2 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Rabbi Solomon Langner. Included are photographs and negatives featuring Rabbi Solomon Langner and his wife, which were given to David Pinkus by the Emer family. Also included is a group photograph featuring Rabbi Solomon Langner with Joseph Switzer, Percy Katz (Kohan), and Cantor Harry Federman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- The Kiever Shul series
- Recruitment for rabbi and director file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of printed copies of emails, job descriptions, and Rabbi Aaron Levy’s curriculum vitae and business card.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 45 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1949-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created and accumulated by Rabbi Joseph Kelman. The records detail Kelman's involvement with a number of organizations, particluarly Reena, She'arim Hebrew Day School, and Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. They also document the numerous awards and tributes he received in his life and detail his personal life. The records primarily consist of personal and professional correspondence, event invitations, photographs, news clippings, and biographical material. There is also one file folder related to Sol Edell, the brother of the donor, and an oversized photograph of the Harbord Collegiate choral society and orchestra.
- Photo Captions:
- 001: Portrait of Rabbi Joseph Kelman, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1950s.
- 002: Simcaht Torah celebrations, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), [197-].
- 003: Rabbi Kelman meets the chief of staff of the Israeli police, Mordecai Gur, [Israel], [197-].
- 004: Rabbi Joseph Kelman awarded with honorary doctorate, [198-?].
- 005: James Harris, Rabbi Joseph Kelman, Liberal leader John Turner and [identified], Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), 1984.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Rabbi Joseph Kelman until his death in 2009. They were donated to the Archives by his wife, Sara Edell Shafler Kelman, on 1 February 2012.
- Administrative History
- Rabbi Kelman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927, the son of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and Mirl Kelman and the descendent of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He immigrated to Toronto with his family at the age of three in 1930. He attended Harbord Collegiate and was ordained at Yeshiva University in New York. Beginning in 1953, Kelman became seved as a rabbi in Sherbrooke, QC; Beverley, MA; and Suffern, NY; before accepting the pulpit at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagoge in Toronto in 1959. At the time, Beth Emeth was a small congregation in the fledgling Bathurst Manor neighbourhood. He facilitated its merging with Bais Yehuda to form BEBY, and under his guidance it grew to become the third-largest Conservative synagogue in the GTA with a membership of approximately 1,500 families.
- Kelman's life work was dedicated to providing opportunities for the developmentally disabled and learning challenged in the Jewish community. He was the founder of the Ezra and Kadima Schools, the Kadima Centre, the Camp Tikvah program, the Reena Foundation, Chai Tikvah, and She'arim Hebrew Day School. He also served as a chaplain in Toronto hospitals and jails.
- Rabbi Kelman was the recipeint of numerous awards for his contributions to Jewish education and community service, including a honorary doctorate from Ryerson University and Tel Aviv University. The Kelman School for Jewish Education at Tel Aviv University is named in his honour. Rabbi Kelman died on 27 June 2009 at the age of eighty-two.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Includes approx. 50 photographs, 1 CD and 1 artifact.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Kelman, Joseph, 1927-2009
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1999-2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of obituaries and eulogies created or collected by Rabbi Daniel Elkin for individuals buried in the Sons of Jacob Cemetery in Belleville,ON. Rabbi Elkin was likely the officiating Rabbi for all of these funerals. Obituaries are included for the following individuals: Nyoma Dvorkin, Maxine Ledlow (Maxine Merle Irvina Jean Ledlow), Charles William Arnold Osborne, Abram Tobe, Gail Ruth Yanover, Gordon Harry Yanover, and Louis Yanover.
- Custodial History
- These records were in the possession of Rabbi Elkin. When he retired from the Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston) the congregation's Archives Committee found these documents in Rabbi Elkin's file cabinets. Paul Gilmore, the Chair of the Archives Committee, mailed them to the OJA in 2013.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1930-1989
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of various lettters, one in Polish and others in Hebrew and Yiddish. One of the letters appears to have been addressed to Rabbi Shemen's mother (Gitl), although undated, it appears to be from the late 1920s or early 1930s. A letter in Yiddish is addressed to the Boimoil family of Chodel, Poland. Boimol was the original last name of Rabbi Shemen.
- Custodial History
- It appears that the documents came directly from Rabbi Nachman Shemen
- Administrative History
- Rabbi Shemen was a Rabbinic scholar, author and Jewish civil servant. He held the following positions: Executive secretary of the Canadian Federation of Polish jews (1940-1993), Director of Orthodox Division of CJC, Ontario (1950-1992). Rabbi Shemen died in 1993.
- Subjects
- Families
- Letters
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Shemen, Nachman, Rabbi, 1912-1993
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of various letters written to and by Rabbi David Monson. Included is a Bar Mitzvah speech Monson wrote for an unamed bar mitzvah boy.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE NOTE: Majority of records are in Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Yiddish letters
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-34
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 44 photographs : b&w (15 negatives, 10 photocopies) ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- [193?]-[194?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs of David Monson at the groundbreaking for an unknown synagogue. Also included are photographs of Monson in the military and as a youth with family memebers.
- Source
- Archival Accessions