- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Travel sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1931-1975
- Physical Description
- 2 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Following the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, Ben Dunkelman frequently travelled to Israel for pleasure as well as for business. Although he once went leopard hunting in Africa, Dunkelman usually visited the Middle East or the United States when outside Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains maps, a passport, a 1953 travel diary and some correspondence. The records relate to Benjamin Dunkelman’s travels to Israel. The sub-series includes files for Dunkelman’s passport and his travel maps.
- Subjects
- Israel
- Travel
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-2
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3 m of textual records and other materials
- Date
- [194-?]-2016
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records documenting Adam Fuerstenberg's life and career as educator, scholar and expert in Yiddish and Canadian Jewish literature; director of the Holocaust Centre of Toronto and active involvement in Jewish community organizations. Included are manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, grant proposals, audiocassettes, videocassettes, photographs, and research related to scholarly and non-scholarly articles, reviews, lectures, speeches on Jewish literary figures, such as A.M. Klein, J.I. Segal, and Sholem Shtern; Canadian Jewish Studies; and the Holocaust, including publications of the journal Voice of Radom. Also included are administrative records, submissions, and correspondence related to his role as founder the Canadian Jewish Book Awards, director of the Committee for Yiddish, president of the American Association of Professors of Yiddish, and editor of Parchment. In addition, the accession includes correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets and other records related to the Holocaust Centre of Toronto's exhibitions on Anne Frank and Bergen-Belsen and Holocaust Education Week. The accession also includes records related to his tenure as Professor of English, Continuing Education Coordinator, and member of the Board of Governors at Ryerson University; establishment of a Toronto Jewish museum; and other community activism and civic engagement. Some family records and correspondence are also included in addition to biographical material and genealogical research.
- Administrative History
- Adam Fuerstenberg (1939 - 2016) was a scholar, educator, community leader, and authority on Canadian Yiddish and Jewish writers. He was born in Radom, Poland on March 25, 1939 to Regina and Henry Fuerstenberg. After some years in Central Asia and Displaced Persons camps in Germany, the family, including his sister Anna, arrived in Montreal, Canada in 1951. Adam studied at the Sir George Williams University (Concordia University) and received his M.A. in English at State University of New York, Buffalo. He also studied Yiddish and Yiddish folklore at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem with folklorist Dov Noy and Yiddish critic Dov Sadan. In 1964, he married Gloria Lidsky in Montreal and the couple soon moved to Toronto.
Adam was a professor of English at Ryerson University from 1964 to 1998, and was a long serving member of Ryerson’s Board of Governors. After retirement from tenured faculty, he continued to teach and serve at Ryerson as Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus. He was also the Continuing Education Coordinator, English, from 1977-1982 and 1988-1993.
As a scholar and authority on Yiddish, the Holocaust, Canadian Yiddish literature, and Canadian Jewish writers, in particular A.M. Klein, Adam has lectured and presented papers at various conferences, and written articles and reviews in academic journals and other publications, such as the The Forward, Canadian Jewish News, The New Canadian Encyclopedia, and The Globe and Mail. Adam founded the Canadian Jewish Book Awards in 1987 and was the editor of Parchment, a journal of contemporary Canadian Jewish creative writing from 1994. He also provided editorial consulting to individuals and firms with publications.
From 1998 to 2003, he was director of the Committee for Yiddish and after was director of the Holocaust Centre of Toronto at the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto from 2003 to 2005. As director, he created a partnership with the General Romeo Dallaire Summer Institute on teaching the Holocaust and Genocide, brought the exhibits “Bergen-Belsen DP Exhibit” and “Anne Frank Family Photo Album,” and organized an educational Holocaust trip to Europe.
He was active in the community and was involved in various organizations, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, Board of Metro-Credit Union, the Ryerson Faculty Association, Canadian Association for Jewish Studies, Association of Canadian University Teachers, and the American Association of Professors of Yiddish. He ran to be a school board trustee for the North York Board of Education and was involved as an advisor to issues related to housing, as co-author of a report on Senior Citizens’ housing development in Metropolitan Toronto. He was also committed to the development of a Toronto Jewish Museum.
- Subjects
- Yiddish literature
- Name Access
- Fuerstenberg, Adam, 1939-2016
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Geog.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Geog.
- Page Number
- 604
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H.
- Page Number
- 287
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Thomas
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Thomas
- Page Number
- 287
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Thos.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Thos.
- Page Number
- 414
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ostchipowsky, Adam
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ostchipowsky, Adam
- Page Number
- 241
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ostchipowsky, Adam & Julia
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ostchipowsky, Adam & Julia
- Page Number
- 208
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 633
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 633
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Toronto Hebrew Free Loan
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Charities
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- European visits and events series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1959-August 1959
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : b&w and col. (40 negatives) ; 14 x 7 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of negatives created by Sylvia Schwartz during a trip to Europe in 1959. Series contains three files that include images of Paul Robeson in his apartment in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom, the World Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna, Austria and a taping of the Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow, USSR. Series has been arranged into files for each event. It is organized chronologically by month.
- Subjects
- Voyages and travels
- Places
- Europe
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Travel World series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 23
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (ca. 5 min.) : 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one audio reel containing Travel World segment for The Jewish Hour, broadcast on Fridays by CHIN Radio, presented by Zelda Young and Ron Shusterman.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Travel World series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 23
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Responsibility
- Studio IV
- Date
- 1 Apr. 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (5 min., 9 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of Travel World. Zelda and Ron talk about the Catskills, a popular destination among Torontonians due to their proximity to the city. Ron describes the region as seasonal, traditionally popular during the summer and Passover, but recently also becoming a Christmas destination. He mentiones that most hotels have Passover programs, and the choice of hotel depends on how religious the traveller is. Zelda then compares her stays at the Concord when she was a teenager and when she was an adult, after her father's passing. She describes it as a "concrete jungle" and "too New York." Ron argues that every hotel is different and has different things to offer.
- Notes
- Recorded on 28 March 1984, at Studio IV; aired on Sunday, 1 April 1984.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in poor condition. There is considerable stickiness and squealing, indicative of SBS. No signs of mold.
- Accession Number
- Shelf 149-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H., Chas. & Violet
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H., Chas. & Violet
- Page Number
- 528
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1963-1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting Ab Nisker's involvement in B'nai Brith Canada. In particular, the bulk of the records relate to the B'nai Brith Eastern Canadian Council's fourth all Canadian tour of Israel and Europe. Included is correspondence, itineraries, event invitations, brochures, and participant lists.
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Societies
- Travel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 956
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 956
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic postcard of Morris Lofsky, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Lofsky, Morris
- 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
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Libby Morris (born 1930 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian comic actress and clown famous for her facial contortions and fast talking. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards.
- She created her own one-woman show, which has played all over the world including off-Broadway and the West End. She has recorded several albums. In America she has appeared in cabaret in New York and Chicago, and has been a guest on various television shows including: The Johnny Carson Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, Jack Parr, and Art Linkletter.
- She moved to London, England in the late 1950s, where she starred in her own show and became a successful actress where she is still working today.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Libby Morris.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Subjects
- Actors
- 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 Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed taken in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Melamed, Morris
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Sax family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 13
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Morris Sax taken at a studio in Toronto.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Photographer: H. E. Poole, 91 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Sax, Morris
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Sax family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 13
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This photograph appears to be the same likeness as another photograph in the series identified as Morris Sax (item 6). The gentleman is posed with his arms folded over his chest and his head lowered, and he is dressed in formal attire.
- Notes
- Mounted in a folding card.
- Name Access
- Sax, Morris
- 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
- 2022-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-3-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 34 x 34 cm or smaller
- Date
- [19--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four photographs of Morris "Murray" Rose. Three of the four photographs show Murray atop horse. In addition to M. Rose, Mrs. J Chesney (owner) and J. Chesny (trainer) are also identified in the 1929 photograph.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were donated by Roz Tobias, the daughter-in-law of Morris Rose (the subject of the photographs).
- Administrative History
- Morris "Murray" Rose was born in Poland and came to Toronto as a child. His love of riding dates back to this time: at the age of ten, he would ride his grandfather's horse up and down the lanes of Kensington. Rose never completed secondary school; instead, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen and became a stable boy at the Woodbine Racetrack. Subsequently, he became a jockey. The high point of his career came on 23 May 1931, when, at the Churchill Downs Racetrack in Kentucky, he ran five winners in a six-card race. Rose retired from riding horses after sustaining a serious head injury during a race.
- After retiring from racing, Rose worked at a textile store on College Street. Later, he opened his own store on the south side of College Street at Spadina Avenue. He and his wife ran the store for many years with one or two employees. Rose eventually purchased the building in which his store was located and rented out space to a variety of businesses, including a smoke and confectionary store, a ticket agency, and an eyeglass store.
- Rose's entrepreneurial activity extended to purchasing bankrupt businesses and building apartment buildings with a group of friends. In the 1960s, he was a co-partner in Triangle Billiards at Bathurst Sreet and Sheppard Avenue. He also purchased a fifty-acre farm in Buttonville on Woodbine Avenue, which he rented out until his death.
- Rose died in July 1989 at the age of seventy-eight. He left behind a wife, Mary; two sons, Bobby and Ken; two daughters, Marjorie Swartz and Elaine Rubinoff; two sisters, Lil and Rae; a brother, Sam; fourteen grand children; and one great-grandchild.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- General note: The information for the biographical sketch was taken from an obituary written by Ben Rose titled "Leading Jockey Rose Dies at 78."
- Subjects
- Horses
- Jockeys
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 posters : 56 x 36 cm and 57 x 36 cm
- 2 fans : cardboard ; 29 x 22 cm
- Date
- [ca.1928]-[1942]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two Yiddish broadsides and two fans from Tip Top Tailors. The broadsides are from performances at Massey Hall and Centre Theatre at Dundas Street and Markham Street.
- The Massey Hall broadside is for a November 1942 performance of Judas Maccabaeus, which included contributions by Jack Reid, Emil Gartner, Virginia Dobson, Igor Gorin, Irving Levine, and Ernest Shaeffer.
- The Centre theatre broadside is for Joseph in the Land of Egypt, ca.1931.
- Custodial History
- The donor purchased the broadsides and fans at auction and therefore the custodial history is unknown.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-12-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [191-]-1971
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual records related to Toronto Jewish businesses and organizations including business receipts, United Jewish Appeal certificates, a Canadian Jewish Congress program and a U of T Jewish Studies program booklet.
- Custodial History
- The records were bought at auction by Morris Norman and then donated to the Archives on 4 December 2008.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records (2 vol.)
- Date
- 1918-[196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of several short publications:
- A four-page edition of the Canadian Daily Record from December 23, 1918; a 1938 report by the Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution, entitled "Should Canada Admit Refugees? Some considerations and arguments submitted for the consideration of the people of Canada"; "Notes for an Address by the Honourable R[ichard]. A[lbert]. Bell, M.P., Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada," from January 20, 1963; and The Dynamics of Economic Adjustment of Canadian Jewry, an essay by Dr. Joseph Kage, [196-].
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-4
- Material Format
- object
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- M6 artifacts
- 1 postcard
- 1 textual record
- Date
- [193-?]-[195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Tip Top Tailors wall clock and five tzedakah boxes from Israel. Also included is a postcard of the Mossington Park resort on Lake Simcoe featuring a Gentiles Only sign, several copies from the mid-1940s of the CJC Committee on Social and Economic Studies Information and Comment bulletins, as well as a programme for the twenty-seventh anniversary celebrations for the Soviet Union, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1944. The program included a message from the prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, and a broadcast from Paul Robeson. The master of ceremonies was Lorne Greene. The content of the CJC studies include: research projects of the CJC (1946), racial discrimination and public policy (1946), the use of the terms "racial origin" and "religion" in the Canadian census (1946), opinion polls and social control (1946), intermarriage and children of intermarriages (1946), prejudice and Canadian unity (1946), comparative occupational distribution (1947), community action versus racial prejudice (1947), audience reaction analysis to the film "Don't Be a Sucker" (1947), Fair Employment Practices Laws for Canada (1947), age distribution of Jewish population in Ontario (1949), Immigration of Jews to Canada (1948), Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act (1949), Jews in the professions in Canada (1949), answering the bigot: a summary of the Incident control project (1949), Canadian public opinion on racial restrictive covenants (1949), anti-minority discrimination and the law: a Canadian progress report (1950), immigration to Canada 1945 to 1949: official figures, refugee industries in Canada: latest available statistics (1947), and from juvenile immigrant to Canadian citizen (1950). Authors of CJC reports include Dr. A. F. Citron, Dr. J. Harding, Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Dr. Manfred Saalheimer, Professor F. R. Scott and Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.
- Custodial History
- The items were bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the archives on 3 June 2009.
- Subjects
- Human rights
- Discrimination in employment
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Tip Top Tailors
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris Orenstein was the president of the Workman's Circle. He was married to Lillian Orenstein and had two children: Frank and Janice. He was a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Orenstein died on 1 January 1992.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Morrs Orenstein.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal photographs and portraits
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a snapshot of Morris Till, taken at a black tie event.
- 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
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 73
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1905-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Morris Rosenthal was the husband of Nessie (Celia) Soren Rosenthal, and the father of Liilian Rosenthal Cowan.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Morris Rosenthal as a young man, with his wife in middle age, and in his later years. A colour photograph is mounted in a hardcover notebook with two of his poems translated from Yiddish by his daughter Lillian Cowan. Documents include "Memories of Bell Ewart" (Belle Ewart) by Al Sherman, which mentions Celia and Morris Rosenthal leasing and running a hotel in that area, letters in Yiddish which may be Morris' poems, and a letter to Saul and Libbie Cowan from Rivka Lieberman with translations of the same two poems mentioned above, which Rivka found among her papers.
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Morris
- Physical Condition
- Two of the older photographs are torn in half, one taped together on the back
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2 Dec. 1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a typed letter, written and signed by Dr. Otto Strasser, regarding an order for an article titled, "Memorandum for shortwave propaganda to Germany."
- Custodial History
- The item was bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the Archives in December 2009.
- Administrative History
- Otto Strasser (1897-1974) was a German politician and member of the German Nazi party. He was expelled from the party in 1930 for creating and leading a leftist faction called the "Black Front," and was exiled from Germany until 1955. He spent his years in exile in various countries. In 1941 he immigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal and later Nova Scotia. As a dissenting Nazi, he sought the downfall of Hitler by heading the Free German Movement and writing articles on the Nazi leadership for newspapers in Canada, Britain and the U.S.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 objects
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 41 x 50 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1945]-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Morris Appleby’s accomplishments. The records include an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario life membership certificate awarded in 1985, the program from the night he was honoured, his bar completion certificate awarded in 1965, two composite photographs of the 1963 Osgoode Hall Law School graduate class, and the 1964-1965 bar admission course, as well as a Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1945) and a War Medal (1939-1945).
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Morris Appleby. Following his death his life-partner Jean Read donated them to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Morris Applebaum was born in Toronto in 1916 to Harry (b. 1873) and Rachel Kerbel Applebaum (b. 1879). His parents immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1906. Morris had five brothers: Abe (b. Poland 1897-d. California), Sam (b. Poland 1901-d. California), Nathan (b. Toronto 1906-d. Toronto), David Max (b. Toronto 1909-d. California), and Eron (b. Toronto 1912-d. California). The family lived at 230 McCaul Street. The family changed their name to Appleby in the 1950s. After serving in the Second World War, Morris began his career as an accountant. He later went on to become a tax lawyer. He and his life partner, Jean Read, were together for forty years at the time of Morris' death on April 20, 2009.
- Descriptive Notes
- For related records see accession 2009-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-60
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-60
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 5 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs : col. & b&w ; 10 x 15 cm and 5 x 4 cm
- Date
- 1972-2010, predominant 1977-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Robinson family's immigration to Ontario and Morris Robinson's professional history and business activities with Libman and Company.
- Included are family correspondence, the Robinsons' customs paperwork and travel documents, Morris' curriculum vitae, professional records and some documentation of his business activities, and genealogical accounts of the Robinson family (including a history by Lilian Henry). Of note is a letter Morris Robinson sent to Irma when he first arrived in Boston on his way to Toronto and letters Morris' parents hand delivered to Irma just before she left with the children to join Morris in Canada.
- Identified in the photographs are: Morris Robinson and Phoebe Robinson.
- Custodial History
- Material was in possession of Morris Robinson. Morris donated it to the OJA.
- Administrative History
- Morris Robinson was born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 27 May 1948 and grew up in Benoni. He completed his bachelor of commerce degree at the University of Witwatersrand and graduated as a chartered accountant in 1973. On 25 February 1973, Morris married Irma Startz, who was born in Benoni, South Africa, on 10 December 1951. Irma earned a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Witwatersrand and went on to obtain a post-graduate higher teacher's diploma. The Robinsons have three sons. Their first son, Marc, was born in South Africa on 26 September 1976 (just a few months after the Soweto riots). Their sons Frank (b. 31 December 1980) and Daniel (b. 12 March 1985) were born in Toronto.
- The Robinsons were motivated by political unrest, which manifested in the anti-apartheid Soweto uprising of June 1976, and the desire for a safe future for their family, to seek opportunity abroad and to emigrate. In February 1977, Morris heard through friends about an accounting job opportunity in Canada and was officially appointed to the post of comptroller at Libman and Company, then Canadas’ largest jewellery manufacturer. The Robinsons arrived in Toronto in early 1978 and settled in Thornhill, Ontario. In 1989, Morris became a partner of Libman and Company. During his career in the jewellery industry, Morris was involved with the Canadian Jewellers Association and served as the organization's chair. He was also a founding member and first treasurer of the Diamond Bourse of Canada. Irma pursued a teaching career with the Toronto District School Board, specializing in ESL and eventually becoming the principal at an ESL school for adults. The Robinsons were founding members of Shaar Shalom Synagogue. In 2012, the Robinsons sold the family home in Thornhill and moved into the city to be closer to their children and grandchildren.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Textual records available as PDF files and photographs available as JPEG files.
- Subjects
- Business
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound booklet entitled A Man of Conscience that was created to accompany the short film under the same name created by David Fleishman about Morris Saxe and the Canadian Jewish Farm School.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Booklet has been digitized and is available as a PDF file.
- Subjects
- Farms
- Orphans
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Farm School
- Saxe, Morris, 1878-1965
- Places
- Georgetown (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1918
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a Statutory Declaration on paper printed by Dye & Durham, Law Stationers, Toronto, for Morris Cohen of Toronto regarding his Russian nationality and status concerning military service in Canada.
- Administrative History
- Morris Cohen was born in the Province of Magalov, Russia on November 27, 1891. In the declaration he states that he has been in Canada for about three years, but has not been naturalized. His parents were still living in Russia, and had not visited Canada.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Morris, 1891-
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual material
- 25 photographs
- Date
- 1945-1975
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of material relating to the Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 & 27 of the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) and to the Apter Friendly Society of Toronto. It appears that Morris Sternberg, the donor's husband, was a member of both and probably immigrated from Poland.
- Included in the material is an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 7 UJPO minute book (1945-1947); an Ostrovtzer Branch no. 27 UJPO 20th Jubilee Banquet booklet (1953); an Apter Friendly Society concert programme at the Victory Theatre (1951); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee and Installation Banquet program (1962); Apter Friendly Society Jubilee Banquet souvenir program (1967); Apter Friendly Society minute book (1971-1975); Apter Friendly society photographs; Apter administrative material and financial documents; personal notebooks written in Yiddish; a Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home Purim card and other related material
- Name Access
- United Jewish Peoples Order.
- Apter Friendly Society.
- Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home.
- Sternberg, Morris.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of graphical material and textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1940]-1966
- Scope and Content
- Acession consists of a portrait of Morris Saxe, a photograph of him holding a baby, two photographs of a baby in a crib on a lawn, and a photograph of a bride and bridesmaid.There is a clipping from the Toronto Jewish Reporter about the history of Jewish farming in Ontario, mentioning the role of Morris Saxe.
- Administrative History
- Morris Saxe of Georgetown established the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Photographs are available as JPEG images; textual record is available as a PDF file.
- Subjects
- Farmers
- Name Access
- Saxe, Morris, 1878-1965
- Places
- Georgetown (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-112
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-112
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1959-1995
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a 1959 report concerning the situation in the United Jewish Peoples Order and Morris Biderman's memoirs.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-6
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 document
- 2 artifacts
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 x 7 cm
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1944]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken in the Lodz Ghetto during the Second World War, including images of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, chairman, and other members of the Judenrat (Jewish Council). Also included is an invitation to Rumkowski's wedding to Regina Wajnberger (Weinberger) from 27 Dec. 1941 and two Lodz Ghetto coins from 1943.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Fogel, Morris
- Places
- Lodz, Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-1-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs
- Date
- 1919-1920
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of images of the Silbert family farm in Hamilton, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Farmers
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Alexandur, Morris
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Alexandur, Morris
- Page Number
- 781
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Angel, Morris
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Angel, Morris
- Page Number
- 671
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bekausky, Morris
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bekausky, Morris
- Page Number
- 414
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Eichenzweig, Morris
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Eichenzweig, Morris
- Page Number
- 667
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger