Level

Item

Item

2527

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy studio portrait and corresponding negative of Cantor Rabin, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

The original photograph has Hebrew writing on the verso. See accession record for more information.

Name Access

Rabin, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

194

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken at Crystal Beach in the mid 1960’s. Moving from left to right, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Catzman, followed by Henry Rosenbaum, Murray Rosenbaum and Bella Rosenbaum.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

199

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a b & w photo taken in the mid-1960s at Crystal Beach. Brenda Rosenbaum with her back to the camera and Murray Rosenbaum in the middle and Bella Rosenbaum on the right.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1503

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sadie Minden and Viola Effenor standing in front of a rollercoaster at Crystal Beach, Ontario.

Name Access

Minden, Sadie

Effenor, Viola

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

Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6001

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1985

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Couples

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.

Accession Number

1989-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1976-12-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1930--1969

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Nathan Stolnitz, his interests, and the organizations he was involved in. Included are clippings, bulletins, letters, minutes, and promotional materials for a variety of events and organizations.

Administrative History

Cantor Nathan Stolnitz was born in Vilna. He settled in Toronto in 1926. He founded the Ontario Cantors Association and was involved with Yivo, the Canada Jewish Congress, and Toronto's Jewish Public Library. He was also an author. Cantor Stolnitz died on 11 March 1969 while vacationing in Miami Beach. He was seventy-seven.

MG_RG

MG6C

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Stolnitz, Nathan

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-2-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1927-1974

Scope and Content

Accession consists of programs for music concerts in Toronto including a childrens' Yiddish concert at Farband Folk Shule (1928), the Toronto Centennial Public and High School Concert (1934), the Jewish National Choir "Hazamir" (1939-1941), Hashomer Hatzair Ninth Annual Concert (1940), The Toronto Star Good Music Concert (1955) and a concert at Beth Tikvah Synagogue (1974). There is a newspaper clipping about a choir concert at Beth Sholom Synagogue (1950). Also included are pages from a book which display cameo photos of teachers at Peretz School, and the Toronto Arbeiter Ring Workmen's Circle School and Camp Committees (1927-1928). This material was collected by Cantor Louis Danto of Toronto.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Danto, Louis

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-5-9

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17 cm

Date

[between 1912 and 1916]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one original photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a top hat. The writing on the photograph reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, Der -- Goal -- Zedek -- Gemeinde, 42 Boldwin (sic) Street, Toronto Canada.

Custodial History

This item was left on top of one of the exhibit display cases on the fourth floor of the Lipa Green building. There is no information on the original owner of the item.

Descriptive Notes

This item is the same image as photo 985.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

42

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Rubien (Reuben) Schwebel was a well-known cantor in Toronto. Most notably, he became the cantor of the Anshei Minsk Synagogue in Kensington Market in 1949, and led the congregation in Shabbat and holiday services for over fifty years.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Rubien Schwebel.

Name Access

Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Schwebel, Rubien

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

76

Material Format

textual record

Date

June 1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a flyer for the Hazzanim in Recital event held at Temple Sinai Synagogue on Wednesday, June 11, 1986.

Name Access

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto

Toronto Council of Hazzanim

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-[1951?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with Nioma Waldman and Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky regarding Kusevitsky's performances in 1950 and 1951.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of tickets, invoices, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, and correspondence related to Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky's performances in 1950, 1951, and 1952.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a ledger for the Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky concerts.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of posters and tickets for the Cantor Jacob Goldstein leading services.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-11-2

Material Format

sound recording

Physical Description

71 audio cassettes

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 71 cassette tapes that belonged to Cantor Harold Klein.

Administrative History

Cantor Harold Klein was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn in 1929. The child of eastern European immigrants, Klein was the second of three sons. When he was four, the family moved to Williamsburg. It was there that he attended yeshiva.

As a child, Klein was inspired by Rabbi Levi Greenwald, Rabbi Dovid Rabinowitz, and Earl Spero to pursue his vocation as a cantor. He studied with Cantor Noah Schall and [Frederick?] Pugel. In a 1984 interview with author Mark Slobin, Klein credited both with his later success.

In the course of his career, Klein sung for several congregations. The first was Sutton Place Synagogue, aka the U.N. Synagogue, where he introduced congregational singing. In 1968, he moved to Toronto and became cantor at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. After several years at Beth Emeth, he went to Shaarei Shomayim, where he sung for many years.

In addition to regular singing, Klein occupied a number of important posts within the cantorial community. In the 1970s, he was elected to the executive council of the Cantors Assembly of America. At the time he was elected, Klein was serving as the president of the Toronto Council of Hazzanim.

Klein was also a published author. After a friend encouraged him to write a songbook, he formed Mydas Music Company, which published his Let's Sing and Daven songbook in 1985. The songbook, which was accompanied by a ninety-minute cassette of Klein singing to piano accompaniment, won praise from a number of cantors. A sequel, Let's Sing and Celebrate,was released in 1987.

In 1988, the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary inducted Klein as one of its honourary fellows.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Klein, Harold

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

990

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Snyder, Cantor Max

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

991

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Snyder, Cantor Max

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1335

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Cantor Linder, standing in front of the Congregation B'nai Israel in Timmins, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Israel (Timmins, Ont.)

Linder, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1992-7-1

Material Format

sound recording

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1.5 cm of textual records

2 audio cassettes

1 audio disc

12 photographs (6 negatives)

Date

[ca. 1922]-1992

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and collected by Marc Bernstein. Included are the following records: audio cassettes; a Sacred Service record by Ernest Bloch with Leonard Bernstein conducting; and some individual scrapbook pages, photographs, and textual files from Cantor Bernstein's Summer Hotel at Lake Shore House and Cabins in Orillia.

The audio cassettes contain recordings of Cantors Akiba Bernstein, Pinchos Borenstein, and Haynach Borenstein; a recording of Mary Simmons in early broadcasts; plus Cantors Akiva, Haynach, Hershal, and Archie Borenstein.

Photographs include some portraits of family members and several group portraits

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

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Bernstein, Akiva

Places

Orillia (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-10-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph

Date

[ca. 1935]-[ca. 1970]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Boris Charloff. Included are a photograph of Cantor Charloff and choir, a book of music entitled "Tfilas N'yiloh," a composition for Psalm 30, and music for Hanukkah.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: two of the books of music—"Mizmor shir Chanukah" and "Music by Cantor Boris Charloff"—have been digitized and are available as PDF files.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Charloff, Boris

Source

Archival Accessions

Passenger Names

Oldyroyd, Mrs. & Children

Page Number

753

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Umbros, Mrs. & Children

Page Number

799

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the exterior of Queen Circle Inn, Bernstein's, Hotel and Restaurant at Crystal Beach, Ontairo.

Subjects

Architecture

Hotels

Restaurants

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds

Clubs series

Club Rabin file

Level

File

Fonds

130

Series

6

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

[200-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of flyer for Big Sale held at Borochov Centre.

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

2019-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on such topics as the Arab boycott.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Arab countries--Foreign economic relations--Israel

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

1

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1995?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence in connection with the military and with the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. The file also contains an invitation to an independence day celebration in Israel.

Name Access

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Dual Allegiance series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

6

File

45

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence chiefly between Ben Dunkelman and Yitzhak Rabin on the subject of Dunkelman's autobiography Dual Allegiance.

Physical Condition

Some records are fragile.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Soskin family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

10

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1951

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item consists of two photographs in the same card mount of Estelle and Irving Liss's children, a boy and girl, taken in Toronto in 1951.

Notes

Photographer: Eisenstat.

Mounted in card frame.

Name Access

Liss, Estelle

Liss, Irving

Subjects

Children

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

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

Level

Item

Item

3661

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Rev. Ephraim Daviat, cantor in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Portraits

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Adas Israel Synagogue series

Clergy sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

4

Series

5-2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963-2008

Physical Description

3 folders of textual records

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of correspondence relating to Adas Israel's search for a rabbi and cantor. It also includes programme books from tribute dinners honouring Rabbi Morton Green and Cantor Kirshblum.

Name Access

Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)

Jewish National Fund

Green, Morton (Rabbi)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-6-21 [Processed]

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1982-1989

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Harold Klein and Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg. Cantor Klein's records include sound recordings and sheet music. Rabbi Rosenberg's records include certificates of conversion, divorce, and marriage; counselling and pastoral cards; decree absolutes; a letter to Mr. A. Copnick from Garry Goldberg regarding a "Burn the Mortgage Campaign" (the letter includes a note to the rabbi); a letter to Rabbi Rosenberg from Rabbi Bernard Baskin; and wedding record cards.

Custodial History

6/25/2018: Rabbi Yossi Sapirman of Beth Torah Congregation donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History

Cantor Harold Klein was the chazzan of the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto. Cantor Klein was a classmate, and then later a student for many years, of Professor Noach Schall of Yeshiva University.

Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg led Beth Torah Congregation for nine years. Prior to that, he was senior rabbi for seventeen years at Beth Tzedic, the largest Conservative congregation in Canada.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Name Access

Klein, Harold

Rosenberg, Stuart E

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1266

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Negative #1266A has no writing.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Level

Item

Item

1046-1047

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1976

Physical Description

4 photographs : (2 negatives)

Notes

Negative: 11:6:33; 11:6:34.

Name Access

Anshei Libavitch Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Miller, Cantor Ben-Zion

Shaarei Tefillah Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Level

Item

Item

3828

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1929 or 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Applebaum was cantor in New York and New Jersey.

Was a founder of Mendelsohn choir and Tzozmirer Society.

He worked as a salesman for Henzman Piano Co.

He died in 1963.

Name Access

Applebaum, Isadore M.

Heinzman Piano Co.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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.)

Accession Number

1985-10-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

473

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1923

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Cantor Abraham Barkin.

Notes

Sticker on back: "Cantor Abraham Barkin 1882-1939".

Inscription on back: "Taken in New York - 1923".

Name Access

Barkin, Cantor Abraham

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

New York (N.Y.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

532

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Cantor Zalman Shechter, Poland.

Name Access

Shechter, Cantor Zalman

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Poland

Accession Number

Acquired June 22, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4054

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Seitz (also spelled Zeitz, Zayetz, Saitz) served at the McCaul Street Synagogue Toronto, 1922-1926, then went to Camden, New Jersey.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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.

Accession Number

1986-9-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

982

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a winter coat and hat.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Romania

Accession Number

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

984

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1915 or 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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.)

Accession Number

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

985

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1912 and 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a New Year's card with a portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky in top hat and tails. Writing under the photo reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, DER-GOEL-TZEDEC-GEMEINDE, 42 Baldwin St., Toronto, Canada.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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.)

Accession Number

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1265

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1906]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Bernhard Wladowsky was an obercantor in Bucarest.

Notes

Originally a New Year's card.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Romania

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

744

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[19--?]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Admin History/Bio

Born in Lithuania, Koussevitsky was a world-renowned cantor. His last post was in Brooklyn, New York. He toured extensively during his career.

Custodial History

Item is a portrait of the Lithunian-born cantor Moshe Koussevitsky.

Name Access

Koussevitsky, Cantor Moshe

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Portraits

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

Lithuania

New York (N.Y.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cantor Bernard Wladowsky fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1892-1959

Physical Description

40 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Bernard Wladowsky was born in Smila, Poland in 1870. He graduated from the Imperial Music School in 1887. At the age of 17, he took on his first cantorial post in Kiev. Subsequently, he was hired as cantor in Bakmut, Sevastopol, Constantinople and Bucharest.

In 1907 he emigrated to the United States to accept a position with the Ohev Tzedec Synagogue in New York City. In 1909, he became the cantor of the Anshe Knesset Synagogue in Chicago. In 1912 he was invited to Toronto to assume the post of uber-cantor at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Later he served at the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, where he remained until his retirement in 1955.

Cantor Wladowsky was invited to give concerts throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. He was one of the most popular and celebrated cantors in North America. He composed numerous and widely sung liturgical compositions, notably Modim. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Cantors Association of America and the President of the Agudath Ha'hazzanim of Toronto. In addition to his cantorial duties, he was also a mohel and performed circumcisions in Toronto during his career. Cantor Wladowsky died in 1963 at age 92 and is buried in Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.

Scope and Content

Fonds documents the life and activities of Cantor Bernard Wladowsky. The records consist of the following types of material: newspaper clippings, correspondence, record books of weddings and circumcisions, concert programs and liturgical compositions.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Occupations

Creator

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Accession Number

1976-10-5

1980-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1336

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Cantor Linder of Timmins, Ontario.

Notes

Original portrait by Royal Studio, A. Tomkinson, 5 Balsam Street, Timmins.

Name Access

Linder, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-5

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

91

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

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

Level

Item

Item

944

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mrs. Rose Penzner and children, 172 Chestnut Street, Toronto.

Name Access

Penzner, Rose

Subjects

Mother and child

Portraits, Group

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

Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Nathan Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

5

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nathan Gittelmacher was an immigrant from the Ukraine who moved to Toronto and first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios. In 1922, he opened up his own business called Elite Studios, located at 615 Queen Street West. He specialized in portraits and catered to a largely Jewish clientele.

Nathan Gittelmacher changed his family's name to Gilbert in the early 1940s and subsequently altered the family business name to Gilbert Studios. Nathan was married to Nina and they had four children named: Lou, Jack, Albert and Ruth.

Scope and Content

Image of Nina Gilbert with her three sons: Lou, Jack, and Albert. The photograph was taken by Nathan Gilbert.

Name Access

Gilbert, Nina

Subjects

Mothers and sons

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Godfrey, Frank

Godfrey, Bert

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions