- Accession Number
- 2022-8-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-4
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- object
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 11 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1930-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the life and career of Rabbi Benjamin Friedberg. Included are subject files, eulogies, sermons, marriage records, funeral record cards, conversion certificates, gittin (Jewish divorce documents), addresses for High Holiday services, and photographs. Also include are a few artifacts, such as felt patches and medallions, as well as sound recordings. A large number of documents are relating to Rabbi Friedberg's rabbinical career at Beth Tzedec Congregation.
- Administrative History
- Rabbi Joseph Benjamin Friedberg (1927-2022) was born on June 26, 1927, in Toronto to Chaim (Chamel) and Rochel Rose Friedberg. Rochel Friedberg was born in Polaniec, Poland (Russian part of Poland), the daughter of Moshe and Sura Poss. Rochel had little formal education but learned Talmud from her father. In her youth, Moshe came to Toronto to make a living and had to leave the family behind; shortly thereafter, World War I broke out, and Rochel was sent to the town of Stopnitz. She was then sent to Crackow to work. Rochel married Chaim (Chamel) Friedberg from Patchenev, who was enlisted in Pilsudski’s army. Before the Great Depression, Rochel and Chaim immigrated to Canada. Later on, Chaim took ill and had to go to the Western Sanitarium; soon after that, he passed away in 1957. Rochel passed away in 1992.
- Rabbi Benjamin Friedberg was a native of Toronto and received his basic religious and secular education there. He attended Harbord Collegiate in his youth. After spending a number of years at the Yeshiva University in New York, he returned home to attended the University of Toronto, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. In 1950, Rabbi Friedberg entered the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He received his Master of Hebrew Letters degree and rabbinical ordination in 1954.
- Rabbi Friedberg’s first pulpit was in Rochester, New York. He served as assistant rabbi at Beth Tzedec Congregation in 1955; and then as rabbi of B’nai Israel Congregation in London, Ontario. In 1959, he received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in Bible and Archaeology. As part of his doctorial program, he studied in the Department of Archaeology and Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; he also spent several years studying in the Department of Religion at the University of Ottawa with special emphasis on the Samaritans.
- In 1961, Rabbi Friedberg was called to the pulpit of Agudath Israel Congregation in Ottawa, Ontario, where he served for thirteen years until 1974.
- In 1974, he was appointed senior rabbi at Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto. His major emphases in the congregation were the development of both child and adult education and emphasizing Israel as the dominant fact in Jewish life today. Much of the programming at Beth Tzedec that he instituted dealt with Israel.
- Rabbi Friedberg’s interest in Jewish education was responsible for the founding of a Hebrew High School in Ottawa. His concern with Jewish youth prompted him to devote his time as counsellor to the Hillel Organization on the campuses of the University of Western Ontario, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa. He taught Bible, Biblical Hebrew, and courses in Judaism at the University of Ottawa; and was an occasional lecturer at the University of Western Ontario in the Orientals Department. While living in Ottawa, he was active in a number of Jewish communal organizations. He was the founder and the organizer of the Ottawa Soviet Jewry Committee and was head of the Jews in Foreign Lands Committee and Canada-Israel Committee. Also, he was on the Social Welfare Council and was chairman of the Aliyah Committee in Ottawa.
- Rabbi Friedberg was active with the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) and the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF). He worked actively on behalf of the CJC’s Educational Department. He was on the executive of the CJC Central and Eastern Regions and served as national chairman of the CJC’s International Affairs Committee. As an active Zionist, he served as national chairman of the Hasbara Committee of the CZF and was president of Mercaz Canada, the Zionist organization of the Masorti (Conservative) Movement. He also organized Israel tours and led Israel tour groups for a number of times. Rabbi Friedberg was the recipient of citations of the UJA, State of Israel Bonds, and various other awards in recognition of his communal work. In addition, he had also been invited to serve as a member of Teddy Kollek’s Jerusalem Committee.
- Rabbi Friedberg was a contributor to Anglo-Jewish press, television work, and radio. He was chairman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Religious Advisory Committee and hosted his own television program called “Focus.” He had written for the London Free Press, and the Ottawa Citizen, and a number of Jewish periodicals.
- Rabbi Friedberg was married to the former Lola Constant of Montreal (1930-2022). They had three children together—Mark, Gilah, and Esther. Lola Friedberg had a degree from McGill University in Arts and Music. She had given two-piano recitals in conjunction with her twin sister, Miriam “Mitzi” Leboff, on a number of occasions. Lola had taught piano and conducted choirs in Montreal and Ottawa.
- 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
- Rabbis
- Sermons
- Eulogies
- Name Access
- Friedberg, Benjamin, 1927-2022
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- London (Ont.)
- Jerusalem
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5093
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5093
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph ; b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Rabbi Benjamin J. Segal. Segal's photograph was kept by the Beth Sholom Synagogue's adult education department. It is unclear whether or not he was invited to speak in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Segal, Benjamin J.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1973]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander was born in 1936 in New York City. He was the principal of the Beth Tzedec Congregational School during the early 1970s, until he was dismissed by Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg in 1972. This move led to the infamous lawsuit between the congregation's Board of Directors and Rabbi Rosenberg.
- Rabbi Hollander made aliyah in 1972 and has lived in Jerusalem since, spending some time in a Negev development town and a Gush Etzion community. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Hollander is affiliated with Conservative, Reform and Orthodox institutions in Israel and holds advanced degrees in literature and education from NYU and Hebrew University, respectively. A founding member of Rabbis for Human Rights, Rabbi Hollander has, since the 1970s, taught Jewish studies in Jerusalem at Hebrew Union College, Machon Schechter, the Hebrew University School for Overseas Students, and the Siegal (Cleveland) College of Jewish Studies. His field of specialization is Torah and classical commentary, which he learned, primarily, from the legendary Torah teacher, Nehama Leibowitz. He has also served as the weekly Torah commentator on Kol Yisrael radio and traveled the country as a tour educator. Over the past decade, Rabbi Hollander has regularly returned to North America as scholar-in-residence at Camp Ramah, as rabbi of alternative High Holy Day services at Congregation Beth Tzedec in Toronto and as teacher and speaker in over two hundred synagogues, communities, schools, and retreats.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander.
- Name Access
- Hollander, Ben
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See Beth Tzedec fonds for further information on Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 757
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 757
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Rabbi Benjamin Hauer.
- Notes
- Acquired June 1976.
- Name Access
- Hauer, Rabbi Benjamin
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 785
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 785
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum of London, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Reproduction restriction note: Copyright owned by Bill Barrett, London. Please credit upon publication.
- Name Access
- Kirshenbaum, David, 1902-
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original portrait of Rabbi Richard J. Belson, the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in St. Catharines, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired June 1976.
- Name Access
- Belson, Rabbi Richard J.
- Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4050
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4050
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- 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 print and corresponding negative of a group of six men dressed in tuxedos. Pictured third from the left is Milton Harris, who is congratulating Rabbi David Kirshenbaum.
- Name Access
- Kirshenbaum, David, 1902-
- Harris, Milton, 1927-2005
- Subjects
- Businessmen
- Portraits, Group
- Rabbis
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3209
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3209
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- 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 Rabbi Jacob Gordon of Toronto, officiating at the cornerstone setting of the Horton Street Synagogue in London, Ontario. The Rabbi is standing on a stage addressing the crowd.
- Name Access
- Gordon, Jacob, 1877-1934
- 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
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5085
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5085
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Rabbi Jack Riemer of Beth David Congregation in Miami, Florida. Riemer's photograph was kept by Beth Sholom's adult education department. It is unclear whether or not he was invited to speak in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Congregation Beth David (Miami, Fla.)
- Riemer, Jack
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Miami (Fla.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5088
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5088
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Rabbi David Hartman. Hartman's photograph was kept by the Beth Sholom Synagogue adult education department. It is unclear whether or not he was invited to speak in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Hartman, David, 1931-2013
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 764
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 764
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Rabbi Reuben Slonim. The photo appear to have been copied from a newspaper or some other sort of print publication.
- Notes
- This photograph is identical to photo #747.
- Acquired June 1976.
- Name Access
- Slonim, Rabbi Reuben
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 747
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 747
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Rabbi Reuben Slonim.
- Notes
- This photograph is identical to photo #764.
- Acquired June 1976.
- Name Access
- Slonim, Rabbi Reuben
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3347
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3347
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of two identical copy prints of Rabbi Abraham A. Price of Toronto.
- Name Access
- Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-9-1
- 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
- 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
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi J. A. Goldwasser, Signalman John A. Devor and Irving Moldaver, president of B'nai B'rith, of Peterborough, Ontario. The three men are standing in front of a microphone and Devor is shaking Moldaver's hand.
- Notes
- Credit Bert Krugel.
- 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
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5006
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5006
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 24 Jun. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Rabbi David Monson seated at a desk.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3251
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3251
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- 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 Rabbi Gutman Tuvia Rapoport, taken en route to the United States.
- Name Access
- Rapoport, Gutman Tuvia
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 908
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 908
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original passport-style photograph of Rabbi A.M. Babb of Peterborough, Ontario.
- Notes
- Credit Morris Duke Studio, Peterborough.
- Acquired in 1976
- Name Access
- Babb, Rabbi A. M.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2523
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2523
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy studio portrait and corresponding negative of Rabbi Rabinowitz, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He is pictured standing next to a small table, holding a religious text. He is wearing a tallis.
- Notes
- The original photograph is a postcard with Hebrew writing on the verso. See accession record for more information.
- Name Access
- Rabinowitz, Rabbi A.
- 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.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3413
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3413
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph was taken in Bronte, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Graubart, Yehuda Leib, 1862-1937
- 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.
- Places
- Bronte (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-10-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 47
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 June 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm (sight) on mat 35 x 27 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1920, Holy Blossom invited Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner (1892-1958) to be its rabbi. Rabbi Brickner was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in 1919.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner.
- Notes
- The mat is inscribed: "To Mr. Edmund Scheuer dear friend and councillor, Affectionately, Barnett R. Brickner" and dated 8 VI 1925.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 749
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 749
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Rabbi Karpol Bender from Kingston, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Photo taken by Herbert S. Sonnenfeld, Photographer, New York.
- Name Access
- Bender, Rabbi Karpol
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 751
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 751
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original studio portrait of Rabbi Bernard Baskin of Hamilton, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Name Access
- Baskin, Rabbi Bernard
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4334
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4334
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 Apr. 1980
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Right to left: Rabbi Yitzchok Kerzner; Rabbi Gedalia Felder; Rabbi Zolty, chief rabbi of Jerusalem; Yitz Feldman; and Rabbi Nachman Shemen.
- Name Access
- Felder, Gedalia, 1922-1991
- Feldman, Yitz
- Kerzner, Yitzchok
- Shemen, Nachman, Rabbi, 1912-1993
- Zolty, Yaacov Bezalel, 1920-1982
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-12-9
- 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
- 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
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Item
- 45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Cashdan, L. J.
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3060
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3060
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Original photograph by Symonds & Co., 39 High St., Portsmouth.
- Name Access
- Jacobs, Rabbi Solomon
- 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.
- Places
- England
- Accession Number
- 1981-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 772
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 772
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Rabbi Harold Lerner, of Beth Isaiah Congregation in Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Lerner, Harold
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 135
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, news clippings, a legal submission, and reports documenting the inquiry and civil action law suit brought against Metropolitan police officers by Rabbi Norton Leiner, a visiting rabbi from New York who claimed the officers unlawfully arrested, detained and assaulted him.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Physical Condition
- Some records appear to have water damage. Some items copied and the originals discarded due to mold.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 136
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, news clippings, and reports documenting the civil action law suit brought against Metropolitan police officers by Rabbi Norton Leiner, a visiting rabbi from New York who claimed the officers unlawfully arrested, detained and assaulted him.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983, 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Rabinovitch left England to take a rabbinical postion in Israel.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to a visit to Toronto by Rabbi Nachum L. Rabinovitch and newspaper articles about his activities in Israel.
- Name Access
- Rabinovitch, Nachum L., 1928-2020
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4939
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4939
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Chaim Weber died on 8 February 1987 in Miami, Florida. He was the husband of Faye and father/father-in-law to Barry and Marsha, Sheryn, and Solomon and Shirey, as well as the grandfather of Mark, Rochelle, and Janna.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Chaim Weber of Pembroke, Ontario. He is pictured standing on a staircase wearing a tallis and holding a prayer book.
- Name Access
- Weber, Chaim
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4940
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4940
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Chaim Weber died on 8 February 1987 in Miami, Florida. He was the husband of Faye and father/father-in-law to Barry and Marsha, Sheryn, and Solomon and Shirey, as well as the grandfather of Mark, Rochelle, and Janna.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Chaim Weber of Pembroke, Ontario. He is pictured in a suit, standing in front of some bushes.
- Name Access
- Weber, Chaim
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1461
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1461
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Leviser of Welland, Ontario. He is standing in front of a wooden house.
- Name Access
- Leviser, 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
- Welland (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 943
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 943
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 Dec. 1915
- 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 photograph and corresponding negative of the Rabbi of Chenchin, Poland walking with three other Jewish men.
- Notes
- Acquired Jan. 1976.
- 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
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Jewish communal portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Witty was the Executive Director of the Board of Jewish Education.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Fredric Perry.
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Israel Hurwitz was rabbi for the congregation Anshe Lida during the 1930s and for the congregation Chevra Mikra during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also former president of the Toronto Rabbinical Association and was a shochtim for the Vaad Hoir, or United Jewry, which was established as a rival supervisory body to that of the kehillah.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a portrait taken of Rabbi Israel Hurwitz.
- Name Access
- Hurwitz, Rabbi Israel
- Hurvitz [alternate spelling]
- Toronto Rabbinical Association
- Anshe Lida
- Chevra Mikra
- Kehilla
- Vaad Hoir
- 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.
- Related Material
- see also Accession #1982-4-3 for Rabbi Israel Hurwitz records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Executive director series
- Teacher files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 2-4
- File
- 80
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Celnicker, Michael
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3043
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3043
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This halftone photograph depicts an anti-Nazi protest meeting, Massey Hall.
- Name Access
- Gordon, Jacob, Rabbi
- Sachs, Samuel, 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions