This item is a photograph of a group of guests seated on lawn chairs at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of an unidentified man and woman at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several men and women conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of two children and an adult standing in the water at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several adults conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of a sing-along at a picnic organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The photo depicts a group of people seated in a semi-circle around a guitarist.
This item is a photograph of a sing-along at a picnic organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The photo depicts a group of people seated in a semi-circle around a guitarist.
This item is a photograph of a sing-along at a picnic organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of people seated on picnic benches listening to a man with a guitar.
This item is a photograph of a mother and child at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several adults and children seated on lawn chairs and eating popsicles at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of two children playing at the beach at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several adults and children playing volleyball at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of Leonard Wise of Brantford, Ontario, with Marci Gilbert of the Canadian Jewish Congress, at a picnic organized by the CJC for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. There is also an unidentified man in the photo.
This item is a photograph of Rabbi Moshe Yeres at a picnic organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. He is standing with an unidentified man, woman and child.
This item is a photograph of an unidentified man barbequing hot dogs at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several children playing in the beach sand at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of a young girl waiting for a hot dog at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of several adults and children playing soccer at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
1 photograph : col on mat
18 photographs : b&w (18 negatives) ; 23 x 19 cm on mat
21 negatives : col.
Date
[1976?]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs and negatives of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, (now known as Cambridge), Galt Cemetery, the Spring family business, Artistic Iron Display and tombstones, the Divor family home and business in Port Colborne, a former synagogue from the 1930s in Port Colborne and negaitves of headstones in Brantford Cemetery.
Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports from Jewish individuals and organizations located within small (and medium-sized) Ontario Jewish communities about local antisemitism issues.
Communities documented are: Bellville, Brampton, Brantford, Chatham, Coburg, Cornwall, fort William, Galt, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Mississauga, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Oakville, Orillia, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port Arthur, Port Hope, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, St. Catherines, St. Thomas, Wallaceburg, Welland, and Windsor,
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 35 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a Jewish community picnic held at the Kerschenbaum farm near Kitchener, Ontario. The photo depicts the large group assembled in a field.
Notes
Photo by E. Denton, Kitchener, Ont.
Name Access
Kerschenbaum
Subjects
Farms
Picnics
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.
This accession consists of records documenting the Jewish community of Cornwall. The records include newsclippings; B'nai Birth meeting minutes, dues ledger book, and membership pins; Hadassah meeting minutes; photographs; Beth-El Synagogue correspondence, memorial book, president speeches, congregational meeting minutes, annual general meeting minutes, and financial statements; and a cemetery plan and ledger book.
Custodial History
The records were in the custody of Mark Goldhamer, former president of the Beth El Synagogue and were originally lent to the Archives for research purposes for the Small Jewish Communities project. Upon discussion with the director of the Archives, Mark decided to donate the records to the OJA and thus they were transferred via Sharon Gubbay Helfer, oral historian and researcher/writer on the small Jewish Communities project.
Accession consists of 1107 colour and black and white photographs of Jewish life in Windsor, Ontario. The digital photographs on four discs are scanned from original photographs found on 36 colour contact sheets. There is also a finding aid detailing the Photo #, Category, Date, and Caption/Description.
Custodial History
Likely originated from Rabbi Plaut and somehow ended up at Windsor Jewish Community Centre.
Administrative History
Jonathan Plaut was an important rabbi in Windsor, Ontario who wrote a history of Windsor's Jewish community.
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.
Stop 17 was a transport stop in Thornhill served by an electrically powered rail line, called the Radial. The Jewish Girls' Club was sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women.
Scope and Content
This appears to be a Jewish Girls' Club outing.
Name Access
Yonge Street
Subjects
Girls
Picnics
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.
Item is a photograph of members of the Farband, Borochov Branch 124 at a picnic in Toronto. Pictured back row sixth from left, [?] Krackover; [?] Freedman.
Pictured middle row, second from left: Joe Cash; Willie Silverberg.
Pictured middle row, third from right: [?] Hoffman; Jack Herzog; Benny Cohen.
Pictured first row, left: Benny Shatz; [?] Frankel; [?] Manson (third from right).
Notes
From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
Name Access
Borochov
Cash, Joe
Cohen, Benny
Farband
Frankel
Freedman
Herzog, Jack
Hoffman
Krackover
Manson
Shatz, Benny
Silverberg, Willie
Subjects
Picnics
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.
This accession consists of one photograph and meeting minutes of the St. Thomas Jewish community. Pictured in the photograph from top are: Norman Kurtzman, Reuben Shepherd, Dave Gerrard, Max Zwickel, Gordon Kulman, Irving Feldman, Sophy Segal, Ida Green, Dave Klein, Eva Klein, Jack Wiseman, Jack State, Ruth Ross, Barney Ross, Eva Kurtzman, Gert Feldman, Rhoda Kulman, Francis State, Anne Wiseman, Lil Shepherd, Rose Gerrard, Jack Shepherd, Ethel Shepherd, Rebecca Robinson, Sara State, and Louie State
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
General: Individuals are identified on the back of the photograph.
96 photographs : b&w and col. (10 negatives) ; 21 x 26 or smaller
Admin History/Bio
Bill Stern was the director of activities for the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre (JCC) from 1956-1960. He was the director of the JCC from 1963-1964 and then executive director of the Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations (CJO) from 1964-1973.
He arrived in Hamilton as a graduate in social work, specializing in group work and camping activities. He played a major role in developing the Hamilton Jubilee Club, a senior day centre, kosher meals-on-wheels, an expanded camping program, and the Hamilton Council of Jewish Education. He was responsible for the separation of the JCC and the CJO, and the establishment of the CJO's successor, the Hamilton Jewish Federation.
Scope and Content
This series consists of photographs of the Hamilton Jewish community, taken during Bill Stern's professional involvement with the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre and the Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations. There are also a few images that Bill had acquired that were taken shortly before his arrival and shortly after his departure.
The images depict various Hamilton community members, as well as CJO and community centre events and meetings. They have been arranged chronologically and described at the file and item level.
Accession consists of born-digital images and digital scans of original photographs depicting the 2005 closing ceremonies of the Beth El Congregation in Cornwall, as well as exterior and interior images of the synagogue, the congregants, community events, and B'nai Brith members.
Custodial History
The photographs were acquired by the OJA for the Ontario's Small Jewish Communities exhibit, but they were not accessioned until February 2012.
Item is a group photograph of the Ladies' auxiliary of Farband Borochov Branch 124, at a picnic in Toronto. Identified are Lillian Edelstein, Max Hoffman, Charlie Krackover; Ida Krackover; Joe Cash; [?] Frankel; Fanny Herzog; [?] Herzog; Willie Silverberg; [Leiblele?] Monson; Max Monson; Florence Monson; Chaika Levinsky; [Loyke?] Freedman; Penny Shatz; Mr. Freedman; Nachman Levinsky.
Notes
From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
Name Access
Borochov
Cash, Joe
Edelstein, Lillian
Farband
Frankel
Freedman, Loyke
Herzog, Fanny
Hoffman, Max
Krackover, Charlie
Krackover, Ida
Levinsky, Chaika
Levinsky, Nachman
Monson, Florence
Monson, Leiblele
Monson, Max
Shatz, Penny
Silverberg, Willie
Subjects
Picnics
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.
File includes reports on Jewish communities in Ontario, including Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, Rouyn-Nornada, London, Welland, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Chatham, Peterborough, Belleville, Oakville, and Stratford.
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Accession consists of 2 minute books containing the minutes from Kenora Jewish community meetings and Kenora Synagogue executive meetings, along with some financial records. Accession also includes synagogue executive correspondence in both English and Yiddish.
4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Date
[194-]-2005
Scope and Content
This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.
Use Conditions
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
This accession consists of electronic copies of original textual records, documenting the Jewish community of Owen Sound, Ontario. The records include a community draw ticket (1959); the Canadian Jewish Congress Educational Department code of practice, for discussion at the sixth regional conference on Jewish education (1957); a page from a donation ledger for the United Palestine Appeal (1948); the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue historic plaquing program book (1991); and an employment contract between the Synagogue and Rabbi H. Lasher (1962).
Custodial History
The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the documents in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-11.
Administrative History
Jeff Elie is the current president of Beth Ezekiel Synagogue in Owen Sound. For a history of the Synagogue and the Owen Sound Jewish community, see the OJA's Small Communities Exhbit: http://ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/owensound/index.html
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.
File contains the 1951 self-survey of the Jewish community of Welland, Ontario. Several self-surveys were conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Subjects
Communities
Synagogues
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession consists of material documenting the Jewish community of London, Ontario. Included are a copy of the Constitution of the London Jewish community, a speech form the dedication of the new B'nai Israel Synagogue, a community council report from January 1957, a copy of the Report to the Special Committee for the Study of the London Jewish Community by R. P. Kannee dated 24 April 1973, a 1975–1976 program guide to the Jewish Community Centre of London, and other documents.