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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

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 Stanley Weber (centre) with an unidentified gentlemen and boy, standing at a podium.

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.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w : 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Israel Sholom Langner was born in Toronto to Rabbi Solomon and Frimet (née Babad) Langner. He is in the trucking business and is currently active with the Shaarei Tzedec and Kiever Synagogues. He is also involved with the Jewish Education Program (JEP), affiliated with Ohr Somayach International.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Sholom Langner.

Name Access

Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Education Program (Toronto, Ont.)

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Langner, Israel Sholom

Subjects

Rabbis

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

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

50

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg was the Rosh HaYeshiva and president of the faculty of Ner Israel Yeshiva College of Toronto.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg.

Subjects

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1944]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Jacob Eisen was originally from Edmonton. He later moved to Toronto and became the Rabbi for Holy Blossom Synagogue. He was a chaplain with the Canadian service during the Second World War.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Rabbi Jacob Eisen in his serviceman's uniform, standing on a road. There is writing on the front that reads, "To Mike, with all the very best, Rabbi Eisen."

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.

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2930

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Weinreb, Rabbi Joseph

Subjects

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-2-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3406

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1901 and 1919]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jacobs, Rabbi Solomon

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

Level

Item

Item

546

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Gadi Hoz

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Notes

Acquired Feb. 25, 1976.

Not to be reproduced without permission.

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Langner, Rabbi Solomon

Subjects

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

106

Material Format

textual record

Date

1914-1979

Physical Description

63 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Samuel Sachs (1894-1989) was the spiritual leader of Goel Tzedec Synagogue from 1927 to 1946, when the congregation was housed on University Ave.

Rabbi Sachs was born on 1 September 1894 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was the son of Yehuda Sachs and Reiza Malka Sachs. He had two siblings: sisters Khaya Sachs and Rebecca Sachs.

As a child he attended Radin, one of the classical yeshivas in Lithuania. Coming to the United States, he studied at the Isaac Eichanan Yeshiva and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He received his smicha (rabbinical ordination) in 1916 and in the ensuing ten years served in Brooklyn, Detroit, and Portland, Oregon.

He married Florence "Fayge" Farber (1902-1976) on 24 Oct. 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. Together, they had four children: Judah (Jerry) Raphael Walpert, David Sachs; Mendel Sachs and Elliott Sachs.

In 1927, Sachs moved to Toronto to become the spiritual leader of Goel Tzedec Synagogue.

Notably, Sachs led the deputations to Mayor William Stewart to stop the flaunting of an inflammatory swastika banner during the Christie Pits riot of 1933. The following year, when the Canadian Jewish Congress was reorganized, Sachs joined the public relations committee, which he chaired for a time. He was also active on the Jewish education committee, the German boycott committee and the arbitration committee.

Later, in the war years, he was chairman of the Intra-Jewish Committee — a body which undertook to enforce that Jewish merchants and dealers complied with the wartime restrictions on various supplies and provisions.

He acted as prison chaplain in the 1930s and honorary chaplain to the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

He left Toronto in 1946 because of an illness that was removing his voice leaving him unable to perform most of his rabbinical tasks. In California he partially regained this function and carried on certain rabbinical and teaching tasks. He died on 25 April 1989 in Santa Monica at the age of 94.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records created by Rabbi Samuel Sachs. Included are his sermons and related notes on a number of biblical themes, general writings, prayers, speeches, and general correspondence.

Name Access

Sachs, Samuel, 1894-1989

Subjects

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds

Level

File

Fonds

21

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942-1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Abraham A. Price was a prominent Rabbi and Talmudic scholar in Toronto. He was born on December 10, 1900 in Stopnitz, Poland to Rabbi Joseph and Basia Price. He married Sarah Wine, and had two children: a son, Moshe Leib, who predeceased him, and a daughter, Leah (Lola) Zuchowsky. He also had a brother Lazar.

Price lived in Poland until 1923, when he moved to Berlin and became a banker. He left Berlin for Paris in 1931, and lived there for 6 years before fleeing to the United States in 1937. Rabbi Price originally went to New York City, but spent only ten days there before moving to Toronto.

Rabbi Price studied with world-famous scholars Rabbi Abraham Borenstein and Rabbi Sillman, by whom he was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary Sochatzow (Sochatov), Poland in 1919. He was hired in 1937 by Moishe Oelbaum, Moishe Sigal, and W.J. Silverberg to head Yeshivah Torath Chaim and to act as the official rabbi of Chevra Shas Congregation. Price remained dean of the yeshivah until at least 1985. He published ten volumes of highly acclaimed rabbinical studies, including three volumes of Mishnath Avraham with commentaries of the Book of the Pious "Sefer Chasidim," which were awarded the Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook Award of Merit in 1965. It was the first time this prize was given to an author outside Israel.

Price was one of Toronto's most influential rabbinic authorities. He worked tirelessly to help European yeshivah students during and after the Second World War. In 1942 he orchestrated the release of over 50 German-Jewish men from an internment camp in Quebec, and brought them to study at the yeshivah. In 1948 he again intervened to sponsor 55 young yeshivah boys from Prague. He brought these boys to study at Torath Chaim as well.

Rabbi Price died on Thursday, March 31, 1994 in Toronto. His estate donated his collection of over 3000 printed rabbinical works to the University of Toronto Library, including over 300 items printed before 1800.

Scope and Content

This file contains correspondence sent and received by Rabbi Abraham A. Price between 1942 and 1962. The letters relate to Rabbi Price's involvement in having Jewish-German internees released from internment camps in 1942, and Czechoslovakian refugees brought over to study at the yeshivah in 1948. It also includes inquiries made and references given about former students.

Name Access

Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994

Subjects

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

55

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1966]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Rosenberg was born in 1922 in New York City to Kate and Hyman Rosenberg. He married Hadassah Agassi and they had three children: Rachelle, Ronni and Elissa Beth. After receiving a Ph.D from Columbia University, he taught at the University of Rochester in the Religious Studies department. He was rabbi of Temple Beth El in Rochester for ten years before moving to Toronto to become rabbi of Beth Tzedec. Rabbi Rosenberg travelled to numerous countries to assist in refugee work and to meet with ambassadors' of Jewish communities. He was a prolific writer and contributed to various American, Canadian and Jewish newspapers and journals, and as well, was the author of several books on Jewish themes.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg posing for a formal portrait.

Name Access

Rosenberg, Stuart E

Subjects

Authors

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 1978-5-2 for materials related to the Rosenberg case with Beth Tzedec

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

56

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1966]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Rosenberg was born in 1922 in New York City to Kate and Hyman Rosenberg. He married Hadassah Agassi and they had three children: Rachelle, Ronni and Elissa Beth. After receiving a Ph.D from Columbia University, he taught at the University of Rochester in the Religious Studies department. He was rabbi of Temple Beth El in Rochester for ten years before moving to Toronto to become rabbi of Beth Tzedec. Rabbi Rosenberg travelled to numerous countries to assist in refugee work and to meet with ambassadors of Jewish communities. He was a prolific writer and contributed to various American, Canadian and Jewish newspapers and journals, and as well, was the author of several books on Jewish themes.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a photograph of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg seated at his desk.

Name Access

Rosenberg, Stuart E

Subjects

Authors

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 1978-5-2 for materials related to the Rosenberg case with Beth Tzedec

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

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Monson, David, 1917-2008

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

Item

545

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Solomon Langner was the son of Rabbi Moishe Langner, the Strettiner rebbe of Toronto. His three brothers were Abraham, Isaac, and Mordecai, who all became rabbis as well.

Notes

Not to be reproduced without permission.

Acquired Feb. 25, 1976.

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Langner, Rabbi Solomon

Subjects

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2422

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Custodial History

This item is a photograph of Rabbi Samuel Cass on stage with three adult scouts during a jamboree. The photograph may have been taken inside the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on St. Clair Avenue in Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, Rabbi Samuel

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Rabbis

Places

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-5-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of Rabbi Gilbert and Mrs. Libby Klaperman of Kingston, Ontario.

Name Access

Gilbert, Rabbi

Klaperman, Libby

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

Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

690

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Hyman Kaplan and Rabbi Rabinowitch taken during services at the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Kaplan, Hyman

Rabinovitch, 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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired on 15 Oct. 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

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rabbi Felder performing the hamotzi before dinner at the 1966 Negev Dinner held in honour of Bert Godfrey. The photograph depicts Rabbi Felder replacing the shaker of salt as he is eating the bread.

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Felder, Rabbi

Hamotzi

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

Item

1789-1790

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rabbi Isaac Langner (seated) and his shammes, Reb Lozor, Toronto, 1977. Rabbi Isaac Langner was the son of Rabbi Moishe Langner, the Strettiner rebbe of Toronto. His three brothers were Abraham, Solomon, and Mordecai, who all became rabbis as well.

Notes

Credit must be given to Stephen Epstein in display and/or publication.

See also photos: 1788 and 1791.

Name Access

Langner, Rabbi Isaac

Lozor, Reb

Subjects

Rabbis

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-12-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Level

Item

Item

533

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Solomon Langner was the son of Rabbi Moishe Langner, the Strettiner rebbe of Toronto. His three brothers were Abraham, Isaac, and Mordecai, who all became rabbis as well.

Notes

Acquired June 22, 1975.

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Langner, Solomon

Subjects

Rabbis

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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