Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 28-18; File 35
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
28-18
File
35
Material Format
textual record
Date
1992-1994
Physical Description
1 folder textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of itineraries, registration forms, and correspondence related to Jewish Missions to Poland
Places
Poland
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Second Generation sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 28-10; File 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Second Generation sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
28-10
File
18
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1991
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
30 photographs: col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence, itineraries, background information, promotional material and photographs related to the Generation to Generation committee's trip to Poland. Those identified in the photographs are: Ariela Getrajhendler, Rhoda Patasznik, Anne Patasznik, Helen Glina, Sara Wolle, Anita Ekstein, Marilyn Freedman, Ed Glina, Anne Wolle, Francess Mandell, Fern Morrison, Hyman Kopytowski, Pnina Spetgang and Mark Stern.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6095
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6095
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
Name Access
Toogfogel, Shmuel
Subjects
Holocaust victims
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1984-8-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6098
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6098
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1938
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, 1938, who perished in the Holocaust. There is an inscription in Hebrew on the back of the photo.
Notes
Written on the OJA's original photo description card was: "Mr. Day wanted to bring him to Toronto. His mother would no let."
Name Access
Toogfogel, Shmuel
Subjects
Holocaust victims
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1984-8-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Philip Givens fonds
City of Toronto Mayor series
Official engagements sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 51; Series 4-6; File 69
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Philip Givens fonds
City of Toronto Mayor series
Official engagements sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
51
Series
4-6
File
69
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Date
July 1966-Aug. 1966
Physical Description
ca. 50 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 32 cm or smaller
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newsclippings and textual records documenting Phil Givens' mayoral trip to Poland with his wife, Min. Included are newsclippings detailing Givens' activities in Poland and images of Givens arriving in Poland, meeting with Polish politicians, and touring monuments and historic sites in Warsaw, Belzycz and other cities around the country. Also included are photographs of Phil and Min Givens touring the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Maidanek concentration camps. Some of the photographs were originally maintained in a photo album.
Notes
Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1707
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1707
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1911
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph of an original half-toned proof featuring the family of Toronto architect, Benjamin Brown. The original photograph was taken in Baremly, Poland.
Name Access
Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
Brown family
Subjects
Architects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1703
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1703
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 16 cm
Custodial History
This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. Rose Rotenberg (m. Nepom) is standing at the back.
Name Access
Nepom, Rose
Rotenberg family
Rotenberg, Rose
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1979-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1702
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1702
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1926]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 22 cm
Custodial History
This item is a studio photograph of the Rotenberg family, most likely taken in Poland. The space between the two daughters in the back row was intentional, in honour of a son who had immigrated to the United States. Rose Rotenberg (Nepom) is standing third from the right.
Name Access
Nepom, Rose
Rotenberg family
Rotenberg, Rose
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1979-3-6
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 4083
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4083
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a Jewish school in Poland. The photograph depicts the students and teachers of the school assembled in front of it. The photograph was sent to Sarah Low of Peterborough, Ontario.
Subjects
Portraits, Group
Schools
Students
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1978-7-12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds
Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 103; Series 1; File 98
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds
Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series
Level
File
Fonds
103
Series
1
File
98
Material Format
textual record
Date
1946-1948
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-9
File
46
Material Format
textual record
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding discrimination against Jews in the USSR, and a proposed conference to discuss this.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 51; File 40
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
51
File
40
Material Format
textual record
Date
1938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships in Toronto describing the history of the stereotype of the Jew as a usurer.
Name Access
Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships
Subjects
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1334
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
2
File
1334
Material Format
textual record
Date
4 Feb. - 15 Dec. 1965
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Custodial History
File was found amongst the records of the JCRC but , as it dealt with another set of CJC records, was re-catalogued to integrate with those files.
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and reports about the situation of Jews in Cuba and their need for support from Canada.
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 117
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
117
Material Format
textual record
Date
1991
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding Jews for Jesus, including concern over their activities outside the Skydome in Toronto.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Name Access
Jews for Jesus
Subjects
Jewish Christians
Messianic Judaism
Mission to Jews
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Refusnik cases sub-series
Refusnik groups sub-sub series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-6-2
File
4
Material Format
textual record
Date
Sept. 1975, Jan. 1977-Dec. 1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of the weekly news bulletin published the Board of Deputies of British Jews. With the exception of one issue from 1975, the bulletins in the file were all published in 1977.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-1
File
146
Material Format
textual record
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings related to the role of Jews in Canadian Society, and to the Human Rights Code
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1259
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
2
File
1259
Material Format
textual record
Date
1996
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Accession Number
2005-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Family photographs series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Family photographs series
Level
Item
Fonds
33
Series
1
Item
18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1931
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Admin History/Bio
Moishe Stern was visiting his father, Libel Shternshis in Poland at the time of this photograph.
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern, along with six other men in Warsaw, Poland. Pictured from left to right are:
[unidentified], [unidentified], Mr. [Sam?] Nissenbaum, [unidentified], Moishe Stern, [unidentified].
Subjects
Men
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
2004-5-96
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 51
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
51
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1919
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of Mr. Avromele Rosenblatt in Ostrovtze, Poland in 1919.
Notes
There is a corresponding negative for this photograph.
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 38
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
38
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
Sept. 1974
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of a typed letter concerning the state of a Jewish cemetery in Poland, written by Jack Gardner and addressed to a variety of Soviet officials.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1275
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1275
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of an unidentified Jewish family, most likely taken in Poland.
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1977-4-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1701
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1701
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1930]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w (sepia toned) ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a Jewish family from Pinczów, Poland. They may be the Rotenberg family. All members of the family were killed in the Holocaust.
Name Access
Rotenberg family
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Pinczów (Województwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland)
Accession Number
1979-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
17
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm on matte 24 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the Ladovsky family in Kielce, Poland. They are the relatives of Herman Ladovsky.
Notes
Originally cited as photo #3832.
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.
Physical Condition
There are cacks at two corners of the matte.
Accession Number
1983-11-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1540A
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1540A
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1914 and 1916]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of Jack Zimmerman, a yeshiva student, taken in Apte, Poland.
Name Access
Zimmerman, Jack
Subjects
Students
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1978-4-9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
13
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm on matte 15 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the Ladovsky family, in Kielce, Poland. The family were relatives of Herman Ladovsky, of Toronto.
Notes
Originally cited as photo # 3833.
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
1983-11-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4486
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4486
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a studio portrait of Esther Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1980-1-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4487
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4487
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a studio portrait of Pearl Warshavsky of Warsaw, Poland.
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1980-1-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4029
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4029
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1887
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of klezmorim assembled with their instruments.
Notes
See accession record for identification.
Subjects
Klezmer music
Musical groups
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1986-3-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 83; File 9; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ladovsky family fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
83
File
9
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[190-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of members of the Ladovsky family, in Kielce, Poland. The family are relatives of Herman Ladovsky of Toronto.
Notes
Formerly cited as photo # 3834.
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
1983-11-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Second Generation sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 28-10; File 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Second Generation sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
28-10
File
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1990
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting minutes of the Generation to Generation/Second Generation Planning Committee regarding a trip to Poland.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 267
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
267
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1900 and 1910]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Admin History/Bio
The Kaufman family settled in Galt, Ontario, after immigrating from Kraków, Poland.
Scope and Content
Item is a formal studio portrait of the Kaufman family.
Name Access
Kraackow
Kaufman family
Rotenberg, Mattie
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Kraków (Poland)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organization series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3; Item 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organization series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
3
Item
5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[196-]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a group portrait of members of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews.
Subjects
Labor Zionism
Portraits, Group
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
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-9
File
99
Material Format
textual record
Date
1970
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a newspaper article.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2012-12-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2012-12-2
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
18 photographs
8 cm of textual records
Date
1948-1975
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. Included are 18 photographs, mostly group photographs, of members of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. There is also a medical card that states Madesker's membership to the Farband. Additionally, there are a number of booklets: Holocaust Remembrance booklet, Baycrest Honour Roll, Canadian Jewry in 1974, An Overview of an Active Jewish Community (Saul Hayes, OC, QC), Souvenir Program-Farband-Salute to Israel's 36th Independence Day (May 6, 1984), On Wings of Song (Rev. Nathan Stolnitz).
Custodial History
Records belonged to Ruwin Madesker and were donated to the OJA by his son, Michael.
Administrative History
Ruwin Madesker was born in Wilno, Lithuania in 1899. He came to Toronto in 1947 with his family in 1947 after spending 2 years in the Vilno Ghetto and one year with the underground. He also served 2 years with the Polish Army during the Second World War. In Toronto, he was involved with the Jewish Public Library, JIAS, Toronto Florists's Telegraph Delivery, and Toronto Cultural Society. He was an ardent Zionist and visited Israel in 1961 on the Histadrut Goodwill Mission. He also contributed articles to the Jewish Daily Journal, Toronto. (Who's Who, 1965)
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.
Name Access
Farband of Lithuanian Jews
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 27; File 318
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
27
File
318
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Dec. 1977
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
Scope and Content
File consists of one photograph and two negatives of the Farband of Lithuanian Jews group. Rupert Shriar is identified on the back of the photo.
Notes
Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 51; File 7
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
51
File
7
Material Format
textual record
Date
1938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States regarding Jews of many countries serving in the First World War.
Subjects
World War, 1914-1918
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 51; File 329
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Pamphlets series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
51
File
329
Material Format
textual record
Responsibility
Jacob Lestchinsky
Date
15 Apr. 1946
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a pamphlet by Jacob Lestchinsky titled Jews in Moslem Lands. The pamphlet was issued by the American Jewish Congress as part of its Jewish Affairs series.
Notes
General note: The spelling of "Moslem" (as opposed to "Muslim") is contested. In a post published on the History News Network in 2002, Yii-Ann Christine Chen notes, "The seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means 'one who gives himself to God,' and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means 'one who is evil and unjust' when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z." The OJA has retained the spelling as it appears on the pamphlet without, however, endorsing it.
Name Access
American Jewish Congress
Lestchinsky, Jacob
Subjects
Jews--Islamic countries
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 43; Item 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
43
Item
6
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men and three women walking down a street in the Ward during Yom Kippur. View of one woman is blocked by one of the men in front, but part of her hat is visible. In the background is an ice-cream and confectionary store.
Notes
Original photo is a glass slide.
Title taken from writing on the original slide.
Title may be wrong. It is possible that the holiday being celebrated is Rosh Hashana as the other slides in this accession depict the celebration of Rosh Hashana.
Subjects
Rosh ha-Shanah
Yom Kippur
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
2005-5-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Publications, speeches, press releases, and reports sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-2
File
26
Material Format
textual record
Date
1956
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of documentation about the continuing persecution and expulsion of Jews in Egypt.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 5; File 39
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
5
File
39
Material Format
textual record
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of correspondence concerning a tour of Canada by Dr. Roy Gustafson, a list of members, a letter appealing for donations and contributions, and essay written by Douglas Young - "Israel: Is there a Christian view?" Dr. Douglas Young is the President of the American Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem.
Name Access
American Institute of Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem)
Gustafson, Roy
Young, Douglas
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2023-8-6
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2023-8-6
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 ledger
Date
1962-1983
Scope and Content
Accession consists of material documenting the Farband of Lithuanian Jews. Included is one ledger that runs from 1962 to 1983.
Custodial History
Prior to donation, the item was in the possession of Harry Klaczkowski, whose mother was actively involved in the Farband of Lithuanian Jews as a member of the executive.
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
Language: Yiddish.
Subjects
Fraternal organizations
Name Access
Farband of Lithuanian Jews
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-1
File
159
Material Format
textual record
Date
1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newspaper clippings and correspondence related to offensive definitions of "Jew" in various dictionaries. Also included is a "survey of English dictionaries in their definition of the word "Jew" complied by the Council of Christians and Jews (England).
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2004-5-39
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-39
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1945-1949
Scope and Content
The records include 23 case files documenting orphans who survived the Holocaust. They were all inmates of the orphanage in Otwoc, Poland. The case files were likely sent to a Jewish organization in Toronto who found local sponsors to support the individual orphans. At the bottom of each case file includes the name of the Toronto sponsors, which ranged from individuals to labour unions and women's auxiliaries. The file also includes English translations for each file (since the information is all in Polish), along with thank you letters from the children to their sponsors written in Yiddish. Photographs of the children are attached to the case files.
Custodial History
The case files had been in the custody of Estelle Tambak, a Harlem, New York teacher and activist who had travelled to Poland to volunteer at the orphanage in the late 1940s. All translation work was done by Ann Szedlecki (1925-2005), a Holocaust survivor from Lodz who had herself been orphaned after the war. This custodial history has been confirmed by Miriam Borden, the granddaughter of Ann Szedlecki, who has a photograph depicting Ann and Estelle viewing the records within this file.
Use Conditions
Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1621
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1621
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1920
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a copy print of the front of a postcard dated 25 Jun. 1920. Photocopy of reverse includes Yiddish language handwritten text. Identified in photograph, Menachem Mendel Speisemacher (Max Speisman) standing back row first right.
Notes
Credit: Estate of Max Speisman.
Name Access
Poalei Zion
Subjects
Zionism
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
1978-4-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 536
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
536
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1926
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (i negatve); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a copy photograph of Yaakov and Malka Liberman and son, Poland, June 13, 1926.
Name Access
Liberman, Yaakov
Liberman, Malka
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
Acquired June 22, 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1546
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1546
Material Format
graphic material
Date
May 1944
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph of members of the Jewish Bielski partisan group in Poland. They are pictured assembled in the Naliboki forest.
Name Access
Bielski partisans (Resistance group)
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1978-5-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1696
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1696
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1919 or 1920]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of young members of Poalei Zion in Stashov, Poland. Pictured in the front row, far right, is Nacha Nepom. Front row, fourth from right, Abe Nepom. Abe and Nacha were siblings.
Name Access
Nepom, Abe
Nepom, Nacha
Poalei Zion
Subjects
Zionism
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.
Physical Condition
This photo is in poor condition. It has several cracks.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1979-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1700
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1700
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[191-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of an unidentified Russian Jewish soldier, taken in Poland.
Subjects
Soldiers--Russia
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1979-3-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2960
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2960
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1918]
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 an unidentified family funeral. The photograph depicts a large crowd around the body of a deceased male, who has been placed outside in his bed.
Subjects
Funeral service
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Poland
Accession Number
1979-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions