Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings from St. Catharines related to hate literatures,

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Community correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

6

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence concerning the Jewish Music Festival, United Jewish Appeal campaigns, community lectures and events, and lists of contributors to the United Israel Appeal.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

10 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Subjects

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.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

60

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains the 1951 self-survey of the Jewish community of St. Catharines, 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.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

17 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and (1) negative ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Subjects

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.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

61

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a commemorative book for the shul's 25th anniversary (1951).

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Subjects

Anniversaries

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.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Rabbi Richard J. Belson, the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired June 1976.

Name Access

Belson, Rabbi Richard J.

Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Subjects

Portraits

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Congregation B'nai Israel of St. Catharines, Ontario fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

76

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1949-1999

Physical Description

66 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

In 1909, the congregation legally adopted the name Chavra B’nai Israel and R. J. Hoffman became the first president. Services were held at a variety of different homes, including those of Mr. Barnett and Mr. Zalavinsky.

After the synagogue was left a large bequest in 1917 by the Friedman family, the congregation decided to purchase the house that it had been renting earlier for $3,500. The partitions between the rooms were removed to construct the sanctuary. It still continued to house the Hebrew school and provide living accommodations for the teacher and shochtim.

Due to the expansion of the community after the First World War, the house became too small to accommodate the congregation. The community therefore began to plan for a new building. The Building Committee accepted a design submitted by Nicholson & McBeth and the shul was built by the Newman Brothers. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 14, 1924. Once the synagogue was completed, a larger ceremony took place in July 1925. Services were conducted according to Orthodox tradition and membership at that time was about 30 families.

The congregation adopted a constitution in 1945. The synagogue remained affiliated with the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. Mixed seating emerged during the later years of the decade; however, Orthodox rabbis continued to serve the synagogue for years to come.

In 1981, the synagogue was incorporated as a charitable and religious organization. It also joined the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism organization. At this time, membership began to decline and they were barely able to maintain a minyan for daily and Friday night services.

In May 2002, B’nai Israel celebrated the 100th anniversary of the community. The celebration included an extended Shabbat service featuring Cantor Howard Shalowitz from New York, followed by a gala dinner on Saturday night with entertainment by the Toronto band Bais Groove.

Custodial History

The records were donated by individuals who were members of the synagogue as well as Congregation B'nai Israel from 1976 until 2009.

Scope and Content

The records document the activities of Congregation B'nai Israel of St. Catharines, Ontario. The material consists of textual, graphic, architectural and electronic records.

The fonds include bulletins, board of governors meeting minutes and reports, anniversary books, correspondence, sisterhood records, financial statements, constitutional documents, committee reports, building plans, Hebrew school materials and other items.

Photo identification:

001. Hebrew school graduating class, 1962. Top row, from left to right: Michael Mandel, Rabbi Dr. Israel Freedman, David Cooperman, Jerry Uretsky. Bottom row, from left to right: Peter Cooperman, Bruce Nepan, Marilyn Granek, Lorraine Tator, Linda Sherman, Rick Uretsky, Howard Slepkov.

002. 1974 bar mitzvah class. Eden Orvitz, Jocques Kesselman, Kevin Semson, Mr. Leo Possen, Ross Metzer, Larry Ritchie, Auby Fenig, Leslie Goldford.

003. B’nai Brith Cub Scouts, Fall 1959. B’nai Israel Scout and Cub Pack. This photo was taken as the Troop prepared for a parade in honour of Baden Powell’s birthday.

004. Synagogue board. Top row, from left to right: Harry Offstein, Harry Rubin, Eddie Offstein, Max Silver, Harry Tomarin, Martin Revzin, Jack Engel. Bottom row, from left to right: Ben Fruitman, Dave Katzman, Jacob Cooperman, Joseph Halperin, Saul Granek.

005: Unveiling of Holocaust monument in St. Catharines, Ontario, ca. 1960s. Standing in foreground from left: Herman Majerowitz, Leo Posen, Rabbi Freedman, Jacob Jacobs. Standing centre, behind Rabbi Freedman is Rabbi Joseph Ben David.

Notes

Physical Description Note: Includes 25 photographs (jpg), 8 architectural drawings (jpg), and 1 document (jpg).

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Physical Condition

Records are in good condition.

Arrangement

The records are arranged at the file level by function.

Creator

Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-7-9; 2004-2-4; 2004-2-9; 2004-5-91; 2008-9-1; 2009-8-2; 2009-8-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2009-8-2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

19 photographs (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1940]-1974

Scope and Content

Accession consists of nineteen scanned photographs of the Slepkov family of St. Catharines, friends, and community members at special events. These include B'nai Brith picnics, beach trips, Hebrew School, bar mitzvah classes, the synagogue board, and a B'nai Brith Cub Scout troop.

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

756

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of S. Halperin of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harold S. Kaplan fonds

Architectural projects series

Level

File

Fonds

27

Series

1

File

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1940

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

3 exterior views of the theatre marquee (2 in daylight), and one view of the theatre lobby.

Notes

Title and creation date based on the content of the photographs, an inscription on one of the photographs, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).

Photographers: Brigdens.

Name Access

Brigdens

Subjects

Theaters

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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

2003-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2007-6-34

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date

[1933?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a scanned copy of a photograph taken at the Lambert family's Port Dalhousie cottage. The donor, Eleanor Lambert (née Friedman), and her mother Channa Friedman are at the bottom right. Back row: Minna Anderson, Patty Walman, Sarah Meyers. Front row: Jean Matlow, Goldie Matlow, Esther Rivka Pomerantz, Channa Friedman, Eleanor Friedman.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Communities

Families

Outdoor recreation

Name Access

Lambert family

Places

Port Dalhousie, Ont.

St. Catharines, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-33

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 document (jpg)

Date

[191-]-1980

Scope and Content

This accession consists of nine electronic copies of original photographs documenting the Nash family of St. Catharines, Ontario. Included are studio portraits and snapshots, taken in St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Also included is one electronic copy of a typwritten remembrances of Buncie Nashman written by Harold Nash and Rhonda Applebaum.

The photographs are as follows:

1. Rose Nash and Tzeine (sister) – two young women in photo, possibly before marriage to Jack.

2. Clara Cohen with baking at cottage at Port Dalhousie (not Rose as suspected) perhaps 1940s.

3. Jack and Rose Nash

4. Nash children, ca. 1930. Top, left to right: Molly, Maurice. Bottom, left to right: Dorothy, Ruth.

5. Nash family, 21 May 1929.

6. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army early 1940s.

7. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army, and unidentified woman, early 1940s.

8. Nash women at Harold’s 50th birthday party, 1980.

9. Harold and Eleanor in Port Dalhousie with cousins, ca. 1935.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-05.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Nash family

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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2007-6-36

Material Format

textual record

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (jpg)

1 textual record

Date

1923-2004

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one issue of the Jewish Standard, from June 2004, two scanned copy photographs of Sid Slepkov during the Second World War, and one scanned copy photograph of Sid's father Morris in front of his clothing store, the Fashion Cloak and Fur Co. in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The photographs are as follows:

1. Sydney Slepkov in decompression chamber, Second World War.

2. Morris Slepkov outside his store, 1923.

3. Sydney Slepkov, 1944.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-04.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

Business

Communities

Name Access

Slepkov, Sid

Slepkov, Morris

Places

St. Catharines, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2009-9-2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 photographs (jpg) : b&w

Date

[ca.1925]-[ca.1932]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two scanned photographs. The first image is an early photograph of the Tomarin family. Identified from left to right: Geraldine Woolfson, Rhona Tomarin, Rachael Shube, Millie Tomarin (née Rudolph), Harry Tomarin, Tillie Revzen, and Benjamin Newman. The second photograph is of Samuel and Millie Tomarin.

Administrative History

The individuals in the photograph were all members of the St. Catharines’ Jewish community.

The Tomarin, Revzen, and Newman families were junk dealers whose plants flourished during the war, and the three families, who were related by marriage, became leading Canadian steel manufacturers.

Abraham Newman emigrated to St. Catharines from Russia in 1909, living with his aunt and uncle and helping them with their junk business. His wife, Mary, arrived in 1914, and later their two children, Rhoda and Harry, arrived in 1919. They had four children in Canada: Norman, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Gordon. Benjamin took over the company after Abe’s retirement and turned it into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Canada.

Abraham was also responsible for bringing many of his family members to Canada from Russia, including Morton Revzen in 1914; his orphaned niece, Geraldine Woolfson, in 1926; his mother, Rachael Shube; and his in-laws, the Tomarin family.

Aided by Abe Newman, Samuel and Millie Tomarin, their children Harry and Rhona, and Geraldine Woolfson, all moved to St. Catharines in 1926. Harry later married Adele Slepkov, and Rhona married Max Alexandroff. Rhona and Max’s son, Alan Alexandroff, donated the photographs.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Families

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Young Judaea series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

4

File

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of an agenda for the retreat held in 1963, a hand-written copy of the master control billetting list, a list of participants, correspondence regarding accommodations and notices regarding the event.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

26 May 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Photo shows community leaders Ben Sharpe of St. Catharines (first left), Stand Feldman (third left) and Ben Lappin of Canadian Jewish Congress Toronto (fourth left) with other unidentified individuals and a banner that reads "The Jewish Community of St. Catharines welcomes you on your Founding Day. May this be the beginning of a new era for our yo[uth?]." Photograph by Don Sinclair, Staff photographer, St. Catharines Standard.

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

2009-8-9

Material Format

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

48 photographs : b&w and col. (1 jpg) ; 21x 25 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of family snapshots and portraits of members of the Zet family of St. Catharines. They include images of the donor's grandmother, Sadie (Hyatt) Zet, and grandfather Morris Zet, their friends, children and grandchildren. Among the events documented are the wedding of Bernice Zet to Albert Shecter in 1946 at the Congregation B'nai Israel, officiated by Rabbi Herschel Shapiro (who officiated weddings from 1931-1956), and summer scenes at Crystal Beach including Bernice Zet, Freda Caplan, Claire Zet and Deborah Caplan. There are several photographs of a group of high school girls, including Anne Granek, Minnie Lefstein, Ann Caplan, Ethel Friedman, Sylvia and Frieda Greenberg, Rae Rosenberg, and Eve Luntz. There is also an image of twenty little girls dressed in white holding British flags on the occasion of the opening of the shul in 1925, and one of Celia Taube with her children. As well, there are pictures of "the gang" of couples at social occasions in the 1950s. Persons pictured include Bayla Katzman, Joel Zeldon, Anne Granek, Abe Herzog, Margaret Zeldon, Jenny Katzman, Joe Katzmean, Gert Granek, Bea Magder, Dave Kates, Sybil Cowitz, Elsie Kates, Chippie (Helen) Feldman, [unknown man], Syd Magder, Dolly Cooperman, Eleanor Lambert, Sarah (Sookie) Slepkov, and Sheila Newman.

Finally, there is a ca. 1908 portrait of Berel and Nachama Kaplan, great-aunt and uncle of the donor.

Administrative History

Morris Zet (Zatulove) immigrated to Toronto in 1913 at age 18. In Romania his family enjoyed prosperity as dairy farmers, but after being conscripted into the Russian army, he left, walking from Russia to Austria. After a year in Toronto, Morris moved to St. Catharines, where he boarded with the Adelsteins. There, he made a living peddling to the many workers building the Welland Canal. In 1917, Morris married Sadie Hyatt (her brother changed the family name to Goldberg in Canada), who had come to Toronto in 1914. Morris opened a men’s wear store on St. Paul’s Street in St Catharines called Zet’s Clothing. Ten years later in 1929, he closed this store and opened Zet’s Men’s Wear in nearby Thorald, though the family continued to live in St Catharines. In 1935, Sadie opened Zet’s Ladies Wear across the street in Thorald. Morris and Sadie Zet had 3 daughters whom they raised in St Catharines: Anne, Clare and Bernice. Anne is the donor's mother. She married Kelley Granek in St. Catharines in 1939. Clare married Sam Kranitz in 1940; Bernice married Albert Schecter of Toronto, also at the St. Catharines shul, in 1946.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Physical Desription note: two of the photographs are colour copies.

Subjects

Communities

Families

Name Access

Zet, Morris

Zet, Sadie

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

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Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1212

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

601

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

82

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with a Professor Owen, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario regarding Otto Strasser.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings about Jewish related issues in St. Catherines, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

103

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings about Jewish related issues in St. Catherines, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2002-10-28

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

45 cm of textual records

Date

[1930-?]-[198-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the activities of the B'nai Brith Lord Melchett Lodge in St. Catharines, Ontario. Included is correspondence, booklets, ledgers, financial records, and lists.

Subjects

Fraternal organizations

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

195

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978 - 1979

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

303

Material Format

textual record

Date

1988 - 1990

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1228

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979 - 1981

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

Level

Item

Item

418

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of children in white dresses marching down the street alongside several men and women.

Notes

Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access

Balfour Declaration

Subjects

Parades

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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

419

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a marching band and a group of men carrying a banner thanking Great Britain.

Notes

Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access

Balfour Declaration

Subjects

Parades

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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired 6 Feb. 1975

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a decorated car leading the parade down the street.

Notes

Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access

Balfour Declaration

Subjects

Parades

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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

417

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of young girls dressed in white, marching down the street alongside several men and women.

Notes

Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access

Balfour Declaration

Subjects

Parades

Access 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

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6061

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the London, Ontario chapter of B'nai Brith in St. Thomas, Ontario. Some of the members identified include: David Rubinoff, Abe Siskind, Isaac Siskind, David Wolfe, Mayer Lerner (president), Nate Fox, Laibe Wolfe, Sam Lerner, Dr. Isadore Goldstick, Harry Silverstein (incoming president), Pat Silverstein, Bernard Wolfe, Lou Kaufman, and others.

Notes

Original photograph by Stollery for St. Thomas Photography.

Inscription on photo reads: "The Honourable Mitchell Hepburn was speaker".

Name Access

Fox, Nate

Goldstick, Isadore

Kaufman, Lou

Lerner, Mayer

Lerner, Sam

Rubinoff, David

Silverstein, Harry

Silverstein, Pat

Siskind, Abe

Siskind, Isaac

Wolfe, Bernard

Wolfe, David

Wolfe, Laibe

Subjects

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

St. Thomas (Ont.)

Accession Number

1993-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Services series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

4

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960-[196-]

Physical Description

45 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm or smaller

12 negatives : b&w ; 35mm

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of concerts and religious services held at the Ontario Hospital, Queen St. Whitby. The majority of photographs are of patients, performers and Folks Farein volunteers. Mentioned are Mrs. P. Frieberg, Mrs. D. Wiener, Michael Ganz, Mr. S. Shuhyn, and Mr. B. Lampert.

Notes

ACCESS RESTRICTION NOTE: Photographs featuring hospital patients are closed for 100 years from the date of the photograph.

Access Restriction

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

Places

Whitby (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1169

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1921 or 1922]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Item is a photograph of Menachem Mendel Hyman standing on the sidewalk holding a book.

Name Access

Hyman, Menachem Mendel

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

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Other societies and cemeteries series

St. Michael’s Hospital file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

9

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1992]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a printed copy of a book chapter documenting the ownership, purpose, and organization of St. Michael’s Hospital. The author and title of the book are not identified.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

43

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Photograph of Teraulay St. (now Bay St.) showing pedestrian activity, 2 men on bicycles, a peddler's cart and several storefronts and buildings. The name on the window of the second hand furniture store is Liptchts (Lipchitz's). The Old City Hall clock tower can be faintly seen on the left hand side of the photo.

Notes

Original photo is a glass slide.

Title is taken from a label on the slide.

Name Access

Lipchitz's

Subjects

Streets

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

Bay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Teraulay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2005-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

539

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Feivel Turek (seated) and Zelig Turek (standing), 14 St. Andrew Street, Toronto.

Notes

Photo by H. E. Poole, 91 Queen Street West, Toronto.

Name Access

Turek, Feivel

Turek, Zelig

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Saint Andrew Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired Jan. 12, 1976.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

601

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Autumn 1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Subjects

Streets

Places

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Henry Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

42

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

[ca.1925]

Physical Description

2 architectural drawings : blueprints ; 54 cm length or smaller and 3 cm diam.

Admin History/Bio

John H. McKnight had an office at 600 Bay Street, in the same building as Benjamin Brown.

Scope and Content

File consists of floor plans and elevation drawings.

Related Material

See File 49-3-9 for architectural drawings of a gasoline service station for Mr. John H. McKnight.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1875

Material Format

graphic material

Date

2 Mar. 1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Beatrix Girls at a purim party at Council House, 44 St. George St. Identified in this photograph, seated at front left: Adelaide Cohen.

Name Access

Cohen, Adelaide

Beatrix Girls

St. George Street

Subjects

Parties

Portraits, Group

Purim

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

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-1-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1992-3-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w : 21 x 25 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1959-1964

Scope and Content

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.

Subjects

Communities

Places

St. Thomas (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Paul Edell fonds

Business records series

Level

File

Fonds

5

Series

1

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1921

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

C. M. Herlick was Paul Edell's attorney.

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter from C. M. Herlick regarding the purchase of 113 Elizabeth Street by Paul Edell.

Places

Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1492

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a class from Brant St. School. The individual circled is Min Sherman.

Name Access

Brant St. School

Sherman, Min

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.

Accession Number

1977-8-28

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Building and operations series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

6

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

3 photographs ; b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of photographs of the Folks Farein property. Included in the file are photographs of the 37 Cecil St Chapel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2004-5-65

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

1938

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a group photograph of adults and children attending the Ontario Judean Convention in London, Ontario. The group is assembled in front of the Hebrew School.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

3283

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Samuel Harris was born in 1869, likely in Lithuania, and died in Toronto in 1936. His wife Sarah [Ruben] (1869-1940) had immigrated to Toronto from Svislocz (near Bialystock) in 1887. The couple lived for a time in the American Midwest before opening the Harris Delicatessen business in 1900 or 1901 at 233 Queen Street West in Toronto. In 1913 they moved the business across the street to 178 Queen Street West and re-opened as a new deli. Harris’ was the first Jewish delicatessen in Toronto. It was later converted by Mr. Harris from a deli to a tobacco store.

The family had three sons: Samuel Aaron (1888-1982) born in Toronto, Dr. William (1895-1955) born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Dr. Louis [Jacob] (1906-1986) born in Toronto. Samuel and Sarah Harris were the grandparents of, among others, Judge Sydney M. Harris; Thelma B. Harris [m. Prof. Albert Rose]; and Sgt. Frederick B. Harris of the Queen’s Own Rifles, who was killed at Juno Beach on D-Day.

Sarah Harris was the sister or half-sister of Abraham Rothbart (pharmacist). Samuel Harris was the founding chairman of the Toronto Hebrew Free School, a founder of the Toronto Free Loan Association, and a president of the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home on Cecil Street.

Scope and Content

The photograph is an interior view of Harris' Deli located at 178 Queen St. W. near Simcoe Street in Toronto. Sarah Harris is pictured inside the deli.

Name Access

Harris, Samuel

Harris, Sarah

Subjects

Delicatessens

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Simcoe Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

Toronto Section series

Toronto Section archival material sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

7-13

File

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-[194-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a pamphlet promoting the CJC Servicemen's Centre and newspaper clippings from a scrap book page about a proposed new library for soldiers at Camp Borden, and the Library's supervisor who will run it.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Accession Number

1993-2-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Date

1993

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a series of photographs of the monuments in the Jewish cemetery at Massey, Ontario. The gravestones of Judith Rosenthal, Gay Selene, Rosie and Aaron Silverman, Itzhak Bar Yosef, Rose Iena Nellisks, Charles Rothenberg, Izik Aharon Ben Bezalel, and Etta Mozes are depicted. The majority of these individuals did not live to adulthood.

Descriptive Notes

Hebrew and English identifying information with dates is written on the back of each photo.

Subjects

Cemeteries

Name Access

Rosenthal, Judith

Selene, Gay

Silverman, Rosie

Silverman, Aaron

Bar Yosef, Itzhak

Nellisks, Rose Iena

Rothenberg, Charles

Ben Bezalel, Izik Aharon

Mozes, Etta

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-106

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1953-1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tabelle Burns Chapter of Hadassah in London, the goundbreaking ceremony for the London Jewish Community Village, and the community council's fiftieth anniversary. Individuals identified in the photos include future senator Jerry Grafstein and actor Paul Soles.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digital reproductions available.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Places

London (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

55

Material Format

textual record

Date

19709

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jewish related issues in Belleville. Of special interest is the correspondence about the religious education in public primary schools.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions