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Farband Folk Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – 1935.

Accession Number: 1997-12-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-12-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Date: 1935

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a group photograph taken at theTenth Jubilee of the Farband Folk Shule in Toronto on May 28, 1935.

Source: Archival Accessions

Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [19--].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2919

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2919

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [19--]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification, see accession record.

Notes: Photo by Schlochter.

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Students

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [193-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2917

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2917

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband

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: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mothers' group, Farband Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1932].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6069

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6069

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1932]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mothers' Group Farband Shule, Toronto, probably in High Park.

Notes: Original: Modern Studio Toronto.

Name Access: Farband Shule

Subjects: Mothers; 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: High Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1993-9-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Class, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [1925 or 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2562

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2562

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1925 or 1926]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification see accession record.

Notes: Photo by M. Schlochter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Farband

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband folks shule picnic [graphic material] – [ca. 1936].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4747

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4747

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1936]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Copy photograph of a Farband Folk Shule picnic.; Front row, third from right: Ethel Brody; Second row, from left: Marshall Alexander, Ben Kirshenbaum; Third row: George Cass; Fourth row: Miriam Fogel, [unknown], [unknown], Abbie Edelstein; Fifth row, middle, in dark tunic: Sarah Metchik; Sixth row: Rosie Straff, Laya Kurtzman, Myrtle Kachuk, Pearl F., [unknown], George Steinhaus; Back row: Leible Manson.

Name Access: Farband Folk Shule; Brody, Ehtel; Alexander, Marshall; Kirshenbaum, Ben; Cass, George; Fogel, Miriam; Edelstein, Abbie; Metchik, Sarah; Straff, Rosie; Kurtzman, Laya; Kachuk, Myrtle; Steinhaus, George; Manson, Leible

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

Accession Number: 1989-2-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule, Cecil St., Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1940 and 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2918

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2918

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.; Top row, far left: [?] Rigelhoff, choir master.

Name Access: Farband

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: Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shule group graduation, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2915

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2915

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Graduation class, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1928].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2916

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2916

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1928]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Seated, left to right: Esther Walerstein; Bayla Lax; Alte Freiman.; Standing, left to right: Haim Noach Kirshenbaum; Yisroel Starr; E. Chaikes (teacher); Yosef Lubek; Shlomo Zuker.

Notes: Half-tone photograph from newspaper.; Original photo by Schlachter.

Name Access: Chaikes, E.; Farband; Freiman, Alte; Kirshenbaum, Haim Noach; Lax, Bayla; Lubek, Yosef; Starr, Yisroel; Walerstein, Esther; Zuker, Shlomo

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Sholom Aleichem Club, Farband Folks Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – 1927.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2561

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2561

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1927

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Notes: Photo by Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Sholom Aleichem Club; Farband

Subjects: Clubs

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: 1981-3-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Jewish Folks Shule 10th Anniversary [graphic material] – [ca 1935].

Accession Number: 1999-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1999-11-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm and 9 x 10 cm

Date: [ca 1935]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one original and two copy prints of groups of students and teachers at the time of the 10th anniversary of the school. Identifying information is included for the three photographs.

Administrative History: The Farband Jewish Folk Shule was founded in the mid 1920s.

Source: Archival Accessions

Students at Farband Folks Shule, 10th Anniversary celebration, Toronto [graphic material] – 1935.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2920

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2920

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1935

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Anniversaries; 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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Peretz Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – 1921.

Level: Item

ID: Item 258

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 258

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1921

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 27 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of students at the Peretz Shule

Notes: Photograph has an inscription in Hebrew and is dated May 1921.

Name Access: Peretz Shule

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.

Creator: Workman's Circle

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Peretz Shule, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1923].

Level: Item

ID: Item 256

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 256

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1923]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 23 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: The item is a photograph of students of the Peretz Shule.

Notes: This photograph is not the original print.; The photograph has been plaque mounted.

Name Access: Peretz Shule

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.

Creator: Workmen's Circle

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband picnic wear, Toronto [graphic material] – [before 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1273

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1273

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [before 1918]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Identified in this photograph are: Mr Causen, Mr Frankel, Zalman Cohen, Dave Gold, Mr Mitchell, Lewis Freedman, Gittel Shapiro

Name Access: Farband

Subjects: Picnics

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

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband group in yard, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2463

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2463

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband group, taken in a yard. Identified are Willie Silverberg; Abi Shatz; Benny Shatz; and Mr. Frankel.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Farband; Frankel, Mr.; Shatz, Abi; Shatz, Benny; Silverberg, Willie

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: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband group in yard, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2462

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2462

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband, taken in a yard. Identified are Joe Cash and Louis Shatz.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Farband

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: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Institute

Address: 24 Cecil Street

Source: Landmarks

The Labour Zionist Order was an outgrowth of the Labour Zionist party in Israel (the Mapai party). They carried out a number of different functions. They were pro-labour and pro-Zionist. They acted as a mutual benefit society—the Labour Zionist Alliance or Farband, formally known as the Jewish National Workers Alliance or Farband Labour Zionist Order. They also operated a school for children called the Farband Folks Shule (later Bialik Hebrew Day School). There was a fundraising organization that they oversaw called the Israel Histadrut of Toronto whose annual campaign raised money for the Israel Histadrut in Israel (the Federation of Labour in Israel), founded in 1920. The campaign money was used to fund economic, trade union, military, social, and cultural activities in Israel, as well as to provide a comprehensive system of health insurance and hospital services to workers. The Israel Histadrut campaign in Toronto had an autonomous executive board, however it's activities were overseen by the Labour Zionist Order.

Address: 24 Cecil Street

Time Period: 1922-

Scope Note: The Labour Zionist Order was an outgrowth of the Labour Zionist party in Israel (the Mapai party). They carried out a number of different functions. They were pro-labour and pro-Zionist. They acted as a mutual benefit society—the Labour Zionist Alliance or Farband, formally known as the Jewish National Workers Alliance or Farband Labour Zionist Order. They also operated a school for children called the Farband Folks Shule (later Bialik Hebrew Day School). There was a fundraising organization that they oversaw called the Israel Histadrut of Toronto whose annual campaign raised money for the Israel Histadrut in Israel (the Federation of Labour in Israel), founded in 1920. The campaign money was used to fund economic, trade union, military, social, and cultural activities in Israel, as well as to provide a comprehensive system of health insurance and hospital services to workers. The Israel Histadrut campaign in Toronto had an autonomous executive board, however it's activities were overseen by the Labour Zionist Order.

History: The Labour Zionist Order purchased the house at 24 Cecil Street in 1922 and established a library in it. It was called the Farband Institute.

Category: Political; Organization

Source: Landmarks

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Folk Shule students [graphic material] – [ca. 1916].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3760

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3760

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1916]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Two copy photographs of a Folk Shule, probably on Beverley Street, Toronto. Sadie Sorosky (Roebuck) is in the front row, second from right.

Notes: See also: photos #3757, #3758, and #3759.

Name Access: Sorosky, Sadie

Subjects: Children; Education

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: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1985-5-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Toronto Poalei Zion (Farband) convention [graphic material] – [1917 or 1918].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1267

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1267

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1917 or 1918]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 36 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a group portrait of the attendees at the Toronto Poalei Zion convention. The group is gathered in front of a brick building. Pictured are:; Back row, left to right: [unknown], Avrom Walerstein, Sholom Katz, [unknown], Chaim Langer, [unknown], [unknown], [? Lapidus], [? Gertler], Max Kramer, Laibe Bograd (Leibel Begrad), Hersh Mayer Kirshenbaum, Louis Coldoff (Kaldovsky), [unknown], Sam Shapiro, Minnie Shapiro, Florence Manson, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Green, David Lewis, [unknown], Max Manson, [unknown].; Second row, left to right: [unknown], Esther Walerstein (child), [unknown], [unknown], S. Sokol, Mrs. Sokol, Harry Sher, Mrs. Schwartzbaum, Mr. Schwartzbaum, [unknown], Mr. Heller, [unknown], [unknown].; Third row, left to right, [unknown], Archie Edelstein, [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], Kalman Wagner, Edelstein, [unknown], [unknown], Harry Green, [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [? Shatz], [unknown], [unknown].; Front row, left to right: [unknown], [unidentified child], [?Edelstein], Yitshok Edelstein, Sarah Heller, [unknown], Mrs. Frankel, Mr. Frankel, [unknown], Percy Kates, Mrs. Kates, [unknown], [unknown], [? Ginsberg], [unknown], Chaike Appelbaum, Dave Gold, [unknown], [unknown].; Front row, left to right: [unknown], Avrom Feldman, [? Lindbaum], Zalman Cohen; Abe Shatz.

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Labor Zionism; 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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Poalei Zion (Farband) group, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1925].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2914

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2914

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1925]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Farband; 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.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Graduates of the Farband Folks Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1941].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2558

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2558

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1941]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: "Mittle Shule" -- Miriam Daskin; Michael Herzog; Belle Freiman.; Others in lower graduating class.

Notes: Photo by Famous Studios, Toronto.

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish Folks' Shule (Toronto) graduation diploma [graphic material] – 1931.

Level: Item

ID: Item 260

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 260

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1931

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a graduation diploma from the Jewish Folks' Shule.

Name Access: Jewish Folks Shulë (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Diplomas

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

Bialik Club, Farband Folks Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – 1931.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2556

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2556

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1931

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access: Bialik Club; Farband

Subjects: Clubs

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: 1981-3-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

25th Anniversary, Borochov Branch, Farband, Toronto [graphic material] – 1942.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1268

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1268

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1942

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.

Name Access: Borochov; Farband; Jewish Organizations

Subjects: Anniversaries

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: 1977-4-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Graduation class at the Farband Folks Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – 1931.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2560

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2560

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1931

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes: For identification notes, please see accession record.

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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-3-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shul rhythm band, Toronto [graphic material] – [1936 or 1937].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2356

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2356

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1936 or 1937]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of children of the Farband Folks Shul rhythm band. Pictured, bottom row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Annette Wise, Malka Abella Siegel, Ruth Zysman Snyder, June Oster, Benny Katchuk, [unidentified].; Middle row, left to right: Michael Herzog, [unidentified], [unidentified], June White, [unidentified], Sheffy [?], Adele [?], [unidentified], [Sara Ganzzweig?], [Abbi Gold?], [Molly Ganzzweig?], [unidentified], Belle Freeman.; Top row, left to right: [unidentified], Benny Kirshenbaum, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Katy Lottman.

Notes: Photo by Modern Studio.

Name Access: Adele; Farband Folks Shul; Freeman, Belle; Ganzzweig, Molly; Ganzzweig, Sara; Gold, Abbi; Herzog, Michael; Katchuk, Benny; Kirshenbaum, Benny; Lottman, Katy; Oster, June; Sheffy; Siegel, Malka Abella; Snyder, Ruth Zysman; White, June; Wise, Annette

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: 1980-12-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Workman's Circle|Toronto Peretz Shule|Camp Yungvelt [graphic material] – [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1940].

Accession Number: 1998-3-34

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1998-3-34

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1940]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a group photo of adults, probably a Workman's Circle committee. First row, fourth from left: Paul Frumhartz. Fifth from left: Boris Litman. At end of row: "Daddy" Bricks, a teacher at the Peretz Shule. Second row, third from right: J. Danielak.; Also included is a photo of the Toronto Peretz Shule choir taken in 1937 at Camp Yungvelt, a photo of a group of young girls with a teacher or counsellor in front of a cottage, and a group photo of girls (possibly a choir) in what appears to be an indoor venue.

Source: Archival Accessions

Farband of Lithuanian Jews [textual record] – 1962-1983.

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

Farband of Lithuanian Jews [graphic material] – [196-].

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

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Farband Labour Zionist [textual record] – 1973.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-9; File 125

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: 125

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1973

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of newsletters from Farband Labour Zionist Order and from Canadian Friends of Pioneering Israel

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects: Labor Zionism

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Farband of Lithuanian Jews [textual record, graphic material] – 1948-1975.

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

Farband of Lithuanian Jews [graphic material] – Dec. 1977.

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

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Peretz Shule|Camp Yungvelt [graphic material] – 1937.

Accession Number: 1997-12-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-12-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Date: 1937

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a 1937 group picture of a class at Peretz Shule. The teacher, J. Danielak is seated in the centre of the first row. There is also a group photo of the choir at Camp Yungvelt in 1937. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Seltzer are in the second row from the bottom at the far left. The choir teacher Mr. Riegelhoff is in the second row from the bottom in the centre.

Source: Archival Accessions

Graduating Class Borochov Shule [graphic material] – 1949.

Accession Number: 2004-5-67

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-67

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 17 cm on matte 18 x 22 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Date: 1949

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph and negative of the 1949 Borochov Shlule, Toronto graduating class with teacher Moishe Menachovsky.

Descriptive Notes: Identification is provided in Yiddish below the photograph.

Source: Archival Accessions

Peretz Shule and an Annual Meeting [graphic material] – [ca. 1947]-[ca. 1990].

Accession Number: 2004-5-80

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-80

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 23 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 15 cm

Date: [ca. 1947]-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of the Peretz Shule graduating class, late 1940s and photographs of an unidentified annual meeting, probably involving UJA Toronto.Identified in the meeting photogrphs are Roseanne and Steve Ain, Donald Carr, Gerald Sheff, and Ron Appleby.

Source: Archival Accessions

Folk Shule Yhoash Club [graphic material] – [ca. 1930].

Accession Number: 2016-11-28

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-28

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 16 x 20 cm and 18 x 24 cm

Date: [ca. 1930]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one original photograph, one copy print and one copy negative of the Yhoash Club of the Folks Farband Shule. Harry Steiner is in the centre of the top row. Second row (from the top), left to right: Esther Grant; Jules (or Julius) Sokoloff; Jack Mitchell is the 6th person from the left. Pearl Tennenbaum is at the right end of the 3rd row from the top. Elsie Freeman is the first person on the left of the 4th row (sitting on the floor).

Descriptive Notes: Associated Material Note: See accession 1990-12-2, photo 6515 for the same image.

Source: Archival Accessions

"Mitl shule" class of the Borochov School, Lippincott St., Toronto [graphic material] – [1955 or 1956].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4020

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4020

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1955 or 1956]

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Notes: General: "Mitl shule" is a Yiddish term that refers to a type of Jewish elementary school that was commonly found in eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.; General: For identification see back of photograph.

Subjects: Students; Teachers

Places: Lippincott Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-3-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Cast of Chassidic play performed by members of Toronto Farband [graphic material] – [ca. 1930].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3756

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3756

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1930]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Seated fifth from left: Yitzchak (Edward) Herman.

Name Access: Toronto Farband; Herman, Yitzchak (Edward)

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: 1985-5-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

2nd Picnic, Borochov Branch 124, Farband, Toronto [graphic material] – [1920 or 1921].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2471

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2471

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1920 or 1921]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of members of the Farband, Borochov Branch 124 at a picnic in Toronto. Pictured back row sixth from left, [?] Krackover; [?] Freedman.; Pictured middle row, second from left: Joe Cash; Willie Silverberg.; Pictured middle row, third from right: [?] Hoffman; Jack Herzog; Benny Cohen.; Pictured first row, left: Benny Shatz; [?] Frankel; [?] Manson (third from right).

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Borochov; Cash, Joe; Cohen, Benny; Farband; Frankel; Freedman; Herzog, Jack; Hoffman; Krackover; Manson; Shatz, Benny; Silverberg, Willie

Subjects: Picnics

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

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Teachers and students in front of the Farband Folks Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – June 3, 1940.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3509

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3509

Material Format: graphic material

Date: June 3, 1940

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes: The negative shows the complete sign.; For a similar photograph, see also #2918.

Subjects: Students; Teachers

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: 1983-1-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Workmen's Circle Peretz Shule, Montreal [graphic material] – [ca. 1919].

Level: Item

ID: Item 262

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 262

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1919]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the Workmen's Circle Peretz Shule in Montreal. The photo features the students and teachers on the front steps of the school.

Notes: Acquired May 1974.

Name Access: Peretz Shule; Workmen's Circle; I.L. Peretz; Arbeter Ring; Arbeiter Ring

Subjects: Students; Teachers

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: Montréal (Québec)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Labour Zionist Order [textual record] – 1956-1975.

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 20; Series 3; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 20

Series: 3

File: 9

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1956-1975

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records related to the Farband Labour Zionist Order including invitations to meetings and dinners, pledges, newsletters, minutes of a committee meeting, a musical revue program and an almanac directory of committee members.

Subjects: Labor Zionism

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Farband Labor Zionist Organization [textual record] – 5 Feb. 1963-1 May 1963.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Client agency correspondence series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 18; File 14

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Client agency correspondence series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 18

File: 14

Material Format: textual record

Date: 5 Feb. 1963-1 May 1963

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence with the Farband Labor Zionist Organization.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Reminiscences of Toronto - Junction Cheder and Peretz Shule in Yiddish by Mr. Cowan [textual record] – 1953.

Accession Number: 2004-5-17

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-17

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of reminiscences of the founding of the cheder in the Toronto West End called the Junction Shule and comments on the Peretz Shule. They were dictated to a friend who wrote them in Yiddish.

Administrative History: Mr. Cowan was the father of Saul Cowan and the grandfather of Trudy Cowan , who was appointed as the Alberta representative of the Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada in 1985.

Descriptive Notes: Language note: Yiddish

Source: Archival Accessions

"Borochovtses" picnic, (Borochov Branch Farband Ladies' Group), Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1920].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2468

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2468

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1920]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a group photograph of the Ladies' auxiliary of Farband Borochov Branch 124, at a picnic in Toronto. Identified are Lillian Edelstein, Max Hoffman, Charlie Krackover; Ida Krackover; Joe Cash; [?] Frankel; Fanny Herzog; [?] Herzog; Willie Silverberg; [Leiblele?] Monson; Max Monson; Florence Monson; Chaika Levinsky; [Loyke?] Freedman; Penny Shatz; Mr. Freedman; Nachman Levinsky.

Notes: From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.

Name Access: Borochov; Cash, Joe; Edelstein, Lillian; Farband; Frankel; Freedman, Loyke; Herzog, Fanny; Hoffman, Max; Krackover, Charlie; Krackover, Ida; Levinsky, Chaika; Levinsky, Nachman; Monson, Florence; Monson, Leiblele; Monson, Max; Shatz, Penny; Silverberg, Willie

Subjects: Picnics

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

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Bilu Dance Committee at Farband building, Cecil St., Toronto [graphic material] – 1948.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3728

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3728

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1948

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Subjects: Committees

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: Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1985-1-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shul elementary school graduation class, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2357

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2357

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a class portrait of the Farband Folks Shul elementary school graduation class. Pictured on the far left is Chaver Rabinovitch.

Name Access: Farband Folks Shul

Subjects: Portraits, Group; 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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-12-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband B. Borochov Branch 124 [textual record] – 1967-1979.

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 20; Series 3; File 8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 20

Series: 3

File: 8

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1967-1979

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of six program books, a seder invitation, donation receipts, a sympathy card and a form in Yiddish. The program books are for the twenty-third-to-twenty-eighth(with the exception of the twenty-fifth) annual theatrical events presented by B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labor Zionist Order. There is also a fiftieth anniversary program book (1917-1967) commemorating the Branch's golden jubilee.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Minsker Farband and Adath Shalom Synagogue [textual record] – 1929-1991.

Accession Number: 2016-11-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-14

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 12 cm textual records

Date: 1929-1991

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the history and activities of the Minsker Farband and Adath Shalom Synagogue. Included are a 50th anniversary booklet (1976), 60th anniversary booklet (1986), 65th anniversary booklet (1991) and photocopies of clippings from the Sunday Sun articles dated June 17, [1979] and May 13, 1995 reporting on the men and women (who are well beyond the age of 13) who participated in a group bar and bat mitzvah ceremony, initiated by Cantor Martin Rosenblum who participated in the ceremony as well. Records from the Minsker Farband include a navy leather bound manuscript book with "Young Minsker Social Club" embossed on the cover. "The Book of Life is Presented by William and Charlotte Kaplan in Memory of Libba Elka Kaplan, 26 JUN 1954, Ann Kaplan Goldblatt, 9 JAN 1959 and Chaim Libetsky, 13 DEC 1930. Each page of the book of life lists milestone celebrations, birth announcements and memorials. All entries were hand written in calligraphy from (1961-1968). In addition, there are two minute books handwritten in Yiddish for the periods 1929-1932 and 1935-37; meeting and executive meeting minute books and membership lists including organizations participating in The Young Mens' Minsker Farband (1948-1949); Young Men's Social Club Membership cards listing names, addresses, businesses or employers and other affiliations (1948 to 1953); an invitation and programme for Oneg Shabbat and Shabbat Morning services in honour of the 65th Anniversary of Adath Sholom Synagogue and the 25th Anniversary tribute to Cantor and Spiritual Leader Martin Rosenblum (1991); a timeline on the history of the Minsker Farband handwritten on a note pad by Ms. Bev Breslow; and an unidentified photocopy of a photograph.

Custodial History: The Adath Shalom Synagogue records belonged to donor Shae Eckler. The Minsker Farband records were given to Shae's husband Morey Eckler between 1995 and 2000. Shae could not recall the name of the original donor.

Administrative History: The Minsker Farband was established in 1926 by a small group of men who hailed from the town of Minsk, Russia. In 1927, the wives formed the Minsker Farband Ladies' Auxiliary. (Information as transcribed from the notes of Ms. Bev Breslow).

Subjects: Synagogues

Name Access: Minsker Farband (Toronto, Ont.); Adath Shalom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions