- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 259
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 259
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of 2 portrait photographs of Avrum Siegel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Siegel (4 December 1916 - 18 November 2010) was the fifth child born to Ida and Isidore Siegel in 1916. During the start of the Second World War, Avrom signed up for active service with the RCAF. He was told that the RCAF had too many navigators and was reassigned as a radar operator instead. He was sent to the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario where he was educated in electricty and radio. He was then sent to a Royal Canadian Air Force radar training school in Clinton, Ontario. Once graduated, Avrom was stationed overseas in England as a Flight Lieutenant with the operational radar wing of the RCAF, known as the 72 Wing.
- After the war, he was a successful businessman in two businesses. He was also an enthusiastic contributor of his time and energy to many community causes. Avrom was married to his wife Liv for 64 years and had three children, Herman, Leonard (Patti), and Eric (Denyse). He also had five grandchildren, Margaret, Aaron, Jessica, Simon, and Phillipe.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Avrom Siegel.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Siegel, Avrom, 1916-2010 (subject)
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 18 for items on the Siegel family, and item 18 for a portrait of Avrom in 1942.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Siegel was the fifth child born to Ida and Isidore Siegel in 1916. During the start of the Second World War, Avrom signed up for active service with the RCAF. He was told that the RCAF had too many navigators and was reassigned as a radar operator instead. He was sent to the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario where he was educated in electricty and radio. He was then sent to a Royal Air Force radar training school in Clinton, Ontario. Once graduated, Avrom was stationed overseas in England with the operational radar wing of the RAF, known as the 72 Wing.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Avrom Siegel in uniform, standing in a garden.
- Notes
- Photograph is a Kodacolor print made by the Eastman Kodak Company.
- 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
- The colour dyes of the photograph have faded over the years and have become various shades of mustard yellow.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 168
- Quantity
- 1
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- This is a recorded lecture for the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood group.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally from Lithuania, her parents Samuel and Hannah Ruth (née Ticktin) Lewis immigrated to the United States in the mid-1880s with their two sons, Abe and Charles. Ida was the only Lewis child to be born in the United States. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. Ida was educated in both Pittsburgh and Toronto public schools and attended the University of Toronto.
- On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. They had 6 children: Rohama, Leah Gittel (Labovitz), David Isar, Sarah (Sairlee), Avrom Fichel, Rivka Hadassah.
- An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies Zionist society in Canada, in 1899. She was also responsible for founding the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. She was instrumental in the organization of the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward. This eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements and the Toronto Board of Education (elected to Board, 1930-36) and the Toronto Bureau of Jewish Education (honorary secretary). In 1917, Ida helped to organize a fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. This would later become the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Ida Siegel.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida, 1885-1982 (subject)
- 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.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 15 (Ida Lewis Siegel fonds).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1971]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Ida Siegel, possibly taken at the Dewson Street Public School.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2314
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2314
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 7 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Siegel house in Cochrane, Ontario. The house is one of several pictured on the edge of a lake, and is indicated by an arrow drawn on the print.
- Name Access
- Siegel family
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-4-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 599 photographs : b&w and col. (1 negative) ; 28 x 38 cm or smaller
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 1890]-1982
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 3 albums and loose photos related to Ida Siegel and extended family. Photos depict summer outings, family get togethers, and Ida Siegel's volunteer work. Also included are awards, publications relating to her charitable work, and condolences upon her passing. In addition there is a condolence scrapbook prepared by the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. One album is devoted solely to her daughter Sair Lee. Family names in photos include: Koffman, Rittenberg, Lewis, Kaufman, Labovitz, Kossin, Rubin, Curt, Sontag, Slatt (Turofsky), Hersh, Tickten, Jones, and Silver.
- Administrative History
- Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1982) was instrumental in the founding and development of several prominent Jewish organizations, such as the Daughters of Zion, Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society and the YM-YWHA. She was also particularly active in the educational sector and in campaigning for the rights of female educators. She was internationally known for her devotion to Jewish learning and for her contributions to the development of the Toronto Jewish community. Ida was born to Samuel Lewis (b. 1859) and Hannah Ruth (Ticktin) Lewis (b. 1864) on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first child to be born in the United States after her parents immigrated from Lithuania. She had two brothers, Abe Lewis (b. 1880) and Charles S. Lewis (b. 1883). She attended elementary school in Pittsburgh, and in 1894, she and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. Isidore was a travelling peddler, and later, owner of a store in Cochrane, Ontario. Together, they had six children: Rohama Lee (1905-?), Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (1907-2004), David Isar (1909-2004), Sarah (Sontag) (1912-1942), Avrom Fichel (1916-2010), and Rivka Hadassah (Gurau) (1923-2001). Ida is credited with helping to found a large number of Jewish philanthropic and social organizations including the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies' Zionist society in Canada (1899); the Herzl Girls' Club (1904); Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada (1916); the Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, which developed into the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society (1907); the YM-YWHA (1919); the Women’s League of the United Synagogues of America in Toronto (192-); the Goel Tzedec Sunday School (1914); and the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood (192-). She was also named honorary president of the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood in 1953. With the help of her brother Abe, Ida formed the first free Jewish Dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward, which was the forerunner to the Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida also helped form a unified fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1917), which would become the current UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. However, Ida was denied a seat on the executive after campaigning for a female representative. Always involved in the field of education, Ida was one of the original founders of the Home and School Association in 1919. In 1930, she became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education, a post which she held for six years. She was later named honorary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education. In 1937, she ran unsuccessfully for alderman in Toronto, but remained politically active with the Association of Women's Electors. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1915 onward and was an outspoken opponent of both world wars. Throughout her lifetime, Ida held the position of national vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada, sat on the executive board of the Canadian Jewish Congress and was a member of the Jewish Historical Society. Her religious affiliations were with Goel Tzedec, Beth Tzedec, Shaar Shomayim and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 38; Series 7-13; File 7
- 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
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931-1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of personal and professional correspondence belonging to Ida Siegel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Always involved in the field of education, Ida Siegel became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education in 1930. She held this post for six years. She was later named honourary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Siegel. She is in formal dress. The photograph was used for the Board of Education composite portrait for 1933.
- Notes
- Stamp, verso:
- Photograph by Ashley & Crippen
- Please give credit line
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1272
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1272
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned
- Scope and Content
- Identified in the photograph is: Esther Dworsky, Fanny Dworsky, Razel Cohen, 'The Zaida' Avram Laib Cohen, Bernard Cohen, Norman Cohen, Bennie Dworsky, Esther Cohen, Zalman Cohen, Rose Zelmanor, Jack Zelmanor, Benjamin Cohen, Gittle Cohen
- Name Access
- Cohen, Avrom Leib
- Cohen, Avram Laib
- Cohen, Benjamin
- Cohen, Bernard
- Cohen, Esther
- Cohen, Gittle
- Cohen, Norman
- Cohen, Razel
- Cohen, Zalman
- Dworsky, Bennie
- Dworsky, Esther
- Dworsky, Fanny
- Zelmanor, Jack
- Zelmanor, 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 15
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1892-1980
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Ida Lewis Siegel (1885-1982) was instrumental in the founding and development of several prominent Jewish organizations, such as the Daughters of Zion, Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Canada, the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society and the YM-YWHA She was also particularly active in the educational sector and in campaigning for the rights of female educators. She was internationally known for her devotion to Jewish learning and for her contributions to the development of the Toronto Jewish community.
- Ida was born to Samuel Lewis (b. 1859) and Hannah Ruth (Ticktin) Lewis (b. 1864) on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the first child to be born in the United States after her parents immigrated from Lithuania. She had two brothers, Abe Lewis (b. 1880) and Charles S. Lewis (b. 1883). She attended elementary school in Pittsburgh, and in 1894, she and her family moved to Toronto.
- On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel at the Elm Street Synagogue. Isidore was a travelling peddler, and later, owner of a store in Cochrane, Ontario. Together, they had six children: Rohama Lee (1905-?), Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (1907-2004), David Isar (1909-2004), Sarah (Sontag) (1912-1942), Avrom Fichel (1916-2010), and Rivka Hadassah (Gurau) (1923-2001).
- Ida is credited with helping to found a large number of Jewish philanthropic and social organizations including the Daughters of Zion, the first ladies' Zionist society in Canada (1899); the Herzl Girls' Club (1904); Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Canada (1916); the Hebrew Ladies' Sewing Circle, which developed into the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society (1907); the YM-YWHA (1919); the Women’s League of the United Synagogues of America in Toronto (192-); the Goel Tzedec Sunday School (1914); and the Goel Tzedec Sisterhood (192-). She was also named honorary president of the Beth Tzedec Sisterhood in 1953. With the help of her brother Abe, Ida formed the first free Jewish Dispensary in Toronto, located on Elizabeth Street in the Ward, which was the forerunner to the Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Ida also helped form a unified fundraising body for the Jewish community known as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (1917), which would become the current UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. However, Ida was denied a seat on the executive after campaigning for a female representative.
- Always involved in the field of education, Ida was one of the original founders of the Home and School Association in 1919. In 1930, she became the first Jewish woman to be elected to the Toronto Board of Education, a post which she held for six years. She was later named honorary secretary of the Toronto Board of Jewish Education. In 1937, she ran unsuccessfully for alderman in Toronto, but remained politically active with the Association of Women's Electors. She was active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1915 onward and was an outspoken opponent of both world wars. Throughout her lifetime, Ida held the position of national vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada, sat on the executive board of the Canadian Jewish Congress and was a member of the Jewish Historical Society.
- Her religious affiliations were with Goel Tzedec, Beth Tzedec, Shaar Shomayim and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- Custodial History
- The records were created by Ida Siegel and were in her possession until 1982. After her death, her son Avrom and daughter Rivka took possession of the records until they were donated to the archives in 1998 and 2004.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by Ida Siegel, documenting her personal and professional life, along with her philanthropic work. The types of records include personal reminiscences, diaries and memoirs, family correspondence, professional correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, newsclippings, oral histories and photographs.
- Notes
- Includes 30 photographs, 2 scrapbooks, 13 audio cassettes and 7 audio reels.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Siegel, Isidore Hirsch
- Siegel, Leah Gittel (Labovitz) (Sadker)
- Siegel, Rohama Lee
- Siegel, David Isar
- Siegel, Sarah (Sontag)
- Siegel, Avrom Fichel
- Siegel, Rivka Hadassah (Gurau)
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- 1979-1-3
- 1980-3-4
- MG2 O1l
- MG2 O1m
- National Council of Jewish Women fonds 38
- Arrangement
- Records had previously been placed in acid free boxes and file folders and labeled according to their contents.
- Creator
- Siegel, Ida Lewis, 1885-1982
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- 2004-5-129
- 2004-5-163
- 2005-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- For ten years, during her 80s, Ida volunteered her time to teach civics classes to immigrant children at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto. She spoke with the children about her own experiences as an immigrant in Canada and arranged for special field trips.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Ida Siegel in a children's library. It was likely taken at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Leah Gittel, Rohama Lee, and David Isar were the first, second, and third children born to Ida and Isidore Siegel.
- Leah Gittel moved to the United States to study nursing. She met and married Rabbi Jerome Labovitz in Philadelphia.
- Rohama graduated from the University of Toronto and became a writer. She was a journalist in Canada during the late 1930s and early 1940s. She then moved to the United States in the 1940s and lived in New York City. She co-wrote the 1943 film "Tonight We Raid Calais" and the 1938 film "We're Going to Be Rich" and several short film scripts for the Office of War Information during the Second World War. Later, she edited Film News, a leading film industry magazine.
- David served in the Second World War as a flight lieutenant in the RCAF. He graduated from McMaster University and the Ontario College of Education and became a public school teacher. He later moved to the United States and became executive director of several synagogues and Jewish centres in New York and New Jersey. David married Ada Steinberg.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of the Steinberg siblings. Identified from left, Shulamit, Ada and Leo Steinberg. Judging by the clothing, the photograph was likely taken around 1940.
- Subjects
- Brothers and sisters
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Ida Siegel in a profile position.
- Notes
- Photo by Milne Studios Limited, Toronto.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is in very poor condition. It has become brittle and cracked and is torn is several areas.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Seigel flanked by her sons Avrom (left) and David (right), who were both Canadian servicemen at the time. There are several other people standing behind them. The young woman in the front to the left is Ida's daughter Rivka.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (tintype) ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of two women and Ida Siegel (standing far right). The three women are all wearing summer dresses.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1901]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 21 x 14 or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ida Lewis at the age of sixteen. The photograph was taken for Ida's high school graduation. She is dressed in a gown and hat and is standing next to an ornate chair in a studio setting.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2005-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3528
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3528
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1902
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 7 x 9 cm, on matboard, 11 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Rose, Dr. Maxwell K., Morris.
- Notes
- Photo by H. E. Peagam, 254 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Bochner, Avrom
- Bochner, Mrs. Avrom
- Bochner, Rose
- Bochner, Dr. Max
- Bochner, Morris
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2311
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2311
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Dr. David I. Siegel, most likely taken in Cochrane, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Dr. David I.
- Subjects
- Dentists
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2312
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2312
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Dr. David Siegel seated in the front passenger seat of a car.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Dr. David
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- Dentists
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Jul. 1971
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 166
- OH 167
- Subject
- Charities
- Women
- Interview Date
- 22 Jul. 1971
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Eva Kayfetz
- Total Running Time
- OH166A: 47.minutes OH166B: 5. minutes OH167A: 29. minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885-1982) was born 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to Board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Hadassah-WIZO of Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Ida Siegel discusses the formation of Hadassah in Canada and how it evolved into Hadassah-WIZO. She describes the creation of separate Hadassah branches.
In this clip, Ida Siegel explains the events that led up to the formation of a committee that she headed to write a aonstitution for Hadassah. She describes some of the struggles she encountered in the process.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 3; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Ike Siegel, chairman of Jewish Social Services, and Ann Rainvasser, the office manager at the youth centre on John Street North in Hamilton. They are both sitting at a desk and Ann is poised at a typewriter.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Source
- OJA Website
- Source
- OJA Website
Ida Siegel | Ontario Jewish Archives
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm on matte 9 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- A. Hershop may have been a cousin of Ida's, since she had a cousin named Max Wershop who lived in New York State.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of the nephew of Ida Siegel and another unidentified man. The handwriting on the verso of the photo reads: From your affectionate nephew [A. Wershop?].
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2313
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2313
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Elliot Siegel seated in a stroller in front of his father David's dental office, in Cochrane, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Siegel, Elliot
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- For ten years, while in her 80s, Ida volunteered her time to teach civics classes to immigrant children at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto. She spoke with the children about her own experiences as an immigrant in Canada and arranged for special field trips.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing in the centre of the back row, with students and teachers at the Dewson Street Public School in Toronto.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Dr. Esther Volpe and Ida Siegel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1971
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Esther Volpe and Ida Siegel
- Number
- OH 161
- OH 162
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Interview Date
- 4 Jan. 1971
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Eva Kayfetz and Stephen Spiesman
- Total Running Time
- OH161 Side 1: 47 minutes OH161 Side 2: 47 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- Toronto Historical Society lecture
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Esther Volpe (née Shulman) was born on 24 February circa 1898. As a child, she and her family briefly lived in Romington, Ontario and Havlock, Ontario. Her family later settled in Toronto. In her youth, she participated in the Herzl Girls' Club. She attended University of Toroonto in the Faculty of Arts. She married Dr. Aaron Volpe in 1921. Esther was involved in several Jewish organizations, including the old Mount Sinai Medical Auxillary, Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah, UJA Appeal, JIAS and BBYO and non-Jewish organizations, including Toronto Local Council of Women. She represented the Jewish community of Toronto on the Wartime Price and Trade Board and helped organize the Ontario Food Council.
- Ida Siegel (née Lewis) (1885–1982) was born on 14 February 1885 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1894, Ida and her family moved to Toronto. On 14 February 1905, Ida married Isidore Hirsch Siegel. They had six children. An extremely active communal leader, Ida helped found Daughters of Zion in 1899, the Herzl Girls Club in 1904 and Hadassah in 1916. In the mid-1920s, Ida established the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home,a camp for poor women with young children. She helped organize the first free Jewish dispensary in Toronto, which eventually developed into Mount Sinai Hospital. Ida was also very active in womens peace movements, the Toronto Board of Education and the Toronto Bureau (elected to board, 1930-36) of Jewish Education. In 1917, Ida helped to organize Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, which later became the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Volpe, Esther
- Siegel, Ida
- Kayfetz, Eva
- Speisman, Stephen
- Hadassah-WIZO
- National Council of Jewish Women
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In 1947, Esther Volpe was elected president of the National Council of Jewish Women. In this clip, Esther discusses how, with the support of the United Welfare Fund, the Canadian Jewish Congress, and JIAS, she helped make arrangements for groups of Jewish refugees who settled in Toronto.
In this clip, Esther Volpe explains her involvement in the creation of the Good Age Club, the first recreational program for Jewish seniors.
In this clip, Ida Siegel relates anecdotes from her childhood growing up in downtown Toronto.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home was established by Ida Siegel in the mid-1920s under the auspices of the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society. The camp was created for poor women or women of modest means with children younger than nine years of age. It was located in Bronte and then moved to Lake Simcoe during the late 1930s and became a pay camp, attracting mostly newcomers from Europe.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Sigel speaking at a meeting at the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home in Bronte, Ontario. There are several men and women seated around her.
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter from Avrom Yitsakh Gutholts to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee file
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 148; Series 1; File 70
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter from Avrom Yitsakh Gutholts to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 70
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1947]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Yitsakh Gutholts was likely from Ostrowiec, Poland, and was living in New York in the mid-1940s.
- An alternative spelling of his name is Abraham Isaac Gutholz.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Avrom Yitsakh Gutholts in New York to Max Hartstone and the United Ostrovtzer Hilfs Committee. In this letter, Avrom thanks Max for sending him addresses and mentions that he has family members in camps that he is planning on sending packages to. An envelope with multiple stamps and postmarks is included. File also contains a typed translation.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 15; File 37; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 37
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1927]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 14 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Jewish Farm School was established in 1927 by Morris Saxe, president of the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario. It was a training school for Polish war orphans brought to Canada after the First World War. It was owned and operated by Morris Saxe on his Main Street South farm in Georgetown, Ontario. Saxe, along with Eli Greenblatt of Detroit, was responsible for bringing the orphans over from Mezritch, Poland. Greenblatt raised the funds for their transportation and Saxe arranged for their entry permits. The children were allowed to enter the country, provided that they lived and worked on the farm. Their duties involved milking cows, looking after chickens, and harvesting corn and other crops. The Saxe family also owned a creamery business, first in Acton, and then on Guelph Street in Georgetown.
- The Jewish Farm School was the second attempt by Saxe to assist Jewish immigrants with agricultural training. The first was established a year prior in 1926, to help European immigrants gain knowledge of Canadian farm life. However, it succumbed to several problems, mostly related to Jewish interests in the community using the school as a way of gaining entry for immigrants who would otherwise not be eligible -- a plan which Saxe disapproved of, which created dissention within the community. When Greenblatt became involved the following year, the focus shifted to helping Jewish war orphans.
- Edmund Scheuer and Ida Siegel were most likely at the school event because of their mutual interest and involvement in aiding Jewish immigrants and in Jewish education and training.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel standing alongside Edmund Scheuer at the Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Edmund is wearing a tuxedo. The photograph may have been taken at the official opening of the school.
- Notes
- One photograph is a copy of the original.
- The writing on the copy photograph indicates that the farm was located in Guelph, which is incorrect. The date is also written as 1923, which is also incorrect, since the first school was not established until 1926, with the likely date of the photograph being 1927.
- The writing on the original photograph states that the photograph was taken in Acton, which is incorrect as the Jewish Farm School was located a short distance away in Georgetown.
- 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
- 1988-2-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions