Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
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
Item 4515
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4515
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1936]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 34 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original portrait of Samuel Harris, former director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association from 1924 to 1936.
Name Access
Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Cassa
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
Matte is very brittle and is cracked in several places.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-11-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
Art exhibitions series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 100; Series 8; File 73
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
Art exhibitions series
Level
File
Fonds
100
Series
8
File
73
Material Format
textual record
Date
1998
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a catalogue entitled Vienna Today and a review of the exhibit.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6518
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6518
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Goodman, Harry
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
1974-007
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1206
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1206
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1928]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a studio portrait of Harry Rosenthal. He is dressed in formal wear.
Name Access
Rosenthal, Harry
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
1977-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Sylvia Schwartz fonds
Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 26
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Sylvia Schwartz fonds
Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
Level
Item
Fonds
80
Series
1
Item
26
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Feb. 1944
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm and 13 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry J. Pollock (1920- ) was the first president of Temple Sinai and was an advertising executive, writer, and teacher. He developed an interest in the work of James Joyce and established the James Joyce Society in Toronto in 1964. Pollock has written and staged several plays that were adaptations of Joyce's works, including "Yes, I will yes," "Night boat from Dublin," and "Giacomo de Trieste." Pollock has delivered talks at Joyce symposia in Canada, Ireland, and Italy and co-edited proceedings from some of these Joyce conferences. He has also written a novel ("Gabriel") and some poetry. In addition, Pollock has written and produced several television programmes and radio documentaries. In 1969, Pollock became a fellow of Stong College, York University, and offered college tutorials on Joyce and creative writing there until 1995. He received an honourary D.Litt in 1995 from York University. He also served as the curator of the Anglo-Irish collection at McMaster University in Hamilton, 1970–1972.
Scope and Content
The item is a portrait of Harry Pollock.
Notes
Associated material note: See Fonds 0381 at the York University Archives and Special Collections for his research about James Joyce.
Name Access
Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Pollock, Harry J., 1920- (subject)
Subjects
Authors
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 accession 1990-1-5 item 5029 for a group portrait with Harry Pollock.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 38
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
37
Series
4
Item
38
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[197-?]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Topper was a furrier in Toronto and champion for Yiddish and Jewish education. He was president of Reliable Fur Dressers and Dyers of Toronto on Richmond Street and a member of the Furriers Group. He was awarded the Citation for Community Service by the Herzliah and Jewish Teachers Seminary in New York, and a fellowship was created in his name. A testimonial dinner was held in his honour at Beth Tzedec in 1972 by the Toronto Friends of Herzliah-Jewish Teachers Seminary.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Harry Topper.
Name Access
Topper, Harry
Repro Restriction
Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 37
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
37
Series
4
Item
37
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[197-?]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Silverberg was a sports announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball team and a long time manager for the Lizzies. Harry was also a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue.
Scope and Content
Portrait of Harry Silverberg.
Name Access
Silverberg, Harry
Subjects
Sportscasters
Repro Restriction
Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Abraham Levine family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 3; Item 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Abraham Levine family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
3
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harry Levine taken in Toronto. He is wearing a tuxedo.
Notes
Mounted in cardboard oval frame.
Photographer: A. A. Gray and co., Toronto.
Name Access
Levine, Harry
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Moses Levine family series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 25; Series 1; Item 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Levine and Cass family fonds
Moses Levine family series
Level
Item
Fonds
25
Series
1
Item
17
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1925]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Harry Levine taken in a Toronto studio when he was approximately twenty-two years old.
Notes
Photographer: Lyttle & Kennedy Studios.
Name Access
Levine, Harry
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 good condition.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
Harris family series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 115; Series 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
Harris family series
Level
Series
Fonds
115
Series
1
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Date
1880-2004
Physical Description
535 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (148 negatives) ; 15 x 20 cm on mat 23 x 30 cm or smaller
2 folders of textual records
1 artifact
Scope and Content
Series consists of photographs documenting the various members of the Harris family, including the patriarch and matriarch, Samuel and Sarah Harris, and the families and descendants of their three sons, Samuel Aaron, William and Louis. Also included is a small amount of textual records related to Sgt. Fred Harris' service in the Canadian Armed Forces, certificates belonging to Samuel Aaron Harris, and wedding memorabilia related to Rose Geldzaeler Harris' marriage to Samuel A. Harris, including a section of Rose’s bouquet.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
Harris family series
Louis Harris sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 115; Series 1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Thelma Harris Rose family fonds
Harris family series
Louis Harris sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
115
Series
1-6
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1927]
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Louis Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). He married Helen Gallander.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of a copy photograph of Louis Harris' graduation photo.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 273
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
273
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a photograph of Harry Steiner.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 299
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
299
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Zifkin.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 222
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
222
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph negative : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a negative of a photograph of Harry Rosenthal. the negative is accompanied by a letter from Joseph Eisenberg.
Name Access
Harry Rosenthal
Joseph Eisenberg
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 81
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
81
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a portrait photograph of Milton Harris.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 90
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
90
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[196-?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of portrait photographs of Dr. Harry Heffler.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 123
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
123
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Kelman.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 6; File 218
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Publicity photographs of people and events series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
6
File
218
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
The file consists of a photograph of Harry Rosen.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 35
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
35
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Posen was born in 1908, in Pinsk, Poland, to Yakov Shleime and Ethel (née Stravietz) Posenitsky. He was married to Blanche (née Cohen) Spiegel Posen and had three children: Karen (Davidman), Stephen, and David. Blanche also had two other children from a previous marraige: Barry Spiegel and Joy (née Spiegel) Cohen. Harry Posen was the co-owner of a dental laboratory named Posen and Furie. He was a member of Holy Blossom Temple and Ontario Men's O.R.T. He died on 20 May 1985.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Harry Posen.
Subjects
Immigrants--Canada
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 43
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
43
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Simon was born on 15 July 1909, in Russia, the son of Sam and Rachel Simon. He immigrated to Toronto in 1924 with his parents, and in 1930, he married Eva (née Millman). Together, they had a son named Morris.
Simon was most active in the field of labour-management relations. At the age of twenty, he represented the Fur Workers Union as its business agent, and went on to act as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, a Canadian representative of the International Leather Goods Union and the American Federation of Labour. He served on many conciliation boards and helped settle numerous industrial disputes. He was considered to be the youngest labour leader in Canada.
Simon was actively involved in the community as the regional director for the Canadian Labour Congress; on the regional council of the Canadian Jewish Congress; chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee in Toronto; vice-chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Toronto Labour Council; affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Independent Workers' Circle, the Fur Workers Union, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters of America; on the Executive of Histadrut; and on the Board of the Borochov School.
Harry Simon passed away on 22 December 1993, at the age of 84.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Harry Simon.
Name Access
Simon, Harry, 1909-1993
Subjects
Immigrants--Canada
Labor leaders
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 46
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
46
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Ungerman was born in 1912, to Isaac and Jenny (née Sopman) Ungerman. Early on, he was involved in the family poultry business with his father and his brothers, Jack, Irving, Karl and David. In later years, Ungerman became a builder. He was married to Yetta, who, in 1937, was the first Jewish nurse to graduate from the Toronto General Hospital. Together they had three children: Larry, Alan and Karyn (Pasternac). Ungerman was a member of Beth Sholom Synagogue and a long-time supporter of Baycrest Hospital. He died on 25 June 2004, at the age of 91.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Harry Ungerman.
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-9
File
112
Material Format
textual record
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence to and from Sydney Harris, Chairman of the CJC Central Region.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2010-4-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2010-4-4
Material Format
graphic material (electronic)
textual record (electronic)
Physical Description
88 photographs (jpg) : b&w
3 textual records (jpg)
Date
[ca. 1940-2008], predominant 1940-1945
Scope and Content
Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document Harry Wolfson's experiences during the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of Harry's military activities, his travels across Canada, and his experience working on Vancouver Island. Scanned records are selections from an album maintained by Harry.
Administrative History
Harry Wolfson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from December 1942 to August 1945. After the war he spent a year maintaining the runways and telephone lines on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.
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.
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2010-6-12
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2010-6-12
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1945
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one postcard sent to Mrs. M. Gelber of Toronto inviting her to see Sir Ellsworth Flavelle, Chairman of the Canadian Palestine Committee, speak on the Palestine issue on Saturday November 3rd, 1945.
Custodial History
The postcard was sent to the archives by Eiran Harris, Archivist Emeritus, at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2013-10-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2013-10-4
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 20 cm
Date
1937-1977, predominant 1963-1970
Scope and Content
Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Harry Share's involvement in the B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order. Included are speeches, photographs and anniversary books documenting the B. Borochov Branch 124's 20th, 50th, 55th, and 60th anniversaries. Also included are invitations to Labour Zionist events in Toronto and two issues of the Jewish Standard which contain articles on the Farband Labour Zionist Movement, one of which was written by Harry.
Custodial History
Records were donated to the OJA by Harry's daughter Razy Share Stolberg.
Administrative History
Harry Share was born in 1895 in Poland. By the age of 21 he was living in Toronto and married Sonia (or Sofie) Dworkin (1897-1956) on February 11, 1916. They had four children together: Belle Lewis, Francis, Stanley, and Razy. Harry briefly ran a restaurant on College and Brunswick called Segals and later operated a cafeteria in the Silknit factory. He was very active in the labour Farband movement out of the B. Borochov Branch 124. He was also involved on committees concerning Camp Kvutza and served as the camp's chef at one point. Sonia was also active in Farband movement through Pioneer Women. Harry passed away in 1983 at the age of 89.
Subjects
Labor Zionism
Societies
Name Access
Share, Harry, 1895-1983
Share, Sonia
Farband Labour Zionist Order
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2015-4-3
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2015-4-3
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
41 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and smaller
1 folder of textual records
Date
1964-1976
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs of Hon. Sydney Harris' activities with the Canadian Jewish Congress and as part of a Canadian delegation to the World Jewish Congress events. Among the events being photographed: World Jewish Congress Sixth Plenary Assembly in Jerusalem in 1975, World Jewish Congress Executive Meetings in Geneva in 1968 and Jerusalem in 1970, CJC Representatives Conference in Hamilton, a Central Region Meeting in 1964 and the International Conference on Soviet Jewry in Brussels in 1976. Also included is a programme from a Tribute Dinner presenting the Canada Israel Friendship Award to Honourable R. Roy McMurtry. Identified in the photographs: Sydney Harris, Enid Harris, Monroe Abbey, Minnie Abbey, Max Melamet, Evie Melamet, [?] Becher, Marcus Einfeld, Sol Kanee, Sam Sable, David Satok, Leon Kronitz, Saul Hayes, Beatrice Hays, Daniel Lewis, [?] Fidler, Leon Teitelbaum, [?] Rowe, [?] Daniels, Gerhard Riegner, Lord Sieff, Lady Reading, Stephen Roth, Harry Steiner, Meyer Sarner, Goldie Sarner, Julie Hayman, Leah Seller, [?] Finkleman, Sam Bronfman, Dave Peters, Shelly Kent, Sally Kent, Joachim Schneeweiss, Aryeh Tartakower, Zalman Shazar, Joachim Prinz, Nahum Goldman, John Roberts, Serge Joyal, Ruth [?], William Wexler, and Hugo Gryn.
Administrative History
Sydney Harris (1917-2009) was born on June 23, 1917, to Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris (nee: Geldzaeler). Samuel worked as a salesman. Sydney's maternal grandparents, Mark and Yetta Geldzaeler (nee: Shumer) immigrated to Toronto in the 1880s. Mark Geldzaeler was the Chazan at Holy Blossom Temple. Sydney's paternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Harris (nee: Buker), and their children, also immigrated to Canada in the 1890s. Samuel Harris (senior) owned the Harris Delicatessen (later a tobacco store) and was one of the founders of the Hebrew Free Loan Society. Sydney Harris received degrees from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, and then worked as a lawyer in Ottawa. He, along with Harold Rubenstein, founded the law firm of Harris and Rubenstein. Appointed as a judge of the Ontario Provincial Court in 1976, he rendered decisions on very noteworthy cases. In 1978 he acquitted officers of the Pink Triangle Press and gay magazine Body Politic of charges of possession and distribution of obscene materials. He also dismissed the charges against Magder Furs for doing business on a Sunday. In 1988, he convicted NHL player Dino Ciccarelli for his on-ice attack on a player from the opposing team. He became a small claims court judge when he retired in 1982, and was also a part-time member of the Ontario Assessment Review Board, a referee for the Law Society of Upper Canada and a lay appointee of the Council for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Sydney Harris was a human rights advocate, fighting for stronger laws in the Criminal Code to combat neo-Nazism. He was also a fervent supporter of the civil rights movement, even meeting with Martin Luther King Junior in 1963. He was active in the Jewish community, serving as president of the Canadian Council of Reform Congregations national president of Toronto Jewish Vocational Services, and president Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem. He was also a founding member of Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith. Most notably, he served as president of Canadian Jewish Congress, after serving on CJC's National Executive Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee and Religious Welfare Committee. He was secretary of Holy Blossom Temple's board, and then active at Temple Sinai. He was also known for his opposition to religious education in public schools. Sydney married Enid Pearlman, a registered nurse, in 1950 and they had two children, Mark and David. Sydney Harris died on January 17, 2009.
Name Access
Harris, Sydney, 1917-2009
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1974-007
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1974-007
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
Date
[192-?]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.
Administrative History
Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.
Subjects
Contractors
Name Access
Goldman, Harry
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1994-10-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1994-10-4
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1926
Scope and Content
Accession consists of an agreement document between the Kehilla of Toronto and Harry Elster, shochet.
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1989-10-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1989-10-4
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1989
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a souvenier booklet celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda Poale Zion and the 40th anniversaries of Anielewitch Branch Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.) and Zerubavel - Federman Branch L.Z.A.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Labor Zionism
Name Access
Simon, Harry, 1909-1993
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2005-8-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2005-8-4
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1907
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a Goel Tzedec Synagogue seat deed for Harris Yanover, purchased in 1907.
Administrative History
Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania and was first situated in a room at Richmond and York Streets. Three years later a former Methodist church at University Avenue at Elm Street was purchased and remodelled. In 1904 the congregation hired an architect to construct a new building and in February of 1907, the synagogue on University Avenue was dedicated. It became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.
During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.
In September of 1952, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue Beth Hamidrash Hagadol, amalgamated to form Beth Tzedec.
Harris Yanover was the grandfather of Rayna Rabin.
Subjects
Synagogues
Religion
Name Access
Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2006-1-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2006-1-2
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
ca. 190 photographs: b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
1 painting: oil on canvas ; 77 x 63 cm in frame 91 x 78
35 cm of textual records
Date
1901-2005
Scope and Content
The accession includes a oil painting of Henry Dworkin, the grandfather of the donor. The painting was created by Sam Soboloff, who owned a tobacco store on St. Clair Avenue West during the 1920s.
In addition, the accession consists of graphic and textual material including photographs of the Dworkin and Goldstick familes and the Dworkin travel business, correspondence written by the Dworkins, press clippings, an album of condolences on the death of Henry Dworkin in 1928, as well as other material. Item lists of the materials, compiled previously, are included in the box.
Custodial History
Item lists found in the boxes indicate that these records belonged to Ellen (Honey) Arthurs.
Administrative History
Harry William (Raxlen) Arthurs was born on May 9, 1935 in Toronto to Lewis and Ellen Honey Raxlen. He was adopted in 1942 by Leon Arthurs of Toronto, Honey's second husband. He is the grandson of Dorothy and Henry Dworkin. His sister Cinda was born on Sept. 1, 1942, also in Toronto. In 1958, Arthurs married Sheila Rubin. After their divorce, he remarried Penelope Milnes and together they had two sons, Joshua and Gideon.
Harry Arthurs received his B.A. in 1955 and his LL.B. in 1958, both from the University of Toronto. He received his Masters of Law in 1959 from Harvard and joined Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970, Arthurs served as Associate Dean and then as Dean, from 1972 to 1977. Arthurs served as president and vice-chancellor of York University from 1985 to 1992.
Arthurs is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1982), an Officer of the Order of Canada (1989), a Member of the Order of Ontario (1995), and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2003). He was awarded the D.W. Mundell Medal in 1988, the first Killam Laureate in the Social Sciences in 2002, and the first Bora Laskin Award for Distinguished Contribution to Labour Law in 2003. His many publications include his book "Without the Law: Administrative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Nineteenth Century England."
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Name Access
Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2007-7-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2007-7-2
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
3 photographs : col ; 28 x 36 cm
Date
[198-?]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of three photographs of the Thunder Bay Synagogue Torahs and an obituary for Herman Redich.
Places
Thunder Bay, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
Passenger Names
Ackroyd, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Ackroyd, Harry
Page Number
338
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Baxter, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Baxter, Harry
Page Number
557
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Canton, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Canton, Harry
Page Number
702
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Cohen, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Cohen, Harry
Page Number
394
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Davis, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Davis, Harry
Page Number
360
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Epstein, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Epstein, Harry
Page Number
711
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Freedman, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Freedman, Harry
Page Number
281
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Glickman, Harris
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Glickman, Harris
Page Number
387
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Glickman, Harris
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Glickman, Harris
Page Number
225
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Greenblatt, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Greenblatt, Harry
Page Number
422
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, John
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, John
Page Number
563
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, Mark
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, Mark
Page Number
782
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, T.
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Harris, T.
Page Number
479
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Mannis, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Mannis, Harry
Page Number
246
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Monroe, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Monroe, Harry
Page Number
688
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Nochman, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Nochman, Harry
Page Number
702
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Philips, Harry
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Philips, Harry
Page Number
559
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger