File consists of letters of congratulation to Max Hoffman relating to his role in the establishment and dedication of the Adas Israel synagogue. Also included is a key presented to him in recognition of his services to the synagogue.
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Goody Rosen was born in Toronto on 28 August 1912. He played baseball in Toronto for the Lizzies and debuted as a professional ball player in 1937. He was one of the first Jewish boys in North America to play for the major leagues. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for most of his career, moving to the New York Giants for one year, before retiring in 1946.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Goody (Goodwin) George Rosen (1912–1994) holding a golfing trophy.
Notes
This photograph was likely taken by Al Gilbert, but it is not certain.
Name Access
Brooklyn Dodgers
Lizzies
Rosen, Goody
New York Giants
Subjects
Athletes
Baseball
Portraits
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Dr. Max Kates was a Jewish dentist in Toronto. He was married to Lillian Kates, who was the founder of Camp Arowhon, a popular Jewish summer camp in Algonquin Park.
Address
Dundas and Elizabeth Streets
Time Period
ca. 1921-present
Scope Note
Dr. Max Kates was a Jewish dentist in Toronto. He was married to Lillian Kates, who was the founder of Camp Arowhon, a popular Jewish summer camp in Algonquin Park.
History
This building was designed by Benjamin Brown and was commissioned by Dr. Kates to house several stores and offices. It still stands today at the corner of Dundas and Elizabeth Streets in the heart of Toronto’s former St. John’s Ward; the area that first received the thousands of Jewish immigrants fleeing the pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe.
This file consists of photographs of members of the YM-YWHA presenting cheques and plaques to the YM-YWHA executive. Identified individuals include Morley Pape, Michael Silverman, David Andrews, Juliane Goldberg and Irene McLellen.
3 photographs (2 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
Scope and Content
File consists of one photograph and two negatives of a cheque being presented. Identified on the back of the photo are Sid Sugar, Bob Oswald, and Dave Greenberg.
File consists of two case presentations that the JFWB delivered to the Federation Communal Council. The JFWB made one case presentation with the Jewish Children's Bureau and the other with the Big Brother Movement.
Item is a presentation piece given to Phil Givens in remembrance of a North American Jewish Community meeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. The item includes text and a b&w photograph (19 x 19 cm) of Phil Givens conversing with the Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Israel Minister of Tourism, Moshe Kol.
This file consists of two photographs of Dora Till with a group of seniors in one of the Baycrest Centre residence apartments. Dora is either presenting to the group or receiving from the group an award or citation.
File consists of four negatives depicting a cheque presentation to an unidentified group of men. In one frame, one of the men speaks at an event; behind him a hanging banner reads, "...to the 27th anniversary of Israel!"
File consists of two photographs of a cheque being presented to the UJA-Israel Special Fund. Identified on the back of the second photo is William "Willie" Rosengarten.
Accession consists of clippings, correspondence, invitatations and photographs reflecting the personal life and community contributions of H. Max Swartz. The records include honours, photocopied documents, newsletters, family snapshots and portraits, Swartz's notary public stamp and a small plaque from JIAS in appreciation of Swartz's contribution as president. There are also three scrapbooks containing letters, clippings and photographs.
Custodial History
The records were donated by H. Max Swartz's son Paul.
Administrative History
H. Max Swartz (1900-1989) was born and raised in Toronto, where he worked for decades as a lawyer and was a well-known leader in the community. Swartz studied law at Osgoode Hall and subsequently worked in the law firm of Nathan Phillips for six years and also helped plan Phillips's mayoral campaigns. Swartz was in his early twenties when both his parents died, and he supported his eight younger siblings, an aunt and his grandmother. Eventually he established his own law firm. He was also elected president of the Reading Law Club of the Upper Canada Law Societ (a Jewish law club). Swartz was made a member of the King's Counsel in 1948. He married Seraphine (Serry) Marshack in 1931 and together they had two sons, Paul and Myron.
Swartz's community work started early and never flagged. In 1919, he was one of the founders of the YM-YWHA and he served on its board of directors as president, chairman and then honourary vice president. He was a board member of the United Jewish Welfare Fund and Toronto Jewish Congress, a national executive member of Canadian Jewish Congress, and president of Toronto JIAS (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services) in 1951-1952. In the 1980s, the Jewish Community Centre set up the H. Max Swartz Leadership Development Fund in his honour, and Swartz received a commendation from the mayor of Toronto for his dedication to the preservation of historic buildings, including the Gooderham flatiron building and others in the St. Lawrence Market area of the city. H. Max Swartz died at the age of 88 in 1989.
Accession consists of six photographs and one naturatlization certificate issued to William Winetraupt. The subject of the photos include the following: Chevra Kadisha, Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society (1918); First Annual Picnic of First Hungarian Sick Benevolent Society of Toronto, Scarborough Bluffs (1914); Firemen in uniform (Orillia, ON), [191-?]; unidentified family portrait; portrait of a women's organization in park, likely a picnic for orphan children.
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Accession consists of a scrapbook belonging to Max Tenenbaum documenting his year as Chair of UJA Campaign in 1960-1961. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates and posters.
Use Conditions
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Max Federman was born 18 September 1902, in Poland, the son of Issie and Hinda Federman. His father moved to Canada in 1911, but it wasn't until he finished his education in Germany in 1920 that Max joined his family in Toronto. He later married Evelyn (née Raisberg) and had one child, Lillian (Skopit).
A union leader, Labour Zionist, and ardent anti-Communist, Federman was the manager of the Fur Workers Union of Toronto, Locals 82 and 68. He was involved in a twenty-year battle with the Communist leadership of the International Fur and Leather Union, until they disbanded and merged with the International Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. He then became a member of the board of the Fur and Leather Department, International Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. He was an executive of the Toronto District Trades and Labour Council and the Trade Union Committee and an active leader in the CCF and, later, the New Democratic Party.
Federman was involved with many Jewish community organizations and held several positions such as board member of Histadrut; board member of the Jewish Labour Committee; board member of the Borochov School; chairman of the Achdut Avodah Poale Zion in Toronto and actively involved with the State of Israel Bonds. In 1948, he was instrumental in bringing to Canada over 500 furriers and their families from displaced persons camps in Germany, Austria and Italy.
Federman died on 8 August 1991 at the age of eighty-eight.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Max Federman.
Subjects
Immigrants--Canada
Labor leaders
Labor Zionists
Repro Restriction
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Related Material
See oral history #149 and #150 and CJC fonds 17, series 1 and 2, for more information on Federman's efforts in helping bring refugees into Canada following the Second World War.