- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 41
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [191-]-[ca. 1989]
- Physical Description
- 29 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice "Moishe" Berg (1913-1993) was a Toronto businessman who devoted much of his life to Jewish communal work and particularly to Zionist work. He was born on July 29th, 1913 in Russia to Rachel and Jacob Hochberg. He came to Canada in 1920, with his mother, two brothers, and one sister.
- Berg was educated in Toronto and became president of Maple Leaf Press, a printing and office furniture company that was founded in 1945. He was also an active member and leader of Canadian Young Judaea and past president of Ajalon Lodge. He became president of the Central Region of Young Judaea, and later, national president. He was also chairman of the Regional Young Judaea Committee and chairman of the Biluim Committee. Berg was instrumental in starting up Camp Shalom. He also served on the Board of Directors of the YM & YWHA and was active with many other Jewish groups and organizations. He was affliliated with Adath Sholom Congregation. Maurice Berg died on February 27th, 1993.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of records related to the personal and professional life of Maurice Berg and his involvement with various Zionist organizations. These organizations include Ajalon Lodge and Canadian Young Judaea. The records include scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, certificates, programmes, ephemera, clippings, bulletins, and an award certificate.
- Notes
- Includes 111 photographs : b&w and col., 3 scrapbooks, 1 album of philatelic records, and 1 artifact (Artifact #291).
- Name Access
- Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Physical Condition
- Good.
- Related Material
- See also photo #4627, 4628, and 4650
- See also fonds 2 : 6 : 62 : Item 1
- See also fonds 28-1 : 4 : 12
- See also fonds 28-1 : 7 : 22
- Arrangement
- The fonds has been arranged and described as 21 files and 1 item by the archivist. The original order was maintained where it was discernible. The scrapbooks were kept intact though some were taken out of their original physical enclosure where possible for conservation purposes. The records have been placed in acid-free folders
- Creator
- Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 41
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one diary that belonged to Maurice Berg detailing his experience in the Weston Sanitorium and those who visited him there.
- Subjects
- Diaries
- Physical Condition
- The diary has no cover.
- Fragile condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 41
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]-1977
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records and graphic material (1 scrapbook)
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one scrapbook compiled by Maurice Berg of photographs, clippings, and certificates from the Jewish National Fund of Canada, Ajalon Lodge, Camp Shalom, and other Zionist organizations.
- Subjects
- Scrapbooks
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Christian Jewish Dialogue sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-11
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of programme, guest list and memo for the banquet of the Council of Christians and Jews, presenting Mr.and Mrs. Victor Kugler with the Nicholas and Hedy Monk Award.
- Name Access
- Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
- Kugler, Victor
- Subjects
- Awards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 541
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 Mar. 1981
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of eleven negatives depicting a Toronto Jewish Congress awards event at Beth Tzedec. Sheldon Sper is depicted being recognized with a Leadership Development Award. Wilf Posluns and Irwin Gold are also identified.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Awards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of awards being given. The first photo depicts Gerry Halbert and Ray Wolfe. The second photo depicts Stephen Berger and Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg. Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Wolfe, Ray, 1917-1990
- Rosenberg, Stuart E., 1922-1990
- Subjects
- Awards
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 41
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 31 Jan. 1960
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records and graphic material (1 album)
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of an album entitled, "This is your life", a testimonial reception held by Canadian Young Judaea in honour of Maurice Berg. The album contains certificates, an invitation, photographs, correspondence, clippings, a script of reception proceedings, guest lists, and guest book signatures.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 588
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 Mar. 1982
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four negatives from the UJA Leadership Development Awards. Identified in the negatives are Wilf Posluns, Dr. Harry Krakowsky, and Barry Tissenbaum.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Krakowsky, Harry
- Posluns, Wilfred
- Tissenbaum, Barry
- Subjects
- Awards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal photographs and portraits
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Dora Till. It was used to publicize Dora as the recipient of UJWF's Ben Sadowski award in 1969.
- Notes
- Photo by Al Gilbert.
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See fonds 37, series 4, item 11 for another portrait from this same sitting.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 339
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records ; 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of Milton Harris receiving a Leadership Development Award. Ron Appelby, Milton Harris, Mrs. Harris, and Rose Wolfe are depicted. Also consists of a biographical form completed by Allen Juris for the 1978 Young Leadership Award.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Awards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 113
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1982-Mar. 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 36 photographs ; b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, programme, promotional materials, and photographs concerning the award given to Flora MacDonald at a ceremony held in Queen's Park, Toronto, on 29 April 1982.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Ben Lechtman.
- Name Access
- MacDonald, Flora, 1926-2015
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 498
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 498
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 25 x 20 cm
- Notes
- Acquired December 1974.
- Name Access
- Allen, Herb
- Heart Award
- Variety Club
- Subjects
- Awards
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5079
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5079
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 May 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the thirty-sixth annual humanitarian awards dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto. Pictured are Rabbi Harvey Meirovich and the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, the recipient of the award.
- Name Access
- Alexander, Lincoln M. (Lincoln MacCauley), 1922-2012
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Meirovich, Harvey Warren
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5080
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5080
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 May 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the thirty-sixth annual humanitarian awards dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto. Pictured are Rabbi Harvey Meirovich and the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, the recipient of the award.
- Name Access
- Alexander, Lincoln M. (Lincoln MacCauley), 1922-2012
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Meirovich, Harvey Warren
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2355
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2355
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 Jun. 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Possibly taken at Beth Tzedec.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Smith, Mr.
- United Jewish Appeal
- Sugar, Mrs. David
- Subjects
- Awards
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Jewish military portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 17 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Morton Berg.
- 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
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Monson, David, 1917-2008
- Subjects
- Awards
- Dinners and dining
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of attendance, membership and birthday lists, a programme of the 38th anniversary dinner, slate of officers nominated for the year 1968-1969, copies of the Ajalon Lodge News, a schedule of lodge meetings, Kovod Night participants, announcements of meetings and events, and general correspondence between members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of notices of events and meetings, general correspondence, lists of members, copies of the Ajalon Lodge news letter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 41
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one book entitled Ajalon Lodge : a chronicle of achievements, 1929-1979, published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Ajalon Lodge. It contains a history of the Lodge, photographs, and articles by members about Lodge activities.
- This file also consists of photographs of Maurice Berg and members of Ajalon Lodge. The events include the Ajalon Executive, including Ben Marks, Mark Zimmerman, and Willie Zimmerman among others, at their March 1965 anniversary; an Ajalon party for John Devor in 1966; and Ajalon dinners. There is also a photograph of Ajalon presidents taken in 1970.
- Notes
- Some of the photographs in this fonds have been included in the book. See book for identifications.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4173
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4173
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Back row, left to right: Yael Gordon-Brym (Board of Jewish Education consultant); Samuel Kapustin (coach).
- Front row, left to right: Mattew Finkelstein; David Levy; Darryl Kruger; Rachel Silver; Sheri Harris.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Subjects
- Awards
- Bible
- Contests
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1996-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and some graphic material
- Date
- [196-]-1994
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence relating to the Ajalon Chapter of Hadassah and the Ajalon Lodge Auxilary from the 1960s to 1994. There are many thank-you notes and letters to and from Ajalon Chapter members.
- Administrative History
- Ajalon was a Chapter of Toronto Hadassah-WIZO. Maita Newton was president of the Ajalon Chapter for a term which ended in 1982. The Ajalon Lodge was a men's club for members of the Zionist Orgainization of Canada and its affiliates.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Ajalon Lodge fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 72
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1929-1986
- Physical Description
- ca. 1.25 metres of textual records
- ca. 15 scrapbooks
- ca. 20 objects
- Admin History/Bio
- The Ajalon Lodge was first organized on 10 March 1929 as the Ajalon Club of Young Judaea. The founding members were Abe Bohnen, Hyman Cohen, Isaac Gringorten, George (Hamell) Himmelstein and Lou Hochman. The group met at the Zionist Institute at 206 Beverley Street in Toronto. The name was selected by Abe Bohnen and Mark Zimmerman, the Young Judaea supervisor, from a map of Palestine which hung in the Young Judaea library.
- The first leader of the club was Morris Kertzer followed by Al Zimmerman. In 1930 the lodge began to record its activities in scrapbooks, which it later named the Ajalon Archives. The archivists over the years included Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman.
- The club was actively involved in Young Judaea literary, social, and fundraising activities. In 1935, the club graduated from the Young Judaea movement and become a lodge of the Zionist Order Habonim. By 1939 however, the Ajalon, Balfour, Bialik, and Jaffa lodges merged into the Toronto Habonim Lodge due the waning membership as many men went off to war. After the war, the four lodges returned to their original state. In 1940, the lodge acquired club rooms on the third floor of the Zionist Building and in 1944 several wives of lodge members organized the Ajalon Ladies Auxiliary. By 1953, Habonim became the Zionist Men’s Association of Canada, an affiliate organization of the Zionist Organization of Canada and by the 1960s, Ajalon Lodge became directly affiliated with ZOC. Over the course of its existence membership in the lodge has been between 40 and 90 members.
- Ajalon Lodge participated in many fundraising campaigns for Jewish organizations in Toronto, such as the Jewish National Fund and the United Palestine Appeal. Many of its members also served on the board of directors for organizations such as the Toronto Zionist Council and Young Judaea. The lodge was involved in several fundraising initiatives, including the establishment of a kindergarten in Ashkelon, Israel in 1972. In later years the Ajalon Lodge was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the custody of both Willie Zimmerman and Meyer Bromberg before they were donated to the Archives in 1984, 1988, and 1994.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds primarily consists of the records collected and created by the Ajalon Archives Committee, under the direction of Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman. The archives are organized into scrapbooks by year and relate first to activities of Ajalon Club as a chapter of Young Judaea and then to Ajalon Lodge as a chapter of the Zionist Order Habonim. Later scrapbooks represent the lodge’s activities as part of the broader Zionist network affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada. The scrapbooks consist of photographs, event invitations, pamphlets and flyers, correspondence, editorial writings, newsletters, newsclippings, meeting minutes, activity reports, and ephemera. They begin in 1929 and run to 1983.
- Also included in the fonds are the meeting minutes, financial reports and general correspondence files of the lodge, as well as several artifacts collected by Meyer Bromberg while he was the acting archivist.
- Name Access
- Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Physical Condition
- Some of the early scrapbooks are in poor condition. The pages are brittle and are crumbling along the edges. As well, the scrapbooks require tissue-paper linings between the pages to separate the various media contained within and to prevent any further degredation, particularly of the photographs. Many of the photos in the later scrapbooks require rehousing in acid-free melanex.
- Related Material
- Related material can be found in the Zionist Organization of Canada fonds 28, the Meyer Bromberg fonds, the Maurice Berg fonds and the Willie Zimmerman fonds 41.
- Creator
- Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-11-2
- 1988-6-5
- 1994-10-3
- 2005-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence between Lodge members, notices of events, copies of the bulletin "Scope," and attendance sheets for meetings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence between members, invitations to the 38th anniversary dinner, notices of meetings, agendas of meetings, a copy of the script for the play "The Executive Meets," and a copy of the programme of the 38th anniversary dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968-1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a slate of officers recommended for election, invitations to lodge events, notices of meetings, copy of an Ajalon Lodge project in a kindergarten classroom of Keren Hayesod, and general corresopondence between members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1160
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1160
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Oct. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm on mat 29 x 33 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Moldaver was sent back to Canada from England to attend officers' training school.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Moldaver (Maldaver) seated in the sanctuary of the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario, with an assembled group of men from the B'nai Brith lodge. The lodge was presenting him with an honour award at the time of the photograph. Jack is pictured in his RCAF uniform, alongside four other Jewish servicemen. Identified individuals include:
- Harry Hoffman, Max Harris, Sender Renzen, Gord Henkle, Harry Tulchinsky, Les Pasis, Sam Sherman, Sam Finklestein, Mike Harris, Wilf Stemeroff, Dave Rosenberg, Joel Lipovitch, Sam Neiman, Harry Wise, Louis Rapoport, Ben Hoffman, Sam Rovinsky, Merf Silverstein, Norm Zaltz, Sam Silverstein, Max Sherman, Harry Solomon, Gord White, I. Raimer, William Brown, Ira Smuckler, Hy Levine, Al Gazer, Jack Moldaver, David Noble, Ben Schacher, Charles Schleifer, Saul Rovinsky, Joe Poss, Louis Kwitko, I. Sherman, Max White, Max Gazer, Benny Markovitch, Sam Bloom, Joe Lunenfeld, Harry Friedman, Bill Brown, Louis Henkle.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photo.
- See accompanying paper with photo for location of identified individuals.
- Name Access
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154
- Moldaver, Jack
- Maldaver, Jack
- Subjects
- Awards
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1159
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1159
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Oct. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 19 x 25 cm on mat 29 x 33 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Moldaver (Maldaver) being presented with an award by the Brantford B'nai Brith lodge. The photograph was taken inside the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario. Jack is wearing his RCAF uniform. Pictured from left to right are:
- Louis Henkle, Harry Tulchinsky, Sam Silverstein, Jack Moldaver, [unidentified], Harry Solomon.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photo.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154
- Moldaver, Jack
- Maldaver, Jack
- Subjects
- Awards
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2497
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2497
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Sam ruth, executive director of Baycrest Centre, Morry Wingold, president of Empire Lodge, Joe Litwin.
- Notes
- Photo taken by Harold Hundert.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Awards
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-22
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 102
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, programmes, and newspaper clippings concerning the inaugural award of the Scharansky Lectureship to Professor Irwin Cotler, 29 April 1980 at Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Cotler, Irwin
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w and col. (26 tiff) ; 21 x 26 cm
- 1 document (electronic)
- Date
- 1948-[198-], predominant 1948-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists predominantly of photographs documenting the athletic career and family life of Maurice Strauss. Included are photos of Maurice performing gymnastic stunts and with his family in Belgium prior to coming to Canada, Maurice with his wife and children in Ontario, and shots of Maurice practicing his weightlifting and competing at various locations across Ontario including, the Brunswick Y, the Bloor YMHA (now known as the Miles Nadal Community Centre), and the Northern Y (now the Prosserman Centre on the Sherman campus). Also included are images of Maurice in Israel at the Maccabiah Games and shots of his son, Joel, competing in various weightlifting competitions. Finally, accession also includes a memoir in which Maurice recounts his memories of living in German occupied Belgium during the Second World War.
- Identified in the photographs are: Maurice Strauss, Ruth Strauss, Dave Strauss, Daniel Strauss, Joel Strauss, Ida Strauss, Urin Strauss, Helen Strauss, George Chuvalo, Nate Mudrick (?), and Sherwin Desser.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Daniel Strauss, Maurice's son.
- Administrative History
- Maurice Strauss, a weightlifting champion, was born in Poland in 1929. When he was two, he moved to Brussels with his parents and older sister. A younger brother was born in Brussels. Like his father, Maurice eventually became a tailor. His father made strategic moves to protect the family, such as sending Maurice's sister to work as a maid for a non-Jewish family. Maurice wa able to move around freely by using the papers of a friend who was shot. His youngest brother did not make it out alive: he died of tuberculosis in the concentration camps. Maurice, his sister, and parents came to Toronto in 1929.
- Eventually, Maurice opened up Sunny Cleaners at Sunnyside. In 1964, he opened a menswear store at Yonge and Eglinton called Maurice Menswear. He had acumen as a businessman despite his grade seven education. He owned three laundry mat locations
- He married Ruth Speigel in 1956. She was from a cultured family. Maurice went on to university, as he felt that this was important. He studied business and French and received an honours degree. He attempted to go to Teachers College but didn't get in. He did, however, received a business degree at the age of fifty-eight. At sixty, he taught at a high school in Etobicoke; he also taught at CHAT.
- His weightlifting career began in Brussels. When he came to Toronto, he was at an advantage because of his European training, which was more advanced than Canada's athletic training. When he arrived in Toronto, he worked out at the YMHA on Brunswick and then at the newly opened YMHA at Bloor. He also coached weightlifting there.
- The family was raised in Bathurst Manor on Baycrest Avenue, where Maurice bought a home in 1957. Maureice had three sons. While the children grew up, they went to the Bathurst JCC regularly. "It was their religion," according to son Daniel. Son Joel was also a successful weightlifter and participated in the Commonwealth Games.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 122
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1970
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two photograph of Maurice Strauss, former Belgium weightlifting champ, pressing weights in the Bloor and Spadina "Y" gymnasium.
- 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
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Maurice Benzacar seated at a table. The caption on the verso of the photograph indicates that he is giving cheques to immigrants.
- 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
- Cass family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 11
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice Solway was a prominent Toronto violinist. He studied violin with Eugène Ysaÿe in Brussels from 1926 to 1928. He also wrote and lectured about music and worked as a violin teacher. He was married to Anne Cass, the niece of Sarah Levine. “Dorothy,” to whom the inscription on the photo is made, was likely his sister-in-law, either Dorothy Cass (Garfield's wife) or Dorothy Sandler (Anne's sister).
- Scope and Content
- This photograph is a portrait of Maurice Solway holding his violin. It was taken in 1926 at a photo studio in Toronto when Maurice was approximately 27 years of age.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame
- Photographer: Charles Aylett
- Inscribed bottom right-hand corner: "To Dorothy with sincerest wishes From Maurice June 4/26".
- Name Access
- Solway, Maurice
- Subjects
- Musicians
- 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.
- Related Material
- see also the Maurice Solway fonds #13
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Haberman, Maurice
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Haberman, Maurice
- Page Number
- 675
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal photographs and portraits
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ira Berg was the founder and owner of a self-named high end women's fashion store, located at Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a snapshot of Morris Till seated on a sofa with Ira Berg.
- 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
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 303
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of photographs of the Ajalon Lodge Israel tour group. A photographs are credited to El Al Israel Airlines is of the tour group on the runway tarmack as they disembark from the airplane. Other photographs in the file are of the group at the Ajalon Lodge.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1012
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1012
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- 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 Helen Berg (m. Sacks) and Anne Collis (m. PInsky) standing on the street in Oshawa, Ontario.
- Notes
- .
- Name Access
- Pinsky, Anne
- Sacks, Helen
- Subjects
- Women
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 13
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1919-1989
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Maurice Solway (1906-2001) was a violinist, music teacher, composer, author and actor who lived and worked for most of his life in Toronto. Although he was highly respected as a musician in Toronto, and thoroughly immersed in the city’s musical culture from the 1920s until the 1980s, his greatest fame came to him later in life, as an actor in the Academy Award nominated NFB short film “The Violin”.
- Maurice Solway's family lived at 164 York Street, Toronto, where he was born, in 1906. His parents, Jakob (b.1877) and Roza Solway (b.1877), had only just emigrated that year from Halofzen, Russia, where Jakob had been a musician and band leader. In Canada, Jakob adopted his father's trade and worked as a Kosher butcher, in Toronto’s St. John’s Ward. As a youth, Maurice played the violin in variety programmes with his sister, Dora, accompanying him on piano. His father was his first teacher, but he quickly showed enough promise to warrant private lessons with Harry Adaskin, and later with Dr. Luigi von Kunits, at the Canadian Academy of Music. He also studied at the Hambourg Conservatory in Toronto with Henri Czaplinsky and Geza de Kresz, starting in 1921.
- Solway began his professional career with the New Symphony, which later became the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). During the 1920s, he also played in the Famous Players Cinema orchestras that accompanied silent films, and performed lunch concerts in Toronto hotel and department store orchestras, professional venues that would disappear by the 1930s.
- From 1926 to 1928, Solway left Canada to study in Brussels with the highly regarded violinist, Eugène Ysaÿe. There he befriended other students of Ysaÿe, such as Nathan Milstein, William Primrose, Viola Mitchell, Robert Velton, and Joseph Gingold.
- Upon his return to Toronto, Solway gave several recitals that were both critically and publicly well-received. Few such opportunities, however, existed in Canada at the time, and Solway was obliged to find work in-between solo concerts. He also suffered an injury to his left hand while moving a piano in 1929 that required him to adjust his technique for three fingers and interfered with his being able to play comfortably for a number of years.
- He was married in 1930 to Anne Cass (1907-1994), and they had a son, Stephen. Facing his financial obligations to his new family, he opted for the more dependable income of orchestral playing versus the riskier and transitory life of a soloist. Besides classical music, he played with jazz groups like the Jolly Bachelor’s Orchestra, Oscar Peterson, Jerome Kern, and Percy Faith, and on numerous recordings for the CBC, CFCA, and CKGW radio stations. He also played chamber music with the Joyce Trio, founded by Simeon Joyce (piano) and featuring Charles Mathe (cello).
- In 1952, Solway retired from the TSO, dedicating himself to his chamber playing and radio work. He founded the Solway String Quartet (SSQ) in 1947, with Marcus Adeney (cello), Nathan Green (viola) and Jack Groob (violin). The quartet played a mixed repertoire that included standard classical music with more widely recognized popular songs and new compositions, especially works by Canadian composers such as Howard Cable, John Weinzweig and Jean Coulthard. Sponsored by the Ontario Board of Education and the CBC, the SSQ played rural Ontario towns and broadcast concerts for a wide demographic of music listeners. In 1955, they performed the Canadian debut of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco Quintet for guitar and strings with Andres Segovia. The SSQ, with frequent changes in personnel, continued performing until 1968. Other players in the SSQ included Robert Warburton, Martin Chenhall, Murray Adaskin, Arthur Milligan, Charles Dobias, Eugene Hudson, Berul Sugerman, Joseph Pach and Ivan Romanoff.
- In 1973, Solway was invited to act in a short children’s film “The Violin,” co-produced by George Pastic and Andrew Walsh. Solway also contributed the original music to the film, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975. Following the success of the film, Solway also appeared on television, making guest appearances with Sharon, Lois and Bram, on the Elephant Show and Mr. Dressup. During this time, his wife Anne traveled with him and managed his appointments.
- Solway was also a violin teacher throughout his career. In 1989, he published a preparatory book, Fiddling for Fun: the Visual and Aural Art of Violin Playing, in which he outlined a new theory for violin practice that proposed an easy to use visual system for familiarizing students with intervals and fingerboard positions.
- He also wrote an autobiography, Recollections of a Violinist, in 1984, and continued to lecture and speak about music. In 1981 and 1983 he devised a lecture performance series to commemorate Ysaÿe, the proceeds of which went to the establishment of a music scholarship at the Royal Conservatory. As he began to play less frequently in the 1980s, he also began to compose more regularly, completing more than one hundred compositions, primarily works for solo violin and for violin and piano. As a composer, he returned frequently to folk themes and completed a series of songs based on his travels around the world. Among his folk themes are songs inspired by his visits to such diverse countries as Norway, Maui, Japan, Israel and Spain.
- Maurice Solway was affiliated with the Beth Tzedec Synagogue and frequently contributed to charity concerts and fundraising efforts for organizations such as the Inner City Angels, a cultural society for disadvantaged children. He died in 2001 in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The Solway fonds is arranged into twelve files. The documents relate to Solway's professional activities as a musician, educator, composer, actor and author. These include printed texts, photographs, original music scores, promotional materials, programmes, audio cassettes, articles, correspondence, radioscripts and a video.
- Notes
- Includes 31 photographs, 2 v. of text, 1 videocassette (VHS) and 17 audio cassettes.
- Name Access
- Solway, Maurice, 1906-2001
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Related Material
- Fonds 25, Series 11, Item 9: Photo cabinet, photo #179 (oversized)
- Photo cabinet, photo #501
- Two titles in the archives library collection (1984-12-6) (1 title missing 15 Aug. 2006)
- A vertical file has been created for Maurice Solway.
- Creator
- Solway, Maurice, 1906-2001
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-9
- 1991-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 1
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- The photograph is of Maurice Solway from a performance in London, Ontario.
- Notes
- The photograph is mounted on a cardstock and inscribed on the back: "[Novack?] Residence, London/ 76. To Maurice, With my compliments and appreciation for a memorable evening of music and conversation. [Shirly?] Brownstone."
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
