- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 948
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 948
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Shaarei Shomayim School students and the teacher, Mr. Novak.
- Subjects
- Schools
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1981-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- [197-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Shaarei Shomayim's youth program. Included are bulletins, correspondence, ephemera, and other records.
- MG_RG
- MG3 A31
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Youth
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 191
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1946?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a notice announcing the broadcast by Rabbi Dr. Judah Washer sponsored by Shaarei Shomayim Congregation.
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 290
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2014-2-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-2-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- Nov. 1949
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one dedication programme booklet for the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation at 840 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto.
- Custodial History
- Paul Gilmore, the Chair of the Archives Committee of Beth Israel in Kingston, found this programme as he was going through the synagogue's records. He mailed it to the OJA for our archives.
- Subjects
- Synagogue dedication services
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 949
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 949
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph of Mr. Prasov's grade three class at Shaarei Shomayim School.
- Subjects
- Students
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Dec. 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens attending a Shaarei Shomayim Brotherhood event. Identified in the photograph are Phil Givens, Ben Stark, and Sam Sable.
- Notes
- Photograph is by L.E. Kernerman (Toronto)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 90
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs : col. slides, b&w and col. prints, b&w negatives ; 12 x 9 cm and smaller
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Western Canada synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 52
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Yorkton (Sask.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-5-3
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 69.5 MB of records in electronic form
- Date
- 2020-2021
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Shaari Shomayim's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are promotional materials for various online events and several of the congregation's bulletins.
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Western Canada synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 drawing ; 18 x 13 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Winnipeg (Man.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 149
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Date
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Shaarei Shomayim jubilee book, the First Fifty Years.
- MG_RG
- MG3 A31
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 150
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [nd]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Subjects
- Youth
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 25 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints, (1) b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1986-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1986-9-2
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 7 photographs
- artifacts
- Date
- 1908-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records, graphic materials, and artifacts documenting the Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Fort William (Thunder Bay) and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The records include a brass menorah and shivisi from the Synagogue, along with a wooden tablet of the ten commandments (1920s); a marriage register (1908-1951); a minute book of the chevra kadisha (1913-1986); B'nai Brith Lodge membership registration books, minute books, a dues book, and a framed citation (1911-1970); and several photographs including the Jewish community's float for the coronation of King George VI, the turning of the sod for the new synagogue, the B'nai Brith Lodge annual picnic in Port Arthur and a meeting honouring Jewish servicemen of the Second World War, and three portraits of the Synagogue's honourary presidents.
- MG_RG
- MG 2 B 1ii
- MG 3 B 23
- Subjects
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Places
- Thunder Bay, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1550
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1550
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print depicting the exterior of the Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ontario.
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Original owned by Manitoba Archives, Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada collection. Please credit accordingly.
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the exterior of Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Thunder Bay, Ontario. There are two men standing near the front entrance.
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the interior of Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Pictured is the bimah and the aron kodesh.
- Notes
- This photograph is very dark.
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the interior of Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Two men and a young boy are pictured at the bimah.
- Notes
- This photograph is very dark.
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Shecter was born on 7 July 1923 to Joseph and Helen Shecter. He was married to Florence Fox, and they had three children: Trudy, Debbie, and Barry. Max Shecter was the secretary-treasurer for Toronto Bedding Company Limited. He was an active member of the Toronto Jewish Community and was affiliated with the following organizations: Beth Sholom Congregation, United Synagogues of America, B'nai Brith, Israel Bond Organization, Joint Community Relations Committee, Canadian Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of Canada, and United Jewish Appeal's Furniture division. Max Shecter was honoured with a Beth Sholom Israel Bond Dinner for dedicated leadership and by Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith in 1959.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of Phil Givens attending a memorial in honour of former Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Identified in the photographs are Phil Givens and Max Shecter.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Jacob El-Baz (Toronto) and Benyas-Kaufman Photographers Inc. (Michigan, USA)
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-8
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel ; 8 mm
- Date
- [197-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession is an 8mm home movie reel of Succah at an unknown religious school.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a colour photograph of the exterior of Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in Thunder Bay, Ontario. There are two men standing near the front entrance.
- Name Access
- Shaarey Shomayim Congregation (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 203
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Jan. 1976
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs and seven negatives depicting a UJA event with Rabbi Shlomo Goren at Shaarei Shomayim synagogue. Wilf Posluns is identified in the photos.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Goren, Shlomo, 1917-1994
- Posluns, Wilf
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 231
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Board of Jewish Education series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 1
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a draft of the Hebrew Department's course of studies and text books.
- Physical Condition
- The documents have some tears along the edges.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 174
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 175
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research records sub-series
- Religious education in public schools sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-4-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1978
- Physical Description
- 48 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of records documenting the efforts of the CRC to deal with the regular Christian rituals and prayers endemic in the classrooms of the public school systems. Files also document advocacy efforts by the CRC to first remove mandatory involvement of Jewish students, and later to remove (or block the addition of) all religious education and/or instruction in public school systems.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Religion in the public schools
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
