- Accession Number
- 2016-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1972-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a stapled booklet honouring Meir Weiss (July 19, 1954-Oct. 16, 1973). It contains letters in Hebrew (with English translations) from Meir to his family while he was in the Israeli Army. Included is a letter from his best friend while in the army, explaining how Meir died in the Yom Kippur War, and letters of condolences and tributes addressed to his parents, from then president Ephriam Katzir, commander-in- chief, Izhak Mordehai and from the IDF.
The booklet was compiled by Miriam Schai with the assistance of Yosef and Sarah Shoham.
- Administrative History
- Meir Weiss was born July 19, 1954 to Rabbi Abraham Yehuda L. Weiss and Sarah Weiss (née Kesler). Rabbi Weiss was a Holocaust survivor who lost his family during the war. Meir graduated from The United Talmud Torah School, Toronto. He enlisted in the Israeli army. He is buried in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 21
- 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 Meir and Temma (née Winnerib) Kerbel.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Married people
- 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
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Performances and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 9
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a program guide honoring Marvelle Koffler as the 2002 Recipient of the Golda Meir Award, Israel Bonds Women's Division.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens talking with Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 8
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a photograph of [Rabbi Meir Berlin (aka Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan)?].
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a notice in Yiddish from Rabbi Meir Levy announcing to the Jewish community that shochtim Yichiel Wagman and Soloway, Hymie Weisfeld, Lazar Salkovitch, and Moishe Gross are valid, certified kosher butchers. These shochtim, it states, are well known in Toronto, learned in Torah, and they have been certified under the strictest rules of kashrut.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Food
- Occupations
- Name Access
- Levy, Meir Zvi
- Wagman, Yichiel
- Weisfeld, Hymie
- Salkovitch, Lazar
- Gross, Moishe
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3650
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3650
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was taken somewhere around Augusta Avenue in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Shmuel Meir
- Augusta Avenue
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-5-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Board of Jewish Education series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 1
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1973?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a booklet entitled, "How did Heroes Die" commemorating the life of Meir Vise, a Toronto Jew who fought and died in the Yom Kippur war.
- Subjects
- Israel-Arab War, 1973
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Shiffman, Moses & Yosef Meir
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Shiffman, Moses & Yosef Meir
- Page Number
- 408
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1196
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of employment contracts between Creeds Fur Limited, located at 8 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario, and the Canadian Fur Industry Association and a contract between Fanny Freeman Garnter and the Canadian Jewish Congress regarding a recording session.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1989?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lyrics for songs that were written for the bar mitzvah of Yoel Micha Meir.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2469
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2469
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1953]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photo by Edward Green.
- See accession record for credit line.
- Name Access
- Golda Meir Club
- Pioneer Women
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Portraits, Group
- Women
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4498
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4498
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1952]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Golda Meir at Montreal Windsor Station, late 1940s or early 1950s.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- United Jewish Welfare Fund / United Jewish Appeal sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-7
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens meeting with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir at a UJA event.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Graphic Artists Photographers (Toronto)
- Name Access
- Israel. Prime Minister (1969-1974 : Meir)
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3647
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3647
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative
- 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
- 1984-5-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3649
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3649
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For partial identification, see accession record.
- Probably with the staff of the Hebrew Journal.
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Shmuel Meir
- Hebrew Journal
- Yiddisher Zhurnal
- Subjects
- Yiddish newspapers
- 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
- 1984-5-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 16; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- [ca. 1969]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- This item is an electronic copy of a photograph of Dr. Sydney Wise meeting Prime Minister Golda Meir in Jerusalem on a Hadassah tour to Israel. Dr. Wise is receiving an autographed photo from the prime minister.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Wise, Mimi, 1920-2004
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Jerusalem
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 95
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs from a UJA campaign event with Golda Meir held at the Inn on the Park. Identified on the back of the photos is also Eddie Creed; in the first photo, a banner reading "Keep the Promise - United Jewish Appeal/Israel Special Fund" hangs behind Ms. Meir and Mr. Creed.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Related Material
- Photographs of the same event can be found in fonds 17, series 2, file 1320.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1319
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : b&w : 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-two photographs featuring close-ups of Golda Meir speaking at an United Jewish Appeal and Israel Special Fund banquet and group photographs of Meir standing with and greeting various donors and board members of the United Jewish Appeal including Eddie Creed, Murray Koffler, and Joan Lipson. The event took place at the Inn on the Park.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Koffler, Murray
- Lipson, Joan
- Creed, Eddie
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 188
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1975
- Physical Description
- 27 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-seven 35mm slides depicting a UJA-Israel Special Fund campaign event with Golda Meir. Murray Koffler, Eddie Creed, and Joan Lipson are shown in some of the slides.
- Notes
- Slides processed by Benjamin Film Labs.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 189
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- January 1975
- Physical Description
- 12 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twelve 35mm slides depicting a UJA-Israel Special Fund campaign event with Golda Meir at Beth Tzedec. Murray Koffler, Eddie Creed, and Joan Lipson are shown in some of the slides.
- Notes
- Slides processed by Benjamin Film Labs.
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions