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Biography
Al Hershkovitz was a fur union representative who helped organize the project that brought furriers from the displaced persons camps of Europe to Canada in the late 1940s. As a union representative, Al was granted temporary military rank in order to enter the displaced persons camps in Europe. He became part of the selection committee responsible for determining which displaced persons could come to Canada.
Accession consists of material documenting Davis' clothing store. Included are three photographs. Also included are records related to Sault Ste. Marie Jewish organizations.
Accession contains two documents, one an original Get from 1929 for Pearl and Getzel Buchman. The Get is written by Rabbi Isaac Stollman of Detroit. It is handwritten on stationery in Hebrew script and bears the rabbi's official stamp. The other document is a photocopy of a letter written by a Mr. Weinberg[?], a leader at Ner Israel College of Toronto, to a concerned community member. The letter is a defense of Weinberg's association with various organizations within the community (such as Mizrachi and Beth Tzedec), which his correspondent has criticized.
Administrative History
Murray Buchman is the eldest child of Getzel and Pearl Buchman. His father, born in Warsaw around 1897, came to Canada in 1916 and married Pearl around 1923. Murray was born the following year.
Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Murray Page's involvement in the Don Mills B'nai Brith Lodge. Included is a copy of the Lodge's charter, a photograph of the B'nai Brith bowling league (1960-1961), an invitation, an issue of the "2131 News" newsletter, and a 25th anniversary booklet.
Custodial History
Records were in the possession of Murray Page's wife when they were donated to the OJA.
Administrative History
Murray Bernard Page, QC, was born on 20 August 1926. His Hebrew name was Moshe Berel. He and his wife, Janet, had four children: Ian, Alan, Ken, and Elaine. Murray received his bachelor of arts from the University of Toronto and his bachelor of laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1971, he was appointed as Queen's Council. Murray passed away on 21 February 2010 in Richmond Hill.
Murray House was a popular catering and event hall frequently used by the Jewish community before other organizations and synagogues had their own event halls.
Address
207 Beverley Street
Scope Note
Murray House was a popular catering and event hall frequently used by the Jewish community before other organizations and synagogues had their own event halls.
Murray Bernard Koffler was born in a four-room flat over his father's drugstore on College Street on 22 January 1924. His parents' names were Leon and Tiana Koffler (née Reinhorn). Murray married Marvelle Seligman, and they had five children: Leon, Theo, Tom, Adam and Tiana.
Following in his father's footsteps, Murray was educated as a pharmacist and eventually took over the family drugstore when he was twenty-two years old. After making some profitable real-estate investments, he helped to co-found the Four Seasons Hotel chain and created the first self-serve pharmacy in Canada. His entrepreneurial talents led the way to the creation of the giant pharmacy franchise Shoppers Drug Mart.
A world-renowned philanthropist, Murray Koffler’s donations and commitments have helped fund the creation of the Koffler Centre of the Arts, the Koffler Institute of Pharmacy Management, the Canadian Council for Native Business, and the Council on Drug Abuse. He has also held positions on numerous boards and organizations. His tireless efforts and achievements have been recognized with many awards, including becoming a member of the Order of Canada in 1977.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Murray Koffler preparing pharmaceuticals in the Koffler Drug Store located on Bathurst Street.
Name Access
Koffler, Murray, 1924-
Subjects
Businessmen
Pharmacists
Philanthropists
Repro Restriction
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Dr. Murray (Moishe) Reingold was born in 1918. Reingold graduated from the University of Toronto in 1943, although his Canadian Medical Association license was issued as "Dr. Maurice Reingold". Reingold completed his training in thoracic surgery at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. Reingold served as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as an MD. He worked as a Specialist in Thoracic Surgery, primarily lung surgery, and a Certified Specialist in General Surgery. He was married to Isabelle Ruth Reingold (née Rodger) by Rabbi Samuel Sachs in Toronto on Feb 26, 1944, and had two children: Debbie (Hamann) and Bryan. Wife Ruth Reingold worked as a Registered Nurse. Murray Reingold died on 25 December 2000, at the age of 82.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Dr. Murray Reingold.
Name Access
Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Subjects
Physicians
Repro Restriction
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This file consists of one photograph of Marvelle Koffler with Jane Mahut, director of visual arts, and one of Murray and Marvelle Koffler with Jane Mahut and author John Phillips during "A Will to Survive" book launch on 18 January 1979.
12 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
File consists of five photographs and four negatives of an unidentified meeting in a board room. Murray Koffler, Wilf Posluns, Irwin Gold, Allan Offman, Hy Isenbaum, Harry Solomon, Gerald Halbert, Stephen Berger, Dr. A. A. "Bucky" Epstein, and Laurie Shankman are identified. Also included are three 35 mm negatives of an unidentified group standing outside.
Item is a photo at Passover seder, seated from left to right, Bella Rosenbaum, Brenda Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum, and Murray Rosenbaum. Toronto [1965],
Scope and Content
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Subjects
Passover
Repro Restriction
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Item is a colour photo at Murray's birthday party, 80 Acton Road, Toronto, in the late 1960's. Standing at left bis Henry Rosenbaum and the birthday boy to his left.
Scope and Content
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Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
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Item is a b & w photograph of Bella Rosenbaum, Regina Goldstein, Murray Rosenbaum (in front), Brenda Rosenbaum, Meyer (Alec) Goldstein, Linda Goldstein, Toronto 1962
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
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Item is a black and white photograph, taken on Acton Avenue in Toronto in 1956. Standing in front, Murray Rosenbaum, at left unidentified, at right Brenda Rosenbaum,
Subjects
Portraits
Repro Restriction
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Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Muhammed Ali, and Murray Pezim in Vancouver. Murray Pezim was a Vancouver business person and promoter. He had organized the fight between Muhammad Ali and George Chavulo, the event at which the photograph was taken.
Notes
Image is located on page 29 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
Name Access
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
Pezim, Murray, 1921-1998
Subjects
Businesspeople
Repro Restriction
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Dr. Murray Simon was a Toronto dentist who married Sylvia Yolles, the daughter of L.S. Yolles who owned the Park Plaza.
Scope and Content
This item is a group portrait. From left: [unknown man], [unknown woman], Murray Simon, [unknown woman], [unknown man], [unknown woman], [unknown woman].
Notes
This image has no proofs.
Subjects
Dentists
Portraits, Group
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.
This accession consists of a volunteer recognition award given to Murray Segal by the Toronto Jewish Congress. The award is a poster printed on heavy card stock decorated with artwork.
File consists of three photographs and twenty-five negatives of a campaign event with Bill Davis (premiere of Ontario) at the Inn on the Park. Murray Koffler, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Joe and Faye Tanenbaum, Milton Harris, Eleanor Rose, and Wilf and Joyce Posluns are identified. The men wear tuxedoes.
Notes
Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
File consists of one photograph of Min and Phil Givens attending a JNF Negev dinner for Murray Koffler. Identified in the photograph are (clockwise from Phil and Min Givens): Marv Mandell, Harriett Dennis, David Dennis, Nat Silver, Lil Silver, Charlie Kent, and George Cohen.
23 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) 13 x 18 cm or smaller
Date
1915-[ca. 1966]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of copy photographs documenting the military career of Jack Aarons in England, Egypt, and Palestine during the First World War and at military parades in Toronto after the Second World War. There is also a photograph of the inerior of the Murray House catering kitchen on Steeles Avenue about 1966.