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Poch, Louis [textual record] – 1955-1980.

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Administration series; Correspondence sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 9; Series 5-2; File 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Administration series; Correspondence sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 9

Series: 5-2

File: 29

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1955-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

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Louis Shainhouse [graphic material] – [ca.1968].

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Al Gilbert portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 25

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Al Gilbert portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 4

Item: 25

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca.1968]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Louis Shainhouse was born on 9 December 1917 in Lithuania to Sarah and Abraham Shainhouse. He was married to Aida Yalofsky, and, together, they had two children: Michael and Deborah. Louis was the vice-president of National Knitting Mills Ltd. His affiliations included: Zionist Revisionist Organizations, Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital, and the New Mount Sinai Hospital. He served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War for five years.

Scope and Content: Photograph is of Louis Shainhouse.

Name Access: Shainhouse, Louis

Subjects: Revisionist Zionists

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.

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Louis Harris [graphic material] – [ca. 1927].

Part Of: Thelma Harris Rose family fonds; Harris family series; Louis Harris sub-series

Level: Sub-series

ID: Fonds 115; Series 1-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Thelma Harris Rose family fonds; Harris family series; Louis Harris sub-series

Level: Sub-series

Fonds: 115

Series: 1-6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1927]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio: Louis Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). He married Helen Gallander.

Scope and Content: Sub-series consists of a copy photograph of Louis Harris' graduation photo.

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Klein, Louis [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 231

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 2-4

File: 231

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

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Lefkowitz, Louis [textual record] – 1949-1950.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 249

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Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 2-4

File: 249

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1950

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

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Louis Zuker [graphic material] – [194-?].

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 302

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Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 302

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a portrait photograph of Louis Zuker.

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Louis Kurman [graphic material] – [195-?].

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 134

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 134

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [195-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a portrait photograph of Louis Kurman.

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Louis Lipsky [graphic material] – [194-?].

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 156

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 156

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a portrait photograph of Louis Lipsky.

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Louis Lockshin [graphic material] – [195-?].

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 157

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 157

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [195-?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of portrait photographs of Louis Lockshin.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

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Louis Posluns [graphic material] – 1949.

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 199

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Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 199

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1949

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a portrait photograph of Louis Posluns.

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Louis Tepperman [textual record] – 1974-1978.

Accession Number: 1982-8-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1982-8-8

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1974-1978

Scope and Content: The records in this accession consist of material published by B'nai Brith. They include one issue of the Observer and five issues of the Oracle. The accession also includes the origins or Circle Lodge and a membership list from this organization

Administrative History: B'Nai Brith is a fraternal organization that has been active in Canada since 1875. There are local lodges across Canada which provide social and recreational activities as well as volunteer opportunities for its members.; The Circle Lodge was founded in 1961 and is now called the Raoul Wallenberg Yorkdale Circle Lodge. Lou Tepperman served as president of the Circle Lodge in 1972 and was also consulting editor of the Circle Lodge newsletter, the Oracle.; The Leonard Mayzel Lodge was founded in Toronto in 1949 and its newsletter is the Observer

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Louis Goldberg [graphic material] – [between 1930 and 1940].

Accession Number: 1995-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1995-3-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date: [between 1930 and 1940]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of a group of adults and children taken in a private home or meeting hall.The young people are wearing uniforms similar to those asssociated with scouts and seem to be members of an unidentified Jewish youth group.

Custodial History: This photograph belonged to Louis Goldberg, a patient at Baycrest Hospital. After he passed away his sister Lillian Silver donated it to the OJA.

Source: Archival Accessions

Louis Levine [graphic material] – 1916-1988.

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date: 1916-1988

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

Use Conditions: 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.

Subjects: Camp counselors; Camps; Farms; Farm tractors; Purim

Name Access: Camp Winnebagoe

Places: Oshawa (Ont.); Whitby (Ont.)

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Louis Danto [object, textual record] – [190-]-1953.

Accession Number: 1977-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1977-8-2

Material Format: object; textual record

Physical Description: 13 objects; Textual records

Date: [190-]-1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material donated by Louis Danto. Included are thirteen artifacts and a small number of documents.; Artifacts include an arch covering from the early 1900s, a Torah cover, tablecloth, white bag (Torah cover?), white silk table cover, a white night shirt, a white silk table cover, a coloured table cloth, a bridge table cover, a dark green bed spread, a red silk table cloth, and a silk hat belonging to a cantor.; The documents include photocopies of the Hebrew Men of England constitution, a deed to seat for D. Cohen, a twenty-fifth anniversary synagogue for Hebrew Men of England, and a Bais Yehuda bulletin.

MG_RG: MG3A15; MG3A18

Source: Archival Accessions

Louis Lenick [textual record, graphic material] – 1916, 1971.

Accession Number: 2008-7-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-6

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 document; 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Date: 1916, 1971

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a First World War discharge certificate belonging to Louis Lenick, as well as a photograph of Lennick taken later in life. The certificate is made of linen with writing on the front and the back. It was issued by the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces. The photograph features Lennick dressed in a suit, standing in front of Temple Sinai in Toronto.

Custodial History: This document was housed in a plastic bag and carried in Louis' wallet for his entire life. It was donated to the Archives by his daughter Blanche Lewis, via her son Richard Lewis.

Administrative History: Louis Lenick (1887-1975) was born in Poland on 19 Sept. 1887. He immigrated to Canada around 1911 and later sent for his wife Frances (nee Berg) Lenick. Together they had five children: Faye, Idy, Blanche, Lily and Dave.; Louis enlisted in the army in 1913 and was stationed at Camp Borden. He never made it overseas before being discharged due to his chronic rheumatism, which he contracted from sleeping in army tents on the damp ground. This was the reason for his discharge from the army for being medically unfit.; Louis is listed on the document as living at 62 D'arcy Street and being a horse driver at the time of his discharge on 28 Aug. 1916. He later worked in various positions at Tip Top Tailors.

Name Access: Lenick, Louis, 1887-1975

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Louis Herman [textual record] – 1926-1944.

Accession Number: 2007-3-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-3-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1926-1944

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material documenting Louis Herman's career as an entertainer in Toronto during the late 1920s until the early 1940s. The records consist of concert programs, correspondence from Jewish organizations that hired him to perform, an invitation, press clippings as well as photocopies of photographs and concert posters.

Administrative History: Louis Herman was born on 4 January 1911. His father, Reverand Samuel Herman, was a cantor who first worked in Montreal and then moved with his family to Toronto. They lived at 20 Major Street during the 1920s and 1930s.; Louis was a child prodigy who studied under Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt. He established a music career as a boy, singing soprano with the synagogue choir and later performing on the Maxwell Coffee Hour in the United States, which was hosted by the New York Jewish radio station WEVD.; During the 1920s and 1930s he sang professionally and performed at a variety of venues, entertaining Jewish organizations and groups in Toronto. He also performed outside of the city at that time in the American mid-west and the northeast.; After the start of the war, Louis enlisted and became a private in the Canadian Army. He entertained the troops, appearing in stage shows in Canada and overseas, often appearing with famous acts like Wayne and Shuster. He also saw combat duty.; After the war he returned to Canada and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies, he decided to become a cantor like his father. He married Yetta and moved with their children to Camden, New Jersey in 1957 in order to serve as the cantor to Congregation Beth El. They lived there until the late 1960s, when the the synagogue was relocated to Cherry Hill. Cantor Herman retired in 1982. He passed away on December 16, 2004. His son David is the Rabbi Shaarei Tfiloh in Baltimore.

Use Conditions: None

Subjects: Entertainers

Name Access: Herman, Louis

Source: Archival Accessions

Louis Herman [textual record] – 1966.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-9; File 71

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 5-4-9

File: 71

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1966

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence with and about Mr. Louis Herman, Q.C., who was elected the new National Chairman of the Joint Community Relations Committee in early 1966.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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Louis Herman [graphic material, textual record] – [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1955].

Accession Number: 2010-5-18

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2010-5-18

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w; 1 folder textual records; 1 poster

Date: [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1955]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material documenting the career of Louis Herman. It includes music programs dating from around 1920 until 1939, bulletins, the Y-Times (1938 & 1942) as well as correspondence, newsletters, skits, music and programs from the war years. Finally, it includes a poster as well as three photographs of Louis Herman taken during the course of his career.

Custodial History: The material was donated to the OJA by Louis' son.

Administrative History: Louis Herman was born on 4 January 1911. His father, Reverand Samuel Herman, was a cantor who first worked in Montreal and then moved with his family to Toronto. They lived at 20 Major Street during the 1920s and 1930s.; Louis was a child prodigy who studied under Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt. He established a music career as a boy, singing soprano with the synagogue choir and later performing on the Maxwell Coffee Hour in the United States, which was hosted by the New York Jewish radio station WEVD.; During the 1920s and 1930s he sang professionally and performed at a variety of venues, entertaining Jewish organizations and groups in Toronto. He also performed outside of the city at that time in the American mid-west and the northeast.; After the start of the war, Louis enlisted and became a private in the Canadian Army. He entertained the troops, appearing in stage shows in Canada and overseas, often appearing with famous acts like Wayne and Shuster. He also saw combat duty.; After the war he returned to Canada and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies, he decided to become a cantor like his father. He married Yetta and moved with their children to Camden, New Jersey in 1957 in order to serve as the cantor to Congregation Beth El. They lived there until the late 1960s, when the the synagogue was relocated to Cherry Hill. Cantor Herman retired in 1982. He passed away on December 16, 2004. His son David is the Rabbi Shaarei Tfiloh in Baltimore.

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.

Descriptive Notes: Related material note: also see accession 2007-3-6.

Subjects: Entertainers

Name Access: Herman, Louis

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Louis Levinsky [textual record] – 1895.

Accession Number: 2017-3-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-3-13

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1895

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a colour photograph copy of a tribute document given to Louis Levinsky, October 5th, 1895 thanking him for his valuable services as the president of the Toronto Hebrew Congregation "Goel Tzedec" from 1893-1895. Listed as signators are H. Albert, H. Danilson, J. Vise, M. Gorfinkel, M. Finkelstein, J. Draimin, S. Feldstein, E. Barret, A. Harris, J. Harrison, H. Herman, J. Stein, S. Hornblas, M. Kayfitz, I. Lavin, M. Kasel, N., Kayfitz, D. Lavin, P. Levy, Mos. Lavin, Mich. Lavin, S. Lavin, A. Lapatnikoff, B. Pollakoff, S. Simonsky, A. Rafelman, M. Simonsky, A. Liebrman, E. Pullaw, B. Vise, N. Smith, G. Solloway, S. Sollovay, E. Vinburg, F. Wilson, H. Rubin, J. Yanover, H. Yanover, L. Rosen, S. Rosen, H. Pifko, J. Rittenburg, S. Isaacsohn, J. Hillelson, M. Soskin, M. Greenberg, I. Grossman, J.M. Cohen, J. Esper, A. Brody, H. Andrews, A. Andrews, I. Schaffer, H.A. Shalif, J. Mehr, L. Cooper and A. Pozner.

Administrative History: Louis Levinsky (1862–1932), son of Alexander and Gertrude Levinsky, was born in Suvalki, Lithuania, and immigrated to New York aboard the SS Cambria in January 1881. This same year, he married Dora Gurofsky. He settled in Toronto the following year. He was a leader of the Canadian Zionist movement and was an active worker in the establishment of a Talmud Torah as well as helping in the establishment of a chevra kadisha burial society and a founder of the Goel Tzedec synagogue on University Avenue. He was a devoted follower of Wilfrid Laurier and Mackenzie King and was made treasurer of a branch of their party.