File consists of images of visitors touring the Beth Jacob High School for girls in Toronto. The images depict students and teachers of the school, the inside of a classroom, the pool and the gymnasium, as well as the group standing in front of the school's entrance.
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11 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs documenting the Festival Committee's Hanukkah luncheons. Included are images of residents lighting the menorah, speeches being delivered, and prayers being recited. Identified in the photographs are: J. B. Salsberg, Sophie Mandel, and Sam Cohen.
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.
File consists of photographs of the menorah lighting, fashion show, and a speech being delivered at the podium. Identified in the photographs is Dora Till, June Callwood, and Hyman Pechenick (resident).
File consists of photographs of the menorah lighting and fashion show. Identified in the photographs is Dora Till, Betty Zweig, Pat Friedland, Susan Adams, Alma Waldman, Evelyn Levine, and M. Morgenthau.
File consists of images taken at an Israel Histadrut Hanukkah dinner, held at 14 Viewmount Avenue in Toronto. The images depict images of invited guests and the executive seated at banquet tables, speakers at the podium, and an image of the Bill Berle Orchestra and Floor Show, which was the evening's musical entertainment.
Subjects
Dinners and dining
Hanukkah
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File consists of images of the Jewish Home for the Aged Women's Auxiliary at a Hanukkah banquet. The images depict women speaking at the podium, crowd shots, the musical entertainment, and several images of craft and sale tables.
Subjects
Dinners and dining
Hanukkah
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Item is a photograph of a woman modeling a gown onstage as a pianist looks on. The photograph was taken at the Baycrest Women's Auxiliary's Hanukkah fashion show.
Subjects
Fashion shows
Hanukkah
Access Restriction
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Repro Restriction
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ca. 83 photographs : b&w and col. (56 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
7 cm of textual records
Date
1997
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records related to the planning and production of a centenary journal and dinner in honour of the 100th anniversary of The Beth Jacob V’anshe Drildz Congregation. Included are submissions for the journal including a detailed history of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, print proofs of the journal, congratulatory letters from politicians and Jewish organizations and congratulatory ads. In addition there are copies of speeches from the dinner held on June 26, 1997, a sample of the invitation and general planning correspondence.
Photographs taken for the journal feature exterior shots of the Beth Jacob Synagogue on Henry St and Wilmington and interior shots of the Bimah, Aron ha-kodesh, stained glass windows, sanctuary from the Wilmington Street location along with clergy, members of the sisterhood and brotherhood, presidents and others involved in the synagogue.
Administrative History
Beth Jacob congregation was founded in 1897 and was located in three different locations in St. John’s Ward before the land at 23 Henry Street was purchased in 1919. Known as the Henry Street Shul or the Polishe Shul, the new purpose-built synagogue was dedicated in 1922. The dedication ceremonies attracted so many onlookers that the police had to be called in to manage the crowds.
The synagogue could accommodate up to 800 worshippers – 500 in the men’s section and 300 in the women’s balcony. According to Orthodox tradition, men and women sit separately during synagogue services. Its neo-Romanesque design was typical of other North American synagogues of the period that borrowed heavily from church architecture, often featured arched entranceways, rose windows and twin towers. Its vaulted ceiling was capped by a massive central dome and four smaller ones. It boasted a mikvah (ritual bath) in its basement as well as an assembly hall, a smaller chapel, a brick sukkah and a caretaker’s apartment. The synagogue’s intricately carved Aron ha-kodesh and Bimah were also designed by Brown and were removed in the mid 1960s when the congregation relocated to its current location in North York. The building was sold and converted into the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church.
Benjamin Brown considered Beth Jacob Synagogue to be his crowning achievement. It was the first synagogue in Toronto (perhaps Canada) to be designed by a Jewish architect and signified the Jewish community’s increased confidence in its new generation of emerging professionals.
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of a children's Hanukkah performance at the Congregation Beth Israel on Reid Street in Peterborough, Ontario.
Notes
Acquired July 10, 1978.
See accession file for identifications of some of the individuals in the photographs.
Name Access
Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, Ont.)
Subjects
Hanukkah
Parties
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2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of a children's Hanukkah performance at the Congregation Beth Israel on Reid Street in Peterborough, Ontario.
Notes
Acquired July 10, 1978.
See accession file for identifications of some of the individuals in the photographs.
Name Access
Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, Ont.)
Subjects
Hanukkah
Parties
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession contains records documenting the administration, programs and events of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener, from 1935 to 2008. Non-textual records include photographs, architectural drawings, artifacts, and a couple of books. The textual records include newsletters, correspondence, financial ledgers, community directories, event programmes, membership lists and dues ledgers. There is considerable material on the Talmud Torah, including teaching materials, curricula, student guides, notes on parent meetings, and correspondence. There are approximately 40 photographs in the accession, of which 25 are from one 1985 shul event. Other records relate to the cemetery, memorial plaques, adult education, nursery school, Sisterhood, youth programs, bar and bat mitzvots, clubs and chevra kadisha. There are several artifacts: Rabbi Rosensweig's quill pen, athletic trophies and medallions, I.D. bracelets, Tree of Life plaques, a Hadassah Convention name tag with ribbon from 1951, and an (empty) copper mezuzzah. Records of the Kitchener-Waterloo Hebrew Day School will form a second fonds when the accession is described (see accession file folder for proposed arrangement scheme). The Hebrew Day School records include parents and staff handbooks, procedure manual, teaching materials, certificates, correspondence, governance documents, student records and attendance books with class lists.
Use Conditions
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.