- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Programming and events sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 52; Series 1-5; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- Programming and events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-]-[193-], 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 poster
- Scope and Content
- Of particular interest in this file is a cardboard poster outlining the rest home's schedule and routine, written in Yiddish.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Gurston Allen, Chair of Top Gifts for the 1949 United Jewish Appeal Campaign.
- Name Access
- Gurston Allen
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- 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 Jule Allen, Honourary Campaign Chair for the 1949 United Jewish Appeal.
- Name Access
- Jule Allen
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2008-9-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-9-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 51 photographs : b&w and col. (45 negatives) ; 10 x 12 or smaller
- Date
- 1918-1977
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of fifty-one photographs and negatives depicting various members of the Rosenberg family and the North Bay Jewish community. The images include Hanukkah and Father's Day celebrations at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue, a Lag B'Omer picnic, Joe Rosenberg inside his menswear store, and a community parade in North Bay.
- Identified individuals in the photographs include: Leah Brown, Abe Brown, Philip Cait, Fae Cait, Morley Daiter, Chaim Edery, Amalia Edery, Harry Freeman, Adele Freeman, Sam Heisler, Rae Heisler, Ben Herman, Sonny Herman, Marv Himmel, Shirley Hockman, Marvin Hockman, Rose Hoffman, Joe Hoffman, Bill Klieman, Arnie Maizen, Evelyn Maizen, Alex Metz, Jean Metz, Jean Noek, Peggy Pachner, John Pachner, Harry Reiss, Nathan Rivelis, Ida Rivelis, Brooky Robins, Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Beverley Rosenberg, Gordon Rosenberg, Joe Rosenberg, Pearl Rosenberg, Marcia Rosenberg, Eleanor Sherman, Sam Sherman, Eckie Weisman, and Millie Weisman.
- Administrative History
- Allen Rosenberg was born in North Bay in 1930. His grandfather Moishe Rosenberg was from Russia and was the first to arrive in 1910. He opened a convenience store and pool hall in town. His grandmother Esther (nee Brown) followed soon after. HIs father Joe was married to Pearl Brown, who grew up in North Bay. Joe owned a successful men's and boys' wear store. Allen and his wife Beverly eventually moved to Toronto.
- 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
- Communities
- Families
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Rosenberg, Allen, 1930-
- Places
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-62
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-62
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a certificate awarded to Marvin Allen by the District Grand Lodge No. 22, B'nai B'rith in recognition of his outstanding services and devotion of the ideals and principles of B'nai B'rith. Dated March 31, 1965.
- Administrative History
- Marvin Allen (1931-1995) was born 15 Jan. 1931 to Percy and Anne Appelbaum. As a child he attended the Palmerston Ave. school and Harbord Collegiate. He then took his chartered accountancy exam though Queen's Univeristy. In 1952, he married Bertha Allen and had four children: Marlee (Petroff), Laurel (Sandler), Kelvin and Jordan. Marvin was introduced to the YMHA society through his friends. He was also a member of Beth Tikvah Synagogue. Marvin died on 5 Feb. 1995 at the age of 64.
- Name Access
- Allen, Marvin, 1931-1995
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 3; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of a young boy named Allen, approximately 9 years old, sitting on the ledge of a shuttered window, with one arm on his hip, and his other hand in his lap.
- Notes
- The neagative has two portraits on it.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 3; Item 29
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 Oct. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of a 5 year old boy who is standing with a ball in hand while facing the camera.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Allen, F.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Allen, F.
- Page Number
- 588
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Stainforch, Allen
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Stainforch, Allen
- Page Number
- 628
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1983-12-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-12-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1916-1945
- Scope and Content
- Includes first issue of the Young Zionist (March 1916) and an issue of the Branch Herald published by Jewish Branch 256 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Toronto (October 1945). Also included is a pamphlet dated 1939 titled "Should Canada Admit Refugees?"
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-6
- Material Format
- text
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of books, periodicals and pamphlets relating to Jewish history in Canada. Included is a Balfour Manor Camp booklet (1944), a souvenir program of the Daughters of Zion Scopus Chapter theatre night, and a Jewish Old Folks Home directory of Toronto from 1935-6.
- Name Access
- Jewish Old Folks Home
- Balfour Manor Camp
- Daughters of Zion Scopus Chapter
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-12-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-12-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of books and pamphlets documenting the Jewish community of Toronto and Ontario. Included is a Labor Lyceum Association souvenir programme for the Grand International Union Picnic in Woodbridge. The program includes a list of activities including races and tug-of-wars, wrestling, boxing and weightlifting competitions, softball games and musical programs.
- Name Access
- Labor Lyceum Association
- Schaeffer, Fred
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 100; Series 8; File 64
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 64
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a catalogue entitled Photographs of Family, Friends and Community
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1; File 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Fred Johnson. Ben and Yael Dunkelman met Johnson while living in Tel-Aviv in 1949.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 5; File 90
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 90
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning Mr. Fred Kingsley The file also contains press releases, newspaper articles written in The Standard, and announcements.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fred Soskin at two and a half years of age. He is standing in front of a door and is wearing a coat and hat. He has his hands in his pockets and is smiling. The photograph was taken in Los Angeles in 1932.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Soskin, Fred
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Baynes, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Baynes, Fred
- Page Number
- 398
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bell, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bell, Fred
- Page Number
- 701
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bonner, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Bonner, Fred
- Page Number
- 611
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Evans, Fred
- Page Number
- 487
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Foster, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Foster, Fred
- Page Number
- 341
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gill, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gill, Fred
- Page Number
- 347
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gordon, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Gordon, Fred
- Page Number
- 690
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Hiley, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Hiley, Fred
- Page Number
- 727
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Joyce, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Joyce, Fred
- Page Number
- 799
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Lamvirth, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Lamvirth, Fred
- Page Number
- 326
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Longbottom, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Longbottom, Fred
- Page Number
- 650
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Maitland, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Maitland, Fred
- Page Number
- 352
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Simon, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Simon, Fred
- Page Number
- 464
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Sourbutts, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Sourbutts, Fred
- Page Number
- 246
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Thornton, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Thornton, Fred
- Page Number
- 310
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Wilcox, Fred
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Wilcox, Fred
- Page Number
- 625
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-2
- Physical Description
- 1 thermometer
- Date
- [between 1945 and 1960]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one item in the form of a glass thermometer with the image of a woman in a long dress on the front holding a bouquet of flowers. The item has the name of the company, Stitsky Importing Company and Textile Centre, on the bottom of the artifact. It was likely used for promotional purposes.
- Administrative History
- Stitstky Importing Company specialized in silks, woolens and linings and was located at 358 Spadina Ave. Their Textile Centre, in turn, was located at 816 Bathurst St.
- Descriptive Notes
- This item was likely produced in the late 1940s or early 1950s, based on the strapless gown the woman is wearing in the image.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 61; Series 1-1; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains general correspondence between David Andrews, executive director, and Gurston Allen, treasurer.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Petty Officer Allen.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 23
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- A. E. Diamond was an electrical engineer and land developer. He was born on March 1, 1921 to Alice and Meyer Diamond. He married Shirley Greenberg and they had four children: Michael, Stephen, Carey, and Mark.
- Diamond was president of Cadillac Contracting Ltd., co-founder and past President of Temple Sinai, as well as, a member of the Board of Directors for the New Mount Sinai Hospital. He was also a member of the Jewish Home for the Aged, United Jewish Welfare Fund, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, Association of Professional Engineers and served two years in the Canadian Navy during the second World War.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of A.E. [Allen Ephraim] Diamond.
- Name Access
- Diamond, A. E., 1921-
- Subjects
- Electrical engineers
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 6; File 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Fred Catzman, QC.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records
- ca. 250 photographs : b&w and col.
- Date
- 1776, [191-]-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records related to the life and career of Dr. Fred Wienberg. Included are textual and photographic records documenting his personal and family life, his medial career, scholarly activities, involvement with the Jewish community, his collecting of Judaica, medical antiques and art, and his synagogue involvement. Other items include the Ostrovtzer Mutual Benefit Society minute book and a 1776 letter from Jonas Phillips, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and an American merchant in New York City and Philadelphia.
- Administrative History
- Fred Weinberg (1919-2003) was born in Ostrawiec, Poland on July 6, 1919 to Rose and Israel Weinberg. Israel immigrated to Canada in 1920 and his wife and children joined him several years later in March of 1924. The family settled in Toronto where Israel worked in the fur manufacturing business. Israel was a supporter and aficionado of cantorial music as well as a founder of the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto and the Ostrovtzer Synagogue on Cecil Street.
- Fred completed his primary and secondary education at Clinton Street Public School and Harbord Collegiate. He also attended the Brunswick Talmud Torah, celebrating his bar mitzvah in 1932. Fred decided to pursue a medical career, graduating from the University of Toronto’s medical school in 1944. During his studies he enlisted in the army and completed officers’ training in April 1945, attaining the rank of Captain. During his military career he served in the RCAMC at Camp Borden, Christie St. Hospital and at the Stanley Barracks in Toronto. Towards the end of the war he served as Officer in charge of repatriation of the POWs.
- After the war Fred pursued his post-graduate work at Seaview and Bellevue hospitals in New York City from 1946 to 1947 and then moved on to the Children’s and Washington University hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri the following year. He was subsequently accepted as a resident at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto and was ultimately appointed Chief Resident under the supervision of the internationally renowned paediatrician, Dr. Alan Brown. In 1950, Dr. Weinberg was hired as a physician in paediatrics at Sick Kids Hospital, making him the first Jewish doctor on staff. In addition to his staff responsibilities, he also lectured and was a faculty member at the University of Toronto’s Medical School for many years.
- By the mid-point of his career, Dr. Weinberg went on to specialise in Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), delivering lectures and publishing articles in medical journals. He also ran his own practice, which operated from 1950 to 1976, and later become Associate Medical Director of the Child Development Clinic, Neurology Division of Sick Kids until his retirement in 1984. He later continued his service at Sick Kids as a senior staff consultant and ran a specialized practice in Developmental Pediatrics for close to twenty years, which was later situated at 208 Bloor Street West.
- Fred married Joy Cherry on December 16, 1952 at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. The couple had four children: Joel (b. 1953), Barry (b. 1955), Sari (b. 1956) and Deena (b. 1961). Throughout his life, Fred was actively engaged in Jewish communal work in a variety of capacities: assisting with the establishment of the United Synagogue Day School during the 1950s; as a fundraiser for the United Jewish Appeal (UJA); and as a participant in two of UJA’s early study missions to Israel in 1960 and 1961. He was also an influential figure within his synagogue, joining the Board of Directors of Beth Tzedec Synagogue during the late 1960s and serving as president from 1972 to 1975.
- Fred and his wife Joy also collected Judaica, antiques and artwork. As a physician, Fred developed a passion and expertise in the area of medical antiques. He published articles in both the mainstream and Jewish press on subjects related to Jewish rituals, Judaica and art. He also had a regular column in the Canadian Journal of Diagnosis from 1998 to 2002 entitled “Antique instruments”. Over time, the Weinberg’s assembled a world-class collection of Judaica and became increasingly active in the museum world. Fred assisted in the establishment of Beth Tzedec’s Helene and Rubin Dennis Jewish Museum, contributing items from the couple’s Judaica collection and securing the acquisition of the renowned Cecil Roth collection for the Museum during the early to mid-1960s. As a result of his significant contributions, he was bestowed the title of honourary curator to the Museum. Dr. Weinberg later branched out and assisted with the Koffler Gallery’s Lifecycle exhibition in 1984 as guest curator. The following year, he served as a special presenter and instructor to the docents at the “Precious Legacy” Czech Judaica exhibition at the ROM. The Weinberg’s most significant contribution to the museum world, however, was marked in September of 2000, when they were honoured at the opening of the Dr. Fred and Joy Cherry Weinberg Gallery of Judaica at the ROM, featuring some of their most valuable and treasured pieces.
- Dr. Fred Weinberg passed away on October 30, 2003 at 84 years of age. The Weinberg Endowment Fund was established by the family at the University of Toronto’s Jewish Studies Program to honour Fred’s passion for Jewish history, rituals and artefacts. That year the Weinberg family also set up a fund in Fred’s name in support of the Therapeutic Clown Program, a highly visible and successful program within Sick Kids’ Pediatric Division.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Use Conditions Note: Records contain patient names and medical information.
- Subjects
- Families
- Physicians
- Societies
- Name Access
- Weinberg, Fred, 1919-2003
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 115; Series 1-5; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1939]-1944
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes a number of portraits and snapshots of Fred Harris, son of William and Tillie Harris, during the Second World War when he served in the Canadian military. There are also copies of textual records related to his service in the Queen's Own Rifles and his death at Normandy on D-Day on June 6, 1944.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Mishko, Fred, Olesky
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Mishko, Fred, Olesky
- Page Number
- 509
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Wilson, Fred & Harry
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Wilson, Fred & Harry
- Page Number
- 679
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Name
- Bertha Allen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Bertha Allen
- Number
- OH 7
- Subject
- Business
- Motion picture theaters
- Interview Date
- Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Lillian Bernstein
- Total Running Time
- Side 1: 36 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Bertha Allen (née Herbert) was married to Herbert Allen. Herbert, his brothers Jule and J. J., and his brother-in-law Louis Rosenfeld were pioneers in the motion picture industry in Canada. They opened a chain of theatres across Canada in the 1910s and 1920s. In Toronto, they built several theatres including the Tivoli Theatre, Bloor Theatre, College Theatre, Parkdale Theatre, Beach Theatre, St. Clair Theatre, Danforth Theatre, and Hollywood Theatre.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Allen, Bertha
- Allen, Jule
- Allen, J. J.
- Rosenfeld, Louis
- Geographic Access
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 7 - Allen\OH7_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 51; Series 2-1; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 2-1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens in conversation with William Allen.
- Notes
- Photo is by Globe and Mail.
- Name Access
- Allen, William
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-3-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1984-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting Fred M. Catzman's regular column, “The Name Game”, in the Canadian Jewish News. As well as correspondence with readers and fans, the records include more than a thousand individual column topics (family names). A chronological publication date list and an alphabetical name list are both included in File 13 (Correspondence with the Canadian Jewish News). Column copies and typescripts include not only original meanings of surnames, but details on alternative spellings and European geographical origins: excellent clues for discovering previously unknown relatives. Correspondence files include letters from many grateful readers reporting this additional unexpected and exciting outcome from his responses to their requests. The research files also offer family historians a wide range of valuable information concerning name and family research information sources identified during Mr. Catzman’s many years of research.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the custody of Marvin and Lynn Catzman, the son and daughter-in-law of Fred Catzman, until donated to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Fred M. Catzman, Q.C. (1906-2003) practiced law in Toronto from 1929 until his 1995 retirement. A long-time senior partner in the Toronto legal firm of Catzman and Wahl, he was honoured with the Law Society of Upper Canada Medal in 1986 and received the Order of Ontario in February, 2003. He also chaired a special four-year-long “Advisory Committee on the Personal Property Security Act” for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relation.
- As important as his successful law practice, was his life-long fascination with family names, their origins and meanings. While assembling his extensive research into a manuscript for a book on this topic, he began writing a regular column, “The Name Game”, for the Canadian Jewish News in June 1985. The column was published until mid-1995. It contained brief essays on the origins, meaning of, and variations on Jewish family names. The resultant letters from readers and family historians inevitably requested his assistance in researching their own family names. These requests served both as guides to further research and subjects for future columns.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MAERIALS NOTE: Records donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives by Fred Catzman may be found in Accessions 1981-3-12, 1985-4-1 and 1987-12-4.
- Subjects
- Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
- Name Access
- Catzman, Fred, 1906-2003
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 1; File 4; Item 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Kent, Ida
- Silver, Lil
- Allen, Wm. R.
- Silver, Nat
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Fred Schaeffer
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 11 Jul. 1980
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Fred Schaeffer
- Number
- OH 24
- Subject
- Communities
- Immigrants--Canada
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 11 Jul. 1980
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- Side 1: 31 minutes
- Side 2: 9 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Fred Schaeffer's wife, Beverley, grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Beverley's grandfather, Hyman Kaplan, emigrated from Vilna, Lithuania in 1907, and after a few years in New York, moved to Toronto. Shortly afterwards, he became the first Jew to settle in Kirkland Lake in 1914.
- In the 1920s, the Jewish community in Kirkland Lake built a permanent synagogue and acquired an aron kodesh of eastern European design, its lamps, railings, pews and reader’s desk, from the disbanded Ukrainishe Shul in Montreal. In the 1970s, the Kirkland Lake Synagogue disbanded and Fred and Beverly Schaeffer acquired the aron kodesh, all of its furnishings, the ner tamid, and the parochet. They generously donated these Jewish artifacts to Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto, in 1988, in memory of Isadore Kaplan, father of Beverly Schaeffer and Erich Schaeffer, father of Fred Schaeffer.
- Fred married Beverley in Toronto. Like many children from Kirkland Lake, Beverley had moved to the city to attend university. Fred and Beverley are keen collectors of Canadian art. He is a retired civil engineer and a former chair of the Canadian Art Historical Committee at the AGO.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Atkins (family)
- Bucavetsky (family)
- Cochrane (Ont.)
- Etkins (family)
- Mallins (family)
- Purkiss (family)
- Schaeffer, Fred
- Geographic Access
- Ansonville (Ont.)
- Engelhart (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Krugerdorf (Ont.)
- Ontario, Northern
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_002_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Fred Schaeffer and Stephen Speisman discuss some of the earliest synagogues established in Northern Ontario.
In this clip, Fred Schaeffer relates colourful anecdotes about the first Jewish settler in the Swastika-Kirkland area, Roza Brown.
- Passenger Names
- Anent, Mr. & Mrs. Fred infant
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Anent, Mr. & Mrs. Fred infant
- Page Number
- 651
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 497
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 497
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1887
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 4 x 5
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Barney and Goldie Allen and children, Bradford Penn. Left: Jay J. Right: Jule.
- Notes
- A 4 x 5 negative is available.
- Name Access
- Allen, Barney
- Allen, Goldie
- Allen, Jay J
- Allen, Jule
- Subjects
- Families
- 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.
- Places
- Bradford (Pa.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired December 1974.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Source
- OJA Website
- Source
- OJA Website
Dr. Fred Weinberg | Ontario Jewish Archives
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3527
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3527
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1913 or 1914]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm, (oval) on matboard, 16 x 23 cm
- Notes
- Photo by C. Burgess, Guelph.
- Name Access
- Bochner, Mosie (Moses Fred)
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions