Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

21 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Halifax (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a photocopied image, notes, bibliography, and report by The Atlantic Jewish Council from 1978.

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Halifax (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

36 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Halifax (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains Souvenir Dedication Programme from 1957 and an information brochure.

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Halifax (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

16 photographs : col. slides and b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Damage to photographs' emulsion resulted in yellow discolouration.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a brief history of the congregation received from the synagogue.

Subjects

Synagogues

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

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

20 photographs : b&w and col. (18 slides) ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Glace Bay (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

5 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

New Waterford (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

11

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

30 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Prints have yellow discolouration due to damaged emulsion.

Places

Sydney (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

12

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

20 photographs : col. slides, (2) b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Prints have yellow discolouration due to damaged emulsion.

Places

Yarmouth (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a photocopied "Short History of the Congregation."

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Glace Bay (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

70

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a programme from from a testimonial dinner for Dave Epstein (1977).

Name Access

Temple Sons of Israel

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Sydney (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

110

Material Format

textual record

Date

[photocopied 1978]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains one photocopied photograph.

Name Access

Agudath Achim Society

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Yarmouth (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Eastern Canada synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

4

File

10

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

19 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints ; 24 x 19 cm and smaller

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Sydney (N.S.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-7-12

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

2.1 m of textual records and graphic material

Date

1904-2015

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to the precursor synagogues of Congregation Or Shalom: B'nai Israel and B'nai Moses ben Judah. Records include committee records, board meeting minutes, flyers and invitations, newsletters and bulletins, by-laws, sisterhood records, men's club records, photographs, Board of Education minutes, records related to the London Talmud Torah, minute books of the Daughters of Israel, correspondence, financial records and scrapbooks. There is also a small amount of material related to the National Council of Jewish Women, London Chapter and the London Jewish Community Council and Federation.

Custodial History

Records were donated to the OJA by Congregation Or Shalom, who has an archival repository at the synagogue under the guidance of Dr. Jack Rosen.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

B'nai Israel Synagogue, (London, Ont.)

B'nai Moses ben Judah (London, Ont.)

Congregation Or Shalom (London, Ont.)

Rosen, Jack

Places

London, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

2398

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of the exterior view of the Congregation Or Shalom in London, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation Or Shalom (London, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Places

London (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-9-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

59 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Name Access

Congregation Beth Shalom (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956, 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a newsletter and copied booklet on the synagogue.

Name Access

Congregation Beth Shalom (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Brown fonds

Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level

File

Fonds

49

Series

3

File

95

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

[ca.1935]

Physical Description

6 architectural drawings : pencil on tracing paper, some hand col., pencil crayon ; 68 cm length or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of architectural drawings of a three storey office building containing a Bank of Nova Scotia and several stores at 292 Spadina Avenue. Floor plans and elevations are included.

Notes

Drawings are located in two separate rolls.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

18 photographs : col. slides, (3) b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

33

Material Format

architectural drawing

Date

1947

Physical Description

7 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

File contains 7 blueprints for the 1947 extension and alterations to the shul.

Name Access

Congregation Ahavath Shalom

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

47

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

65 photographs : col. slides and (6) b&w photographs ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Physical Condition

Some photographs are discoloured yellow due to a damaged emulsion layer.

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

41

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1859-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

File contains photocopied articles, a newspaper clipping, photocopied photographs, a greeting card with photograph on cover, copies of the 1859 contract commissioning the erection of the synagogue as well as a list of specifications for the masons, and blueprints for the 1967 extension.

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

Seminars series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

12

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

55 photographs : b&w (5 contact sheets) ; 21 x 26 cm

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-8-9

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Physical Description

1.3 m of textual records

ca. 50 architectural drawings

Date

1974-2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the activities, programs and governance of Shaar Shalom Synagogue. Included are financial statements, meeting minutes, by-laws, brochures, architectural drawings, reports, membership lists, forms filled in by participants in life cycle events (such as weddings and conversions), holiday bulletins, invitations, speeches, Yizkor booklets, office manuals and correspondence. Of note is a land title document from 1981.

Administrative History

Shaar Shalom Synagogue was a conservative synagogue in Markham founded in 1972. The synagogue closed in 2016.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue (Markham, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-7-11

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

architectural drawing

Physical Description

ca. 6 m textual records and graphic material

ca. 20 architectural drawings

Date

1972-2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the activities, programs and governance of Shaar Shalom Synagogue. Included are financial records, meeting minutes and agendas, architectural drawings, general administrative files, and photographs.

Administrative History

Shaar Shalom Synagogue was a conservative synagogue in Markham founded in 1972. The synagogue closed in 2016.`

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

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

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue (Markham, Ont.)

Places

Markham, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2017-2-3

Material Format

object

Physical Description

1 plaque ; 28 x 35 cm

Date

2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one plaque documenting Shaar Shalom Synagogue's presidents from 1974-2016.

Administrative History

Shaar Shalom Synagogue was a conservative synagogue in Markham founded in 1972. The synagogue closed in 2016.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue (Markham, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Congregation Or Shalom (London, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

London (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2008-7-4

Material Format

graphic material

sound recording

textual record

Physical Description

1 album

1 audio cassette

Date

1988-1997

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one album containing photographs, newsclippings, flyers and invitations related to the Temple Shalom community of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. The photographs depict members of the congregation celebrating various religious holidays and other communal events, as well as photos taken at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Temple Shalom's new building "The Cedars Worship Centre". There are also two photographs of the exterior of the former Church of the Good Shepherd, where the Temple originally held their services.

The audio cassette consists of 21 Shabbat songs recorded in 1998 by the Temple Shalom community and features Neshama, a local folk music group consisting of Mark Pancer, Ruth Shushan, Wendy Weinberg and Laura Wolfson.

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of the donor until they were donated to the Archives on July 22, 2008.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Temple Shalom (Waterloo, Ont.)

Places

Kitchener (Ont.)

Waterloo (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

• 
• 

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

55

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

98 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

89

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

6 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

108

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

8 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Name Access

Temple Shalom (Waterloo, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Waterloo (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2006-12-4

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

0.3 m. of textual records and other material

Date

1973-2005

Scope and Content

The records in this accession consist of early minutes of the Executive Committee, high holiday sermons, sidureem (booklets) that were produced by the synagogue for Shabbat and the holidays, a cassette containing instructions for bar/bat mitzvah children, a CD of music entitled "Solel Sings "Kids" Songs!", and a videotaped recording of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the shul.

Custodial History

The records were donated to the OJA from their archives committee. This committee will be responsible for overseeing future transfers and for helping to establish an information management program within the synagogue.

Administrative History

Solel Congregation was established in1973. It is a reform synagogue, situated in Mississauga, that currently has a membership of 300 families.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Solel Congregation (Mississauga, Ont.)

Places

Mississauga (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-3-27

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

Date

1981-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records of the Congregation Habonim. Included are synagogue bulletins, general correspondence with the membership, event programs and flyers, three financial statements from 1981 and 1987, and records related to invited speakers at the synagogue's breakfast club.

Administrative History

Congregation Habonim Toronto, founded in 1954, is a liberal synagogue located at 5 Glen Park Avenue in Toronto, and one of the first Holocaust refugee/survivor congregations to develop in Canada. Although currently independent of any official denomination, its early founders modeled the synagogue on the example of early Reform Judaism in Germany.

Most of the early members were refugees from Central Europe: some were Holocaust survivors; some were part of the Kindertransport. All arrived in Canada after the Second World War and began to frequent the New World Club, an organization that was dedicated to helping these newcomers settle into Canadian life. In 1953, they organized High Holiday services, and in 1954, they began to hold regular religious services. In 1955, the Congregation was officially chartered. They began holding services in rented premises at 44 St. George Street, Toronto and then moved to the Borochov Centre on Lippincott Street. In 1958, the present building at 5 Glen Park Avenue was rented, and then purchased in 1968.

One of its founders and first president was George Spitz, a Jewish refugee from Berlin, who unsuccessfully attempted to bring over his family from Germany in 1939 on the ill-fated MS St. Louis. Paul Alexander, also a refugee of Berlin, was an early vice-president of the synagogue. Some of the notable figures associated with the Congregation are Esther Ghan Firestone, the first female cantor in Canada; Rabbi Reuben Slonim (author, and also associate editor of The Toronto Telegram), known for his outspoken views on the Israeli-Arab conflict; Cantor Henry Weingluck, a well known artist who was a pupil of Max Liebermann; and Avrum Rosensweig, founder of Ve’ahavta, the Canadian Jewish Humanitarian Relief Organization.

The synagogue makes its facilities available to a number of other organizations, including Ve’ahavta, co-sponsoring a Passover Seder for the Homeless every year and the Toronto Partnership Minyan, an Orthodox egalitarian initiative in Toronto spearheaded by Professor Martin Lockshin, and has co-sponsored events with other organizations outside the Jewish community such as Free the Children and Me to We. The Congregation supports a choir, the Habonim Youth Choir and is also home to Canada's only multi-denominational introductory conversion course.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Congregation Habonim of Toronto

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

74

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1914 and 1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Standing, 5th from right: Yitzchak Ben-Zvi.

Jack Arons, Toronto pictured as well.

Name Access

Arons, Jack

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

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

Windsor (N.S.)

Accession Number

1987-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1985-1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-11-14

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

12 cm textual records

Date

1929-1991

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the history and activities of the Minsker Farband and Adath Shalom Synagogue. Included are a 50th anniversary booklet (1976), 60th anniversary booklet (1986), 65th anniversary booklet (1991) and photocopies of clippings from the Sunday Sun articles dated June 17, [1979] and May 13, 1995 reporting on the men and women (who are well beyond the age of 13) who participated in a group bar and bat mitzvah ceremony, initiated by Cantor Martin Rosenblum who participated in the ceremony as well. Records from the Minsker Farband include a navy leather bound manuscript book with "Young Minsker Social Club" embossed on the cover. "The Book of Life is Presented by William and Charlotte Kaplan in Memory of Libba Elka Kaplan, 26 JUN 1954, Ann Kaplan Goldblatt, 9 JAN 1959 and Chaim Libetsky, 13 DEC 1930. Each page of the book of life lists milestone celebrations, birth announcements and memorials. All entries were hand written in calligraphy from (1961-1968). In addition, there are two minute books handwritten in Yiddish for the periods 1929-1932 and 1935-37; meeting and executive meeting minute books and membership lists including organizations participating in The Young Mens' Minsker Farband (1948-1949); Young Men's Social Club Membership cards listing names, addresses, businesses or employers and other affiliations (1948 to 1953); an invitation and programme for Oneg Shabbat and Shabbat Morning services in honour of the 65th Anniversary of Adath Sholom Synagogue and the 25th Anniversary tribute to Cantor and Spiritual Leader Martin Rosenblum (1991); a timeline on the history of the Minsker Farband handwritten on a note pad by Ms. Bev Breslow; and an unidentified photocopy of a photograph.

Custodial History

The Adath Shalom Synagogue records belonged to donor Shae Eckler. The Minsker Farband records were given to Shae's husband Morey Eckler between 1995 and 2000. Shae could not recall the name of the original donor.

Administrative History

The Minsker Farband was established in 1926 by a small group of men who hailed from the town of Minsk, Russia. In 1927, the wives formed the Minsker Farband Ladies' Auxiliary. (Information as transcribed from the notes of Ms. Bev Breslow).

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Minsker Farband (Toronto, Ont.)

Adath Shalom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

51

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

42 photographs : col. slides, (2) b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1977-8-7

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

60 cm textual records

1 photograph

Date

[194-]-[196-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of materials documenting the National Council of Jewish Women of Welland and the Welland Hebrew Congregation. Materials include certificates, posters, financial documents, blueprints, correspondence, program newsletters, educational docuements, scrapbooks, photographs and executive notebooks

Administrative History

The Welland Jewish Congregation, also referred to as the Welland Hebrew Congregation, originally served the Jewish community of Welland from a synagogue located at Burger and Grove Streets in the mid-1940s. By the mid-1950s, a new shul was under construction on Summit Street which would serve the community from that point onward.

The Congregation participated in many fundraising drives and social events and worked closely with other faiths in their community

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Welland (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1978-5-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records

Date

[ca. 1971]-[ca. 1976]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to the dismissal of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg by the Beth Tzedec Board and relating to the Rabbi Hollander case; copies of "The Committee of 10 Report" and "Setting the Records Straight: Analysis and refutation of The Committee of 10 report"; Beth Tzedec Board letters and Bulletins; Beth Tzedec Congregational School Education and Youth Committee minutes and newsletters; Beth Tzedec Congregation Constitution and By-Laws; a report on membership dues policy; and records relating to the Board elections.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Rosenberg, Stuart E., 1922-1990

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1974-002

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1928

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a certified copy issued in 1928 of the letters patent incorporating Machziki Hadas Congregation in 1909.

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Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Machziki Hadas Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-2-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

2.7 m of textual records and graphic material

Date

[197-]-2007

Scope and Content

This accession consists of 2.7 m of textual records and graphic material related to the functions and activities of the Solel Congregation in Mississauga. The records include general correspondence, B'nai Mitzvah sermons; board of director, executive, and brotherhood minutes and motions; memorabilia, brochures and pamphlets; leadership manuals; newsletters; photographs; and the synagogue's constitution.

Administrative History

Mississauga 's Solel Congregation was founded in 1973. It currently has a membership of over 300 families and has established itself within the broader Mississauga community and Region of Peel. It is a Reform congregation, led by Rabbi Lawrence Englander. Solel has both a religious school, an adult education program as well as many participatory groups and activities.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Solel Congregation (Mississauga, Ont.)

Places

Mississauga (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1985-1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Torah (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-9-18

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

85 cm of textual records

184 photographs : b&w and col. (tif and jpg)

ca. 200 photographs : b&w and col.

14 moving images : mov and mp4

Date

[192-]-2015, predominant 1983-2015

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records related to the activities and operations of the First Narayever Congregation. Included are board and general meeting minutes (1984-1996); general correspondence, high holiday tickets and membership lists (1970s-1990s); membership and dues ledger (1929-1983); Ritual Committee meeting minutes (1984-1988); Implementation Committee records (1970s-1980s); constitutions (1980s); newsletters (1983-2004); a blank seat deed (1920s); a cemetery map (1950s?); records regarding burial rights for the Owen Sound Hebrew Congregation (1966-1980); records regarding a court case filed by members of the congregation surrounding the egalitarian changes being planned; an album documenting SHTICK! A Celebration of Jewish Playwrights (2005-2006); an album documenting the congregation's participation in a UJA Mission to Israel (2003-2004); a binder of material containing photocopied and original records in support of the research for the congregation's 100th anniversary celebrations (1970s-2014); photographs and a video recording of the 100th Anniversary exhbition opening at the Miles Nadal JCC; photographs of events hosted by the congregation; and 9 video interviews with individuals connected to the shul conducted by Sharoni Sibony, Peter Gold, and Harry Schachter for the anniversary celebrations. Interviewees are: Peter Gold, Sharon Weintraub, Murray Teitel, Rosalyn Katz, Julia Gluck, Shaya Petroff, Stuart Schoenfeld, Sylvia Solomon and Ben Rothman. Also included are family photographs and written transcripts of oral interviews conducted with members of the Hersh Petersiel family, who lived in Hastings, Ontario and had early connections to the Narayever Congregation.

Custodial History

The records related to Hersh Petersiel were given to the First Narayever by Marsha Beck for their upcoming one-hundredth anniversary. Marsha agreed to donate them to the OJA along with the Narayever records.

Administrative History

In 1914, Jews from eastern Galicia (now in modern Ukraine) established the First Narayever Congregation in Toronto as a landsmanshaf, i.e. a society of Jewish immigrants from the same town or region. The synagogue takes its name from the small market town of Narayev, which is located in eastern Galicia. The synagogue's founders belonged to the working class and many worked in Toronto's garment industry.

Initially, congregation members met in different locations, but by 1923 their numbers and financial means had grown such that they were able to rent a small house at 70 Huron Street at the corner of Huron and Dundas. This house served as the congregation's home for twenty years.

The congregation's first president was Israel Chaim Katz and its first meeting was held at the Katz home at 156 William Street. The congregation's first rabbi was Solomon Langner, who was hired by the congregation in 1923. He retained this affiliation despite serving the Kiever Synagogue as a full-time rabbi from 1929 until he died in 1973.

In 1943, the congregation purchased property at 187-189 Brunswick Avenue from Bethel Church. This is where the the synagogue is located today. In 1950, Henry Young became president of the congregation. He occupied that position until his death in 1976. Shalom Langner, the son of Rabbi Solomon Langner, succeeded Young as president.

As Toronto's Jewish population began to move north, the First Narayever continued to serve Orthodox Jews living downtown. In the 1980s, the congregation struggled to balance the needs of this older generation with the young generation's desire to make the synagogue more egalitarian with respect to gender. In 1983, the congregation's new leadership team successfully advanced a proposal to allow the full participation of women in traditional services. This innovation led to several long-standing members taking legal action, but their case was dismissed on the grounds that it was not a matter for civil law.

The First Narayever's identity continued to evolve. In 2009, its membership voted to allow its rabbi, Edward Elkin, who began serving the congregation in 2000, to officiate at same-sex marriages.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Petersiel, Hersh

Places

Hastings (Ont.)

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-5-2

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

10 cm of textual records and other material

Date

2011-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the 100th anniversary celebration of Congregation Knesseth Israel. The records were compiled in an indexed binder by Edwin Goldstein, president of the synagogue. Included are newsclippings, press releases and advertisements; invitations and programs; a commemorative calendar; a volunteer t-shirt, a kippa and a gift bag; correspondence with the Ontario Trillium Foundation; information on a guided architectural walking tour of the area; an Israel Today DVD featuring the synagogue; the book "One Hundred Years at the Junction Shul" written by Neil Ross and Lorne Miller; and a DVD compilation featuring video and photographic highlights from the various anniversary events.

Administrative History

Congregation Knesseth Israel was established in 1911 at 56 Maria Street in the West end of Toronto. Early 20th century membership in the synagogue consisted mainly of new jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, many of whom lived and worked in the Junction as artisans, peddlers, shop owners and scrap and metal collectors. Known as the Junction Shul, Knesseth Israel Synagogue was built with the labour and funds provided by the founding members and their families.

Orthodox services first began in 1913 and since the 1930s the synagogue has functioned without a rabbi, with services being led by a cantor or the congregants themselves. Some family names associated with this early period include: Alexandroff, Goldstein, Nickolaevsky, Kronis, Greenblatt, Usprich, Tanenbaum, and Naftalin.

Knesseth Israel is the oldest Toronto synagogue still in use as a synagogue today and is now cared for by the descendents of these founding families. Although members of the synagogue are now few (as the Jewish population of the Junction has waned greatly since the 1960s), the synagogue still performs High Holiday services for some 75-80 full members and 300 associate members.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: includes 1 text, 3 objects and 2 DVDs.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Synagogues

Name Access

Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2017-1-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

2011-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three editions of the Beth Tzedec Bulletin dated January 2011, September 2011 and January 2012. The contents of each contain a commentary by the rabbi and president, news, milestones, celebrations, tributes and activities going on at the synagogue. Paid advertising also appears in each bulletin. A monthly calendar of events is printed on the back cover of each edition.

Subjects

Synagogue bulletins

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-2-5

Physical Description

14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

[1955]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs from a B'nai Israel Congregation Purim carnival.

Responsibility

Photographs by Lou Lessin, London, Ont.

Administrative History

In 1899, London established its first permanent synagogue at the corner of Richmond and Simcoe Streets. The B'nai Israel Congregation operated from this location until 1917. With the rapid influx of Jewish residents at the turn of century, the congregation eventually relocated to the site of a former church located at the corner of Wellington and Grey. B'nai Israel operated from this new home until 1960. On September 11, 1960, B'nai Israel Congregation consecrated its new purpose built synagogue at the then northern border of the city. Praised for its ultramodern design, the synagogue complex designed by architect Philip Carter Johnson, housed a school, social hall and youth centre.

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.

Descriptive Notes

HISTORY/BIO NOTE: A History of the Jewish Community of London Ontario by Bill Gladstone.

CONSERVATION NOTE: Photos were originally mounted on display boards. The photo backing has been removed where possible. All identifying information included in the photo captions was on the original display board.

Subjects

Synagogues

Purim

Places

London (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1982-11-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[between 1940 and 1945]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a flyer from the synagogue urging congregants to make a pledge to a fund to purchase a new building for their Talmud Torah.

Subjects

Synagogues

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Beth Isaiah Congregation fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

59

Material Format

textual record

Date

1929-1976

Physical Description

65 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Guelph Hebrew Congregation, precursor of Beth Isaiah Congregation, was established in the early 1900s by the Jewish families which settled in Guelph shortly after 1900. Rev. Pearl was the congregation's first spiritual leader and teacher. Services were held in private homes until 1925, when the congregation purchased a building at the intersection of Surrey and Dublin Streets and remodeled it as a synagogue. An extension was added to this building in 1935 to meet the needs of the increasing membership. Planning for a new synagogue began in the early 1940s, and construction was completed in 1949 of the new synagogue on the same site. The name of the congregation was changed to Beth Isaiah, in honour of congregation member Isaiah (Sidney) Acker, who was killed on active service on 3 November 1942, while with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Over the years, congregation members formed other organizations whose activities were tightly intertwined with the congregation, given the relatively small size of Guelph's Jewish community. These organizations included the Beth Isaiah Congregation Hebrew School, the Guelph Jewish Welfare Fund, the Ir Shalom Chapter of Hadassah, and the B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge. The B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge was chartered in Apr. 1942. It held the first Brotherhood dinner in Canada in 1947, which gave impetus to the formation of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Beth Isaiah celebrated the 100th anniversary of the congregation in 2004.

Scope and Content

The fonds documents the activities, membership, and finances of Beth Isaiah Congregation and affiliated organizations, including the Beth Isaiah Ladies' Auxiliary, Beth Isaiah Congregation Hebrew School, the Guelph Jewish Welfare Fund, the Ir Shalom Chapter of Hadassah, and the B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge. The records in the fonds include financial records, membership ledgers, meeting minutes, correspondence and newsletters, and fundraising materials. The fonds also includes blueprints and other records relating to the construction of Beth Isaiah Synagogue in 1949.

Name Access

Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Creator

Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)

Places

Guelph (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-3-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

6 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print (1 neg.) ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions