- Accession Number
- 2018-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 104 photographs : b&w and col. (3 slides) ; 30 x 23 cm and smaller
- 1 banner
- Date
- 1919-1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of handwritten Yiddish writings from the 1930s and 1940s; newspaper clippings about Salsberg's move away from the Communist Party; tributes to Dora Wilensky including newsletters and journals from the Canadian Association of Social Workers, the Ontario Welfare Council, and the Neighborhood Workers Association; correspondence and a newspaper clipping about the Dora Wilensky Fund; drafts and newspaper clippings of tributes to poet Melech Ravitch; and miscellany including a banner from the Labour Council of Kiryat Yam commemorating a medical centre named in honour of Salsberg, a floor plan of the 21st legislature of Ontario parliament, and a publication of the story The Young Wanderer by Eliezer Smoli and Moshe Smilansky 1945. In addition, the accession includes letters by J. B. Salsberg to his wife Dora Wilensky and various letters to Salsberg from individuals such as politician Leslie M. Frost, actor Lou Jacobi, and president of the Workmen's Circle Israel Breslow. Of particular note is a letter from the Consulate General of the United States, including a copy of an order from the Department of Justice confirming his defection from the Communist Party and granting entrance into the United States according to the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. Also included are photographs of an art exhibition by Israel Kaplansky 1983; family photographs and portraits; photographs of J. B. Salsberg at various events; photographs of Dora Wilensky's family; and three 35 mm slides of J. B. Salsberg.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg (1902-1998) was a labour leader, political activist, politician, insurance salesman, and journalist. He was also active in various Jewish organizations, including: the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, and the New Fraternal Jewish Association. He is well-remembered by contemporaries, such as Sam Lipshitz, as a “champion of the people”, committed to social justice, the plight of the working class, and the preservation of Jewish culture.
- J. B. was born in Lagov, Poland on November 5, 1902 to Abraham and Sarah-Gittel Salsberg. Abraham immigrated to Toronto in 1910 and J. B. followed with his mother and two younger sisters in 1913. They settled at 73 Cecil Street. Abraham and Sarah-Gittel had additional children in Canada: Nathan (b. 1915), Reuven (Bob or Robert, b. 1917), Betty, and Thelma. Abraham worked as a peddler in Toronto.
- J. B. briefly attended Landsdowne Public School, but dropped out around 1915, against his parents' wishes, and took a job in a leather goods factory to contribute to his family’s income. J. B.’s parents had hoped he would become a rabbi and, despite his full-time employment, J. B. continued to study the Torah with scholars at the synagogue on Centre Avenue.
- In 1917, J. B. decided to pursue the ideas of Zionism and socialism and, abandoning his plans to become a rabbi, became involved in establishing the Young Poale Zion organization, a Labour Zionist youth group dedicated to secular aims. Around 1922, J. B. was made secretary general of the Young Poale Zion of America in New York, where he worked for one year. Shortly after returning to Toronto, he became the organizer for the Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers Union of North America in Chicago. J. B. married Dora Wilensky in 1927.
- In 1926, J. B. joined the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). He was an active member of the CPC for 30 years, serving as the head of its Trade Union Department for two decades. In 1929 he was suspended from the party for one year as a dissenter. In 1932, he became the Southern Ontario District union organizer for the Communist Workers' Unity League.
- It was as a member of the CPC that J. B. entered electoral politics. After a series of failed bids in municipal and provincial elections between 1935 and 1937, J. B. was elected alderman of Ward 4 in Toronto in 1938. He only held the position for one year. In 1943, J. B. was elected to the Ontario Legislature as the representative for the St. Andrew riding. J. B. sat as Member of Provincial Parliament for the Labor-Progressive Party (the provincial wing of the CPC) for 12 years. For several years, he was the only elected Communist in North America. As MPP, he helped create legislation banning discrimination in public places and introduced a bill that would ensure fair employment practices in the province. He lost his seat to Allan Grossman in 1955 and unsuccessfully ran in the federal election later that year. Remembered by journalist Gordon Sinclair as “one of the best debaters in the house”, J. B. was well-respected by members of all political parties. Out of admiration for J. B., Conservative Premier Leslie Frost named Salsberg Township in Northern Ontario in his honour.
- Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, J. B. had grown increasingly concerned about reports of Soviet antisemitism and privately urged party leaders to pursue the issue. In 1956, when Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev exposed the transgressions of Stalin’s regime, J. B. went to Moscow as part of a CPC delegation. After meeting with Khrushchev himself, it became clear to J. B. that antisemitism was indeed a problem in the USSR and that his efforts to probe the situation were being stonewalled.
- J. B. publicly expressed his concerns about Soviet antisemitism in a series of articles published in the Vochenblatt from October 25, 1956 to December 13, 1956. He finally left the Communist Party in 1957. However, he remained a member of the United Jewish People’s Order (UJPO), a Communist Jewish fraternal organization.
- Entering the business world, J. B. established the Model Insurance Agency Limited in 1957, where he served as president for several years. In 1959 J. B.’s wife, Dora, passed away. Around this time J. B. also resigned from the UJPO, along with other members who felt the organization needed to be more critical of the Soviet Union. They founded an alternative, non-Communist left-wing Jewish organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association, where J. B. served as president for several terms and edited its publication “Fraternally Yours”.
- In his later life, J. B. was active as an executive member of organizations, such as the CJC and the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. He was the first chairman for the CJC Ontario Region’s Soviet Jewry Committee and the Committee for Yiddish. He also began writing an award-winning weekly column for the Canadian Jewish News. J. B. was awarded the CJC’s Samuel Bronfman Medal for distinguished service, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto’s Ben Sadowski Award of Merit. A strong supporter of Israel, he was involved in the creation of two Israeli medical centres that are named in his honour. He also helped establish the J. B. and Dora Salsberg Fund and the J. B. Salsberg Fund for Yiddish at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto. J. B. passed away in 1998.
- Name Access
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 92
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1914-1993
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records (2 v.) and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg (1902-1998) was a labour leader, political activist, politician, insurance salesman, and journalist. He was also active in various Jewish organizations, including the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, and the New Fraternal Jewish Association. He is well-remembered by contemporaries, such as Sam Lipshitz, as a “champion of the people," committed to social justice, the plight of the working class, and the preservation of Jewish culture.
- J. B. was born in Lagow, Poland on November 5, 1902 to Abraham and Sarah-Gittel Salsberg. Abraham immigrated to Toronto in 1910 and J. B. followed with his mother and two younger sisters in 1913. They settled at 73 Cecil Street. Abraham and Sarah-Gittel had additional children in Canada: Nathan (b. 1915), Reuven (Bob or Robert, b. 1917), Betty, and Thelma. Abraham worked as a peddler in Toronto.
- J. B. briefly attended Landsdowne Public School, but dropped out around 1916, against his parents' wishes, and took a job in a leather goods factory to contribute to his family’s income. J. B.’s parents had hoped he would become a rabbi and, despite his full-time employment, J.B. continued to study Torah with scholars at the synagogue on Centre Avenue.
- In 1917, J. B. decided to pursue the ideas of Zionism and socialism and, abandoning his plans to become a rabbi, became involved in establishing the Young Poale Zion organization, a Labour Zionist youth group dedicated to secular aims. Around 1922, J. B. was made secretary general of the Young Poale Zion of America in New York, where he worked for one year. Shortly after returning to Toronto, he became the organizer for the Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers Union of North America in Chicago. J. B. married Dora Wilensky in 1927.
- In 1926, J. B. joined the Communist Party of Canada (CPC). He was an active member of the CPC for 30 years, serving as the head of its Trade Union Department for two decades. In 1929 he was suspended from the party for one year as a dissenter. In 1932, he became the Southern Ontario District union organizer for the Communist Workers' Unity League.
- It was as a member of the CPC that J. B. entered electoral politics. After a series of failed bids in municipal and provincial elections between 1935 and 1937, J. B. was elected alderman of Ward 4 in Toronto in 1938. He only held the position for one year. He was re-elected to this position in 1943, beating out Nathan Phillips, before being elected to the Ontario Legislature as the representative for the St. Andrew riding. J. B. sat as member of provincial parliament for the Labor-Progressive Party (the provincial wing of the CPC) for 12 years. For several years, he was the only elected Communist in North America. As MPP, he helped create legislation banning discrimination in public places and introduced a bill that would ensure fair employment practices in the province. He lost his seat to Allan Grossman in 1955 and unsuccessfully ran in the federal election later that year. Remembered by journalist Gordon Sinclair as “one of the best debaters in the house," J. B. was well-respected by members of all political parties. Out of admiration for J. B., Conservative Premier Leslie Frost named Salsberg Township in Northern Ontario in his honour.
- Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, J. B. had grown increasingly concerned about reports of Soviet antisemitism and privately urged party leaders to pursue the issue. In 1956, when Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev exposed the transgressions of Stalin’s regime, J. B. went to Moscow as part of a CPC delegation. After meeting with Khrushchev himself, it became clear to J. B. that antisemitism was indeed a problem in the USSR and that his efforts to probe the situation were being stonewalled.
- J. B. publicly expressed his concerns about Soviet antisemitism in a series of articles published in the Vochenblatt from October 25, 1956 to December 13, 1956. He finally left the Communist Party in 1957. However, he remained a member of the United Jewish People’s Order (UJPO), a Communist Jewish fraternal organization.
- Entering the business world, J. B. established the Model Insurance Agency Limited in 1957, where he served as president for several years. In 1959 J. B.’s wife, Dora, passed away. Around this time J. B. also resigned from the UJPO, along with other members who felt the organization needed to be more critical of the Soviet Union. They founded an alternative, non-Communist, left-wing Jewish organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association, where J. B. served as president for several terms and edited its publication, Fraternally Yours.
- In his later life, J. B. was active as an executive member of organizations, such as the CJC and the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. He was the first chairman for the CJC Ontario Region’s Soviet Jewry Committee and the Committee for Yiddish. He also began writing an award-winning weekly column for the Canadian Jewish News. J. B. was awarded the CJC’s Samuel Bronfman Medal for distinguished service, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto’s Ben Sadowski Award of Merit. A strong supporter of Israel, he was involved in the creation of two Israeli medical centres that are named in his honour. He also helped establish the J. B. and Dora Salsberg Fund and the J. B. Salsberg Fund for Yiddish at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto. J. B. passed away in 1998.
- Custodial History
- The records were donated to the OJA in a series of accessions. Material from accessions 1991-5-4 and 1992-9-4 were donated by J. B. Salsberg. The remaining material was donated by his estate after his death.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting J. B. Salsberg's personal, professional and Jewish communal activities. The bulk of the records are textual and relate to his membership in the CPC (later LPP), election campaigns, and Jewish communal work. Included is correspondence; photographs; reports; political writings; certificates; agendas; pamphlets; brochures; booklets; flyers; campaign literature; campaign notes; posters; newspaper clippings; press releases; articles; transcripts; speeches; telegrams; political platforms, briefs and submissions; statements; constitutions; resolutions; newspapers; meeting minutes; bulletins; periodicals; notebooks; notes; course guides and outlines; medallions; pins; plaques; donation receipts; event invitations and programmes; lists; blank employment applications; a school test; a study; a coin; a drawing; a sketch; an audio cassette; and a delegate card.
- Records are arranged into the following five series: 1. Personal ; 2. Labour Zionism and union activities ; 3. Political career ; and, 4. Jewish community involvement. There are also four files and one item attached directly to the fonds.
- Notes
- Physical Description Note: Includes 53 photographs, 7 medallions, 11 pins, 4 posters, 2 plaques, 1 sketch, 1 drawing, 1 audio cassette, 1 desk name plate, and 1 coin.
- Physical Extent Note: Fonds was reduced from approximately 7 metres to 1.5 metres. The culled material consisted primarily of published books, periodicals and pamphlets that had been collected by J. B. Salsberg. For further details about what was culled please view the accession records.
- Associated Material Note: Queen's University Archive also has a J. B. Salsberg fonds, 14 hours of interview tapes with J. B. Salsberg and records of the UJPO are held by the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario (MHSO).
- Name Access
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Subjects
- Labor leaders
- Politicians
- Related Material
- For additional records in OJA's holdings, see: Ben Kayfetz fonds 62, series 8, file 2 ; accession 2008-11-2 ; accession 2004-1-4 ; and oral histories AC 71 and AC 226.
- Creator
- Salsberg, Joseph Baruch, 1902-1998
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-4
- 1992-9-4
- 1998-2-2
- 1998-12-5
- 2004-5-28
- 2010-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Dual Allegiance series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one memorandum Dunkelman wrote about a meeting in Israel attended by himself, Yael Dunkelman and Baruch Erez. The memorandum is related to Dunkelman's research into his role in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Notes
- Baruch Erez (Freidman) was second in command of the 79th Battalion during the Arab-Israeli War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Dual Allegiance series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three pages of notes related to the opening of the Burma Road, Operation Dekel and the conquest of Nazareth and Operation Hiram in northern Galilee.
- Physical Condition
- Record is in good condition but hard to read in places.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs
- Date
- [nd], 1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of sketches detailing former Holy Blossom Temple locations. The first is a sketch by an unknown artist of Coombe's Drugstore and the second is a sketch by artist Aba Bayefsky of the Richmond St. building.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-7-7
- Material Format
- sound recording
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 13 audio cassettes
- 1 folder of textual records (PDF)
- Date
- 2001-2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of audio cassette tapes containing interviews Lisa Newman conducted regarding the Rotenberg and Pines families. Included are interviews with: Aubey Rotenberg, Moe and Bernice Ceresne, Cyril Rotenberg, Lailla Rapoport, Laya Kurtz, David Rotenberg, Ken Rotenberg, Harvey Rotenberg, and Radha Ahuja (born Bluma Rotenberg).
- Also included are textual records documenting the Rotenberg family's history. These include issues of the Ivansk Project e-newsletters, which contain entries written by Lisa Newman Greenspan (Issue #15 Nov.-Dec. 2005, Issue #23 Mar.-Apr. 2007, Issue #25 July-Aug. 2007).
- Administrative History
- Louis (Elazar / Loozer) Rotenberg (b. 17 Feb. 1863-d. 31 Dec. 1936) immigrated to Toronto in 1893. He was possibly the first Jew to immigrate to Toronto from Ivansk, Poland. He had married Rivka (nee Cukier) (b. 9 Jan. 1864-d. 4 Jun. 1956) in 1883. She followed him to Toronto with their four children in 1895. They had an additional five children in Toronto. Their children were: Harry (b. 31 Oct. 1884-d. 26 May 1937), Max (Mordechai) (b. 25 Dec. 1886-d. 8 May 1958), Louis (Leibish) (b. 14 Dec. 1885-d. 24 Dec. 1961), Meta (b. 12 July 1892-d. 26 July 1954), Meyer (b. 9 Mar. 1894-d. 25 Jun. 1958), Charlie (b. 5 Aug. 1897-d. 21 Sept. 1949), Naftali Hertz (b. Jun. 1899-d. Feb. 1971), Zechariah (b. 1902-d. at age 4 in 1906), and Hilda (b. 16 Jun. 1904-d. 25 Mar. 1999). Louis opened a banking, steamship and insurance office in Toronto with three of his sons (Louis Jr., Harry and Max) in 1916. The business eventually became known as Rotenberg's Ltd. Louis passed away in 1936.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Business
- Interviews
- Families
- Name Access
- Rotenberg, Louis
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (jpg)
- Date
- 8 Apr. 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Ilana Newman's seder preparations. Included are two photographs of Newman's seder table with candles, kiddush cup, and some food.
- Custodial History
- Items were submitted to the archives via the OJA website.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Candles and lights (Judaism)
- Kiddush cups
- Seder
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4675
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4675
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Name Access
- Newman, David
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4685
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4685
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- March 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- No place specified.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- Newman, Sam
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4647
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4647
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Newman, David
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Newman, Abraham
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Newman, Abraham
- Page Number
- 716
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Radio and television scripts series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- Series
- 3
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a script written for an unknown CBC comedy radio programme, probably by Henry Karpus.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Elmdale Investments series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 3
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 13 Dec. 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The law firm of Newman, Reiber and Weinstock were tenants in Elmhurst Plaza.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from the auditors for the Elmhurst Plaza requesting confirmation of the outstanding rent owed by the firm of Newman, Reiber and Weinstock.
- Name Access
- Elmhurst Plaza
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4563
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4563
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of David E. Newman.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4564
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4564
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of David E. Newman.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4569
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4569
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Doris and David Newman. The photograph was taken when the couple lived on Palmerston Boulevard in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- 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
- Palmerston Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Newman, Srul Chiam
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Newman, Srul Chiam
- Page Number
- 716
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4653
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4653
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by M. Schlachter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Newman, David E.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4646
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4646
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Newman holding a young Susan Burke (m. Shiffman). She is the daughter of Jack Burke, a well-known educator linked to Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Name Access
- Burke, Susan
- Newman, David E.
- Shiffman, Susan
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4553
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4553
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of David Newman with three other individuals dressed in formal attire. Pictured from left to right are Jack Burke, Mrs. Burke, [unidentified], and David E. Newman. The photograph was probably taken in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Burke, Jack
- Subjects
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4554
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4554
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of David Newman at a dinner. Newman is faintly pictured on the far right.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1984-8-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-8-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1920
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Canadian Certificate of Naturalization for Joseph Rosenberg dated March 8, 1920.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1990
- Scope and Content
- The accession consists of 1 photograph of the 1941-42 officers of Viceroy Reading Lodge, B'nai Brith, Hamilton; correspondence between Joseph Alexandroff and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln M. Alexander, 1985; a bencher for the bar mitzvah of Joseph Alexandroff's great nephew, Brandon Alexandroff, May 19, 1990 at Congregation Knesseth Israel; and photocopies of letters written to, and newspaper clippings from, the Hamilton Spectator.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Alexandroff was born on October 19, 1907, the first-born son of Boris and Rebecca Alexandroff and one of the first Jewish children born in the Junction. He was a long-time member and supporter of Congregation Knesseth Israel.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Name Access
- Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1938-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents related to Joseph Skulko including two copies of an engagement certificate, a ketuba and a Canadian Certificate of Naturalization.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1910-1950
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the business career and community involvement of Joseph Graner. Included are receipts, insurance release foms, bills, and an auditor's financial report. His company is decribed on letterheads as dealing with steamship tickets, real estate, foreign exchange, insurance, loans, mortgages, valuations, and rent collection. There are three items of historic paper foreign currency from Germany and Russia. As well there are order forms for Universal Garment Company Sportswear Specialists, and a seal for Joseph Graner, Justice of the Peace for Toronto and the County of York. Finally there are press clippings and correspondence pertaining to his community activities with organizations such as Associated Hebrew Schools, Goel Tzedec Synagogue, Ontario Zionist Association, the Conservative Association, and committees protesting the persecution of Jews in Poland and Gemany before the Second World War.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Graner was one of the founders of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Dispensary (the forerunner of Mount Sinai Hospital). A biography is included with the Instrument of Donation.
- Name Access
- Graner, Joseph
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : 22 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1929
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of two photographs taken of members of the Kirkland Lake community. One photograph is of the Kaplan family, including Sime Kaplan and her children Abraham, Nathan, Fannie and Isadore. This photograph was taken around 1920 in Lithuania. The second photograph was taken at the Kirkland Lake Fireman's Ball in the late 1920s. Included in the photograph are Harry Atkins, Max Kaplan, Albert Kokotow, Faye Atkins, Sonia Kaplan, and Anne Black
- Administrative History
- Hyman Kaplan moved to Kirkland Lake from Lithuania in 1914. The rest of his family followed in 1923
- Name Access
- Joseph Atkins.
- Kaplan family.
- Places
- Kirkland Lake.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 140 photographs : b&w; 30 x 24 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1975]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Jewish entertainers, including Yiddish theatre actors, comedians, singers and screen actors. Most of the entertainers depicted were American, however, several photographs have been autographed indicating that they may have performed in Toronto at one of the early Jewish theatres. Records are predominantly photographs, with a few pamplets and a movie publicity brochure.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Eisenberg's was born in Poland on March 4, 1895. He came to Canada with his father Alexander and mother Rebeccah Eisenberg in 1906.
- Joseph Eisenberg married Sadie Schwartz and had three children named Ted, Thelma, and Julius.
- Both Alexander and Joseph became prominant members of the Conservative Party, each dedicating fifty odd years to the promotion and support of the party within Canada. In fact the Eisenberg home was known as the unofficial headquarters of the Ward 4 Conservatives.
- Joseph was involved with Jewish theatre in Toronto as the representative of the Hebrew Actors Union of America.
- He was also one of the first members of the Farband Labour Zionist Movements, and was actively involved the labour movement in Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-5-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Date
- 1981
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one oversized portrait photograph of Joseph Shoham, the first director of the BJE Media and Resource Centre, from 1972 to 1980. The photograph is a print created in 1981 from an original negative and is fixed onto a matte. The original frame has been discarded.
- Custodial History
- The portrait was in the possession of the BJE Media Library until donated to the Archives on 2007-05-03.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 16; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Marin was a founder of the Beach Hebrew Institute and was involved in the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan and Farband.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an electronic copy photograph of a portrait of Joseph Marin.
- Name Access
- Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Farband
- Toronto Hebrew Free Loan
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one copy photograph of Joseph Warner and his school friends on Yonge Street while on leave from military service during the Second World War. Identified from left to right are: Joseph Warner (Royal Canadian Air Force), Murray Vernon (Royal Canadian Navy), and Joseph Oiffer (Canadian Army).
- 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.
- Places
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 cup : metal ; 25 cm high mounted on stand 11 cm high
- 1 name tag : 2 x 6 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm mounted on board 43 x 36 cm
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Joseph Webber's membership in the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society. Included are four Linitzer Society jubilee books, one portrait of Joseph that was presented to him on the society's thirtieth anniversary, one "20 Year Member" name tag, and one cup that was awarded to Joseph in 1943 for not drawing benefits for 20 years.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Webber was born around 1890 in Pogrebishche, Ukraine to Hershel and (?) Webber. He had three siblings: Chisey, Arrona (?), and Esther. Joseph married Risa and together they had three children: Al, Sam, and Ann. Sometime prior to the First World War, Joseph immigrated to Canada with his family. Joseph's first wife likely passed away sometime after coming to Canada and he was re-married to Bella Citron in 1926. He and Bella had one daughter in 1926 named Florence.
- Joseph worked as a furrier and was a founding member of the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society, which was formed in 1913. He passed away in Toronto in 1977.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4510
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4510
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1941]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original portrait of Joseph Marin, former president of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association from 1941 to 1942.
- Notes
- Original photo: Simpson Bros., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Matte is cracked in two places.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Bernard Dunkelman was born on 18 December 1911 in Toronto. His parents, David Dunkelman (1883-1978) and Rose Dunkelman (née Miller), were married on 19 January 1910. Originally from Poland, David came to Canada with his parents in 1895 and settled in Toronto. Rose was born in Philadelphia in 1889 and moved to Canada at the age of thirteen and resided there until her death in 1949, at the age of fifty-nine. Her father, Harry, was an entrepreneur in the menswear business, and it was through his business contacts that she met and married David at the age of twenty. They had six children: Joseph, Ernest, Zelda, Veronica, Theodora, and Benjamin. The latter fought in both the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence.
- In 1911, David Dunkelman founded Tip Top Tailors, a high-end men's clothing store, which currently has about one hundred branches nationwide. Joseph ran Tip Top Tailors from the early 1940s until the late 1940s, when Ben returned from the war and bought Joseph's shares of the business. The business was sold to Dylex, who subsequently sold it to Grafton-Fraser in 2000. Joseph used the money he received from selling his share of the family business to invest in a television and movie production company (possibly Sony Screen Gems).
- Joseph married Jean Lenore Samuels (born 25 February 1912). Joseph and Jean had three children, Richard "Dick" Howard, Peter, and a third child who was handicapped and institutionalized. After Joe and Jean's marriage ended, Joe married Claire Olsen and remained with her until his death. They had one son, Lex. Claire was a movie reviewer and television interviewer.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Joseph Dunkelman.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Joseph, 1911- (subject)
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- 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
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Arab-Israeli War series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and Joseph (Yossie) Mann relating to the 7th Brigade. The correspondence also relates to Dunkelman's autobiography and to donations he made to the Brigade's Veterans Fund.
- Physical Condition
- Records are in good condition, but fragile.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information about Dunkelman's autobiography Dual Allegiance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Dual Allegiance series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three pages of notes written by Joseph Eisen in connection with the 7th Brigade's actions during the Arab-Israeli War. The notes provide a brief chronological account of the war from 7 July 1948 to 29 October 1948 and mention Operations Dekel and Hiram.
- Notes
- A more recent note on the first of these three pages indicates Eisen wrote these notes while Ben Dunkelman was on a visit to Israel in August, 1973.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
