Level

Item

Item

990

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Snyder, Cantor Max

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

991

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Snyder, Cantor Max

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

32

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a programme from Toronto Counci of Hazzanim Fourth Annual Ezra and Kadima Gala Concert June 15, 1970.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

984

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1915 or 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3828

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1929 or 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Applebaum was cantor in New York and New Jersey.

Was a founder of Mendelsohn choir and Tzozmirer Society.

He worked as a salesman for Henzman Piano Co.

He died in 1963.

Name Access

Applebaum, Isadore M.

Heinzman Piano Co.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

1985-10-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1266

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Negative #1266A has no writing.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

985

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1912 and 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a New Year's card with a portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky in top hat and tails. Writing under the photo reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, DER-GOEL-TZEDEC-GEMEINDE, 42 Baldwin St., Toronto, Canada.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1976-12-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1930--1969

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Nathan Stolnitz, his interests, and the organizations he was involved in. Included are clippings, bulletins, letters, minutes, and promotional materials for a variety of events and organizations.

Administrative History

Cantor Nathan Stolnitz was born in Vilna. He settled in Toronto in 1926. He founded the Ontario Cantors Association and was involved with Yivo, the Canada Jewish Congress, and Toronto's Jewish Public Library. He was also an author. Cantor Stolnitz died on 11 March 1969 while vacationing in Miami Beach. He was seventy-seven.

MG_RG

MG6C

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Stolnitz, Nathan

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-2-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1927-1974

Scope and Content

Accession consists of programs for music concerts in Toronto including a childrens' Yiddish concert at Farband Folk Shule (1928), the Toronto Centennial Public and High School Concert (1934), the Jewish National Choir "Hazamir" (1939-1941), Hashomer Hatzair Ninth Annual Concert (1940), The Toronto Star Good Music Concert (1955) and a concert at Beth Tikvah Synagogue (1974). There is a newspaper clipping about a choir concert at Beth Sholom Synagogue (1950). Also included are pages from a book which display cameo photos of teachers at Peretz School, and the Toronto Arbeiter Ring Workmen's Circle School and Camp Committees (1927-1928). This material was collected by Cantor Louis Danto of Toronto.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Danto, Louis

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-5-9

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17 cm

Date

[between 1912 and 1916]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one original photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a top hat. The writing on the photograph reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, Der -- Goal -- Zedek -- Gemeinde, 42 Boldwin (sic) Street, Toronto Canada.

Custodial History

This item was left on top of one of the exhibit display cases on the fourth floor of the Lipa Green building. There is no information on the original owner of the item.

Descriptive Notes

This item is the same image as photo 985.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

42

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Rubien (Reuben) Schwebel was a well-known cantor in Toronto. Most notably, he became the cantor of the Anshei Minsk Synagogue in Kensington Market in 1949, and led the congregation in Shabbat and holiday services for over fifty years.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Rubien Schwebel.

Name Access

Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Schwebel, Rubien

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2524

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1928]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Crystal Beach is approximately ten kilometres from Kirkland Lake. It was a popular summer destination for Jewish residents in the area.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of a group of children from Kirkland Lake with their cantor, Mr. Rabin, at Crystal Beach, Ontario. The photograph depicts the assembled group in front of a log house on the beach. Standing on the far right is David Duke.

Name Access

Duke, David

Rabin, Mr.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-[1951?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with Nioma Waldman and Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky regarding Kusevitsky's performances in 1950 and 1951.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of tickets, invoices, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, and correspondence related to Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky's performances in 1950, 1951, and 1952.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a ledger for the Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky concerts.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of posters and tickets for the Cantor Jacob Goldstein leading services.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-11-2

Material Format

sound recording

Physical Description

71 audio cassettes

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 71 cassette tapes that belonged to Cantor Harold Klein.

Administrative History

Cantor Harold Klein was born in Borough Park, Brooklyn in 1929. The child of eastern European immigrants, Klein was the second of three sons. When he was four, the family moved to Williamsburg. It was there that he attended yeshiva.

As a child, Klein was inspired by Rabbi Levi Greenwald, Rabbi Dovid Rabinowitz, and Earl Spero to pursue his vocation as a cantor. He studied with Cantor Noah Schall and [Frederick?] Pugel. In a 1984 interview with author Mark Slobin, Klein credited both with his later success.

In the course of his career, Klein sung for several congregations. The first was Sutton Place Synagogue, aka the U.N. Synagogue, where he introduced congregational singing. In 1968, he moved to Toronto and became cantor at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. After several years at Beth Emeth, he went to Shaarei Shomayim, where he sung for many years.

In addition to regular singing, Klein occupied a number of important posts within the cantorial community. In the 1970s, he was elected to the executive council of the Cantors Assembly of America. At the time he was elected, Klein was serving as the president of the Toronto Council of Hazzanim.

Klein was also a published author. After a friend encouraged him to write a songbook, he formed Mydas Music Company, which published his Let's Sing and Daven songbook in 1985. The songbook, which was accompanied by a ninety-minute cassette of Klein singing to piano accompaniment, won praise from a number of cantors. A sequel, Let's Sing and Celebrate,was released in 1987.

In 1988, the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary inducted Klein as one of its honourary fellows.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Klein, Harold

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1335

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Cantor Linder, standing in front of the Congregation B'nai Israel in Timmins, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation B'nai Israel (Timmins, Ont.)

Linder, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1992-7-1

Material Format

sound recording

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1.5 cm of textual records

2 audio cassettes

1 audio disc

12 photographs (6 negatives)

Date

[ca. 1922]-1992

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and collected by Marc Bernstein. Included are the following records: audio cassettes; a Sacred Service record by Ernest Bloch with Leonard Bernstein conducting; and some individual scrapbook pages, photographs, and textual files from Cantor Bernstein's Summer Hotel at Lake Shore House and Cabins in Orillia.

The audio cassettes contain recordings of Cantors Akiba Bernstein, Pinchos Borenstein, and Haynach Borenstein; a recording of Mary Simmons in early broadcasts; plus Cantors Akiva, Haynach, Hershal, and Archie Borenstein.

Photographs include some portraits of family members and several group portraits

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Bernstein, Akiva

Places

Orillia (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-10-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph

Date

[ca. 1935]-[ca. 1970]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Boris Charloff. Included are a photograph of Cantor Charloff and choir, a book of music entitled "Tfilas N'yiloh," a composition for Psalm 30, and music for Hanukkah.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: two of the books of music—"Mizmor shir Chanukah" and "Music by Cantor Boris Charloff"—have been digitized and are available as PDF files.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Name Access

Charloff, Boris

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1046-1047

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1976

Physical Description

4 photographs : (2 negatives)

Notes

Negative: 11:6:33; 11:6:34.

Name Access

Anshei Libavitch Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Miller, Cantor Ben-Zion

Shaarei Tefillah Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Accession Number

1974-003

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1970-1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records of the Orthodox Jewish Community Council, Toronto. Included are a description of the organization's mandate, correspondence, materials from a conference, and a memo.

MG_RG

MG3A7

Subjects

Orthodox Judaism

Name Access

Orthodox Jewish Community Council (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

534

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of a reception at the Kiever Synagogue, Toronto. From left to right: Harry Bobrowsky, P. Balsky, Rabbi Solomon Langner, and Cantor Rosenberg.

Notes

Acquired June 22, 1975.

A 4 x 5 negative is available.

Name Access

Balsky, P.

Bobrowsky, Harry

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Langner, Solomon

Rosenberg, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Synagogues

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

981

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1936]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Pictured in centre: Boris Charloff. Immediately behind his right shoulder, Joseph Jacobovitch.

Name Access

Charloff, Cantor Boris

Jacobovitch, Joseph

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

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

1976-10-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3662

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1945 and 1955]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Photo by Alex Gray.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

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

1980-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

983

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1932

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky (centre), Cantor L. Glanz (left) and an unidentified person.

Name Access

Glanz, Cantor L.

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1228

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Mark Geldzaeler was born in 1862 in Galicia, probably Kolbuszowa, and died in Toronto in 1932. His wife Yetta [Shumer] (1870-1952) had immigrated to Toronto from Stanislau with her parents, Louis (Leib) and Chava Shumer, in the mid-1880s. Mark and Yetta were married in Toronto on February 2, 1890.

Prior to his arrival in Toronto, Mark Geldzaeler had been a religious scholar and teacher in the old country. In 1892, he became the Assistant Chazan at Holy Blossom synagogue on Bond Street. This official title notwithstanding, he was also the synagogue's shamus [caretaker], religious school teacher, and bar mitzvah tutor. He lived with his family just behind the synagogue, in a property owned by the synagogue, before eventually moving to a house on Walmer Road.

The family had six children: Bernard (1891-1974) m. Hortense; Rose (1892-1966) m. Samuel Aaron Harris; Rachel (1897-?) m Isidore Ruskin; Solly (1899-1902); Alfred ("Alfie") Benjamin (1901-1918) d. of influenza during the epidemic; and Freda Frances (1907-2002) m. Simon Ramm.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Mark Geldzaeler.

Notes

Photo by A. Barrett, 324 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Geldzaeler, Mark

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Immigrants--Canada

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

1977-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

994

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Notes

Credit Gadi Hoz.

Name Access

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Klein, Cantor Harold

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

999

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Aroni, Cantor Zvee

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1904

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1923]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access

Dorskind, Cantor Jacob

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

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

1979-12-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2371

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Admin History/Bio

The synagogue was located on St. Clair Avenue West, near Christie Street, until 1966, when it moved to Glencairn Avenue.

Scope and Content

5th from left: Sam Richman.

Name Access

Adler, Nathan

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

Places

Christie Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3661

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1956]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Rev. Ephraim Daviat, cantor in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Portraits

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2527

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy studio portrait and corresponding negative of Cantor Rabin, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

The original photograph has Hebrew writing on the verso. See accession record for more information.

Name Access

Rabin, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Adas Israel Synagogue series

Clergy sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

4

Series

5-2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963-2008

Physical Description

3 folders of textual records

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of correspondence relating to Adas Israel's search for a rabbi and cantor. It also includes programme books from tribute dinners honouring Rabbi Morton Green and Cantor Kirshblum.

Name Access

Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)

Jewish National Fund

Green, Morton (Rabbi)

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-6-21 [Processed]

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1982-1989

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Harold Klein and Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg. Cantor Klein's records include sound recordings and sheet music. Rabbi Rosenberg's records include certificates of conversion, divorce, and marriage; counselling and pastoral cards; decree absolutes; a letter to Mr. A. Copnick from Garry Goldberg regarding a "Burn the Mortgage Campaign" (the letter includes a note to the rabbi); a letter to Rabbi Rosenberg from Rabbi Bernard Baskin; and wedding record cards.

Custodial History

6/25/2018: Rabbi Yossi Sapirman of Beth Torah Congregation donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History

Cantor Harold Klein was the chazzan of the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto. Cantor Klein was a classmate, and then later a student for many years, of Professor Noach Schall of Yeshiva University.

Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg led Beth Torah Congregation for nine years. Prior to that, he was senior rabbi for seventeen years at Beth Tzedic, the largest Conservative congregation in Canada.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Name Access

Klein, Harold

Rosenberg, Stuart E

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

473

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1923

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Cantor Abraham Barkin.

Notes

Sticker on back: "Cantor Abraham Barkin 1882-1939".

Inscription on back: "Taken in New York - 1923".

Name Access

Barkin, Cantor Abraham

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

New York (N.Y.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

532

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Cantor Zalman Shechter, Poland.

Name Access

Shechter, Cantor Zalman

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Poland

Accession Number

Acquired June 22, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4054

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Seitz (also spelled Zeitz, Zayetz, Saitz) served at the McCaul Street Synagogue Toronto, 1922-1926, then went to Camden, New Jersey.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

1986-9-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

982

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a winter coat and hat.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Romania

Accession Number

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1265

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1906]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

Bernhard Wladowsky was an obercantor in Bucarest.

Notes

Originally a New Year's card.

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Romania

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

744

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[19--?]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Admin History/Bio

Born in Lithuania, Koussevitsky was a world-renowned cantor. His last post was in Brooklyn, New York. He toured extensively during his career.

Custodial History

Item is a portrait of the Lithunian-born cantor Moshe Koussevitsky.

Name Access

Koussevitsky, Cantor Moshe

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Portraits

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.

Places

Lithuania

New York (N.Y.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cantor Bernard Wladowsky fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1892-1959

Physical Description

40 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Bernard Wladowsky was born in Smila, Poland in 1870. He graduated from the Imperial Music School in 1887. At the age of 17, he took on his first cantorial post in Kiev. Subsequently, he was hired as cantor in Bakmut, Sevastopol, Constantinople and Bucharest.

In 1907 he emigrated to the United States to accept a position with the Ohev Tzedec Synagogue in New York City. In 1909, he became the cantor of the Anshe Knesset Synagogue in Chicago. In 1912 he was invited to Toronto to assume the post of uber-cantor at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Later he served at the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, where he remained until his retirement in 1955.

Cantor Wladowsky was invited to give concerts throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. He was one of the most popular and celebrated cantors in North America. He composed numerous and widely sung liturgical compositions, notably Modim. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Cantors Association of America and the President of the Agudath Ha'hazzanim of Toronto. In addition to his cantorial duties, he was also a mohel and performed circumcisions in Toronto during his career. Cantor Wladowsky died in 1963 at age 92 and is buried in Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.

Scope and Content

Fonds documents the life and activities of Cantor Bernard Wladowsky. The records consist of the following types of material: newspaper clippings, correspondence, record books of weddings and circumcisions, concert programs and liturgical compositions.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Occupations

Creator

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Accession Number

1976-10-5

1980-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1336

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Cantor Linder of Timmins, Ontario.

Notes

Original portrait by Royal Studio, A. Tomkinson, 5 Balsam Street, Timmins.

Name Access

Linder, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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

Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2002-10-7

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

32 cm of textual records

4 photographs

Date

[ca. 1960]-1966

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and collected by Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim. There are several music books with Oppenheim's compositions, as well as loose sheet music and other composers song sheets. There is a concert program and correspondence from the Cantor's Assembly of America and the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association.

Included is a record of Canto Eliazar Zaslavsky's Prayers and Songs.

Photographs depict Mordechai Oppenheim, as well as an unidentified individual and group portrait

Administrative History

Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim was a cantor who lived in Toronto

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Rabbis

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

986

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1912

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a concert ticket advertising a Hanukkah festival featuring Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky at Massey Music Hall on Wed. Dec. 4, 1912. The festival was for the benefit of the Hebrew Free School. Tickets were $100 each.

Name Access

Massey Music Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Benefit performances

Cantors (Judaism)

Hanukkah

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

1976-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6128

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1954

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Custodial History

The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.

Scope and Content

Item is a group photograph. Identified from left: Mr. Itzkowitz, David Newman, Leon Zelicki, Conductor A. Lutsky, Mr. Weiner, Cantor Jacob Zigelman, Mr. Shilit, [unknown], and Mr. Ber.

Notes

For identification, see accession record.

No restrictions on access.

Name Access

Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Zigelman, Cantor

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

Synagogues

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.

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1993-10-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2372

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Cantor Bernard Wladowsky in centre.

2nd from right in 2nd row: Sam Richman.

Name Access

Richman, Sam

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Choirs (Music)

Portraits, Group

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4039

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1925 and 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

High Holidays

Posters

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

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Samuel Stolnitz was born in 1914, in Vilna, Lithuania, the son of Cantor Nathan and Jennie Stolnitz. He came to Canada with his parents at the age of twelve, first arriving in Ottawa in 1926. The family later moved to Toronto in 1929. He was married to Anne Stolnitz.

Cantor Stolnitz first served as Cantor in Vancouver and Minneapolis, before becoming the Cantor of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, and later, the Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue. Cantor Stolnitz died on 19 April 2004.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Samuel Stolnitz.

Name Access

Stolnitz, Samuel

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Immigrants--Canada

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions