Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Fundraising sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-8

File

33

Material Format

textual record

Date

[199-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a flyer advertising the Baycrest Mezuzah Project, which was operated by the Women's Auxiliary and raised money for through the sale of mezuzah's that were hand-painted by residents and patients.

Subjects

Mezuzah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family and Child fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

79

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1996

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three individuals at a mezuzah affixing ceremony at Youthdale.

Name Access

Youthdale

Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Mezuzah

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family and Child fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

79

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

19 Jun. 1990

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour photograph of Lorne Wolfson affixing a mezuzah to a door.

Subjects

Mezuzah

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4416

Material Format

graphic material

Date

December 1985

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Rabbi Danny Gottlieb of Temple Har Zion placing mezuzah.

Students, left to right: Jodi Wolfe; Ariela Guttman; Ezra Title.

Dr. David Cohen (director of Leo Baeck) on left and Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld of Temple Emanuel also present.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Subjects

Mezuzah

Schools

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1995-11-7

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

13 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller

Date

1943-1955

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs showing the Hotel Casa Loma on Lake Simcoe with Star of David designs on the balcony, vacationers at Victory Cottage, Jewish servicemen in London and Toronto (see Bill Stern fonds for similar images), and a furrier shop.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

12 Feb. 1978

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs taken at the dedication of JIAS new offices. Included are images of Saul Sigler afixing the Mezuzah and Joe Casse saying a toast.

Subjects

Mezuzah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-4-4

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

88 photographs (jpg) : b&w

3 textual records (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1940-2008], predominant 1940-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document Harry Wolfson's experiences during the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of Harry's military activities, his travels across Canada, and his experience working on Vancouver Island. Scanned records are selections from an album maintained by Harry.

Administrative History

Harry Wolfson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from December 1942 to August 1945. After the war he spent a year maintaining the runways and telephone lines on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.

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.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

53

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry L. Woflson was born in Toronto on 11 September 1910, to Hyman and Rebecca (née Trambetsky) Wolfson. He married Rose (née Chrom) and had four children: Sheila, Alan, Judith and Laurence. Wolfson was a world-renowned economist and financial consultant. He was educated at the University of Toronto and at King's College, Cambridge University, where he studied under John M. Keynes.

He was the director and officer of various organizations including the general manager of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (1934-1950); executive secretary of the Economic Stabilization Commission in Palestine (1942-1948); economic co-coordinator of the State of Israel (1948-1950); financial councilor for the Canadian Embassy in Washington (1951-1952); and alternate director of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (1951-1952). He was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital and the Y-Arts Council of the YM-YWHA.

Wolfson died on 6 November 1974, at the age of 64.

Scope and Content

Item is portrait of Harry L. Wolfson.

Repro Restriction

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

Related Material

See the Harry L. Wolfson fonds at the Library and Archives Canada for further information.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

397

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1979

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Dr. Eric Wolfson, Rabbi Alexander Schindler, and Dr. Harvey Tobe.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3385

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Harry Wolfson, former President of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1972.

Notes

Photo by Gordon Mendley, formerly Famous Studios.

Name Access

Wolfson, Harry

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2021-11-5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

19 photographs : b&w and col. ; 44 cm x 32 cm or smaller

Date

1917-1977, 1992, 2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting members of the Shekter and Taylor families of Hamilton, Ontario. Included are three Negev Dinner books honouring Jack Taylor, Samuel Taylor, and Franklin Shapiro; news clippings documenting the viewing of the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre featuring Ben Shekter as well as Ben Shekter's obituary; and photographs depicting Ben Shekter, Harry Taylor, Dorothy (Taylor) Shekter, Jeanette Miller, Rebecca Taylor, Sam Taylor, James L. Shekter, and members of the Temple Players at Anshe Sholom Temple in Hamilton. Other locales featured in the photographs are Palm Springs, Hollywood Beach, and Hamilton. Also included are two oversized childhood portraits of Dorothy Taylor (aged approx. 6 years) and Ben Shekter (aged approx. 1 year).

Administrative History

Dorothy Shekter (née Taylor) (1915-2010) was born in 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario, to Max and Rebecca Taylor. Max and Rebecca moved from Russia to Canada in around 1906 and established a grocery business in Hamilton. Rebecca was a community worker; Max served as president of the Hess Street Shule for many years and was president and also one of the founders of the Ohav Zedek Congregation. Dorothy had four brothers: Jack, Lloyd, Harry and Sam, and a cousin Jeanette Miller, who has raised as a sister after being orphaned at age two. Dorothy married her husband Ben Shekter on 30 Aug. 1942. Dorothy was a social worker, having graduated from McMaster University in 1939 and then with her MSW from the University of Toronto in 1941. Dorothy passed away on 9 Feb. 2010.

Ben Shekter (1915-2013) was born on 6 Aug. 1915 in Hamilton, Ontario, to James and Lillian Shekter. He was an activist, a lawyer, a musician, and an advocate. His father owned the Shekter hotel on James St. North in Hamilton. As president of Hamilton Jewish Federation, Ben was committed to the Hamilton Jewish community and contributed to building and developing the Jewish Community Centre in Hamilton. Ben was one of the founding members of the Beverly Golf and Country Club (est. 1957) and was president of the club several times. Later, Ben initiated the plan for establishing Shalom Village, a Jewish seniors' residence and nursing home in Hamilton, and was its first president. In addition, Ben was also a board member of Hamilton Place, chairman of the Council of Jewish Organizations, and was active in the downtown Businessmen's Association. Ben passed away on 4 July 2013.

Jack Taylor, Dorothy's brother, was born on 5 Sept. 1905 in Russia and immigrated to Canada at the age of six months with his parents. He attended Hamilton public schools and Central Collegiate in his early years. From 1926 to 1928, he moved to New York and attended Columbia University studying playwriting and dramatics. Jack married Florence Cohan in 1929 and had a daughter, Shirley. Jack joined the Grand Order of Israel in 1934 and became the Grand Noble Master of the Grand Lodge in 1949 and 1961. He also served as chairman of the Territorial Division of the United Jewish Appeal, Men's Division in the 1950s. In 1956 and 1957, Jack served as president of the Council of Jewish Organizations. In 1963, Jack was president of Viceroy Reading Lodge of B'nai B'rith and also president of the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel. In the same year, after working at Hamilton Auto Parts for nineteen years, Jack established his own business, Taylor Automotive Supplies. In the 1970s, Jack served as vice-president of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Hamilton and was the honouree of the 1971 Hamilton Negev Dinner.

Samuel Taylor, Dorothy's brother, was born in 1916. He became a professional musician at age fifteen and continued in music from age eighteen to twenty-six. During the Second World War, Sam served in the Air Force Central Band and began his studies in the accounting field at the same time. In 1948, he graduated as a chartered accountant and opened the firm of Taylor, Leibow Chartered Accountants in 1950. In the same year, Sam married Anne Klein and had two children, Michael and Robin. From 1974 to 1976, Sam served as president of Hamilton JNF. In 1974 and 1975, he served as president of United Jewish Welfare Fund. Besides, Sam was a member of the Board of the Ontario Association of Licensed Trustees in Bankruptcy and a member of Executive Board of United Israel Appeal of Canada. In 1977 he became president of Hamilton Jewish Federation and was the honouree of the 1977 Hamilton Negev Dinner.

Use Conditions

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

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg fonds

Level

Item

Item

247

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

President and board during or shortly after the mezuzah affixing ceremony.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Mezuzah

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

438-439

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972

Physical Description

2 photographs

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Louis Lockshin affixing a mezuzah.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Lockshin, Louis

Subjects

Mezuzah

Workshops

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg fonds

Level

Item

Item

248

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the president and board of Mount Sinai Hospital after the mezuzah affixing ceremony.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital

Subjects

Hospitals

Mezuzah

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of male and female demonstrators holding banners at an International Left Opposition demonstration. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Anti-fascist movements

Banners

Demonstrations

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.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 8, 11, 13, and 15.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Jan Shleser, Judith Wolfson and an Unidentified Girl at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

3

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 12 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Judith Wolfson is the daughter of Harry Wolfson, a prominent economist. The family often stayed at the Gelber’s cottage across the lake from the Schwartz's. Wolfson is a double graduate of the University of Toronto in Social Work and Law. Wolfson spent ten years with the Government of Ontario in several senior positions including deputy minister – intergovernmental affairs, deputy minister – economic development, trade and tourism, and deputy minister – consumer and commercial relations.She is now the vice-president, university relations for the University of Toronto, where she is responsible for the University’s Government and Community Relations, International Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing. In 2003 she received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for leadership and service to the community in recognition of her leadership in a wide range of major community organizations.

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Judith Wolfson and Jan Shleser.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Jan Shleser, Judith Wolfson and an Unidentified Girl at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

3

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 12 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Judith Wolfson is the daughter of Harry Wolfson, a prominent economist. The family often stayed at the Gelber’s cottage across the lake from the Schwartz's. Wolfson is a double graduate of the University of Toronto in Social Work and Law. Wolfson spent ten years with the Government of Ontario in several senior positions including deputy minister – intergovernmental affairs, deputy minister – economic development, trade and tourism, and deputy minister – consumer and commercial relations.She is now the vice-president, university relations for the University of Toronto, where she is responsible for the University’s Government and Community Relations, International Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing. In 2003 she received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for leadership and service to the community in recognition of her leadership in a wide range of major community organizations.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Judith Wolfson.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Jan Shleser, Judith Wolfson and an Unidentified Girl at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Judith Wolfson is the daughter of Harry Wolfson, a prominent economist. The family often stayed at the Gelber’s cottage across the lake from the Schwartz's. Wolfson is a double graduate of the University of Toronto in Social Work and Law. Wolfson spent ten years with the Government of Ontario in several senior positions including deputy minister – intergovernmental affairs, deputy minister – economic development, trade and tourism, and deputy minister – consumer and commercial relations.She is now the vice-president, university relations for the University of Toronto, where she is responsible for the University’s Government and Community Relations, International Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing. In 2003 she received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for leadership and service to the community in recognition of her leadership in a wide range of major community organizations.

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jan Shleser and Judith Wolfson.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Jan Shleser, Judith Wolfson and an Unidentified Girl at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

3

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Judith Wolfson is the daughter of Harry Wolfson, a prominent economist. The family often stayed at the Gelber’s cottage across the lake from the Schwartz's. Wolfson is a double graduate of the University of Toronto in Social Work and Law. Wolfson spent ten years with the Government of Ontario in several senior positions including deputy minister – intergovernmental affairs, deputy minister – economic development, trade and tourism, and deputy minister – consumer and commercial relations.She is now the vice-president, university relations for the University of Toronto, where she is responsible for the University’s Government and Community Relations, International Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing. In 2003 she received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for leadership and service to the community in recognition of her leadership in a wide range of major community organizations.

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jan Shleser and Judith Wolfson.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4147

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1918]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Nathan Gollom on a small farm owned by David Gollom at Lorne Park in Mississauga, Ontario. He is standing in a field with two work horses.

Subjects

Farms

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

Mississauga (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-2-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1787

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1920 and 1939]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

This photograph shows schoolboys and a teacher likely celebrating Simchat Torah in Toronto.

Subjects

Flags--Israel

Students

Simhat Torah

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

1979-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Artifacts series

Level

Item

Fonds

109

Series

1

Item

11

Material Format

object

Date

1914-1968

Physical Description

1 pin ; silver : 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a silver pin holding four ribbons: blue; white and red; purple, yellow, blue, green, orange, and yellow; and white and blue. At the end of each ribbon is a coin approximately one-and-a-half centimetres in diameter. All have writing on one side and an image on the other. Images include a man riding a horse, a goddess with wings, King George V and Queen Mary, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Name Access

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-

George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936

George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952

Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953

Subjects

Monarchy

Physical Condition

Fair. Medals are severely oxidized and tarnished, particularly near the top portion that connects to the ribbons.

Accession Number

1979-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Harry L. Wolfson and Family at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

7

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour (negative) ; 7 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry L. Wolfson (d. 6 November 1974), economist and community leader, was born in Toronto, the son of Hyman and Rebecca (Tranbetsky) Wolfson. He was married to Rose Chrom and had four children: Sheila, Alan, Judith and Laurence. He received his education at the University of Toronto and King's College, Cambridge University 1932-1934 where he studied under John M. Keynes.

He was the director and officer of various organizations including the general manager of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (1934-1950); executive secretary of the Economic Stabilization Commission in Palestine (1942-1948); economic co-coordinator of the State of Israel (1948-1950); financial councilor for the Canadian Embassy in Washington (1951-1952); and alternate director of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (1951-1952). He was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital and the Y-Arts Council of the YM-YWHA.

Rose Wolfson (née Chrom) (b. 1918 - d. 1 May 2013) was the sister of Sara Schacter and Vivian Chrom. She was married to Harry L. Wolfson and had four children, Sheila, Alan, Judith and Laurence. She had nine grandchildren, Anna, Michael, Jesse, Julian, Jeremy, Alexander, Matthew, Nathaniel and Ethan, and seven great-grandchildren.

Dr. Alan Wolfson is the son of Harry and Rose Wolfson, and the brother to Judith, Sheila and Laurence Wolfson. He received degrees from Princeton, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a PhD in Economics in 1975 from Harvard. He has had several careers, spanning academia, government and business. He is now a strategy consultant and board director.

Judith Wolfson is the daughter of Harry and Rose Wolfson and the sister of Sheila, Alan and Laurence Wolfson.

Sheila Wolfson is the daughter of Harry and Rose Wolfson and the sister of Judith, Alan and Laurence Wolfson.

Laurence Wolfson is the son of Harry and Rose Wolfson, and the brother to Judith, Sheila and Alan Wolfson

Ruthie Solway is Fanny (née Schwartz) Solway’s niece by marriage, who had been adopted by Alex Solway’s brother.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of the Wolfson Family and Ruthie Solway. First row (left to right): Ruthie Solway and Sheila Wolson. Second row (left to right): Rose Wolson, Laurence Wolfson and Alan Wolfson. Third row: Harry L. Wolfson.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1947 and 1949]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Abraham Duke with his grandson Lorne in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

See notes on back of photograph for more details about Abraham Duke (difficult to read).

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Duke, Abraham

Subjects

Grandparent and child

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.

Related Material

See 2003-12-5

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Personal series

Gevertz family and childhood photos file

Phil Givens holding a teddy bear item

Level

Item

Fonds

51

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1923]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phil Givens at around age one, holding a teddy bear.

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

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

534

Material Format

graphic material

Date

14 Dec. 1980

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives of a group shot of five men and one woman from an unknown group holding pledge sheets (possibly).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David E. Newman collection

Level

Item

Item

4600

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Probably at the Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue at a Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Name Access

Newman, David E.

Newman, Tamar

Shaarai Shomayim Synagogue

Subjects

Independence Day (Israel)

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1922

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sammy Luftspring at age six at the family home on Baldwin Street in Toronto. Sammy is holding two puppies.

Notes

Image is located on page 27 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook

Subjects

Boys

Puppies

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

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1960]

Physical Description

5 photographs : col. (5 negatives) ; 6 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry L. Wolfson, economist and community leader, was born in Toronto, the son of Hyman and Rebecca (Tranbetsky) Wolfson. He received his education at the University of Toronto and King's College, Cambridge University 1932-1934 where he studied under John M. Keynes.

He was the director and officer of various organizations including the general manager of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (1934-1950); executive secretary of the Economic Stabilization Commission in Palestine (1942-1948); economic co-coordinator of the State of Israel (1948-1950); financial councilor for the Canadian Embassy in Washington (1951-1952); and alternate director of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (1951-1952). He was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital and the Y-Arts Council of the YM-YWHA.

Harry L. Wolfson was married to Rose Chrom and had four children: Sheila, Alan, Judith and Laurence.

Scope and Content

File consists of 5 colour negatives of the Wolfson Family at the Schwartz family cottage at Bobcaygeon, circa 1960. They feature informal portraits of the family on the lawn and one image of a dam near Bobcaygeon. Also pictured is Ruthie Solway, Fanny Solway’s niece by marriage who had been adopted by Alex Solway’s brother.

Individuals pictured include Ruthie Solway, Sheila Wolfson, Harry L. Wolfson, Rose Wolfson, Laurence Wolfson, Alan Wolfson and David Gruber.

Also pictured is the bridge in Bobcaygeon.

Subjects

Cottages

Places

Bobcaygeon (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Harry L. Wolfson and Family at the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

7

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Alan Wolfson is the son of Harry and Rose Wolfson, and the brother to Judith, Sheila and Laurence Wolfson. He received degrees from Princeton, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and a PhD in Economics in 1975 from Harvard. He has had several careers, spanning academia, government and business. He is now a strategy consultant and board director.

Sheila Wolfson is the daughter of Harry and Rose Wolfson and the sister of Judith, Alan and Laurence Wolfson.

Laurence Wolfson is the son of Harry and Rose Wolfson, and the brother to Judith, Sheila and Alan Wolfson

Ruthie Solway is Fanny (née Schwartz) Solway’s niece by marriage, who had been adopted by Alex Solway’s brother.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of the Wolfson children and Ruthie Solway. Seated (left to right): Sheila Wolson, Ruthie Solway and Alan Wolfson. Standing: Laurence Wolfson.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-2_f7_i3.

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

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

86

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Julius Hayman, Harry Wolfson and Irving Oelbaum.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

1

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Feinberg, Abraham L.

Jewish National Fund

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

World Festival of Youth and Students file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

2

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jul. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a view of a group of unidentified American delegates with their arms linked together holding American flags at the World Festival of Youth and Students.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

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

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Subject files sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-3

File

203

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the transcript of an address delivered at the founding session of the National Budgeting Conference of Canadian Jewry held in Toronto

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Hoffman family fonds

Business series

Level

File

Fonds

6

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Max Hoffman and his partner, Sol Hoffman, owned the M. and S. Real Estate Holding Company. The Estate of Max Hoffman assumed his interest in the company after his death.

Scope and Content

File consists of the financial reports of the M. and S. Real Estate Holding Company. The reports contain information about income, expenses, assets and liabilities.

Name Access

Hoffman, Sol

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3077

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Photograph by Ben Lechtman.

Date

31 May 1981

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a protester holding a sign that reads, "We shall not forget." The protester was attending an anti-Nazi demonstration in front of neo-Nazi Ernst Zündel's home in Toronto, Ontario.

Notes

Source of title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Statement of responsibility: Photograph by Ben Lechtman.

Name Access

Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017

Subjects

Demonstrations

Neo-Nazis

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of participants holding various banners at an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration which took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Anti-fascist movements

Banners

Demonstrations

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.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 8, 9, 11, and 13.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1980-Dec. 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, news releases, fact sheets and programme details concerning a conference organized by the Ontario region of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry held on 6 and 7 Dec. 1980 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a woman holding a banner at an International Left Opposition demonstration. There are others holding banners behind her and people sitting along the side watching the demonstration. This image was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration, which took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Anti-fascist movements

Banners

Demonstrations

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.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 9, 11, 13, and 15.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of two men holding a banner with a slogan which reads "To Victory! Under the Banner of Lenin and Trotsky" at an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration that took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Banners

Communism

Demonstrations

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.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 8, 9, 11, and 15.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Recreation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

80

Series

5-2

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1955]

Physical Description

11 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) ; 13 x 7 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of 11 negatives taken at the Schwartz family cottage at Bobcaygeon, circa 1955. Images feature young girls dressed up in costume and relaxing in and around the cottage.

Images include Jan Shleser, Judith Wolfson and an unknown girl.

Notes

General: Judith Wolfson went on to become the vice-president of university relations at the University of Toronto. She is the daughter of Harry Wolfson, a prominent economist. They often stayed at the Gelber’s cottage across the lake.

Subjects

Cottages

Places

Bobcaygeon (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4059

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1922]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Jacob Smith holding his nephew Donald Davis, at his farm in Cedar Valley, Ontario.

Subjects

Farmers

Infants

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

Ontario

Accession Number

1985-12-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

972

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

951

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1953]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy photograph of Stan Lofsky holding a sign that reads "B'nei Akiva 57421" in front of 86 Vaughan Road.

Name Access

Lofsky, Stan

Subjects

Dwellings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Vaughan Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2449

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 Apr. 1955

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Left to right: Wolfson (graduate of Peretz school); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Frumhartz; Mr. Matenko; Professor Percy Matenko; Mrs. P. Matenko.

Name Access

Frumhartz, Paul

Frumhartz, Mrs. Paul

Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960

Matenko, Percy

Matenko, Mrs. P.

Wolfson, Harry

Subjects

Birthdays

Dinners and dining

Speeches, addresses, etc

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-4-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4204

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content

Centre: Esther Rothschild.

Co-Chairmen of everning: Agnes Deutsch (left); Arlene Weisbart.

Notes

Photograph may have been published in Canadian Jewish News.

Name Access

Emunah

Rothschild, Esther

Deutsch, Agnes

Weisbart, Arlene

Subjects

Women

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

1

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1956

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Rotman, Manny

Gulko, Harris

Berger, Stephen

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

120

Material Format

graphic material

Date

26 Jan. 1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives depicting Etz Chaim students holding UJA buttons that read, "Keep the Promise."

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4495

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The Perlmutar Bakery, located at 175 Baldwin Street, was opened in 1911 by Arrin Perlmutar who had immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine by way of London, England. He opened the bakery on the main floor of his home while his family of seven lived upstairs. The bakery had a wood-burning brick oven until the 1960s, when the city forced them to convert to electric. The bakery was best known for their onion buns and rye bread. Electric mixers were used for cakes and bread but almost every other step was done by hand. Bread baking was started by 10:00 p.m. so that there would be fresh bread to deliver in the morning. The bakery closed in 1974.

Scope and Content

Left to right: Ben Zalvin; Harry Elishevitz; Arrin Perlmutar.

Name Access

Elishevitz, Harry

Perlmutar, Arrin

Zalvin, Ben

Subjects

Challah (Bread)

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

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-1-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4203

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Refuseniks

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

Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions