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Paul Szasz - 29 Jul. 1976

Name: Paul Szasz

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Paul Szasz

Number: OH 80; OH 81

Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Concentration camps; Communism; Farmers; Communities; Synagogues

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1976

Quantity: 4 cassettes (2 copies); 2 WAV files

Interviewer: Larry Troster

Total Running Time: OH80_001: 45.29 minutes OH80_002: 44.23 minutes OH81: 44.20 minutes

Conservation: OH 080 and 081 were both damaged (tape snapped). They were sent out and were repaired and digitized in 2014.; Copied to cassette in August 2003; Digitzed in June 2014

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

Biography: Paul Szasz was born in 1926 in Tiszakeszi, Hungary, and was a Holocaust survivor. He came from a family of traditonal farmers. During the Second World War, he was drafted into the Hungarian Labor Service System (Munkaszolgalat) and was liberated from Auschwitz in 1945. Paul escaped Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and immigrated to Canada. With the aid of a loan from the Jewish Colonization Association, Paul purchased a farm in Beamsville, Ontario. Paul went on to become an active member of Beamsville's Jewish community and particpated in the establishment of the community's first congregation in 1966.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Geographic Access: Beamsville (Ont.); Hungary

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 80, OH 81 - Szasz\OH80_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 80, OH 81 - Szasz\OH80_002_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 80, OH 81 - Szasz\OH81_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Cooper / Coppel families [multiple media] – 1884-1985.

Accession Number: 2012-8-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2012-8-1

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: ca. 18 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1884-1985

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the Coppel and Cooper families of Galt (now Cambridge) and Toronto respectively. Coppel family records include family correspondence, photocopies of Moses Kappel's discharge papers from the Austro-Hungarian military (1884), B'nai Israel Synagogue sisterhood meeting minutes, financial records, photographs, Hadassah booklets and programmes, and a photo album documenting the closing of B'nai Israel Synagogue in 1985. Also included are records relating to Elizabeth Cooper (née Coppel)'s involvement in Canadian Young Judaea and her work as a camp counselor at a Jewish day camp near Kitchener-Waterloo (Judaean Day Camp/Camp Ruach). These records include correspondence, publications, activity schedules, lists of camp counselors, and a Young Judaean scarf. Coppel family records also include marriage and burial records of Aaron Coppel, audio cassettes of an oral history interview conducted with Cy Coppel in 1976, and military records documenting Max David Simonoff's service in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Finally, included is a Farband Shule (Folks School) program book (1927) and class photo (ca. 1931). Identified in the photograph is Ethel Raicus (first row, third from the right).; Cooper family records include digital photographs of Sam Cooper and the weightlifting club at the YMHA in Toronto (1930s), portraits of Jacob Cooper (Cooperberg), a school photo of Sam and Max Cooper, and a photo of Hilda Cooper.; Finally accession consists of program books for various events, including a Canadian Jewish Congress song book, an Israel Dance Theatre at the Royal Alexandra, and a Queen Esther Purim play.

Administrative History: Aaron Selig (Archie Aaron) Coppel (Kappel / Koppel / Cappell / Kappele) was born to Moses Kappel and Perl (nee Pistenfeld) in Galicia in 1882. He came to Canada in 1903 and lived with a landsmen family, the Siegels. Mr. Siegel was a horse dealer who took Aaron under his wing and taught him the horse trade. Aaron married Mr. Siegel's daughter, Chaya Geitel (Gertrude) Seigel, in 1905. Aaron and Geitel had seven children: Helen, Rose, Newt, Cyrus ("Cy," born in 1911), Les, George, and Harry. After marrying, Aaron and Geitel remained in Galt, and Aaron continued dealing in livestock. Although he was eager to assimilate into Canadian society (he gave his children British names and spoke with no accent), the family kept kosher and Aaron hired itinerant Hebrew teachers for the children.; Cyrus Coppel married Channa "Anna" Simonoff on 25 August1946. Anna was born in Russia to Avraham Dov and Chashe Bryna Tzaitzeck. Anna had three siblings: Sarah Merle, Faigle (died en route to Canada), and Mordecai Doved. She immigrated to Ottawa in 1914 with her family. An uncle already living in Ottawa had changed his last name to Simonoff and the family decided to change their name to Simonoff as well. Avraham worked as a tailor in Russia and likely continued in this profession in Canada. The family moved to Toronto sometime after 1919 and was actively involved in the Labour Zionist movement. Anna was in the milliner's union and two of her aunts, Slaava Raicus and Esther Cohen, were members of Club One (Pioneer Women). Anna and Cyrus had two children together: Bryna (24 February 1949-12 January 2006) and Elizabeth (b. 16 Dec. 1950). Cyrus initially worked as a mechanic, but later worked in the office of an auto shop and traded in auto parts. He also traded in livestock as a hobby. Cyrus was one of the founders of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Galt. Initially, synagogue services were held in the homes of local residents, such as the Spring family; however, a building was finally purchased in 1946. After the synagogue closed, the Torahs and plaques went to the synagogue in Kitchener. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------; Jacob Cooperberg (Kupferberg, Cooper) came to Canada around 1910 from Kielce, Poland. His wife and children (Max, Sam, and Aidel or Ida) remained in Poland, waiting for Jacob to earn enough money for them to come to Canada as well. His family was unable to join him until after the First World War had ended, arriving in 1920. Jacob and Sarah had three more children in Canada: Irving, Joey, and Hilda. Jacob worked as a peddler in Toronto and later opened a scrap yard, Cooper Iron and Medal. The family lived on Oxford Street in the Kensington Market area.; Sam Cooper married Kay Gernstein in 1948. They had two children together: Neil and Donna (married name is Speigel). Sam initially worked as a tailor, but later worked as a scrap dealer. Neil married Donna Coppel and also works in the scrap trade. Donna is a librarian.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes: Includes 1 photo album, 7 photographs (tiff), 3 photographs, 2 audio cassettes, and 1 scarf.

Subjects: Families

Places: Galt (Cambridge, Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

John Furedi - 29 Jul. 1976

Name: John Furedi

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: John Furedi

Number: OH 78; OH 79

Subject: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Immigrants--Canada; Farmers; Communities; Synagogues

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1976

Quantity: 4 cassettes (2 copies); 3 WAV files

Interviewer: Larry Troster

Total Running Time: OH78_001: 45.20 minutes OH78_002: 45.30 minutes

Conservation: Copied to cassette in August 2003; Copied to digital file in December 2013

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

Biography: John Furedi was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1925. During the Second World War, John was drafted into the Hungarian Labour Service System (Munkaszolgalat). After the Nazi occupation of Hungary in March 1944, John was deported to the Kistarcsa transit camp. Between 1945 and 1948, John travelled throughout Europe and returned to Budapest during the takeover of Hungary by the Communists. The revolution and anti-Jewish sentiment forced many Jews, including John and his wife Stephanie, to flee Hungary. In 1956, they immigrated to Canada and lived in Montreal for one year. In 1958, with the aid of a six-thousand-dollar loan provided by the Jewish Colonization Association, John became the first Jewish chicken farmer to settle in Beamsville, Ontario. John went on to become an active member of Beamsville's Jewish community and participated in the establishment of the community’s first congregation in 1966.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Furedi, John; Jewish Colonization Association

Geographic Access: Beamsville (Ont.); Hungary

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 78 - Furedi\OH78_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 78 - Furedi\OH78_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Elinor Einhorn Grill - 13 Jul. 1976

Name: Elinor Einhorn Grill

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 13 Jul. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Elinor Einhorn Grill

Number: OH 99; OH 100

Subject: family history; Jewish education; Refugees; Antisemitism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Farmers; Young Judaea; Camp Elohim; Queen's University Hillel; Rabbi Rosen; St. Catharines; Einhorn, Sol; Israel; Soviet Jewry

Interview Date: 13 Jul. 1976

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Larry Troster

Total Running Time: 2 hrs 25 minutes

Conservation: February 2009

Notes: Detailed transcription: file://s-oja01\data\Grants\Trillium2005\Oral%20Histories\interview%20summaries\St.%20Catharines%20OH%20099-100.doc Original tapes are damaged. Copies have been made, but the white noise interference is considerable.

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

Biography: Raised and educated in Oshawa, Elinor Grill was an active member of the Jewish community and a keen bridge player. She was married to Earl Grill, with whom she had three daughters.

Material Format: sound recording

Geographic Access: Oshawa (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

Sadie Stren - 14 Jun. 1976

Name: Sadie Stren

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 14 Jun. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Sadie Stren

Number: OH 91

Subject: Communities; Education

Interview Date: 14 Jun. 1976

Quantity: 2 cassettes (1 copy) 2 WAV files

Interviewer: Larry Troster

Total Running Time: OH91_001:44.37 minutes OH91_002:37.34 minutes

Conservation: Copied November 2006; Digitized 2010; Sound distorted on side 1 and side 2

Notes: Significant sound distortion.

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.; Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Biography: Sadie Stren was born 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. Stren graduated from Wayne State University and worked as a social studies teacher. Following her marriage to Maurice Strenkovsky in 1947, she moved to Brantford, Ontario. In Brantford, Sadie was actively involved in both Jewish and non-Jewish community organizations including Haddassah, the Family Service Bureau, and the University Women’s Club. She was also a board member of the YM-YWCA. In Toronto, Sadie was a member of the Baycrest Women's Auxillary and also authored the History of the Brantford community.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada; B’nai Brith Youth Organization. Lake Ontario Region; Hadassah

Geographic Access: Brantford (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 91 - Stren\OH91_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 91 - Stren\OH91_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Morris Fishman - 12 Jul. 1977

Name: Morris Fishman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 12 Jul. 1977

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Morris Fishman

Number: OH 36

Subject: Antisemitism; Communities; Synagogues

Interview Date: 12 Jul. 1977

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Richard Menkis

Total Running Time: Side 1 46 minutes Side 2 17 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Morris Fishman was born on 29 September 1916 in New Jersey. His family moved to Welland, Ontario when he was an infant. He attended elementary and high school in Welland and completed two years at the University of Toronto. He worked in a family menswear business in Welland. Morris was actively involved in the Jewish community including participation in the Anshe Yosher Congregation, the Jewish Cultural Society, and the Jacob Goldblatt B'nai Brith Lodge. He was married and had two daughters.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Fishman, Morris

Geographic Access: Welland (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 36 - Fishman\OH36_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 36 - Fishman\OH36_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Morris Fishman praises the efforts of the non-Jewish community in Welland, Ontario to support the building of a new synagogue following a fire that destroyed the old synagogue in 1954.

In this clip, Morris Fishman discusses the Jacob Goldblatt B’nai Brith Lodge in Welland, Ontario.

Belle James - 21 Apr. 1975

Name: Belle James

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 21 Apr. 1975

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Belle James

Number: OH 16

Subject: Families; Rabbis

Interview Date: 21 Apr. 1975

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side One: 46 minutes; Side Two: 5 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Belle James (née Levy) was born in Toronto in 1908. Her father, Rabbi Meyer Levy, became chief rabbi of Toronto in 1905/6.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: James, Belle; Levy, Meyer; Weiss, Lottie

Geographic Access: Toronto, Ont.

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 16 - James\OH16_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 16 - James\OH16_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

Ivan Zarenda - 21 Jul. 2011|15 Jun. 2012

Name: Ivan Zarenda

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 21 Jul. 2011; 15 Jun. 2012

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ivan Zarenda

Number: OH 434

Subject: Canada--Emigration and immigration; Jews--South Africa; South Africa--Emigration and immigration

Interview Date: 21 Jul. 2011; 15 Jun. 2012

Interviewer: Jessica Parker

Total Running Time: Part I: 46 min.; Part II: 1 hr. 4 min.

Biography: Ivan’s parents arrived in South Africa from Lithuania around 1930. Prior to immigrating, they knew each other from Klykoliai, a shtetl in northwestern Lithuania. Ivan’s father was the first to arrive, taking up work at a concession store in the mining town of Brakpan. As for Ivan’s mother, she came over with her mother after her siblings had prepared a home for them in Brakpan. After being sent to a convent in Rhodesia in order to learn English, she returned to Brakpan where she married Ivan’s father. Together, the couple raised two children, who grew up with their maternal grandmother, who only spoke Yiddish. Consequently, Ivan grew up speaking Yiddish as well as English. He even gave his bar mitzvah speech in Yiddish, causing his Lithuanian grandmother to beam with pride.; Although they were not well off, Ivan’s parents managed to send their two sons to university. As an undergraduate, Ivan studied pharmacy at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. He met his wife while visiting his parents in Kimberley, where they had moved and were managing a hotel. The two were introduced on a blind date and corresponded for well over a year when Ivan went to do a post-graduate degree in industrial pharmacy at the University of Michigan. When Ivan returned to South Africa to take up a job in Cape Town, the two dated, became engaged, and married. In 1990, they immigrated to Canada with their two children as part of a job transfer. After a short stay in Brockville, the family relocated to Kingston, where they were active in Jewish life. Ivan’s wife, Daphne, passed away in 2006. He moved from Kingston to Toronto in 2018, joining his children Marc and Shelley and families who live there.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Zarenda, Ivan

Geographic Access: Kingston (Ont.); South Africa

Original Format: Digital file

Copy Format: Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

Friendship with Afrikaners

1976 [textual record]

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Executive director series; Financial reports sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 61; Series 1-2; File 40

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Executive director series; Financial reports sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 61

Series: 1-2

File: 40

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: This file contains one report created for the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, one for the YM-YWHA and a summary of expenses for the YM-YWHA.

Accession Number: 2004-5-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

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1976 [textual record]

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Publication Committee series; Y-Time newspaper sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 61; Series 3-1; File 30

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Publication Committee series; Y-Time newspaper sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 61

Series: 3-1

File: 30

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: This file consists of two issues of the Y-Time newspaper.

Accession Number: 1984-7-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Max Federman - 19 Mar. 1976

Name: Max Federman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 19 Mar. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Max Federman

Number: OH 149; OH 150

Subject: Communism; Immigrants--Canada; Labor unions

Interview Date: 19 Mar. 1976

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Ben Schneider

Total Running Time: OH149A: 30. minutes OH149B: 30. minutes OH150A: 1. minute

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Max Federman was born in Poland. In 1919, he moved to Germany where he attended school. He joined his father in Toronto in 1920. A union leader, labour Zionist, and ardent anti-Communist, Max became actively involved in the union movement and served as representative of the Local Fur Workers Union. He was involved in a twenty-year battle with the Communist leadership of the International Furrier Union until they disbanded and merged with the International Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Max was involved in Jewish community organizations including the Histadrut, Borochov School, and the United Jewish Welfare Fund.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Federman, Max; Goldman, Emma; Schneider, Ben

Geographic Access: Germany; Poland; Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 149, 150, Max Federman\OH 149, 150 notes.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Max Federman describes the conflict between the Federation of Labour and Communist International Union from 1938–1956. He discusses the steps by which the International Fur and Leather Union disaffiliated with the International Union to join the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1956.

In this clip, Max Federman discusses his early involvement with a trade union while living in Germany in 1919.

Fred Schaeffer - 11 Jul. 1980

Name: Fred Schaeffer

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1980

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Fred Schaeffer

Number: OH 24

Subject: Communities; Immigrants--Canada; Rabbis; Synagogues

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1980

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side 1: 31 minutes; Side 2: 9 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Fred Schaeffer's wife, Beverley, grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Beverley's grandfather, Hyman Kaplan, emigrated from Vilna, Lithuania in 1907, and after a few years in New York, moved to Toronto. Shortly afterwards, he became the first Jew to settle in Kirkland Lake in 1914.; In the 1920s, the Jewish community in Kirkland Lake built a permanent synagogue and acquired an aron kodesh of eastern European design, its lamps, railings, pews and reader’s desk, from the disbanded Ukrainishe Shul in Montreal. In the 1970s, the Kirkland Lake Synagogue disbanded and Fred and Beverly Schaeffer acquired the aron kodesh, all of its furnishings, the ner tamid, and the parochet. They generously donated these Jewish artifacts to Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto, in 1988, in memory of Isadore Kaplan, father of Beverly Schaeffer and Erich Schaeffer, father of Fred Schaeffer.; Fred married Beverley in Toronto. Like many children from Kirkland Lake, Beverley had moved to the city to attend university. Fred and Beverley are keen collectors of Canadian art. He is a retired civil engineer and a former chair of the Canadian Art Historical Committee at the AGO.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Atkins (family); Bucavetsky (family); Cochrane (Ont.); Etkins (family); Mallins (family); Purkiss (family); Schaeffer, Fred

Geographic Access: Ansonville (Ont.); Engelhart (Ont.); Kirkland Lake (Ont.); Krugerdorf (Ont.); Ontario, Northern; Timmins (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Fred Schaeffer and Stephen Speisman discuss some of the earliest synagogues established in Northern Ontario.

In this clip, Fred Schaeffer relates colourful anecdotes about the first Jewish settler in the Swastika-Kirkland area, Roza Brown.

Dr. Hana Gelber - 29 Jul. 1973

Name: Dr. Hana Gelber

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1973

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Dr. Hana Gelber

Number: OH 13; OH 14

Subject: Antisemitism; Families; Occupations

Interview Date: 29 Jul. 1973

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: 013 Side One 30 minutes; 014 Side One 30 minutes; 014 Side Two 30 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Hana Gelber (née David) was born in Safed (Tzfat), Palestine in 1907. She studied sciences at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and prepared her thesis at Hebrew University. She graduated from University of Paris-Sorbonne in 1929. Hana moved to Toronto in December 1929 and married Eddie Gelber in March 1930. Hana and Eddie moved to New York where Eddie was completing his final year at the Jewish Theological Seminary and Hana conducted research at the Rockefeller Institute. They returned to Toronto in July 1930. Hana graduated from Medical School at the University of Toronto in 1934. She completed her medical internship in Palestine. Hana and Eddie lived in Palestine from 1934 to 1939. They returned to Toronto in 1939 where they remained until 1954 at which time they made aliyah. Hana worked at Women's College Hospital until 1954. Hana had three children: Edna, Lynn, and David.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Gelber, Hana; Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Women's College Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: New York (N.Y.).; Palestine; Toronto (Ont.); Tsefat (Israel)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 13, OH 14 - Gelber\OH13_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 13, OH 14 - Gelber\OH14_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 13, OH 14 - Gelber\OH14_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

Rabovsky family (Owen Sound, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1908-1961].

Accession Number: 2007-5-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-5-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1908-1961]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of digitized photographs depicting four generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, from the early 1900s to 1961.; The photographs are as follows:; 01. Goldie & Nathan Rabovsky, [ca. 1908].; 02. Goldie Rabovsky (9) and Gail (9) in summer of 1961 in front of cottage at Sauble Beach, July 1961.; 03. Bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, at Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].; 04. Rose Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky & Irving Rabovsky at bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].; 05.Rabovskys at Sauble Beach, 1957.; 06. Marsha Rabovsky at Harrison Park, Owen Sound, 1957.; 07. Group in suits in front of building, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Goldie [Cadesky] Rabovsky, Rose [Schecter] Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia [Gordon] Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Mike [Meyer] Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky (on shoulders), Moe [Moses] Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky; 08. Sauble Beach, Ontario, [1954]. Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky.; 09. Sadie Rabovsky, Miriam Levison Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Molly Cadesky, Max Rabovsky, [1954].; 10. Joel Cadesky, Debbie Cadesky, Marsha Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky (toddler) Sauble Beach, 1954.; 11. Nathan Rabovsky & Goldie Rabovsky in front of their furniture store, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 12. L to R: Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1940].; 13. Max Rabovsky & Celia (Gordon) Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 14. Ezekiel Cadesky, Owen Sound, [194-?].; 15. Max & Celia Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 16. Four young men in suits; second from left is Max Rabovsky, [ca. 1930].; 17. Max Rabovsky & Nettye Podnick, Owen Sound, [ca. 1930]; 18. Rabovsky family downtown Owen Sound, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Rose Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Meyer (Mike) Rabovsky, Stanley Rabovsky (on shoulders), Pvt. Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky (hugging).; 19. Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, [195-?].

Administrative History: The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944. Max married Celia Gordon, and their granddaughter is donor Julie Gonik.

Use Conditions: None

Descriptive Notes: Related records: 2007-5-5, 2007-6-37

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Rabovsky family

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabovsky family (Owen Sound, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1942.

Accession Number: 2007-6-37

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-37

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date: 1942

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one scanned photograph of three generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, headed by Nathan and Goldie Rabovsky (née Cadesky). In the back row are Celia, Max, Meyer (Mike), Moe, Irving, and Rose Rabovsky. In the front row are Lillian, Nathan, Sadie, Stanley (son of Irving and Rose), Goldie, and Bertha Rabovsky.

Administrative History: The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike -- the donor of this photo), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes: Related records note: See also accession 2007-5-5 and 2007-5-7

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Rabovsky family

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Dodick family (Thunder Bay, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [194-?].

Accession Number: 2007-7-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-7-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (jpg); 1 painting : col. (jpg)

Date: [194-?]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one digital photograph of a painting depicting the Dodick family while in Poland, and one scanned copy of an original photograph. Identified in the painting are, left to right: Harry, Dora (mother), Sam (baby), Cecil, Fay, Abraham, Murray.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Dodick, Vicki; Dodick, Cecil

Places: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Poland

Source: Archival Accessions

Freedman family [graphic material (electronic)] – 1941-[197-].

Accession Number: 2007-9-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: 1941-[197-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of scanned copies of eleven family photographs of the Freedman family of North Bay. Included are photos of Eunice and William Freedman when dating, on their wedding day, as well as of their three sons in Hebrew school and on their bar mitzvah days. In addition, there are three Hanukkah photographs.; Photographs are as follows:; 001: Abe Freedman, 1970s; 002: Left to right: Gordon Rosenberg, Bill Brown, Dolly Brown, Eunice Freedman, Bill Freedman, Goldie Garshowitz at Club Norman, 1941.; 003: Hanukkah performance at Hebrew school, (North Bay, ON), ca. 1963. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, # 2007-9/3; Front Row (L to R): Elliot Rosenberg, Steven Freedman, Michael Back, Annette Metz, Mary Ellen Rosenberg, unidentified, unidentified, Jeff Freeman. Middle Row (L to R): Joy Price, unidentified, Paul Freeman, Helen Metz, unidentified, Steve Gurevitch, unidentified, Brian Back. Back Row (L to R): Billy Metz, Kenny Herman, Howard Kizell, Shelly Freedman, Martin Brown and Steve Kizell.; 004: Left to right: Elliot Rosenberg, unidentified girl, unidentified girl, Paul Freedman, Annette Metz.; 005: Left to right: unidentified, Billy Metz, Kenny Herman, Larry Freedman.; 006: Eunice and William Freedman wedding, 1948.; 007: Eunice and William Freedman when dating in Toronto, ca. 1947.; 008: Larry, Paul and Sheldon, Hebrew School photos 1959 to 1960.; 009: Paul Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1955.; 010: Shelly Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1952.; 011: Steven Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1957.

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

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Freedman, Eunice

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Carole and Norm Albert (Belleville, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – [ca. 1955]-[2003?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-30

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-30

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 document : col. (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1955]-[2003?]

Scope and Content: Accession is comprised of family and community photographs of two generations of the Albert family of Belleville. Images include rabbis Moses Lewin and Walter Seligman, friends, events such as bar mitzvahs, Ethnic Day and a Purim Party, and the Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen memorial. People pictured are identified in the finding aid. There is also one electronic copy of a newsclipping about Rabbi Moses Lewin.; The photographs are as follows:; 01. Joe Burke far right Norman Albert in middle Ruth Goldberg far right, 1950s.; 02. Belleville Community Picnic at the Albert's Summer House.; 03. David Albert, 1960.; 04. David Albert bar mitzvah with Rabbi Seligmann and wife.; 05. Ethnic Day at the Shul, mid-1970s.; 06. Florence Yannover.; 07. Jacob Albert with grandsons, 1958.; 08. Left to right: Ruth Lear and Becky Shulmann and Sarah Lightstone in back.; 09. Left to right: Selma Bochnek, Shirley Osborne, Ethel Burke, Walter and Mrs Seligmann at synagogue dinner dance.; 10. Mark and Michelle and David Albert, March 20 1971, bar mitzvah.; 11. Norm and Lil and Jacob Albert and Rose.; 12. Purim Party, 1957.; 13. Purim Party. Joe Burke and Mynra Crystal of Peterborough, April 1957.; 14. Rabbi Moses Lewin.; 15. Shulman Departure, May 1985.; 16. Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen Memorial, ca. 2003.; 17. Ted and Eleanor Schwab.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Albert, Carole; Albert, Norm

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Solomon Waiser family [textual record, graphic material (electronic), graphic material] – 1910-1960.

Accession Number: 2007-9-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-8

Material Format: textual record; graphic material (electronic); graphic material

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w and col. (7 jpg); 1 naturalization paper

Date: 1910-1960

Scope and Content: Records include the 1911 naturalization certificate of Solomon Waiser; a 1948-1949 class composite photograph of the North Bay Hebrew School; and 7 scanned copies of original photographs. The photographs include images of Sol Waiser, his wife Essie, and children; the wedding of Mary Waiser and Milton Cossaver; Sol Waiser's house in North Bay; and two North Bay streetscapes outside Sol Waiser's clothing store.; Photographs are as follows:; 01. Esther and Jake Kizell (Cynthia Flesher's grandparents) dancing at Sol and Essie Waiser’s 50th wedding anniversary.; 02. Right to left: Sol Waiser and Essie, Zelda and William and Ceritta and Arthur, bound for Europe, 1927.; 03. Sol Waiser and Silverstein shops in North Bay, 1940s.; 04. Sol Waiser and wife standing outside store on parade route, 1910.; 05. Sol Waiser’s house at 133 Main Street West.; 06. Sol Waiser walking new torah to shul after son returned from war, ca. 1945.; 07. Wedding of Mary Waiser and Milton Cossever, March 26 1950. Front row, left to right: Frances Waiser, Michael Waiser, Cynthia Waiser, Rifka Wiseman, Lillian Wiseman, Bona Wiseman, Milton Cossaver, Mary Waiser Cossaver, Sylvia Black, Mrs. Cossaver, Bessie Waiser, Rae Black, Peter Schacter, Geety Waiser, Mrs. Cosaver, unknown. Second row, left to right: Gary ?, Art Waiser, Bill Waiser, Henry Wiseman, unknown, Louis Ritter, unknown, Sol Waiser, unknown, unknown.; 08. North Bay Hebrew School 1948-49. Identified are, top left: Henry Wiseman (father of Ricky Pasternak), Nathan Rivilis, Jack Stoller. Middle left: Rifkay (Ricky) Pasternak, Faegi Hoffman, Michael Cohen, Cynthia Waiser, Gloria Hockman. Bottom left: Irwin (Butch) Rivilis, Peter Brown, Bernice (Brooky) Himmel, Herbie Herman, Sandra Hockman.; 09. Soloman Waiser naturalization papes.

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

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Waiser, Solomon

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Greenspoon family (Sudbury, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1925]-[ca. 1975].

Accession Number: 2007-9-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1925]-[ca. 1975]

Administrative History: Accession consists of scanned photographs of Goldie Barth's (nee Greenspoon) family in Sudbury, Ontario, including pictures of her parents Mary and Samuel, their backyard with scrap metal, and their general store. Other images include Mary Singer, Ghital Halman, a children's event in the basement of the synagogue, a group of Young Judea youth, and a group of young children.; Photographs include:; 01. Children outside shul, early 1940s.; 02. Event in basement of synagogue, late 1930s or early 1940s.; 03. Greenspoons inside shul, nd.; 04. Left to right: Mary Greenspoon and Mary Singer at Jewish community camp.; 05. Left to right: Ghital Halman, Mary Greenspoon, unidentified. Unidentified man behind.; 06. Mary Greenspoon in backyard with chickens, late 1930s.; 07. Mary Greenspoon with children in front of her grocery store, 1930s.; 08. Samuel Greenspoon in backyard with chickens and scrap metal.; 09. Young Judea event, February 1964. Far left Goldie Barth. Other children are Jewish and Catholic.

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

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Barth, Goldie

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Eve Rosen Gordon (Kitchener, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [193-]-1962.

Accession Number: 2007-9-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-9

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [193-]-1962

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three scanned family photographs as follows:; 01. Bat mitzvah of Richelle Gordon, 1962. Left to right: Moishe Laeb, Shaina Hanna, Jack Gordon, Richelle Gordon, Eve Gordon, Raizel Rosen, Yisroel Rosen, Brian Gordon. In front: Sheri Gordon.; 02. Family portrait, 1930s. Left to right: Mathew Gordon, Shaina Hana Gordon, Joe Gordon, Moishe Laeb Gordon, Sarah Polen. In front: Jack Gordon.; 03. Raizel and Yisroel Rosen (parents of Eve Gordon).

Administrative History: Eve Rosen Gordon was born in Russia in 1923. When she was three years old, her parents and paternal grandparents came to Canada with Eve's sister and brother. Her uncle Aaron Rosen had been in Kitchener, Ontario, since 1903. His business was scrap metal, and Eve's father joined him in the work to pay off their tickets from Russia. Following that, he peddled with a horse and buggy. In 1933, he launched his own business, clearing and filling the swampy land by hand to build a multi-generation business, Rosen and Sons, which eventually moved into industrial waste.

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

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Gordon, Eve

Places: Kitchener (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Saul Laskin (Thunder Bay, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [193-]-1995.

Accession Number: 2008-8-19

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-19

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [193-]-1995

Scope and Content: This accession consists of ten electronic copies of photographs documenting the Laskin family and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The photographs depict a 1937 royal coronation parade float created by the Jewish community, as well as a portrait of Saul Laskin and members of the Laskin family and some photos of Saul during his political election campaign and during a store giveaway. Also included is the sod turning ceremony of the new synagogue and the street naming of Saul Laskin Drive in Thunder Bay. Also identified in the photographs are: Murray Stitt, Rabbi Sternberg, and Mayor Norman Wilson.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the OJA for the small Jewish communities project for copying.

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.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Places: Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Aaron J. Rosen family (Kitchener, Ont.) [graphic material, textual record] – 1912-1983.

Accession Number: 2009-8-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-8-8

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 6 photographs : b&w : 12 x 17 cm on matte 18 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1912-1983

Scope and Content: The accession consists of six photographs of the Rosen family of Kitchener. The pictures are all portraits involving multiple generations of the family taken between 1912 and 1944. The people pictured include Aaron J. Rosen, his parents, his children, and one with his brother Israel Rosen. There is also a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Aaron Rosen. It is dated 1951, however it makes reference to his naturalization in 1911. Later documents include a copy of the Rosen-Shpizel family tree, and a letter written by the donor recounting her mother's reminiscences of life in Kitchener. The letter was written to accompany photographs that the donor loaned to Mr. Donald Bierstock in Kitchener, who was compiling a history of Beth Jacob congregation for its 75th anniversary.

Custodial History: The photographs belonged to Aaron Rosen's daughter Mary until she passed them on to her son in the early 1990s. He gave them to his sister Phyllis, the donor, in July 2009.

Administrative History: Aaron J. Rosen (1879-1973) was born in Checholia, Russia, the son of Avraham Zvi Rosen and Pesa Cohn. He was the first of his family to come to Canada, in 1903. He came ahead of his wife Sima Leah (1873-1948), and their son Irving (d. 1962). In Kitchener, Aaron established himself in the peddling business, founding Rosen Rag & Metal. After his wife and son joined him, they had two more children, Mary (1908-1996) and Joseph (1906-1916). Joseph died of diphtheria at the age of ten. He was one of the first to be buried in the Beth Jacob Cemetery.; Aaron Rosen was one of the founders of Beth Jacob Congregation in 1908, and was among those who signed the mortgage for the synagogue in 1924. The family rented a house at 156 Church Street, and later lived next to the Rosen Rag & Metal warehouse at 123 Strange Street. In 1927, Aaron brought over his brother Israel with his family and their parents.; In 1938, Aaron's daughter, Mary Rosen, married Ben Coles. They settled in Toronto. They had two children, Alan and Phyllis (the donor). Irving Rosen married Tillie Minsky and his children (in the photos) are Estelle and Gerry.; Sima Leah Rosen predeceased Aaron, and when he was 70 he remarried, wedding Rebecca (usually called Bayla) Kaplan (grandmother of Robert Kaplan, MP and Attorney General). The marriage was religious but not civil. Aaron Rosen died at the age of 93 in 1973. He is buried next to his first wife at Roselawn Cemetery in Toronto.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Rosen, Aaron, 1879-1973; Rosen, Sima Leah, 1873-1948

Places: Kitchener (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Zet and Granek families (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980].

Accession Number: 2009-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-8-9

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 48 photographs : b&w and col. (1 jpg) ; 21x 25 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of family snapshots and portraits of members of the Zet family of St. Catharines. They include images of the donor's grandmother, Sadie (Hyatt) Zet, and grandfather Morris Zet, their friends, children and grandchildren. Among the events documented are the wedding of Bernice Zet to Albert Shecter in 1946 at the Congregation B'nai Israel, officiated by Rabbi Herschel Shapiro (who officiated weddings from 1931-1956), and summer scenes at Crystal Beach including Bernice Zet, Freda Caplan, Claire Zet and Deborah Caplan. There are several photographs of a group of high school girls, including Anne Granek, Minnie Lefstein, Ann Caplan, Ethel Friedman, Sylvia and Frieda Greenberg, Rae Rosenberg, and Eve Luntz. There is also an image of twenty little girls dressed in white holding British flags on the occasion of the opening of the shul in 1925, and one of Celia Taube with her children. As well, there are pictures of "the gang" of couples at social occasions in the 1950s. Persons pictured include Bayla Katzman, Joel Zeldon, Anne Granek, Abe Herzog, Margaret Zeldon, Jenny Katzman, Joe Katzmean, Gert Granek, Bea Magder, Dave Kates, Sybil Cowitz, Elsie Kates, Chippie (Helen) Feldman, [unknown man], Syd Magder, Dolly Cooperman, Eleanor Lambert, Sarah (Sookie) Slepkov, and Sheila Newman.; Finally, there is a ca. 1908 portrait of Berel and Nachama Kaplan, great-aunt and uncle of the donor.

Administrative History: Morris Zet (Zatulove) immigrated to Toronto in 1913 at age 18. In Romania his family enjoyed prosperity as dairy farmers, but after being conscripted into the Russian army, he left, walking from Russia to Austria. After a year in Toronto, Morris moved to St. Catharines, where he boarded with the Adelsteins. There, he made a living peddling to the many workers building the Welland Canal. In 1917, Morris married Sadie Hyatt (her brother changed the family name to Goldberg in Canada), who had come to Toronto in 1914. Morris opened a men’s wear store on St. Paul’s Street in St Catharines called Zet’s Clothing. Ten years later in 1929, he closed this store and opened Zet’s Men’s Wear in nearby Thorald, though the family continued to live in St Catharines. In 1935, Sadie opened Zet’s Ladies Wear across the street in Thorald. Morris and Sadie Zet had 3 daughters whom they raised in St Catharines: Anne, Clare and Bernice. Anne is the donor's mother. She married Kelley Granek in St. Catharines in 1939. Clare married Sam Kranitz in 1940; Bernice married Albert Schecter of Toronto, also at the St. Catharines shul, in 1946.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes: Physical Desription note: two of the photographs are colour copies.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Zet, Morris; Zet, Sadie

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Walkathon 1976 [graphic material] – 1976.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walkathon 1976 sub-sub-series

Level: Sub-sub-series

ID: Fonds 67; Series 17-1-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walkathon 1976 sub-sub-series

Level: Sub-sub-series

Fonds: 67

Series: 17-1-2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 9 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm; 1 poster : 34 x 51 cm

Admin History/Bio: The 1976 Walkathon was held on 30 May. Funds raised went towards UJA's Israel Special Fund. This year's walk was the first in which community groups took charge of each of the checkpoints, beginning a long tradition of B'nai Brith's involvement in the walk.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Rabbi Reuben Slonim - 23 Jul. 1982

Name: Rabbi Reuben Slonim

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 23 Jul. 1982

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rabbi Reuben Slonim

Number: OH 65; OH 66

Subject: Development of Toronto Jewish community from 1930s; Rabbis

Interview Date: 23 Jul. 1982

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Jack Lipinsky

Total Running Time: OH65_001: 26.25 minutes; OH65_002: 15.07 minutes; OH66: 32.48 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Poor sound quality

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.; Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Biography: Reuben Slonim was born on in Winnipeg in 1914 and ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 1937. That year, he became Canada’s first Canadian-born rabbi when he was hired by the McCaul Street Synagogue in downtown Toronto. After it merged with Goel Tzedec to become the Beth Tzedec Congregation, Rabbi Slonim served at the new Beth Tzedec for one year. He then served for twenty-three years as rabbi of Beth Habonim on Glen Park Avenue.; Slonim also worked as a jounalist and associate editor of the Toronto Telegram and was known for his outspoken views on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Zionism.; He married Rita Short, and they had a daughter named Rena. Rabbi Reuben Slonim died on 20 January 2000 at the age of eight-five.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: Winnipeg (Man.); New York (N.Y.).; Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Frank Schleifer - 29 Jun. 1976

Name: Frank Schleifer

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 29 Jun. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Frank Schleifer

Number: OH 84

Subject: Canada--Armed Forces; World War, 1939-1945; Recreation; Families

Interview Date: 29 Jun. 1976

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Larry Troster

Total Running Time: OH84_001: 45.20 minutes OH84_002: 11.00 minutes

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

Biography: Frank was born on 4 January 1916 in Toronto. His parents were Charles Schleifer and Mary Schleifer (née Noble). At the age of three, his family moved to Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. In 1922, the family moved to Brantford, Ontario, where his mother's family lived. Frank left school at age sixteen to work at the family Cigar and Soda Fountain store when his father became ill. He opened Frank’s Billiard Parlour from 1941 to 1946. He was drafted into the army in 1943, where he served in the artillery and infantry. He started to work in Unemployment Insurance with the federal government. Frank married Bertha (née Moldaver) in 1937. They had one son, Charles, born in 1947. As a youth, Frank was involved with AZA (B'nai Brith youth organization). He was a member of B'nai Brith and served on the executive of the synagogue in Brantford.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Schleifer, Frank; Troster, Larry

Geographic Access: Brantford; Sturgeon Falls

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 84 - Schleifer\OH84_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 84 - Schleifer\OH84_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Frank Schleifer shares some early memories of growing up in Brantford, Ontario. He mentions some of the original Jewish families who settled in Brantford.

In this clip, Frank Schleifer describes his involvement in a variety of Jewish activities and groups during his youth, including AZA, summer camp and baseball.

Budget report for 1976 [textual record] – 1976.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; General office subject and correspondence files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 2; File 283

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: 283

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1976

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

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Sylvia Basch [textual record, graphic material] – 1943-1977.

Accession Number: 2007-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-11-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date: 1943-1977

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material related to the Belleville Jewish community, in particular, the Schwab family and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. It includes one copy of the Sons of Jacob Synagogue dedication book, a programme from brotherhood week and several photographs of the Schwab family and other members of the community.; The photographs are as follows:; 1. Ben Safe and Julius Abramsky holding a large fish (1943).; 2. Sid Rose, Ted Schwab and Art Black (1947).; 3. Mike Levine, Paul Yanover, Ben Yanover, Eve Yanover, Vera Levine, Nellie Schwab, Sylvia Schwab and Stephen Schwab on the beach (1948).; 4. Stephen Schwab's bar mitzvah portrait (1952).; 5. Belleville Sisterhood group portrait (ca. 1960). Pictured, top row, left to right: Mrs. Pollak, unidentified, unidentified, Niomi Spiegel, Carol Albert, Cathy Mazer, Hilda Tuchmayer, unidentified, Mrs. Sylvia Freeman. Middle row, left to right: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Blooma Tobe, unidentified, Becky Shulman, Mrs. Gittleman, Mrs. Goldberg, Mrs. Esther Yanover, unidentified. Front row, left to right: Nellie Schwab, Sue Black, Jennie Nemtin, Bernice Mandel, Flo Yanover, Lil Albert.; 6. Sue and Art Black (ca. 1965).; 7. Copy family portrait of Theodore, Stephen, Nellie, and Sylvia Schwab (24 October 1952).; 8. Michael Basch with the Torah scrolls at his bar mitzvah (1977).; 9. Michael Basch at the bimah during his bar mitzvah (1977).

Administrative History: The Schwab family were one of the earliest Jewish families in Belleville. Theodore Schwab owned a stationary store.

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

Subjects: Communities; Families; Synagogues

Name Access: Basch, Sylvia

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joel Moldaver [moving images, graphic material (electronic), graphic material] – [195-]-[196-].

Accession Number: 2008-1-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-1-4

Material Format: moving images; graphic material (electronic); graphic material

Physical Description: 4 film reels (57 min., 32 sec.) : 16 mm; 1 DVD; 8 photographs (jpgs) : b&w; 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [195-]-[196-]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of four 16 mm films and one copy DVD, documenting the Moldaver family in Peterborough. The films were taken during the 1950s and 1960s and include images of a Camp Wahanowin family visit featuring people by the lake, boating, playing badminton and softball and waterskiing, as well as other cottage scenes of kids swimming and jumping off the dock, canoeing, and several families sitting by the lake.; The films also document several family and community events, such as a family vacation to Chicago, fancy parties, Hanukkah and Purim celebrations, family dinners, and bar mitzvahs, including the bar mitzvah of the donor Joel Moldaver. There are also several scenes of family life in Peterborough including people skating outdoors, and group shots of people standing outside of their homes and getting into cars.; In addition, the accession contains electronic scans of eight family photographs, including the donor's grandparents and great-parents, his parents' wedding which was the first Jewish wedding in Peterborough, and three images of his own bar mitzvah. There is also one oversize photograph of the 1942 Plenary session of the Canadian Jewish Congress, where the formation of Israel was addressed (photo credit: Federal Photos, Montreal).; Photographs are as follows:; 1. Annie and Philip Black in Peterborough, ca. 1939.; 2. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street.; 3. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street.; 4. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street with father Irving Moldaver, Aaron Black, and Rabbi Babb.; 5. David and Faigh Florence possibly on Aylmer Street, ca 1939.; 6. Irving Moldaver wedding portrait, 1938.; 7. Peterborough wedding, Ernie Fine, Annie Black, Ruth and Irving Moldaver, Clara and Oskar Moldaver, 1938.; 8. Ruth Moldaver (nee Black) wedding portrait, 1938.; 9. CJC fifth plenary session, Jan. 10-12, 1942, Montreal.

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.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Religion

Name Access: Moldaver, Joel; Moldaver, Ruth; Moldaver, Irving

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Eunice Freedman [graphic material (electronic)] – 31 Oct. 1948.

Accession Number: 2008-7-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: 31 Oct. 1948

Scope and Content: This accession consists of seventeen electronic copies of photographs taken at the wedding of William Freedman and Eunice Garshowitz. The ceremony took place at the Shaw Street Synagogue in Toronto. The photographs depict the bride and groom; the bridal party, including sister Goldie Greenspan-Glayt (nee Garshowitz), cousin Judy Miller (nee Halpern); and the best man, Gord Rosenberg; as well as the groom's father Abe Freedman; the bride's great uncle Sam Garshowitz; and her parents, Max and Freda Garshowitz. Many of the photographs were taken inside the synagogue.

Administrative History: William Freedman was born in North Bay on 27 August 1926. He moved to Toronto to attend the University of Toronto. In 1948, he married Eunice Garshowitz of Hamilton who was living in Toronto with her family at the time. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved back to North Bay, where Bill ran a furniture store and, later, a government surplus store. They had four boys, Shelly, Larry, Paul, and Steven.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Weddings

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Salit family (Niagara Falls, ON) [graphic material, textual record] – [ca. 1920]-1994.

Accession Number: 2008-8-26

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-26

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1920]-1994

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs pertaining to the Salit family and the Jewish community of Niagara Falls, Ontario. There is a newspaper clipping, an advertisement for Myer Salit Limited and a fiftieth-anniversary commemorative book for Congregation B'Nai Israel, St Catharines, Ontario (1975).

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Synagogues

Places: Niagara Falls (Ont.); St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Allen Rosenberg [graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – 1918-1977.

Accession Number: 2008-9-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-9-10

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 51 photographs : b&w and col. (45 negatives) ; 10 x 12 or smaller

Date: 1918-1977

Scope and Content: This accession consists of fifty-one photographs and negatives depicting various members of the Rosenberg family and the North Bay Jewish community. The images include Hanukkah and Father's Day celebrations at the Sons of Jacob Synagogue, a Lag B'Omer picnic, Joe Rosenberg inside his menswear store, and a community parade in North Bay.; Identified individuals in the photographs include: Leah Brown, Abe Brown, Philip Cait, Fae Cait, Morley Daiter, Chaim Edery, Amalia Edery, Harry Freeman, Adele Freeman, Sam Heisler, Rae Heisler, Ben Herman, Sonny Herman, Marv Himmel, Shirley Hockman, Marvin Hockman, Rose Hoffman, Joe Hoffman, Bill Klieman, Arnie Maizen, Evelyn Maizen, Alex Metz, Jean Metz, Jean Noek, Peggy Pachner, John Pachner, Harry Reiss, Nathan Rivelis, Ida Rivelis, Brooky Robins, Mr. and Mrs. Allen and Beverley Rosenberg, Gordon Rosenberg, Joe Rosenberg, Pearl Rosenberg, Marcia Rosenberg, Eleanor Sherman, Sam Sherman, Eckie Weisman, and Millie Weisman.

Administrative History: Allen Rosenberg was born in North Bay in 1930. His grandfather Moishe Rosenberg was from Russia and was the first to arrive in 1910. He opened a convenience store and pool hall in town. His grandmother Esther (nee Brown) followed soon after. HIs father Joe was married to Pearl Brown, who grew up in North Bay. Joe owned a successful men's and boys' wear store. Allen and his wife Beverly eventually moved to Toronto.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Synagogues

Name Access: Rosenberg, Allen, 1930-

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Sydney Moscoe [graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – 1934-1975.

Accession Number: 2008-11-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-11-8

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key; 55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi

Date: 1934-1975

Scope and Content: This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Custodial History: The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Camps; Communities; Families

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Laura Bowman (née Petersiel) - 31 Oct. 2007

Name: Laura Bowman (née Petersiel)

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 31 Oct. 2007

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Laura Bowman (née Petersiel)

Number: OH 330

Subject: Antisemitism; Communities; Families

Interview Date: 31 Oct. 2007

Quantity: 1 mini DV; 1 archival DVD; 1 reference DVD

Interviewer: Sharon Gubbay Helfer

Total Running Time: 60 mins Microphone disconnected for final 10 minutes; volume is reduced but still audible.

Notes: Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project. No restrictions.

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

Biography: Laura Bowman (née Petersiel) grew up in Peterborough when antisemitism was latent in the community. She experienced it personally when she went to work as a young teacher in the early 1950s for the Catholic School Board in Campbellford. Laura married Sydney Bowman and they had three children, Carol, David and Gayle, and six grandchildren. She passed away in February 2010.

Material Format: moving images

Geographic Access: Peterborough (Ont.)

Original Format: Mini DV

Copy Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

Spotlight On Science, 21 of 29 [sound recording] – 2 Apr. 1986.

Part Of: Zelda Young fonds; Spotlight On Science series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 135; Series 8; Item 21

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zelda Young fonds; Spotlight On Science series

Level: Item

Fonds: 135

Series: 8

Item: 21

Material Format: sound recording

Date: 2 Apr. 1986

Physical Description: 1 audio reel (6 min., 47 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Spotlight On Science recording, the second part of an interview with Dr. Ruth Sky, conducted by Bill Stern. Dr. Sky was a family physician, Associate Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine of the University of Toronto, a physician at the Toronto General Hospital and Riverdale Hospital, and a member of the Toronto Dysautonomia Foundation. She talks about dysautonomia, which, according to her, is a genetic condition that affects primarily Jewish people and is characterized by abnormalities in the autonomic nervous system. She highlight the importance of genetic research being conducted in an effort to identify who may be a carrier

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.

Physical Condition: Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.

Accession Number: 1986-12-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Yom Hashoah Program 1976 [textual record, graphic material] – 1976.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Toronto Holocaust Museum series; Yom Hashoah sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 28-14; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Toronto Holocaust Museum series; Yom Hashoah sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 28-14

File: 9

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 13 photographs: b & w ; 19 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of programmes, correspondence and photographs related to the 1976 Yom Hashoah commemoration of the Holocaust Education Centre. Those identified in the photographs are: Howard Rypp, Batsheva Paul, Shira Bernholtz, Milton E. Harris, Cantor Martin Rosenblum, Shmuel Ovnat, Harry Wolle, Professor Hersh Smoliar, Nathan O. Hurwich, Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther Plaut, Cantor Harold Klein.

Name Access: Klein, Harold

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Borochov School, 1932-1976

Address: 1 Major Street

Source: Landmarks

The Borochov School, a branch of the Poale Zion Zionist Labour movement (PZL), opened in 1932, offering an after-school program for families who wanted their children to receive an education that was in harmony with their beliefs. The school promoted Zionism and Socialism both in Canada and in Israel. Differing from other PZL movement schools, the Borochov School placed a greater importance on Yiddish than Hebrew.

Address: 1 Major Street

Time Period: 1932-1976

Scope Note: The Borochov School, a branch of the Poale Zion Zionist Labour movement (PZL), opened in 1932, offering an after-school program for families who wanted their children to receive an education that was in harmony with their beliefs. The school promoted Zionism and Socialism both in Canada and in Israel. Differing from other PZL movement schools, the Borochov School placed a greater importance on Yiddish than Hebrew.

History: In 1976, the branch of the PLZ that the Borochov School affiliated itself with, amalgamated with the other PZL organizations and the school's day-to-day functioning closed. Bialik Hebrew School became the sole educational facility for the PZL movement.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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President's Mission to Israel 1976 [graphic material] – Oct. 1975.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 27; File 254

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 27

File: 254

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Oct. 1975

Physical Description: 20 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of twenty photographs from the UJA President's Mission to Israel in 1976. Shimon Peres, President Ephraim Katzir, Irwin Gold, and Joe Berman are identified. The 1976 President's Mission to Israel occurred in October 1975.

Notes: Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access: Katzir, Ephraim, 1916-2009; Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016

Subjects: Presidents--Israel; Prime ministers--Israel

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Annual meeting for 1975-1976 [textual record] – 1976.

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Annual meeting proceedings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 9; Series 2; File 25

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Annual meeting proceedings series

Level: File

Fonds: 9

Series: 2

File: 25

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of proceedings of meeting held 2 May 1976.

Notes: Title based on contents of the file.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Annual meeting for 1976-1977 [textual record] – 1977.

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Annual meeting proceedings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 9; Series 2; File 26

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds; Annual meeting proceedings series

Level: File

Fonds: 9

Series: 2

File: 26

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of speeches, programme, invitation and correspondence relating to meeting held 17 April 1976.

Notes: Title based on contents of the file.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Alex Enchin - Jul. 1977

Name: Alex Enchin

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: Jul. 1977

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Alex Enchin

Number: OH 118

Subject: Businessmen; Synagogues

Interview Date: Jul. 1977

Quantity: 1 cassette (1 copy); 1 WAV file

Interviewer: David Enchin

Total Running Time: 31.20 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003; Digitized in June 2014

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

Biography: Alex Enchin emigrated from Russia to Guelph, Ontario, in 1912. Enchin was one of Guelph's earliest Jewish settlers and an active member of the Jewish community. His son, David, ran two businesses, the Arcade and the House of David, both located in downtown Guelph.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Geographic Access: Guelph (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 118 - Enchin\OH118_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Rabbi Shemen - Jul. 1991

Name: Rabbi Shemen

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: Jul. 1991

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rabbi Shemen

Number: OH 284

Interview Date: Jul. 1991

Quantity: 1

AccessionNumber: 2004-1-4

Total Running Time: 60 min or less

Biography: Rabbi Nachman Shemen was a talmudic scholar, journalist, scholar, teacher, “mediator par excellence,” and the author of more than twenty books. His contribution to Jewish scholarship included interpretations on biblical, talmudic, rabbinic, and literary studies. The two volumes, published in Tel Aviv in Yiddish, discuss issues that date back to the creation and the Book of Genesis up to more recent current day controversial issues as conversion and assimilation.; The rabbinic scholar was born in Chodel, Poland, a small town near Lublin, just before the outbreak of the First World War. Shemen's great-grandfather was a disciple of the founder of Hasidism in Poland, the “Seer of Lublin.” Both his parents were descendants of chassidism and scholars. When he was just over seventeen years old, he received rabbinic ordination, and In 1930, moved to Canada with his family.; A founder of COR the Kashruth supervisory body, Shemen made COR one of the largest and most respected kosher organizations in North America. For over 40 years, Shemen served as director of the Kashruth Council and Rabbinical Vaad Hakashruth of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Toronto Jewish Congress. He was one of the founders of Congregation Torah V’Avoda and was associated with the Eitz Chaim Schools where he taught for over 25 years. He was a longtime contributor to Yiddish newspapers and wrote many articles, sometimes using the pseudonym “A Reporter,” on Jewish issues and about the early Jewish community of Toronto. He died in 1993.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: Yiddish

Name Access: Shemen, Nachman, 1912-1993

Original Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Lambert family (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [1933?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-34

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-34

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date: [1933?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a scanned copy of a photograph taken at the Lambert family's Port Dalhousie cottage. The donor, Eleanor Lambert (née Friedman), and her mother Channa Friedman are at the bottom right. Back row: Minna Anderson, Patty Walman, Sarah Meyers. Front row: Jean Matlow, Goldie Matlow, Esther Rivka Pomerantz, Channa Friedman, Eleanor Friedman.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Outdoor recreation

Name Access: Lambert family

Places: Port Dalhousie, Ont.; St. Catharines, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Edith Shields - 21 Jan. 1988

Name: Edith Shields

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 21 Jan. 1988

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Edith Shields

Number: OH 192; OH 193

Subject: Printing plants; Rabbis; Synagogues

Interview Date: 21 Jan. 1988

Quantity: 4 cassettes (2 copies); 4 WAV files

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: OH192_001: 31.00 minutes OH192_002: 31.01 minutes OH193_001: 31.05 minutes OH193_002: 31.02 minutes

Conservation: Copied to cassestte tape in August 2003; Digitized July 2014

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

Biography: Edtih Shields was born in Poland in 1906. She immigrated to Toronto in 1925. During the 1920s, her father, Rabbi Tzvi Silverstein, served as rabbi for both the Keltzer and Slipia Synagogues. Edith married Labish Shields, who was the owner of the Shield’s Printing Company and a construction company and also the financier of properties north of St. Clair Street.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Geographic Access: Palestine; Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH192_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH192_002_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH193_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH193_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

The Hermant Building at 21 Dundas Square [architectural drawing] – [between 1929 and 1930].

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 3; File 97

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 3

File: 97

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: [between 1929 and 1930]

Physical Description: ca.100 architectural and technical drawings : blueprints, pencil on linen weave, some hand col. pencil crayon ; 95 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio: The Hermant Building, located at 21 Dundas Square, is a designated heritage building that is actually composed of two connected office buildings and an annex. The nine storey western building was designed by architects Bond and Smith in 1913. The six storey Hermant Annex and fourteen storey eastern tower were designed by Benjamin Brown in 1920 and 1930 respectively. The building is named after Percy Hermant and served as the headquarters of his company, Imperial Optical, which for a time was the largest prescription lens business in the British Commonwealth. The buildings were designated as heritage buildings in 1990. The Hermant Building was initially built on Wilton Square - which was later renamed Dundas Square. Benjamin Brown's office was also located in the Hermant building during the 1940s.

Scope and Content: File consists of architectural and technical drawings of the eastern tower of the Hermant Building. Floor plans, cable plans, sections, elevations, detailing, sketches and technical drawings of structural elements of the building are included.

Physical Condition: Some drawings are fragile and torn.

Related Material: See File 49-3-63 for the architectural plans of alterations to the ground floor of the Hermant Building.; See File 49-3-106 for the architectural drawings of the Hermant Annex.; See File 49-3-37 for the architectural plans of a proposed storage building for Mr. Percy Hermant at 179 Ontario Street and for a biography of Mr. Hermant.; See File 49-3-58 for the architectural plans of a factory for Imperial Optical Co. at 270 Ontario Street and for an administrative history of Imperial Optical.; See File 49-3-100 for architectural drawings of Montgomery's Tavern, located on the ground floor of the Hermant Building.; See File 49-3-93 for the architectural drawings of a factory for Imperial Optical at the S.W. corner of Dundas and Ontario Streets.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Ben Kayfetz segment, 21 of 27 [sound recording] – 3 Jan. 1988.

Part Of: Zelda Young fonds; Ben Kayfetz segment series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 135; Series 17; Item 21

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zelda Young fonds; Ben Kayfetz segment series

Level: Item

Fonds: 135

Series: 17

Item: 21

Material Format: sound recording

Date: 3 Jan. 1988

Physical Description: 1 audio reel (4 min., 17 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono ; 1/4 in.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of Ben Kayfetz's segment. He provides a retrospect of 1987's main events and changes that occured in the Jewish world, both locally and in the larger scene, such as the deaths of Lorne Greene and Pola Negri; the free trade controversy, with Jewish participants on both sides; the granting of the Order of Canada to Jewish individuals, notably Allan Gottlieb, Monty Hall, and Ed Mirvish, with emphasis on Monty Hall's voluntary work with the United Jewish Appeal; the first arrest of an accused war criminal to be put on trial in Canada; among others.

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.