Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

53

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938-1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of notes from the Administrative committee of the Mizrachi Organization World Central and a news bulletin from the Hebrew University

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

David Pinkus’ personal records series

Bar mitzvah file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

1

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting David Pinkus’ bar mitzvah. Included are receipts and an invitation.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

71

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a marriage certificate for Alfred Becker and Elizabeth Markowitz, dated May 24, 1936, and signed by Rabbi Samuel Sachs and two witnesses in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

David Pinkus’ personal records series

Documents and letters in Yiddish and Hebrew file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

1

File

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1930]-[ca. 1967]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records in Yiddish and Hebrew that David Pinkus collected. Included are flashcards, a notebook used as an accounting ledger, documents relating to Talmud Thora Jeshivath Haye Olam and Orphans Kitchen of Jerusalem, a letter written to Mr. [Y.?] Majerowicz in 1932, and a document concerning [Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan’s speech?].

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Liaison with other social welfare organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

16

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association (Folks Farein). Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes from joint meetings between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

David Pinkus’ personal records series

Invitations file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

1

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-2004

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of invitations that David Pinkus received. Included are invitations to various social events such as the 1973 Civic Luncheon in honour of the Queen, the 1982 Grossman Dinner with Premier Brian Peckford, and other individuals' bar/bat mitzvahs and wedding ceremonies.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

6

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931-1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of general correspondence. Included is correspondence pertaining to Mizrachi business; Katz's involvement with the start of the" Hebrew Journal"; correspondence pertaining to arrangements for summers spent in Bronte, ON. (e.g. notifying Toronto police of his absence, rerouting The Jewish Morning Journal, gardening services); a letter from Toronto G'millath Chasidim Association contacting Katz as guarantor or a loan; correspondence concerning properties owned by Katz (e.g. rent owning, property assessment, utilities, purchase of property in Bronte, ON in 1931, notice from the Department of Buildings requesting a repair of a chimney, insurance); a postcard in Yiddish; a personal letter of thanks from Samuel Factor, M.P.; a bill of sale for plumbing supplies; birthday greetings; correspondence with Horowitz Bros. & Margareten concerting information regarding the Customs Division of Canada and correspondence sent form Poland (e.g. a copy of a marriage certificate written in Hebrew and Yiddish, a wedding invitation) and miscellaneous correspondence in Yiddish. Also included are two letters sent by Katz to business associates requesting they not do business with his son, Ben, following Ben's decision to leave Reliable Tobacco once he got engaged in 1936. Also included is a medical report by Dr. A. I. Willinsky.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

103

Material Format

textual record

Date

[19-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a booklet containing a memorial service for the departed and Mourner's Kaddish.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

David Pinkus’ personal records series

Miscellaneous file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

1

File

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

1926-2010

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

Files consists of miscellaneous documents of David Pinkus’ personal records. Included are a veteran ticket to the 1969 Canadian National Exhibition; a booklet named Handbook of Practical Cookery published by the Toronto Board of Education for the used of household science classes in the public schools of Toronto (1932); a small promotional poster of a 1977 exhibition of mosaic presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Canada in co-operation with the Canadian Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly; Havdalah blessings recited on Eden Jacobson’s bat mitzvah and Chol HaMoed Sukkot 2010; a field trip workbook of Jewish Toronto from Generation to Generation; an article named The Jubilee Riots in Toronto, 1875, by Martin A. Galvin published on the Canadian Catholic Historical Association Report, volume 26 (1959); the text of proposed constitution of State of Israel published on the New York Times (1948); a flyer documenting Charles Garfunkel’s campaign in the 1951 Toronto municipal election; an album of personalized Hebrew New Year cards by Monarch (1983); sheet music of Yente Telebende and Pinie the Candy Kid (Yiddish-American songs, 1922); and miscellaneous legal documents concerning Sterling Cap Company (1926), the change of the surname of Philip Finkelstein and his wife Clara Finkelstein to “Morris” (1945), and a writ of summons of the action on mortgage foreclosure between Lillian Glucksberg and Sam and Dorothy Poizner (1932).

Notes

STORAGE LOCATION NOTE: The sheet music of Yente Telebende and Pinie the Candy Kid is oversized and therefore stored in the map cabinet.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

General correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

3

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of general correspondence from 1939. Included are personal letters, a wedding invitation and correspondence and literature pertaining to Katz's involvement with philanthropic, Zionistic and religious activities. Of note are letters and bulletins released by the Joint Distribution Committee in 1939, including updates concerning the status of the refugees on board the SS St. Louis and bulletins describing the overseas activities of J.D.C. in September and October 1939.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

General correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

3

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of general correspondence from 1936. Included is correspondence/literature pertaining to Katz's involvement with various Zionistic, religious and philanthropic organizations (e.g. Mizrachi organizations, United Palestine Appeal, The Hebrew Theological College).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

30

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of meeting minutes from the Mizrachi Organization of America, a program for a Mizrachi Organization of America conference, Shekel membership to the Zionist World Organization, a program from the Jewish National Choir Concert, correspondence pertaining to the Youth Conference at the Zionist Congress, a letter from Keren Kayemeth Leisrael and letters requesting banquet money/ticket return from the Mizrachi Organization of Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

156

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1937

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of 2 copies of the table of contents for the Mizrachi publication, "Sinai".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

159

Material Format

textual record

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a copy of a Mizrachi booklet, "Le'cheszbona szel tkufa" published in Poland.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of programs from the first conference of the Mizrachi Organization of Canada from 1939, publications put out by Mizrachi World Central from 1935-1939, a 1944 publication from the Mizrachi Organization in New York.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

49

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a updates and letters from the Mizrachi Organization World Central. Also included is a 1948 publication from the Mizrachi Organization World Central.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of informational material disseminated by Mizrachi Organization World Central and correspondence. Much of the content is in Hebrew and Yiddish.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

76

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a postcard sent to Katz from Gellman in 1937 stamped Zionist Congress Zurich and a letter from Katz to Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ben Kayfetz fonds

Collected materials series

Level

File

Fonds

62

Series

3

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1930?]

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records.

Scope and Content

File consists of a book for converting dates to and from the Gregorian and Jewish calendars from 1930-2000 in four different languages.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a 1938 publication, "Torah Vearetz" in Hebrew and English written by E.M. Genachowski. The booklet describes the activities of the Mizrachi in Palestine.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

David Pinkus’ personal records series

Prayers file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

[195-?]-[ca. 2018]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two Yizkor prayers of the Minsker Synagogue, a prayers and meditations booklet issued by the Canadian Jewish War Memorial Association, a mourners’ prayers booklet issued by Hebrew Publishing Company, and a Yizkor book of the Kiever Synagogue.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

6

File

45

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a publication in Yiddish and Hebrew written by Eliyahu Hotner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

The Kiever Shul series

Record books (part 1 of 2) file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

5

File

63

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1919]-[ca. 1988]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a record book of the Kiever Synagogue. Record entries were written in Hebrew, documenting individuals’ names followed by dates. The record book also contains phone numbers as well as names and addresses written in English. The content of the record book was arranged by month. Also included are notes written on loose-leaf paper.

Notes

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The use of this record book needs further identification.

ARRANGEMENT NOTE: The notes written on loose-leaf paper may or may not be relating to this record book. They were arranged into this file because they have been kept together with the record book.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Subjects

Rosh ha-Shanah sermons

Yom Kippur sermons

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Subjects

Rosh ha-Shanah sermons

Yom Kippur sermons

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds

Sermons series

Level

File

Fonds

106

Series

1

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

[192-?]-[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Other societies and cemeteries series

Steeles College Memorial Chapel file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

9

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[196-?]-[200-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of prayers of Steeles College Memorial Chapel and a printed copy of an article written by S. A. Kurtz documenting the history of Steeles College Memorial Chapel. College Memorial Chapel was the name that the organization used between 1954 and 1977.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

201

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938-1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with from the Theological College of the New Yishuv in Palestine (1133 Broadway, New York City). Also included is a poster of the Rabbis of the Zionist movement.

Source

Archival Descriptions