Accession Number

2000-4-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Date

1959-1975

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and accumulated by the Moses family. The types of records include cemetery papers, such as correspondence, account receipts and the original constitution for Hasiatyner Klaus Beth Israel.

Also included are the original cemetery plans with the official stamp and seal and a copy of the blueprints for the Eitz Chiam School

Administrative History

Isadore Moses moved his family to Canada in 1928. He became president of Toronto’s Husiatiner Klaus Shul, volunteered to co-design Bathurst Lawn Cemetery’s floor plan, and was committed to Jewish education.

His son Lewis Moses, the youngest of seven children, was also deeply committed to the Jewish community. Despite running a busy chartered accountancy practice, the former air force officer devoted much of his energy to Jewish causes. He worked diligently for the Zionist Revisionist Organization, United Jewish Appeal, United Israel Appeal, State of Israel Bonds, Jewish National Fund, Canadian Zionist Federation, the Board of Jewish Education, Eitz Chaim Schools, and many other organizations. He was co-founder of Torath Emeth Congregation and a Board Member of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Lewis Moses was honoured at the Negev dinner in 1992

Subjects

Cemeteries

Name Access

Husiatiner Klaus Beth Israel.

Bathurst Lawn Cemetery.

Zionist Revisionist Organization.

United Jewish Appeal.

United Israel Appeal.

State of Israel Bonds.

Jewish National Fund.

Canadian Zionist Federation.

Board of Jewish Education.

Eitz Chaim.

Torath Emeth Congregation.

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1979-11-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 volume

Date

1979

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Shaarei Shomayim jubilee book, the First Fifty Years.

MG_RG

MG3 A31

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

149

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 item

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

290

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2014-2-11

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

Nov. 1949

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one dedication programme booklet for the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation at 840 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto.

Custodial History

Paul Gilmore, the Chair of the Archives Committee of Beth Israel in Kingston, found this programme as he was going through the synagogue's records. He mailed it to the OJA for our archives.

Subjects

Synagogue dedication services

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-11-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Date

1944-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a newsletter from Frontier Branch 513 of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance, and several documents from Shaarei Shomayim Congregation: a Sunday religious school report card and monthly bulletins.

Subjects

Newsletters

Societies

Synagogues

Name Access

Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Toronto, Ont.)

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

523

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

6 Nov. 1980

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

10 photographs : b&w (10 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of ten negatives depicting the Women's Division-sponsored UJA Day event at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Two frames show set tables, with hats as a centrepiece; other frames depict Women's Division members with a female personality known for hats. Also included is a flyer for the event: "Women CAN make a difference! You can learn how on UJA Day, Thursday, November 6, 1980, at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue, 47 Glencairn Ave. at 12 noon." The program names the guest speaker as former U.S. Congresswoman Bella Abzug.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

191

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1946?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a notice announcing the broadcast by Rabbi Dr. Judah Washer sponsored by Shaarei Shomayim Congregation.

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Brenda Richards fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

26

Material Format

graphic material

object

textual record

Date

1965-1980

Physical Description

37 photographs and other material

Admin History/Bio

Brenda Richards was born in Toronto, attended Ryerson Public School and Harbord Collegiate, and then enrolled in Central Technical School to study commercial art. Brenda was later employed as an art teacher at Humewoood Public School and continued teaching and assisting until she retired at age 60. Her husband Alfred or "Alf" managed a George Richards men’s clothing store.

Following the death of their 21 year old son, the Richards wished to assist other young men and became involved in the Scouting movement. They became the leaders of the 159th 'B' Cub Pack, which met at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto on Wednesday evenings. In the terminology of Scouting, using characters from Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book’, Alfred, the Cubmaster, was known as “Akela” and Brenda, the Assistant Cubmaster was “ Baloo” (the Bear). At its peak, the Cub pack had approximately 36 members but dissolved in 1970. During Brenda’s career in the Cub movement, she was awarded several “Good Service” medals by the Scouting Council of Canada.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of personal records and artifacts accumulated by Brenda Richards during her service as Assistant Cubmaster of the 159th 'B' Toronto Cub Pack. These include Cub and Cub leader regalia and memorabilia, a collection of photographs of the Cub pack and two scrapbooks documenting their activities. The scrapbooks include photographs, poems and other writings by cub members, news clippings and lists of badges earned by various cubs. Also of note are 4 original drawings by Richards.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 1 folder of textual records, 2 scrapbooks, 4 drawings, 6 badges, 5 pins, 2 medals, 1 whistle, and 1 woggle.

Fonds is part of the Ontario Jewish Archives' project to acquire material created by the 159th Cub Pack, which was a Jewish troop. The project also includes an oral history interview with Brenda Richards conducted by Martin Wolfish.

Name Access

Richards, Alfred

Richards, Brenda

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Creator

Richards, Brenda

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2003-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

69

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a notice and program notes for an emergency meeting held on 30 Mar 1977 at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue.

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Antisemitism--Soviet Union

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

105

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1981-May 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

15 photographs : col. ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, photographs, programmes and newspaper clippings concerning a symposium held at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on 21 April, 1981.

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

435

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Access Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions