Accession Number
2004-5-9
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-9
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm and 13 x 18 cm
Date
[ca. 1915?]
Scope and Content
This accession consists of an original and copy photograph of Sydney Wise's bris, May 1, 1915, and a Wladowsky family photograph.
Administrative History
Dr. Sydney Wise was a volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives. He passed away in January 2013.
Descriptive Notes
An identification key is provided.
Subjects
Berit milah
Families
Volunteers
Name Access
Wise, Sydney, 1915-2013
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2009-5-9
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2009-5-9
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17 cm
Date
[between 1912 and 1916]
Scope and Content
This accession consists of one original photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a top hat. The writing on the photograph reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, Der -- Goal -- Zedek -- Gemeinde, 42 Boldwin (sic) Street, Toronto Canada.
Custodial History
This item was left on top of one of the exhibit display cases on the fourth floor of the Lipa Green building. There is no information on the original owner of the item.
Descriptive Notes
This item is the same image as photo 985.
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Source
Archival Accessions
Name
Dr. Minnie Cohen
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
October/November 1976
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Dr. Minnie Cohen
Number
OH 143
Subject
Cantors (Judaism)
Discrimination in higher education
Women physicians
Interview Date
October/November 1976
Quantity
2 cassettes (1 copy)
Interviewer
Doris Newman
Total Running Time
1:25 minutes
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Digitied
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please conact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Minnie Cohen was born in Russia in 1900. She immigrated to Toronto around 1910. After graduating as the first Jewish woman from the University of Toronto's medical school, she interned and joined the staff of Women's College Hospital. Dr. Cohen specialized in pediatrics. worked as a clinician in the 1920s for Toronto's first well baby clinic, and was on the staff of Mount Sinai's pediatric clinic. Her husband, Dr. Benjamin Cohen, was the first Jewish specialist in obstetrics and gynecology to practice in Toronto, and he was chief at the old Mount Sinai Hospital on Yorkville Avenue.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
Cohen, Ben
Cohen, Minnie
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Geographic Access
Berlin (Germany)
Boston (Mass.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Dublin (Ireland)
Moscow (Russia)
New York (N.Y.).
Paris (France)
Romania
Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Toronto (Ont.)
Turkey
Ukraine
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Transcript
Personal Family History 0-14.20-25.35: Minnie born in Russia in 1900 tells the story of her family’s move from Russia to Turkey and subsequently to Romania, where they remained from 1907–1909. Minnie talks about her father, Bernard, a renowned cantor, and about her life in Romania as an accomplished child pianist. In 1909, the family moved to New York and then Chicago, where Bernard Wladowsky continued his cantorial career. Education 29.00-32.00: Minnie graduated high school from Jarvis Collegiate and went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto’s medical school between 1919 and 1922. Life in Toronto 32.04-38.38: In 1912, the family moved to Toronto, where Bernard Wladowsky began a five-year contract as cantor of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Bernard Wladowsky and Goel Tzedec went into arbitration, with Wladowsky subsequently leaving Goel Tzedec prior to the end of his contract. In 1915, Wladowsky become the cantor of the Londoner Shul, and for the following thirty-four years Wladowsky remained cantor of the McCaul Street Synagogue Side 2: University of Toronto Medical School 0.18-8.04: Minnie discusses the discrimination she experienced as the first and only Jewish woman enrolled in the University of Toronto’s medical school. Minnie discusses her internship and personal experiences at Women’s College Hospital and talks about her medial school colleagues David Eisen, Joe Trachman, Ivan Vale, and Aaron Volpe Medical Career 8:09-8:57: Minnie tells about her job offer with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Rather than leave her husband, Minnie gave her job offer to her classmate Dr. Glenna Garrett, one of the leading psychiatrists in the United States. 8:58-9:59: Minnie talks about her husband, Dr. Ben Cohen, and his medical education and service overseas during the First World War. 10:00-11:37: Minnie discusses Ben's medical career at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and his close relationhip with Robert Briscoe, the then mayor of Dublin. 11:38- 14:06: Minnie talks about Ben's return to Toronto in 1920 and their marriage in 1922. 14:07-15:11 Minnie talks about her first office at 62 Brunswick Avenue and Ben's first office on Dundas Street. Minnie limited her practice to pediatrics and as a fill in for other doctors. 15:12:- 15:45: Minnie talks about her husband's practice, which he shared with Dr. Abe Roby and Dr. Soloway 15:46-16:36: Minnie talks about how they found their first apartment. 16:37-17:32: Minnie recounts how her husband was the first surgeon who operated at Mt. Sinai Hospital. In 1928, he was the first doctor in the world to make his patients get out of bed and walk after surgery. 17:33-18:16: Minnie discusses how the idea of the first Mt. Sinai Hospital came to be in 1923 and the physicians who were instrumental in the formation of the original Mt. Sinai Hospital in 1923. Mentioned are Drs. Ben Cohen, Abraham Wilinsky, M. A. Pollack, Louis Breslin, and Simon Fine. 18:17- 19:37: Minnie explains the Ezras Noshim Women’s Auxillary, which, together with Dorothy Dworkin, worked to fundraise for Mt. Sinai Hospital. 19:38:- 20:23: Minnie describes some the Mt. Sinai fundraising campaigns. 20:24:-20:31: Minnie talks about Ben's role with the hospital's planning committee and his passing before the hospital's completion. 20:32:-21:23: Minnie talks about going with Ben to Boston to investigate the obstetric and gynecology services of the Beth Israel Hospital. 21:24:-22:44: Minnie talks about becoming part of the Mt. Sinai staff following the passing of her husband and working in the outpatient department doing free pediatric clinics. 21:45:-25:28: Minnie discusses the billing of patients for their medical care. 25:29-25:56: Minnie talks about working as a clinician in the 1920s at Toronto’s first “Well Baby Free Clinic,” which was located at Euclid and College. 25:57:-27:06: Minnie talks about working for the government for free as a restaurant inspector. 27:07-28:08: Minnie talks about working on the staff of the Mt. Sinai Hospital's pediatric clinic. 28:09-29:00: Minnie recalls Dr. Lowry, with whom she brought soup to miners and their families living in northern Ontario during the Depression. 29:01:-30:32: Minnie talks Toronto's first social service on McCaul Street and bringing soup to women frequenting the service. 30:33:-31:12: Minnie talks about her work as she travelled to locations outside of Toronto. 31:13:-32:55: Minnie recalls Ben's invitation in to perform a surgical operation in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1932. 32:56:-34:49: Minnie recalls the honour bestowed on Ben for the surgery he performed. 34:50:-36:07: Minnie recalls their experiences traveling by train through Communist Russia. 36:08:-36:56: Minnie recalls relatives they visited in the Ukraine. 36:57:-38:37: Minnie recalls her first plane ride from Leningrad to Paris. 38:38:-39:13 Minnie recalls refueling in Berlin during the time when there was already Hitler talk. 39:14:-40:10: Minnie describes the quality of life in Leningrad during the late 1930s. 40:11:-41:10: Minnie recalls their experiences dealing with customs while aboard a ship. 41:11:-42:54: Minnie recalls their hotel, the Metropol, in Moscow. 42:53-45:00: Minnie recalls overhearing a conversation with a relative who spoke out against the Communist government. 45:01-46:15 Minnie recalls the tense atmosphere in Berlin during the late 1930s.
Source
Oral Histories
Level
Item
ID
Item 1266
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1266
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1913]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Notes
Negative #1266A has no writing.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4750
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4750
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1945 or 1946]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jewish community meeting at Massey Hall, Toronto. Includes: Rabbi Sachs, Edward Gelber, Rabbi Kamenetsky, Julius Katz, Cantor Wladowsky, and Wilferd Gordon.
Notes
Credit: W. H. James, Toronto.
Name Access
Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
Gelber, Edward
Kamenetsky, Rabbi
Katz, Julius
Gordon, Wilferd
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1989-2-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4039
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4039
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1925 and 1935]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
High Holidays
Posters
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-3-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3662
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3662
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1945 and 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Notes
Photo by Alex Gray.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Choirs (Music)
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-7-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 982
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
982
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1905]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a winter coat and hat.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Romania
Accession Number
1976-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 983
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
983
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1932
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky (centre), Cantor L. Glanz (left) and an unidentified person.
Name Access
Glanz, Cantor L.
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 984
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
984
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1915 or 1916]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 985
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
985
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1912 and 1916]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a New Year's card with a portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky in top hat and tails. Writing under the photo reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, DER-GOEL-TZEDEC-GEMEINDE, 42 Baldwin St., Toronto, Canada.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 986
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
986
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1912
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a concert ticket advertising a Hanukkah festival featuring Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky at Massey Music Hall on Wed. Dec. 4, 1912. The festival was for the benefit of the Hebrew Free School. Tickets were $100 each.
Name Access
Massey Music Hall (Toronto, Ont.)
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Benefit performances
Cantors (Judaism)
Hanukkah
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1265
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1265
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1906]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
Bernhard Wladowsky was an obercantor in Bucarest.
Notes
Originally a New Year's card.
Name Access
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Portraits
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Romania
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2372
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2372
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-]
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Cantor Bernard Wladowsky in centre.
2nd from right in 2nd row: Sam Richman.
Name Access
Richman, Sam
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Choirs (Music)
Portraits, Group
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-7-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2363
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2363
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Admin History/Bio
Sam Richman sang with Cantor Wladowksy and operatic companies.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Sam Richman.
Name Access
Richman, Sam
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Portraits
Singers
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-7-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cantor Bernard Wladowsky fonds
Level
Fonds
ID
Fonds 29
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cantor Bernard Wladowsky fonds
Level
Fonds
Fonds
29
Material Format
textual record
Date
1892-1959
Physical Description
40 cm of textual records
Admin History/Bio
Cantor Bernard Wladowsky was born in Smila, Poland in 1870. He graduated from the Imperial Music School in 1887. At the age of 17, he took on his first cantorial post in Kiev. Subsequently, he was hired as cantor in Bakmut, Sevastopol, Constantinople and Bucharest.
In 1907 he emigrated to the United States to accept a position with the Ohev Tzedec Synagogue in New York City. In 1909, he became the cantor of the Anshe Knesset Synagogue in Chicago. In 1912 he was invited to Toronto to assume the post of uber-cantor at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Later he served at the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, where he remained until his retirement in 1955.
Cantor Wladowsky was invited to give concerts throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. He was one of the most popular and celebrated cantors in North America. He composed numerous and widely sung liturgical compositions, notably Modim. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Cantors Association of America and the President of the Agudath Ha'hazzanim of Toronto. In addition to his cantorial duties, he was also a mohel and performed circumcisions in Toronto during his career. Cantor Wladowsky died in 1963 at age 92 and is buried in Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.
Scope and Content
Fonds documents the life and activities of Cantor Bernard Wladowsky. The records consist of the following types of material: newspaper clippings, correspondence, record books of weddings and circumcisions, concert programs and liturgical compositions.
Name Access
Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Occupations
Creator
Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
Accession Number
1976-10-5
1980-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions