- Accession Number
- 2008-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 19 May 1950
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one letter from Rabbi Abraham Feinberg of Holy Blossom Temple to Mrs. Jack Silverman of Sudbury regarding the bar mitzvah of her son, Stephen. The letter includes instructions and procedures for bar mitzvahs held at Holy Blossom.
- Administrative History
- Lilian Rosenthal is the daughter of Rabbi William Rosenthal. Rabbi Rosenthal had been the rabbi in Sudbury for many years. The family currently owns a Judaica store on Bathurst Street, named Miriam's.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Mike Rabovsky
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mike Rabovsky
- Number
- OH 296
- Subject
- Owen Sound
- Family history
- Cadesky family
- Beth Ezekiel
- furniture business
- World War, 1939-1945
- Rabbi Kirschenbaum
- Bar mitzvah
- Mr. Amsterdam
- Antisemitism
- Sauble Beach
- Cemeteries
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini DV's, 1 archival DVD and 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Notes
- Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project
- Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V Video File
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Mike Rabovsky married Miriam Levinson, and their story is best told through this historical narrative:
- Owen Sound's Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, a designated building under Ontario’s Heritage Act, remains the last example of the early small town synagogue that was once so common across Canada. The most compelling window in the synagogue is dedicated to the Rabovsky and Levison's families and tells the story of two immigrant families and the establishment of a Jewish community in Owen Sound.
- The jagged shards of glass depict the Levison family's harrowing experience of Kristallnacht (night of broken glass), prelude to the Holocaust. Desperate to escape Germany, the family was just one boat ticket away from freedom. Moments before they were to leave, an elderly couple offered their tickets to the Levisons, effectively sealing their own fate as victims of the Final Solution, while giving the young family a chance to escape the coming storm. Waiting out the war in China, the family eventually made it to Canada where Manfred Levison immediately began to look for work as a Rabbi. At the same time, Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, a refugee of the Russian pogroms and the man for whom our Synagogue is named, was looking for a Rabbi to serve Owen Sound's bourgeoning Jewish community. Manfred Levison took the job, and in time his daughter Miriam married Isaac's grandson Mike.
- Miriam met Myer (Mike) Rabovsky. He was 29 and she was 19. Theirs was a happy marriage, lasting more than fifty years. Miriam and Mike had one daughter, Goldie (m. Bruce Ronald) and two grandchildren.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Norm Albert
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 18 Sep. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Norm Albert
- Number
- OH 311
- Subject
- Belleville
- scrap business
- clothing retail
- Bar mitzvah
- Israel trip
- Immigration
- Interview Date
- 18 Sep. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini DVs; 2 archival DVDs; 2 reference DVDs
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 29 mins.
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V video file.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Norm Albert (1928–2010), the son of Jacob and Lily Albert, was born in Toronto and raised with his brother, Stan, in Trenton and Belleville, Ontario. After attending Belleville Collegiate Institute, Norman joined his father in the Ladies' Retail Business, at the age of nineteen, by opening the Fashion Shoppe in Trenton. Norm's wife, Carole, hailed from Queens, New York. They were married in New York in 1956.
- Norman opened another ladies' clothing store in Trenton, the Normandy Shop. A third store, Artistic Ladies Wear, was opened with his brother in Belleville. While toiling in the business of being a retail merchant, Norman and his father joined ranks with a childhood friend, Sidney, to form S & A Investments, a mortgage, loan, and real estate development company. He also ran Kingston Automatic Vending for more than twenty years with his brother-in-law. Norm was on the executive for the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville for seventeen or eighteen years.
- Norman enjoyed his retirement years with wife Carole in Florida and at the lake house in Brighton, Ontario. They had three children—Mark, David and Michele—and six grandchildren.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Martin Irwin Lockshin was born in Toronto in 1952, the son of Louis Leon and Sylvia Lockshin (née Freedman). He received his PhD from Brandeis University in 1984 and is also an ordained rabbi.
- Currently, Professor Martin Lockshin is an associate professor of humanities in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at York University. He has published extensively and recently completed a term as director of York's Centre for Jewish Studies.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Martin Lockshin.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- B'nai Brith lodges sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Feb. 1966
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two images of the B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge presenting a cheque to the Anti-Defamation League, and to a group of bar mitzvah boys.
- Name Access
- Anti-defamation League
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 20 Apr. 1961
- Physical Description
- 11 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at the State of Israel's bar mitzvah celebration, held by the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, at Massey Hall. The images depict speakers at the podium, overhead photographs of the stage, several bar mitzvah boys taking part in the ceremonies, and group photographs of members of ZOC.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one bar mitzvah portrait of [Howard?] Reitapple. The boy is holding a prayer book and has a tallis wrapped around his shoulders.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of images of Jewish weddings, anniversary celebrations, and bar mitzvahs. Celebratory events such as these constituted a large percentage of Mendly's commissioned work, and most likely supported the operational expenses of his studio. This series represents a small sampling of his work in this area. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Weddings
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 June 1963
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at the bar mitzvah celebration for [?] Rotstein. The images depict the Rotstein family in their home, the bar mitzvah boy lighting the candles on his cake, and a group photograph of the invited children standing behind a beverage table.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1316
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1975?]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of a bar mitzvah at the Kiever Shul. They depict a young man at various points in the temple.
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2519
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2519
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Oct. 1936
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Jewish community assembled in the Adath Israel Synagogue banquet hall for the bar mitzvah party of Larry Kussner. The large crowd is seated at several banquet tables in the hall, which is decorated for the occasion.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on original photograph matte.
- Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Kussner, Larry
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Parties
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max was bar mitzvahed at the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society at 350 Dundas Street West, on the second floor.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Max Stern, taken at Hardy Studio in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Bill Stern at age thirteen. The portrait was used on the front of his invitation card.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2006-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 33
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1917-1934
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one invitation to the wedding of Esther Rumianek and Joe Glass and an invitation to Bill Stern's bar mitzvah.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Weddings
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-4
- 2004-5-135
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1995-2002
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph: col., ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a correspondence, meeting minutes, and clippings related to the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Project. Includes student projects a photograph and certificates of completion. Identified in the photograph: Max Eisen and Adam Banack.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Bat mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1896-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of personal letters written by Ida to her daughter, Rivka. Also included is the bar mitzvah speech written by Ida Lewis to her father's dictation in 1896 for Charles S. Siegel.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 objects
- 1 photograph : col. ; 36 x 28 cm
- Date
- 1971
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a large portrait of Martin Shaffer during his bar mitzvah at Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in 1971. There are also two Shaffer family kiddish cups, one inscribed with Hebrew lettering. Nancy's husband, Sam, received one of the cups at his bar mitzvah and the second was given to Martin.
- Custodial History
- Photograph and cups were mailed in by Nancy Shaffer to be included with the Shaffer family records.
- Descriptive Notes
- For related material see accessions 2007-7-4, 2009-8-4, 2009-9-3
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- Kiddush cups
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album
- 2 cm of textual records
- 25 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1930-2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Shaffer family of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Records include photographs of Sam Shaffer and his family, wartime letters written by Sam to his mother, correspondence related to Sam's bid to serve on the Thunder Bay Port Authority as well as the bar mitzvah album for Martin Feld Shaffer from April 3, 1971. The album includes greeting cards and telegrams from relatives and friends as well as several photographs.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Families
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Shaffer, Nancy, 1929-2013
- Shaffer, Martin, 1958-2012
- Shaffer, Samuel, 1925-2011
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an invitation and guest list for the bar mitzvah of Dale Lastman, the son of former mayor Mel Lastman. The bar mitzvah took place at Adath Israel Synagogue on 28 March 1970, was followed by a luncheon the same day and then a dinner at the Royal York Hotel the following night.
- Custodial History
- There is no aquisition information for this material. The documents were found in the processing room in a box containing other unprocessed and orphaned material.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 100 photographs
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1920-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the Hersch family, a screenplay by Phillip Hersch, school certificates from Landsdowne School, Canadian naturalization certificates, thank you notes, a New Year's greeting card, and a Polish passport. Included are photographs of weddings, Europe vacations, class photos, houses in Toronto, bar mitzvah, Niagara falls, Channukah, Farms, studio sets, the beach, and snow scenes.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Norman Hersch until his death in the mid-1980s, at which point the donor took possession of the records and stored them until donating them to the OJA in March 2015.
- Administrative History
- Norman Hersch was a special effects technician for the CBC from the early 1950s until his retirement in the mid-1980s. He was married to a French woman from Western Canada named Margaret. He is buried in the Mount Albert area with his wife. He served in the Canadian military during the Second World War and graduated from Central Technical School upon his return. In later years, he started P & M Display in Yorkville. Norman's older brother Phillip was a screenwriter in Toronto. He wrote the CBC series Wojek. Their mother Lily (Polish) volunteered at Mount Sinai Hospital. Their father Alexander (Romanian) worked in stainless steel manufacturing. They lived around Cecil Street. Doug Wardle was a friend and colleague of Hersch's at CBC in the Special Effects Department.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Name Access
- Hersch, Norman
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 65 photographs : b&w and col. (tiff)
- Date
- 1948-1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Gary Wagman and his family. Included are: sixty-five photographs of the Gold-Wagman family. Twenty-eight of the photographs were taken at Gary's bar mitzvah party, which was held on 8 March 1964 at the North Bathurst Talmud Torah.
- Administrative History
- Gary Irving Wagman (1951–) was born 19 March 1951 and is the youngest son of Ann Wagman (née Gold, 1926–2017) and Sollie Wagman (1921–2014). His older brother Howard, known as Hushy (1947–2001), was born 9 October 1947. Gary is the grandson of David Gold and Rose Gold (his maternal grandparents) and Celia Wagman and Jacob Wagman (his paternal grandparents).
- Photo Caption (027): Gary Wagman holding chumash given to him by his grandmother, 8 Mar. 1964. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-7-6.
- Photo Caption (017): Gary Wagman swinging baseball bat, 1964. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-7-6.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to the Wagman family can be found
in Accessions 2009-11-1 and 2017-8-13.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- Name Access
- North Bathurst Talmud Torah
- Wagman family
- Wagman, Gary, 1951-
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of graphic material and textual records
- 1 film reel
- Date
- [194-]-1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting Gerry Freiman and his family. Included are Gerry Freiman's Camp Föhrenwald identity card, an assignment card and meal ticket, photographs taken at the camp, photographs taken at Jack Freiman's bar mitzvah, and film footage of the bar mitzvah that was held at Murray House in Toronto on 24 April 1960, as well as other records documenting the Freiman family's immigration process.
- Administrative History
- Gerry Freiman was born on 20 June 1910 in Poland. Rose Freiman was born on 4 November 1914. After the Second World War, Freiman found himself at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Bavaria, Germany. On 13 September 1948, Gerry, Rose, and their son Jack departed Germany on the USS General Heintzelmann for Canada.
- Upon arriving in Canada, the Freimans stayed with a family they met in Föhrenwald. (The name of the family has, unfortunately, been lost.) This family offered Gary and Rose employment in the shoe manufacturing trade. The Freimans subsequently moved to 348 Northcliffe Boulevard, where they bought a fourplex and lived in one of the units on the ground floor. Gary and Rose remained at this address until their deaths: Gerry died on 8 November 1960; Rose Freiman died on 13 June 1983.
- Jack Freiman attended Rawlinson Community School and then Vaughan Road Collegiate. He did his postsecondary studies at the University of Toronto, where he studied pre-medicine and medicine. After graduating, he went on to specialize and practice as an internist in a hospital in Brampton, Ontario. Jack died on 6 November 2016.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Film also available as MP4 file. Photographs also available as JPEG and TIFF files.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Immigrants--Canada
- Refugee camps
- Name Access
- Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)
- Freiman (family)
- Freiman, Gerry, 1910-1960
- Freiman, Rose, 1914-1983
- Places
- Bavaria (Germany)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-2-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-2-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 folders
- Date
- 1970-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Airst family. Included are photographs of Malcolm Airst at his bar mitzvah in 1970 and Randall Airst at his bar mitzvah in 1973. The b'nai mitzvah took place at Beth Tzedec in Toronto where the family were members and Malcolm completed ninth grade at the United Synagogue Day School.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : col. ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller
- Date
- [197-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Airst family. Included are five photographs taken at Malcolm Airst's bar mitzvah, which was held at Beth Tzedec in Toronto, and one photograph of Malcolm's sister, Lisa. Also depicted in the bar mitzvah photographs are: maternal grandfather Alexander Stolberg; parents Herman Airst and Faye Airst; and younger brother Randall Airst.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description: The five bar mitzvah photographs are glued to a matte board.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- General correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 3
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of an invitation for the bar mitzvah of Bennie, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Katz.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4162
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4162
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1948
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- For identificaiton, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Grosbein, Norman
- Shaw Street Synagogue
- Weber family
- Grosbein family
- B'nai Israel Synagogue
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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
- 1986-10-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1944]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Jewish community of Kirkland Lake assembled for the bar mitzvah of Joe Atkins, now a chartered accountant in Toronto. The photograph depicts that group seated at several banquet tables in the Legion Hall.
- Notes
- Typed notes on the back continue: "Rare view of Hyman with his hat off, the grandfather, standing next to Harry. The only one missing is the photographer - Eddie Duke - and to this day I wish I could have been included. Picture taken in the Legion Hall which was koshered for the occasion.".
- Acquired in 1976.
- Photo by Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Atkins, Joe
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Communities
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 947
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 947
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- David Day and his brother Jacob Day started a Hebrew school in Toronto on Major Street. Eventually, David Day started his own cheder on Markham Street and Jacob Day operated another cheder on Ulster Street. They both taught during the mid 1900s, from approximately 1925 to 1940.
- David Day had two sons named Sam and Nat. Nat Day was in the army and was married to Evelyn Day.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Mr. Day's cheder that was taken for a student's bar mitzvah. David Day is in the middle of the group and his son is standing behind him in uniform. The photograph was taken in 1942.
- Name Access
- Day, David
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Heder
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See accession #2003-8-3 for another copy of the same photograph
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 489
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 489
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1899]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 12 and 9 x 12
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph William Samuel on the occassion of his bar mitzvah.
- Name Access
- Samuel, William
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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 3420
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3420
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits, Group
- Synagogues
- 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
- Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3425
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3425
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph taken inside the synagogue.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits, Group
- Synagogues
- 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
- Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3800
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3800
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1927?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- 1985-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1214
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1214
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Samuel and Rebecca Weinberg with their son, Bernard on the occasion of his bar mitzvah.
- Name Access
- Weinberg, Samuel
- Weinberg, Rebecca
- Weinberg, Bernard
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2456
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2456
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photo by L. Surdin, 26 Cameron Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1251
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1251
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait, probably taken at Egmont Frankel's bar mitzvah. From left to right: Carl Frankel (b. 1894); Egmont Frankel (b. 1891); Roy Frankel (b. 1896).
- Name Access
- Frankel, Roy
- Frankel, Egmont
- Frankel, Carl
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Brothers
- 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
- 1977-4-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy, Elsie, and Brian Luftspring at Brian's bar mitzvah at the Barclay Hotel, Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Barclay Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Bernstein was born in Toronto in 1918. He was the son of Akiva Bernstain, the famous cantor at Beth Tzedec. They lived for some time on Major Street and then moved to 516 Palmerston Street during the 1930s.
- Jack began his career at RKO as a contract clerk and moved up the ranks to become Toronto branch manager and sales manager during the late 1940s. He later became president of Famous Players Theatres Canada.
- He married Mary and they had two children: Harriet and Mark. Bernstein passed away in 1988.
- Scope and Content
- The item is an original portrait along with a copy of Jack Bernstein wearing a tallis during his bar mitzvah.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects)
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Frankel and Draper family fonds
- Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 104
- File
- 2
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 22 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel at age thirteen dressed in formal attire.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph taken at Leonard Mehr's bar mitzvah in Toronto. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Mendel Mehr (father), Ethel, Pincus, Bessie (mother).
- Front row, left to right: Lucille, Bernice, Leonard.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains bar mitzvah year program for synagogue (1978) and photocopied architectural drawings.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1973, 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains booklet for bar mitzvah commemoration, 1975, and blueprints for the 1973 extension.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains bar mitzvah anniversary book (1978).
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- David Greenberg was an electrical engineer, who married at the age of nineteen. He later became a chiropracter in Toronto. His father, Louis Greenberg, was a tailor whose shop was located in the Jarvis and Parliament area on Queen Street East. The family originally belonged to the Berkeley Street Synagogue, but there was no minyan for David's bar mitzvah and they moved to the McCaul Street Synagogue. David's stepmother's name was Sadie.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of David Greenberg, his father Louis Greenberg and his stepmother Sadie. The picture was taken for David's bar mitzvah on October 13, 1935.
- Name Access
- Greenberg, David
- Greenberg, Louis
- Greenberg, Sadie
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the bar mitzvah anniversary celebration in honour of Rabbi Kerzner. Included is an invitation, a programme, a tribute poem, a congratulatory telegram, and audiovisual recordings of the event. Also included are photographs of speakers, the head table, and guests at their tables.
- Notes
- Includes 93 photographs (57 negatives), 2 videocassettes, and 2 audio cassettes.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper article about Eddy Weisblatt who learned to recite his bar mitzvah Torah and Haftorah readings even though he was deaf.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1989?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lyrics for songs that were written for the bar mitzvah of Yoel Micha Meir.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions