- Name
- Rabbi Dr. David Monson
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1 Dec. 1982
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rabbi Dr. David Monson
- Number
- OH 70
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Religion
- Interview Date
- 1 Dec. 1982
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- (not stated, likely Jack Lipinsky)
- Total Running Time
- OH70_001: 27 minutes OH70_002: 11 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
- Rabbi David Monson came to Toronto from Ottawa in June 1939 to serve as the rabbi of the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue. He served on the board of the Brusnswick Talmud Torah. He was a member of B'nai Zion and B'nai Brith and was the long-serving rabbi of Beth Shalom.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Monson, David
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Lipinsky, Jack
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 70 - Monson\OH70_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 70 - Monson\OH70_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Rabbi Monson discusses his early positive working relationships with rabbis within the Toronto Jewish community and explains how sectionalization became a post-war phenomenon.
In this clip, Rabbi Monson discusses the role and responsibilities of the Canadian Jewish Congress in Toronto from 1939 to 1948.
- Accession Number
- 2014-2-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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