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Borochov School and Independent Workers Circle [graphic material] – [ca. 1929]-[ca. 1969].

Accession Number: 1985-5-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1985-5-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 31 photographs : b&w (16 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm

Date: [ca. 1929]-[ca. 1969]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of group photos of students and teachers at the Borochov School in Toronto including one of a childrens' percussion band, as well as photos of adult members of the Independent Workers Circle. Several are identified as mens' and womens' groups of the Zerubawel Branch. Other photos depict a mens meeting and a document signing event with Phil Givens and Max Federman in attendance.

Source: Archival Accessions

School photographs, Newsies Basketball Team, and summer resort restaurant [graphic material] – [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1955].

Accession Number: 2004-5-48

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-48

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 16 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1955]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of original and copy photographs and negatives of the Newsies basketball team, a Toronto basketball team; group photographs of elementary and high school students; boys in a woodworking class; and a group of guests and staff at a Jackson's Point summer resort restaurant, possibly the Tides Hotel.; One photograph of the Newsies Basketball Team (ca. 1940) features the following individuals:; Top row, left to right: Lou Goldstein, [unidentified], Harold (Gasky?), [unidentified], Mike (Hurrs?), [unidentified].; Middle row, left to right: Harold "Red" Lederman, Jack Gelfand, Hy Kimmel, Bukcky Tibando.; Front row, left to right: "Blackie" Hoffman, [unidentified], Danny Glick, [unidentified].

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Canadian Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba [graphic material] – 1944.

Accession Number: 2004-5-64

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-64

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Date: 1944

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a group photo military personnel of the Canadian Air Observer School in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.Identified are Al Cohen in the back row on the left and Joe Harrison, front row left.

Source: Archival Accessions

Hillcrest Progressive School (Toronto, Ont.) [textual record] – 1929-1985.

Accession Number: 1987-7-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1987-7-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Date: 1929-1985

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Hillcrest Progressive School. Included are minutes, financial statements, letters, and other documents.

Descriptive Notes: Central Jewish Institute.

MG_RG: MG2 G1w

Subjects: Schools

Name Access: Hillcrest Progressive School (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Goel Tzedec Sunday School teacher training class graduation [graphic material] – [1941 or 1942].

Accession Number: 2006-5-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-5-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: [1941 or 1942]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of recent graduates of the Goel Tzedec Sunday School.including Murray Mendelson, David Buckspan, Sheldon Kert, Austin Cooper, Naomi Rosenberg, Helen Weisblatt (now, Helen Marks), Rhea Tishler, Malka Prager, and Rabbi Sachs

Administrative History: The teacher training class was organized by Rabbi Sachs for recent graduates of the Goel Tzedec Sunday School. The students were 13 or 14 years old.

Source: Archival Accessions

Rae Watson and the I.L. Peretz School [textual record, graphic material] – 1907-1941.

Accession Number: 2011-9-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2011-9-3

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 18 photographs : b&w ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1907-1941

Scope and Content: Accession consists of original and copy photographs and textual records related to Rae Watson and the I. L. Peretz School. Records related to Rae Watson include photographs of Rae with her children, a photograph of Rae at Kindervelt, Rae's Board of Education campaign card, correspondence, a Workmen's Circle Arbiter Ring membership certificate (for Morris Watson), stock certificates for the Labour Lyceum and Eldorado Camp, newspaper clippings, and a journal that she likely kept documenting a summer at Long Branch cottage (1912) and which contains loose pages of poetry. The bulk of the records are in Yiddish or Russian.; I. L. Peretz School records include three group photographs of students and teachers and one group photograph likely of the Workmen's Circle or I.L. Peretz School Executive. Identified in the Executive photograph is (front row, left to right): Morris Longbord, (?), (?), Paul Frumhartz, Borris Litman, Mrs. Seltzer, and (?). Identified in the three group photographs of students and teachers is Isaac Matenko (man standing with moustache).

Custodial History: These records were loaned to Karen Levine as part of her work with the MHSO. She discovered them recently in her basement and attempted to contact the donors to return them, but could not locate anyone. Thus, she decided to offer them to the OJA. (the Rae Watson records had been lent by her son Dave Watson).

Administrative History: Rae (Rachael) Watson was born in Russia on December 3, 1887 to Sadie (Sara) and Joseph Rivkin. Rae immigrated to Toronto around 1910 and married Morris Watson on November 19, 1912. Together they had two sons: Augustus (b. 3 Dec. 1913 - d. 7 July 1988) and David. Rae worked as a dressmaker and was a leader in Toronto's labour movement. She was also a member of the Yiddisher Arbiter Froyen Fareyn (Jewish Women's Labour League), and unsuccessfully ran for the Board of Education in Ward 5 in 1932 and 1933. Through her involvement in the Jewish Women's Labour League, she was one of the founders of Camp Kindervelt (later Camp Naivelt) in 1925. Rae passed away on December 12, 1941.

Descriptive Notes: A copy of Watson's obituary and other biographical research papers are attached to the accession record, although most details have been included in the biographical sketch.

Source: Archival Accessions

Eitz Chaim Schools [multiple media] – [ca. 1936]-2012.

Accession Number: 2014-9-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-9-4

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 1.2 m of textual records and other material

Date: [ca. 1936]-2012

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the activities of Eitz Chaim. Included are photographs, yearbooks, class lists and registers, teachers record books and student grade reports, curriculum materials, anniversary books and 2 DVDs from a gala dinner and fundraising event. Also included is the Beth Jacob High School dedication and founders dinner book.

Administrative History: Known then as the Poylishe Talmud Torah, Eitz Chaim began in 1915 with a few students in one classroom guided by one teacher. The school’s first premises were in the Elm Street Shul. Within a year, a second teacher, Reb Leibish Noble, was hired, and he remained actively involved in Eitz Chaim for 30 years. There were now 30 students in two classes. The four-hour nightly sessions were held at the end of the regular public school day with an additional six hours on Sunday. Classes continued throughout the summer as well.; The school’s first building on Chestnut Street was inaugurated in August 1916, with additional classes held at a branch on Simcoe Street. The second president of the school, Yosef Shidlowsky, in a move to be more inclusive of all Orthodox Jews, changed the name of the school to Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim.; In 1917, Mr. Shidlowsky, Itshe Meyer Korolnek, and Joseph Cooper managed not only to obtain a provincial charter to open a religious school, but were also instrumental in purchasing the Italian Club at 68 D’Arcy St. to accommodate the school’s growing enrollment.; In 1920, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart arrived from Stashow, Poland, and assumed the post of spiritual leader of the Talmud Torah. He introduced more Hebrew instruction and a more intensive Torah curriculum.; In 1926, Rabbi Pinchas Ravad became the next principal, a position he retained for the next nine years. During that time, a separate girls’ class was formed and the first female teacher was hired. Although a fire in 1927 destroyed the wooden school building on D’Arcy St., a new, larger school was constructed on the same site and dedicated on December 30, 1927. After moving into the new building, student enrollment increased dramatically. Beginning with 300 students in 1929, the student body grew to 400 in 1931, 503 in 1933, and 600 in 1938.; After the passing of Rabbi Graubart, an evening high school yeshiva, the Maharil Graubart Yeshiva, was founded in 1939 to serve boys 14 years of age and up with Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky acting as rosh yeshiva beginning in 1941. The building next door to the Talmud Torah, at 80 D’Arcy Street, was purchased to provide space for the yeshiva and was connected via a walkway to the Talmud Torah. As the students of Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah graduated from the elementary school, they would eventually attend the Maharil Graubart Yeshiva. That same year, Rabbi Jacob I. Wohlgelernter became principal of the Talmud Torah and a kindergarten was added in 1942.; Seven years later, Rabbi Chaim Nussbaum officially assumed the role of principal of Eitz Chaim Schools. Beginning with only a grade 1, new grades were added every year until grades 1 through 9 were in place. Eitz Chaim gradually broadened its scope, welcoming Jewish students from many diverse backgrounds and establishing afternoon and day classes beginning in 1950 at a branch on Burnside Ave. To meet the growing demand for classes, the Torath Emeth Jewish Centre was established at 1 Viewmount Avenue in 1956.; By 1958, in response to the geographical shift of the Jewish population northward, the Tanenbaum Building was added to the complex, followed by the Korolnek Building in 1961, both at 1 Viewmount Avenue. By this time, Eitz Chaim had two principals: Rabbi Nussbaum, who oversaw Hebrew studies, and Rabbi Shlomo Jakubovitz, who oversaw general studies.; The two buildings on D’Arcy St. were sold in 1966 and the proceeds were designated toward purchasing a new school building to the north of the city. Rabbi Shlomo Jakobovits, Avraham Bleeman, Joe Goldwasser and Sam Wortsman led the way in persuading the Board of Directors to purchase the land at Patricia and Bathurst Streets. Patricia and Bathurst Streets served as the temporary location for portable units until the large, permanent building was completed in 1970. This location evolved into the boys’ campus, servicing students from all areas of the city.; Rabbi Shneur Weinberg succeeded Rabbi Nussbaum in 1969 and served as the Hebrew principal until his retirement in 1995, when Rabbi Aaron Levine took over. The position of Hebrew studies principal for the girls’ school was created in 1974 and was held by Rabbi Leibish Adler for 26 years. Rabbi Mordechai Gewirts succeeded Rabbi Adler in 2002 and was principal of the girls’ school until 2012. Eitz Chaim Schools developed rapidly and acquired an excellent reputation among North American day schools.; The female graduates of Eitz Chaim, for the most part, attended public high school. To counter this trend, Beth Jacob High School, with the guidance of Eitz Chaim, was launched in 1963, with classes conducted near the Viewmount branch. In 1966, the Beth Jacob High School and Teacher’s Seminary was completed on Lawrence Avenue, culminating in the opening of a girls’ high school that became completely independent of Eitz Chaim. Today, many female graduates of Etiz Chaim continue their education at Beth Jacob High School.; The Spring Farm campus, named for the farm formerly on that site, opened its doors in 1988. Currently, Eitz Chaim serves primarily as an elementary educational institute under the guidance of Rabbi Isser Pliner.; History from http://www.eitzchaim.com/index.php?page=history (viewed Oct. 6, 2014)

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: Physical Description note: Includes ca. 500 photographs, texts, 2 DVDs and 1 betacam cassette.; Use Conditions note: student grade reports are closed until 30 years after the death of the individual.

Subjects: Education; Children

Name Access: Eitz Chaim Schools (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Bialik Hebrew Day School [multiple media] – [194-]-2017.

Accession Number: 2019-6-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2019-6-5

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 4 m of textual records and other material

Date: [194-]-2017

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records, photographs, sound recordings, moving images, and several felt badges and crests. The textual records include strategic planning documents, pedagogical and curriculum documents, meeting minutes, capital planning documents, fundraising records, school yearbooks, graduation programs, newsletters to parents and internal newsletters, and other operational documents. Photographs document the building and classrooms; school classes; sports teams; class outings; special guests; Jewish holiday celebrations; and Bialik groundbreakings, galas, and anniversary celebrations. The audio recordings include the school choir and an interview with Pearl Meckler. Moving images include graduations.

Custodial History: Records were stored in the Viewmount location. A committee of past alumni and parents formed to sort the archival material in preparation for donation to the OJA.

Administrative History: Bialik Hebrew Day School was established by the Labour Zionist Alliance, which also operated the Farband Folks Shule and The Borochov School. In the 1950s, the Labour Zionist Alliance sold its property on Cecil Street in order to finance the purchase of the 12 Viewmount Avenue, which housed both the offices of the Labour Zionist Alliance and Bialik Hebrew Day School. The school was intended to fill a gap in Jewish education in Toronto, namely by teaching Yiddish as well as Hebrew and by promoting Zionism. The school was named for Chaim Nachman Bialik, Israel’s national poet.; Bialik Hebrew Day School began with 29 pre-school and first grade students in 1961, and by the mid-2000s had grown to over 800 students in kindergarten through grade 8. Several renovations and expansions took place over the intervening decades, and in 2003 a new school was opened at 2760 Bathurst Street. In 2013, the school opened a northern campus (Bialik North, or the Ben and Edith Himel Education Centre) on the Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan to serve students in the York Region.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: Includes ca. 1000 photographs, sound recordings, moving images, and several objects.

Subjects: Education; Jewish day schools

Name Access: Bialik Hebrew Day School

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Hebrew Free School, 1925-1946

Address: 9 Brunswick Avenue

Source: Landmarks

The Toronto Hebrew Religious School was established in 1907 to provide children with a Jewish education based on non-denominational, Zionist, and traditional Torah values. The school’s curriculum focused on the importance of the Jewish community and people (klal yisrael), as well as the responsibilities and privileges that being a Canadian citizen entailed. Being a staunchly Zionistic institution, all lessons were taught in Hebrew (ivrit bi ivrit). Originally situated on Simcoe Street, the school moved to its Brunswick Avenue location in 1925, and was known from then on as the Toronto Hebrew Free School and more informally as the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. The building was designed by Jewish architect, Benjamin Brown.

Address: 9 Brunswick Avenue

Time Period: 1925-1946

Scope Note: The Toronto Hebrew Religious School was established in 1907 to provide children with a Jewish education based on non-denominational, Zionist, and traditional Torah values. The school’s curriculum focused on the importance of the Jewish community and people (klal yisrael), as well as the responsibilities and privileges that being a Canadian citizen entailed. Being a staunchly Zionistic institution, all lessons were taught in Hebrew (ivrit bi ivrit). Originally situated on Simcoe Street, the school moved to its Brunswick Avenue location in 1925, and was known from then on as the Toronto Hebrew Free School and more informally as the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. The building was designed by Jewish architect, Benjamin Brown.

History: In 1946 the school became known officially as the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Having started initially as an afternoon and weekend school, in the 1940s the school began offering a full day program with its’ first grade 8 day school class graduating in 1951. From the Brunswick location, Associated branched out, and opened up branches further north, eventually establishing campuses on Finch Ave. and Neptune, where the schools are currently located.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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Borochov School, 1932-1976

Address: 1 Major Street

Source: Landmarks

The Borochov School, a branch of the Poale Zion Zionist Labour movement (PZL), opened in 1932, offering an after-school program for families who wanted their children to receive an education that was in harmony with their beliefs. The school promoted Zionism and Socialism both in Canada and in Israel. Differing from other PZL movement schools, the Borochov School placed a greater importance on Yiddish than Hebrew.

Address: 1 Major Street

Time Period: 1932-1976

Scope Note: The Borochov School, a branch of the Poale Zion Zionist Labour movement (PZL), opened in 1932, offering an after-school program for families who wanted their children to receive an education that was in harmony with their beliefs. The school promoted Zionism and Socialism both in Canada and in Israel. Differing from other PZL movement schools, the Borochov School placed a greater importance on Yiddish than Hebrew.

History: In 1976, the branch of the PLZ that the Borochov School affiliated itself with, amalgamated with the other PZL organizations and the school's day-to-day functioning closed. Bialik Hebrew School became the sole educational facility for the PZL movement.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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Lansdowne Public School, 1888-present

Address: 33 Robert Street

Source: Landmarks

Lansdowne Public School at one time had a high concentration of Jewish students due to its close proximity to Kensginton Market. A 1944 study shows that 778 Jewish students attended Lansdowne Public School (now known as Lord Lansdowne Public School) in that year.

Address: 33 Robert Street

Time Period: 1888-

Scope Note: Lansdowne Public School at one time had a high concentration of Jewish students due to its close proximity to Kensginton Market. A 1944 study shows that 778 Jewish students attended Lansdowne Public School (now known as Lord Lansdowne Public School) in that year.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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Workmen's Circle I.L. Peretz School, 1911-1960

Address: 194 Beverley Street

Source: Landmarks

The precursor to the Peretz School, the Jewish National Radical School was opened in 1911. It was founded on the principles of sympathy for the working classes, secularism, and the desire to perpetuate secular Jewish culture through the Yiddish language. The curriculum consisted mainly of secular subjects--Jewish history and Yiddish language.

Address: 194 Beverley Street

Time Period: 1911-1960

Scope Note: The precursor to the Peretz School, the Jewish National Radical School was opened in 1911. It was founded on the principles of sympathy for the working classes, secularism, and the desire to perpetuate secular Jewish culture through the Yiddish language. The curriculum consisted mainly of secular subjects--Jewish history and Yiddish language.

History: Due to financial problems, in 1916 the school was taken over by the Workman’s Circle (Arbeiter Ring) and renamed the I.L. Peretz School after the well-known Yiddish author and playwright Isaac Leib Peretz. After seeing great popularity and strong attendance, the school expanded to other branches around the city. After around 50 years as an educational institution, the I.L Peretz School saw a decline and eventually closed its doors. Isaac Matenko (1874-1960) was one of the founding teachers and later, the principal of the Toronto Yiddish National Radical School. He was later affiliated with the Junction branch of the Peretz School, where he was a teacher and principal. He worked tirelessly to preserve and promote secular Jewish culture and the Yiddish language in Toronto.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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Workmen's Circle I.L. Peretz School, Junction Branch, 1911-1960

Address: 131 Maria Street

Source: Landmarks

The precursor to the Peretz School, the Jewish National Radical School was opened in 1911. It was founded on the principles of sympathy for the working classes, secularism, and the desire to perpetuate secular Jewish culture through the Yiddish language. The curriculum consisted mainly of secular subjects - Jewish history and Yiddish language.

Address: 131 Maria Street

Time Period: 1911-1960

Scope Note: The precursor to the Peretz School, the Jewish National Radical School was opened in 1911. It was founded on the principles of sympathy for the working classes, secularism, and the desire to perpetuate secular Jewish culture through the Yiddish language. The curriculum consisted mainly of secular subjects - Jewish history and Yiddish language.

History: Due to financial problems, in 1916 the school was taken over by the Workman’s Circle (Arbeiter Ring) and renamed the I.L. Peretz School after the well-known Yiddish author and playwright Isaac Leib Peretz. After seeing great popularity and strong attendance, the school expanded to other branches around the city, including this branch at 131 Maria Street in the west Toronto Junction. After about 50 years as an educational institution, the I.L. Peretz School closed its doors. Isaac Matenko (1874-1960) was one of the founding teachers and later, the principal of the Toronto Yiddish National Radical School. He was later affiliated with the Junction branch of the Peretz School, where he was a teacher and principal. He worked tirelessly to preserve and promote secular Jewish culture and the Yiddish language in Toronto.

Category: Education

Source: Landmarks

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Goel Tzedec Sunday School graduation [graphic material] – 1943.

Level: Item

ID: Item 62

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 62

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1943

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio: Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an Orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania. The first synagogue was situated in a room on Richmond and York Streets. Three years later they purchased and remodelled a building on University Avenue at Elm Street that was owned by the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1904, they hired an architect to construct a large building that was perfectly suited to their needs. In February 1907, the building on University Avenue was dedicated and became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accomodating 1200 congregants.

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the Sunday school graduation at Goel Tzedec in May 1943. Pictured in the second row from the back, far left is David E. Newman.

Name Access: Eisens; Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Students

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

Miss Macrath's grade five class, Grace St. School [graphic material] – Feb. 1940.

Level: Item

ID: Item 736

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 736

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Feb. 1940

Physical Description: 1 photograph: b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of children from Miss Macrath's grade five class posing on the front steps of the Grace Street elementary school in Toronto. Identified in the first row, second from the left is David Platnick.

Notes: Acquired June 18, 1976.

Name Access: Grace St. School; Macrath, Miss; Platnick, David

Subjects: Students

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

North Bay Hebrew school students (North Bay, ON) [graphic material] – 1948-1949.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1858

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1858

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1948-1949

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original composite photograph and copy negative of the students and teachers of the North Bay Hebrew school.

Name Access: North Bay Hebrew School

Subjects: Students; Teachers

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: North Bay (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-1-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farband Folks Shul elementary school graduation class, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1945].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2357

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2357

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1945]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a class portrait of the Farband Folks Shul elementary school graduation class. Pictured on the far left is Chaver Rabinovitch.

Name Access: Farband Folks Shul

Subjects: Portraits, Group; Students

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: 1980-12-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

John Devor with Sunday school group in front of Beth Israel Synagogue (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – May 1941.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: May 1941

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of John Devor standing on the steps of Beth Israel Synagogue with a group of Sunday school children, taken at the closing of the school for the summer. John Devor was the teacher. Pictured are:; Top row, left to right: Jerry Dardick, Bernice Abramsky, John Devor, Betty Cohen, Barry Tenhouse.; Middle row, left to right: Teddy Tevan, [?] Dardick, Jerry Springer, Sydney Lannis, Isadore Lannis.; Front row, left to right: Marilyn Abramsky, Shirley Tenhouse.

Notes: This item is almost identical to photo #3421.

Name Access: Abramsky, Bernice; Abramsky, Marilyn; Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.); Cohen, Betty; Dardick, Jerry; Devor, John; Lannis, Isadore; Lannis, Sydney; Springer, Jerry; Tenhouse, Barry; Tenhouse, Shirley; Tevan, Teddy

Subjects: Children; Portraits, Group; Teachers

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: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-6-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish community centre and Hebrew school (Sudbury, ON) [graphic material] – [194-].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of students standing in front of the Jewish community center and Hebrew school in Sudbury, Ontario.; Front row, from left to right: Mitchell Speigel, Debbie Steinberg, Wally Greenspoon.; Second row, from left to right: Ethel Helpert, Claudia Greenspoon, Judy Leve, Brenda Rubin, Susan Stickles, Mort Grimmson, Rabbi Bereson.; Third row, from left to right: Steven Silverman, [identified], Billy Braverman, Jackie Greenspoon, Charles Schwartz.; Back row, from left to right: Douglas Stickles, Donnie Richmond, Frances Goodman, Miriam Rubin, [identified], Mrs. Stickles, Ester Nudleman, Bill Greenspoon, [identified].

Subjects: Community centers; Schools; Students

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: Sudbury (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-6-10

Source: Archival Descriptions

John Devor with Sunday school group in front of Beth Israel Synagogue (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – May 1941.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: May 1941

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of John Devor standing on the steps of Beth Israel Synagogue with a group of Sunday school children, taken at the closing of the school for the summer. John Devor was the teacher. Pictured are:; Top row, left to right: Jerry Dardick, Bernice Abramsky, John Devor, Betty Cohen, Barry Tenhouse.; Middle row, left to right: Teddy Tevan, [?] Dardick, Jerry Springer, Sydney Lannis, Isadore Lannis.; Front row, left to right: Marilyn Abramsky, Shirley Tenhouse.

Notes: This item is almost identical to photo #3056.

Name Access: Abramsky, Bernice; Abramsky, Marilyn; Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.); Cohen, Betty; Dardick, Jerry; Devor, John; Lannis, Isadore; Lannis, Sydney; Springer, Jerry; Tenhouse, Barry; Tenhouse, Shirley; Tevan, Teddy

Subjects: Portraits, Group; Students; Teachers

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: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-5-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Beth Israel Synagogue Sunday school (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – March 1941.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: March 1941

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the children of the Beth Israel Sunday school class in Kingston, Ontario, standing on the steps of the synagogue.

Name Access: Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.)

Subjects: Religious education; Students

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: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-5-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

First all Canadian conference of Jewish People's and Peretz Schools, Montreal [graphic material] – 1943.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4748

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4748

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1943

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Subjects: Congresses and conventions

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: Montréal (Québec)

Accession Number: 1989-2-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

McCaul St. School old boys reunion at King Edward Hotel [graphic material] – 1948.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4806

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4806

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1948

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a reunion for the McCaul Street School, classes 9 through 12 from 1910 to 1912, at the King Edward Hotel. Attched is an identification key.

Notes: Photograph was taken by Finstein.

Subjects: 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.

Accession Number: 1985-10-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

University of Toronto School of Law [textual record] – 1946-1982.

Part Of: David Vanek fonds; Occupational records series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 1; Series 3; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: David Vanek fonds; Occupational records series

Level: File

Fonds: 1

Series: 3

File: 1

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1946-1982

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of articles and correspondence relating to his education and career at the University of Toronto School of Law. Some of the documents include a copy of a story with photo of the University of Toronto Moot Court 1935-36, and a letter confirming David Vanek's appointment as lecturer in the School of Law for the academic year 1946-1947.

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Home and School Association [textual record] – 1936-1975.

Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level: File

ID: Fonds 15; File 17

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Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level: File

Fonds: 15

File: 17

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1936-1975

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of 2 books, "A History of the Home and School Movement in Ontario" by Lola M. Burgoyne and "The Story of the Toronto Home and School Council - Through the years 1916-1936", an article highlighting Ida Siegel as a pioneer of The Home and School Association, a programme from The Ontario Federation of Home and School Association banquet in 1967 and a copy of a speech honouring Ida Siegel with a life membership at the 1967 banquet.

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Religious education in public schools [textual record] – 1938-1978.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research records sub-series; Religious education in public schools sub-sub-series

Level: Sub-sub-series

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research records sub-series; Religious education in public schools sub-sub-series

Level: Sub-sub-series

Fonds: 17

Series: 5-4-4

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1938-1978

Physical Description: 48 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Sub-sub-series consists of records documenting the efforts of the CRC to deal with the regular Christian rituals and prayers endemic in the classrooms of the public school systems. Files also document advocacy efforts by the CRC to first remove mandatory involvement of Jewish students, and later to remove (or block the addition of) all religious education and/or instruction in public school systems.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects: Religion in the public schools

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Teaching Religious Education in Public Schools [textual record] – 1938-1963.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Religious Education in Public Schools sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-4; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Religious Education in Public Schools sub-sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 5-4-4

File: 1

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1938-1963

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence regarding the issue of religious education being taught in the public school systems.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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Anshe Sholom Religious School, Hamilton, fourth annual concert programme book [textual record] – 1947.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 22; Item 10

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

Fonds: 22

Item: 10

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 item

Name Access: Temple Anshe Sholom (Hamilton, Ont.)

Places: Hamilton (Ont.)

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Holy Blossom Religious School, The Tempelite yearbook [textual record] – 1949.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 22; Item 74

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

Fonds: 22

Item: 74

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949

Physical Description: 1 item

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Workmen’s Circle, Peretz Schools promotional blotter [textual record] – [194-?].

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 22; Item 184

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

Fonds: 22

Item: 184

Material Format: textual record

Date: [194-?]

Physical Description: 1 item

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Prince School third grade class picture [graphic material] – May 1941.

Part Of: Levine and Cass family fonds; Harry Levine family series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 25; Series 5; Item 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Levine and Cass family fonds; Harry Levine family series

Level: Item

Fonds: 25

Series: 5

Item: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: May 1941

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a school photograph from Prince School in Boston, Massachusetts. The photograph is of the third grade class taken in May 1941. Richard Levine is in the last row, fourth from the left.

Name Access: Levine, Richard

Subjects: Students

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: Boston (Mass.)

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Vocational Training School Committee [textual record] – 1947.

Part Of: Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds; Other committee meeting minutes and agendas series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 31; Series 9; File 22

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds; Other committee meeting minutes and agendas series

Level: File

Fonds: 31

Series: 9

File: 22

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Accession Number: 2008-12-4

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Director of school finances [textual record] – 1949-1999.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Director of school finances series

Level: Series

ID: Fonds 48; Series 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Director of school finances series

Level: Series

Fonds: 48

Series: 3

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1999

Physical Description: 2 m of textual records

Admin History/Bio: The UJWF Study Committee on Jewish Education recommended in 1975 that a Department of School Finances be established at either the UJWF or the BJE, to develop standards for accounting practices in affiliated schools, review school budgets and financial statements, develop tuition fee guidelines, and oversee the granting of bursaries and tuition assistance to students. The position of BJE Director of School Finances was created in 1976 to carry out these recommendations. In 1976, Sheldon Lofsky briefly served in the new position, and in 1977, Bernard Shoub was hired to fill this position.; The director served as staff member on the BJE Fiscal Committee, Budget Committee, the Association of Jewish Day School Administrators, and other committees concerned with school or BJE administration and finances. His work included receiving and reviewing monthly reports of school income and expenses; monitoring and reviewing student dropout and retention rates for all funded day schools; assisting in the review and analysis of school budget submissions and year-end financial statements, teacher salary grids, and school tuition fees and tuition assistance; assisting with contract negotiations with teachers' unions; assisting in preparing the annual budgets for the BJE, Midrasha L'Morim and the Orah school; and, overseeing the review by BJE staff of monthly income and expenditure reports for the BJE prepared by the UJA Federation financial department.; Upon Bernard Shoub's retirement in 2003, the position of BJE Director of School Finances was eliminated and the director's responsibilities were transferred to the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Financial Department.

Scope and Content: The series documents the director's work in reviewing school budgets and financial statements, teachers' contracts and salaries, and student enrollment figures. The series also documents the director's work as staff member for BJE committees and the Association of Jewish Day School Administrators. The records in the series include correspondence with affiliated schools, memoranda issued by the director, financial statements from affiliated schools, copies of contracts with teachers' unions, and minutes and reports of committees on which the director was a member, including the Association of Jewish Day School Administrators. The series contains two sub-series: School audited financial statements, and Chronological correspondence and memoranda. The latter sub-series constitutes the bulk of this series.

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School audited financial statements [textual record] – 1949-1999.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Director of school finances series; School audited financial statements sub-series

Level: Sub-series

ID: Fonds 48; Series 3-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Director of school finances series; School audited financial statements sub-series

Level: Sub-series

Fonds: 48

Series: 3-2

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1999

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: The series consists of copies of audited financial statements from BJE affiliated schools. Receiving and reviewing these statements was one component of the director of school finances' work. Copies of the reports were shared with members of the BJE Fiscal Committee, and were kept on file by the director for future reference and comparison.

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Full day Jewish day schools [textual record] – 1948-1965.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 4; File 402

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 4

File: 402

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1948-1965

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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School files [textual record] – 1949-2000.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: Series

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: Series

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-2000

Physical Description: 2.7 m of textual records

Scope and Content: The series contains a wide range of records relating to affiliated schools, created or accumulated by all BJE professional staff, and organized alphabetically by school name. The series documents many, if not all, of the interactions between the schools and the BJE board and professional staff. The files include the following kinds of materials: correspondence with school principals and administrators; BJE school consultants' reports on school visits; information on school enrolment and curriculum; school annual reports and budgets, newsletters, event programs and other promotional materials.

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

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Morris Winchevsky Schools [textual record] – 1949-1950.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 131

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 131

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1950

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Associated Hebrew Schools (part 1 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 205

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 205

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Associated Hebrew Schools (part 2 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 206

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 206

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Beth Sholom - Mildred Arnoff Memorial School [textual record] – 1949-1968.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 213

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 213

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1968

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Borochov School and Kindergarten [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 216

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 216

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Eitz Chaim Schools (part 1 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1961.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 217

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 217

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1961

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Eitz Chaim Schools (part 2 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1961.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 218

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 218

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1961

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Jewish National Workers' Alliance school (part 1 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 219

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 219

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Jewish National Workers' Alliance school (part 2 of 2) [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 220

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 220

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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Workmen's Circle Peretz Schools [textual record] – 1949-1953.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 223

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 223

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1949-1953

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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School photos [graphic material] – 1927-1941.

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Personal series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 51; Series 1; File 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; Personal series

Level: File

Fonds: 51

Series: 1

File: 4

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1927-1941

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File consists of Phil Givens's school photographs. Included are Givens's grade-one class photograph from Charles G. Fraser Public School, a group photograph of the cast of a Parkdale Collegiate school play, photographs of Givens in his Harbord Collegiate football uniform, and a photograph of Givens in the Harbord Cadet Corps. The photographs of Givens in his football uniform are copy prints made from the negatives in this file.

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Free Hebrew School [textual record] – 1947.

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 55; Series 2; File 74

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 55

Series: 2

File: 74

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: This file consists of a letter notifying Katz of an executive meeting of the Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim.

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Toronto Hebrew Day School [textual record] – 1946-1952.

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 55; Series 2; File 206

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 55

Series: 2

File: 206

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1946-1952

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: This file consists of a letter inviting members of the Talmud Torah Board to attend a Shavuos Programme. Also included is a 1953 solicitation pamphlet promoted by the Toronto Hebrew Day School campaign officers and executive committee,

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Toronto Hebrew Free School [textual record] – 1940-1946.

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 55; Series 2; File 207

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Julius P. Katz fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 55

Series: 2

File: 207

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1940-1946

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: This file consists of correspondence with the Toronto Hebrew Free School. Katz was a member and served on the Board of Toronto Hebrew Free School. Also included is a letter in Yiddish from Free Hebrew School, Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim.

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