- Accession Number
- 1988-4-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Date
- 1930-1955
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a scrapbook created by Morris Lofsky. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of Zionist and labour materials. Of particular note is a stop-work broadside featuring information about the march and demonstration at Queen's Park from 1933 in protest of the pogroms of German Jews leading up to the Second World War. There are also several strike notices from the furrier, dressmakers, and other unions.
- Administrative History
- Morris Lofsky lived with his family in the downtown Kengsington market area of Toronto. He worked as a fur worker and was an active member of the Jewish community.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Labor
- Zionism
- Places
- Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1964]-[ca. 1977]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of B. Borochov Branch 124 of Farband Labor Zionist Order's programs. Programs are for annual theatrical events, annual concerts , the 50th Golden Jubilee Celebrations, and the 60th Festive Jubilee Celebrations
- Administrative History
- In 1917 a group of young people founded a club and decided to join the Toronto Farband. They were officially inaugurated as Farband Branch No. 124 on July 14, 1918 and took the name of the late labour zionist Ber Borochov.
- The Branch paid the bills for members who joined the Jewish Legion and also elected a committee to the Jewish Congress. They continued to raise funds for several other Jewish organizations and, as well, they purchased a house to accomodate the cultural programs they hosted. They hosted annual theatre events, concerts, lecture series and opened a library within their house where they could also conduct readings.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1925]-1986
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one black-and-white photograph taken of a group of campers at Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hill. Identified in the photograph is Rae Watson (standing at the far left).
- Also included were several newspaper clippings from 1976–1986, which have been integrated into the clipping files.
- Administrative History
- Camp Kindervelt was a Labour Zionist League camp in Rough Hill, in the east end of Toronto in the Rouge Valley.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Camp Kindervelt
- Shiner, Sol
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Textual material
- 26 photographs : b&w (13 negatives)
- Date
- [193-?] - 1979
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual and graphic material donated by Ben Himel. The textual material documents family events as well as information pertaining to the Borochov School, Poalei Zion, B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge, the Independent Workers' Circle and B'nai Zion Association of Toronto. Identified in one copy photograph of the officers of the Canadian Headgear Workers Central are J. B. Salsberg, Motel Bergstein, Henry Sigel, and Sam Chaikofsky.
- Descriptive Notes
- Borochov School.
- Poal Zion.
- B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge.
- Independent Workers' Circle.
- B'nai Zion Association.
- Mrs. Menachovsky.
- Zerabouaun.
- Kreitzer.
- Arbeiter Ring.
- King Edward School.
- Picnic.
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Labor unions
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Himel, Ben
- Chaikofsky, Sam
- Bergstein, Motel
- Sigel, Henry
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1948-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Beth Israel Synagogue in Toronto. Included are a Hebrew prayer book, a plan showing the Beth Israel Synagogue cemetery, correspondence, an inventory, a general by-law (constitution) of the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, a journal listing members and disbursements, a folder of indentures, minutes, and other materials.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.1 m of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Artifacts
- Date
- 1918, 1940-1971
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records of the B'nai Zion Association. Included are the pinkus, financial records, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, membership records, inviations and programs. Also included is a 1918 photograph of a manual training class at either the King Edward School or the Manning Ave. School.
- Administrative History
- In the years following the 1st Zionist Congress held in Basle, Switzerland in 1897, Zionist organizations were established around the world.
- In Toronto one of the first Zionist societies to be founded was the B'nai Zion Association. This organization was established as a mutual benefit society in 1903. It provided sick, funeral and unemployment benefits to its members.
- However, its main purpose was the promotion of Zionism. It was involved in the dissemination of Zionist material, and sponsored lectures and meetings, in addition to raising funds to suppo~t the establishment of Jewish settlements in Palestine. It continued to perform these same activities following the establishment of the state of Israel.
- B'nai Zion has also been involved in local activities. It was active in anti-missionary efforts and also provided educational and cultural programming for children.
- MG_RG
- MG20 J1F
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Name Access
- B'nai Zion Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 box of textual records
- 16 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1906-1960]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs, Beth Israel Congregation annual almanacs, an account book, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the Florence and Collis families and the history of the Oshawa and Peterborough Jewish communities
- Administrative History
- Beatrice Collis (nee Florence) was married to Allan B. Collis, who owned a department store in Peterborough, Ontario called Allan B. Collis Limited. It was located on the west side of George Street, just north of Simcoe Street, and sold ladies' wear, mens' wear, and children's wear. Beatrice was active in the Peterborough Chapter of Hadassah. They had three children and later moved to Toronto.
- MG_RG
- MG 3 B 9
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1937–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records belonging to two manuscript groups.
- The first manuscript group (MG2 B5) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1234 of Timmins, Ontario. Included are a minute book for the years 1962–1968, an attendance register for the years 1947–1951, a fifteenth anniversary souveneer program from September 1950, two copies of a program for an event featuring guest speaker Senator J. Bradette that was held on 10 January 1954, correspondence for the years 1956–1968, minutes from 1950–1968, and a constitution from 18 June 1936.
- The second manuscript group (MG3 B22) consists of material documenting Congregation B'nai Israel of Timmins. Included are six membership cards for the years 1939–1940 and 1940–1941, three seat number cards (no date), a membership account ledger for the years 1942–1948 and 1948–1950, a general financial ledger for the years 1941–1949, membership assessment lists for the yeras 1942–1943 and 1946–1947, and financial statements for the years 1937–1954.
- MG_RG
- MG2B5
- MG3B22
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Timmins, Ont.)
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a High Holiday ticket for Beth Hamidrash Achdus Israel Umerchoz Harav Synagogue at 257 Euclid Avenue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials pertaining to the life of Saul Einhorn of Oshawa, Ontario. Included are his Canadian naturalization certificate, ketubah for his first marriage, newspaper obituaries, and a letter of condolence to his widow from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Administrative History
- Saul "Sol" Einhorn was born in Galicia on 12 December 1904. Sol moved to Oshawa, Ontario, in 1924, where he resided for the rest of his life. In 1927, he married Eva Collis. Eva and Sol had one daughter: Eleanor Grill. Eva died in 1950. In 1957, Sol married Tillie Newton.
- Sol Einhorn was the proprietor of Oshawa Appliances Ltd., which was located at 78 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa. He was a supporter of both the Canadian Brotherhood of Christians and Jews and the Zionist movement and an active member of Beth Zion Synagogue. According to an obituary that appeared in the Oshawa Times, Sol was known as "Mr. Synagogue" by other synagogue members.
- Sol died in 1962 on a Friday morning while at Beth Zion Synagogue just before the start of the service; he was fifty-eight years old. At the time of his death, he resided at 424 Rossland Road West. His funeral service was held Sunday morning in Toronto in the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel.
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Letters
- Obituaries
- Name Access
- Einhorn, Saul
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on mat 17 x 21 cm
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of the Cohen family wedding portrait in Liverpool, England.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Weddings
- Places
- Liverpool (England)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1972-1984
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence relating to Congregation B'nai Israel and the Cambridge Jewish community, as well as a plan for a synagogue to be built in Moshav Bar-Giora in the Jerusalem corridor.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1918
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a Statutory Declaration on paper printed by Dye & Durham, Law Stationers, Toronto, for Morris Cohen of Toronto regarding his Russian nationality and status concerning military service in Canada.
- Administrative History
- Morris Cohen was born in the Province of Magalov, Russia on November 27, 1891. In the declaration he states that he has been in Canada for about three years, but has not been naturalized. His parents were still living in Russia, and had not visited Canada.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Morris, 1891-
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-12-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1972
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a copy photograph and negative of Mr. Justice Mayer Lerner, Supreme Court of Ontario, in his office on Carling Avenue in London, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Lerner, Mayer
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 22 x 17 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1940]-[ca. 1978]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a wedding photograph, photographs of the same couple at social events in later years, a family group wedding photograph in the 1970s, and a group photo (including the same couple) in front of an El AL Lockheed Electra propliner in the late 1950s. No identification is provided for any of the photographs.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 9 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1926]-[ca.1955]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a portrait of Egmont Frankel, a photo including O.B. Roger and Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, and a photograph of Joseph Jeffrey receiving a Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Others identified in this photo are O.B. Roger, Keiller MacKay, Lt. Governor of Ontario, and Herb Gray.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w; (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cohen and their employees on the "Cohen Dock," Sault Ste. Marie, ca. 1905, in front of the office of Cohen's Clean Coal.
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Name Access
- Traders Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).
- Cohen's Clean Coal (Sault Ste. Marie).
- Superior Iron and Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).
- Places
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-3-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-3-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.4 m of textual records and graphic materials
- Date
- [ca. 1940]-[ca.1995]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created and/or accumulated by Nechemiah Knobel. They relate to the work of the Labour Zionist Alliance and the Borochov movement. Of note are a series of photographs documenting the unveiling of the Holocaust monument at Mount Sinai Cemetery in 1968. Identified individuals include Mayor Phil Givens, Allan Grossman, Ben Himel and Max Federman.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Holocaust memorials
- Cemeteries
- Labor unions
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Knobel, Nechemiah
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1926-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the lives of Lillian and Israel Marder. Included are Polish passports used for entry to Canada by Lillian (1926) and Israel (1928), Canadian Naturalization Certificates for Lillian and Israel (1935), and a 1946 English translation by JIAS of a Polish application for a birth certificate by Skul Merder (Israel Marder) in 1928. In addition, there is a certificate honouring Israel for fifty years of participation in the Workman's Circle (1990), a testament to the Marder family for a "Sacred Bridge" concert by Toby Marder Cyglen (1992), and documents concerning the 1995 deaths of Israel and Lillian. These include information from Mount Sinai Cemetery, a eulogy delivered by their son-in-law Gordon Ciglen, and a faxed copy of their tombstone inscription.
- Administrative History
- Israel and Lillian Marder died on the same day in the same hospital.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1974-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of Congregation B'Nai Israel in Galt, Ontario. Included are minutes of general and executive meetings, letters to the congregation from the executive, a list of congregation members and non- members in the community, a list of the executive, sisterhood,and committee chairs, and information about religious services and cultural activities.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1921
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the 1921 registration of the birth of Isak Eisen in November 1891, an invitation to the wedding of Rebecca Gelbwachs and Isador Eisen on December 11, 1921 at the First Russian Congregation on Bellevue Avenue (The Kiever Synagogue), a portion of their certificate of marriage, and a letter written by David Eisen of Toronto in German.
- Subjects
- Birth certificates
- Families
- Letters
- Marriage records
- Name Access
- Eisen, David
- Eisen, Isak
- Eisen, Rebecca
- Eisen, Isador
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1987-5-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1944-1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Saul Sheffer's service in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War as a Sick Berth Attendant and a group photo of the personnel of "I Division" H.M.C. York.
- Administrative History
- Saul Sheffer held a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto (1938).
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Sheffer, Saul
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger
- Date
- [1910?]-[1930?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the pinkus for the Knesseth Israel Synagogue. Material is in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Name Access
- Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 27 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1942–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two manuscript groups: MG 2 B-16A and MG 3 B 14.
- The first manuscript group (MG 3 B 14) consists of material documenting the Adath Israel Congregation of Kirkland Lake. Included are miscellaneous correspondence from 16 September 1952–18 September 1958; accounts from 1949–1954; schedule of services for the years 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, and 1965–1966; Board of Education minutes from 25 November 1951–17 June 1955; and a letter to Rabbi B[?] dated 1956.
- The second manuscript group (MG 2 B-16A) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1123 of Kirkland Lake. Included are executive meeting minutes from 3 September 1942—3 March 1948; correspondence for the periods 1944–1954, 1947—1949, July 1948–November 1948, and 1960; membership applications for 1947; and a dues book for the years 1944–1946.
- MG_RG
- MG2B16A
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1912
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Constitution of the Beth Israel Men of Minsk (Congregation Anshei Minsk) in the form of a small booklet. Material is in Yiddish and English.
- Administrative History
- The booklet belonged to Joshua Meslin, the grandfather of the donor. Joshua was a member of the congregation from its inception and its Shames for forty-two years. It was printed by the Royal Printing Company owned by Benjamin Meslin, Joshua's son.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-44
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-44
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual material
- 120 photographs : col. and b&w ; 29 x 50 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1940-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material related to the Borochov School and Kindergarten, the Labour Zionist Alliance of Toronto, the Independent Workers Circle, the Jewish National Workers Alliance and the Farband Labour Zionist Order. The records include clippings and press releases, scrapbooks, invitations, photographs, and the 30th Anniversary book of the Borochov School and Independent Workers Circle in conjunction with the formal opening of the new Borochov Centre on Codsell Avenue at Wilson Heights (1963).
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Jewish National Workers Alliance.
- Indpendent Workers Circle.
- Borochov School and Kindergarten.
- Labour Zionist Alliance.
- Farband Labour Zionist Order.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 v
- Date
- 1963-1976
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Labour Zionist Alliance.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 19 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1954-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to Congregation B'Nai Israel of Galt/Cambridge, Ontario and the Jewish communities of Galt/Cambridge, Preston, and Hespeler, Ontario. Materials include newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of the synagogue executive and general meetings, a program for an arts and crafts sale at B'Nai Israel, and a 1954 survey of the three communities prepared by the Research Committe of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Administrative History
- The City of Galt changed it's name to Cambridge in 1973.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Places
- Cambridge, Ont.
- Galt, Ont.
- Preston, Ont.
- Hespeler, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records
- 1 microfilm reel
- Date
- 1889-2004, predominant 1950-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the Toronto Zionist Council. Included is a microfilm reel of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and various European offices (1889-1915), reports of the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada (1907), correspondence, meeting minutes, Director's reports, daily appointment books, Let the Truth Be Told newsletters, a programe for the 28th regional convention, and a Golden Jubilee dinner program (1957). Also incuded are United Jewish Welfare Fund Board of Directors meeting minutes, and Israel and the Jewish World newsletters (2000-2004).
- Also included are four scrapbooks documenting related groups such as the Balfour Club of Young Judaea (1934-1941); Hadassah-WIZO (1941); United Palestine Appeal (1942, 1945) and the Zionist Organization of Canada (1953-1954, 1958).
- Custodial History
- These records appear to have originated from the Toronto Zionist Council offices on Marlee Ave., but could in fact, be the provenance of the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region.
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Toronto Zionist Council
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-[ca.1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a large certificate of membership in the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society awarded to S. Rath and a one thousand dollar share in the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in the form of "money".
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-17
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1953
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of reminiscences of the founding of the cheder in the Toronto West End called the Junction Shule and comments on the Peretz Shule. They were dictated to a friend who wrote them in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- Mr. Cowan was the father of Saul Cowan and the grandfather of Trudy Cowan , who was appointed as the Alberta representative of the Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada in 1985.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Yiddish
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Date
- 1953-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of synagogue material including minutes of meetings, a list of members, bulletins, school information, correspondence, and a JNF tree order application form.
- Administrative History
- In 1973 the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair were amalgamated to form the City of Cambridge.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-51
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-51
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[ca. 1965]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of High Holy Day appeal cards for Jewish National Fund of Canada and Israel Bonds issued to Mr. J. Kornish of King David Congregation in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-58
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-58
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual reccords
- Date
- 1926-[ca. 1936]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of letters patent and ledger of B'nai Israel Hushatine Kloise Synagogue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken on College Street in Toronto of a parade celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1999
- Scope and Content
- Accession Consists of photographs taken at an Israel Fair and a Purim party at the Bloor JCC, UJA Israel Walkathon, the Yiddish Cultural Club at the Borochov Centre, and dance (Rikudiyah) and choir (Zimriyah) festivals.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Book of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Community Action for Israel Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and the role of Rabbi Harvey Fields as Chairman. Included are memos, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, list of committee members, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a seminar program. As well there are a few letters to Stephen Speisman, Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives from individuals in small Jewish communities in Ontario.
- Administrative History
- The Community Action Committee for Israel was constituted on March 1978. Rabbi Harvey Fields served congregations in Boston, New Jersey, and Holy blossom Temple in Toronto before becoming the senior rabbi of the Wiltshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles from 1985-2003. He passed away on January 23, 2014 at the age of 78.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-131
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-131
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1946]-[ca.1948]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a flyer documenting the resistance efforts of the Haganah in Palestine. The flyers were printed and paid for by the young people of Habonim, Labour Zionist Youth, and Bilu, Labour Zionist Organization in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-91
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-91
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939-1957
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records of B'nai Israel Synagogue, St. Catharines; Goel Tzedec Memorial Park, Toronto plan and deed; B'nai Israel Synagogue, St. Catharines, board of governors meetings 1975-1980 and 1981-1984; Congregation Beth Jacob, Hamilton, Ontario; and Temple Anshe Sholom, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Synagogue records and registers
- Name Access
- Beth Jacob Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Temple Anshe Sholom (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1974-005
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1974-005
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of members of the Herzl Zion Club executive inside the Zionist Building at 651 Spadina Avenue, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Portraits, Group
- Name Access
- Pearlstein, Jacob D., 1894-1983
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-001
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-001
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1919-1923
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of issues of the Memophian newsletter created by the Young Judaea club (1920–1922), meeting minutes (1919–1923), and correspondence.
- MG_RG
- MG2B1O
- Subjects
- Newsletters
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Young Judaea (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1928, 1936-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the account books and constitution for the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
- MG_RG
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Places
- Kirkland Lake, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1901]-1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario).
- 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.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Galt, Ont.)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1917-1942
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of eight photographs depicitng various conventions and gatherings of the Borochov Branch of Farband and a Cohen family portrait.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1876–1979, predominant 1876–1890
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the donor's mother's passport, parents' US marriage license, and a letter of thanks from Dr. Stephan Speisman.
- MG_RG
- MG6 E6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1958-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one program to a Celestial Ball held at the Agudath Israel Synagogue in Ottawa, an invitation a Cinderella Ball at the synagogue, invitations to the new synagogue's sod-turning ceremony, installation dinner and dedication ceremonies, bulletins, and a sisterhood newsletter.
- MG_RG
- MG3 B13
- Subjects
- Balls (Parties)
- Newsletters
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Agudath Israel Synagogue (Ottawa, Ont.)
- Places
- Ottawa, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-7-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1919-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Yiddish newspaper clippings and Yiddish theatrical programs including a Kiever Podoler Society concert program, Victory Theatre, Spadina Avenue. (Toronto, ON), 30 Oct.1949 Also included are two copy photographs of a Toronto Yiddish Theatre Company poster for a performance in Hamilton and a poster for an Isaac Nelson New York Free Yiddisher Folk Theatre performance in Hamilton.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE NOTE: Materials are in Yiddish and English.
- MG_RG
- MG4 A1
- Name Access
- Cohen, Philip
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1940-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the interior and one of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake with corresponding negatives.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-12-4
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 plaques
- Date
- 1 Jan. 1931
- Scope and Content
- Included in this accession is a Jewish National Fund certificate given to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steinberg of Sudbury, Ontario on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary on 1 Jan. 1931. There are also four plaques.
- Source
- Archival Accessions