- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1926
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of the Chestnut Street Synagogue. One photograph is of the exterior of the synagogue with Yankel Jessel and Shlomo Dov Jessel standing in front. The other photograph is of the interior and shows the front arch.
- Administrative History
- The Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue, also known as the Chestnut Street Synagogue, was located at 109 Chestnut Street in Toronto.
- 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
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1961-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting correspondence for the Moess Chittin Fund to Big 9 synagogues and small community synagogues for the period 1980-1981. In addition, there is one file containing lists related to the Ontario Jewish Archives entitled "opening lists"; however, one of the lists included in this file is from 1983. Photographs are primarily from the Moess Chittin Campaign Banquet for Torontonians vacationing in Miami Beach, Florida, 1961. In addition, there are photos of the Youth Council, Regional Conference in London, and a photo with Mildred Devor. Additional individuals identified in Moess Chittin fund related photos include Frank Rubinstein (Hamilton), Jack Goldberg (Belleville), Henry Weisman (North Bay), and Ben Swartz (Peterborough), each of whom is pictured shaking hands with Phil Givens. Photographs by: Graphic Artists Toronto; Barney Gloster Studios Windsor; and Arthur Kay Studio Toronto.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1973-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents including constitution, correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists and reports of the Principals' Association of Jewish Schools in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-12-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1935
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph taken at theTenth Jubilee of the Farband Folk Shule in Toronto on May 28, 1935.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1919
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-34
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1940]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photo of adults, probably a Workman's Circle committee. First row, fourth from left: Paul Frumhartz. Fifth from left: Boris Litman. At end of row: "Daddy" Bricks, a teacher at the Peretz Shule. Second row, third from right: J. Danielak.
- Also included is a photo of the Toronto Peretz Shule choir taken in 1937 at Camp Yungvelt, a photo of a group of young girls with a teacher or counsellor in front of a cottage, and a group photo of girls (possibly a choir) in what appears to be an indoor venue.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records.
- Date
- 1960-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of several bulletins (1975–1976), a letter from the Beth Zion Congregation in Oshawa, and material from the Piyah Chapter of Hadassah in Oshawa (1960–1970). Included are flyers of organizational news, events, and announcements of meetings.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a flyer from the synagogue urging congregants to make a pledge to a fund to purchase a new building for their Talmud Torah.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1935-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of commemorative booklets for the 35th Anniversary celebration of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1935, the Golden (50th) Anniversary in 1949, and the 60th Anniversary in 1959. There is also a 1947 constitution of the society. Some of the material is in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- The first meeting of the Toronto Hebrew Benovolent Society took place in January 1899 and the Society received its charter from the Ontario Government in February 1899. The original 35 members were all cloakmakers. The original functions of the group included sick benefit allowances and visits and "shiva" money for mourners. The Society purchased burial grounds in Roselawn Cemetery in 1903 and at Dawes Road (St Clair East) in 1917. The Ladies Auxiliary was organized in 1923. The Refugee Fund was set up in 1940, and in conjunction with the Auxiliary raised significant funds for war efforts and Jewish and Israeli causes.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-36
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 broadside
- Date
- [between 1922 and 1935]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a broadside advertising the performances of soubtette (soprano) Nellie Cassman at the Standard Theatre in Toronto.
- Administrative History
- The Standard Theatre was built in 1921 at the corner of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street in Toronto as a venue for Yiddish theatre.It was designed by John M. Jeffrey, but architect Benjamin Brown may have also been involved. The building also became a centre of Jewish left wing political activism. In 1935 it was converted to a movie cinema known as the Strand. In 1941 it was transformed into the Victory Cinema, and in 1961 to the Victory Burlesque which closed in 1975. In more recent years the building has been renovated and occupied by retail stores and businesses.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1940
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one original photograph of a Consumers' Gas Labour Day Parade float that appears in front of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto, 1940.
- 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
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Date
- 1990
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of ten colour photographs of the Shaareh Haim Congregation procession in Richmond Hill on Weldrick Road and neighbouring streets in 1990. Procession participants include Jackie Levine who is holding up the canopy over the Torah.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Date
- 1922
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 1 copy photograph with negative of Harold Breslin (R) and Harry Gaffe (L) as apprentice, pharmacists in their pharmacy in Toronto, 1922
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs ; b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 35 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1946
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a copy photograph and negative of the 10th Jubilee Banquet of the Ozerover Society of Toronto, 1946, probably at the Henry St. Synagogue. Hyman and Fayge Rochwerg are pictured in the photograph.
- 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
- 1992-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-7-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. (slides) ; 35 mm
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 4 colour slides of the dedication of a Holocaust monument in Litvische-Latvische section of Bathurst Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, with Cantor N. Stolnitz.
- Subjects
- Holocaust memorials
- Cemeteries
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-8-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1941-1943
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a photograph of Anne Tulchinsky in her uniform for the Brantford Red Cross Nursing Auxiliary.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Tulchinsky, Anne
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1993
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a series of photographs of the monuments in the Jewish cemetery at Massey, Ontario. The gravestones of Judith Rosenthal, Gay Selene, Rosie and Aaron Silverman, Itzhak Bar Yosef, Rose Iena Nellisks, Charles Rothenberg, Izik Aharon Ben Bezalel, and Etta Mozes are depicted. The majority of these individuals did not live to adulthood.
- Descriptive Notes
- Hebrew and English identifying information with dates is written on the back of each photo.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Rosenthal, Judith
- Selene, Gay
- Silverman, Rosie
- Silverman, Aaron
- Bar Yosef, Itzhak
- Nellisks, Rose Iena
- Rothenberg, Charles
- Ben Bezalel, Izik Aharon
- Mozes, Etta
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1947
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a photograph of the London Ontario Chapter of B'nai Brith, St. Thomas, March 24, 1947. Some of the members identified include: David Rubinoff, Abe Siskind, Isaac Siskind, David Wolfe, Mayer Lerner (president), Nate Fox, Laibe Wolfe, Sam Lerner, Dr. Isadore Goedrich, Harry Silverstein (incoming president), Pat Silverstein, Bernard Wolfe, Lou Kaufman and others. The Honourable Mitchell Hepburn was speaker.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm on matte 23 x 27 cm and 19 x 24 cm on matte 21 x 24 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-1937
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph of the Freiheit Gezang Farein Toronto (1937) and a group photograph of the Labour League Branch 3.
- 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
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a report from JIAS Housing Committee written by Jack Shindman and a letter from M. Kraisner of HIAS Hanover, Germany to Jack Shindman concerning an immigrant family.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-8-1
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact
- Date
- 1900
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a lodge pin from the Toronto Independent Benevolent Association dated September 20, 1900.
- Name Access
- Toronto Independent Benevolent Association
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-27
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w and col. (3 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken during the move and at the opening ceremonies for the Lipa Green building. Identified individuals include Albert Latner, Al Green, Harold Green, Wilfred Posluns, Larry Grossman, Rabbi Gunther Plaut, Mel Lastman, and Robert Kaplan (?).
- Custodial History
- Esther Mehr worked in the Communications Department for UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Administrative History
- The United Jewish Appeal and the Canadian Jewish Congress left 150 Beverley Street, Toronto in 1983 and moved into the new Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services at 4600 Bathurst Street.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Name Access
- Latner, Albert
- Green, Al
- Green, Harold
- Posluns, Wilfred
- Plaut, Gunther
- Grossman, Larry
- Lastman, Mel
- Kaplan, Robert
- Mehr, Esther
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-10-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-10-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1974-1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the Sephardic community in Toronto including a "Final Report - Integration - North African Jewish Community in Metro Toronto" (1974), two reports by Joseph Kage, a presentation by Leon Oziel (1984), listings of Sephardic congregations and Chevra Kadisha and their officers, and letterheads for organizations and schools. In addition there is a paper titled "A History of the Sephardim in Toronto" written by a student William Myers for a university course in history. The course director was Professor Irving Abella.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Sephardim
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1922]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a copy photograph of Joe Nesker, Bella Nesker and their son, Manny Nesker, standing in the doorway of Nesker & Co. Wholesale and Retail Produce, located at 193 1/2 Baldwin Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Families
- Small business
- Name Access
- Nesker, Joe
- Nesker, Bella
- Nesker, Manny
- Nesker & Co.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : col. ; 11 x 16 cm
- Date
- 1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a concert programme and photographs of the choir in performance.
- Administrative History
- Beit Shalom (Japan Christian Friends of Israel) is a Protestant Christian group which defines itself in large measure through its prayers for the peace of Jerusalem as well as its unselfish friendship for Israel and the Jewish people.
- Name Access
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-11-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-11-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1943-1955
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs showing the Hotel Casa Loma on Lake Simcoe with Star of David designs on the balcony, vacationers at Victory Cottage, Jewish servicemen in London and Toronto (see Bill Stern fonds for similar images), and a furrier shop.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-9-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 66 photographs : b&w and col. ; 19 x 24 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1908-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of group photos of organizatons including delegates to the 1910 Zionist convention in Toronto on the steps of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue, volunteer collectors for the War Relief Conference in Toronto during the First World War, founders of the Toronto Hebrew Students Association, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine holders of "T" for athletics, the University of Toronto Medical Alumni Association, the University of Toronto Zionist Circle, the University of Toronto Menorah Society, the Nordau Zion Club picnic at Long Branch, and the Associated Hebrew Charities Childrens Home (orphanage). Many of the photos have identification of individuals including David Eisen, Henry Dworkin, Morris Goldstick, A.G. Volpe, Jacob Singer and Fred Catzman.
- In addition there are a series of photographs of the University of Toronto St. George Campus, and buildings along Queen Street West, Nathan Phillips Square, New City Hall, Kensington Avenue and other downtown locations taken in 1965 and 1966. Some of the buildings have since been demolished.
- Finally, a clipping from the Canadian Jewish Congress Supplement written by Stephen Speisman outlines the history of the Central Region Archives Committee, later the Ontario Jewish Archives. Photo Captions: 002 Associated Hebrew Charities Children's Home, Simcoe St., (Toronto, ON), 1916. Adults indtified in the back row (L to R): [Unknown], Sam Miller (Dr. Miller of Chicago), [unkown woman], [Unkown woman], [unknown man], Reuben Lieberman (Toronto Lawyer), A.G. Volpe. 003 "T" holders in the Faculty of Medicine, 1920. See reverse for identification of the members of the boxing and wrestling teams. 005 Founders of Toronto Hebrew Students Association, September 1918. Front Row (L to R): P. Phillips, Henry Lipsett, A. Glassberg-Volpe, and Harry Fine. Back Row (L to R): Sam Moss, Henry Papernick, A. Kaminsky, Reuben Lieberman. 006 Members of the Hebrew Club, 1921. Front Row: K.I. Freeman, Fred Catzman, and Goodman; Middle Row: Reuben Hurwich, Shirley Freeman (Kraicer), I. Wallerstein, Miss Madorsky, S.W. Leslie, Riva Bronstein and Sam Hurwich. Back Row: Himel, Unidentified, Miss Wallerstein, Unidentified, Miss Goodman, Tomashinsky (Tomson), Unidentified, Lachovsky, Yitzhak (Itche) Goldberg and Abe Katz. 007 Toronto Hebrew Student Association cast of actors in sketch presented at Orange Hall, (College at Euclid), Toronto, ON JAN 7, 1918.
- 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
- 1976-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1925-1960
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of: Toronto Jewish Medical Association minute book (1925–1936); minutes, clinical records, research papers and other records of the Mount Sinai Clinical Association (1932–1953); Mount Sinai Hospital medical staff minute book (1943–1953); a copy of Dr David Eisen's publication "Toronto's Jewish doctors" (1960); and a photograph of the installation of officers of the Mt. Sinai Hospital Clinical Society (1939).
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Dr. Eisen's "Toronto's Jewish Doctors" publication has been digitized and is available as a PDF file. The photograph of the officers' installation has also been digitized and is available as a JPEG image.
- Subjects
- Hospitals
- Physicians
- Name Access
- Eisen, David
- Pollock, Ira
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Toronto Jewish Medical Association
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-9-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1934]-[ca 1935].
- Scope and Content
- Acession consists of a group photograph of the teachers at Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, D'Arcy Street, Toronto.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
- General: Identification is provided for the photograph
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-70
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-70
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 posters
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1976-1984
- Scope and Content
- Accession includes yellow and blue promotional posters for Jewish Book Month in November 1976 and December 1985 produced by the Toronto Jewish Book Committee of Toronto Jewish Congress. and one file outlining activities of the Standing Committee of the TJC Cultural Council.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 120 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1904–1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the First Narayever Congregation of Toronto. Included are membership books, minute books, insert cards used to record aliyah pledges, correspondence, ledger sheets, contracts, and other material.
- Administrative History
- In 1914, Jews from eastern Galicia (now in modern Ukraine) established the First Narayever Congregation in Toronto as a landsmanshaf, i.e. a society of Jewish immigrants from the same town or region. The synagogue takes its name from the small market town of Narayev, which is located in eastern Galicia. The synagogue's founders belonged to the working class and many worked in Toronto's garment industry.
- Initially, congregation members met in different locations, but by 1923 their numbers and financial means had grown such that they were able to rent a small house at 70 Huron Street at the corner of Huron and Dundas. This house served as the congregation's home for twenty years.
- The congregation's first president was Israel Chaim Katz and its first meeting was held at the Katz home at 156 William Street. The congregation's first rabbi was Solomon Langner, who was hired by the congregation in 1923. He retained this affiliation despite serving the Kiever Synagogue as a full-time rabbi from 1929 until he died in 1973.
- In 1943, the congregation purchased property at 187-189 Brunswick Avenue from Bethel Church. This is where the the synagogue is located today.
- In 1950, Henry Young became president of the congregation. He occupied that position until his death in 1976. Shalom Langner, the son of Rabbi Solomon Langner, succeeded Young as president.
- As Toronto's Jewish population began to move north, the First Narayever continued to serve Orthodox Jews living downtown. In the 1980s, the congregation struggled to balance the needs of this older generation with the young generation's desire to make the synagogue more egalitarian with respect to gender. In 1983, the congregation's new leadership team successfully advanced a proposal to allow the full participation of women in traditional services. This innovation led to several long-standing members taking legal action, but their case was dismissed on the grounds that it was not a matter for civil law.
- The First Narayever's identity continued to evolve. In 2009, its membership voted to allow its rabbi, Edward Elkin, who began serving the congregation in 2000, to officiate at same-sex marriages.
- MG_RG
- MG3 A55
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-004
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-004
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1883-1922
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of ten deeds of sale for a parcel of land in Toronto at 909 Dundas Street West (119 Arthur Street) and Strachan Sreet (Bellwoods Avenue) from 1883 to 1922. The first transaction was between Joseph Phillips and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Phillips, and James Crocker. The last documents, both of which are dated June 5, 1922, record the sale of the land from W. T. O. Parry and Wexler Woolfe to Samuel Dvoretsky and Samuel Dvoretsky to W. T. O. Parry.
- Places
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-29
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w; 27 x 95 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph depicting the members of the Judea Lodge Knights of Phythias standing in front of the Ash-Lodge in Toronto, 1929. There is also a Pythian diploma issued in 1929 to Simon Sibulash.
- Administrative History
- Judea Knights of Pythias Lodge #52, Toroonto is affiliated with the international fraternal order Knights of Pythias. The Toronto Lodge is located on 20 Shallmar Boulevard in Toronto.
- The international fraternal order was founded in Washington D.C. by Justus H. Rathbone. The main principles of the Knights of Pythias are friendship, charity, and benevolence. They are dedicated to helping promote world peace
- Descriptive Notes
- Photograph taken by Dominion Panoramic Photographers, N.L. Jones, 56 Carlton St., Toronto.
- 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
- 2004-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1968]-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of minutes of meetings and other records of the Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi Women's Organization of Toronto Minnie Etlin Chapter (ca.1972-ca.1978), and the B'nai Brith Young Adults Southern Ontario Region (BBYA SOR), ca.1968-1972. Accession also includes two polaroid photographs taken at a BBYA social event (ca. 1970).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created or accumulated by the Committee for Yiddish, which operated under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and later, the Toronto Jewish Congress (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto).
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, 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
- 1977-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1895-1934
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 7 copy photographs and corresponding negatives of Albert Fine and others, in Toronto. Depicted in the photos are Alpha Sigma - Phi Delta Epsilon Fraternity, University of Toronto, 1934; portraits of Albert Fine and others; Albert Fine peddling in Guelph, Ontario; Albert Fine and family at 57 Augusta Avenue; and Albert Fine's store at Queen St. & University Ave.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1965-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of CHAT grades 12 and 13 graduation photographs (1967), newspaper clippings of scholarship winners (1965), and a photograph of Samuel Sable, communal worker.
- 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
- 2004-5-22
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1973
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs documenting Dora Wasserman's theatre group (Montreal) at Toronto's Central Tech for Israel's 25th Anniversary.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 76 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-[ca.1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Jewish community of Hamilton, Ontario. They include portraits of individuals, group and committee activities, a sculpture, and scenes from a "peaceful protest for Russian Jews."
- Subjects
- Communities
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-25
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs
- Date
- [between 1980 and 1987]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Toronto Jewish Congress Social Planning Committee's Institute on the Elderly and other activities / events.
- 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
- 2004-5-43
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- May 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and negatives of a parade on College Street, Toronto celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel. Identified is Mrs. Greenberg, the leader of the girl guides. The girl guide carrying the British flag is Gloria Mosoff (her married name is Roden).
- Subjects
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Date
- 1924-1925
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive members from 1924-25. Pictured (left to right) is: top row; B. Weinberg, arts rep. E. E. Gelber, ex. president. M. Pusitz, medical rep. middle row; E. Lazaresco, BA gen. secretary. I. Greenberg, dental rep. R. Rotenberg, women's arts rep. I. L. Kenen, publicity. S. Soskin, treasurer. bottom row; B. Bain, Cor. secretary D. Garfinkel, president L. Sher, Vice president
- Administrative History
- The University of Toronto Menorah Society (1917) was founded on 11 October 1917, as a constituent of the Intercollegial Menorah Society formed at Harvard in 1906. Its purpose, as stated in the Torontonenensis Yearbook of 1918, was “to study Jewish history and culture and modern Jewish life and thought.” The Menorah Society was non-sectarian and open to members of the university of any faith. During its tenure the Menorah Society published the Menorah Journal and the Menorah Mentor magazine. Bi-weekly meetings held at the University YMCA featured lectures by prominent speakers, or student forums, and had an average attendance of two hundred people. The Menorah Society organized study circles, debates, annual plays, a “smoker” (party for men only), teas, and dances. It also maintained a Jewish Collection at the University Library. As Greek-letter fraternities proliferated at the University in the 1920s, the popularity of the Menorah Society waned, and it dissolved in 1931. The University of Toronto Menorah Society grew out of a series of organizations for Jewish students at U of T in the early twentieth century, a Toronto Hebrew Students’ association and a Yiddish club. Both these organizations and the Menorah Society were Predecessors of Hillel.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as TIF file.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-54
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-54
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1915-[ca. 1966]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs documenting the military career of Jack Aarons in England, Egypt, and Palestine during the First World War and at military parades in Toronto after the Second World War. There is also a photograph of the inerior of the Murray House catering kitchen on Steeles Avenue about 1966.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Egypt
- England
- Palestine
- Source
- Archival Accessions
