Toronto's First Synagogues - Site Credits

Robert Burley Project Co-ordinator	Ellen Scheinberg Project Co-ordinator	Dr. Stephen Speisman Contributor

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Donna Bernardo Project Associate	Justin Broadbent Web Designer	Daniel Ehrenworth Team Leader	Aviva Heller Project Associate	Carrie Limkilde Project Assosciate

Thank-you to the following people for their significant contributions to this display

Mr. Harry Alexandroff for providing extensive information about Congregation Knesseth Israel through interviews and documents and for donating materials to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Mr. Aba Bayefsky’s Family for granting permission to publish his painting of the Kiever synagogue.

CGI-IAO for allowing use of the fire insurance maps detailing the communities surrounding the three synagogues during their peak attendance.

Rabbi Ed Elkin for providing access to the First Narayever synagogue.

Mr. Edwin Goldstein for providing access to Knesseth Israel and for donating many historic documents to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Ms. Anne Kesterbaum for donating several photographs and documents about Knesseth Israel synagogue and her family, the Nikolaevskys, to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Mr. Avrom Isaacs for granting permission for us to use William Kurelek’s painting from his series Jewish Life in Canada.

Rabbi Dr. Allan Langner for providing valuable information about Congregation Knesseth Israel and about his father Rabbi Mordecai Langner. He also provided us with the photograph of Rabbi Langner.

Mr. Victor Levin of School Services of Canada for granting permission to publish a clip from William Kurelek’s film entitled Jewish Life in Canada.

Mr. Sheldon Levitt, Ms. Lynn Milstone, Mr. Sid Tenenbaum for donating the Treasures of the People research and photographs of the First Narayever, Kiever, and Knesseth Israel to the Ontario Jewish Archives and for granting us permission to publish some of these photographs in the display.

Markson, Borooah, Hodgskin Architects Ltd. for granting permission to include in the display, the architectural drawings of the First Narayever synagogue.

Mr. Martin Mendelow for donating his artwork of the Kiever as well as providing the OJA with a photograph of his grandson for the display.

Mr. David Pinkus for providing access to the Kiever for photographing; for consenting to requests made for the reproduction of several documents and photographs owned by the Kiever; and for supplying information through interviews.

Mr. Joey Tanenbaum for providing information regarding a family photograph and for granting permission to publish the photograph.

Stephen and Alan Troster for granting permission to publish a clip from a film directed by their brother David Troster entitled, Spadina.

Ms. Sharon Weintraub for providing valuable information about the First Narayever through a telephone interview

Mr. Arto Yuzbasiyan for permission to publish his watercolour of Bellevue Avenue.

Also Thank-you to

The Archives of Ontario
The Board of Jewish Education Media Library
The City of Toronto Archives
The City of Toronto Building Division
The CPR Archives
The National Archives of Canada
The Toronto Public Library – Special Collections Centre
The West Toronto Junction Historical Society

 

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