The Standard Theatre Successful Opening of New Yiddish Temple of the Drama Last Night The opening ceremony and initial performance at the Standard Theatre, the latest addition to the places of amusement of the city, passed off very successfully last night. His Worship the Mayor snatched a half-hour from his duties at the City Hall…
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Devor family reunion in Toronto, 1983
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Thanks to the prodigious efforts of Toronto accountant Louis Devor, 180 members of a clan that variously spelled its surname as Devor, Devore, Dwor and D’wor, met in Toronto in the summer of 1983, reported Frank Rasky in a story in the Canadian Jewish News of August 4, 1983. Participants, who ranged in age from…
A Bacher family reunion in the Catskills, 1983
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More than 250 members of the Bacher family met for a reunion at Grossinger’s, the Catskills resort, reported the Canadian Jewish News on July 21, 1983. The following is a summary of the original story. Ethel Bacher and Yossel Yussiper of Bukovina, Romania, who died in an 1860s cholera epidemic, were the ancestors to which…
Kelman family pay tribute to their mother
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As a tribute to the memory of Rebbitzen Mirl Fish Kelman, her children recently published a book, Mother’s Memoir and Family Recollections, in which they describe her influence on the Toronto Jewish community and tell how she overcame adversity and raised a family of communal leaders. The life of the matriarch of the Kelman family…
Dr. Perlmutter puts down drill after more than 50 years
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After more than 50 years in dentistry, Dr. Gordon Perlmutter is putting away his drill, scaler and syringes. “But not quite,” says his daughter Dr. Sharon Perlmutter, who is also a dentist and a community volunteer. “My father still comes into the office every day when he is in town. He checks the mail and…
Beth Torah celebrates 40th anniversary (2002)
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Beth Torah Congregation recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala dinner at the synagogue, near Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street. The celebration honoured its founding members and welcomed its new members. Jack Hauer, founding president of the congregation, said that as he looks back to the humble beginnings of the congregation, he is “overwhelmed…
Irish rabbi’s descendants gather in Dublin
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The Leventon family reunion, held recently in Dublin, Ireland, brought together 127 direct descendants — including 28 from Canada — of Rosa and Rabbi Israel Leventon, who lived in the 19th century. Rabbi Leventon served as the last spiritual leader of Dublin’s Mary’s Abbey Synagogue, which closed in 1892, and he was the first spiritual…
Obit: Jerry Goodis. founding member of Travellers (2002)
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Jerry Goodis, one of Canada’s most famous advertising personalities and a founding member of The Travellers, perhaps Canada’s most well-known folk music group, died of cancer Nov. 8 (2002) in Chilliwack, B.C., at age 73. The son of a Toronto tailor who became a union organizer in the needle trade, Goodis was active in the…
Roy family clan gathers in Toronto for reunion
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The Roy clan can trace its roots back to 1860. Fifty members of the Roy family came together recently in Toronto for a reunion and a celebration of Marmel (Mary) Roy’s 75th birthday, who came from Israel. Farley Mernick, whose late mother Belle Mernick was Marmel’s sister, planned the reunion and served as its emcee.…
Village Shul celebrates its bar mitzvah (2003)
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The Village Shul and Aish HaTorah Learning Centre is celebrating its bar mitzvah, and the community is invited. On the weekend of March 8 and 9, the shul will be holding a shabbat celebration and tribute dinner. During the Shabbat service, there will be classes by Rabbi Yaacov Palatnik, the former rabbi of the Village…
