From the Holy Blossom Temple Archives. Join us as we unscroll the history of Toronto’s first synagogue.
Holy Blossom and Israel: Our Connection Over Many YearsNovember 24, 2023 - 9:44 amin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - History
From the Archives: The Israel WindowOctober 27, 2023 - 10:33 amin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryFrom the Archives: The Israel Window By Susan Cohen, member, Holy Blossom Archives Committee One of the most emotional symbols of Israel at Holy Blossom Temple is at the same […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A MYSTERY LAID TO RESTSeptember 14, 2023 - 12:17 pmin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryBy Judy Winberg, Member, Holy Blossom Temple Archives Committee During the Yom Kippur Yizkor services, we will read: “…We remember too, the men and women who but yesterday were part of […]
From the HBT Archives CommitteeJuly 7, 2023 - 11:40 amin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistorySupreme Court Justices “Meet” at Holy Blossom By Howard Roger Our Archives Committee recently received a question from a librarian at the Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of […]
ART, ARTIFACT, or ARCHIVEMay 12, 2023 - 1:28 pmin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryART, ARTIFACT, or ARCHIVE By Judy Winberg, Archives Committee Holy Blossom Temple’s archives collection houses treasures which are historically significant not just to the congregation, but to the Jewish community […]
Remembering Our Temple LeadershipMarch 17, 2023 - 2:14 pmin: Our Community Stories, Temple Archives - HistoryRemembering Our Temple Leadership Two Past Presidents were laid to rest last week. Before each funeral service, an Honour Guard of Past Presidents stood on either side of the casket, […]
From the Archives March 17, 2023 - 1:43 pmin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryEdmund Scheuer, Father of Canadian Reform Judaism By: Sheila Smolkin Who is this distinguished gentleman now looking at us from the wall in the Bloomberg Jewish Leadership Centre, just outside […]
From the Archives: Choirs, Cantors and OrgansFebruary 3, 2023 - 10:48 amin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryFrom the Archives: Choirs, Cantors and Organs By Susan Cohen You can explore Holy Blossom’s archives through many lenses such as people, events, liturgy, or social action. Michael Cole […]
From the Archives: Oral History ProjectJanuary 6, 2023 - 9:39 amin: Our Community Stories, Temple Archives - HistoryBy Michael Cole Archivists depend on written records—minute books, Bulletins, correspondence—in order to know what actually occurred in the past. However, in order to know how people felt about what […]
From the Holy Blossom Temple ArchivesNovember 11, 2022 - 12:17 pmin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - HistoryFrom the HBT Archives: Rabbi Isserman and Immigration Holy Blossom Temple Archives Committee Ferdinand Isserman was our rabbi from 1925 to 1929. The historical exhibition on immigration, currently on the […]
From the HBT Archives: The Key to our PastOctober 14, 2022 - 9:32 amin: Our Community Stories, Temple Archives - HistoryHoly Blossom Temple Archives Committee Welcome to our new Archives space in Life @ Holy Blossom. The Archives Committee looks forward to sharing discoveries and answering your questions about Holy […]
Holy Blossom Temple and the MonarchySeptember 16, 2022 - 12:28 pmin: Our Community Stories, Our History, Temple Archives - History
