Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre

Since 1973, the Ontario Jewish Archives (OJA), Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre has been preserving the stories of Ontario’s Jewish community. It is the largest repository of Jewish life in Canada, containing millions of individual documents, photographs, films, posters, artifacts, oral histories, and architectural drawings. Reaching all the way back to the 1850s, the historical records explore virtually every aspect of Jewish daily life in Ontario. By making their collections publicly accessible, the OJA hopes that their resources can be useful to students, teachers, academics, artists, and families exploring their own heritage.