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- Fonds 67; Series 8-3
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- Archival Descriptions
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- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 8-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1971
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence to and from the Administration Committee about such issues as : job descriptions, office space, and community statistics.
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- Fonds 67; Series 8-3; File 1
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 8-3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence to and from the Administration Committee.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
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- Fonds 67; Series 8-3; File 2
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 8-3
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence to and from the Administration Committee.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 8-3; File 4
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 8-3
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- July 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of job descriptions of various management positions.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 33
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains drafts of Israel Assignment chapters, along with notes in connection with corrections to these drafts.
- Notes
- Israel Assignment was an early version of Dual Allegiance focusing on the Arab-Israeli War.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 31
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and corrections related to Ben Dunkelman's manuscript, Israel Assignment.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 34
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 34
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one manuscript entitled, Israel Assignment. It includes title pages, a contents page and chapters 8-21.
- Notes
- Israel Assignment was an early version of Dual Allegiance focusing on the Arab-Israeli War.
- Physical Condition
- Record is in good condition, but the first title page is loose.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 32
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two unpublished drafts of a bibliography for Israel Assignment.
- Notes
- Israel Assignment was an early version of Dual Allegiance focusing on the Arab-Israeli War.
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- Archival Descriptions
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- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 53
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and various publishers in connection with their opinions of his manuscript Israel Assignment. In addition, the file includes correspondence related to this manuscript from Walter Annenberg and Herb Mowat.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 71
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 71
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence between Ben Dunkelman and Meyer Weisgal on the subject of Dunkelman's manuscript for his autobiography.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 13
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-[196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and essay drafts in connection with Ben Dunkelman's experiences in the Arab-Israeli War and his support for Zionism.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a clipping from the B'nai Brith Digest containing an article by Ben Dunkelman called "A Report from our Israel Committee Chairman". The article relates to Dunkelman's work as a soldier in the Arab-Israeli War and to his opinions about Israeli security.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 30
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a draft and a clipping of the final copy of an article Ben Dunkelman wrote called "A Canadian Fights in Israel". Dr. George Liban selected the article from a draft of Dunkelman's memoirs entitled "Israel Assignment".
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for material related to Dunkelman's autobiography, Dual Allegiance.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 54
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and notes in connection with the possibility of Ma'arachot, the publishing house of the Israel Defence Forces, publishing a Hebrew translation of Ben Dunkelman's autobiography.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 101
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 101
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1948-[197-]
- Physical Description
- 1 album
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains an album consisting of correspondence, photographs, clippings and a war diary in connection with the Arab-Israeli War.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6; File 100
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 album
- Scope and Content
- File contains an album consisting of clippings, photographs, and a postcard relating chiefly to Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War and his autobiography Dual Allegiance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 40
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- George "Buzz" Beurling was a Canadian fighter pilot in the Second World War. He intended to fight for the Jews at the onset of the Arab-Israeli War, but died in a plane crash in 1948.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence in connection with fighter pilot Buzz Beurling.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of writings by John Bassett, publisher of the Toronto Telegram. The writings relate to Israeli politics and Zionism.
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- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sheet of quotations in connection with T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and Jewish settlement in Israel.
- Name Access
- Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
- Subjects
- Land settlement--Palestine
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile and torn.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 22
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes in response to a book by former US president Dwight D. Eisenhower called Pilgrimage in Europe. In addition, the file includes notes on address Eisenhower gave in 1956 in connection with the Suez Crisis.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1; File 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Ben Dunkleman's personal correspondence with various people including, David Ben-Gurion, Theodore Kollek, Chaim Herzog and Chaim Laskov. The correspondence relates to such topics as Ben and Yael Dunkelman's marriage, the death of Rose Dunkelman, and New Year celebrations.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Herzog, Chaim, 1918-1997
- Subjects
- Presidents--Israel
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile but in good condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Administration series
- Correspondence sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Administration series
- Correspondence sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1986, predominant 1942-1980
- Physical Description
- 28 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence maintained in the central registry file system of the JIAS Central Region office. It contains letters exchanged with other agencies and individuals, and well as with the National JIAS headquarters in Montreal and the Western Region office in Winnipeg. Sub-series also contains files named for JIAS presidents and executive members, which contain incoming and outgoing correspondence created by, and in some cases about, the individual. The sub-series is arranged in its original alphabetical-chronological order.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Arrangement
- This sub-series was created by the archivist from records originally part of series MG2 I1a K2 "Immigration Files - Administration, Projects." In the JIAS office, files were maintained in a central registry system of random numerical classification (these original numbers remain on the files).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 2
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1898, [192-?]-1997
- Physical Description
- 80 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Benjamin Dunkelman (1913-1997) was a successful businessman and President of Tip Top Tailors. He had a distinguished military career in both the Canadian army during the Second World War and in the Haganah during the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War.
- Dunkelman was born in Toronto to David Dunkelman (1883-1978) and Rose (nee Miller) (1889-1949). He had three sisters and two brothers: Joseph, a movie executive; Ernest, a manufacturer; Zelda; Veronica; and Theodora. His father, David, was a successful entrepreneur who established Tip Top Tailors in 1910. Both David and his wife Rose were fervent Zionist community activists.
- Benjamin Dunkelman attended Upper Canada College and, at the age of 18, visited Palestine (now Israel). While in Palestine, he worked for a year on a kibbutz, mostly as a guard protecting it from nearby Palestinians. During the Second World War, Dunkelman served as a Major in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada and in that role gained respect for his knowledge of mortars. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1945 for his role in the final Allied assault on Germany. Two years later, Benjamin Dunkelman returned to Palestine to join the Haganah in the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War. As a commander, Dunkelman captured Nazareth, and brought northern Galilee under Jewish control. Near the end of the war, Dunkelman met and married Yael Lifshitz, a corporal in the Israeli Army. Dunkelman was elected National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of Canada in 1977.
- In addition to his work as a soldier, Dunkelman was a successful businessman. He served as president of Tip Top Tailors after his father stepped down, and was also director of Colonial Finance Corporation, president of Cloverdale Shopping Centre and president of Renforth Developments. Besides operating the Dunkelman Gallery for modern art, Dunkelman and his wife Yael ran the Constellation Hotel and Dunkelman’s Restaurant.
- Dunkelman later wrote of his experiences in both wars in his autobiography Dual allegiance (MacMillan, 1976). As well as the DSO, Dunkelman was awarded the Fighter’s Decoration of the State of Israel (1970), and an Israel Bonds Award Dinner in Tribute to Ben Dunkelman (1977). He was a guest of honour both at a reception hosted by the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science and the veterans of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada (1976) and at a 7th Brigade Reunion in Israel (1991).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting Benjamin Dunkelman's personal, business, and military activities. Included is personal and business correspondence and other records, maps, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks assembled by Dunkelman. The bulk of the records relate both to Dunkelman’s autobiography Dual allegiance and to his military career in the Second World War and in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949. Other records relate to his business work with Tip Top Tailors, the Constellation Hotel, Dunkelman’s Restaurant and the Dunkelman Gallery, as well as to his Zionist actvities, his writing and public speeches, and his personal life.
- The fonds is organized into the following series: Personal records and correspondence, Zionist materials, Businesses, Second World War, Arab-Israeli War, Dual allegiance, and Speeches.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 218 photographs, 60 maps, 7 postcards, 5 architectural drawings, and 3 albums.
- Associated material note: see the Ben Dunkelman fonds at Library and Archives Canada.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Benjamin, 1913-1997
- Subjects
- Authors
- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
- World War, 1939-1945
- Related Material
- See fonds #39 (Rose Dunkelman fonds).
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin, 1913-1997
- Accession Number
- 2000-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1995
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 43 photographs
- 2 postcards
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman’s family/private life and such hobbies as yachting and travel. Included are photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, invitations, certificates, speeches, a travel diary, a passport, and a scrapbook. The series is made up of two sub-series: 1. David and Rose Dunkelman (including biographies of those in the Dunkelman family) and 2. Theodora Dunkelman (Ben Dunkelman’s sister).
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, David, 1883-1978 (subject)
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949 (subject)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1996
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs
- 4 postcards : b&w and col. ; 9 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman, like his parents, was an active Zionist throughout his life. As a young man from 1930-1931, he lived in Israel and later fought in the Arab-Israeli War. Following the war in 1948-49, he wrote articles, kept correspondence, encouraged investment, and gave speeches in support of Israel. He was also on the executive committee of Israel Speaks, an American publication, and was a member of the Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC). In 1976, Dunkelman agreed to be the deputy president of the ZOC’s Charitable Fund.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's Zionist activities. Included are legal papers, photographs, correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Herb Mowat was a Canadian Zionist who maintained a correspondence with Dunkelman during the 1950s and 1960s. Dunkelman acquired some of his records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1942-1995
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- During the Second World War, Dunkelman served as a major in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada. After enlisting in 1940, he became a platoon commander. Dunkelman took part in the second wave of D-Day landings in 1944 and later assisted in the final Allied assault on Germany, earning the Distinguished Service Order. He left the army in 1945 after the war had ended. The Queen's Own Rifles Association and the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science organized a reception in 1976 to honour the publication of Dunkelman's autobiography, Dual Allegiance.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, and correspondence. Some files deal with Dunkelman's experiences during the war; others relate to Dunkelman's relationship with veterans after the war and, in one case, with his memories of the war. The files cover such subjects as The Queen's Own Rifles, Veterans, the liberation of The Netherlands, Aubrey Cosens (a soldier under Dunkelman’s command who was killed in battle but later honoured with the Victoria Cross), and the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.
- Notes
- Physical description: Includes 85 photographs, 1 album, and 10 maps.
- Name Access
- Cosens, Aubrey, 1921-1945 (subject)
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1943-1991
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- 28 photographs
- 20 maps
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman joined the Machal (foreign fighters for Israel) (Hebrew: " ) in 1948 at the onset of the First Arab-Israeli War and was active in helping the fledgling Israeli Army break out of Jerusalem and find a road to Tel Aviv. The Burma Road—named after a Second World War Burma supply route—was a makeshift route from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv. Israeli soldiers, including Dunkelman, drove a convoy at night along a little-used route to reconnect the two cities. Later in the war, commanding the 7th Brigade, he captured Nazareth and northern Galilee. After Dunkelman had left the Israel Defense Forces in 1949 to seek work as a businessman, he kept in contact with the armed forces of Israel through such organizations as the Jewish War Veterans of Canada, the 7th Brigade Veterans Fund, American Veterans of Israel, the Association of Jewish War Veterans, and the Mahal Association.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of reports, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and maps and documents recording Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the First Arab-Israeli War. The series branches into the following topics in this order: Machal; the 7th Brigade; Operation Hiram; Operation Dekel; the Burma Road; the Israel Defence Forces; a Profile of Ben Dunkelman; and Arab-Israeli War veterans.
- Subjects
- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on the war. Dunkelman wrote an autobiography, Dual Allegiance, based on his experiences in the First Arab-Israeli War and the Second World War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1898, 1941-1988
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben Dunkelman’s involvement in business was wide-ranging. He served as president of Tip Top Tailors after his father and as president of Cloverdale Shopping Centre. Along with his wife, Yael, he also opened the Dunkelman Gallery for modern art and Dunkelman's restaurant.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs, correspondence, pamphlets and papers documenting Benjamin Dunkelman’s business activities. The files are organized into three sub-series: Tip-Top Tailors, Constellation Hotel, and Dunkelman Gallery.
- Notes
- Physical description: Includes 6 cm of textual records, 5 architectural drawings, and 1 postcard.
- Subjects
- Business
- Physical Condition
- Most photographs are warped.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-1991
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose and David Dunkelman, Benjamin Dunkelman's parents, were staunch supporters of Toronto's Zionist community. David was a leader of the Zionist Organization of Canada for more than 50 years, while Rose was publisher and first managing editor of the Jewish Standard, a Toronto-based Zionist magazine she founded with her husband. In addition, she was the first vice-president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada and president of the Hadassah Organization of Ontario. Both fervently supported Zionist projects.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, clippings, obituaries, correspondence and biographical information in connection with Rose, David and Ben Dunkelman. The sub-series contains a pamphlet from the Toronto Zionist Council in 1957 celebrating the council’s 50th anniversary and praising Rose Dunkelman. There are also copies of articles about Rose Dunkelman by H.M. Kaiserman and Meyer W. Weisgal.
- Name Access
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]-Nov. 1953
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 26 photographs
- 2 postcards
- Admin History/Bio
- Theodora Dunkelman, one of Ben Dunkelman’s three sisters, was an actress who obtained her bachelor's degree in fine arts and drama from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1946. She died in 1947.
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of his sister's records after her death.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of four files of photographs, clippings, brochures and documents. It includes a scrapbook containing clippings and brochures about Theodora Dunkelman’s acting performances and her sister Zelda’s marriage to Morton Harrison Wilner. Other clippings in a separate folder refer to the Theodora Dunkelman Training Workshops which were established in her honour in 1950 at Hadassim, the Canadian Hadassah’s Children’s Village in Israel. A final folder contains Theodora Dunkelman’s bachelor’s degree.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1931-1975
- Physical Description
- 2 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Following the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, Ben Dunkelman frequently travelled to Israel for pleasure as well as for business. Although he once went leopard hunting in Africa, Dunkelman usually visited the Middle East or the United States when outside Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains maps, a passport, a 1953 travel diary and some correspondence. The records relate to Benjamin Dunkelman’s travels to Israel. The sub-series includes files for Dunkelman’s passport and his travel maps.
- Subjects
- Israel
- Travel
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1995
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman maintained private correspondence with a wide variety of friends, from well-known people such as composer Leonard Bernstein, former Israeli defence minister Shimon Peres and former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin to his father David, the lawyer Carl Goldenberg and his father-in-law, David Lifshitz. One correspondence is with Fred Johnson, an acquaintance from the end of the Arab-Israeli War. Fred Johnson helped Ben and Yael establish themselves in Israel in the years following the war. Johnson wrote to Dunkelman in 1975 and they resumed correspondence.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains 12 files of personal correspondence between Benjamin (and sometimes Yael) Dunkelman and family, friends and acquaintances on such subjects as Ben and Yael's marriage, buying a new apartment, condolences for the death of a friend's mother, Yitzhak Rabin's assassination and a retirement application.
- Subjects
- Letters
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-1; File 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-?]-1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The file emphasizes the importance of the Dunkelman family to Ontario's Jewish community. Ben was a distinguished soldier, a successful businessman and a Zionist; David was founder of Tip Top Tailors and a Zionist leader; and Rose was a Zionist leader, publisher of the Jewish Standard and heavily involved in Hadassah and Youth Aliyah.
- Scope and Content
- File contains biographical information about Benjamin Dunkelman, including entries for himself and his parents Rose and David Dunkelman in the New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 1-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-?]-1977
- Physical Description
- 2.25 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In the latter half of his life, Ben Dunkelman received a variety of honours, mainly for his military achievements in the Second World War and in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of honours Dunkelman received for his military efforts in the Second World War and in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949. The sub-series includes a Distinguished Service Order (DSO) file that contains information about the British honour and why it was given. It also contains a Testimonial Dinner file relating to a tribute in Toronto attended by Yitshak Rabin in 1978 to honour Dunkelman’s achievements in the Arab-Israeli War, and an Israel Bonds file documenting Dunkelman’s position in 1967 as chairman of the Israel Bonds gala anniversary ball.
- Notes
- The DSO award itself is at the National Archives of Canada.
- Subjects
- Military decorations
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 postcards: col.; 9 x 14 cm
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of Herb Mowat's papers after his death.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence related to Herb Mowat. In addition, the file contains brochures, rough letters to the editor, a report, Canadian House of Commons Debates for 1 February 1944 (which contains remarks on Jews in Palestine starting on page 77), clippings, poems and three postcards sent to the Dunkelmans.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1898, 1941-1988
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 16 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- David Dunkelman, Benjamin's father, started Tip Top Tailors in Toronto in 1909, and by 1950 it had become a thriving business, with more than 1000 outlets across the country. During the 1930s, Ben had worked for the company, and following the Arab-Israeli War in 1948-49, he returned to Tip Top. He took over as company CEO in the 1950s until the company was sold to Dylex Ltd. in 1967.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of photographs, correspondence and clippings documenting David and Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the family firm, Tip Top Tailors.
- Name Access
- Tip Top Tailors
- Physical Condition
- Most photographs are warped.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- cartographic material
- Date
- [194-?]-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 maps
- Admin History/Bio
- At the beginning of the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948, Arab forces controlled the roads between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, where Jewish forces were stationed. Dunkelman assisted in finding an alternative route between the two cities, which was called the Burma Road. Operation Maccabee on 1 May 1948 was a plan to use air strikes against Arab forces in order to assist Jewish convoys travelling along the Burma Road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of a map of a section of the Burma Road, a report on Operation Maccabee, and a 1986 historical article about the Burma Road.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on the Burma Road.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- [194-?]-1997
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Ben Dunkelman published his memoirs with MacMillan of Canada in 1976 under the title Dual Allegiance. Although nearly thirty years had passed since his involvement in the Second World War and the First Arab-Israeli War, Dunkelman began researching his memoirs in the 1950s and an early version of the book, Israel Assignment, was finished in 1959. After further research, writing and correspondence with publishers, Dunkelman finally secured publication of the manuscript with MacMillan of Canada under the title Dual Allegiance, which was published in 1976. The response to Dual Allegiance after its publication in November came quickly. MacMillan collected many of the newspaper reviews and sent them to Dunkelman. Ben Dunkelman also wrote several different screenplays based on his autobiography. These range from plot summaries to a full-length screenplay submitted to Charles Greene which includes directions for camera shots.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, research notes, novel notes, manuscripts, reviews, film/TV scripts, clippings and publicity material related to Ben Dunkelman’s autobiography, Dual Allegiance, which was published by MacMillan in 1976. The series contains drafts of Israel Assignment. It also contains some correspondence, both between Dunkelman and MacMillan about the book, and from readers commenting on it. The series is organized into several general areas in the following order: research, manuscripts, publicity, correspondence and Film/TV scripts.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 30 maps, 4 photographs, and 2 albums.
- Subjects
- Authors
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of Herb Mowat's records after Mowat's death.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of essays related to Zionism. The file also includes a letter-to-the-editor Mowat wrote to the Toronto Telegram in 1955 and an article on bridges he first published in 1944.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of news clippings related to Dunkelman's role in the Arab-Israeli War, and to his brother-in-law, Morton Wilner, who was married to Dunkelman's sister Zelda. The clippings come from such newspapers as The Globe and Mail, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Day-Jewish Journal.
- Name Access
- Wilner, Morton
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence mainly between Dunkelman and Araleh Yariv related to the Israeli Military and the Arab-Israeli War. The file also contains one clipping about Yariv.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1943-1950
- Physical Description
- 13 maps
- Scope and Content
- File contains maps relating to Dunkelman's activities during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949.
- Subjects
- Israel
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains clippings from Israeli newspapers and one magazine about the 7th Brigade. The latter includes a cartoon of Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains three items: one nine-page report containing information about the upcoming Operation Dekel, such as the number of enemy forces and organization plans; one letter to Dunkelman from Uri Givon, a researcher studying the 7th Brigade and Operation Dekel; and three pages of notes Dunkelman made in response to this letter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a traveller's article by Harry Arvay about Nazareth. The article, called "The Uniqueness of Nazareth", was published in the 27 January 1956 issue of Israel Speaks.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one magazine clipping and one letter related to Dunkelman's decision to disobey orders to force Arabs out of Nazareth during the Arab-Israeli War. Sherry Kalb translated the article from the magazine Ha-olam Haze for Dunkelman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists chiefly of correspondence and notes relating to a 1973 Seventh Brigade reunion in Israel which Ben Dunkelman attended. The correspondence includes letters from Golda Meir, the Israeli Prime Minister, as well as from Yossie Mann, who invited Dunkelman to the reunion. Also included in the file are single copies of the magazines Haolan Haza (This World), Bamachane G'danya, and Bamachane. The first of these contains an article about Yitzhak Sade, a Palmach commander during the Arab-Israeli War; the second, published by the youth wing of the IDF, contains general army information; and the third, published by the IDF in an independence day edition, includes an article about Shlomo Shamir and the Battle of Latrun during the Arab-Israeli War.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 5; File 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, a 1958 issue of the Official Newsletter of the Mahal Association, and a questionnaire relating to machal veterans. The questionnaire is called The South African Mahal Research Project.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 4; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-?]-[198-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of clippings related chiefly to Ben Dunkelman's work as a soldier during the Second World War. Several clippings, however, relate to his role in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 2; Series 2; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter, a poem and an article Herb Mowat sent to Ben Dunkelman. The article and the letter relate to a Druze wedding in Galilee, while the poem relates to Dunkelman's success as a soldier. The file also includes a card from the Canada-Israel Association in Toronto announcing that Kamal Mansour, a member of a Druze tribe in Israel, will speak on the topic of Arabs in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series 45
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- Board of directors and executive committee series 33
- Board of Directors series 18
- Board of Jewish Education fonds 436
- Budget and Finance Committee series 42
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- Clanton Park Synagogue series 33
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- Personal series 112
- Philip Givens fonds 54
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- Photographs series 36
- Political Career series 34
- Programs and services sub-series 38
- Publications, Speeches, Press Releases and Reports sub-series 31
- Publicity photographs of people and events series 130
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds 98
- Radio and television scripts series 26
- Recreation sub-series 28
- Reference series 43
- Religious Education in Public Schools sub-sub-series 24
- Reports, submissions and budget planning information sub-series 23
- Research Records sub-series 118
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- Solomon Edell fonds 115
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- Dunkelman, Benjamin 3
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