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UJA Federation campaign [textual record] – 2009-2012.

Accession Number: 2013-12-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-12-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Date: 2009-2012

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting UJA Federation's Maot Chittin program in Cuba and a campaign event featuring Shimon Peres.

Use Conditions: UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Subjects: Presidents--Israel; Prime ministers--Israel

Name Access: Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Young Judaea [textual record, graphic material] – 1940-2012.

Accession Number: 2014-10-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-10-3

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 40 cm textual records; ca. 50 photographs

Date: 1940-2012

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records of Canadian Young Judaea. Records include correspondence, camp committee meeting minutes, camp committee and staff lists, the CYJ constitution, organizational newsletters, donation lists, flyers and camp reunion ephemera. Records also include clippings and reproductions from the Zionist Archives, and Camp Solelim photographs, as well as publications from other Jewish organizations.

Administrative History: Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel. In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted to various Jewish communities throughout Canada and to offices at the national level in Toronto Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: Access restriction note: Files contain personal information of donors, campers, committee members and applicants for subsidies.

Subjects: Camps; Youth; Zionism

Name Access: Canadian Young Judaea

Source: Archival Accessions

Shapiro family [multiple media] – 1928-2013.

Accession Number: 2015-8-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-8-7

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: ca. 70 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1928-2013

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the activities of Ben Zion Shapiro and his family. The bulk of the records document the Shapiro family's involvement in Young Judea. Young Judea material includes: yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, event programmes, song books, newsletters, and two Camp Biluim flags made by Bunny Shapiro. One flag contains Camp Biluim's crest (1951) and the other one was created for Camp Biluim's colour war and contains the text "We will try and we will succeed Camp Biluim" (1954?). Also included is a VHS tape containing a copy of the Toronto Zionist Council's video about Camp Shalom (1991?). Of note are minute books maintained by Roy Shapiro for the Toronto Young Judea Administrative Board (1928-1934) and for the Leadership Club (1940-1948).; Accession also contains material relating to Roy and Ben Zion's involvement with the following organizations: the Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care), B'nai Israel Beth David Congregation, Beth Tzedec's Mispacha Program, Beth Tzedec's Israel Action Program, Congregation Beth Haminyan, and Holy Blossom Temple's Department for Jewish Living. These records include, minutes, correspondence, newsletters and publications, evaluation reports and other reports. Also included is a demographic report entitied, "Rapid Growth and Transformation: Demographic Challenges Facing the Jewish Community of Greater Toronto" (1995), material from a conference at the University of Toronto on the university's partnership with Israel, CHAT alumni directories, and a CHAT book entitled, "Voices: Jewish Teens of the 90's". Of note are buttons, photographs, reports and correspondence documenting Bunny and Ben Zion's trip to the Soviet Union on behalf of the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry.; Finally accession includes material documenting family activities of the Shapiro and Sherman family. Included is a transcript of Bessie Sherman telling her life story (1978), haggadot, PowerPoint presentations created by Ben Zion for his grandchildren and for a family reunion outlining the family history of his family and Bunny's family. There is also a video of Ben Zion presenting his PowerPoint at the Michalski / Cohen family reunion. Also included are family films and videos containing footage of Bunny and Ben Zion's wedding and honeymoon, Camp Biluim, Young Judea events, Bunny on Machon, family wedding anniversaries and birthday parties, trips to Israel, the United States, and Europe as well as footage of the Cousin's Club. Also included is a VHS tape containing a recorded segment from CityPulse News featuring the family's Pesach festivities in 1995.; Photo identification: Back row, left to right: Ray Markus, Michelle Landsberg, Menachem ?, Frank Narrol. Front row, left to right: Gilda Mitchell, Bunny Shapiro, BenZion Shapiro, Malka Rabinowitz.

Administrative History: Ben Zion Shapiro was born in Toronto in 1931 to Roy and Beck (nee Cohen) Shapiro. He has a younger brother, Morden (Mort) Shapiro (b. 1940). His father worked as an office manager at Rotstein Furniture and Maple Leaf Cleaners and his mother worked as a legal secretary until marriage. Roy was active in a number of organizations including: Young Judea, Sons of Jacob Society, Toronto Camera Club, a founding member of Beth David Synagogue, Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care) and President of the Association of Jewish Seniors. Beck was active in Young Judea and Pioneer Women (President of the Golda Meir Club).; Ben Zion received a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto and attended the Jewish Agency Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad in Jerusalem, Israel (1951-1952). He has worked for a number of organizations throughout his career, including: Young Judea (he was Director of both Camp Shalom (1962-1969) and Camp Biluim (1954-1956)), B'nai Brith Youth Organization, University Settlement, St. Christopher's House and Director of the Novomeysky Centre in Jerusalem (1957-1961). He was also Professor and Associate Dean of Social Work at the University of Toronto and three times Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.; Ben married Bunny (Bernice) Shaprio in 1955. Bunny was born in 1934 in Noranda, Quebec to Irving and Bessie (nee Consky) Sherman. Bunny attended public school in Noranda, Noranda High School and Forest Hill Collegiate in Toronto, University of Toronto (BA), the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (M.Ed. in Special Education), and the Jewish Agency Institute for Jewish Leaders from Abroad (1952-1953).; Bunny graduated from the first Camp Biluim Institute for leadership training in 1951 and worked with Ben Zion at Camp Shalom as Camp Mother in 1962 and from 1964-1969. She also worked at Camp Biluim from 1955-1956. In 1983, Bunny and Ben Zion went to the Soviet Union to visit Refuseniks on behalf of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region.; Bunny and Ben have two children: Ayala and Ilan. Since Ben Zion's retirement in 1996, he and Bunny have been living in Jerusalem for half of each year. In 2015, they moved full-time to Jerusalem.

Descriptive Notes: Physical description note: includes ca. 300 photographs (256 tiff), 2 PowerPoint presentations, 1 textual record (doc), 4 buttons, 2 flags, 5 VHS tapes, and 18 film reels (8 mm).

Subjects: Camps; Youth; Zionism

Name Access: Shapiro, Ben Zion, 1931-

Source: Archival Accessions

Chenstochover Aid Society [textual record] – 1927-1977.

Accession Number: 2016-10-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-10-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records

Date: 1927-1977

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a leather bound cemetery ledger presented to the Board of Directors by Mr. & Mrs. S. Ulster. The ledger is referred to as the "Golden Book". The names of the Board of Directors are handwritten in Hebrew. Listed on the following pages are the names of the deceased, some including the date and cemetery name. Also included are 7 handwritten sheets of paper from 1940-1966, of individuals names, dates and cemetery name.

Administrative History: The Chenstochover Aid Society, incorporated December 1914, was established as a mutual benefit society which included sick benefits and burial. The two burial locations for the CAS were Dawes Road Cemetery and Bathurst Lawn Cemetery.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Societies

Name Access: Chenstochover Aid Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks Tribute Video to Sidney Freedman [moving images (electronic)] – 27 Nov. 2016.

Accession Number: 2017-1-24

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-1-24

Material Format: moving images (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 MP4 video (8 min., 58 sec.) : col. , sd.

Date: 27 Nov. 2016

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one MP4 video file containing a Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks tribute video to Sidney Freedman. It was produced by the Heritage Professionals.

Subjects: Cemeteries

Name Access: Freedman, Sidney

Source: Archival Accessions

Abe Zukerman [graphic material, textual record, moving images] – [191-?]-2013.

Accession Number: 2017-9-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-9-1

Material Format: graphic material; textual record; moving images

Physical Description: ca. 14 cm of textual records; ca. 275 photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller; 1 DVD

Date: [191-?]-2013

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the life of Abe Zukerman and several family members including Abe's father-in-law Elia Rubin and brother-in-law Jack Rubin. Included are: certificates of various sorts, correspondence, a DVD of the dedication of the restored Jewish cemetery in Wachock, eulogies, a family calender, financial documents, identity documents for Abe and Margot Zukerman, memorial books/records for Abe Zukerman and Elia Rubin, photographs, and a small number of administrative and financial records from the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society.

Custodial History: The material that makes up accession 2017-9-1 belonged to Abe Zukerman. Mr. Zukerman's stepson, Mel Perlmutter, gathered the material and donated it to the Archives

Administrative History: Abram "Abe" Zukerman (1914-2009) was born in Wierzbnik, Poland in 1914. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. In 1948, he came to Canada, where he became involved in the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society and married. His first wife, Esther, predeceased him. In 1975, he married his second wife, Margot, who had two children from a previous marriage. In addition to serving as a senior executive member of the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society for over 50 years, Abe volunteered with United Jewish Appeal and State of Israel Bonds. He passed away 8 Feb. 2009. Photo Caption (001): Abe Zukerman at his store on Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, [196-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11. Photo Caption (002): Lansdowne Cut Rate Store on Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, [196-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11. Photo Caption (011): Abe Zukerman at the Western Wall, [199-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11. Photo Caption (017): Abe Zukerman with others, possibly in Israel, [196-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11. Photo Caption (018): Abe Zukerman, [193-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11. Photo Captions (032) - (087): Unidentified individuals, [192-?]-[195-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-9-11.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: A number of photographs have writing in Polish and Yiddish on their opposite side, which might prove useful in their identification.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Families; Societies

Name Access: Rubin, Elia; Rubin, Jack; Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society; Zukerman, Abe, 1914-2009; Zukerman, Margot

Places: Canada; Israel; Poland

Source: Archival Accessions

Sol Shiner [graphic material, textual record] – [ca. 1925]-1986.

Accession Number: 1997-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-11-3

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm; 1 folder of textual records

Date: [ca. 1925]-1986

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one black and white photograph taken of a group of campers at Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hill. Identified in the photograph is Rae Watson (standing at the far left).; Also included were several newspaper clippings from 1976-1986, which have been integrated into the clipping files.

Administrative History: Camp Kindervelt was a Labour Zionist League camp in Rough Hill, in the east end of Toronto in the Rouge Valley.

Subjects: Camps; Labor Zionism

Name Access: Camp Kindervelt; Shiner, Sol

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Workmen's Circle [text, graphic material] – 1940-1962.

Accession Number: 1980-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1980-2-2

Material Format: text; graphic material

Physical Description: 15 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1940-1962

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.

Administrative History: The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.

Descriptive Notes: Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.

Subjects: Camps; Cottages; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Pickering (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – [ca. 1930]-1998.

Accession Number: 2004-5-75

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-75

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs ; b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1930]-1998

Scope and Content: This accession consists of photographs relating to Kirkland Lake, Ontario - Dubinsky family; synagogue; and Krugerdorf Cemetery.

Descriptive Notes: Identification keys and biographical information is provided for the group photos.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Synagogues

Source: Archival Accessions

Synagogue and Cemetery Records [textual record] – 1939-1957.

Accession Number: 2004-5-91

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-91

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1939-1957

Scope and Content: This accession consists of records of B'nai Israel Synagogue, St. Catharines; Goel Tzedec Memorial Park, Toronto plan and deed; B'nai Israel Synagogue, St. Catharines, board of governors meetings 1975-1980 and 1981-1984; Congregation Beth Jacob, Hamilton, Ontario; and Temple Anshe Sholom, Hamilton, Ontario.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Synagogue records and registers

Name Access: Beth Jacob Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.); Temple Anshe Sholom (Hamilton, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mark Goldhamer (Cornwall, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic), architectural drawing (electronic)] – [189-]-2004.

Accession Number: 2007-9-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic); architectural drawing (electronic)

Physical Description: 37 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg) + 2 identification keys; 16 documents (28 jpgs); 2 architectural drawings (jpg)

Date: [189-]-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of scanned copies of original records documenting the Jewish community in Cornwall. The records relate to various individuals in the community, including the donor, as well as organizations such as B'nai Brith, Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society, and the Beth-El Congregation. The items include scans of cemetery plans, burial certificates, photographs, meeting minutes, memorial books and various legal documents.; Photographs are as follows:; 01. 60th Anniversary of D-Day Programme.; 02. Abe and Rose Goldhamer, Long Sault Rapids before the seaway, ca. 1941.; 03. Al Burnes in uniform. Al lived in Cornwall and moved to Toronto, [between 1939 and 1945].; 04. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 1, 1962.; 05. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 2, 1962.; 06. Beth El Synagogue, exterior, nd.; 07. Beth El Synagogue, interior, nd.; 08. Birdie Phillips Miller.; 09. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [obverse]; 10. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [reverse]; 11. B’nai Brith entertaining seniors from Glen Stor Dun Lodge, 1964.; 12. B’nai Brith girls temporary charter, 1967.; 13. B’nai Brith Youth Organization temporary charter, 1967.; 14. Boys playing hockey behind the shul, 1930s. Back row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Abrugov, Murray Berns, Julius Kolomier. Front row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Goldhamer, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.; 15. Braham Goldhamer on piano.; 16. Cemetery plan from office of LP Stidwill, civil engineer and Ontario land surveyor, April 18 1958.; 17. Cemetery plan, nd.; 18. Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Robert Saunders Dam, 1957.; 19. B’nai Brith emergency meeting minutes, 1967.; 20. Entertainer, Helen Goldhamer and her father, Julius Miller.; 21. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 1, Oct. 5, 1924.; 22. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 2, Oct. 5, 1924.; 23. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [obverse] Pictured are, Standing left to right: Moe Helperin, Peter Solway, Oscar Niduvitch, Louis Dubinsky, Alex Abugor, Sam Nyman, Moe Schulman, Bernard Miller, I. Martin, Saul Schulman. Seated left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Sam Smolkin, Saul Kaye, Mrs. Eddie Cantor (guest speaker), Rabbi Matts, Julius Miller.; 24. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [reverse]; 25. Hebrew School, ca. 1958.; 26. Helen, Mark and Brham Goldhamer, ca. 1958.; 27. Helen Goldhamer on the St. Lawrence just west of Cornwall.; 28. Helen Goldhamer speaking.; 29. Helen Goldhamer thanking guest speaker.; 30. Joel Horovitz, Bar Mitzvah programme, 1954.; 31. Julius Miller and daughter Helen Goldhamer with father Moses Miller (seated) and grandson Braham Goldhamer at age 2.; 32. Julius Miller and wife Birdie in front of their furniture company’s first truck, ca. 1946.; 33. Julius Miller Grove invitation to ceremony, 1969.; 34. Julius Miller Grove letter, 1969.; 35. Julius Miller Grove plaque, ca. 1969.; 36. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.; 37. Annette Phillips and Mary Phillips, ca. 1948.; 38. Julius Miller presented with a pin by Mrs. Eddie Cantor at an Israel Bonds drive, 1961.; 39. Nathan Phillips with unidentified boy.; 40. Left to right: Annette Phillips, Mary Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller and Riva Phillips, 1940s.; 41. Left to right: Archie Dover, Julius Miller and Rabbi Lewin at the Memory Board dedication.; 42. Left to right: Helen Goldhamer, Sarah Vineberg, Mrs. M. Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller, Annette Phillips, ca. 1938.; 43. Succot. Left to right: Margot Miller, Jack Miller and Braham Goldhamer, ca. 1956.; 44. Left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Iruim Thaw, Saul Schulman and guest speaker, ca. 1961.; 45. Nathan and Sam Phillips, ca. 1920.; 46. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 1, 1929.; 47. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 2, 1929.; 48. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 1, 1945.; 49. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 2, 1945.; 50. Markus Goldhamer RCAF photo, Second World War.; 51. Mary Phillips, life member of Hadassah-WIZO card, April 5, 1954.; 52. Memorial book, pg. 1, 1926.; 53. Memorial book, pg. 2, 1926.; 54. Memorial book, pg. 3, 1926.; 55. Memorial book, pg. 4, 1926.; 56. Memory board.; 57. Moses Miller.; 58. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 1, 1934.; 59. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 2, 1934.; 60. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 3, 1934.; 61. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 4, 1934.; 62. Part of crowd at the annual dinner in Beth El Synagogue hall.; 63. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 1, Nov. 29, 1922.; 64. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 2, Nov. 29, 1922.; 65. President of B’nai Brith Mark Goldhamer speaking. Helen Goldhamer seated to his left.; 66. Riva Phillips beside Julius Miller Furniture shop, 1950s.; 67. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 1.; 68. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 2.; 69. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in September 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-09-04.

Subjects: Communities; Cemeteries

Name Access: Goldhamer, Mark

Places: Cornwall, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Young Judaea [textual record, graphic material] – 1919-2007.

Accession Number: 2007-12-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-12-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 90 cm of textual records; 1000 photographs [approx.]

Date: 1919-2007

Scope and Content: This accession consists of textual and graphic records documenting the programs and activities of Canadian Young Judaea. The records include newsletters and publications, photographs, anniversary books, and program books. There are also two compact discs containing scanned copies of the photographs from this accession.

Custodial History: These records were gathered together for an anniversary celebration held in November 2007. Most of the records were found in the basement of the office building on Marlee Avenue, before being donated to the Archives.

Administrative History: Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.; In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted at various Jewish communities throughout Canada and offices at the national level. In Toronto, Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.; Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization of Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjunction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps. They were therefore dependent on ZOC.

Subjects: Camps; Youth; Zionism

Name Access: Canadian Young Judaea

Source: Archival Accessions

Beth Jacob Congregation, Kitchener, ON [multiple media] – 1935-2008.

Accession Number: 2008-6-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-6-7

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 6.82 m of textual records and other material

Date: 1935-2008

Scope and Content: Accession contains records documenting the administration, programs and events of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener, from 1935 to 2008. Non-textual records include photographs, architectural drawings, artifacts, and a couple of books. The textual records include newsletters, correspondence, financial ledgers, community directories, event programmes, membership lists and dues ledgers. There is considerable material on the Talmud Torah, including teaching materials, curricula, student guides, notes on parent meetings, and correspondence. There are approximately 40 photographs in the accession, of which 25 are from one 1985 shul event. Other records relate to the cemetery, memorial plaques, adult education, nursery school, Sisterhood, youth programs, bar and bat mitzvots, clubs and chevra kadisha. There are several artifacts: Rabbi Rosensweig's quill pen, athletic trophies and medallions, I.D. bracelets, Tree of Life plaques, a Hadassah Convention name tag with ribbon from 1951, and an (empty) copper mezuzzah. Records of the Kitchener-Waterloo Hebrew Day School will form a second fonds when the accession is described (see accession file folder for proposed arrangement scheme). The Hebrew Day School records include parents and staff handbooks, procedure manual, teaching materials, certificates, correspondence, governance documents, student records and attendance books with class lists.

Use Conditions: Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects: Cemeteries; Synagogues

Source: Archival Accessions

Frankel family [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1928-2009.

Accession Number: 2009-11-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-11-4

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 X7 cm; 1 matchbook

Date: 1928-2009

Scope and Content: Accession consists of mementos, family documents and clippings from Nancy Draper (née Frankel). The records include a birth announcement card for Nancy in 1928 and a matchbook party favour from her wedding to Darrell Draper in 1949. There is also a scholarship application letter from the donor's granddaughter, Haley Draper, to UJA. Other records include a staff list from Camp Wabi-Kon in 1946; a Globe and Mail obituary of Dr. Martin Wolfish, a past volunteer of OJA; a photograph of David Steinhauer; a clipping about an Inuit sculpture inspired by the experience of Holocaust survivor Leon Kahn; and three eulogies for Patricia Drevnig Goldstein (1940-2005) (née Jacobs). Patricia was the granddaughter of Rabbi Solomon Jacobs of Holy Blossom, and her mother, Edna, was a Frankel. Finally, the accession includes a photocopy of a photograph of members of the Siglen family of Meaford with Maurice Frankel, the great-uncle of the donor, and Irwin Rosen, ca. 1928.

Administrative History: Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel, past prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community and members of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy attended Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in northern Ontario near Temagami, and then worked there as a teenager. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Subjects: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Camps; Families; Letters; Obituaries

Name Access: Draper, Nancy

Source: Archival Accessions

Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick at Camp Camperdown [graphic material] – 1937.

Level: Item

ID: Item 457

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 457

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1937

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick (Kanowich) now Hersh at Camp Camperdown, July 1937.

Notes: Inscribed on front: "Camp Camperdown 1937" and on back "Camp Camperdown July 25, 1937 Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick".

Name Access: Camp Camperdown; Kenwick, Rose; Strauss, Ida

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Ontario

Accession Number: Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

Dr. Chaim Weizmann during a visit to Varsity Arena [graphic material] – 1937.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1307

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1307

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1937

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Dr. Chaim Weizmann on stage during a visit to Varsity Arena in Toronto.

Name Access: Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Subjects: Presidents--Israel

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Dr. Chaim Weizmann and dignitaries [graphic material] – 1937.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1309

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1309

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1937

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Dr. Chaim Weizmann standing alongside several dignitaries in Toronto. Pictured from left to right are: [unidentified man], Mrs. Weizmann, Canon Cody (President, University of Toronto), Dr. Weizmann, John. J. Glass, Peter Heenan (Minister of Lands and Forests), Arthur Roebuck (Attorney General of Ontario).

Name Access: Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Subjects: Presidents--Israel

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Fishing in Camp Yungvelt (Pickering, ON) [graphic material] – 1934.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2964

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2964

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1934

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a young boy and girl fishing in a river at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes: Title taken from writing on photograph.; Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-3-10

Source: Archival Descriptions

Campers at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3102

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3102

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of female campers in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured are:; Back row, left to right: [unidentified], Lil Goldstick, Miriam Mayson, [unidentified], Reggie [?], Ida Crystal, Frances Hadler, Mildred Turofsky, Rivvy Oren.; Middle row, left to right: Leah Kronick, Riva Goldstick, Phyllis Carmen, Ruthie Freeman.; Front row: left to right: [unidentified], Rita Steinhouse.

Name Access: Camp Camperdown; Carmen, Phyllis; Crystal, Ida; Freeman, Ruthie; Goldstick, Lil; Goldstick, Riva; Hadler, Frances; Kronick, Leah; Mayson, Miriam; Oren, Rivvy; Reggie; Steinhouse, Rita; Turofsky, Mildred

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Campers at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3103

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3103

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of underprivileged campers at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. They are pictured in the ball field.

Name Access: Camp Camperdown

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Volleyball at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3104

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3104

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of campers playing volleyball in the ball field at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access: Camp Camperdown

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Three campers at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3105

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3105

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of three campers standing in the field in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access: Camp Camperdown

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Counsellors at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3106

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3106

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of counsellors at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Leah Kronick, [unidentified camper laying down], Lil Goldstick, Reggie [?], [unidentified].

Name Access: Camp Camperdown

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Coming back from swimming at Camp Camperdown (near Collingwood, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3107

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3107

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of campers returning from a swim at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access: Camp Camperdown

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-11-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Dr. and Mrs. Chaim Weizmann visit Varsity Arena, Toronto [graphic material] – 1937.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3657

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3657

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1937

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Lenore Kert is identified as the girl on the right presenting the flowers.

Name Access: Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952; Weizmann, Mrs. Chaim; Varsity Arena; Kert, Lenore

Subjects: Presidents--Israel

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 1984-4-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Camp Naivelt Committee [graphic material] – 1936.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3694

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3694

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1936

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 36 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of members of the Labour League's Camp Naivelt Committee. Pictured are:; Back row, left to right: Harry Levin, Mr. Boxenbaum, Sam Lipshitz, [unidentified], Fishel Rose.; Middle row, left to right: P. Hoffman, Harry Goldstein, Rose Freedman, Morris Starkman, Mrs. Nobleman, Mr. Sniderman, Philip Larger.; Front row, left to right: I. Milton, Harry Holtzman, I. Strasuner, Becky Lapides, Jack Cowan, Sam Speisman.

Name Access: Labor League (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Committees; Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 1983-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Workers' sport group, York Mills tourist camp, near Toronto [graphic material] – 1930.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3701

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3701

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1930

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Name Access: Workers' Sport Group; York Mills Tourist Camp

Subjects: Camps; Sports

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 1985-1-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Campers at Camp Yungvelt (Pickering, ON) [graphic material] – 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4014

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4014

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1939

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of a group of female campers seated on the front steps of a building located at Camp Yungvelt, in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes: Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-1-10

Source: Archival Descriptions

Balfour Manor Camp, Morrison Lake, Muskoka [graphic material] – 1938.

Level: Item

ID: Item 6028

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6028

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1938

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 47 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the staff and campers at the Balfour Manor Camp on Morrison Lake in the Muskoka region of Ontario. Identified individuals include: Irene Granovsky, Israel Gang, Nurse Haber, Cliff Fotheringham, Reuben Frank, Lahmi Frankel, Jack Granovsky, Martin Friedland, Sheldon Friedland and Audrey Rothschild.

Notes: See accession record for position of identified individuals.

Subjects: Camps; Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Ontario

Accession Number: 1991-12-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Chaim Weizmann at rally at Varsity Stadium, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1937].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6703

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6703

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1937]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph depicting Chaim Weizmann speaking at a rally in Toronto at Varsity Stadium on Bloor Street. The photo was taken by Mel Hundert, the donor, who was present at the rally.; Pictured from left to right are: Rabbi Samuel Sachs; J. J. Glass; Chaim Weizman; David Dunkelman.

Name Access: Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952; Glass, J.J; Dunkelman, David; Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi

Subjects: Demonstrations; Presidents--Israel

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 2004-9-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Campers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario [graphic material] – [ca. 1931].

Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 15; File 37; Item 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 15

File: 37

Item: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1931]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio: Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a group of campers and staff at Camp Winnebagoe near Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows the campers and counsellors in their uniforms, lined up for the photograph in front of one of the cabins.

Subjects: Camps

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1988-2-13

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Swimming at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario [graphic material] – [ca. 1931].

Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 15; File 37; Item 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Ida Lewis Siegel fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 15

File: 37

Item: 4

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1931]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio: Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a group of swimmers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows both male and female swimmers in the lake.

Subjects: Camps; Outdoor recreation

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.