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Walkathon promotion [graphic material] – 22 Apr. 1974.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walkathon 1974 sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 17-1-1; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walkathon 1974 sub-sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 17-1-1

File: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 22 Apr. 1974

Physical Description: 5 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of five images of a group of people with a costumed fox, presumably a mascot that year, and a Walk sign. The images were taken at 11 Goldfinch Court in the Finch and Bathurst area, which appears to be simply an apartment building complex.

Notes: Title based on contents of the file.; Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Subjects: Fund raising

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

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Basketball team (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [193-].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original and copy photograph of a basketball team sponsored by Sam Davis of Kirkland Lake. The team members are wearing their athletic clothing and one member is holding a basketball.

Notes: Caption on back of one reads: "Sam Davis sponsored Basket Ball team - notable forinclusion of D. Harry Magder, born in Sudbury, first practiced in Kirkland Lake, 33-34. a fine athlete and musician.".; Acquired in 1976.; Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access: Davis, Sam

Subjects: Sports teams

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

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Sam Davis (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [194-].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a portrait photograph of Sam Davis.

Notes: Acquired in 1976.; Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access: Davis, Sam

Subjects: Portraits

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

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Graner & Company Bankers and steamship agents, Queen St. W., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1910s-1920s].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6080

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6080

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1910s-1920s]

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

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Graner, son of Leizer and Chaya Graner, was born in the Ukraine, Russia, in 1879. He was educated in cheders and emigrated to England in the early twentieth century, where he remained for two and a half years. He settled in Toronto in 1907. He was the founder and first president of the Hebrew National Association and one of the founders of the Kehillah of Toronto. He was on the Board of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Canada, the Hebrew Free School, the Old Folks Home and the Goel Zedeck Synagogue. He was president of the Ukraine Verband of Toronto and Ontario in 1919, and directed the relief campaigns for the distressed. He was also chairman of the Ukraine Orphans' Campaign and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 1919. He had three children: Harry, Irwin, and Ida.

Scope and Content: Photograph of exterior of Graner & Company Bankers and steamship agents, Queen St. W., Toronto, n.d. Probably 1920s (perhaps 1910s). Standing in doorway is Joseph Graner.

Name Access: Graner & Company Bankers; Graner, Joseph

Subjects: Storefronts

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: Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1991-5-9

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Irwin Graner aboard steamship [graphic material] – [ca. 193-?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6081

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6081

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 193-?]

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

Scope and Content: Copy photograph of Irwin Graner, son of Joseph Graner, aboard steamship, possibly in the 1930s.

Name Access: Graner, Irwin; Graner, Joseph

Subjects: Transportation

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Graner family, Toronto [graphic material] – [192-?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6082

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6082

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [192-?]

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

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Graner, son of Leizer and Chaya Graner, was born in the Ukraine, Russia, in 1879. He was educated in cheders and emigrated to England in the early twentieth century, where he remained for two and a half years. He settled in Toronto in 1907. He was the founder and first president of the Hebrew National Association and one of the founders of the Kehillah of Toronto. He was on the Board of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Canada, the Hebrew Free School, the Old Folks Home and the Goel Zedeck Synagogue. He was president of the Ukraine Verband of Toronto and Ontario in 1919, and directed the relief campaigns for the distressed. He was also chairman of the Ukraine Orphans' Campaign and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 1919. He had three children: Harry, Irwin, and Ida.

Scope and Content: Item is a copy photograph of the Graner family, Toronto, 1920s. Seated from left to right are Joseph and his wife Temma (née Geller) and standing from left to right are their three children, Irwin, Ida, and Harry.

Notes: Original: Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.

Name Access: Graner family; Graner, Joseph; Graner, Temma; Graner, Irwin; Graner, Ida; Graner, Harry

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Steamship company owners aboard the Queen Mary [graphic material] – [193-?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6085

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6085

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-?]

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of steamship company owners aboard the Queen Mary, probably 1930s. Includes: Dorothy Dworkin (8th from left, front) and Joe Graner (2nd from right, front).

Name Access: Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976; Graner, Joseph

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joseph and Irwin Graner fixing a tire, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6086

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6086

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1926]

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

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Joseph Graner with his son, Irwin, changing a flat tire at the side of the road.

Name Access: Graner, Joseph; Graner, Irwin

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joseph Graner and daughter Ida changing tire, probably Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1926].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6087

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6087

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1926]

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

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Joseph Graner changing a flat tire at the side of the road with his daughter Ida Graner.

Name Access: Graner, Joseph; Graner, Ida

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Enoch (Henry) Grunier and Joseph Graner, probably Toronto [graphic material] – [191-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6090

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6090

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [191-]

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

Scope and Content: Copy photograph of Enoch (Henry) Grunier (left) and Joseph Graner, probably Toronto, 1910s. Grunier was a furrier.

Name Access: Grunier, Enoch (Henry); Graner, Joseph

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joseph and Temma Graner [graphic material] – [191-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 6091

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6091

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [191-]

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

Scope and Content: Item is a copy photograph from a carte de visite of Joseph and Temma Graner, probably Toronto, 1910s.

Name Access: Graner, Joseph; Graner, Temma

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: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Head table at Negev dinner [graphic material] – 1970.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 5; Item 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 5

Item: 2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1970

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the head table at the 1970 Negev dinner held in honour of Leon E. Weinstein.; Seated fourth from the left is Stephen Berger.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen; Weinstein, Leon E.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Anti-Nazi protest meeting, Massey Hall, Toronto [graphic material] – April 1933.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3045

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3045

Material Format: graphic material

Date: April 1933

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

Scope and Content: Identified in this photograph from left to right are: Joseph Graner; E.F. Singer; Samuel Factor, M.P.

Name Access: Factor, Samuel; Graner, Joseph; Singer, E. F.

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.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Dinner honouring Nathan Silver [graphic material] – 1967.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series

Level: File

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1967

Physical Description: 50 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Nathan Silver was born in Warsaw, Poland to Blima and Shul Silver. He married Lily Anne Cooper and they had four children: Shul David, Deborah Ruth, Joseph Baruch, and Bonnie Suzanne. Nathan served in the Second World War as an artillery gunner in the Canadian Army. His occupation was that of a builder and developer and he played an active role within the Toronto Jewish community, operating as National Chairman of the Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, executive member of the United Zionist Congress, and, as well, he was a member of the World Executive Zionist Revisionist Movement. Nathan Silver was also an advocate of Jewish education and was Chairman for the Executive of the Associated Hebrew Schools.

Scope and Content: File consists of images documenting the Negev dinner held in honour of Nathan Silver at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.; Included on the evening's programme were: Lewis J.E. Moses; Rabbi Emanuel Forman; Rabbi Joseph Kelman; Hon. Dr. Aba Gefen; Louis L. Lockshin; Eric Exton; Rabbi Dr. David Monson; Cantor Zvee Aroni accompanied by Leo Spellman; Philip G. Givens; William Stevenson; Samuel Shainhouse; and Stephen Berger. This file features several images of the aforementioned individuals participating in their assigned roles for the event.

Name Access: Moses, Lewis J.E.; Forman, Rabbi Emanuel; Kelman, Rabbi Joseph; Gefen, Hon. Dr. Aba; Lockshin, Louis L.; Exton, Eric, 1907-1997; Monson, Rabbi Dr. David; Aroni, Cantor Zvee; Spellman, Leo; Givens, Philip G.; Stevenson, William; Shainhouse, Samuel; Berger, Stephen; Negev dinners; Jewish National Fund

Subjects: Dinners and dining; Revisionist Zionists

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger and Manny Rotman posing with certificate [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 5

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen; Rotman, Manny

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger giving a speech at Negev dinner [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 13 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio: Stephen Berger was married to Dr. Edith Steinbach and they had two sons named John and Michael. He worked as a civil engineer and was actively involved in the Jewish community holding positions with the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Welfare Fund, Zionist Organization of Canada and others.; Berger was nominated Man of the Year at a Negev Dinner in 1959 and a Nachla was founded in his name in Israel.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Stephen Berger, Chairman of the Jewish National Fund of Toronto, giving a speech at the 1956 Negev dinner.

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen; Jewish National Fund; Steinbach, Dr. Edith

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Presentation of certificate at Negev dinner [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 7

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of standing behind the podium presenting certificates at the 1956 Negev dinner.; Standing from left to right are: unidentified, Mark Levy, Stephen Berger, unidentified woman, D. Lou Harris, unidentified woman.

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Levy, Mark; Harris, D. Lou; Berger, Stephen; Jewish National Fund

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 8

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Stephen Berger was married to Dr. Edith Steinbach and they had two sons named John and Michael. He worked as a civil engineer and was actively involved in the Jewish community holding positions with the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Welfare Fund, Zionist Organization of Canada and others.; Berger was nominated Man of the Year at a Negev Dinner in 1959 and a Nachla was founded in his name in Israel.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Stephen Berger, Chairman of the Jewish National Fund of Toronto.

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Presentation of certificates at Negev dinner [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 11

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the presentation of certificates at the Negev dinner. Standing from left to right are: Mark Levy, Stephen Berger and D. Lou Harris.

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Levy, Mark; Berger, Stephen; Harris, D. Lou

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger, Manny Rotman and Harris Gulko holding JNF certificate [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 23

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 23

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Rotman, Manny; Gulko, Harris; Berger, Stephen

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger and Manny Rotman posing with certificate [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 29

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen; Rotman, Manny; Jewish National Fund

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Negev dinner group portrait [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 30

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 30

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group portrait at the 1956 Negev dinner.; Standing from left to right are: Eddie Gelber, unknown, unknown, Sam Kronick [seated], Stephen Berger, Manny Rotman, and Harris Gulko.

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Kronick, Sam; Gelber, Eddie; Berger, Stephen; Rotman, Manny; Gulko, Harris; Jewish National Fund

Subjects: Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 37

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 37

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access: Berger, Stephen; Jewish National Fund

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stephen Berger giving a speech at Negev dinner [graphic material] – 1956.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 1; Item 34

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 1

Item: 34

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1956

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Notes: Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access: Berger, Stephen

Repro Restriction: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Cyrel Troster [textual record] – 1988-2014.

Accession Number: 2014-8-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-8-10

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records

Date: 1988-2014

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records documenting Cyrel Troster's Jewish communal involvement, particularly with cultural planning for UJA Federation. Included are event inviations, program books, brochures, a postcard, meeting minutes, reports, and flyers. Records relate to the following agencies and projects: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the Tomorrow Campaign, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Holy Blossom Temple, Shareeh Haim Synagogue, the Jewish Museum in Toronto, reports on Jewish education in Toronto, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, the Holocaust Centre of Toronto, and the Koffler Centre. Of note is a copy of a study commissioned by UJA Federation for Frank Gehry, who was originally approached to design the Koffler Gallery.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Troster, Cyrel; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto : Corporate Affairs [textual record] – 2006-2011.

Accession Number: 2015-2-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-2-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records

Date: 2006-2011

Scope and Content: Accession consists of Executive Committee and Board of Director packages distributed to members prior to meetings. Included in the packages are previous meeting minutes, agendas, and ancillary reports. The Executive Committee packages are from 2006-2008 and 2010-2011 and the Board of Director packages are from 2006-2008.

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: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Cyrel Troster [textual record] – 1984-2014.

Accession Number: 2015-3-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-3-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: ca. 8 cm of textual records

Date: 1984-2014

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records predominantly related to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's Community Planning and Allocations Committee. Records include studies, meeting minutes, correspondence, budgets and reports, most related to the plans for redevelopment of the Bathurst JCC. Records also include Bar Mitzvah benchers and Ashkenaz Festival promotional materials.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto : Book of Life [textual record] – 2014.

Accession Number: 2015-5-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-5-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2014

Scope and Content: Accession consists of signed pages for the 2014 inductees into the Jewish Foundation's Book of Life. Names include: Cecil and Elaine Brauer; Congregation Bina; Senator David Croll; Joel Cuperfain; Judy Feld Carr; Mike and Sue Feldman; Marvin and Lillian Goldman; Judi Gottlieb; Daniel Hornik; William Lipsey; Mintz Family; Nathan Peck; Lori Rosenthal; Michael & Lom Schelew; David M. Sherman; Harold and Joan Somer; Didi Urbach; Saul Wagman; and Ernest (Ernie) Weiss. Also included is a program book from the Book of Life ceremonies.

Subjects: Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Mildred Colman [textual record] – 1959, 1965.

Accession Number: 2015-6-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-6-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1959, 1965

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a 1959 UJA report to community leaders providing an update on Women's Division Diamon Luncheon, two issues of the UJA Picture News, and a clipping from the Toronto Jewish Reporter with images of leaders of the 1965 UJA Women's Division.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Cyrel Troster [textual record, object] – 1974-2009.

Accession Number: 2015-8-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-8-4

Material Format: textual record; object

Physical Description: ca. 15 cm of textual records; 1 leather hide

Date: 1974-2009

Scope and Content: Accession consists of documents related to UJA Federation committees and the Ontario Jewish Archives. Documents include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, promotional material, budgets, and newspaper clippings. Accession also includes a shoe leather hide from Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited that was used at a shoe conference.

Administrative History: Cyrel's grandfather, Charles Troster, owned the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, a shoe factory, in Toronto. Cyrel's father and all of her uncles worked there. Names on the shoes were as follows: Celina, Lady Edna, Avanti, Charles (Studio of Canada), and Edna.

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

Subjects: Business; Fashion and clothing; Meetings

Name Access: Troster, Charles; Troster, Cyrel; Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited (Toronto, Ont.); Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Centre for Jewish Education (Mercaz) [textual record] – 2000-2008.

Accession Number: 2015-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-8-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 2.25 m of textual records

Date: 2000-2008

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to the Centre for Jewish Education's (formerly, the Board of Jewish Education) Affiliations and Compliance Committee and the records received from affiliated schools and those wishing to affiliate. The records are arranged alphabetically by school. Included is correspondence between staff members of the CJE, the UJA Federation and the various schools; budgets; policy and procedural manuals; legal documents; curriculum; and miscellaneous school publications such as newsletters, flyers, pamphlets and anniversary books.

Subjects: Education

Name Access: Centre for Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.); UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Mercaz (Toronto, Ont.); Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

United Jewish Appeal [textual record] – 1967.

Accession Number: 2015-9-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-14

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1967

Scope and Content: Accession consists of an invittaion to a tribute dinner honouring David Ben-Gurion on his 80th birthday.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects: Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: United Jewish Appeal (Toronto, Ont.); UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto : Book of Life [textual record] – 2014-2015.

Accession Number: 2015-12-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-12-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 2 folders of textual records

Date: 2014-2015

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a Jewish Foundation Report to Community for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 as well as Book of Life stories for 2015. Individuals entered into the Book of Life for that year include: Harvey Atkin and Celia Tessler Atkin; Leonard Borer; Beverley D. Burdeyney; Arnold Buxbaum; Miriam Fish Coven; Paul Engel; Cynthia Gasner; Anette Goldstein; Al and Margaret Goodman; Irving and Barbara Green; Shirley Jackson; Lagover Mutual Benefit Society; Eleanor Nadler; Rochelle Reichert; Michael and Lili Shain; Hush and Sally Sherman; Michael B. Soberman; Frieda Torkin; Goldie and Sol Wassermuhl; Lynda Weinrib.

Custodial History: The records were transferred to the Archives by Janice Benatar, Director, Donor Development for the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto.

Administrative History: The Book of Life is a collection of family stories from those who have left a financial legacy with the Jewish Foundation. The book is both hardcopy and online. A complete list of Book of Life signatories can be found on their website at: http://www.jewishfoundationtoronto.com/Our-Activities/Book-of-Life

Subjects: Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto : Women's Campaign and Advocacy [textual record, graphic material] – 1989-2000.

Accession Number: 2016-2-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-2-14

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1.8 m of textual records and graphic material

Date: 1989-2000

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records created by UJA Federation's Women's Campaign and Advocacy. The records consist of general subject files that document the breadth of work of the WC&A, including the operation of its executive board and committees, fundraising campaigns and the various giving levels, missions, volunteer management, outreach efforts, programming, as well as the WC&A's relationship with the Jewish Women's Federation.

Custodial History: These records appear to have originated with Frances Goldstein.

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: Philanthropy and fundraising; Women

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Jewish Women's Federation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation : Israel Funwalk [moving images] – 21 May 2001.

Accession Number: 2016-3-28

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-3-28

Material Format: moving images

Physical Description: 1 VHS : col. ; 8 min.

Date: 21 May 2001

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one VHS tape produced for publicity purposes for the UJA Federation's annual funwalk. It features Corey Mandell of Mandell Entertainment interacting with and interviewing kids at the Leo Baeck Day School.

Custodial History: This VHS was found loose on a shelf at UJA Federation's offsite storage. It was retrieved and brought back to the archives.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Israel; Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Reena; CHAT [textual record] – 2016.

Accession Number: 2016-11-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2016

Scope and Content: The accession consists of the UJA Women's Philanthropy Lion of Judah Mane Event program. The event took place at Saks Fifth Avenue in Toronto on September 19, 2016. The brochure includes the evening program and lists past chairs of UJA Women's Division from 1937 to 2016. Additional brochures include: Summer 2016, Chatter Magazine, published by Tanenbaum CHAT for alumni, students, parents and friends; Reena Annual Report for 2015-2016; and UJA By the Numbers, fundraising marketing collateral used in 2016 to describe the distribution of UJA funding.

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.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Reena (Toronto, Ont.); Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto [textual record] – 1954-1989.

Accession Number: 2017-1-32

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-1-32

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1954-1989

Scope and Content: Accession consists of various legal documents, land deeds, and newspaper clippings between the United Jewish Welfare Fund/Toronto Jewish Congress and the Bathurst JCC, Beach Hebrew Institute and other institutions.

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.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto: Office of the President [graphic material, textual record] – 2004-2010.

Accession Number: 2017-4-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-4-7

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records; 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 18 cm

Date: 2004-2010

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of Ted Sokolsky and textual records that include: Centre Square Seniors' Centre Program and Design Brief (2004), Israel Emergency Campaign Fact Finding Trip by Ted Sokolsky and Adam Minsky (2007), Israel Emergency Campaign Proposal Draft 1 (2007) and a photo scrapbook of the Hatzor Ha'Glilit Early Childhood Centre (2010) thanking the UJA for its contribution to the construction of its new building.

Custodial History: Donated by Adam Minsky's office.

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: Charities; Israel; Older people

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Jewish Foundation : Book of Life [textual record] – 2017.

Accession Number: 2017-11-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-11-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2017

Scope and Content: Accession consists of signed pages for the 2017 inductees into the Jewish Foundation's Book of Life. Names include: Earl (Mann) Zimmerman; Rosenbaum/Posmantier Family; Loretta and Harold Grammer; Alice Herman; W. Bernard Herman; Fernande and Marco Zevy; Susan Laufer and Barry Greenberg; Elliott and Lisa Michaelson; Naomi Matlow, Orli Matlow and Yael Matlow; Terry Shane and Marci Tracheter Shane; Daniel and Karen Sacke; Ashkenaz Foundation; Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld; Rafi Yablonsky; Elaine and Alfie Lightstone; Simon and Brenda Benattar; Elli and Tova Schochet; Frank and Sarah Fleisher; Irwin and Miriam Goldstein; Jean and Harold Bernholtz; Harold and Shelley Wolkin; Tommy and Susan Jutcovich; Judy Winberg; Randy Spiegel; Marcia and Arthur Zaler; Frank and Nancy Laurie; and the Diamond Family;

Subjects: Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Creative Department [moving images] – 1998-2006.

Accession Number: 2017-12-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-12-1

Material Format: moving images

Physical Description: 8 videocassettes : Betacam SP and Digital Betacam

Date: 1998-2006

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 8 videocassettes that belonged to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's Creative Department. Cassettes include: United Jewish Appeals The Campaign for Fifty (1998), UJA Federation Symposium of Hope (2003), UJA Federation 2004 "What Will Tomorrow Hold?" Canvasser Training (2003), UJA Federation Tomorrow Campaign "End Video" (2004), UJA Federation Tomorrow Campaign "Tomorrow Campaign" (2004), UJA "Israel Emergency Campaign" (2006)

Custodial History: Amit Louis and Amy Krasin of the Creative Department were cleaning out an old desk in the summer of 2017 and found the tapes. Amit suggested bringing the tapes to the archives, which Amy did sometime thereafter.

Administrative History: UJA Federation's Tomorrow Campaign is Canada’s largest non-profit community development project. It is Federation's response to the need for new facilities and services brought about by the growth of Toronto’s Jewish community.

Subjects: Charities

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Israel

Source: Archival Accessions

Alison Himel [textual record] – 1988-1994.

Accession Number: 2017-12-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-12-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1988-1994

Scope and Content: Accession consists of materials documenting United Jewish Appeal fundraising campaigns. Included are: a spiral-bound booklet for the 1998 UJA Women's Campaign Board of Directors, a "Lion of Judah" card that would have accompanied a pin of the same name, a document outlining canvassing procedures for Lion of Judah and Atarah canvassers, training materials taken from the American UJA National Training Centre Manual, documents from the 1994 UJA Campaign, a 1993 Jewish Agency for Israel budget, and a photocopy of a chart outlining UJA/Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto's local and national allocations.

Custodial History: Alison Himel, the daughter of Malka Green, a well-known philanthropist in the Jewish community, donated the records, which had belonged to her mother, to Ontario Jewish Archives two years following Mrs. Green's passing.

Administrative History: The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was incorporated in Ontario in March 1917 to coordinate the fundraising activities of Jewish charitable, philanthropic, and social service agencies in Toronto. In 1918, ten separate agencies were funded by the FJPT. By 1937, fourteen agencies were funded. The Great Depression of the 1930s and the development of several newer Jewish aid, education and medical care organizations created both increased need for resources and growing competition for ever-more scarce dollars. Within a very few years this funding crisis forced a major review of the organization. During 1936 a series of special meetings of leading individuals were held to examine the income and expenditures of all Toronto Jewish agencies and also to speculate about the need for a new Toronto Jewish "Community Chest" as the sole fund-raising organization for a federation of all Jewish agencies including the FJPT. In 1938, the new United Jewish Welfare Fund was formally constituted. Added to the FJPT's previous list of Toronto client agencies in 1938 were: the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Hebrew National Association, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Association, the Mizrachi Society, the Toronto Free Loan Association, the Geverkshaften, and Old Folks Home, and the United Palestine Appeal, raising the total number of agencies to 22. When the State of Israel was established in 1948, the UJWF's annual fundraising campaign was combined with the CJC's United Palestine appeal to form a new, combined campaign named the United Jewish Appeal (UJA). In 1967, the UJA name was legally changed to the United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto. In mid-1976, the organization's public name was changed to the Toronto Jewish Congress. Although initially thought of as a merger between the UJWF and the CJC, the actual result was the expansion of the UJWF responsibilities to include local education and welfare services previously shared with the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The UJWF, however, remained the legal senior entity. In 1991 the public name was again changed to the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto and in 1999, to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. By this date, over 30 beneficiary and affiliated agencies, 49 affiliated schools and five Federation departments were fully or partly funded by the UJA Federation. In June, 2010, the organization altered its legal structure, with the senior legal entity becoming the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.

Subjects: Charities; Fund raising

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto [textual record] – 2005-2017.

Accession Number: 2018-1-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-1-8

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Date: 2005-2017

Scope and Content: This accession consists of publications, programs, pamphlets and other promotional material of the UJA Federation for their Annual Campaign including canvassing material. In addition, there is some promotional material for other events and campaigns such as Rally for Israel, 9th Annual Awards Night, Impact Toronto Ben Guiron Society, Global Seder, and Across the Street Across the Globe. Also included are program booklets for the UIAJC National Young Leadership Conference 2005, 2007-2009, 2012; UJA Joshua Institute Future Leaders graduates; and Trifest post-programming handbooks. Other records include honour rolls, directories for the National Young Leadership Cabinet, and an impact report for the Israel Emergency Relief Fund.

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.

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Julia Koschitzky [textual record, graphic material] – 1984-2003.

Accession Number: 2018-3-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-3-5

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records (1 vol.); 4 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Date: 1984-2003

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photo album containing clippings, programmes, invitations, brochures and photographs related to Julia Koschitzky's role as co-chair of the 1989 United Jewish Appeal Campaign and the 1989 UJA Prime Minister's Mission to Israel. Also included is a folder of loose newsclippings, a copy of Vision magazine, the Jewish Standard, a UIA annual report (1992), a UJA annual report (1989) and other materials related to Koschitzky's time with UJA and her role as President of United Israel Appeal in 1992. There is also a small number of newsclippings related to the philanthropic work of Julia's husband, Henry.

Subjects: Philanthropists

Name Access: Koschitzky, Julia, 1943-; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; United Israel Appeal Federations Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Cyrel Troster [textual record, sound recording] – 1973-2005.

Accession Number: 2018-6-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-6-7

Material Format: textual record; sound recording

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records; 6 cassette tapes

Date: 1973-2005

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement with various Jewish committees and organizations. Included are: transcripts of oral histories with prominent Jewish Torontonians that were conducted as part of an oral history project in 1973; correspondence between Cyrel Troster and interviewees; index cards listing the dates of the oral history interviews; promotional materials for Jewish arts festivals; public proposal document for the new Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue; and documents and records from Cyrel's involvement in various Jewish organizations. Also included are Local Initiatives Program application forms (1973), lists of presidents of various Jewish organizations, a map of the Jewish York Region (1999), issues of Exodus Magazine in both English and Russian from May 2018, and two issues of the Wilson Heights High School yearbook The Torch (1962-63).; The six tape cassettes are as follows: Cantor Paul Kowarsky Live in Concert (no date); Highlights from the 1994 Toronto Jewish Storytelling Festival; interview with Esther Volpe (two cassette tapes); interview with Samuel Harris; and one cassette marked "Dov Noy copy of Library tape" (Dov Noy was a Jewish folklorist).; The accession contains transcripts for the following interviewees: Mrs. Arbus, David Biderman, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Sherman, Arthur Cohen, Mrs. Draimin, Max Federman, Morris Flicht, Joshua Gershman, Samuel Harris, Ben Heisel, Rose Heisel, Mr. Lean, Mary Levy, Harry Pullan, J. B. Salsberg, Yekil Silverman, A. S. Socol, Nathan Strauss, Esther Volpe, and Annie Zeidman.; The accession contains records related to Cyrel's involvement in the following committees and organizations: Committee for Yiddish (1997-2004); Cultural Services and Planning Committee (1990-2005), Jewish Public Library (2005); Canadian Jewish Congress, Orthodox Division (1982-1984); Holocaust Centre (1979-2004); Limmud (2000); Ontario Jewish Archives (1973-2004); Jewish Theatre (1996-2002); Jewish Arts Council (2000-2004); Jewish Toronto Tomorrow (1994-2004); Ashkenaz (1997-2004); UJA Federation (1978, 1984, 1990-2004).

Use Conditions: Credit to be given to Susan Cohen and Cyrel Troster—coordinators of the Local Initiatives Project project in 1973—and to interviewer(s) and transcribers when using tapes or transcribed interviews.; Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes: RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See accession 2017-4-6 for related sound recordings. Some may be duplicates.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.); Limmud Toronto; Ontario Jewish Archives; Troster, Cyrel; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Shoel Silver [textual record] – 1987-2011.

Accession Number: 2018-7-20

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-7-20

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 120 cm of textual records (4 boxes)

Date: 1987-2011

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material involving Shoel Silver's involvement with various Jewish organizations including B'nai Brith Canada (BBC), the Canada-Israel Committee (CIC), the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (UJA), and the United Israel Appeal (UIA). Included are meeting minutes, reports, memoranda, correspondence, budgets, discussion documents, resource material, newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, briefing papers, resolutions.

Custodial History: Records remained in the custody of Shoel Silver until 27 July 2018 when the OJA acquired the records from the former.

Administrative History: Shoel Silver is a Toronto businessman. He formerly co-chaired the Unity of the Jewish People Committee with Natan Sharansky. Prior to that, he was the scholar in residence for the first Federation Shabbaton.

Use Conditions: Accession is closed for 25 years from date of donation.

Subjects: Israel; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: B'nai Brith Canada; Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs; Jewish Agency for Israel; Silver, Shoel; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; United Israel Appeal

Places: Canada; Israel

Source: Archival Accessions

Ben Kayfetz - March 4, 1984

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: March 4, 1984

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Number: AC 210

Subject: Antisemitism; Human rights; Law; Nonprofit organizations

Interview Date: March 4, 1984

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Phyllis Platnick

Total Running Time: 46 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Christie Pits riot at approximately minute 16:00

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Benjamin Gershon Kayfetz was born on December 24, 1916 in Toronto. He married Eva Silver and had two children. Ben graduated from the University of Toronto in 1939, with a B.A. in modern languages. He worked as a high school teacher in Huntsville and Niagara Falls between 1941 and 1943. In 1943, he joined the war effort, working for the Department of National Defense in Postal Censorship and was responsible for reviewing prisoner of war mail. After the war, Kayfetz traveled to British Occupied Germany where he worked as a censor of telecommunications with the Control Commission until 1947. Upon returning to Toronto, he was hired as the National Director of Community Relations by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), and as the Executive (National) Director of the Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC), a CJC - B'nai B'rith cooperative organization. He also served as the Central Region Executive Director of the CJC between 1973 and 1978. He worked to develop anti-discrimination laws and for the protection of minority and religious rights. Kayfetz was also actively involved in promoting the welfare of Jewish Communities worldwide. He was awarded the Samuel Bronfman Medal by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1985 and the Order of Canada in 1986. In addition to his professional activities, Kayfetz wrote articles for various Jewish publications under both his own name and the pseudonym, Gershon B. Newman, and gave a weekly radio address on CHIN radio addressing various contemporary Jewish issues. He was also actively involved in the Toronto Jewish Historical Society (serving as its president), Canadian Jewish Historical Society and Yiddish Luncheon Circle. Ben Kayfetz died in 2002.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Balmy Beach Swastika Club; Canadian Jewish Congress; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Geographic Access: Toronto; Kew Beach; Christie Pits

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\AC 210, Ben Kayfetz\AC 210 notes.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz describes the skirmish between antisemitic and Jewish youths at Kew Beach in July 1933.

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz discusses the laws that restricted “Jews or other objectionable races” from purchasing, owning or renting properties in Toronto and summer resort areas. He describes the steps taken to change the law.

Photographs of Golda Meir at United Jewish Appeal and Israel Special Fund banquet [graphic material] – 1974.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; General office subject and correspondence files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1319

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; General office subject and correspondence files series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 2

File: 1319

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1974

Physical Description: 22 photographs : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of twenty-two photographs featuring close-ups of Golda Meir speaking at an United Jewish Appeal and Israel Special Fund banquet and group photographs of Meir standing with and greeting various donors and board members of the United Jewish Appeal including Eddie Creed, Murray Koffler, and Joan Lipson. The event took place at the Inn on the Park.

Name Access: Meir, Golda, 1898-1978; Koffler, Murray; Lipson, Joan; Creed, Eddie; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Subjects: Prime ministers--Israel

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Tribute dinner to Sam Davis (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [194-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 795

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 795

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of a tribute dinner held in honour of Sam Davis of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The dinner took place in the Adath Israel Synagogue hall. The photograph depicts several individuals seated at a banquet table.; Pictured from left to right are: [unidentified woman], Rabbi and Rebbetzen Rabinovitch, Esther Davis, Sam Davis, Harry Atkins and Fagie Atkins.

Notes: Photo by Duke Studio; Acquired in 1975

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Atkins, Fagie; Atkins, Harry; Davis, Esther; Davis, Sam; Rabinovitch, Rabbi; Rabinovitch, Rebbetzen

Subjects: Dinners and dining

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Tribute dinner to Sam Davis (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [194-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 796

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 796

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of a tribute dinner in honour of Sam Davis. The dinner took place at the Adath Israel Synagogue hall. The photograph features several people seated at a banquet table.; Pictured left to right are: Fay Atkins, Sam Finkleman, Annie Finkleman, Mr. Gashon (Gabbai), Mrs. Gashon, Simcha Kaplan, Hyman Kaplan.

Notes: Photo by Duke Studio.; Acquired in 1975; Finkelman may be an alternate spelling for Sam and Annie Finkleman.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Atkins, Fay; Davis, Sam; Finkelman, Annie; Finkleman, Annie; Gashon, Mr., Gabbai; Gashon, Mrs.; Hyman, Kaplan; Kaplan, Simcha

Subjects: Dinners and dining

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mr. and Mrs. Kussner (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1948].

Level: Item

ID: Item 828

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 828

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1948]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of Mr. and Mrs. Kussner of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph may have been taken at a tribute dinner at the Adath Israel Synagogue, in honour of Sam Davis.

Notes: Photo by Duke Studio.; Acquired in 1976.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Davis, Sam; Kussner, Mr.; Kussner, Mrs.

Subjects: Married people

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: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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