- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Kashruth Directory of kosher products and services issued by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Religion
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Klinghofer, Joseph
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Manitoba
- United States
- Maritime Provinces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 70
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 70
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a photograph taken of the CJC Central Region Archives Exhibition Committee at the Kiever Synagogue in 1974. Committee members include from left to right: Stephen Speisman, Susan Cohen, Cyrel Troster, Bess Shockett, Susan Geller, and Martin Mendelow.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Subjects
- Archives
- Committees
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939-1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress records related to a study carried out by Saul Hayes and Jacob Finkelman on discriminatory employment practices in Ontario. The title of the resulting report is "Evidence of Unequal Opportunity in Employment and a Suggested Fair Employment Practices Legislation". Included are reports, memorandi, correspondence, sample applications from different employers, and a booklet by Gurston Allen entitled "Jewish Occupational Difficulties" (1939).
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Hayes, Saul
- Finkelman, Jacob
- Allen, Gurston
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records
- Date
- 1986-1987
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Executive Director files of the CJC, Central Region. The files were created and accumulated by E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 92 m of textual records and sound recordings
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The records cover a variety of topics but primarily consist of general office files from E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Also included are audio recordings, including one of Golda Meir's visit to Toronto in 1970, and a community meeting following the Allen Gardens open-air speech by William John Beattie in 1965.
- Audio cassette recordings (4) of Saul Hayes attending National Executive Officers Meeting, 19 Jun. 1971 & 20 Jun. 1971.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9.3 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Canadian Jewish Congress, in particular, their committees dealing with Israel affairs and Jews in Arab lands.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 37.8 m of textual records
- Date
- 1958-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of general office files of the CJC as well as records related to the Education and Culture Committee, the Toronto Jewish Cultural Committee, Planning and Priorities/Assimilation, the Youth Committee, CJC plenaries, small communities, Chaplaincy, Orthodox Division, Political Liaison Committee, community services, the Audit Committee, Joint Community Relations Committee, Camp Massad and Moess Chitton.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 11.1 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 2000]-[ca. 2010]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operations of the CJC Ontario Region. Included are records related to the activities of the Community Relations Committee, reports, correspondence, political affairs records, communications, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, and moving images of various events.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: Includes graphic material and audio-visual records
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Rules and Conditions for the Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest, essays submitted, correspondence from the Board of Jewish Education and the vote casting process for the 1976 contest.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Administrative History
- The Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest was established by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region's Department of Education and Culture. The rules and conditions stated in a booklet dated 1973 was that the 'prize or prizes for the best essay or essays or oral address or addresses on men famous in Jewish history...'. The Contest was open to 'All Jewish children in the Province of Ontario outside of Metropolitan Toronto and Ottawa.' The essays submitted in 1973 appeared to follow the Rules and Conditions. However, in the 1976 contest, now sponsored by The Board of Jewish Education, there were no restrictions on where the Jewish children lived or on the gender of the person in Jewish history being written about.
- Subjects
- Education
- Children
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual material
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Scope and Content
- Accession file consists of letters, posters, press releases, minutes of meeting and policy statements regarding Israeli prisoners of war in Syria. The documents are from many organizations such as the Labor Zionist Alliance, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Toronto Jewish Youth Council, and the Canada-Israel Committee.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Israel--Armed Forces
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an undated document 'Rules and Regulations Concerning the Organization of the Hebrew Schools in Ontario'.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1945-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound document on Religious Instruction in Public Schools of Ontario, presented by Rabbi Abraham Feinberg to the Royal Commission on Education and a fact and discussion sheet of similarities and contrasts between Canadian and US Jewries and Judaism.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 audiotapes
- Date
- 1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession cosists of two audiotapes of a Regional Executive Meeting of January 1969 and a Community Town Hall Meeting of February 1969. The second tape may be of speeches at a plenary session.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1953, 1958
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of correspondence between Kurt Kramer of the CJC, Central Region and the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland regarding fair practices for Jewish funeral directors and the need for an arbitration committee to handle burial disputes. Also included is a certificate in Hebrew from the Canadian Association of Hebrew Schools.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967-1973
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1970 many Jewish groups in Ontario organized to help refusniks who were being persecuted in the Soviet Union and to pressure local, national and international governments to address Soviet antisemitism. In early 1971, the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry (ACSJ) was formed by the (then) Central Region of the CJC to coordinate the activities of, and provide stable funding and administrative support for, these various ad hoc committees and action groups that had sprung up across Ontario.
- The ACSJ originally reported to the CJC’s Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ), but by the mid-1970s the reporting of the two committees was reversed, with the steering committee reporting to the action committee. By 1977, the action committee and the steering committee were merged into the newly-renamed CJC Ontario Region’s Committee for Soviet Jewry (occasionally referred to as the Toronto Committee). J. B. Salsberg was the first SCSJ Chairman, serving in this capacity until 1976.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J. B. Salsberg's involvement in the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry. Included are booklets, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, meeting minutes of the National Committee on Soviet Jewry and the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, reports, newsletters, conference booklets, and a brochure.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1970 many Jewish groups in Ontario organized to help refusniks who were being persecuted in the Soviet Union and to pressure local, national and international governments to address Soviet antisemitism. In early 1971, the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry (ACSJ) was formed by the (then) Central Region of the CJC to coordinate the activities of, and provide stable funding and administrative support for, these various ad hoc committees and action groups that had sprung up across Ontario.
- The ACSJ originally reported to the CJC’s Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ), but by the mid-1970s the reporting of the two committees was reversed, with the steering committee reporting to the action committee. By 1977, the action committee and the steering committee were merged into the newly-renamed CJC Ontario Region’s Committee for Soviet Jewry (occasionally referred to as the Toronto Committee). J. B. Salsberg was the first SCSJ Chairman, serving in this capacity until 1976.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J. B. Salsberg's involvement in the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry. Included are newspaper clippings, bulletins, executive committee meeting minutes of the Committee for Soviet Jewry, a booklet, and a programme for the 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish poets, novelists and artists at the Beth Tzedec Synagogue.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986-1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1970 many Jewish groups in Ontario organized to help Refusniks who were being persecuted in the Soviet Union and to pressure local, national and international governments to address Soviet antisemitism. In early 1971, the Action Committee for Soviet Jewry (ACSJ) was formed by the (then) Central Region of the CJC to coordinate the activities of, and provide stable funding and administrative support for, these various ad hoc committees and action groups that had sprung up across Ontario.
- The ACSJ originally reported to the CJC’s Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry (SCSJ), but by the mid-1970s the reporting of the two committees was reversed, with the steering committee reporting to the action committee. By 1977, the action committee and the steering committee were merged into the newly-renamed CJC Ontario Region’s Committee for Soviet Jewry (occasionally referred to as the Toronto Committee). J. B. Salsberg was the first SCSJ Chairman, serving in this capacity until 1976.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J.B. Salsberg's involvement in the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry. Included are booklets, reports, agendas, correspondence, meeting minutes, conference material for the Regional Conference on Israel and Soviet Jewry, and newspaper clippings.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1934-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of historical material collected by the CJC Central Region Centenary Committee or Historical Committee (both committee names appear in the file). These materials include several CJC Ontario Division documents dating from 1934. The bulk of the accession consists of reports of interviews conducted in 1956 with members of Holy Blossom as part of a Holy Blossom Centennial research project.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 499
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 499
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the CJC Committee for Jewish Music Month in Kitchener, Ontario
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Committees
- Jews--Music
- Repro Restriction
- Credit Kitchener-Waterloo Record
- 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
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created or accumulated by the Committee for Yiddish, which operated under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and later, the Toronto Jewish Congress (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto).
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of minutes of meetings of the War Efforts Committee, various newspapers from the USA (The Sentinel) and Canada (Army Week) and a Jewish Calendar for Men in the Canadian Armed Forces (1941-1942).
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Administrative History
- One of the main roles of the committee was to raise funds from Jewish communities across Canada for the purchase and donation of furniture. According to a document 'Special bulletin on Furnishing project', Congress is the only organization supplying furniture under an agreement with the Department of National Defence. The Chairman of the committee was Gurston Allen of Toronto.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Meetings
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, War Efforts Committee
- Allen, Gurston
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Friedman, Morris
- Markish, Esther
- Eisenberg, Joe
- Wexler, Boris
- Acker, Abe
- Brownstone, Sam
- Klafter, Gershon
- Rosen, Marty
- Fackenheim, Emil
- Rosensweig, Philip
- Saiger, Norman
- Sadowski, David
- Gryfe, Mark
- Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)
- Frey, Marcus
- Horowitz, Shlomo
- Katz, Stan
- Pliscow, Morris
- Places
- Cambridge (Ont.)
- Chatham (Ont.)
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- London (Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Barrie (Ont.)
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 619
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 619
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- Negative: 2:5:18A.
- Acquired 1975.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Meetings
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.8 m of textual records
- Date
- [195-]-[196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created by Sydney Harris in his role with the CJC's Joint Community Relations Committee.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-9 [Processed]
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-9 [Processed]
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.4 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the CJC's Joint Community Relations Committee. Some of the records appear to have originated from Ben Kayfetz.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1964-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress Joint Community Relations Committee files pertaining to incidents of antisemitism in Canada. Files include examples of material distributed by neo-Nazi groups, clippings documenting hate crimes trials and antisemitism in scholarship, and JCRC correspondence.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3712
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3712
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Max Shecter, Sydney M. Harris Q.C., Dr. Albert Rose, Saul Hayes Q. C., Louis Herman Q.C., Ben Kayfetz.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Lawyers
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- ID
-
Fonds 23; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 23
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960-1966
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of textual records relating to Harry Simon's work as Chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee. The records include correspondence, event invitations and flyers and activity summaries.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- ID
-
Fonds 23; File 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 23
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967-1972
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of records relating to Harry Simon's work as Chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee. The records include correspondence, event invitations and flyers, activity summaries, press releases, speeches and one photograph.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- ID
-
Fonds 23; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 23
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973-1975
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of textual records relating to Harry Simon's work as Chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee. The records include correspondence, event invitations and flyers, press releases and meeting minutes.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- Jewish Labour Committee file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 23
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1984
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of textual records relating to Harry Simon's work as chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee. The records include correspondence, event invitations and flyers, and press releases.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1961]-1970, Nov. 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J.B. Salsberg's involvement in the CJC's Committee for Yiddish. Included are handwritten notes regarding Yiddish secular culture, a list of Yiddish resources, correspondence, and a study entitled "Jews Reporting Yiddish as Mother Tongue in 1961". Also included is a CJC certificate honouring Salsberg for his work for Yiddish that is signed by Philip Givens.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 8 May 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1982-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1961-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting correspondence for the Moess Chittin Fund to Big 9 synagogues and small community synagogues for the period 1980-1981. In addition, there is one file containing lists related to the Ontario Jewish Archives entitled "opening lists"; however, one of the lists included in this file is from 1983. Photographs are primarily from the Moess Chittin Campaign Banquet for Torontonians vacationing in Miami Beach, Florida, 1961. In addition, there are photos of the Youth Council, Regional Conference in London, and a photo with Mildred Devor. Additional individuals identified in Moess Chittin fund related photos include Frank Rubinstein (Hamilton), Jack Goldberg (Belleville), Henry Weisman (North Bay), and Ben Swartz (Peterborough), each of whom is pictured shaking hands with Phil Givens. Photographs by: Graphic Artists Toronto; Barney Gloster Studios Windsor; and Arthur Kay Studio Toronto.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 12 m of textual records
- Date
- [197-]-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting various activities of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region, including the small communities, regional committees, eduction and culture. The records appear to have originated with E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-8
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 30 compact discs and other material
- Date
- [ca. 2000] - [ca. 2007]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of cassettes, CDs, DVDs and one hard disk that document the activities of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario region. Included are recorded meeting minutes for the Community Relations Committee, Public Affairs Committee and the Security Committee, staff portraits, presentation slides, photographs of antisemitic incidents, Congress Contact newsletters, correspondence, and project proposals.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes ca. 10 DVDs, ca. 45 audio cassettes, and 1 computer disk ; 9 x 9 cm.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J.B. Salsberg's involvement in the CJC, Ontario region. Included is correspondence, a press release, Executive Committee meeting notices and minutes, and handwritten notes taken by Salsberg during a meeting of the Executive Committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Heritage series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 10
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting Sol Edell's role as an Officer for the CJC. Included are meeting agendas and minutes for CJC Officers meetings, correspondence, and a programme for CJC Ontario Region's 14th regional conference.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 507
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 507
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Monroe Abbey, QC, Montreal, far right. Second from right: Judge Sidney Harris.
- Notes
- Acquired 9 July 1975.
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Abbey, Monroe
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Sidney, Harris
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 509
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 509
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Seated at head table on right side of the speaker from right: J. B. Salsberg, Julius Hayman, Sidney Harris.
- Notes
- Acquired 9 July 1975.
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Harris, Sidney
- Hayman, Julius
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Other organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 7
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a flyer advertising a mass public rally to protest the merger of the CJC in Toronto with the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. The rally was organized by the Committee to Save the Canadian Jewish Congress. Members of the Committee's Executive were: Max Federman, Julius Hayman, David E. Newman, J.B. Salsberg, and David Satok.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m of textual records
- Date
- 2001-2003
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of the files of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Regions' Community Relations Committee. Included are meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, incidence reports and complaints, interventions, newsclippings and a small amount of other reference material.
- Custodial History
- The records were created and used by Len Rudner, former director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region Community Relations Committee. They were donated to the Archives by the CJC's executive assistant, Cindy Osheroff on 4 May, 2009.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 103
- Series
- 1
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the United Jewish Welfare Fund regarding funding and administrative expenses.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 103
- Series
- 1
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a booklet and correspondence with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the United Jewish Welfare Fund regarding grants and funding.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of meeting minutes from a special meeting involving representatives of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews and from a meeting of the Executive Committee, Central Division. Also included is a list of organizations participating in the Toronto Jewish Youth Council.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records of the Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees, responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Dawes Road Cemetery. The Trustees reported to the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.4 m of textual records
- Date
- 1968-1990
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records of the CJC Orthodox Division and the Kashruth Council.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 17
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1936-1992
- Physical Description
- 47 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- By 1919 the plight of post-war eastern European Jewry and the need for a united community voice for Canadian Jewry led to the creation of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Its founding meeting was held on March 16, 1919 in Montreal. Though it briefly maintained a tiny regional office in Toronto, the CJC remained inactive until 1933, when it fully reconvened by opening offices in Winnipeg, Montreal, and Toronto. Egmont L. Frankel was the first president of the new central division in Toronto. While the national office in Montreal focused on the overarching issues of the social and economic rights of European Jewry, assistance for Jewish immigrants, and combating prejudice in Canada, the Toronto office dealt with local, violent anti-Jewish demonstrations as well as continuing discrimination both in employment and in access to public recreational facilities. The structure was based on regular national biennial plenary conferences, at which policies were delineated and national and regional executives were elected. Between plenary sessions, national and regional councils were in charge. These were augmented by the following standing committees: administrative, officers, personnel, financial, publications, and educational and cultural. Special committees were created to deal with issues such as: youth, community loans, kashruth, fundraising, Israel, Russian Jewry, and various emergency issues such as refugees, immigration, and housing.
- During the 1930s the central division office moved several times and occupied offices in the following locations: Yonge Street, the Bond Street Synagogue, Scheuer House, the Zionist Building, and its long-term home at 150-152 Beverley Street, where it remained until its July 1983 move to the Lipa Green Building in North York.
- The CJC's activities expanded to include taking responsibility for Jewish educational standards, but by 1941 its main efforts shifted to support for Canada’s war effort. Immediately after the end of the war, the focus again shifted to Jewish immigration projects and the maintenance of Jewish identity in small communities. By 1950, the CJC’s use of the title “division” was changed to “region” to accommodate internal operational divisions within each region. Also, by then, the central region was busy expanding its programs for all Ontario Jewish communities, creating a province-wide council of youth groups, and working with the newly-created Bureau of Jewish Education (later Board of Jewish Education, now Mercaz). Standardization of kashruth rules in Ontario was implemented. As well, regular educational conferences and cultural events were held throughout the province, while province-wide fundraising efforts in support of Moess Chittin for relief projects in Israel and for local Congress activities were expanded. Many of its educational and cultural responsibilities necessitated working with other Jewish organizations such as the United Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), Hadassah, the Canadian Legion, B’nai Brith, the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Congress, and the many landsmenshaften (Jewish mutual benefit societies, each formed by immigrants originating from the same Eastern European community).
- During the 1960s, the central region began sending Moess Chittin relief shipments to Cuban Jews unable to acquire kosher foods for Passover. Its lobbying efforts included participation in the Royal Commissions on Hate Propaganda, and its greatest success came with the introduction and implementation of Ontario’s fair employment and fair accommodation practices legislation, an achievement in which Congress played a pivotal role.
- From 1971 to 1989 the major focus became international and national lobbying for, and providing support to, Soviet Jewry. Virtually all local and Canadian efforts to assist the Soviet Jewish “refusniks” were organized and coordinated in Toronto by the Ontario region office, which provided staff and funding for the many lobbying activities and public demonstrations that characterized this successful effort.
- As of November 1975, the central region’s responsibilities in Toronto were radically altered. To improve cost efficiency in Toronto, CJC educational and social service program activities were merged with similar programs already provided by Toronto’s United Jewish Appeal. The UJA assumed sole responsibility for these amalgamated programs in Toronto and was renamed Toronto Jewish Congress. The central region still retained province-wide responsibilities for Ontario’s smaller Jewish communities, and its office remained in Toronto. Also, following this reorganization, its name was changed to Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Although CJC no longer provided direct social and educational programs to Toronto, the TJC’s senior executive was, at the time, still obliged to continue to keep it notified about developments concerning previous Congress responsibilities.
- From 1983, the Ontario Region's offices were located in the Lipa Green Building at 4600 Bathurst Street. It continued its work of financially supporting various Israeli institutions and fostering Canada-Israel relations. It also spearheaded the movement to support and protect Jews in Arab lands, especially in Syria. Funding for the CJC came from the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy, which restributed a portion of the funds raised by the local Jewish federations across Canada.
- The CJC dissolved in 2011. Today, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) acts as the Jewish community's primary lobby group.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records of the Ontario Region office of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Of primary importance in documenting this organization’s history are its minutes of the Executive and Administrative Committees and the various standing, and short-term committees such as Community Organization, Finance, Fund Raising, Educational and Cultural, Research, Immigration, War Efforts, and Jewish Education. Most of these records are still managed all together within Fonds 17, Series 1.
Fonds 17, Series 2 contains the general subject and correspondence files of these committees. Records in both series require further processing.
- Records now found in Series 3 document the efforts of the Committee for Soviet Jewry in coordinating the activities of the many Toronto and Ontario organizations involved in assisting Soviet Jewry during the 1971 to 1989 period.
- Series 4 consists of administrative and committee records of the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies in Toronto from 1938 through 1967. These document its work rescuing the survivors of European Jewish communities, settling as many as possible in Ontario, and providing assistance to those attempting to obtain restitution payments.
- Series 5 consists of the records of the Community Relations Committee (1938-1976). Responding to depression-era anti-Semitism in Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress and B’nai Brith together established in 1938 a new joint committee. Since then this Committee has documented racist threats in Canada; initiated advocacy activities to work for improved civil rights; promoted legislation combating hate; worked to ensure equality of access to employment, education and accommodation; and investigated specific incidents of discrimination. The Committee, for example, played a key role in achieving the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1944, and the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1951, key steps leading to Canada’s current Human Rights Code. Although originally named Joint Public Relations Committee in 1938, a series of name changes later occurred; s follows: Joint Community Relations Committee, Central Region (1962-1978), Joint Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1978-ca. 1991) Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1991-present) Records in this series were reorganized into 5 sub-series and a further 9 sub-sub-series during the 2009 to 2011 period. For further details please view the database records for Fonds 17, Series 5. Although this series will eventually hold all CRC records up to 1992, only those prior to 1979 are currently fully processed.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 1839 photographs, 89 audio cassettes, 11 videocassettes, 4 drawings, and 6 microfilm reels (16 mm).
- Processing note: Processing of this fonds is ongoing. Additional descriptive entries will be added in future.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Subjects
- Pressure groups
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the Archivist prior to accessing some of the records
- Arrangement
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the Archivist prior to accessing some of the records.
- Creator
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region (1919-2011)
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Descriptions