- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 89
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1997-1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 24 photographs : col. ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1988-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the graduating classes of the Downtown Jewish Community School from the first class in 1988 through to 2013. Missing are the photographs from the years 1998, 1999 and 2011. Also included are identification keys as well as class lists detailing student names, addresses, home schools and parent names.
- Subjects
- Education
- Children
- Religion
- Name Access
- Downtown Jewish Community School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.7 m of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1978-2001
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual and graphic records relating to the Downtown Jewish Community School. The records include family education grants, applications and reports, class lists, board meeting minutes and correspondence, financial records and audited statements, photographs, children's artwork, news clippings, program material, and a scrapbook.
- Custodial History
- The records were kept in the offices of Joan Schoenfeld, principal of the Downtown Jewish Community School until their transfer to the OJA on 2006-08-24.
- Administrative History
- The Downtown Jewish Community School is an independent afternoon and Sunday school of approximately 200 students affiliated with the Board of Jewish Education UJA Federation of Toronto. It caters to children in the public school system. Although the objectives of the DJCS are primarily educational, encouragement of a sense of community among Jews in downtown Toronto has always been, and continues to be, a prime concern.
- The DJCS opened in the Bloor "Y" on Sunday, September 7, 1979 with a full student enrollment of forty-seven children in three grade levels. The full school-community consisted of seventy-seven families -- members, whose children attended the school, and associate members, most of whose children were on the waiting list. Programs included classes in Jewish heritage, culture, values and Hebrew language, community holiday celebrations as well as adult and family education.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 23 May 1974
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives depicting boys learning Torah at a Jewish day school (possibly Eitz Chaim learnathon?). The boys sit at tables with books while rabbis stand nearby aiding and overseeing.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Jewish day schools
- Rabbis
- Students
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 71
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1979?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains an article called "Jewish Population, Institutions & Commercial Facilities South of St. Clair Ave., Toronto," dating after 1976. The author is not identified.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Association of Jewish Day School Administrators series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1983-1999
- Physical Description
- 38 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs : col. ; 10 x 16 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Regular meetings between the BJE professional staff and school administrators began in the late 1970s, as recommended by the UJWF Study Committee on Jewish Education. This body was initially known as the Executive Directors Council, or, Meetings of Executive Directors. In 1981, the council was renamed the Association of Jewish Day School Administrators. The chair of the association is elected from amongst the administrators, while BJE staff are responsible for coordinating and supporting the meetings. The purpose of the association is to discuss administrative matters of common concern to the day schools, including the hiring of personnel, contract negotiations with teachers' unions, taxes and insurance, the annual budgeting process, centralized purchasing of equipment and materials, and standards for school administration. The association often has invited speakers at their meetings, to speak on topics such as risk management and health insurance plans. Staff responsibility for working with the Association has shifted over the years, from the associate director to the director of school finances, but meetings have often been attended by all of the BJE's senior staff.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of minutes of meetings of the association, correspondence and memoranda. The series also contains several photographs of a meeting of the association at which Ira Berman was presented with a plaque marking the end of his term as chairman. The files in the series are arranged chronologically.
- Related Material
- Minutes of the Executive Directors Council can be found filed with other records in series 6, Chronological correspondence and memoranda
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 146
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 May 1975
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w (5 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five negatives depicting students (boys only) at a Learnathon, possibly at Eitz Chaim.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Jewish day schools
- Source
- Archival Descriptions