File consists of correspondence and field reports by members of the Central Region Educational Department regarding the status of Jewish education in small Ontario communities (and the community of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec), including Belleville, Branford, Cornwall, Hamilton, Kingston, Kirkland Lake, London, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Oakville, Orillia, Oshawa, Port Colborne, St. Catharines, Sault Ste. Marie, Sarnia, Sudbury, Timmins, Welland and Windsor.
Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports from Jewish individuals and organizations located within small (and medium-sized) Ontario Jewish communities about local antisemitism issues.
Communities documented are: Bellville, Brampton, Brantford, Chatham, Coburg, Cornwall, fort William, Galt, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Mississauga, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Oakville, Orillia, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port Arthur, Port Hope, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, St. Catherines, St. Thomas, Wallaceburg, Welland, and Windsor,
File includes reports on Jewish communities in Ontario, including Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, Rouyn-Nornada, London, Welland, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Chatham, Peterborough, Belleville, Oakville, and Stratford.
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File consists of meeting minutes of the Central Region Administrative Committee, financial records, statistical lists, correspondence and reports on small Jewish communities in Ontario by the Community Services Committee, including statistical information and reports on the communities in Ansonville, Brantford, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Peterborough, Rouyn-Noranda, Sarnia, St. Catharines, Sault Ste. Marie, Stratford, Timmins, and Windsor.
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File consists of meeting minutes of the Central Region Administrative Committee, correspondence and reports on small Jewish communities in Ontario by the Community Services Committee, including detailed reports on the communities in Ansonville, Brantford, Hamilton, Kingston, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Peterborough, Rouyn-Noranda, Sarnia, St. Catharines, Stratford, Timmins, and Windsor.
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File consists of minutes of the Small Communities Committee regarding the Small Communities Conference in Oshawa, including 5 photographs of the speakers panel.
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1 photograph : col on mat
18 photographs : b&w (18 negatives) ; 23 x 19 cm on mat
21 negatives : col.
Date
[1976?]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs and negatives of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, (now known as Cambridge), Galt Cemetery, the Spring family business, Artistic Iron Display and tombstones, the Divor family home and business in Port Colborne, a former synagogue from the 1930s in Port Colborne and negaitves of headstones in Brantford Cemetery.
This committee assisted the communities in all aspects of Jewish education for both youth and adults. It recruited quialified teachers, provided pedagogical training, established a uniform curriculum and evaluated school programmes. It also helped the smaller communities in organizing cultural activities such as Jewish Book Month and Jewish Music month and supplied guest speakers in support of these projects.
Scope and Content
Series consists of minutes of the Educational and Cultural Committee.
File consists of one bound volume of "A Newsletter of Education and Culture", volumes 1 -3, distributed by the Central Region Educational and Cultural Committee.
File consists of one bound volume of "A Newsletter of Education and Culture", volumes 4 -7, distributed by the Central Region Educational and Cultural Committee.
File consists of correspondence, Education & Culture newsletters, and a programme for a Passover seder event in remembrance of the Jews who died in the Holocaust.
File consists of agendas, meeting minutes and correspondence from the Educational and Cultural Committee, including minutes from the Joint Adult Education Committee, the Planning Committee for the Adult Education Institute, and the Committee for the Promotion of Hebrew.
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File consists of agendas, meeting minutes and correspondence from the Educational and Cultural Committee, as well as the following affiliated committees: the Bible Study Group Committee, the Congress Music Committee, the Audio-Visual Aid Committee, the Toronto Jewish Music Committee, the Adult Education Committee, the Jewish Book Committee and the Sub-Committee for Planning the Education Session at the Plenary Assembly of the CJC.
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This item is a photograph of a group of guests seated on lawn chairs at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of two men standing in the field at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress. There are also several other people seated on lawn chairs and blankets.
This item is a photograph of several men and women conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
This item is a photograph of two children and an adult standing in the water at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.