- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 29
- Item
- 1-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1973-Nov. 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, posters, and articles concerning the annual rally, as well as photographs of the event held at Nathan Phillips Square on 20 October 1973. In addition, there is a photograph of the Simchat Torah Rally held in Montreal at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel on 7 October 1973. Photographs depict individuals carrying signs demonstrating solidarity with Israel and Soviet Jews. Individuals identified in photographs include: E. James Cooper; Philip Givens, Q.C.; Sydney M. Harris, Q.C.; Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther Plaut; Joseph B. Salsberg; Fern Faust; Cantor Louis G. Danto; Dr. Murray Freedman; Rev. B. Robert Bater; Julius Hayman; Prof. Dr. John C. Meagher; Rev. Canon Arthur Brown; H. Wayne Tanenbaum; Max Shecter; David Lewis, Q.C.; Max Federman; Barnett Danson; Sarah Shapiro; David Smith; Paul Godfrey; Mark Clarfield; Geoffrey Clarfield; and Brona Brown.
- Notes
- Photographer Stamp: Art Taylor, Photographer, Montreal.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 50
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices, speech transcripts and photographs of the event held 28 September 1975 at Queen's Park and Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, boy musicians and speakers at the event.
- Notes
- Photograph by Gadi Hoz.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 62
- Item
- 1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1976-Oct. 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 92 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices, posters, committee meeting minutes and photographs of the event held 17 Oct. 1976 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, dancers and speakers at the event.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 73
- Item
- 1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1977-Oct. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices, posters, committee meeting minutes and photographs of the event held 2 October 1977 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, dancers and speakers at the event.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 90
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1979-Nov. 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 119 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains notices, posters, correspondence, and photographs of the event held 14 October 1979 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Pictured in photo 001 is David Sadowski speaking at the podium.
- Notes
- Photographs by Ben Lechtman.
- Name Access
- Sadowski, David
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 98
- Item
- 1-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1980-Oct. 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains programmes, notices, and photographs of the event held 5 October 1980 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Subjects
- Simhat Torah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3814
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3814
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- October 6, 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Simchat Torah rally on Bathurst Street.
- Notes
- Credit Graphic Artists.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3815
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3815
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- October 6, 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Simchat Torah rally on Bathurst Street.
- Left to right: Rabbi L. Englander; Rabbi D. Marmur; Rabbi J. B. Friedberg; Dr. E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Background: Mayor Mel Lastman.
- Notes
- Credit Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Lastman, Mel
- Subjects
- Mayors
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-10-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4771
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4771
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- JCRC Box 44, File 155A.
- Copyright: Globe and Mail.
- See photos for negative number.
- Name Access
- Simchat Torah
- City Hall
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Human rights
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1340-1373
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1340-1373
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1967
- Physical Description
- slide: col.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Simhat Torah
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 391
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- ca. 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one 35 mm slide depicting a large crowd at a memorial rally for the Warsaw Ghetto. A banner hanging above a stage reads, "1933-1945: Never Forgotten, Never Again."
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- Item
- 51
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one photograph of a teen house rally held at the northern YM-YWHA. The photograph depicts a group of teenagers seated together in a large room, listening to a speaker.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Oct. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, press release and letters of protest concerning the decision of the Austrian government to close a transit station maintained by the Jewish Agency for Soviet Jewish emigrants at Schonau Castle near Vienna in Austria.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 308
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a photograph taken during a rally protesting the plight of Jews in the soviet Union. The rally took place in front of Toronto City Hall.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-1-1
- Material Format
- moving images (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 audiovisual recording (.mov)
- 1 document (pdf)
- Date
- 23 Jun. 2020
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a .mov file documenting the simchat bat of Bonnie Libman-Lazar on 23 June 2020 at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto. The donor provided the following text with the submission:
- "Celebrating the birth of our daughter in June 2020 with a small, outdoor, masked and distanced simchat
bat. The program included a Zeved Habat ceremony adapted from the Koren siddur text and remarks
about the baby's name (Bonnie Ava or Aviya Dova). This ceremony was shared on zoom for family and
friends. It followed a short morning service inside the synagogue where the baby received her Hebrew
name, Aviya Dova, after Torah reading in the presence of family members."
- Individuals present were Bonnie Libman-Lazar, Ella Libman-Lazar, Gerald Lazar, Rachel Libman; Rabbi Chaim Strauchler; Jonah & Leila Libman, Faigie Libman, Jeff Lazar; Rachel Sheps & Avi Libman; and Rabbi Jesse Shore.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Brit bat
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 61
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941-1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Ezras Torah and Katz which includes lists of Toronto, Bronte and Hamilton donators to the Ezras Torah Fund, printed notices of appeals for fund-raising on behalf of Ezras Torah, a letter from Rabbi Katz in Hamilton concerning a donation to Ezras Torah from a non-Jew and a letter from Bank of Toronto manager referring to the response from the Exchange Control Board concerning an application to remit Canadian funds to Ezras Torah. Also included is a notice of meeting of executives of the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews and a reminder letter for the Zionist Conference held in Toronto November 21, 1943 sponsored by the Ontario Zionist Region.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 62
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Katz and Y.E. Henkin, Executive Director of Ezras Torah, correspondence with M. Epstein from Hamilton and Rabbi S. Levin from Hamilton and a request for an ad in New Year's issue of The Daily Hebrew Journal.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 63
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a letter from Rabbi Y.E. Henkin, Executive Director of Ezras Torah to Katz, educational material and fund-raising appeals for Ezras Torah, lists of Toronto donors and 2 newspaper clippings of Ezras Torah Fund ad in The Hebrew Journal.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 197
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a report from the Talmud Torah.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 203
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two booklets published by Torah V'avodah in Poland.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Item
- 1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of five photographs taken at a public rally for Soviet Jewry, held at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. The audience is being addressed by Rabbi Morton Green from Hamilton's Adas Israel Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Green, Morton
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-1-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD ( ca. 96 min.)
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one DVD recording of the Rally for Truth, Light and Freedom. The DVD covers the entire presentation, including speakers Linda Frum Sokolowski, Father Raymond De Souza, Peter Van Loan, Michael Bryant, Martin Maxwell, Max Eisen, and William McBurney; keynote speaker Professer Alan Dershowitz; and archival footage of a concentration camp liberation that was screened at the rally.
- Administrative History
- The Rally for Truth, Light and Freedom: Iran Exposed was held at Beth Tzedec Congregation on Thursday December 21, 2006 to express opposition to Iran's Holocaust denial conference. It was sponsored by a coalition of more than 120 Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, including the Archdiocese of Toronto's Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs, the National Congress of Italian-Canadians, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, and the Hindu Conference of Canada. Organizational support was provided by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region; and the Holocaust Centre of Toronto. Mark Anshan of UJA coordinated the event.
- Subjects
- Holocaust denial
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 93
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 8 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of eight 35mm slides depicting a rally for Sylva Zalmanson held at Nathan Phillips Square. Protesters hold signs that read "Free the Jewish prisoners of conscience," "Let my people go" and "Freedom for Soviet Jewry."
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 64
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1976-Nov. 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the rally held at Lawrence Plaza in Toronto, a poster for the event held on 31 Oct. 1976, newspaper clippings, correspondence and notes concerning the organization of the event. The protest was scheduled in response to the arrest of Soviet Jews for their participation in protests in Moscow.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 107
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1981-June 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 49 photographs : b&w on contact sheets ; 3 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, transcripts, and promotional materials concerning a rally in support of refusnik Ida Nudel held 22 June 1981 at Nathan Phillips Square. Photographs of the event are also included on two contact sheets in the folder.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1946
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one certificate presented to Rabbi Yehuda Pinchas HaCohen of Toronto by the Ezras Torah institution in New York City. The writing on the certificate reads: A declaration of Israel and a testimony that the Rabbi Yehuda Pinchas HaCohen, Toronto, became an honourable member of Ezras Torah on the 30th anniversary of Hagaon Rabbi Israel HaLevi Rosenberg as president of Ezras Torah, New York City, 1946.
- Written on the bottom of the certificate is the address 414 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Canada.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1264
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1264
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Sep. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Torah dedication in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario). Identified left to right are:
- Harry Spring, Charlie Shapiro, Reuben Brown and Harry Adler.
- Name Access
- Adler, Harry
- Brown, Reuben
- Shapiro, Charlie
- Spring, Harry
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1959
- Physical Description
- 3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken during the dedication of a new Torah at an unknown synagogue. The images depict Mr. K. Silverstein holding the Torah, standing on the bimah reciting a prayer, and standing with the cantor and other synagogue members.
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Hoffman's brother, David Hoffman, was a member of the Hamilton Talmud Torah Education Committee.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the Hamilton Talmud Torah outlining to the school curriculum and a copy of the 1965 graduation exercises.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, David
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Torah (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 117
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1989
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 68
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Rabbi Y.E. Henkin, Executive Director of Ezras Torah and Katz and personalized letters from Henkin acknowleding donations. Included are lists of donors and bank deposit slips, bank books for the Ezras Torah account. Also included are letters of donation from Katz to several philanthropic organizations in Israel, a letter to M. Ginsburg in reply to an invitation to a Testimonial Dinner and minutes of a meeting of the representatives of Congress with representatives of the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 69
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Rabbi Y.E. Henkin, Executive Director of Ezras Torah and Katz and personalized letters from Henkin acknowleding donations. One letter addresses the formation of a Central Fund for Traditional Institutions coordinted by the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Included are lists of donors and bank deposit slips.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions