Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

350

Material Format

textual record

Date

1969-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

351

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973-1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

General correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

10

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1960-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

General correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

10

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

92

Series

1

File

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1928]-[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

1 drawing (copy) : sketch ; 36 x 22 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of portraits of J. B. Salsberg. Included are photographs and one sketch.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 
• 

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

92

Series

1

File

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1980

Physical Description

1 drawing : brown and white chalk on felt ; 40 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one portrait of J. B. Salsberg.

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

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

1

File

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-] - [197-]

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller

1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm in folder 36 x 29 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of various professional portraits of Phil Givens taken throughout his life.

Notes

Photography studios and photographers are identified on most of the photographs.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Special Services Committee sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-8

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of surveys and correspondence related to the planning of a mental health professionals conference.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

262

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

352

Material Format

textual record

Date

1968-1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-6-19

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w, col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

1987-1995

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the Business and Professional Women's Network of UJA Toronto. Included are BP newsletter updates from 1989-1992, and programs and correspondence regarding annual installation of officers dinners. There are also two photographs: one of a Youth Aliyah village and another of a scene from "The Quarrel."

Custodial History

The records were brought in by Lisa Morrison. We returned a number of duplicates of the newsletters and programs to her.

Descriptive Notes

For related records see accession 1997-7-5.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Personal series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

1

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains one essay written by Phil Givens entitled "Yiddish in America".

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Liaison with other social welfare organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

16

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between the JFWB and the Inter-Professional Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Level

File

Fonds

33

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

[196-]-1989

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of textual records related to Bill Stern's professional and philanthropic career. The material includes documents related to Bill Stern's retirement, including a farewell speech given at his "au revoir" party, and letters of congratulations from prominent community members and dignitaries. There is also a certificate of appreciation from the Canadian Zionist Federation and some newspaper articles written by or about Bill Stern.

Accession Number

1991-5-6

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Education sub-series

Educators sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-12-2

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and responses to questionnaires about Holocaust Remembrance Committee programs.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Education sub-series

Educators sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-12-2

File

43

Material Format

textual record

Date

1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a registration form for the professional development course, "Teaching the Holocaust Through Literature."

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

263

Material Format

textual record

Date

1982-1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

12 Jun. 1942

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of members of the Office[rs] Committee of the Jewish National Workers Alliance, taken at their annual conference in Toronto. The members are identified on the front of the photograph.

Notes

General: Photograph was acquired on 21 June 1974.

Name Access

Jewish National Workers Alliance

Subjects

Committees

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

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

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

31

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding a custom officer's discrimination against Jewish Canadians at the Canada-US border in Niagara Falls.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

Other committee meeting minutes and agendas series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

9

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1922-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds

Other committee meeting minutes and agendas series

Level

File

Fonds

31

Series

9

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943-1954, 1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Accession Number

2008-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2007-3-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

12.5 m of textual material and 6 boxes of index cards

Date

[195-?]-[198-]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of 43 cubic foot boxes of closed case files as well as six boxes of index cards created by the United Restitution Organization, Toronto Office. The case files document the Article 2 (boxes 1 - 11) and Hardship (boxes 12 - 43) programs. Most of the documentation within the case files are in German.

The index cards document the BEG and Russlandfaille programs and correspond to records that were transferred to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. The files were created during the early years of the URO that were donated by URO to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. in October, 1990. That institution has approximately 100 boxes of closed case files from the Toronto Office. The index cards DO NOT correspond to any case files that we have as part of our holdings.

Custodial History

After the Toronto URO office closed, the one case worker left moved from the second floor of the Lipa Green Building to the same floor as the OJA the end of March, 2007. Before the move, the OJA was asked to take all of the historical files that were there in boxes, listed them and transferred them to the UJA Warehouse. The index cards are in the OJA vault.

Administrative History

In Canada, the United Restitution Organization (URO) was founded in 1953 under the aegis of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The funds advanced by the Claims Conference were administered by the CJC which also gave support by providing the URO with office space and clerical staff. Offices were set up in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Winnipeg and Vancouver offices closed in the 1970s and the Montreal office remained open until 2002, after which time the active cases were sent to the Toronto office. The Toronto office officially closed on April 1, 2007. There was one case worker, however, who contintued to tend to any active claims that were left. Her position was transfered to Jewish Family and Child in 2013. The URO dealt with a variety of different types of claims. The first and largest were the BEG cases (Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz), which translates as Federal Indemnification Law for the Compensation of Victims of National Socialist Persecution. This program provided compensation for individuals persecuted for political, racial, religious, or ideological reasons who suffered long-term damage to their health, imprisonment, death of family members, loss of property, reduced income, or reduced professional advancement. The other two major programs or cases covered by the URO were the Hardship Fund and Article 2. The Hardship Fund was established during the 1960s and was open to Jews who emigrated from the former Soviet Union who were not eligible for compensation under the BEG program. The Article 2 program, in turn, arose during the 1990s, after the unification of the German government. It is still operating today and is open to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who met a certain critiera, and those who are eligible, are provided with a pension paid out in installments every three months each year.

Use Conditions

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

United Restitution Organization (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-1-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

11 m of textual records

Date

[195-]-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of United Restitution Organization (URO), Toronto Office case files for the following funds: Hardship Fund; Hardship Fund, Pre-1965 Austrian; German Social Security (EB); German Social Security (DE); Article 2 Fund; Ghetto Lodz; and the immidiate post-Second World War Wiedergutmachung reparations. There is also a small amount of general operational files.

Custodial History

These records were left in the URO office following the departure of the URO staff person. They were boxed and moved by archives staff.

Administrative History

In Canada, the United Restitution Organization (URO) was founded in 1953 under the aegis of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The funds advanced by the Claims Conference were administered by the CJC which also gave support by providing the URO with office space and clerical staff. Offices were set up in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Winnipeg and Vancouver offices closed in the 1970s and the Montreal office remained open until 2002, after which time the active cases were sent to the Toronto office. The Toronto office officially closed on April 1, 2007. There was one case worker, however, who contintued to tend to any active claims that were left. Her position was transfered to Jewish Family and Child in 2013. The URO dealt with a variety of different types of claims. The first and largest were the BEG cases (Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz), which translates as Federal Indemnification Law for the Compensation of Victims of National Socialist Persecution. This program provided compensation for individuals persecuted for political, racial, religious, or ideological reasons who suffered long-term damage to their health, imprisonment, death of family members, loss of property, reduced income, or reduced professional advancement. The other two major programs or cases covered by the URO were the Hardship Fund and Article 2. The Hardship Fund was established during the 1960s and was open to Jews who emigrated from the former Soviet Union who were not eligible for compensation under the BEG program. The Article 2 program, in turn, arose during the 1990s, after the unification of the German government. It is still operating today and is open to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who met a certain critiera, and those who are eligible, are provided with a pension paid out in installments every three months each year.

Use Conditions

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

United Restitution Organization (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

89

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a board meeting minutes (Dec. 1969), a conference bulletin (1965), and a conference programme (1972).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Samuel Crystal fonds

1967 UJA Mission series

Level

Item

Fonds

145

Series

1

Item

91

Material Format

graphic material

Other Title Information

Title based on contents of image.

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 15 cm

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as TIFF file.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

594

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 May 1982

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives of (L to R) Elizabeth Wolfe, Elaine Todres, Trudy Shecter, and Cindy Chazan, the steering committee for the Business and Professional Women's Network. The photo was published in a Canadian Jewish News article on 1 July 1982; a photocopy of the published photo is included.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish News

Chazan, Cindy

Shecter, Trudy

Todres, Elaine

Wolfe, Elizabeth

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Committees sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-6

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the minutes of the Community Professional Conference meeting.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

317

Material Format

textual record

Date

1969-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938-1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

48

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a press release, letters, meeting agenda/minutes and a 1936 publication from the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

70

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence between Katz and executives from the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

181

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi L. Rudensky, Executive Director of Rabbinical Seminary of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

182

Material Format

textual record

Date

1953-1959

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of correspondence with regards to fund-raising on behalf of the Rabbinical Seminary of America. Included are official receipts, a Bank of Toronto bank book for the Rabbinical Seminary of America account and a list of donors.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

173

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence between executives of the Zionist Organization of America and the Zionist Organization of Canada concerning elections of Organizational presidents, invitations to conventions and meetings with Israeli officials.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

100

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991-1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Labour Zionism and union activities series

Level

File

Fonds

92

Series

2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

object

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]-1927

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records (1 v.)

1 pin : ribbon with hanging medallion, red and gold ; 13 cm

7 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting J. B. Salsberg's involvement in the United Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Union and its affiliated local unions in Toronto. Included is a twenty-fifth anniversary book of the Cloth Hat, Cap, and Millinery Workers by I. M. Budish and published in New York (1925), a delegate pin for the 16th Bi-Convention of the Cloth, Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (1927), photographs of committees of the Canadian Headgear Workers Central Bureau, a copy photograph of the Executive Board of the Millinery and Ladies Straw Hat Workers Union Local 46, and a copy photograph of the Toronto Executive Board Local 41.

Notes

Artifact number 152

Some of the photographs in this file appear in the twenty-fifth anniversary book.

Subjects

Labor unions

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.

Physical Condition

Book is in fragile condition and binding is starting to come loose.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Principals councils series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

16

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Principals councils series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

16

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

264

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Samuel Crystal fonds

1967 UJA Mission series

Level

Item

Fonds

145

Series

1

Item

61

Material Format

graphic material

Other Title Information

Title taken from writing on the back of the photograph.

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as TIFF file.

General: The following is written on the reverse of the photograph: "Officer."

Subjects

Soldiers

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

33

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of minutes of the Administrative Committee of the Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Labour Zionism and union activities series

Level

Item

Fonds

92

Series

2

Item

1

Material Format

object

Date

Jul. 1977

Physical Description

1 medallion : bronze ; 6 cm in diameter

Scope and Content

Item is a ZOA eightieth national convention medallion that was presented by the Government of Israel.

Notes

Artifact number 140

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Mizrachi series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

1

File

76

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a cetificate for life membership for Jehudah P. Katz with Mizrachi Organization of America.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

352

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence concerning travel arrangements, summer camps, scholarships and regional conventions.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3698

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

This photograph was probably taken at stop 21, Kingston Rd.

Name Access

Workers' Sport Group

Kingston Road

Subjects

Sports

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

Kingston Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

68

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of documents related to allegations of antisemitism by union officials. These allegations were used to influence a vote by union members.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Labor unions

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds

Political Career series

Level

File

Fonds

92

Series

3

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one booklet published by the Workers' Educational Association entitled "The Permanent War or Homo the Sap". The booklet contains marginalia by J.B. Salsberg.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-3

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-3

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions