Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1953-1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains memoranda, correspondence, an organizations chart, correspondence and clipping regarding the Archives.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

6

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

File

Fonds

33

Series

3

File

4

Item

1-5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1971]

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of photographs taken during a Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations meeting. The images depict various members of the council seated on a couch and around a table.

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

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Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

File

Fonds

33

Series

3

File

7

Item

1-2

Date

[ca. 1973]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of two photographs of members of the Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations at a meeting. Identified individuals include Bill Stern and Paul Hanover.

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

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Community correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

6

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1968

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of copies of the Council of Jewish Organizations of Hamilton News.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1986-7-9

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

13 m of textual records and graphic material

Date

1936-1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the operations of the Hamilton Jewish Federation, the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Hamilton, the Hamilton Talmud Torah, the Jewish Board of Education of Hamilton and the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. Included are meeting minutes, subject files, correspondence files, newsletters, student files and photographs related to all areas of Jewish life in the city.

Shelf 84-4: Audio Reels (2); posters; ledger; reports

Map Cabinet 1, drawer 8: Chail Folk Ensemble Poster, (January 11, 1975)

Use Conditions

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

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

MG_RG

MG2 O2A

MG2 O2B

MG2 M2A

MG2 N2A

MG2 G2A

MG2 G2B

Name Access

Hamilton Jewish Federation

Hamilton Jewish Community Centre

Council of Jewish Organizations (Hamilton, Ont.)

United Jewish Welfare Fund (Hamilton, Ont.)

Jewish Board of Education (Hamilton, Ont.)

Places

Hamilton, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the annual meeting for the Council of Jewish Organizations in Hamilton. Pictured from left to right is: Sam Brownstone, Manuel Batshaw, Dorothy Shekter, and Bill Stern.

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

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

File

Fonds

33

Series

3

File

6

Item

1-20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972

Physical Description

20 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm and 5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of photographs taken at the Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations annual meeting. The meeting was held at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. The photographs are of the installation of the officers of the Council, the reception that followed and snapshots of the delegates. Identified individuals include Dr. Jack Shekter, Wilf Gerofsky, Dr. Franklyn Shapiro, Susan Baker, Isaac Katz, Paul Hanover, Marjorie Baskin, Milton Lewis, Morris Paikin, Sheila Burmal, Ms. Pasis and Chester Waxman.

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

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• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
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• 
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Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

75

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979-1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting notices, agendas and minutes, newsletters, correspondence, financial statements, and event invitations.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2006-8-19

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3.9 m of textual records

Date

1988-2001

Scope and Content

This accession contains the records created by JIAS Canada, the national office of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Service, from 1988 to 2001. This includes executive correspondence, committee material, conference material, reference material, financial and budgetary records, executive and officer meeting schedules, minutes and reports, community relief files and administrative files.

Custodial History

The records were stored in the offices of JIAS Canada until donated to the archives on 2006-08-29.

Administrative History

Established in 1920 by the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), The Jewish Immigrants Aid Society of Canada (which also operated under the moniker of the Emergency Jewish Immigrant Aid Committee), JIAS (now the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services), was charged with organizing emergency relief for European Jews in distress following the pogroms in the former Russian Empire and the First World War. It later became the central agency of the Jewish community to facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants into Canada and provided them with welfare services, transportation, and assistance with accommodation and employment after their arrival.

In addition, JIAS offered consultation services for sponsors of potential immigrants, ran a competitive foreign remittance service, and campaigned to counter the activities of unscrupulous steamboat agents, lawyers and influence peddlers, or “shtadlanim”, who often victimized immigrants and sponsors alike. JIAS was also actively engaged in negotiating for the increased admission of Jewish immigrants to Canada, in conjunction with similar efforts by the CJC.

JIAS was organized into a National Office in Montreal and a series of regional offices located in various other Canadian cities. The JIAS National Office moved from Montreal to Toronto in 1989, with the appointment of Susan Davis to National Director, and is now located at 4580 Dufferin St., Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario.

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

42

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

12 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of twelve slides depicting Jewish Immigrant Aid Services staff assisting new immigrants arriving at the airport.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Subjects

Airports

Immigrants

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1936

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-1

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-1

File

76

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1959

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of expense tables, correspondence, financial and insurance papers relating to the properties owned by JIAS and used for immigrant housing.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962-1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1961-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Notes

Availability of other formats: Some items scanned and available in PDF.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1964-Mar. 1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1964-Sept. 1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1965-May 1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

June 1965-Dec. 1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1966-Dec. 1966

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Notes

Availability of other formats: Some items scanned and available in PDF.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1967-Nov. 1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1968-Oct. 1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1969-Aug. 1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

Aug. 1969-Dec. 1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1969-Oct. 1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1970-June 1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

June 1970-Dec. 1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

June 1971-Sept. 1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1971-Mar. 1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

Nov. 1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1977-Dec. 1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

Sept. 1977-Apr. 1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974, 1975, 1978-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

Publications series

Level

File

Fonds

9-1

Series

4

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1982

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Notes

Availability of other formats: Some items scanned and available in PDF.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS committees series

Level

Series

Fonds

9

Series

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1927, 1936-1981

Physical Description

43 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of the records of internal JIAS Toronto committees. The records include minutes, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and immigrant lists. JIAS's committee work gives evidence of the breadth of its mandate in representing and serving Jewish immigrants. Committees represented include the Applications Committee, Management Committee, Arrangements Committee, Case Committee, Educational Committee, Reclaims Committee, Council of Organizations, Study Committee on JIAS Services, Co-ordinating Committee on Immigrant Services, Farm and Establishment Committee, Manny Kraicer Scholarship Committee, and Program Development Committee. A block of "Local Committee" files pertains to JIAS's annual regional conferences, and includes minutes, agendas and correspondence, of the Board of Directors, Nominations Committee, Arrangements Committee, and Case Committee. The block of files titled simply “Committee minutes” contains assorted minutes of general membership meetings, special (ad hoc) meetings, officers' meetings, and meetings of the Management Committee, the Council of Organizations, the Building Committee, the Ladies' Auxiliary, the Membership Committee, the Nominations and Arrangements Committee, the Personnel Committee, the Housing Committee, the Planning Committee, the Publicity Committee, the Committee on the JIAS 30th Anniversary, the Editorial Committee, and the Reclaims Committee.

The series is arranged in alphabetical-chronological order with the successive yearly files of committees' records maintained consecutively.

Access Restriction

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

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Arrangement

This series was created by the archivist from records originally part of series MG2 I1a K2 "Immigration Files - Administration, Projects." In the JIAS office, files were maintained in a central registry system of random numbers (these original numbers remain on the files).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

91

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Community March for Israel 1994 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-20

File

31

Material Format

textual record

Date

1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence with organizations that were involved in the Festival, for example by running information booths. The organizations documented are the Committee for Sephardi Studies at York University, the Canadian Jewish News, Scout's Canada of Greater Toronto, JCC, and the Friends of Yiddish.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Lipa Green fonds

Organizations series

Level

Series

Fonds

20

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1952-1979

Physical Description

20 cm of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting the various Jewish organizations that Lipa Green was involved with. Record include general correspondence, invitations, meeting minutes, donation receipts, program books, newsletters and informaiton bulletins, membership cards, and one photograph of the Canadian Committee for Yiddish.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

227

Material Format

graphic material

Date

18 Jun. 1976

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives of a family reunion at JIAS.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

477

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[198-]

Physical Description

8 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of eight 35 mm slides depicting a JIAS citizenship ceremony.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

133

Material Format

graphic material

Date

19 Feb. 1975

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

File consists of two women in a meeting.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions