- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and drafts in connection with an article Ben Dunkelman wrote entitled "Israeli Strength: Politics and Morale".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Published and unpublished works and research series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 8
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains several articles written in Yiddish and English, regarding the life of J.B. Salsberg written by Ben Kayfetz. Also included are interview transcripts, and other related research materials.
- Name Access
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Writing and lecturing series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- [195-?]-[1990?]
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 1 plaque
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting J.B. Salsberg's writing and lecturing activities. The bulk of the records are textual and include: correspondence, newspaper clippings, booklets, a Smolar Award plaque, notes, articles, transcripts, lists, and a course outline.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Publications and publicity series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 10
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of published articles describing the programs, services and research activities at Baycrest.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- The Kiever Shul series
- Articles file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 5
- File
- 57
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [196-?]-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two articles introducing the history of the Kiever Synagogue. One of the articles was written by David Pinkus.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Published and unpublished works and research series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 8
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains articles and book reviews written by Ben Kayfetz which were either unpublished or the publisher is unknown.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Arab-Israeli War series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an article published on 11 February 1949 in The Evening Telegram (Toronto). The author, Margaret Aitken, writes about Dunkelman and another Jew, Maurice Pearlman, who both decided to fight for Israel in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Name Access
- Aitken, Margaret
- Pearlman, Maurice
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1969]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two articles by Ben Dunkelman. The first is about growing up in Toronto's Zionist community, and the second deals with the Canadian Machal.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 30 Sept. 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a final copy of an article Dunkelman wrote about growing up Jewish in Toronto and fighting in the Second World War and the Arab-Israeli War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- File consists of flyers, programs, correspondence, and a video recording of the lecture "The Wannsee Conference: The Blackest Day in European Jewish History."
- Name Access
- Wannsee-Konferenz (1942 : Berlin, Germany)
- Subjects
- Lectures and lecturing
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 51
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 20 Aug. 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Item is a newspaper clipping from the 20 August 1993 edition of the Toronto Sun about a contempt of court hearing for Wolfgang Droege and the Heritage Front. The article was written by Bill Dunphy.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF file.
- Name Access
- Droege, Wolfgang, 1949-2005
- Heritage Front (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Neo-Nazis
- 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
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Writing and lecturing series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 5
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-[ca. 1985]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lecture notes, a reading list and a course outline for school courses related to Marxism and Canadian working class history.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Zionist Book Club series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 3
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence and abstracts of book reviews It also contains a newspaper clipping taken from an unknown newspaper of the review of "The encyclopeadia of Zionism and Israel" by Reuven Surkis.
- Name Access
- Reuven Surkis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Solway fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 13
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1989
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- A number of articles in magazines and loose clippings were donated in both of the Solway accessions. These are kept with the original accessions in two folders. Included in accession # 1988-10-9 are six articles relating to Maurice Solway's career in professional music. Included in accession # 1991-3-3 are a number of original and copied articles, including a photocopy of the European magazine review of Solway's debut as a soloist from 1927, several reviews in CBC publications, various loose articles and published magazines containing articles about or by Maurice Solway.
- Arrangement
- These articles are arranged in chronological order within their respective folders.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Publicity series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 13
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of news articles and scripts used by JCWA for publicity.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Publicity series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 15
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles and news clippings written by staff of the JFWB and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies for publicity. The bulk of the articles appeared in the Canadian Jewish Review.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Publications, speeches, press releases, and reports sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 63
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and articles written by Ben Kayfetz. Articles include notes on current events of interest to the Jewish community, documentation of JCRC's advocacy for various legislative reforms, and biographies and obituaries of prominent Jewish people. The correspondence is that of Ben Kayfetz and other JCRC members.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Published and unpublished works and research series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 8
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains articles and book reviews written by Ben Kayfetz which were either unpublished or the publisher is unknown.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1973]-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes, a draft of an article and a clipping of a newspaper column by Rochelle Carr in connection with the Sinai Campaign and Israeli politics.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a rough draft of an article Ben Dunkelman wrote about Israeli security, along with a newspaper clipping in connection with Cuban troops in Africa.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Heritage series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 10
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles likely collected by Sol Edell on early Jewish Canadian history.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series
- Discharge records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 47-8
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper notices found in the "Zwiazkowiec," the "Ukrainian Toiler," and the "Canadian" publicizing the presentation ceremony. Also included is a "Telegram" article entitled "DP couple prospers here, Nazi camp memories fade." The article highlights the story of the Bermanskis, immigrant tailors, who arrived in Canada as part of the garment commission's immigration plan.
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 95 video cassettes
- Date
- Sept. 1998-March 2000
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 95 video cassettes of lectures presented by the Wexner Heritage Foundation at their "Toronto sessions". There are 39 lectures in total, dealing with philosophical and religious based topics as well as one on the history of the Canadian Jewish community. The sessions are set up with a guest speaker at the head of a table facilitating the discussion amongst a group of participants.
- The guest speakers and facilitators include Rabbi Norman Laufer, Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, Rabbi Jacob Schacter, Dr. Benjamin Gampel, Dr. Michael Stanislawski, Dr. Steven Bayme, Dr. Michael Brown, Rabbi Shoshana Gelfand, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Dr. Larry Hoffman, Erica Brown, Dr. Michal Chernick and Arna Poupko.
- The topics of discussion include:
- Genesis: cosmos and covenant.
- Genesis: Exodus, Abraham and Moses. The nature of leadership and relationship to the covenant.
- Books of Deuteronomy, Joshua. Judges, Samuel 1: land and politics.
- Prophets and kings or prophets vs. kings.
- Judaism and the destruction of the Temple.
- The Temple's end and beginnings of modern Judaism.
- Judaism in Middle Ages.
- Jews in the orbit of Islam.
- Sephardic and Ashkenaz Jews: 11th to 15th century.
- Crusades and expulsion of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews: 13th to 16th century.
- Jews in Ashkenazi lands.
- Roads to modernity: 1550-1789.
- Jews in Medieval Spain.
- Eastern European Jewry through 1981.
- Transitions to modernity
- Enlightenment and emancipation and the Jewish response to modernity.
- Immigration and acculturation.
- Zionism first 50 years.
- The rise and decline of civic Judaism and the emergence of Jewish continuity agenda.
- Canadian Jewish history.
- Who are the hero/ines of Rosh Hashanah?
- Priest, prophet and kings: authority and rivalry.
- Triumphs and failures in biblical leadership.
- Refusing leadership: the complex leader.
- Judah, Tamar and the Book of Ruth: autonomy and vision as a foundation for leadership.
- Leadership as an outgrowth of faith and kindness.
- The risk of a leader in the Diaspora: Joseph and the Book of Esther.
- The leader as courtier: the Book of Esther.
- Suffering divine justice and personal communal redemption.
- The leader as nurturer.
- The anatomy of the Siddur.
- From Bible to Mishna: the process of Midrash.
- Rabbinic "liturature": the Mishna.
- The Talmud.
- The Mishna and its social context.
- Codes and responsa.
- The Aggadah: the spiritual world of the Talmudic tale.
- Custodial History
- These video cassettes were donated to the OJA by the Media Library, however they did not contain the usual coding used by the library. Therefore, their origins are unknown. It is possible that they were once used as a resource by the staff at the Board of Jewish Education.
- Administrative History
- The Wexner Foundation and the Wexner Heritage Foundation (now part of The Wexner Foundation) were established by Leslie Wexner in 1984. The Wexner Heritage program was designed to provide young American Jewish lay leaders with a two-year intensive Jewish learning program, thus deepening their understanding of Jewish history, values, and texts and enriching their leadership skills. By the end of 2007, over 1500 North American Jewish leaders from 31 cities will have participated in the program.
- http://www.wexnerfoundation.org/TheFoundation/HistoryandMission/tabid/61/Default.aspx
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Educational programming series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the lecture series Kallah, the Gathering. Included are planning meeting minutes, agendas and correspondence, a program guide to the three-part interactive lecture series, promotional material including a conversation with Elie Wiesel, an evaluation guideline for Kallah coordinators and a list of Jewish schools located in the GTA.
- Name Access
- Kallah, the Gathering
- Subjects
- Lectures and lecturing
- 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
- 254
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of invitations to the lecture by Moshe Sharett at Massey Hall on June 25 1952.
- Name Access
- Sharett, Moshe, 1894-1965
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- State of Israel Bonds sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-6
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 Oct. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w. ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens and Yigal Allon, deputy prime minister of Israel, conversing at a State of Israel Bonds dinner.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Leo Hausman of The Studio (Toronto)
- Name Access
- Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980
- Hausman, Leo, 1912-1982
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Architectural plans sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1950-1981
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records (4 v.)
- 30 architectural drawings
- Admin History/Bio
- Page & Steele Architects were responsible for the design and construction of the Spadina and Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA along with associate architects, Kaplan & Sprachman. The Bloor "Y" was completed in 1952.
- The northern building was designed and constructed by W. Sefton & Associates Ltd. Consulting Engineers and Gordon S. Adamson & Associates Architects. The northern building was completed in 1961.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains records relating to the design and construction of the YM-YWHA at Bloor and Spadina and the YM-YWHA on Bathurst Street in North York. The records include bound specifications detailing the labour, material and building methods for each of the buildings, as well as some architectural drawings of the northern building.
- The records are arranged by project.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- File
- 41
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records likely collected by Dr. Brown for curriculum planning. Included is a document outlining the Hebrew curriculum for the 1950-1951 school year at the Toronto Hebrew Day School, weekly teaching schedules, model lesson plans, and other teaching resources.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Planning and development series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-2010
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the various building campaigns on what is now the Sherman Campus at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue. Records relate to the planning for the North YM-YWHA, Bathurst Jewish Community Centre, the Koffler Gallery, and the Koffler Centre of the Arts. Documents include meeting minutes, projection reports, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
- 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
- 207
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of lists of pension plan participants, a proposed report on pension plans and correspondence concerning insurance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds
- Publications series
- General interest articles file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 130
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles on the Archives Department of the Women's League of Conservative Judaism and the Whitwell, Tennessee Holocaust project.
- Notes
- Responsibility: Includes essays by Selma Weintraub and Dita Smith.
- Subjects
- Archives
- Holocaust memorials
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions