- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Board of directors and executive committee series
- Committees on affiliation requirements sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-1996
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- One of the first actions taken by the Bureau of Jewish Education Board of Directors was to work with the schools to define the requirements for affiliation with, and financial support from, the bureau. Reviewing affiliation requirements and applications for affiliation from schools were the primary duties of the bureau's School Committee. These requirements were occasionally reviewed and updated by the board during the 1950s and 1960s. In general, the requirements stipulate that the school should be open to all Jewish students; that the schools comply with government and BJE standards for teacher qualifications and general studies curriculum; that it not be a profit-making venture; that it have a stable and adequate administrative structure, and have been in existence for at least a year; that it cooperate with the BJE on fiscal and administrative matters, and allow visits from BJE school consultants; and that the schools should strive to enhance students' knowledge and appreciation of Judaism and their understanding and concern for the welfare of the state of Israel.
- The UJWF Study Committee on Jewish Education report of 1975 included a large number of recommendations for revisions to the affiliation requirements. Rather than simply reviewing and implementing these recommendations, the BJE board appointed an Affiliation Requirements Sub-Committee in the late 1970s to conduct a further study of the current affiliation requirements and possible revisions. This committee reported to the board in 1980. After this date, an affiliation requirements committee (under various names) remained a component of the board's committee structure, although it did not meet on a regular basis. Affiliation requirements were again reviewed and revised in the mid-1980s, and then in the mid-1990s, in response to the inquiries of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto's Commission on Jewish Education. As of 2006, the BJE Affiliation and Compliance Committee is responsible for considering revisions to requirements, applications for affiliation from new schools, and monitoring schools' compliance with these requirements.
- Scope and Content
- The sub-series documents the work of the School Committee, the Affiliation Requirements Sub-Committee (also known as the Affiliation Requirements Committee), and its successors, the Affiliation and Funding Requirements Sub-Committee, and Affiliations Criteria Sub-Committee. The sub-series includes meeting minutes, copies of the affiliation requirements for different time periods, reports from the committees to the board on proposed revisions to the affiliation requirements, and recommendations from the committees to the board on applications for affiliation. The files are arranged chronologically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Fundraising series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 9
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting Baycrest's fundraising activities for its building renovations. Included are brochures and booklets, an issue of the Capital Fund Campaign newsletter, and newspaper clippings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- May 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a small book that was produced to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto and the day of the liquidation of its capital debt. The book details the history of the school.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 429
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes reports on Jewish communities in Ontario, including Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, Rouyn-Nornada, London, Welland, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne, Chatham, Peterborough, Belleville, Oakville, and Stratford.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds;
- Executive Committee series;
- Executive director sub-series;
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-2003
- Physical Description
- 55 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence arising from the executive director’s involvement in the management and restructuring of the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (JCC). File titles are predominantly those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub-series have been arranged chronologically.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930-[ca. 1984]
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w and col. (15 negatives) ; 28 x 35 or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern was very involved in the Toronto Jewish community. In particular, he was active with the United Jewish Welfare Fund, where he served as a divisional director, the Canadian Zionist Federation, as the executive director, the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Jewish Home for the Aged, the Jewish Film Festival and the Ontario Jewish Archives. He also assisted many organizations in a consulting capacity, following his leave from communal affairs.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of photographs of individuals and organizations associated with the Toronto Jewish community. Bill Stern, along with other members of his family, are featured in many of the photographs, as they were members of the various organizations.
- The photographs have been arranged chronologically and described at the item level.
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-4
- 1985-6-6
- 1991-5-5
- 1991-5-6
- 1994-1-4
- 2004-5-96
- 2005-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Planning and Development series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a qualitative research report produced by the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre entitled "A Dive into Consumer Attitudes."
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 2
- File
- 35
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1990-1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the 1990-1991 annual report of the Toronto Jewish Congress (United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Committee on Capital Needs and Planning series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1967
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The first committee meetings were held in 1944 as a forum for joint discussions between the United Jewish Welfare Fund and its client agencies in Toronto to examine the long-term financial needs of the agencies and thus fund-raising plans at the UJWF. As clients were bound to consult the UJWF before initiating fund-raising campaigns of their own, plans for special capital campaigns to finance new buildings by individual organizations such as Mount Sinai Hospital, the YMHA, the Jewish Home for the Aged, and several Jewish schools were also discussed.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two sub-series; Meeting Minutes and Individual Agency Reports. Minutes contain discussions both with individual agencies and also groups of agencies such as schools and camps. Reports consist of detailed financial needs studies about three of the individual agencies. Files are arranged chronologically within each sub-series.
- Notes
- Access Restriction Note: Records documenting the meeting minutes and activities of this committee and its sub-committees are CLOSED until they are more than ten years old.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 73 photographs : b&w (42 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of negatives documenting the 1956 Negev dinner held in honour of the Toronto Jewish community's centennial. The dinner was hosted by the Jewish National Fund at Toronto's Royal York Hotel. This honourary dinner was bestowed on the community in celebration of the ongoing committment to fostering a strong, supportive and vibrant Jewish community in Toronto.
- The dinner was attended and officiated by prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community, including: Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg, Rabbi David Monson, D. Lou Harris, Stephen E. Berger, Rabbi Charles Bender, Manny Rotman, Sol D. Granek, J. Irving Oelbaum, Meyer W. Gasner, Samuel Feldt, Edward E. Gelber, and Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg. The images in this file reflect these individuals' participation in the event.
- Name Access
- Bender, Rabbi Charles
- Berger, Stephen E.
- Feinberg, Rabbi Abraham L.
- Feldt, Samuel
- Gasner, Meyer W.
- Gelber, Edward E., 1903-1970
- Granek, Sol D.
- Harris, D. Lou
- Jewish National Fund
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Negev Dinner
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Rosenberg, Rabbi Stuart
- Rotman, Manny
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 16
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Association (JCCA) was formed in the fall of 1936 through the coordination of the Jewish Girls’ and Boys’ Clubs to provide cultural, social, educational and athletic programming for members of the Jewish community. Located at 44 St. George Street, the JCCA offered a variety of classes; including, cooking, sewing, journalism, language, dance and art classes. It also ran a home camp and summer nursery school and organized celebrations for Jewish festivals and holidays.
- However, many similar organizations existed in Toronto at the time and the JCCA was absorbed into the larger and growing Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association around 1941. The YM-YWHA initially continued to operate many of the JCCA's programs at 44 St. George Street. Today, the YM-YWHA has evolved into the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC).
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Jewish Community Centre Association of Toronto (JCCA). Included is correspondence, memos, lists of club members, case summaries, and the meeting minutes from a joint meeting between the JFWB, the Jewish Child Welfare Association, and the JCCA.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- External committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 audio reel (ca. 1 hr.) : 1/4 in.
- Admin History/Bio
- Also known as the Jewish Community Services Institute Committee, this group was under the aegis of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. It included representatives from UJWF, JIAS, Jewish Vocational Services, the Board of Jewish Education, Young Men's Hebrew Association, Jewish Home for the Aged, and Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Scope and Content
- File includes minutes and correspondence relating to the Executive Committee of the Association.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- External committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 7
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967-1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Also known as the Jewish Community Services Institute Committee, this group was under the aegis of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. It included representatives from UJWF, JIAS, Jewish Vocational Services, the Board of Jewish Education, Young Men's Hebrew Association, Jewish Home for the Aged, and Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Scope and Content
- File includes minutes and correspondence relating to the Executive Committee of the Association.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a memo summarizing an OJCC meeting held on June 24, 1970.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation and an issue of the "Shofar" newsletter (Apr. 1992).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 61
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1994
- Physical Description
- 3 m of textual records (19 v.) and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Schwartz-Reisman Jewish Community Centre, the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre (formerly the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre or BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) in Toronto are the current incarnations of what began, in 1919, as the Hebrew Association of Young Men's and Young Women's Clubs, later known as the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Toronto (YM-YWHA). The YM-YWHA, in turn, began as a merger between several other small athletic clubs operating in the city. The original mandate was strictly athletic, but soon broadened to include other areas of interest, in order to provide a sense of Jewish identity and camaraderie through physical, educational, cultural and community based programming. During the 1920s, the 'Y' became known simply as the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) – the name under which it was incorporated in 1930.
- For close to two decades, the ‘Y’ had rented rooms in the Brunswick Avenue and College Street area, including the basement facilities of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. By the mid-1930s, these facilities were overcrowded and unable to support the growing membership, particularly when the young women’s programming was reintroduced in 1936.
- As a result, in 1937, the YM-YWHA constructed its own athletic building at 15 Brunswick Avenue, next door to the Talmud Torah, to ease the overcrowding. However, the ‘Y’ still had to make use of five scattered buildings to meet its needs, including the Central YMCA gym for its basketball teams. The early ‘Y’ was staffed by volunteers who were granted free memberships in exchange for their time and expertise.
- On 3 February 1953, a new Jewish Community Centre was dedicated at the corner of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue. By the end of the 1950s, the ‘Y’ was providing services for all ages, ranging from a nursery school to their Good Age Club for seniors.
- As the Jewish community moved northward, so too did the ‘Y’, with the dedication of a new northern branch on 1 May 1961. This new branch, located at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, was created in order to address the athletic, educational, cultural and community needs of the expanding Jewish community in the north end of the city. Fourteen years later, an improved cultural and physical education wing was added as part of the completion campaign. This included the addition of the Leah Posluns Theatre and the Murray Koffler Centre of the Arts. In 1978, the YM-YWHA changed its name to the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, in order to better reflect its broader role in the community. A new Northeast Valley branch was also established in Thornhill in the early 1980s and later closed in the late 1990s.
- In 1994, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto took over the operation of the northern branch, due to financial difficulties. At this point, all three branches became independent of one another and were no longer constituted as the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto. They each had independent boards of directors, while still receiving some of their operating funds from the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto -- which included the Bloor branch and the northern Bathurst Jewish Community Centre -- and its predecessor, the YM-YWHA. The records include textual records maintained by the office of the executive director, financial reports, architectural plans, Y-Times newsletters, program material, photographs and oral histories.
- The records have been arranged into the following series: Executive director, Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee, Publication Committee, Communications Department, Sports Celebrity Dinner, and Combined Building Campaign Committee.
- Notes
- Includes 2539 photographs, 42 architectural drawings, 13 sound recordings, 4 artifacts, and 2 posters.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Subjects
- Community centers
- Related Material
- See photo #2369-2646, 3412, 3519, 3804, 4201, 5004, 6125, accession #1986-7-8, MG2 N1a
- Creator
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-6
- 2004-5-13
- 2004-5-2
- 1988-11-7
- 1988-4-9
- 1984-7-2
- 1983-12-1
- 1982-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1974-003
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1974-003
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1970-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of the Orthodox Jewish Community Council, Toronto. Included are a description of the organization's mandate, correspondence, materials from a conference, and a memo.
- MG_RG
- MG3A7
- Subjects
- Orthodox Judaism
- Name Access
- Orthodox Jewish Community Council (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 103
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948, 1960-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The files contains copies of the two studies by Dr. Uriah Z. Engelman of Jewish education in Toronto, completed in 1947-1948 and in 1959-1961 for the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The first study is entitled "Jewish education in Toronto : a preliminary report", and the second is "Financing Jewish education in Toronto, 1950 to 1959-1960 and some related problems : preliminary report." The first report led to the establishment of the Bureau of Jewish Education. The second report was never formally accepted by the UJWF, but was circulated in draft form. The file also includes a copy of a paper by Joseph Diamond commenting on Engelman's 1961 report.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4750
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4750
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1945 or 1946]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jewish community meeting at Massey Hall, Toronto. Includes: Rabbi Sachs, Edward Gelber, Rabbi Kamenetsky, Julius Katz, Cantor Wladowsky, and Wilferd Gordon.
- Notes
- Credit: W. H. James, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
- Gelber, Edward
- Kamenetsky, Rabbi
- Katz, Julius
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions