- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 14 shirts and other material
- Date
- 1998-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of eight Walk with Israel t-shirts (2002-2008), one hat (n.d), one necklace (2008), and two collection envelopes (2006, 2008) from that same event. Contents also include three t-shirts (1998-2000), and one hat (n.d) from Israel Fun Walk. Other items in this accession include one Ilan Ramon Street Festival t-shirt (2007), one Israel Emergency Campaign t-shirt (2007), and one Telethon t-shirt (2006).
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 2 hats, 1 necklace and 1 folder of textual records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 May 1992
- Physical Description
- 202 photographs (185 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains 202 photographs of the 1992 Walk. The images are of staff at the Lipa Green Building wearing Walk sweatshirts; a ribbon-cutting ceremony; a little boy with "Elephant", the costumed character from TVO's The Elephant Show; volunteers setting up and at a checkpoint; the communications hub in the Lipa Green Building; two men barbecuing hotdogs; and a reporter from CityTV interviewing two clowns. The negatives include pictures of cyclists and others along the route, the registration table, an Israel flag, the ribbon cutting ceremony, the barbecue lunch and crowd shots.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1993 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-19
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- ca. 160 photographs : 35 x 28 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken on the day of the walk. There is one oversize photograph, two 8x10s, and the rest are 4x6s. The images include participants posed in groups as well as walking, biking or rollerblading the route. Images are of families, children and young people. There are also pictures of checkpoint tables, for example, the ones overseen by Jewish Scouts Canada and B'nai Brith Upper Canada Lodge; volunteers serving up refreshments; the ham radio operators of the Communications team; Walk chairs Judy Engel and Alan Winer dressed as clowns; the ribbon cutting ceremony in Earl Bales Park; registration; marshals along the route; and the lunch stop barbecue. UJA staff pictured in the photos include Elaine Lightstone.
- Notes
- selection could be done in the future to narrow these photographs to a selection of the best documentation of the Walk's activities and various aspects.
- Related Material
- Related records, about photo ops planned for the day, are in file 10.
- Accession Number
- Oversize photograph is accession 2006-8/31.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1997 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-23
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 May 1997
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains seven photographs taken on the day of the Walk. They include images of the university students who ran the car wash, people at the registration table, a father with his six sons, and a senior citizen sporting a Walk t-shirt, hat, Israeli flag and a collection of buttons.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk with Israel 2002 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-28
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 20 May 2002
- Physical Description
- 543 photographs (393 jpgs)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the crowds, families, children and seniors at the Walk opening at Roundhouse Park, along the route, and at the Western Wall replica that was constructed in Nathan Phillips Square. The images include crowd shots, Fun Run participants, dancing groups of people, flags, blue and white confetti, volunteers, the opening speeches, bikers, dogs, entertainment and Tony the Tiger. Also in the photos are several groups: Alpha Omega Toronto Alumni, the Birthright Israel Alumni committee and the Toronto Herschel School. Notables in the photos include Mel Lastman, Corey Mandell and co-chair Abe Glowinsky.
- Notes
- Photographic prints by Eve Marks.
- Digital photographs by Stephen Epstein. His discs include hi-resolution jpgs, thumbnail images and html index pages with the thumbnails.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-14
- 2005-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1989 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-15
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : 24 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs taken the day of the Walk for Israel. They are images of the ribbon cutting, communications control room, checkpoint at Beth Tikvah Synagogue, and individuals in a parking lot, possibly the registration table. People in the photographs include Elaine Lightstone and Carol Kassel.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Physical Condition
- 1 photograph has a small area of the surface ripped away.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1979 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 May 1979
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of walkers on Bathurst Street by the BJCC (then the YM-YWHA), one image of people registering, and two of the sculpture in front of the BJCC.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Photos of the sculpture are unrelated to the Walk and could be culled.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1981 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-7
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w (negatives) ; 6 x 6 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five black and white negatives of the Walk for Israel and the Dance-a-thon on May 3. There are two images of a group of walkers, one of people at a checkpoint table, and two of dancers. As well, the file contains photocopied photograph image of the registration table.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1986 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-12
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 May 1986
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (2 negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 3 images of Checkpoint 5 (named for Golda Meir) with a clown on stilts, and one image of Eddie Creed, a Toronto businessman, posing with Golda Meir.
- Notes
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Name Access
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- For Israel's fiftieth birthday, the Walk for Israel underwent many dramatic changes. Renamed the "Israel at 50 Fun Walk," the "march-as-one" style became a more staggered walk again, with a brand new seven-and-a-half-kilometre route in downtown Toronto. The new walk was more high profile and elaborate, starting with opening ceremonies and entertainment at Nathan Phillips Square, then winding through Old Jewish Toronto, through two checkpoints, and on to Ontario Place, where the Israel at 50 Festival was held. The date of the walk was Sunday, 24 May, and its slogan was "Let's Step Together." The chairs were Jeff Cohen, Fran Grundman, and Corey Mandell, with the assistance of committee members and walk staff Silvia Astrug and Naomi Cohen. More than fifteen thousand people turned out for the day, and more than $250,000 were raised.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, posters, artifacts (giveaways) and a promotional video from the 1998 Funwalk, the festival, and the learnathon. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 380 photographs (175 negatives), 4 posters, 2 hats, a T-shirt and 1 videocassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 2 June 1991
- Physical Description
- ca. 115 photographs
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records related to the day of the Walk. These include photographs of Walk staff and volunteers, checkpoints, transportation, police on duty, walkers along the route, a shofar-blowing demonstration, a group of students with school banners and flags, a B'nai Brith Youth group, families, the lunch stop barbecue, an NCSY group with banner and a Ninja Turtle signing autographs. Staff pictured in the photographs include David Engel.
- Notes
- Title based on file contents.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1980 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-6
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 May 1980
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs (6 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs from the Walk for Israel in 1980. Images include Checkpoint #1, a crowd waiting to start at Earl Bales Park, and two smiling men wearing Walk hats and buttons. In the photograph of the checkpoint, the man in the centre, registering, is the 1980 UJA campaign chairman, Jerry Goldenberg.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1988 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-14
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 May 1988
- Physical Description
- ca. 100 photographs : b&w and col. ; (28 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs from the Walk for Israel, including images of registration at Earl Bales Park, checkpoint tables and decorated "gateways", a group of individuals with disabilities, musicians, clown, Polkaroo, communications support on ham radios, people having hot dogs and other snacks, UJA staff and community volunteers and participants along the route. Among those photographed is Julia Koschitsky with her family.
- Notes
- Negatives were created by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-16
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 21 May 1990
- Physical Description
- 259 photographs (238 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Walk and Festival 1990, including the starting line, the ham radio operators' room, midway rides, a clown, crowd shots, the Walk with Israel cake, the barbecue table, people along the route, the registration table, a juggler, and two special marshalls: the Tin Man and Cowardly Lion. The colour prints are of a group of youth, the Pink Panther greeting walkers (possibly Reena individuals), and a checkpoint table manned by a clown. There are 5 black and white 8x10 prints of the midway rides, a clown, a performer, and an audience. As well, there are three photocopied photographs of a display about community aid, the pony rides, and a father and daughters on the merry-go-round. Groups represented (by signs) are the Sephardic Youth Alliance, the Business and Professional Women's Network, and the TJC committee, SNAC.
- Notes
- 6x6 negatives were created by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk with Israel 2003 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-29
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Date
- 25 May 2003
- Physical Description
- 317 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken on the day of the Walk at the kick-off party, along the route and at the Festival that followed. The images are of volunteers, kids, flags, dogd, the chairs of the Walk, the registration table, sponsors' banners, some people 'laying' tefillin, the kickoff speakers and performers, crowd shots, dancing, people along the route, rest stops and the Western Wall replica. VIPs pictured include Mel Lastman. Groups with banners include the Downtown Jewish Day School, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Canada, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, March of the Living, and Jews for Jesus.
- The Festival photographs feature performers, MC Corey Mandell, members of the Walk committee, audience shots, people dancing, a drumming centre, an activity centre for kids, students' murals and inflatables.
- Notes
- Though the CD is not marked, it is likely these photographs are Steven Epstein's, since he usually included the html pages for viewing the thumbnails online.
- 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
- 2009-9-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1982 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-8
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 Apr. 1982, 19 Apr. 1982
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs (6 negatives) : 24 x 20 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs from two different photography jobs shooting publicity images for the 1982 Walk for Israel. They include a crowd of grade-seven students from Associated Hebrew Schools with Walk poster.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1984 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-10
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 May 1984
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (2 negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of three experienced participants in the Walk for Israel: Louis Goldman, Rachel Kanner and Nat Hurwich. Rachel Kanner is holding a large poster for the Walk for Israel, Sunday June 3, 1984.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 1999 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-25
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 30 May 1999
- Physical Description
- 290 photographs (271 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Walk kick-off Carnival at Nathan Phillips Square, along the route and at checkpoints. The images include crowd scenes, groups of kids, parents with children, volunteers, dogs, strollers, costumed characters and entertainment. There are photos of the Mandell Entertainment truck, the fire truck and firemen with kids, musicians, the JF&CS clothing drive, the Kiever shul, the Kensington Market area and City Hall. Groups with banners include USDS, Associated Hebrew Schools, B.B.Y.O. B'nai Brith Girls, and the Downtown Jewish Community School.
- Notes
- Photographs by Stephen Epstein.
- 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
- 2005-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 2000 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-26
- File
- 5 (2 of 2)
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 May 2000
- Physical Description
- ca. 575 photographs (257 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Funwalk 2000 and includes shots from the opening at Nathan Phillips Square, the checkpoints, the route along the way and the endpoint at Ontario Place. The images include: families, children and seniors; checkpoint tables; dogs wearing t-shirts or getting stamped; entertainment acts; Corey Mandell onstage at the opening; Funwalk chairs Fran Grundman and Harvey Cooperberg; crowd shots; costumed characters; three girls inside a synagogue; people walking along the route with Toronto streets in the background; volunteers; sponsors' trucks and booths; a group of youth from Israel; facepainting; henna tattoos; and adults at the Fun Run registration. In some pictures people are holding protest signs about funding for Jewish education. There are also groups with banners, including Reena, Birthright Israel, Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Just a Second Shop Clothing Drive, B.B.Y.O. A.Z.A. Greater Toronto Area Council and Jewish Campus Services of Greater Toronto. UJA Federation notables include Seymour Epstein and David Koschitsky.
- Notes
- Some photographs by Stephen Epstein.
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 2001 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-27
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 21 May 2001
- Physical Description
- 331 photographs (216 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Funwalk, from the opening carnival at Nathan Phillips Square, along the route and at the endpoint, the Ontario Place gates. The images include families and children; adult Fun Run participants at the starting line; motorcyclists in Walk t-shirts; the Funwalk co-chairs; an M&M character; the crowd along busy downtown streets showing one lane cordoned off; Israel flags; checkpoint tables; entertainment acts and speakers at the opening; a Toronto Raptors truck with people shooting hoops and Raptors dancers; volunteers; the Mandell Entertainment truck; and dogs in Walk t-shirts. Groups with banners include the JF&CS Just a Second Shop Clothing Drive, JIAS and the Alpha Omega Fraternity. There is also an image of a table with a petition, "Bring Our Boys Home." UJA Federation notables in the photos include Seymour Epstein and David Koschitsky.
- Notes
- Photographs by Stephen Epstein.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 2000 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-26
- File
- 5 (1 of 2)
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 May 2000
- Physical Description
- ca. 575 photographs (257 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Funwalk 2000 and includes shots from the opening at Nathan Phillips Square, the checkpoints, the route along the way and the endpoint at Ontario Place. The images include: families, children and seniors; checkpoint tables; dogs wearing t-shirts or getting stamped; entertainment acts; Corey Mandell onstage at the opening; Funwalk chairs Fran Grundman and Harvey Cooperberg; crowd shots; costumed characters; three girls inside a synagogue; people walking along the route with Toronto streets in the background; volunteers; sponsors' trucks and booths; a group of youth from Israel; facepainting; henna tattoos; and adults at the Fun Run registration. In some pictures people are holding protest signs about funding for Jewish education. There are also groups with banners, including Reena, Birthright Israel, Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Just a Second Shop Clothing Drive, B.B.Y.O. A.Z.A. Greater Toronto Area Council and Jewish Campus Services of Greater Toronto. UJA Federation notables include Seymour Epstein and David Koschitsky.
- Notes
- Some photographs by Stephen Epstein.
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk with Israel 2004 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-30
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- moving images
- Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 334 photographs (jpg)
- 1 optical disc (vob file) : 2 mins. 40 secs.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 4 CDs containing digital photographs (jpgs). One disc (Black's Photography) contains images at the Walk opening of entertainment, children, the registration table, the crowd, dancing, Israel flags, sponsor banners, a clown and people along the route. The other 3 discs contain 308 photographs. These document the opening at Coronation Park, the crowd along the route and people at the RioCan Festival at Ontario Place. They include images of special guest, Police Chief Julian Fantino, the co-chairs of the Walk, a huge hora, opening speeches by the Walk chairs, one of the checkpoints, facepainting, games and putting on tefillin.
- At the Festival the images are of the marketplace, Ontario Place rides, a CIJA-PAC group and other vendors at tables. Groups represented include Leo Baeck Day School; Congregation BINA (Community of Jews from India); Canadian Jews & Christians (Together for Israel); the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Canada; and Jews for Jesus. There are also pictures of anti-Israel protesters at the entrance to the checkpoint. UJA notables in the photos include Ted Sokolsky and Michelle Golfman.
- In addition, the file contains a DVD with video footage of the 2004 Walk set to music.
- Notes
- Black's-processed photographs by Eve [Marks]. This disc has Fujifilm Image Viewer software on it which must be used to view the photos.
- Other photographs by Stephen Epstein. Epstein's discs include thumbnails, high-resolution jpgs and html files forming a "web gallery" index to peruse the images. The three CDs each have 1/3 of the images in high-resolution.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- David Pinkus fonds
- David Pinkus’ personal records series
- Event photographs file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 138
- Series
- 1
- File
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [198-?]-[201-?]
- Physical Description
- 30 photographs : col. ; 22 x 28 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs depicting David Pinkus with other individuals at various social events. These events include a social gathering at 34 Nassau Street and the Kiever Shul, the Baycrest Foundation Sefer Torah Dedication, an aufruf kiddush of Lou Kozlov’s nephew, a gathering at Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, a group visit of Barney Green’s relatives at the Kiever, a celebration party for Sam Roy (featuring David and Phil Beaver), a kiddush club [at the Kiever?], and Lou Kozlov’s public speaking in front of Heather Forest Apartments in Barrie. Also included are a photograph featuring David and Peter Vieira at Bellevue Park and a printed copy of a photograph featuring David, Murray Koffler, Marvelle Koffler, and Rabbi Aaron Levy at the Kiever Shul.
- 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
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1994
- Physical Description
- 186 photographs : col. (36 negatives) ; 20 x 22 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- The file contains photographs taken on the day of the event. There are images of the crowd and individual families along the route, a large Community March for Israel banner, the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Israeli flags, the registration table, aerial shots looking down Bathurst Street, the ham radio operators at the Lipa Green Buildling, volunteer marshalls, a table outdoors with a man 'laying tefillin', the refreshment stop, a costumed turtle character with a little girl, a group of individuals with disabilities along the route, and a clown entertaining people. As well, there are group shots of volunteers from the Holocaust Remembrance Committee and Forest Heights B'nai Brith, and also walkers with banners from Leo Baeck Day School, the JIAS Integration Program, Netivot Hatorah Day School, Temple Sinai and the Downtown Jewish Community School. UJA personnel in the photographs include Brian Keshen.
- Notes
- One set of photographs are prints by Jay Brodbar.
- A second, different set are negatives by Stephen Epstein.
- Title based on contents of the 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
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1995 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-21
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 May 1995
- Physical Description
- 211 photographs : col. (151 negatives) ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken during the Community March for Israel. The images include pictures of groups of people posed, and along the route; a clown; the registration table; a checkpoint table; balloons; and marshalls in Wizard of Oz costumes. Groups or organizations represented are the JIAS Integration Program, the Association for Soviet Jewry, and Mandell Entertainment. UJA staff photographed include Jeff Springer. The negatives add additional images: of individuals, the crowd, children, and dogs.
- Notes
- Photographs by Stephen Epstein.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1996 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-22
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 26 May 1996
- Physical Description
- 102 photographs : col. (98 negs)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken on the day of the event at the check-in and opening at Promenade Shopping Centre and along the route. Images include a cotton candy stand, face painting, the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Mandell Entertainment truck, police marshalls, a clown and groups of people posed as well as walking the route. There are many shots of the crowd, families and children.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1981 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs from two different photography jobs shooting publicity images for the 1981 Walk for Israel. They include a group holding a running shoe and a poster entitled, "Walk for the Youth of Israel," and a second group with a sign that says, "I'm walking. How about you?"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 347
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of six men posing in Walk for Israel T-shirts. Each shirt represents a different division: Law, Medicine, Optometry, Dentistry, Accountancy, Pharmacy.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 545
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of a crowd gathered at the registration tables for the UJA Walk for Israel.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 590
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs from the Walk with Israel. In one photo, a large group crosses Sheppard Avenue West and proceeds south on Bathurst Street. In the other photo, people approach the registration table. Paul Godfrey is identified.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Godfrey, Paul, 1939-
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Sheppard Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [197-?]-2008
- Physical Description
- 1.8 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- UJA Federation’s Walk with Israel was first held in May 1970, when it was called the UJA Walkathon. The first walk was organized quickly with no advance publicity, yet it still raised $55,000. In the early years, funds raised in the walk went into UJA’s Israel Special Fund. Since then, the money has supported particular projects in Israel that often involve children, since children are the main fundraisers in the event. The Walk with Israel has grown into the largest event in the Toronto Jewish community, with over twenty thousand people participating as volunteers or walkers and funds raised reaching as high as $400,000. The event has had several name changes since 1970: Walk for Israel (1978–1993); Community March for Israel (1994–1996); Israel Funwalk (1998–2002); and the current name, Walk with Israel.
- The Walk with Israel is one of the programs mounted by the Annual Campaign department of UJA Federation. It is planned by a Cabinet Committee, with one or two laypeople as chairs, and numerous sub-committees. The main UJA staff undertaking the planning and execution is the walk coordinator. Each year, sub-committees are formed for recruitment, logistics, marketing, and public relations, the festival, food, entertainment, etc. The walk also involves many outside entities: companies approached for prizes, donations or sponsorship; entertainment groups; the Toronto police force, which provides traffic control, marshalling and a parade permit; city government, for park use permits and outdoor signage; community groups mounting displays; costumed character rental companies; and manufacturers of the T-shirts, hats and buttons produced each year for walk participants.
- In addition to being a major fundraiser, the walk fashioned itself initially as a fitness challenge to children and athletes, with a route as long as thirty-one kilometres in 1976. Over the years, this length has been reduced significantly, with the event evolving into a more manageable and family-oriented event. In the last decade, with periods of tension overseas, it has been framed as a demonstration of solidarity with Israel. Alongside the main event, alternative fundraisers such as a large raffle, dance-a-thon, aerob-a-thon and learn-a-thon for Eitz Chaim day schools, have been held in some years to encourage more people to contribute. Incentives for those who collect sponsors have grown over the years, from free T-shirts to a succession of prizes depending on the amount of funds raised. The grand prize draw for many years was two El Al airline tickets to Israel.
- The location of the walk has moved from the Bathurst Street "corridor" of the Jewish community to a downtown route that for some years went through the historic Jewish neighbourhood of Kensington Market and, more recently, begins and ends at Coronation Park by the lakeshore and winds around the downtown streets. There is now also a kick-off party at the walk’s starting point. Since 1984, the walk has culminated in a big festival, featuring rides, petting zoos, a barbecue, musical entertainment, clowns, and other attractions. This was usually held in a park or the BJCC parking lot. When the walk route moved downtown, the festival shifted to Ontario Place, and, more recently, it has taken place on the CNE grounds by the lakeshore. Since 2007, the festival has been sponsored by RioCan, and "yogen fruz" became a major sponsor of the walk in 2008. Other walk sponsors have included Roots Canada (supplier of T-shirts), Shopper’s Drug Mart, Henry’s Camera Centre, Canada Trust, National Bank Financial Group, and the Canadian Zionist Federation.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains records that document the planning and coordination of the Walk for Israel each year, as well as photographs and other records from the day itself and post-walk evaluation and wrap-up activities. The records include meeting notices, agendas and minutes, information sheets, lists, schedules, sitemaps, correspondence, school presentations, permits, press releases, design work, invoices, flyers, and photographs. Materials distibuted to participants include walker passports that had to be verified at each checkpoint, sponsor books, collection envelopes, tickets, and other ephemera.
- Most of the records have been arranged by year, broken down by function, in the following order: walk oversight (the Walk Committee and chairs); recruitment of participants; volunteers; logistics such as route and police/security coverage; publicity and public relations, design of memorabilia (e.g., hats); sponsorship and prizes; financial management; the walk event itself; the festival; related fundraisers, particularly the Eitz Chaim Day Schools Learnathon; and post-event evaluation. The festival records document the planning of food, entertainment, displays, amusements, and volunteers, and include photographs taken on the day of the event.
- Sub-series 17-1 also includes individual files containing photographs from ranges of years. These were added to this series after the major portion of the "Walk" records had already been processed.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes ca. 4513 photographs (1948 negatives, 431 jpgs), 8 videocassettes, 4 optical discs (videos), 12 posters, 13 T-shirts, 4 buttons, 2 shoelaces, 1 jacket and several hats.
- Reproduction restriction note: Though there is no textual evidence indicating ownership of copyright, it is believed that all rights to the Graphic Artists negatives in this sub-series were transferred to UJA Federation (Communications department), since they were the ultimate possessors of the negatives. Copyright for photographs by Stephen Epstein remains in his possession. Other UJA staff photographs by Eve Marks are the physical and intellectual property of UJA Federation.
- 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
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1979 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 May 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of image of walkers on Bathurst Street by the BJCC (then the YM-YWHA). Identified in the second row of walkers from left is Joanne Dubrofsky, Marsha Weisleder, and Lisa Kerbel.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photograph by Graphic Artists
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- File
- 38
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of volunteers in a golf cart and loading a van, Schlomo Carlbach performing onstage, a towering ladder (stunt show), a martial arts demonstration, pony rides, the audience in the BJCC amphitheatre, a clown gathered with children and a boy at the petting zoo.
- Notes
- Title based on file contents.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- 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
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1994
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : col. ; 24 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Festival, including singers and performers on stage; audience shots; the audience dancing, including a large circle with a clown and an M&M doing the horah; children, youth and families; volunteers and UJA staff; clowns; the petting zoo; the ticket table; Lenny's Kosher Hot Dogs costumed mascot (a weiner); and the trapeze act.
- Notes
- Photographs by Jay Brodbar and UJA staff member Rosie Sosnowicz.
- Title based on contents of the file.
- selection could be done in the future to narrow these photographs to a selection of the best documentation of the Walk's activities and various aspects.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk with Israel 2002 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-28
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 20 May 2002
- Physical Description
- 352 photographs (182 jpgs)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the festival that took place in the Sky Dome. The images include a children's choir and other musical groups, miniature golf, inflatables slides, the audience in the stands, speeches, vendors' tables, facepainting, children, the arts and crafts area, and bubble blowing. There are many candid shots of people at the event.
- Notes
- Photographic prints by Eve Marks.
- Digital photographs by Stephen Epstein. His discs include high-resolution jpgs, thumbnail images, and HTML index pages (a "web gallery") with the thumbnails to select from.
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-14.
- 2005-12-2.
- 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
- 326
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of nine black and white photographs of attendants of a Jewish events, including Charles Harnick, Attorney General of Ontario, Premier of Ontario Bob Rae, Moshe Ronen and Manuel Prutschi. There are a number of unidentified individuals in these photographs.
- 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
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walkathon 1976 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 30 May 1976
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains five images of a crowd of children with Al Waxman walking along Augusta St., and two images of people at a checkpoint table along a Toronto residential street.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1990-1991
- Physical Description
- 23 cm of textual records
- 17 photographs : col.
- 1 t-shirt
- 1 hat
- 2 shoelaces
- Admin History/Bio
- The theme of the 1991 Walk for Israel, which was held on Sunday, 2 June, was "Operation Exodus: The Journey Home." This corresponded to UJA Federation's campaign that year. The goal of the walk was to raise enough money for five hundred Russian Jews (two planeloads) to make aliyah to Israel. Each of the eight checkpoints portrayed a different theme or "step" to freedom: "invitation to freedom," "permission to freedom," "flight to freedom," etc. Great effort was made to expand recruitment from the traditional children who participated to reach parents and other adults from UJA's divisions. The chairs of the Walk were David William Brown and David Engel, and the UJA staff coordinator was Avrum Rosensweig. Sponsors included Shopper's Drug Mart, Spring Valley Spring Water, Beatrice Foods, and Meadowvale Security. There were 8,500 participants this year, but only 2,700 of these collected any sponsors, a fact that highlights a longstanding problem facing the Walk Committee. After the event, expenditures were estimated at $23,000 and revenue (from the festival) at $14,000. The difference was made up by UJA.
- The festival in 1991 was called "The Journey Home: Sharing Our Ethnicity," and it focused on the multiculturalism in the Toronto Jewish community. This year, the festival was reenvisioned as a family-picnic type of event rather than the expansive carnival atmosphere of previous years. The staff coordinator of the festival was Mark Freedman, and the lay chairs were Judy Engel and Judy Shulman. The festival included arts and crafts, puppets, storytellers, games, pony rides, and a petting zoo. There was also a varied line-up of performers and musicians and an "Israeli café" food experience.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, and a T-shirt, hat, and pair of shoelaces from the 1991 Walk for Israel. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship and prizes, finances, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Related Material
- A map of the 1991 walk route can be found in series 17-1-19 (1993), file 9.
- Expenses of the 1991 walk (from July 1990 to June 1991) are in a report in Series 17-1-19, file 18 (1993).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 277 photographs (259 negatives)
- 1 t-shirt
- Admin History/Bio
- The theme of the 1992 Walk for Israel was "From Toronto to the Heart of Our Homeland." This Jerusalem-centred theme was selected because the day of the walk, Sunday, 31 May, coincided with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification, hence the festival held this year was named the "Yom Yerushalayim Celebration." The walk was chaired by Judy Engel and Judy Shulman and coordinated by UJA Federation staff member Pearl Gropper. The Yom Yerushalayim Celebration was first to be held at Earl Bales Park until logistical difficulties necessitated a change to the northern JCC/Lipa Green Building area. The celebration was chaired by Moishe and Jodi Gottesman. As in the past three years, the checkpoints along the route were run by affiliates of UJA.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, design products, and a T-shirt for the 1992 Walk for Israel and the Yom Yerushalayim Celebration. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship and prizes, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Related Material
- Expenses of the 1992 walk (from July 1991 to June 1992) are in a report in Series 17-1-19, file 18 (1993).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1993 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1992-1993
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 251 photographs : b&w & col.
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1993 Walk for Israel was held on Monday, 24 May. Its informal slogan was "$45 for 45 Years," in recognition of Israel's forty-fifth anniversary. Participants who raised the minimum of $45 received a free T-shirt. The T-shirts for the event had a different slogan than "$45 for 45 Years"; they read, "Building Our Community Together." When participants handed in their funds before the event, they were also eligible for other prizes including roller blades, Blue Jays' tickets, and bicycles. Over six thousand people took part in the walk and over $150,000 was raised.
- The 1993 walk was co-chaired by Judy Engel and Alan Winer and coordinated by UJA staff person Ronit Climan. The route started in Earl Bales Park, went south to Wilson and over to Avenue Road, then south to Eglinton, back to Bathurst via Chaplin Crescent, then north on Bathurst to the festival at the Bathurst JCC.
- This year, the walk was supplemented by other "athons": a dance-a-thon for youth co-sponsored by BBYO and an aerobathon organized by the JCC and the walk. The aerobathon drew forty participants. Additionally, as in years past, students at the Eitz Chaim Day School held a learnathon, which raised $18,000.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs and design products for the 1993 Walk for Israel and the Festival. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment and incentives, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 2 June 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 hat
- Scope and Content
- Item is a white painter's cap with blue printing, ordered in bulk for participants. On the front it says "United Jewish Appeal Operation Exodus" and on the sides, "UJA Walk for Israel"; "1991 The Journey Home." The sponsors are listed on the top of the hat: Beatrice Foods, Premier Ceramics, Meadowvale Security, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Industrial Alliance Life Insurance Company.
- Notes
- Title based on file contents.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
