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Party at the house of Leon Weinstein [graphic material] – 1972.

Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 13; File 1; Item 13

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Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 13

File: 1

Item: 13

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1972

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Depicted, left to right, are: Leon Weinstein (obscured), Maurice Solway, Aaron Waife, and Jack Benny.

Notes: Not an original photograph. Print and negative from original photograph.

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Maurice Solway with violin [graphic material] – 1976.

Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 13; File 1; Item 14

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Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 13

File: 1

Item: 14

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: The photograph is of Maurice Solway from a performance in London, Ontario.

Notes: The photograph is mounted on a cardstock and inscribed on the back: "[Novack?] Residence, London/ 76. To Maurice, With my compliments and appreciation for a memorable evening of music and conversation. [Shirly?] Brownstone."

Places: London (Ont.)

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Maurice Solway and company at Leon Weinstein's Home [graphic material] – [ca. 1958], 1972.

Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds

Level: File

ID: Fonds 13; File 9

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Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds

Level: File

Fonds: 13

File: 9

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1958], 1972

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm on mount 28 x 36 cm; 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a photo mounted on an original poster of the Solway String Quartet. Pictured in the photograph are, left to right: Albert Pratz (back turned to camera), Leon Weinstein, Stanley Solomon, Maurice Solway and Jack Benny. On the poster Maurice Solway is depicted in the upper left corner of the poster image. Below him, from left to right are Charles Dobias (violin), Eugene Hudson (viola) and Marcus Adeney (cello). The faces of the quartet on the poster are superimposed upon the background of a hand playing the violin. The remaining images in the file were produced by the archive from the original.

Notes: The dimensions of the poster, adjusted for orientation, are 36 x 28 cm.; Poster photo images by Donald McKague.; The original is located in the reception map cabinet. The negatives and prints are kept in box 58-2-4.

Related Material: The photograph is from the same evening as file 1, item 13.

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Maurice Solway and pupil in Sarnia [graphic material] – 1977.

Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 13; File 1; Item 15

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Part Of: Maurice Solway fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 13

File: 1

Item: 15

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1977

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: This photograph was taken at Blackwell School in Sarnia, Ontario.

Notes: The print and negative were created by the archives from the original.

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Greeting cards for Soviet Jews [textual record] – 1971-1981.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 13

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 13

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1971-1981

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File includes a representative sample of greeting cards and protest postcards that were typically sent to Soviet Jewish families for major holidays.

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Let My People Go--Haggadah [textual record] – Mar. 1972.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 15

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 15

Material Format: textual record

Date: Mar. 1972

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notices and order information concerning the publication of a special illustrated Soviet Jewry Passover Haggadah by Mark Podwal. The Haggadah is a religious text which lays out the order of the Passover seder ceremony.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

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Third Seder for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – Mar. 1972-Apr. 1972.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 16

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 16

Material Format: textual record

Date: Mar. 1972-Apr. 1972

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of notices and recommendations for seder services on behalf of Soviet Jews.

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Boris Penson art exhibit [textual record, graphic material] – Mar. 1973-Apr. 1973.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 23; Item 1-5

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 23

Item: 1-5

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Mar. 1973-Apr. 1973

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, a press release, and photographs concerning the art exhibit at Holy Blossom Temple.

Name Access: Pénson, Boris, 1946-; Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Exhibitions

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Places: Toronto (Ont.)

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CNE demonstration [graphic material] – 21 Aug. 1973.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 28

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 28

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 21 Aug. 1973

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of a photograph of women protestors outside the Soviet pavilion of the Canadian National Exhibition grounds.

Notes: Photograph is by Jacob El-Baz.

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Simchat Torah rally [textual record, graphic material] – Sept. 1973-Nov. 1973.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 29; Item 1-14

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 29

Item: 1-14

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Sept. 1973-Nov. 1973

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 14 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, posters, and articles concerning the annual rally, as well as photographs of the event held at Nathan Phillips Square on 20 October 1973. In addition, there is a photograph of the Simchat Torah Rally held in Montreal at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel on 7 October 1973. Photographs depict individuals carrying signs demonstrating solidarity with Israel and Soviet Jews. Individuals identified in photographs include: E. James Cooper; Philip Givens, Q.C.; Sydney M. Harris, Q.C.; Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther Plaut; Joseph B. Salsberg; Fern Faust; Cantor Louis G. Danto; Dr. Murray Freedman; Rev. B. Robert Bater; Julius Hayman; Prof. Dr. John C. Meagher; Rev. Canon Arthur Brown; H. Wayne Tanenbaum; Max Shecter; David Lewis, Q.C.; Max Federman; Barnett Danson; Sarah Shapiro; David Smith; Paul Godfrey; Mark Clarfield; Geoffrey Clarfield; and Brona Brown.

Notes: Photographer Stamp: Art Taylor, Photographer, Montreal.

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22nd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals [textual record, graphic material] – July 1974-Aug. 1974.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 36

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 36

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: July 1974-Aug. 1974

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, programmes and articles concerning the commemorative demonstration held in Toronto on 12 August 1974 at Associated Hebrew Skills. The file also includes photographs of the event. Individuals identified in the photos include Milton Harris; S. M. Harris, QC; Nathan O. Hurwich; David E. Newman, Q.C.; S.L. Shneiderman; J. B. Salsberg; Sam Blatt; Susan Paul, York University. The guest speaker for this event was S. L. Shneiderman, a columnist for the Jewish Daily Forward in New York City.

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Rosh Hashanah greeting cards in Russian [textual record] – Aug. 1974-Sept. 1974.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 37

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 37

Material Format: textual record

Date: Aug. 1974-Sept. 1974

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File includes lists of cards ordered, paid for and sent, and an illustrated poster with Russian and Hebrew text on yellow paper.

Subjects: Rosh ha-Shanah cards

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Simchat Torah rally [textual record, graphic material] – Sept. 1975.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 50

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 50

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Sept. 1975

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 6 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, notices, speech transcripts and photographs of the event held 28 September 1975 at Queen's Park and Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, boy musicians and speakers at the event.

Notes: Photograph by Gadi Hoz.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

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Simchat Torah rally [textual record, graphic material] – Sept. 1976-Oct. 1976.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 62; Item 1-4

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 62

Item: 1-4

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Sept. 1976-Oct. 1976

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 92 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, notices, posters, committee meeting minutes and photographs of the event held 17 Oct. 1976 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, dancers and speakers at the event.

Notes: Photographer unknown.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

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25th anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals [textual record, graphic material] – May 1977-Sep. 1977.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 71; Item 1-2

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 71

Item: 1-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: May 1977-Sep. 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, photographs, news releases, fact sheets, and programmes concerning the annual commemoration held on 11 August 1977. Guest readers included Peretz Miransky, a Toronto area poet, and Mordechai Husid from Montreal. File also contains notes and notices in Hebrew.

Notes: Photographer unknown.

Name Access: Husid, Mordechai; Miransky, Peretz

Subjects: Poets

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Simchat Torah rally [textual record, graphic material] – Sept. 1977-Oct. 1977.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 73; Item 1-2

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 73

Item: 1-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Sept. 1977-Oct. 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 7 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, notices, posters, committee meeting minutes and photographs of the event held 2 October 1977 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. The photographs are of the assembled crowd, dancers and speakers at the event.

Notes: Photographer unknown.

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World solidarity with Soviet Jewry, International Human Rights Day [textual record, graphic material] – Nov. 1977-Dec. 1977.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 76

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 76

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Nov. 1977-Dec. 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of rally, newspaper clippings, posters, correspondence, meeting notices, and programmes for activities and protests scheduled during World Solidarity Week for Soviet Jewry and coinciding with the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 1977.

Notes: Photographer unknown.

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Midnight vigil, Toronto City Hall [graphic material] – 1978.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 84; Item 1-2

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 84

Item: 1-2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1978

Physical Description: 34 photographs : b&w and col. (15 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Notes: Photographer unknown.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

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Simchat Torah rally [textual record, graphic material] – Sept. 1979-Nov. 1979.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 90

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 90

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Sept. 1979-Nov. 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 119 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File contains notices, posters, correspondence, and photographs of the event held 14 October 1979 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. Pictured in photo 001 is David Sadowski speaking at the podium.

Notes: Photographs by Ben Lechtman.

Name Access: Sadowski, David

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

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Human Rights Day [textual record, graphic material] – Nov. 1979-Dec. 1979.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 93; Item 1-6

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Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Protest activities sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-5

File: 93

Item: 1-6

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: Nov. 1979-Dec. 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 87 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File contains photographs, correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, and programmes related to the annual demonstration for Soviet Jewry held on 10 December 1979 for International Human Rights Day. The demonstration took place at Nathan Phillips Square. Individuals depicted in photographs include Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, Judy Feld Carr, and Genya Intrator.