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

94

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence from the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry, both copies and originals, as well as some correspondence between Winnipeg and Toronto members.

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.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

6 May 1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a single poster for a protest rally sponsored by the Toronto Conference on Soviet Jewry.

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

125

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains printed prayer services, a programme, notices and correspondence concerning services held 15 Mar. 1984 in Toronto.

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

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

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

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

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

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

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

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

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

105

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1981-May 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

15 photographs : col. ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, photographs, programmes and newspaper clippings concerning a symposium held at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on 21 April, 1981.

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an undated list of the synagogue's activities for the Soviet Jewry cause.

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1980-Dec. 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, news releases, fact sheets and programme details concerning a conference organized by the Ontario region of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry held on 6 and 7 Dec. 1980 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

146

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings related to the role of Jews in Canadian Society, and to the Human Rights Code

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding discrimination against Jews in the USSR, and a proposed conference to discuss this.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

117

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jews for Jesus, including concern over their activities outside the Skydome in Toronto.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Jews for Jesus

Subjects

Jewish Christians

Messianic Judaism

Mission to Jews

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

159

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings and correspondence related to offensive definitions of "Jew" in various dictionaries. Also included is a "survey of English dictionaries in their definition of the word "Jew" complied by the Council of Christians and Jews (England).

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a newspaper article.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Publications, speeches, press releases, and reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-2

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of documentation about the continuing persecution and expulsion of Jews in Egypt.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

30 July 1973-17 Aug. 1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and an article concerning a cross-country hike to raise awareness of the plight of Soviet Jews undertaken by youth from Camp New Moon.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

32

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a package of background information on Soviet Jewry assembled for school and camp teach-in programmes in 1973.

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

40

Material Format

textual record

Date

3 Oct. 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, press release and letters of protest concerning the decision of the Austrian government to close a transit station maintained by the Jewish Agency for Soviet Jewish emigrants at Schonau Castle near Vienna in Austria.

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

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

Nov. 1975-Dec. 1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a clipping, a poster and a letter concerning a Soviet Jewry conference on 7 Dec. 1975 in Toronto at Adath Israel Synagogue.

Name Access

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Adath Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

129

Material Format

textual record

Date

June 1984-Nov. 1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains programmes, promotional materials, articles and administrative records related to the rally held 15 Nov. 1984 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

165

Material Format

textual record

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and publications from the Councilof Christians and Jews

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Israel sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-3

File

49

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of bulletins and newsletters related to the plight of the Black Jews of Ethiopia and their attempts to immigrate to Israel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and documents regarding the Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a manual for local round tables

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence to and from the Conference

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

120

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with the Canadian Council and Jews.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

160

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with, and reports from, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

164

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings, reports, and correspondence with and about the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

General office records sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-5

File

58

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of documents related to activities to assist Jews and to address antisemitism in foreign lands

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Antisemitism

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

119

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a series of correspondence with Mr. C. Johnson, who questions Jewish participation in the military in the Second World War.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

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

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

19 Apr. 1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a single poster for a protest rally sponsored by the Committee for the Jews in Bondage held at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

44

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and flyers received by the CJC from various antisemitic individuals.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

45

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, flyers, and news clippings sent to the CJC from various antisemitic or anti-CJC individuals. Of particular note are two brochures by Morris (Moshe) Grossman objecting to the JF&CS's practice of placing Jewish orphans in non-Jewish homes due to the shortage of Jewish foster homes.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1 Oct. 1971-Feb. 1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of CJC activities for Soviet Jewry, a notice of events sponsored by the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations and a printed action program.

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

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.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

41

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1974-Nov. 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting notices, membership lists and a conference programme for an inter-agency Soviet Jewry conference that took place in Yorkdale on 3 Nov. 1974.

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

47

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1975

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File contains a photograph of a meeting with Mayor David Crombie during the activities for Solidarity Week. Also pictured is Sam Filer, Chairman of the Committee for Soviet Jewry, Central Region.

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

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning emigration statistics and letters in the press regarding statements from the Soviet embassy in Ottawa.

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

63

Material Format

graphic material

Date

27 Oct. 1976

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File contains three photos of a dinner event at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto.

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

78

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a contact list of Hebrew teachers in Moscow.

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

79

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, fact sheets, news reports and telegrams concerning the ban on the importing of matzoh into the U.S.S.R.

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

92

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

May 1979-June 1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

86 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File contains photographs, news releases, fact sheets and programmes related to the second annual summer vigil held on 13 and 14 June 1979 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.

Places

Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

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

112

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1982-Mar. 1982

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a notice and an agenda for an event held on 18 Mar. 1982 in Toronto.

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

118

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 23 cm

Scope and Content

File contains photographs of the Canadian participants in the conference, a declaration report and a programme.

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

137

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1986-May 1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains an itinerary, correspondence and promotional material concerning a Soviet Jewry awareness campaign across Canada.

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

138

Material Format

textual record

Date

Apr. 1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a programme for a special seder service for Soviet Jewry held 27 April 1986 at the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.

Name Access

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Seder

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

96

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of pamphlets and publications from the CCCJ.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

78

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a copy of a magazine article by Ben Kayfetz describing the previous century of Jewish life in Canada.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002

Source

Archival Descriptions