Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. Tuesday, August 12, 1975. Youth Chapel, Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto. Sam N. Filer, Chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry addressing the gathering." According to a Toronto Star article that appeared shortly after Filer's death, Filer was a judge and "legal icon" who had "helped persecuted Jewish citizens of the former Soviet Union."
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Subjects
Judges
Speeches, addresses, etc
Repro Restriction
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Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Photograph by Gadi Hoz
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Peretz Miransky addressing the gathering." Miransky was a Yiddish poet and writer of fables.
Notes
Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
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Name Access
Miransky, Peretz
Subjects
Poets
Speeches, addresses, etc
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Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Photograph by Gadi Hoz
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Prof. Lewis Feuer addressing the gathering." Feuer was an American sociologist. According to an obituary that appeared in the New York Times, his "career and prolific writings reflected his intellectual journey from Marxist orthodoxy to neoconservatism."
Notes
Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
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Name Access
Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
Subjects
Ex-communists
Sociologists
Speeches, addresses, etc
Repro Restriction
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Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Photograph by Gadi Hoz
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
The following caption appears on verso: "23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Intellectuals, August 12, 1975 8:00pm, Beth Tzedec Synagogue Toronto, Ontario. Israel Emiot, Yiddish Poet and Writer from Rochester, New York, addressing the gathering."
Notes
Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Subjects
Poets, Yiddish
Speeches, addresses, etc
Repro Restriction
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Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
5
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Photograph by T. Gordon Massecar
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of Yiddish poet Israel Emiot at his desk. Emiot is surrounded by stacks of books, papers, and boxes.
Notes
Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.
Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Subjects
Poets, Yiddish
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
6
Material Format
textual record
Date
18 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 memo
Scope and Content
Item is a memo sent to Sam N. Filer from Samuel Resnick regarding the commemoration set to take place on 12 August 1975. In the memo, Resnick informs Filer, "We have obtained as our main speaker Mr. Israel Emiot who presently resides in Rochester, New York."
Notes
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Resnick, Samuel
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
7
Material Format
textual record
Date
24 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is intended for one or more rabbis, Filer informs the recipient that "the Toronto Jewish Community is planning to commemorate the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of Soviet-Jewish Writers in 1952." Written near the top of the letter is a note: "Sent to Toronto Rabbis + Presidents of Synagogues."
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Subjects
Rabbis
Synagogue officers
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
8
Material Format
textual record
Date
24 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is intended for one or more rabbis, Filer informs the recipient that "the Toronto Jewish Community is planning to commemorate the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of Soviet-Jewish Writers in 1952."
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Subjects
Rabbis
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 document
Scope and Content
Item is an introduction to an unknown work that is either about or written by Yiddish poet Israel Emiot. The item, which is six pages in length, provides a biography of the poet. On the first page, someone has written (in all capital letters), "You are free to condense this for a biography."
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Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Subjects
Poets, Yiddish
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
10
Material Format
textual record
Date
24 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 memo
Scope and Content
Item isa memo to Sam N. Filer from Sanuel Resnick regarding the commemoration to take place on 12 August 1975. In the memo, Resnick informs Filer that, "We have been fortunate (through the efforts of Joseph B. Salsberg) to obtain Dr. Lewis S. Feuer of the University of Toronto for our Commemoration evening."
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Resnick, Samuel
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
11
Material Format
textual record
Date
24 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 news release
Scope and Content
Item is a news release put out by Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region, dated 24 July 1975. In the news release, Sam Filer "announces the annual commemoration of the Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet-Jewish Writers and Poets in Moscow in 1952." The commemoration was to be held on 12 August 1975 at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street).
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
12
Material Format
textual record
Date
31 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is dated 31 July 1975, Filer invites the recipient "to participate in the annual commemoration" of what he calls "a most important date in the history of Soviet Jews [12 August 1952]."
Notes
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
13
Material Format
textual record
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 programme
Scope and Content
Item is a programme for a community assembly titled the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. The community assembly took place at the youth chapel at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street). The programme lists the following speakers: Sam Filer, chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry; Joseph B. Salsberg, chairman, Committee for Yiddish; Milton E. Harris, chairman, Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region; Peretz Miransky, Yiddish poet; Lewis Feuer, professor of sociology and philosophy, University of Toronto; Israel Emiot, poet and essayist; and David I. Satok, chairman, Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.
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Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Harris, Milton, 1927-2005
Miransky, Peretz
Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
Satok, David
Subjects
Anniversaries
Repro Restriction
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Places
Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
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Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
14
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Notes
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
15
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Notes
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
16
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 speech
Scope and Content
Item appears to be a speech written for David Satok for the occasion of the twenty-third anniversary of "the execution of the Soviet Jewish poets, novelists and artists." The speech deals principally with the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union.
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Satok, David
Subjects
Anniversaries
Authors
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
17
Material Format
textual record
Date
5 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a letter to Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, from Ann Steindel, executive assistant at the Canadian Jewish Congress. In the letter, which is dated 5 August 1975, Steindel informs Filer that "we [Canadian Jewish Congress?] have been unable to arrange any activity with regard to commemoration of noted Jewish writers and intellectuals in Moscow in 1952."
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Name Access
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Steindel, Ann, 1910-1991
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
18
Material Format
textual record
Date
5 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a letter to Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry, from William Stern, executive director of the Canadian Zionist Federation. In the letter, which is dated 5 August 1975, Stern informs Filer, "I will be unable to attend your meeting as I will be in Israel."
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Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Stern, William, 1921-2007
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
19
Material Format
textual record
Date
28 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a letter to Samuel Resnick, assistant director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, from Israel Emiot, author-in-residence at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester. In the letter, which is dated 28 July 1975, Emiot informs Resnick of his plans as they relate to "my coming event dedicated to the executed Jewish writers in Russia."
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Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Resnick, Samuel
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Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
20
Material Format
textual record
Date
22 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a letter to Peretz Miransky from Samuel Resnick, assistant executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress. In the letter, which is dated 22 July 1975, Resnick informs Miransky of the time and place of "our annual commemoration on August 12."
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Miransky, Peretz
Resnick, Samuel
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Fonds
17
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3-5
File
49
Item
21
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 document
Notes
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Fonds
17
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3-5
File
49
Item
22
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 document
Notes
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Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
23
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 document
Notes
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
24
Material Format
textual record
Date
[1975?]
Physical Description
1 biography
Scope and Content
Item is a three-page biography of Russian-Jewish poet Peretz Markish (1895–1952). Markish wrote predominantly in Yiddish. Markish was shot and killed alongside other Jewish writers during the Night of the Murdered Poets in August 1952.
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Markish, Peretz, 1895-1952
Subjects
Poets, Yiddish
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
25
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 press release
Scope and Content
Item is a press release from the Canadian Jewish Congress regarding the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the death of twenty-four Jewish writers. The press release notes, "Coupled with the commemoration of this tragic historic date is the demand by Canadian Jewry that Soviet Jewry be permitted the right to emigrate, an elementary principle of human rights as guaranteed by the United Nations Charter on Human Rights."
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Canadian Jewish Congress
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Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
26
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 press release
Scope and Content
Item is a press release from the World Jewish Congress registering "its anxiety over the increasing intimidating of Soviet Jews" and calling "for a world-wide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the massacre of Jewish intellectuals which . . . marked the beginning of the liquidation of Jewish culture in the U.S.S.R."
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World Jewish Congress
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Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
27
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 program event
Scope and Content
Item is a program event for a commemorative evening in honour of "24 leading Jewish poets, writers, and intellectual public figures [who] were executed in the basement of Moscow's Lubianka [Lubyanka] Prison" on 12 August 1959. The evening was to take place on 12 August 1973 at 8:30 p.m. in the Samuel Bronfman house, which was located at 1590 McGregor Street. The second page of the document is in Yiddish.
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
28
Material Format
textual record
Date
18 Jul. 1975
Physical Description
1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a letter to Yiddish poet Israel Emiot from Samuel Resnick, the assistant executive director. In the letter, which is dated 18 July 1975, Resnick confirms "the invitation extended to you [i.e., Emiot] by the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry and the Committee for Yiddish of Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region who are this year sponsoring jointly a memorial meeting to commemorate the death of the Soviet-Jewish writers in Russia in 1951."
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Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Resnick, Samuel
Subjects
Poets, Yiddish
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Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
29
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 clipping
Notes
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Committee for Soviet Jewry series
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23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
30
Material Format
textual record
Date
22 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 article
Notes
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Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Level
Fonds
ID
Fonds 87
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Level
Fonds
Fonds
87
Material Format
textual record
architectural drawing
Date
1928-1943
Physical Description
67 cm of textual records
1 architectural drawing
Admin History/Bio
Sometime around 1919, the Family Welfare Committee was set up within the newly created Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) to perform social welfare work with Jewish families. Around 1931, the Committee was reorganized as an independent member agency of the FJPT and renamed the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB). At the same time, Dora Wilensky (1902-1959), a professionally-trained social worker, was hired as the agency’s executive director. Throughout its existence, most of its funding came from the FJPT (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund).
Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JFWB’s core activities included: relief provision; helping families meet basic needs, such as medical care, heating and clothing; housekeeping assistance; counseling; and case work. The JFWB’s major concerns shifted over time from a rise of immigration and desertion cases in the 1920s to the dramatic increase of wife abuse, suicide, and unemployment cases during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the JFWB sought ways of assisting soldiers and their families, such as, investigating special government grants to soldiers.
In an attempt to meet community needs, the JFWB initiated various programs, such as a Homemaking Club to teach women house management skills, and a Clothing Centre to provide families with inexpensive household goods. It also partnered with other local Jewish organizations in the early 1940s in the Liaison Project for troubled Jewish youth. In the 1930s, the Jewish Employment Service and Hebrew Free Burial Society became departments of the JFWB and, in 1941, the JFWB began guaranteeing loans for clients through the Hebrew Free Loan Association. In the same year, the Jewish Big Sister Committee became affiliated with the agency and the Jewish Big Brother Movement followed soon after.
In 1936, the JFWB became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA), another member of the FJPT. Although the JFWB’s focus was work with families and the JCWA’s focus was work with children, both agencies found it necessary at times to work with both children and families. In order to prevent service duplication and reduce confusion over casework responsibility, the Joint Application Bureau was set up within the FJPT to review all case work applications and determine the appropriate agency to provide assistance. However, a merger between the agencies was still believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935 and in February 1943, the JCWA and JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of textual records and one architectural drawing documenting the programs, operation, finances, and special studies of the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau as well as its relationships with other organizations. Included are reports, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, memos, budgets, statistics, theatrical scripts, newsclippings, and one architectural blueprint. A number of the records relate to special short-lived committees and projects that the JFWB participated in with other agencies, such as the Jewish Big Sister Committee, Jewish Big Brother Committee, Jewish Child Welfare Association, the Jewish Community Centre Association, the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Old Folks' Home.
Records have been arranged into the following 19 series: 1. Board of Directors; 2. Executive Director; 3. Jewish Federation Communal Council; 4. United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council; 5. Case Committe; 6. Joint Meetings and Committees; 7. Joint Application Bureau; 8. Homemaking Club; 9. Clothing Centre; 10. Liaison Project; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Finance and accounting; 13. Human Resources; 14. Special projects and studies; 15. Publicity; 16. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; 17. Canadian Association of Social Workers; 18. Welfare Council of Toronto; and, 19. Conferences.
Notes
Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).
Name Access
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau
Jewish Community Centre Association
Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Athletic Association (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)
United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (subject)
Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
Subjects
Charities
Children
Families
Nonprofit organizations
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
Related Material
See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family and Child Services fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).
Arrangement
Records relating to programs, committees and liaison with other organizations that continued after the formation of JF & CS are arranged with that fonds.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 87; Series 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
Series
Fonds
87
Series
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1931-1943
Physical Description
3 folders of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records documenting the activities of JFWB's board of directors. Included are meeting minute excerpts, correspondence, and one speech.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 1; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
1
File
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1931-1932
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting minute excerpts from meetings of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies' board of trustees and executive committee regarding the formation of a board of directors for the JFWB.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 1; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
1
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1937-1943
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence between members of JFWB's board of directors. Of particular note is correspondence relating to the problem of single unemployed men and women.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 1; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Board of directors series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
1
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1943
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one speech delivered at a meeting of the JFWB's board of directors paying tribute to the memory of Bernard Vise soon after his death.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
Series
Fonds
87
Series
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1933-1943
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records documenting the activities of the JFWB's executive director. Included is correspondence, reports, and meeting notices.
Repro Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1933-1942
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of reports written by the JFWB's Executive Director documenting the agency's structure, activities, policies, and services. Of particular note are reports outlining the effects of the Second World War on the agency's services. These reports were likely presented to the JFWB's Board of Directors.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1934-1938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting notices for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Board of Management meetings.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1933-1938
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence between the JFWB's Executive Director and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies's Executive Director.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
5
Material Format
textual record
Date
1938-1939
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of textual records documenting the involvement of JFWB's Executive Director on the United Jewish Welfare Fund's Council of Exectives. Included is general correspondence, meeting notices and minutes, and a report.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
6
Material Format
textual record
Date
1939-1943
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence between the JFWB's Executive Director and other United Jewish Welfare Fund agencies in Division I of the organization.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 2; File 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Executive director series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
2
File
8
Material Format
textual record
Date
1932-1942
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence of the JFWB's Executive Director.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 87; Series 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
Series
Fonds
87
Series
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1933-1934
Physical Description
4 folders of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records documenting JFWB's role on the Federation Communal Council. Included are case presenations, a speech, a meeting notice and a list of clients.
Repro Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 3; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
3
File
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1933 and 1934
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of two case presentations that the JFWB delivered to the Federation Communal Council. The JFWB made one case presentation with the Jewish Children's Bureau and the other with the Big Brother Movement.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 3; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
3
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
[ca. 1934]
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one speech presented by the JFWB to the Federation Communal Council.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 3; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
3
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
22 Jan. 1934
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one meeting notice for a Federation Communal Council meeting.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 3; File 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
Federation Communal Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
3
File
4
Material Format
textual record
Date
[ca. 1934]
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one list of clients and the mutual benefit organizations to which they belong.
Access Restriction
Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 87; Series 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
Series
Fonds
87
Series
4
Material Format
textual record
Date
1937-1943
Physical Description
2 folders of textual records
Scope and Content
Series consists of correspondence documenting the JFWB's relationship with the UJWF's Service Council and membership on the Council's Speakers' Committee.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 4; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
4
File
1
Material Format
textual record
Date
1937-1943
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence between the JFWB and the UJWF's Men's and Women's Service Council.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 87; Series 4; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council series
Level
File
Fonds
87
Series
4
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1938-1940
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of general correspondence between the JFWB and the Speakers' Committee of the UJWF's Men's and Women's Service Council.
Source
Archival Descriptions