Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

17

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1936-1992

Physical Description

47 m of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

By 1919 the plight of post-war eastern European Jewry and the need for a united community voice for Canadian Jewry led to the creation of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Its founding meeting was held on March 16, 1919 in Montreal. Though it briefly maintained a tiny regional office in Toronto, the CJC remained inactive until 1933, when it fully reconvened by opening offices in Winnipeg, Montreal, and Toronto. Egmont L. Frankel was the first president of the new central division in Toronto. While the national office in Montreal focused on the overarching issues of the social and economic rights of European Jewry, assistance for Jewish immigrants, and combating prejudice in Canada, the Toronto office dealt with local, violent anti-Jewish demonstrations as well as continuing discrimination both in employment and in access to public recreational facilities. The structure was based on regular national biennial plenary conferences, at which policies were delineated and national and regional executives were elected. Between plenary sessions, national and regional councils were in charge. These were augmented by the following standing committees: administrative, officers, personnel, financial, publications, and educational and cultural. Special committees were created to deal with issues such as: youth, community loans, kashruth, fundraising, Israel, Russian Jewry, and various emergency issues such as refugees, immigration, and housing.

During the 1930s the central division office moved several times and occupied offices in the following locations: Yonge Street, the Bond Street Synagogue, Scheuer House, the Zionist Building, and its long-term home at 150-152 Beverley Street, where it remained until its July 1983 move to the Lipa Green Building in North York.

The CJC's activities expanded to include taking responsibility for Jewish educational standards, but by 1941 its main efforts shifted to support for Canada’s war effort. Immediately after the end of the war, the focus again shifted to Jewish immigration projects and the maintenance of Jewish identity in small communities. By 1950, the CJC’s use of the title “division” was changed to “region” to accommodate internal operational divisions within each region. Also, by then, the central region was busy expanding its programs for all Ontario Jewish communities, creating a province-wide council of youth groups, and working with the newly-created Bureau of Jewish Education (later Board of Jewish Education, now Mercaz). Standardization of kashruth rules in Ontario was implemented. As well, regular educational conferences and cultural events were held throughout the province, while province-wide fundraising efforts in support of Moess Chittin for relief projects in Israel and for local Congress activities were expanded. Many of its educational and cultural responsibilities necessitated working with other Jewish organizations such as the United Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), Hadassah, the Canadian Legion, B’nai Brith, the World Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Congress, and the many landsmenshaften (Jewish mutual benefit societies, each formed by immigrants originating from the same Eastern European community).

During the 1960s, the central region began sending Moess Chittin relief shipments to Cuban Jews unable to acquire kosher foods for Passover. Its lobbying efforts included participation in the Royal Commissions on Hate Propaganda, and its greatest success came with the introduction and implementation of Ontario’s fair employment and fair accommodation practices legislation, an achievement in which Congress played a pivotal role.

From 1971 to 1989 the major focus became international and national lobbying for, and providing support to, Soviet Jewry. Virtually all local and Canadian efforts to assist the Soviet Jewish “refusniks” were organized and coordinated in Toronto by the Ontario region office, which provided staff and funding for the many lobbying activities and public demonstrations that characterized this successful effort.

As of November 1975, the central region’s responsibilities in Toronto were radically altered. To improve cost efficiency in Toronto, CJC educational and social service program activities were merged with similar programs already provided by Toronto’s United Jewish Appeal. The UJA assumed sole responsibility for these amalgamated programs in Toronto and was renamed Toronto Jewish Congress. The central region still retained province-wide responsibilities for Ontario’s smaller Jewish communities, and its office remained in Toronto. Also, following this reorganization, its name was changed to Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Although CJC no longer provided direct social and educational programs to Toronto, the TJC’s senior executive was, at the time, still obliged to continue to keep it notified about developments concerning previous Congress responsibilities.

From 1983, the Ontario Region's offices were located in the Lipa Green Building at 4600 Bathurst Street. It continued its work of financially supporting various Israeli institutions and fostering Canada-Israel relations. It also spearheaded the movement to support and protect Jews in Arab lands, especially in Syria. Funding for the CJC came from the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy, which restributed a portion of the funds raised by the local Jewish federations across Canada.

The CJC dissolved in 2011. Today, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) acts as the Jewish community's primary lobby group.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of the records of the Ontario Region office of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Of primary importance in documenting this organization’s history are its minutes of the Executive and Administrative Committees and the various standing, and short-term committees such as Community Organization, Finance, Fund Raising, Educational and Cultural, Research, Immigration, War Efforts, and Jewish Education. Most of these records are still managed all together within Fonds 17, Series 1. Fonds 17, Series 2 contains the general subject and correspondence files of these committees. Records in both series require further processing.

Records now found in Series 3 document the efforts of the Committee for Soviet Jewry in coordinating the activities of the many Toronto and Ontario organizations involved in assisting Soviet Jewry during the 1971 to 1989 period.

Series 4 consists of administrative and committee records of the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies in Toronto from 1938 through 1967. These document its work rescuing the survivors of European Jewish communities, settling as many as possible in Ontario, and providing assistance to those attempting to obtain restitution payments.

Series 5 consists of the records of the Community Relations Committee (1938-1976). Responding to depression-era anti-Semitism in Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress and B’nai Brith together established in 1938 a new joint committee. Since then this Committee has documented racist threats in Canada; initiated advocacy activities to work for improved civil rights; promoted legislation combating hate; worked to ensure equality of access to employment, education and accommodation; and investigated specific incidents of discrimination. The Committee, for example, played a key role in achieving the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1944, and the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1951, key steps leading to Canada’s current Human Rights Code. Although originally named Joint Public Relations Committee in 1938, a series of name changes later occurred; s follows: Joint Community Relations Committee, Central Region (1962-1978), Joint Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1978-ca. 1991) Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1991-present) Records in this series were reorganized into 5 sub-series and a further 9 sub-sub-series during the 2009 to 2011 period. For further details please view the database records for Fonds 17, Series 5. Although this series will eventually hold all CRC records up to 1992, only those prior to 1979 are currently fully processed.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 1839 photographs, 89 audio cassettes, 11 videocassettes, 4 drawings, and 6 microfilm reels (16 mm).

Processing note: Processing of this fonds is ongoing. Additional descriptive entries will be added in future.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region

Subjects

Pressure groups

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the Archivist prior to accessing some of the records

Arrangement

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the Archivist prior to accessing some of the records.

Creator

Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region (1919-2011)

Places

Ontario

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

Series

Fonds

17

Series

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

text

Date

1942-1998

Physical Description

ca. 3.3 metres of textual records

14 photographs

1 book

Scope and Content

Series consists of the correspondence, minutes, agendas, and reports of a wide variety of committees of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The bulk of the material relates to the CJC National and Ontario region executive committees, officers' committees, and plenary arrangements committees. Additional records relate to committees concerned with such topics as, small Jewish communities, culture, Holocaust remembrance, student campus services, education, finance and fundraising, kashruth, and Israel.

Notes

Files created by the United Jewish Relief Agencies have been removed and may now be found within Fonds 17, Series 4.

Files created by the Committee for Soviet Jewry have been removed and may now be found within Fonds 17, Series 3

Files created by the Joint Community Relations Committee have been removed and may now be found within fonds 17, Series 5.

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Some records are closed for conservation reasons.

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

Series

Fonds

17

Series

2

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1948-1998

Physical Description

ca. 7 metres of textual records and other material

Scope and Content

Series consists of the general office subject and correspondence files of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Included is correspondence, memos, reports, speeches, bulletins, news releases, conference proceedings, promotional material, news clippings, photographs, videos, and sound recordings. The records relate to a wide variety of topics, such as small communities, Yiddish culture, Holocaust survivors and remembrance, Jewish youth and seniors, fundraising initiatives, neo-nazis, Cuban Jews, education, and human rights issues and legal cases.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 390 photographs, 89 audio cassettes, 11 videocassettes, and 4 drawings.

Files created by the United Jewish Relief Agencies have been removed and may now be found within Fonds 17, Series 4.

Files created by the Committee for Soviet Jewry have been removed and may now be found within Fonds 17, Series 3

Files created by the Joint Community Relations Committee have been removed and may now be found within fonds 17, Series 5.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

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

962

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941 - 1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. File contains personal information and access is restricted until 2024. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

963

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1942 - 1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm

Access Restriction

Closed. File contains personal information and access is restricted until 2020. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

964

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942 - 1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Closed. File contains personal information and access is restricted untill 2013. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

965

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1942 - 1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm

Access Restriction

Closed. File contains personal information and access is restricted untill 2013. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

966

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943 - 1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

967

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942 - 1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

968

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940 - 1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

970

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

986

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949 - 1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual record

Scope and Content

File consists of organizational material for the 1949 Plenary Session, demographic statistics on Jewish patients in Ontario hospitals for the mentally ill, correspondence regarding the War Orphan's Project and a registry of appointments of the Orthodox Women's Organization, from January to February of 1958..

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

995

Material Format

textual record

Date

25 May 1949-18 Dec. 1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of passenger lists, loan agreements, applications for private housing, and registration information for Jewish refugees arriving in Canada from Shanghai, administered by the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS). Information includes, name, gender, marital status, place of birth, names and ages of dependents, address in Canada, occupation and settlement arrangements.

Subjects

Refugees

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

996

Material Format

textual record

Date

2 Aug. 1949 - 5 Dec. 1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

997

Material Format

textual record

Date

16 Jan. 1948 - 27 Aug. 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of Jewish refugee passengers arriving in Canada, listing their name, country of citizenship, religion, marital status, sex, age, country of birth and occupation.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

998

Material Format

textual record

Date

13 Sept. 1948 - 18 Nov. 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a list of Jewish refugee passengers arriving in Canada, listing their name, country of citizenship, religion, marital status, sex, age, country of birth and occupation.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1004

Material Format

textual record

Date

4 Dec. 1940 - 27 Nov. 1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1014

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949 - 1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1034

Material Format

textual record

Date

July 20, 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1183

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948 - 1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

608

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942-1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes from the General and Executive Women's War Efforts Committee, the Central Region Planning Committee of the Organizations Section, and the Next-of-Kin League Committee.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

609

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes and members list from the Sub-Committee Dealing With Rehabilitation and the Post-War Planning Committee.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

610

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

611

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942-1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes of the War Efforts Committee, as well as meeting minutes of the Religious Sub-Committee of the War Efforts Committee and the National Executive of the War Efforts Committee.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

612

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

613

Material Format

textual record

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one sheet of meeting minutes from the Women's Committee, presumably regarding Moess Chittim.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1184

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947 - 1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1185

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1186

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1948 and 1952?]

Physical Description

4 drawings

Scope and Content

File consists of four illustrations in ink for advertising and fundraising efforts of The United Jewish Appeal (UJA).

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1187

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1188

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1189

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of financial statements and reports from the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region as well as financial reports from the CJC Serviceman's Club and the United Jewish Relief Conference.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1190

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of income tax forms for the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region, the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, and the Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1191

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1192

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1193

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1194

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1310

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[after 1940?]

Physical Description

17 photographs : b&w and col. (6 col. slides) ; 25 x 21 cm and smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of six coloured slides and eleven photographs of unidentified events and individuals related to the CJC. The slides are of scenes from a European town, including Judaic headstones and buildings. The photographs include: 1. A group photograph of seventeen women sitting in a dinning room or parlour, possibly taken in Welland, ON. [196-?]. 2. A portrait of a man sitting at a desk with a pen and a report. 3. A group of men in kippot talking, attributed to the Sarnia Observer newspaper. [196-?]. 4. A portrait of a young man with dark hair and a girl with blond hair wearing a dark pea jacket. [196-?]. 5. A portrait of an unidentified man. 6. Three unidentified men pose with a check in front of a banquet table and a club flag, attributed to the Tay-Sachs Disease Donation at Upper Canada Lodge, Toronto, ON in 1971. 7. A portrait of an unidentified man with horn-rimmed glasses. 8. A portrait of an unidentified man. 9. A portrait of an unidentified man. 10. A portrait of an unidentified man, possible a violinist. 11. A group of young men and women clustered around the entrance of a train car, possibly in the winter.

Physical Condition

Some photographs are scratched and contain finger prints and smudges.

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

1315

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[after 1945?]

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of six photographs depicting young Jewish immigrants participating in various activities of the YMCA of Montreal, Quebec, including six men playing volleyball; a dance depicting four unidentified couples with two seated men, one playing a large accordion; a class room full of young men and women; a classroom of young men and women, identified as new Canadians participating in The Education Programme of the CJC at Mount Royal School on Clarke Street, which taught English, Civics and History; a group of four young women and seven young with one woman playing the piano, identified as an event at the Reception Centre for Orphans; and four young men, an older man in a fedora and one young woman reading books at the Judaica Library.

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

1317

Material Format

graphic material

Date

10 Mar. 1948

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of central European refugees, including eighty-two Jewish war orphans, from FCIRO camps in Germany and Austria boarding the ship New Hellas bound for Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Subjects

Refugees

Ships

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Winnipeg (Man.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

629

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939 - 1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1324

Material Format

textual record

Date

10 July 1945

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

630

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940 - 1944

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

632

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942 - 1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes of the Educational and Cultural Committee and its affiliated committees, namely the Joint Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and the United Jewish Welfare Fund; the Sub-Committee for Cultural and Art Activities; the Jewish Book Week Committee; the Sub-Committee for Cultural Work Among Organizations; and the Sub-Committee for Inter-School Work.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

633

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941 - 1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes of the Delegates of the Fifth Plenary Assembly, as well as meeting minutes of the Nominating Committee and the Elections Committee and nomination lists for the conference.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1325

Material Format

textual record

Date

Dec. 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

634

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944 - 1945

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

635

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946 - 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1326

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949 - 1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of financial reports and correspondence from the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds; the Windsor Jewish Community Council; the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto (UJWFT)and the Rabbinical College of Canada regarding fundraising and budgets.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

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

1329

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions