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."

Notes

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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

Archival Descriptions

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

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.

Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.

Name Access

Miransky, Peretz

Subjects

Poets

Speeches, addresses, etc

Repro Restriction

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Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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.

Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIFF file and a JPEG file.

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

Archival Descriptions

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

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

Archival Descriptions

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

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

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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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Source

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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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Subjects

Rabbis

Synagogue officers

Repro Restriction

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Source

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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

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."

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.

Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Subjects

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Emiot, Israel

Subjects

Poets, Yiddish

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Resnick, Samuel

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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).

Notes

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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

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

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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.

Notes

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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

Archival Descriptions

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

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Notes

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Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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.

Notes

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Name Access

Satok, David

Subjects

Anniversaries

Authors

Repro Restriction

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Source

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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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Steindel, Ann, 1910-1991

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Stern, William, 1921-2007

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Emiot, Israel

Resnick, Samuel

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Miransky, Peretz

Resnick, Samuel

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Source

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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

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 document

Notes

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Source

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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

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 document

Notes

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Source

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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

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 document

Notes

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Source

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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

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.

Notes

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Name Access

Markish, Peretz, 1895-1952

Subjects

Poets, Yiddish

Repro Restriction

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Source

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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

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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Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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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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

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."

Notes

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Name Access

Emiot, Israel

Resnick, Samuel

Subjects

Poets, Yiddish

Repro Restriction

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Source

Archival Descriptions

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

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 clipping

Notes

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Source

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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

30

Material Format

textual record

Date

22 Aug. 1975

Physical Description

1 article

Notes

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Archival Descriptions

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Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

Material Format

textual record

cartographic material

Date

1948-1949

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records

1 map : b&w ; 22 x 36 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Canadian Fur Industry Association was composed of The Independent Furriers Association of Toronto; Montreal Fur Manufacturers Guild Inc.; Fur Trade Association of Canada Inc.; Manitoba Division of the Furriers Guild; and the Associated Fur Manufacturers of Toronto. It was also referred to as "the association."

Manufacturers (employers) entering into an agreement with the association undertook and agreed to accept responsibility for workers in relation to their transportation, housing, term of employment and wages.

Employer deductions, not to exceed 10% from the weekly wages of the DPs, were to cover transportation costs from Halifax to Toronto, and financial assistance. Employees were hired for a period of twelve months and if the employee fulfilled all the terms of his agreement, no charge for transportation was made by the employer.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of executed agreements between garment industry manufacturers (employers) and the Canadian Fur Industry Association, letters to employers requesting employee names and date of employment, employee payroll deductions records and a hand drawn map locating the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada at 455 Spadina Ave., Toronto circa 1947.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between"the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of executed agreements between "the employer" and the Canadian Fur Industry Association.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of letters from Daniel Drutz of the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission to employers requesting name of employee and date of employment.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Canadian Overseas Fur Commission agreements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-1

File

12

Material Format

cartographic material

textual record

Date

1948-1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 map : b&w ; 22 x 36 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of sample letters from the Canadian Overseas Fur Commission to employers regarding employee names, date of employment, commencement of payroll deductions, and Canadian citizenship. Also included are sample employment agreements, loan receipt forms, and a hand drawn JIAS location map.

Access Restriction

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

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Passenger lists sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

17

Series

47-2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1949

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Sub-series contains records documenting immigrant tailors and their arrival at Halifax, Canada from 1947-1949. The files are primarily passenger lists of voyages between 1947-1949 indicating ship name, date of departure and arrival, names of passengers, marital status, number of children, nationality, religion (both Jewish and non-Jewish), gender, age, and occupation. Some lists include a forwarding address, phone number, sponsor name and employer.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Passenger lists sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-2

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

16 Jan. 1948-26 Apr. 1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a summary of DP tailors who arrived in Canada between January 16, and April 26,1948. The summary includes the following details: boat names departure and arrival dates, the number of Jewish and non- Jewish tailors by nationality, gender, marital status and number of children. Boat arrivals were the General Sturgis, Heintzelman, Nea Hellas and Marine Falcon.

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

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Passenger lists sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

16 Jan. 1948-6 July 1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a summary of boat names with sailing and arrival dates, total number of DP tailors, religion, nationality, marital status and number of children. Boat arrivals were General Sturgis, Heintzelman, Nea Hellas, Marine Falcon, Marine Marlin, Ernie Pyle, General Black, Marine Swallow, Tabinta, General Stewart, S.S. Samaria, General Langfitt, S.S. Scythia, Marine Tiger, Marine Shark, General Howze, General McCrae.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Passenger lists sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-2

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

16 Nov. 1948-30 June 1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains boat lists organized by sailing and arrival date. Some lists include port of departure, passenger names, nationality, religion, gender, marital status, age, and occupation. Boat arrivals were Nea Hellas, S.S. Samaria, S.S Scythia, Marine Shark, General Black, General Howze, General McCrae.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Passenger lists sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

47-2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

16 Jan. 1948-10 May 1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains passenger lists that are organized by boat name, arrival date, family name and number of family members. Some lists indicate addresses. Boat arrivals were General Sturgis, General Heintzelman, Nea Hellas, Marine Falcon, Marine Marlin.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1956-1978

Physical Description

447 photographs : b&w and col. (392 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Negev dinners were established in 1948, coinciding with the creation of the State of Israel, as an annual fundraising dinner. The Jewish National Fund hosted these annual dinners in honour of a leading Canadian citizen, and the proceeds from the dinners were used to establish JNF projects in Israel in the name of the honouree. The JNF projects have, and continue to do so today, raised money to purchase land in Israel's Negev desert and for re-forestation efforts.

The annual dinner was dedicated to a member of the Toronto Jewish community, who had demonstrated outstanding support and commitment to the Community and to the State of Israel. In honour of this individual's contributions, the secured land in Negev was named after them. The honourary guests were presented with awards of appreciation from members of the Canadian and International Jewish community, often including delegates from Israel. The dinners were attended by prominent members of Toronto's Jewish community, including politicians, business men, and philanthropists.

Each subsequent dinner became larger and more successful in its aim to raise funds for Israel, as a result this event soon became the most significant Jewish event in Toronto. As well, it was also the largest annual kosher meal served in Toronto.

The JNF produced an annual Negev Dinner yearbook, commemorating the event, and documenting both the lives of the honouree's family and the current activities of the JNF. As well, the names of individuals who donated money for the JNF projects were recorded in the Souvenir books under patrons and sponsors of the dinners.

Scope and Content

Series consists of negatives taken by Al Gilbert documenting eight Negev Dinners hosted by the Jewish National Fund. The images depict the various activities undertaken at these dinners including: the procession and introduction of the head table guests, the presentation of awards, speeches, toasts, presentation of flowers to the honouree or the wife of the honouree, and the entertainment. The majority of the negatives are portraits taken of the guests posing with the honouree and his or her family. One dinner in this series was dedicated to the Toronto Jewish Community (1956) on the year of its centenary, while the others are in honour of one significant member of the community.

There were Negev dinners held across Canada; however, the dinners in this series were all held in Toronto and were primarily attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community. The honourees documented in this series include: 1956, Toronto Jewish Community; 1966, Bert Godfrey; 1967, Nathan Silver; 1968, Phil Givens; 1970, Leon E. Weinstein; 1973, Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker; 1974, Phil Granovsky; 1978, Eric and Esther Exton.

Notes

Selection for this series reflects the various activities of the Negev dinners, including: speeches, toasts, award presentations, dinner tables, introductions, honourees, entertainment and presentation of flowers. In addition, we selected a sample of images documenting the dinner tables and guests who were not part of the evening's programme, and therefore, would not be captured in the aforementioned criteria.

Name Access

Negev

Jewish National Fund

Godfrey, Bert

Silver, Nathan

Givens, Phil

Weinstein, Leon E.

Diefenbaker, Rt. Hon. John G.

Granovsky, Phil

Exton, Eric

Exton, Esther

Subjects

Awards

Dinners and dining

Fund raising

Arrangement

Series has been arranged into files representing each annual dinner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Level

File

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1956

Physical Description

73 photographs : b&w (42 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of negatives documenting the 1956 Negev dinner held in honour of the Toronto Jewish community's centennial. The dinner was hosted by the Jewish National Fund at Toronto's Royal York Hotel. This honourary dinner was bestowed on the community in celebration of the ongoing committment to fostering a strong, supportive and vibrant Jewish community in Toronto.

The dinner was attended and officiated by prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community, including: Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg, Rabbi David Monson, D. Lou Harris, Stephen E. Berger, Rabbi Charles Bender, Manny Rotman, Sol D. Granek, J. Irving Oelbaum, Meyer W. Gasner, Samuel Feldt, Edward E. Gelber, and Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg. The images in this file reflect these individuals' participation in the event.

Name Access

Bender, Rabbi Charles

Berger, Stephen E.

Feinberg, Rabbi Abraham L.

Feldt, Samuel

Gasner, Meyer W.

Gelber, Edward E., 1903-1970

Granek, Sol D.

Harris, D. Lou

Jewish National Fund

Monson, Rabbi David

Negev Dinner

Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966

Rosenberg, Rabbi Stuart

Rotman, Manny

Source

Archival Descriptions