- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Conventions series
- Central Region sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 5-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946-1966
- Physical Description
- 51 cm of textual records
- 117 photographs : b&w (14 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series includes files concerning the 16th to 28th Plenary Conferences of the Zionist Organization of Canada Central Region. These conferences occurred during the period between 1946 and 1968 and were held in communities across Ontario. The sub-series contains files that document the activities that took place during each conference. The records include: correspondence; agendas; reports; programs of the conferences; committee lists; delegate lists; resolutions and photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Conventions series
- National sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946-1967
- Physical Description
- 31 cm of textual records
- 28 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 30 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- The National conventions series contains files documenting the 28th to the 41st National Conventions that were held every two years between 1946 and 1975. The files in this series includes documents such as: agendas, programs, reports, delegate lists, minutes from committees, resolutions and photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1859-1980
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records
- 10 photographs
- 41 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- Series contains reference materials created by and written about the synagogues. Primary records include commemorative booklets, a small number of newsletters, brochures, and programs from special events. There are also newspaper clippings and copied articles providing histories of synagogues. There is a small number of photograph prints and negatives, but many of the files also include photographs from books, magazines or photocopies. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by city, then by synagogue. Not every synagogue the project team researched has a reference file, and there may be reference files for shuls for which no photographs survive.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 64
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1859-1980, predominant 1977-1979
- Physical Description
- ca. 5178 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The “Shuls Project” was the work of three University of Toronto architecture students, who in 1977 wrote a research paper on the eight Toronto synagogues built before World War II. Concerned at the lack of resources on these synagogues, Sidney Tenenbaum, Lynn Milstone and Sheldon Levitt foresaw the loss of communities’ recorded history as membership dwindled and elders passed on. The students conceived a project that would photograph and document every synagogue in Canada, gathering visual evidence, memorabilia, plaques and stories before they disappeared and history was lost. The students’ goal was to document synagogues’ architecture, art, and historical development through research, interviews and site visits.
- The students secured a large portion of the required funding for the project from the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in Montreal, funding which was matched by the Canadian Jewish Congress. This financial support enabled Levitt, Milstone and Tenenbaum to begin their study, named “Shuls… A Study of Canadian Synagogue Architecture.” They began in the summer of 1977, traveling through the Western provinces. The next summer, they visited eight Maritime cities, Montreal and other Quebec communities. Financial support in the project’s second year was again provided by the Bronfman Family Foundation, along with the Canadian government and donations in kind from businesses, including Benjamin Photo Finishers in Toronto, and Polaroid. The summer of 1979 was spent in Ontario, with an added grant from Wintario. In total, the Shuls project team traveled over 24,000 kilometres, taking thousands of photographs and conducting several hundred interviews. Photographs were taken by Tenenbaum, with Levitt and Milstone assuming primary responsibility for researching synagogues’ history and gathering historic records. Interviews were conducted by all three researchers, in both English and Yiddish.
- With no handy index of every shul in Canada, the researchers located small shuls by word of mouth. They spread word of their project and solicited assistance using press releases, letters to known communities, and slideshow presentations as they traveled. They would first examine a building to get an idea of a community’s character and heritage, then conduct interviews with designers, architects, rabbis and other prominent community members.
- With the research and photographs created, the team compiled three catalogues of the Western, Eastern/Quebec, and Ontario phases of the project. These catalogues have entries on each synagogue that include historical summaries highlighting the founding, growth, mergers and decline of Jewish communities, their changing needs, changing architectural expressions and trends, and the evolving uses of synagogues over the course of the twentieth century. There are also building descriptions, some with critical comments by the authors, and lists of the photographs and slides produced.
- The compilation of materials and preparation of these catalogues took place at the Project’s offices at 26 Ava Road in Toronto, and continued through the summer of 1980 when the Ontario catalogue was completed. In 1985, Tenenbaum, Milstone and Levitt published a book highlighting their work, called Treasures of a People: The Synagogues of Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records created and collected by the team of students conducting the Shuls study from 1977 to 1980. The majority of the fonds is made up of graphic material, in the form of 35mm colour slides and black-and-white Polaroid prints and (print-size) negatives. There are approximately 5110 photographs in the fonds. Fonds also consists of notes and inventory forms of buildings' architectural features. There are no interview transcripts, but the fonds does include three audio cassettes with recorded interviews and shul tours. Reference materials used in researching the history of the shuls include dedication and anniversary commemorative books and programmes, newsletters, articles and newspaper clippings. In addition the fonds contains 47 blueprints, the majority from Montreal synagogues. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1. Quebec synagogues; 2. Ontario synagogues; 3. Western Canada synagogues; 4. Eastern Canada synagogues; 5. Reference.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 92 cm of textual records, 42 architectural drawings, 3 audio cassettes, and 1 drawing.
- Physical extent note: many of the slides were culled because they were felt to be reproductions. Some of the synagogue images in the research book may therefore not be included in the fonds.
- Name Access
- Shuls Project
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Creator
- Levitt, Sheldon
- Milstone, Lynn
- Tenenbaum, Sidney T.
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopied pages from the synagogue's 1949 Dedication program.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1910]-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w prints (2 negatives) ; 12 x cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes, lists, clippings, copied pages from directories and 4 unidentified photographs (2 negatives).
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains 7 blueprints for the 1947 extension and alterations to the shul.
- Name Access
- Congregation Ahavath Shalom
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 41
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1859-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopied articles, a newspaper clipping, photocopied photographs, a greeting card with photograph on cover, copies of the 1859 contract commissioning the erection of the synagogue as well as a list of specifications for the masons, and blueprints for the 1967 extension.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 45
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-[ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains dedication book for new building (1960), copied articles, assorted pamphlets and programmes.
- Name Access
- Temple Emanu-El (Montréal, Quebec)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 48
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1949, 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- File contains a form letter from the congregation regarding High Holiday services (17 July 1978), and a blueprint for the auditorium building (1949).
- Name Access
- Young Israel of Montreal
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1925, 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one copied newspaper article and several other transcribed newspaper articles.
- Name Access
- House of Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Moose Jaw (Sask.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944, [1975?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two short historical overviews.
- Name Access
- Temple Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 66
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1920-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- File contains a copied photograph from The Jewish Post, the congregation's constitution adopted in 1920, and a blueprint from 1955.
- Name Access
- Agudas Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Saskatoon (Sask.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a 1979 newsletter, "Voice of Radom," and copies from the 10th and 30th anniversary booklets.
- Name Access
- Beth Radom Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 96
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the shul's dedication programme from 1930, the 25th (1954) and 49th anniversary programmes (1978).
- Name Access
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 279
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a pamplet produced by the Toronto Zionist Council to advertise and communicate information about the activities and programmes of the Toronto Zionist Council and its committees.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the certification of affairs exhibited through Schedule (A) - balance sheet, Schedule (B) - statement of collections, Schedule (C) - statement of disbursements. The certification report was prepared by Arthur Cole, Chartered Accountant.
- Name Access
- Arthur Cole
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the Auditor's Report consisting of the balance sheet, statement of receipts and expenditures and statement of expenditures. These have been prepared by Jordan and Jordan Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Jordan and Jordan Chartered Accountants
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the report of the Balance Sheet, statement of collections, statement of expenditure and certification of the affairs of Central Region. This report was prepared by Arthur Cole, Chartered Accountant.
- Name Access
- Arthur Cole
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections and statement of expenditures for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Arthur Cole, Chartered Accountant.
- Name Access
- Arthur Cole
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections and statement of expenditures for the fiscal year 1948. The report was prepared by Arthur Cole,Chartered Accountant.
- Name Access
- Arthur Cole
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections and statement of expenditures for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Arthur Cole, Chartered Accountant.
- Name Access
- Arthur Cole
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1970
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Central Region Treasury Board consisted of members of the regional executive. The Director of the Treasury Board was the Central Region Treasurer. This body was responsible for defining and reporting on the financial position of the Zionist Organization of Canada - Central Region. It conducted annual audits to establish the financial situation of the Central Region of ZOC, which were presented during the plenary conferences.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of auditor's reports, which were prepared annually by the Treasurer and audited by a chartered accounting firm. These reports outlined the financial position of the Central Region of the Zionist Organization of Canada each year.
- Each report includes a summary prepared by the chartered accountant, a balance sheet outlining the region's assets and deficits, and a statement of receipts and expenditures. The reports span the period from 1944 until 1970.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Young Judaea series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 4
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a promotional flyers for a Purim Festival held at Harbord Collegiate, a bowling event, a Purim carnival, notices of programmes starting at the north branch of the Jewish Comminity Centre, invitations to lectures, a Channukah party, an event for regional chapter leaders, the annual outing day, and rallies.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Conventions series
- National conventions sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of brochures and booklets including: "10 reasons why you should buy Israeli bonds", "Facts about Israel," "Israel 1958 - 10th Israel Summer Institute," "A decade of freedom," and the programme of the national conference of the Canadian Association for Hebrew Education and Culture.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Conventions series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946-1967
- Physical Description
- 82 cm of textual records
- 145 photographs : b&w (14 negatives) ; 25 x 30 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Zionist Organization of Canada was created in 1921 to represent the Jewish Community in Canada. ZOC held a national conference as well as regional conferences. The Central Region held its first annual conference in 1909. After that point, they continued to hold conferences, however, no conferences were held during the war years of 1914-1917 and 1939-1945. Beginning in 1950, at the 20th Conference, the Central Region of the Zionist Organization of Canada began to hold their regional conference every two years.
- Scope and Content
- The series is organized into two sub-series, for national conventions and Central Region conventions. The records in these sub-series include: correspondence; agendas; reports; programs of the conferences; committee lists; delegate lists; resolutions and photographs. While it was generally the case that Central Region officials were participants in the national conventions and organizers of their Central Region conventions, thereby suggesting functional differences in the contents of the two sub-series, Central Region officials were often involved in the organization of the national conventions as well.
- This series includes files concerning the 16th to 28th Plenary Conferences of the Zionist Organization of Canada - Central Region. These conferences occurred during the period between 1946 and 1968 and were held in communities across Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1978
- Physical Description
- 2.5 m of textual records
- 208 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The bulk of the Central Region subject files series was created after 1950. The Central Region office relied on this series in order to organize their records that dealt with disperate themes. The files in this series documented internal issues as well as external groups and individuals. There are therefore files on internal budgetary matters as well as files documenting external groups that Central Region liaised with, such as FZOC and the Canadian Jewish Congress. In turn, this series also documented particular themes and events that were of interest to Central Region.
- Scope and Content
- The subject files include such materials as newsletters, correspondence and publications, publicity materials, information on club events, budgets and financial information.
- Arrangement
- The files in this series were arranged alphabetically in chronological order. While some organizations and themes were assigned a file, others were grouped together under a "miscellaneous" heading for each letter
- Source
- Archival Descriptions