Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Personal correspondence and writings sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-1

File

45

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

architectural drawing

Date

1936-1993

Physical Description

2.1 m of textual records and other material

Scope and Content

This sub-series contains the operating files created and accumulated by the office of the executive director of the YM-YWHA during the years 1937-1978. The files contain correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, program material, photographs, reports, financial records and other related records. They are arranged by subject in alphabetical and chronological order. The photographs and architectural drawings are located in the subject files with the related textual material.

Notes

Includes 142 photographs, 11 architectural drawings, 2 artifacts, and 2 posters.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

1988-11-7

1983-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1984

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The treasurer was responsible for overseeing all financial operations of the YM-YWHA. The treasurer was chairman of the Finance Committee which recommended, discussed and approved the day-to-day financial requirements for the operation of the "Y". The committee was also responsible for submitting the financial information to the accounting houses who prepared the "Y's" audited financial reports.

Scope and Content

This sub-series contains the financial reports and statements for the YM-YWHA., the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, the Combined Building Campaign, the Northern Building Fund Campaign, the Jewish Camp Council, Camp Northland, Camp B’nai Brith, the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home and Camp Fundale.

The reports are organized chronologically by year. Each year often contains more than one report, either for different periods of the same year, or for different structures under the control of the YM-YWHA. The reports were kept by the office of the executive director.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1954

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Board of Management was created in 1949 as a temporary governing body of the YM-YWHA. The Board of Management functioned for one year after the dedication of the new community centre in 1953 at Bloor and Spadina, at which point there was a large enough membership to elect its own officers. The board was then replaced with the Executive Committee.

Scope and Content

This file contains general correspondence regarding the creation and functioning of the Board of Management.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-1955

Physical Description

2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains the constitutions of the YM-YWHA, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, the YMHA of Winnipeg, the YM-YWHA of Montreal and the Jewish Home for the Aged. Also included is some general correspondence concerning the constitution and by-laws of the YM-YWHA of Toronto.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

47

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-1967

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains copies of the Corporate Information Act Returns of Information and Particulars, required of each corporation by the Province of Ontario. The return lists the date and means of incorporation, the names of the directors and officers of the executive and other related information.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

67

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1954

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains textual records relating to the House Committee, which oversaw all building, property, equipment and maintenance issues. Records include meeting minutes and agendas, committee member lists, general correspondence and reports.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

73

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

object

Date

1943-1954

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

1 architectural drawing : blueprint ; 34 x 42 cm folded to 18 x 22 cm

2 artifacts

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Camp Council was formed in 1945 by five different groups running summer camps for Jewish youth: B’nai Brith, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Mothers’ and Babes’ Summer Rest Home Association, the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto and the YM-YWHA.

The United Jewish Welfare Fund eventually assumed responsibility for all camp property, including Camp Northland in Haliburton, and programming for all camps was organized as a unified service. The Jewish Camp Council Board of Directors included representatives from all five organizations, while the executive director of the YM-YWHA acted as executive director of the Jewish Camp Council. Initially, the head office was located at Camp B'nai Brith, near Orillia, and then moved into the new YM-YWHA building at Spadina and Bloor in 1953.

Scope and Content

This file contains textual records relating to the operation of the Jewish Camp Council and the camps it oversaw. The records include reports, meeting minutes and agendas, executive and community correspondence, financial records, camp pamphlets, event invitations and flyers and an architectural blueprint of the grounds of the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home in Tollandale near Barrie, Ontario. There is also a parent's guide and two YMHA cousellor badges from Camp Frailoch and Camp Northland.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-2

1988-11-7

1983-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

91

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942-1949

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

In 1945, the UJWF received two applications concerning capital needs -- one from the YM-YWHA and one from the General Wingate Branch. They suggested that a joint capital campaign for $750 000 be held for a Jewish War Memorial Centre, which would house the activities of the "Y" and the General Wingate Branch.

The campaign began in 1948, and was spearheaded by Samuel Godfrey, campaign chairman. The campaign raised approximately $350 000 which was later added to the $1 250 000 raised in the second campaign, to reach the "Y"s total Combined Building Campaign goal of $1 500 000. The legion never moved into the "Y" building, but the building was dedicated to the Jewish soldiers who fought for Canada in the world wars, during the cornerstone ceremony.

Scope and Content

This file contains a survey report of the Toronto Jewish community created by the National Welfare Board prior to the campaign launch, meeting minutes of the Wingate Branch, and general correspondence. There is also a copy of a "Victory" booklet from 1942, which contains a list of "Y" member names who were enlisted in the armed forces during the Second World War.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains two hand-bound membership manuals outlining regulations for staff on all membership procedures at the YM-YWHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

130

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1953

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains executive correspondence regarding the purchase of the Bloor and Spadina property by the YM-YWHA and the sale of 12 Major Street.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

141

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944-1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains correspondence between the YM-YWHA and the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah regarding the use of the school facilities, as well as a newsclipping announcing the re-opening of the old Brunswick "Y" building for adult use in 1954.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 
• 

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

142

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1955

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Toronto Jewish Youth Council was a body composed of Jewish youth groups throughout the city. Its purpose was to co-ordinate the groups, supplement their programs and develop a spirit of community camaraderie.

Scope and Content

This file contains meeting minutes of the Toronto Jewish Youth Council, as well as correspondence and reports. There is also one copy of the Hebrew Youth Club News, which was a club affiliated with the Toronto Jewish Youth Council that met at the Brunswick Avenue YM-YWHA building.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains two reports created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains three reports created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA for the period between 31 August 1941 and 1 January 1942.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains two reports created for the YMHA and one for the YMHA camp.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA and one for the YMHA camps.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial records sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the Jewish Camp Council.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Financial reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-2

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains one report created for the YMHA.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Executive director series

Level

Series

Fonds

86

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1941

Physical Description

5 folders of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of textual records documenting the activities of JCWA's executive director. Included is a report, book review, correspondence, and speeches.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

86

Series

2

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of two speeches delivered by JCWA's Executive Director at various events. Included is one speech delivered at a Big Sister Committee Luncheon, and one speech delivered at both a United Jewish Welfare Fund annual meeting and a B'nai Brith meeting.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

86

Series

2

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the Executive Director's general correspondence.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

86

Series

2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an Activity and Financial Report submitted to the Board of Trustees.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Executive director series

Level

Series

Fonds

87

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1933-1943

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of textual records documenting the activities of the JFWB's executive director. Included is correspondence, reports, and meeting notices.

Repro Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

2

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1933-1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of reports written by the JFWB's Executive Director documenting the agency's structure, activities, policies, and services. Of particular note are reports outlining the effects of the Second World War on the agency's services. These reports were likely presented to the JFWB's Board of Directors.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

2

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between the JFWB's Executive Director and other United Jewish Welfare Fund agencies in Division I of the organization.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

2

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence of the JFWB's Executive Director.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

30 May 1940

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between the JFWB's executive director and president.

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Executive director series

Level

File

Fonds

86

Series

2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1941

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a book review of "Social Case Work with Children - Studies in Structure and Process".

Accession Number

2004-1-8

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

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1983

Physical Description

1.2 m of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The BJE was responsible for recruiting, hiring and dismissing teachers and principals at the request of the various schools, for setting codes of practice, and for establishing salary scales in accordance with provincial standards. As such, it was the responsibility of the executive director to perform these tasks and maintain the appropriate files. The executive director worked closely with the Jewish Teacher’s Alliance, which represented the teachers, specifically when dealing with salary, pension and discipline issues. The Personnel Committee was often consulted on matters of importance and for making procedural and other decisions on topics such as personnel budgeting, grievances or other problem cases, and when dealing with the Jewish Teacher’s Alliance. Any teacher appointed to a school had to be made in consultation with and approved by the BJE. This procedure had been in place since the BJE’s founding in 1950 until the late 1970s or early 1980s.

Scope and Content

The series contains teacher personnel records, organized alphabetically by the teacher's name. The files include resumes and teacher applications; employment records indicating affiliated school, salary, days absent and other administrative information; BJE questionnaires; information on work visas and related government requirements; correspondence to and from the BJE Executive Director regarding performance, special citations or awards, and school placements; letters of reference from past employers; and on occasion, grievance letters to the UJWF, BJE Executive Director and BJE Personnel Committee.

There are also several files documenting the recruitment of Israeli teachers for schools in Toronto, which include applications and resumes, correspondence between the BJE Executive Director and the Jewish schools in Toronto, as well as representatives of the Jewish Agency and other organizations in Israel.

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

37

Material Format

textual record

Date

1949-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions