- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 113
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1982-Mar. 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 36 photographs ; b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, programme, promotional materials, and photographs concerning the award given to Flora MacDonald at a ceremony held in Queen's Park, Toronto, on 29 April 1982.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Ben Lechtman.
- Name Access
- MacDonald, Flora, 1926-2015
- Subjects
- Awards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 123
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1983-May 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs ; col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, programme, promotional materials, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the award given to Sister Mary Jo Leddy at a ceremony held in Queen's Park, Toronto, on 3 May 1984.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Aug. 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an informative essay concerning the fifteenth anniversary of the 12 August 1967 execution of Soviet Jewish writers. This essay was prepared by the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, an organization based in New York City.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 July 1973-12 Sept. 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, a report, an agenda of the planning meeting, promotional materials and articles concerning the commemorative demonstration held in Toronto on 13 Aug. 1973. The file also includes several photographs of the event.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 36
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1974-Aug. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, programmes and articles concerning the commemorative demonstration held in Toronto on 12 August 1974 at Associated Hebrew Skills. The file also includes photographs of the event. Individuals identified in the photos include Milton Harris; S. M. Harris, QC; Nathan O. Hurwich; David E. Newman, Q.C.; S.L. Shneiderman; J. B. Salsberg; Sam Blatt; Susan Paul, York University. The guest speaker for this event was S. L. Shneiderman, a columnist for the Jewish Daily Forward in New York City.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases and programmes of the 12 August annual protest. Also included are a number of short biographical essays concerning the speakers at the event and photographs of these speakers, including the Yiddish poet Israel Emiot, who visited from Rochester, New York, to speak at the event.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 71
- Item
- 1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1977-Sep. 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, photographs, news releases, fact sheets, and programmes concerning the annual commemoration held on 11 August 1977. Guest readers included Peretz Miransky, a Toronto area poet, and Mordechai Husid from Montreal. File also contains notes and notices in Hebrew.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Name Access
- Husid, Mordechai
- Miransky, Peretz
- Subjects
- Poets
- 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
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- B'nai B'rith sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Min and Phil Givens attending the fortieth anniversary dinner at the Upper Canada Lodge of B'nai Brith.
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- For Israel's fiftieth birthday, the Walk for Israel underwent many dramatic changes. Renamed the "Israel at 50 Fun Walk," the "march-as-one" style became a more staggered walk again, with a brand new seven-and-a-half-kilometre route in downtown Toronto. The new walk was more high profile and elaborate, starting with opening ceremonies and entertainment at Nathan Phillips Square, then winding through Old Jewish Toronto, through two checkpoints, and on to Ontario Place, where the Israel at 50 Festival was held. The date of the walk was Sunday, 24 May, and its slogan was "Let's Step Together." The chairs were Jeff Cohen, Fran Grundman, and Corey Mandell, with the assistance of committee members and walk staff Silvia Astrug and Naomi Cohen. More than fifteen thousand people turned out for the day, and more than $250,000 were raised.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, posters, artifacts (giveaways) and a promotional video from the 1998 Funwalk, the festival, and the learnathon. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 380 photographs (175 negatives), 4 posters, 2 hats, a T-shirt and 1 videocassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 1999 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-25
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains form letters to adult community members, correspondence, a calendar showing tasks and deadlines and one set of minutes from an Adult Recruitment Committee meeting. There are also task lists for the Recruitment Committee and form letters to organization heads and potential volunteers.
- Notes
- Lists of recent graduates with their phone numbers were culled from this file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a form letter with a sign-up sheet from Stephen Adler, chair of Adult Recruitment. The letter is to members of the Israel at 50 consortium and it documents the deliberate effort made to recruit adults to raise money for the Walk. Also in the file is a list of the consortium members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains design mock-ups, letters, memos, and content, for the sponsor book designed for adults. Also in the file are copies of Russian emigration documents used for reference, and perhaps considered for inclusion, in the adult sponsorship book, since the Walk theme was focussed on the "exodus" of Soviet Jews making aliyah to Israel. These Russian documents include flight tickets, a Soviet Exit visa, an Israeli entry visa, and the form used to "invite" relatives and others to Israel.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1984 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-10
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 June 1984
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of six images of an Associated Hebrew School student with a Walk poster and certificate. Since the photographs were taken after the event, it is probable that the student was a prizewinner.
- Notes
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1993 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-19
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 23 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Learnathon was a 12.5 hour Torah study session carried out by grade 6, 7 and 8 boys at Eitz Chaim Day School. Prompted by the conflict between Walk scheduling and school classes, the event had been going on for over twenty years in 1993. This year, they raised over $18,000.
- Scope and Content
- File contains minutes of "Athons" chairmen meetings, a flyer for the Pre-Walk-a-thon Bash (danceathon), a flyer for the Aerobathon and two letters regarding the events. File also includes letters, posters and sponsor sheets and 11 colour photographs of the aerobathon. Records of the Eitz Chaim Learnathon include 11 images of students studying during the event and a thank you letter from the co-chairmen of the 1993 Walk to Rabbi Weinberg of Eitz Chaim.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Keren Hayesod sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 coin : brass ; 5 cm in diam.
- Admin History/Bio
- Keren Hayesod is the central fundraising organization for the State of Israel. It operates in Canada under the name United Israel Appeal.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one brass coin given to Givens' as a memento of his visit to Israel as part of the Keren Hayesod Toronto Top Leadership Study Mission in 1970. The coin has a raised emblem on one side and an engraving of Jerusalem on the other side.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 13 Aug. 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Basya Hunter giving a dramatic reading at the twenty-first anniversary of the execution of the Soviet-Jewish writers and intellectuals event. The event took place at Beth Tzedec Chapel.
- Notes
- Photograph by Jacob El-Baz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Shecter was born on 7 July 1923 to Joseph and Helen Shecter. He was married to Florence Fox, and they had three children: Trudy, Debbie, and Barry. Max Shecter was the secretary-treasurer for Toronto Bedding Company Limited. He was an active member of the Toronto Jewish Community and was affiliated with the following organizations: Beth Sholom Congregation, United Synagogues of America, B'nai Brith, Israel Bond Organization, Joint Community Relations Committee, Canadian Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of Canada, and United Jewish Appeal's Furniture division. Max Shecter was honoured with a Beth Sholom Israel Bond Dinner for dedicated leadership and by Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith in 1959.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of Phil Givens attending a memorial in honour of former Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Identified in the photographs are Phil Givens and Max Shecter.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Jacob El-Baz (Toronto) and Benyas-Kaufman Photographers Inc. (Michigan, USA)
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1967
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five photographs of David Ben-Gurion's visit to Toronto. Identified in the photographs are Phil Givens, David Ben-Gurion, and Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Graphic Artists Photographers (Toronto)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens attending a Beth Shalom Brotherhood dinner. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Phil Givens, Senator Paul Martin, and the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable John Keiller MacKay.
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- The bottom left corner of the photograph has been creased.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- B'nai Brith sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1946]-1986
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (1 vol.)
- 22 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual records, photographs and a scrapbook documenting Phil Givens tenure as founding president and member of the Upper Canada Lodge of B’nai B’rith. Included are: a B’nai Brith newspaper, a Phil Givens tribute scrapbook, and numerous photographs of various official functions.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- B'nai B'rith sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 19 Jan. 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens addressing the audience at a B'nai Brith Ambassador's Ball held at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. Identified in the photograph are Phil Givens and Nat Hurwich.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- B'nai B'rith sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 10 Jan. 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens attending a B'nai Brith Ambassador's Ball at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Included with the photograph is a signed letter from Ruth Goldsmith, the Publicity Director of State of Israel Bonds.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Graphic Artists Photographers (Toronto)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- B'nai B'rith sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 May 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm and 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of Phil Givens greeting "Miss Israel" arriving at the airport. She flew to Canada in order to attend the B'nai Brith Carnival.
- Notes
- Photograph is by The Telegram (Toronto).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions