Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

109

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1914–1974

Physical Description

71 cm of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

John Judah Glass was born in England on 31 October 1895 to Morris and Pearl Glass. In 1907, he immigrated to Toronto—two years after his father. In 1917, he graduated from the University of Toronto. During the First World War, he served overseas in the 58th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery. In 1921, Glass he earned his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. That same year, he was called to the Ontario bar. Glass became a practicing barrister and solicitor and was a member of the Canadian Bar Association.

Glass went on to have a political career that spanned fifteen years. From 1928 to 1930, he served as trustee for the Toronto Board of Education. From 1931 to 1934, he represented the former Ward 4 as alderman in Toronto City Council. From 1934 to 1943, he represented the St. Andrew riding as Liberal MPP in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. In 1943, he left the world of active politics.

A significant portion of Glass' life was devoted to Jewish community work. For more than ten years, he was national president of the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews. He was also a member of Beth Tzedec Congregation's board of governors, a past president of the Toronto Zionist Council, a member of the Zionist Organization of Canada's national and regional executive, a founder of the Canadian Jewish Congress, a past president of Toronto B'nai Brith, and a founder and first president of the General Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. His affiliations included the Toronto Council of Christians and Jews, the Palestine Lodge, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital, the Jewish Historical Society, United Jewish Appeal, the Jewish National Fund, and State of Israel Bonds.

In addition to his involvement in various Jewish organizations, Glass was a Mason and past-president of the Scarborough Liberal Association. He died on 22 September 1973 and was survived by his wife, Anne Ethel Glass (née Horowitz), and two sons, George and Jesse.

Scope and Content

Fonds documents the life of John Judah Glass (1895-1973), including his involvement in the military, politics, and the Jewish community. The fonds is divided into three series: Artifacts, Documents, and Photographs.

Of note are those records documenting Glass' military service in the First and Second World Wars and his progression through the ranks of public service from lawyer to trustee of the Board of Education, Toronto City Council alderman, and Liberal member of the Parliament of Ontario.

Records also document Glass' participation in the unveiling of the Vimy Ridge Memorial as representative of the Government of Ontario and his role in the purchase of a historic building on Spadina Avenue for a new Zionist headquarters. (The chain of ownership of that property since 1883 is detailed in the records.)

Name Access

Glass, John Judah, 1895-1973

Subjects

Politicians

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Physical Condition

Some of the textual records are in poor condition and are enclosed in plastic. Panoramic photos are in fragile condition.

Creator

Glass, John Judah, 1895-1973

Places

Canada

France

Israel

United States

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Pamphlets series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

51

File

86

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Committee on Jewish Gentile Relationships (Canada) about the threat of antisemitism to democracy.

Name Access

Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships

Subjects

Antisemitism

Democracy

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6158

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1938

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a negative depicting the front page of the February 1938 issue of the Canadian Nationalist. The headline reads, "Freemasonry Is Jewish!"

Subjects

Antisemitism

Freemasons

Newspapers

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

74

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1914-1986

Physical Description

35 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 79 cm or smaller

2 folders of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Brigade was a member of the Great War Association in the 1920s. After its first president was installed in the early 1930s, the Royal Canadian Legion granted a charter for a Jewish veterans' branch. The brigade was renamed the General Wingate Branch in the mid-1940s after the British army officer Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO. Although Major Wingate was not Jewish, he was a passionate Zionist, hence the name.

At first, the branch met at a veteran’s hall at Crawford and College Streets in Toronto, but later purchased its own house at 1610 Bathurst Street. In 1968, the branch moved to Eglinton Avenue West. It was then located at the Zionist Centre on Marlee Avenue.

The branch held an annual memorial march and service at the Mt. Sinai Cemetery, and distributed poppies to raise funds for veterans and their families, hospitals and medical research. Members also gave speeches at schools on Remembrance Day. It closed in September 2018 after more than eighty years.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of photographs and textual records that document the activities and history of the General Wingate Branch 256. Included are images of parades, memorials, picnics and executive members. There is also one 1950s branch newsletter documenting the branch's purchase of Wingate House.

Name Access

Royal Canadian Legion. General Wingate Branch 256

Subjects

Veterans

Related Material

See also Fonds 51, series 5-3, file 15 for images of Remembrance Day ceremonies held by the General Wingate Branch 256.

Creator

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Canada

Accession Number

1976-9-1

1987-12-1

2007-1-3

2007-12-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

66

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1991?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of profile of the Canadian extreme right wing prepared by the Joint Community Relations Committee.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Right-wing extremists

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

134

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one Ontario Human Rights Commission press release regarding racial discrimination against clients at the Lee Ann Beauty Salon in Windsor, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Ontario Human Rights Commission

Subjects

Race discrimination

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

143

Material Format

textual record

Date

9 Oct. 1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an Ontario Human Rights Commission bulletin regarding the racial discrimination case against Maurice's Barber Shop (Windsor, ON) for refusing service to James Howard Robinson, a black man.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Maurice's Barber Shop

Robinson, James Howard

Subjects

Race discrimination

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

64

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the exterior of the Lady Ellis Shops store in Windsor, Ontario. The store was the thirty-second in the chain of women's wear stores.

Name Access

Lady Ellis Shop

Subjects

Show windows

Storefronts

Women's clothing

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

109

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

78 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints, (3) b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

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

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

110

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

26 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w prints, b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

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

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

111

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

54 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

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

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

112

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

14 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

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

Windsor (Ont.)

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

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

Level

Item

Item

1376

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 12 x 10 cm and 35 mm slide (Kodachrome)

Scope and Content

This item is an original slide and copy negative of the exterior of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim (Windsor, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1377

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 slide (Kodachrome) : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is an original slide of an aerial view of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim (Windsor, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1378

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 slide (Kodachrome) : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is an original slide of exterior of Beth El Synagogue in Windsor, Ontario.

Name Access

Congregation Beth El (Windsor, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3255

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Zalev Bros. Limited delivery and pick-up truck. The truck is loaded with paper bundles. Written on the side of the truck is: Zalev Bros. Limited. Metals. Paper Mill Supplies. Iron & Steel. 1141 Mercer St., Windsor, Ont.

Name Access

Zalev Bros. Ltd.

Subjects

Trucks

Wagons

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-6-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3254

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1924

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of the Zalev Bros. Limited delivery and pick-up truck. The flatbed truck is loaded with paper bundles and is pulling a similarly loaded wagon. Two drivers are pictured seated in the truck.

Name Access

Zalev Bros.

Subjects

Trucks

Wagons

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-6-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

788

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Mr. J. D. Geller of Windsor, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired June 1976.

Photo by A. W. Spurgeon, Windsor, Ontario.

Name Access

Geller, J. D.

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be 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

Level

Item

Item

771

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Mr. Michael Sumner of Windsor, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired June 1976.

Name Access

Summer, Michael

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Physical Condition

The photograph has yellowed significantly.

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6019

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1954

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Shaar Hashomayim Congregation's religious school board members. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Mrs. Victor, M. M. Beranholtz, P. Strosberg, Rabbi Stollman, Mr. Victor (principal), Cantor [Nadvap?].

Front row, left to right: H. R. Schwartz, M. Tabachnik, Joe Cohen, Morris Mussman.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

School boards

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1991-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4044

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1986

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Admin History/Bio

A genizah is a depository containing unused books and papers containing the name of G-d. The genizah is used to house the materials until they can be given a proper burial, as it is forbidden under Jewish law to discard of such items.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Genizah burial service at Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor, Ontario.

Subjects

Genizah

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-9-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Second Generation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-10

File

26

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1986, 1997

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

15 photographs: col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs and flyers from the protests against Nazi war criminals in Canada and correspondence raising awareness of the issue.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Nazis--Canada

War criminals--Canada

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

Item

Fonds

109

Series

2

Item

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 certificate : b&w and col. ; 31 x 36 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a Zionist Organization of Canada charter certificate certifying that the Canadian Israel Club is an affiliated society of the Zionist Organization. The certificate is dated February 10, 1950.

Name Access

Canadian Israel Club

Zionist Organization of Canada

Subjects

Societies

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Artifacts series

Level

Item

Fonds

109

Series

1

Item

9

Material Format

object

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 coin : bronze ; 3 cm in diam.

Scope and Content

Item is a bronze coin with the profile of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on one side and writing on the other side. The writing, which is found beneath a crown, reads:

E II R

CANADA.

Around the circumference of the coin are the following words: "ELIZABETH II REGINA CORONATA MCMLII.

Name Access

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-

Subjects

Queens--Great Britain

Physical Condition

Fair. There is white plaque around "E II R" and the coin is quite marked up. Red markings. The raised face of the sovereign's profile is also darkened.

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Artifacts series

Level

Item

Fonds

109

Series

1

Item

21

Material Format

object

Date

1916

Physical Description

1 pin : gold ; 4.5 cm long

Scope and Content

Item is a gold pin in the shape of a banner with "CANADA" written across it.

Physical Condition

Fair. Tarnished and oxidized.

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

125

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1980-1993

Physical Description

ca 97 cm of textual records

3 audiocassettes

1 poster

Admin History/Bio

The Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews was a non-profit organization established in 1980 for the sole purpose of assisting Ethiopian Jews. To this end, CAEJ (pronounced "cage") cooperated with other bodies such as the American Association for Ethiopian Jews.

Initially, CAEJ worked with the Canadian Jewish Congress Sub Committee for Ethiopian Jewry, but the two severed ties early on. The divorce was driven by a difference in strategy: The CJC subcommittee preferred quiet diplomacy while CAEJ wanted to make noise. CAEJ was prepared to criticize Israel in the media, for example, for failing to do enough for Ethiopia's Jews—something that provoked disagreement within the Jewish community.

Apart from advocating for Ethiopia's Jews, CAEJ's main work consisted of rescue and relief. Rescue took the form of a visa program, in which Jewish students in Ethiopia were issued visas so that they could attend Canadian universities; once out of Ethiopia, they were able to immigrate to Israel. Relief took the form of an Adopt-a-Family program, which delivered monthly stipends to Ethiopians in need. According to Cathy Himelfard, past president of CAEJ, at least five hundred individuals received stipends from the organization.

In 1980, CAEJ established a Pacific chapter in Vancouver, which undertook education and rescue programs. CAEJ later opened chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary.

In 1984, CAEJ received a $15,000 Wintario grant to produce a videotape on the black Jews of Ethiopia. Susan Fish, provincial minister of citizenship and culture, awarded CAEJ the grant. CAEJ was one of sixteen that were given that year.

In 1986, the organization sent a five-person team to Ethiopia's Gondar province, the home of many of Ethiopia's Jews. The team included CAEJ's executive director, Susan Schechtman, and its assistant administrative director, Donna Finkelstein. The team visited five villages, bringing relief and conducting a fact-finding mission, the findings of which were disseminated in the press upon the team's return.

In 1987, the CAEJ held a benefit concert at the EI Mocambo, a live music venue in Toronto, to aid the Jews stranded in Ethiopia.

In 1990, 15,000 Jews moved from their villages in the northern regions of Ethiopia to Addis Ababa, under the impression that they would be able to emigrate without delay. With immigration to Israel greatly reduced, these Jews founded themselves living in terrible conditions, with reports of several hundred individuals, mostly children, dying of malnutrition and disease. In response to these developments, the CAEJ redirected its Adopt-a-Family funds to the mass relief. This involved sending doctors and medication as well as launching projects to provide clothing, food supplements, and more medical supplies.

The association's final project, conducted after Operation Solomon, involved persuading two-hundred-and-fifty Jews in Sudan to return to Addis Ababa. Once there, they were flown to Israel.

In 1992, after twelve years of operation, CAEJ shut down. Former president Jack Hope told the CJN, "We've fulfilled our mandate."

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of material documenting the Canadian Associate for Ethiopian Jews. Included are letters, artifacts, meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, reference materials, audio recordings, an office manual, and a poster.

The fonds is divided into six series: Rescue and relief letters, Administrative records, Clippings and reference materials, Artifacts, Audiovisual materials, and Posters.

Notes

Related groups of records external to the unit being described: A CAEJ advertisement that appeared in the Toronto Star can be found in the Larry Becker fonds.

Name Access

Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews

Subjects

Associations, institutions, etc

Jews, Ethiopian

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

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

Repro Restriction

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Canada

Ethiopia

Israel

United States

Accession Number

1993-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2022-3-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

13 cm of textual records

Date

1997-[ca. 2012]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Ashkenaz Foundation. Included are memorandums of understanding between UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Ashkenaz Foundation (2004–2010), a copy of the original letters patent that was issued on 21 July 1997, brochures and flyers, and Ashkenaz records for the years 2004–2012.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Festivals

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Ashkenaz Festival

Ashkenaz Foundation

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2023-6-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photo albums

Date

1928-1943

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Willi Holz. Included are four photo albums that belonged to the same. The first three albums consist of photographs taken in Germany between the years 1928 and 1936. The fourth album consists of photographs taken in Germany between the years 1936 and 1939 and Canada circa 1943. The photographs primarily depict individuals (family members, friends), but street scenes, airplanes, and landscapes are also depicted.

Custodial History

Records were in the possession of Camille Norton, Willi Holz's stepdaughter, prior to Camile donating them to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History

Willi Israel Holz was born on 6 April 1912 in Breslau, Germany (today Wroclaw, Poland). From 1919–27, he attended elementary school in the same city. Starting in 1927, he attended technical high school. In 1929, he joined the Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands (Young Communist League of Germany). In 1931, he received his electrician's license. Apart from a period of unemployment in 1932, he worked from 1931–38 with several firms, acquiring experience in electrical installations. In 1933, he lost his membership in the German Metal Workers' Union (Deutscher Metallarbeiter-Verband) on racial grounds.

In 1938, Willi was put in a Nazi concentration camp. In January 1939, he was released from the concentration camp. He nevertheless had to report to the Gestapo headquarters on a monthly basis until he was able to leave Germany. This proved difficult, as Willi tried and failed to immigrate to a number of countries, including Palestine, Bolivia, and China. (In the latter case, the Republic of China granted Willi and his mother visas, but there were no ship tickets available.) In February, Willi applied to be accepted for a transit camp for Jewish emigrants that was located in Richborough, England; in July, he was accepted. He arrived in Richborough on 8 August 1939. Willi's mother was unable to come with him.

From Richborough, Willi was moved between several locations before departing from Liverpool, England, on the SS Ettrick. He arrived in Quebec, Canada, on 13 July 1940 at Internment Camp "L." (He was interned as an enemy alien.) From there, he was transferred to Internment Camp "N" in Sherbrook. In January 1941, he was provided with an affidavit for immigration to the United States, but he was unable to enter owing to an unspecified condition. In 1942, Willi's mother was deported to eastern Europe (she died in Auschwitz). In November of that same year, Willi was transferred to yet another camp.

In February 1943, Willi was released from internment for work at Stark Electrical Instrument Co. in Toronto, Ontario. In 1944, Willi started working as foreman of the machine shop for the same company. In 1946, the plant at which Willi was working ended up moving to a different location, and Willi started work on the production line. That same year, Willi appeared before a county court judge to take the oath of allegiance. He became a Canadian citizen on 4 May 1946.

Willi died on 10 October 1979. His funeral took place at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Language: Captions are in German.

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Electricians

Holocaust survivors

Immigrants--Canada

Name Access

Holz, Willi, 1912-1979

Places

Canada

Germany

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2023-10-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 book

Date

1926

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a book named "The Jews in Canada," published by Jewish Publications Ltd. in 1926.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Jews--Canada

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2024-3-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

7 scrapbooks

Date

[198-]-[199-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of seven scrapbooks, three of which contain newspaper clippings documenting the 1982 Lebanon War, and the remaining four contain newspaper clippings related to the trials of James Keegstra (a high school teacher convicted of promoting hatred against an identifiable group) and Ernst Zündel (a publisher and pamphleteer who was charged twice in the 1980s for publishing literature denying the Holocaust).

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Hate speech--Law and legislation

Holocaust deniers

Lebanon--History--Civil War, 1975-1990

Name Access

Keegstra, James, 1934-2014

Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017

Places

Canada

Lebanon

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

243

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a bulletin from the Ontario Human Rights Commision regarding a complaint about a sign to the beach stating "Whites, Thank You".

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Ontario Human Rights Commission

Subjects

Race discrimination

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

War Crimes and Criminals sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-7

File

38

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consist of a documents expressing concern over the admission of individuals identified with terrorist organizations, specifically the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Palestine Liberation Organization

Subjects

Terrorism

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1991-6-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

2 cm of textual records

2 photographs : b&w

Date

[ca. 1961]-1984

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records created and collected by Morton Bernholtz. Records document Morton Bernholtz's involvement within the Windsor Jewish community.

There are newspaper clippings about the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School in Windsor and specifically about Bernholtz's participation with the school, including as chair for several years. Programmes are included from some of the graduation exercises and bar mitzvah ceremonies held by the school. Included is a black-and-white photograph depicting members of the school's staff.

The records also include materials of the Windsor Jewish Community Council, for which Morton Bernholtz was president from 1966–1968. There is also a playbill, newspaper review, and a photograph from a production of Guys and Dolls put on by the Centre Theatre Workshop at the Jewish Community Centre in 1963. Both Morton Bernholtz and his wife Lottie played roles in the musical.

Administrative History

Morton Bernholtz was an active member of the Jewish community in Windsor, Ontario, where he held positrons as president of the Windsor Jewish Community Council and was chair of the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School. He was married to Lottie Bernholtz.

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1998-3-12

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of graphical material and textual records

Date

[ca. 1940]-1966

Scope and Content

Acession consists of a portrait of Morris Saxe, a photograph of him holding a baby, two photographs of a baby in a crib on a lawn, and a photograph of a bride and bridesmaid.There is a clipping from the Toronto Jewish Reporter about the history of Jewish farming in Ontario, mentioning the role of Morris Saxe.

Administrative History

Morris Saxe of Georgetown established the Federated Jewish Farmers of Ontario.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Photographs are available as JPEG images; textual record is available as a PDF file.

Subjects

Farmers

Name Access

Saxe, Morris, 1878-1965

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1981-4-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

2 folders of textual records

Date

1928-1929

Scope and Content

Accession consists of David Waserman's Polish passport, Canadian immigration identification card stamped at Halifax upon his arrival on the Megantic, two copies of his birth certificate, a Polish police clearance document, and an army service book. There is also a Polish passport for Syma Nachsztern and her immigration identification card stamped upon arrival on the SS United States.

MG_RG

MG1

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Name Access

Waserman, David

Places

Canada

Poland

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-107

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm

Date

1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken at a Leadership Development Seminar in Windsor, Ontario. Identified individuals include Les Scheininger, Rabbi Ira Grossgott, Rabbi Jonathan Plaut, and Howard Borer.

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1977-6-7

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

8 photographs : col. slide (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm

Date

1977

Scope and Content

Accession consists of colour slides of Ahavas Isaac Synagogue in Sarnia, Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor, Beth El Synagogue in Windsor, and Beth El Synagogue in Oakville.

Subjects

Synagogues

Places

Windsor (Ont.)

Oakville (Ont.)

Sarnia (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

67 photographs : b&w and col. (33 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

1927-1928

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of the Canadian Jewish Farm School (Georgetown, Ont.), operated by Morris Saxe.

Descriptive Notes

Mezritcher Landsmanschaft.

Subjects

Orphans

Farms

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1980-1-5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975–1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists consists of material documenting the Canadian Jewish Historical Society. Included are papers and a letter from Professor Sydney Eisen to Professor Michael Sefton.

MG_RG

MG2 H

Subjects

Societies

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Historical Society

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-7-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Date

1977-1978

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.

Subjects

Communities

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Friedman, Morris

Markish, Esther

Eisenberg, Joe

Wexler, Boris

Acker, Abe

Brownstone, Sam

Klafter, Gershon

Rosen, Marty

Fackenheim, Emil

Rosensweig, Philip

Saiger, Norman

Sadowski, David

Gryfe, Mark

Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)

Frey, Marcus

Horowitz, Shlomo

Katz, Stan

Pliscow, Morris

Places

Cambridge (Ont.)

Chatham (Ont.)

Sudbury (Ont.)

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

North Bay (Ont.)

Oshawa (Ont.)

Belleville (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Pembroke (Ont.)

Peterborough (Ont.)

Guelph (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

London (Ont.)

Kitchener (Ont.)

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Barrie (Ont.)

Orillia (Ont.)

Kingston (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-3-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a report prepared by JIAS Canada detailing the situation of recent immigrant arrivals to various small communities in Ontario. The communities discussed are Cambridge, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Ottawa, St. Catharines and Windsor.

Custodial History

The custodial history for this item is unknown. The accession number has been assigned by the assistant archivist.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Communities

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Cambridge (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

Kitchener (Ont.)

London (Ont.)

Ottawa (Ont.)

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1648

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a boy with a horse-drawn plough in the fields of the Canadian Jewish Farm school in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Boys

Farms

Plows

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1649

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a boy seated behind a horse-drawn tiller in front of the barn at the Canadian Jewish Farm school in Georgetown, Ontario.

Notes

This photograph is similar to photo #1671.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Boys

Farms

Plows

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1650

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a two men with a horse-drawn hay wagon in the fields of the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Wagons

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1651

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of three boys tending to chickens at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Farms

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1652

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a man and two boys harvesting corn in the fields of the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Farms

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1653

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of two men standing in front of the chicken coup on the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Max Rosenbloom is standing on the left.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Farms

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1654

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of two men seated in a horse-drawn wagon on the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Identified on the right is Charles Steinfeld (?).

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Subjects

Farms

Wagons

Orphans

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions