Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-2

File

29

Material Format

textual record

Date

1955-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-2

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1955-1959

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains incoming and outgoing correspondence and meeting minutes. Joseph Doran was JIAS president in 1955-1956.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-2

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-2

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935, 1937, 1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

17

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1974-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Group of 35 also used the name the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry and had affiliations with numerous international chapters. Active members included Barbara Glass, Marilyn Seigel, Elaine Gudofsky, Heather Brown, Carol Reiter and Marcia Zionce.

Scope and Content

File includes membership and executive contact lists, correspondence, campaign materials, press releases, newsletters and circulars, copies of letters to the editor, activities lists, copies of articles and general administrative documents.

Related Material

Further reference to the Group of 35 is also made in the records of the Women for Soviet Jewry file of this sub-series.

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

33

Material Format

textual record

Date

Jan. 1974-Mar. 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, background materials and publicity concerning the visit to Toronto by former refusniks Kirill Khenkin and Vladimir Masch and lectures given by them at the behest of the Friends of Soviet Jewry.

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

43

Item

1-5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974-1976

Physical Description

17 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of selected photographs of women's group protests in Toronto.

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

Administration Committee series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

8-3

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966-1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of studies of Toronto's Jewish population and their use of services provided by the UJWF.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The student council was affiliated with the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and had chapters at York University and the University of Toronto.

Scope and Content

File includes liaison lists with affiliated organizations, details of co-activities, meeting minutes, correspondence, a conference program, and news bulletins.

Notes

The Toronto Student Council for Soviet Jews became The Toronto Student Council for Oppressed Jews in 1975. See corresponding file for further details.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

25

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1974-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

File includes a handbook "Natasha's Dream: Children's Handbook on Russian Jews" published by the student council in 1974. Also included are a list of events and activities undertaken by the council, press releases and campaign literature, correspondence and a photograph of students taken during the Trailer project

Notes

The Toronto Student Council for Soviet Jews became The Toronto Student Council for Oppressed Jews in 1975. See corresponding file for further details.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-2

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence and notices related to the committee's activities.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-2

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence and news releases related to the committee's activities.

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

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

May 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a memo concerning the Soviet emigre's visit to and lectures in Toronto.

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

59

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, notices and bulletins regarding the visit of the former refusnik and nuclear physicist to Toronto and his itinerary while visiting in Canada. Yevgeny Levich was the son of Benjamin Levich, also a physicist, denied permission to leave the Soviet Union for Israel.

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

84

Item

1-2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

34 photographs : b&w and col. (15 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Notes

Photographer unknown.

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1985-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File includes meeting minutes and related meeting notices, press literature, membership contact lists and campaign letters.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-2

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence and notices related to the committee's activities.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-2

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence, memos and notices related to the committee's activities.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

19

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1973-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : col. ; 11 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File contains six unidentified colour photographs of participants in an event, newsletters, facsimiles and originals of letters sent to Parliament and meeting reports, notices and minutes of the World Jewry Committee. Case files are attached to several of the letters. The file also contains a petition, a Passover program, with guest speaker Jim Peterson M.P., and an event poster. Among the members of the organization identified in the documents are Helen Marr, Jeanette Goldman and Stella Rozan.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-1

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes, notices and agendas of the committee.

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

67

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a news brief concerning a telephone conversation with refusnik Ilya Shostakovsky prepared by Debbie Shecter.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Refusnik cases sub-series

Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Zalmanson, Silva file

Level

Item

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-1

File

287

Material Format

graphic material

Date

8 Nov. 1974

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm

Notes

Photograph by Jacob El-Baz.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file

Level

Item

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

49

Item

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

24 Jul. 1975

Physical Description

1 letter

Scope and Content

Item is a form letter from Sam Filer, chairman of the Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry. In the letter, which is intended for one or more rabbis, Filer informs the recipient that "the Toronto Jewish Community is planning to commemorate the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of Soviet-Jewish Writers in 1952." Written near the top of the letter is a note: "Sent to Toronto Rabbis + Presidents of Synagogues."

Notes

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

Name Access

Filer, Sam, 1935-2007

Subjects

Rabbis

Synagogue officers

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of largely handwritten meeting minutes, and one printed agenda, for meetings that took place in the months of November and December, 1970.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-1

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes, agendas and notices of the committee.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-1

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting notices, agendas and minutes of the committee.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Committee meeting agendas and minutes sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-1

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes, reports, notices and agendas, including handwritten notes.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Administration series

Correspondence sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

5-2

File

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967-1969, 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence and passport applications. Charles Kent was president of JIAS in 1975-1976.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

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

Source

Archival Descriptions