- Accession Number
- 1997-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1925]-1986
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one black-and-white photograph taken of a group of campers at Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hill. Identified in the photograph is Rae Watson (standing at the far left).
- Also included were several newspaper clippings from 1976–1986, which have been integrated into the clipping files.
- Administrative History
- Camp Kindervelt was a Labour Zionist League camp in Rough Hill, in the east end of Toronto in the Rouge Valley.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Camp Kindervelt
- Shiner, Sol
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.
- Subjects
- Children
- Camps
- Name Access
- Krever, Terry
- Strauss, Naomi
- Danilak, Mrs.
- Camp Yungvelt
- Places
- Pickering, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)
- Date
- 1916-1988
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Camp counselors
- Camps
- Farms
- Farm tractors
- Purim
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-10-4
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette : b&w, si., VHS
- Date
- 1943
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one VHS videocassette copy of an 8mm silent film that was taken by Hy Rossman of campers at Camp Tamarack in 1943. The film includes scenes of the boys engaged in activities at camp as well as "mess hall" gatherings, training sessions and drills
- Administrative History
- Hy Rossman was the father of one of the campers. The donor, Dr. Martin Wolfish, was a friend of his son and was a camper in 1943 as well.
- Descriptive Notes
- A clip of the film can be viewed at: //www.youtube.com/embed/eFGNoca4vkw
- Subjects
- Camps
- Children
- Name Access
- Camp Tamarack
- Rossman, Hy
- Places
- Bracebridge, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-2
- Material Format
- text
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1935-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.
- Administrative History
- The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Cottages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-37
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 36 photographs : b&w and hand col. (12 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1938-1943
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken at Camp Balfour Manor on Morrison Lake in Muskoka, Ontario and Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. Scenes include a group of young people on the steps of a building, a Shabbat service, a flag lowering ceremony, boxing lessons, an arts and crafts class, and a photograph of Hyman Riegelhaupt at Camp Yungvelt.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Balfour Manor Camp
- Camp Yungvelt
- Places
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1946-1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Wabi-kronicle, the newsletter for Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in Northern Ontario near Temagami.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Children
- Name Access
- Camp Wabi-Kon
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller
- Date
- August 1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession contains a photo album with six photos of Camp Tamarack, some of which have been identified. Included are photos of Duck Lake, Morty Weisberg, Sonny Moshenberg and a boy counting beans (believed to be Lionel Solrush). A numbered guide of all the photos is included.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Camp Tamarack
- Kirshin, Barry
- Weisberg, Morty
- Moshenberg, Sonny
- Solrush, Lionel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 90 cm of textual records
- 1000 photographs [approx.]
- Date
- 1919-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual and graphic records documenting the programs and activities of Canadian Young Judaea. The records include newsletters and publications, photographs, anniversary books, and program books. There are also two compact discs containing scanned copies of the photographs from this accession.
- Custodial History
- These records were gathered together for an anniversary celebration held in November 2007. Most of the records were found in the basement of the office building on Marlee Avenue, before being donated to the archives.
- Administrative History
- Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.
- In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted at various Jewish communities throughout Canada and offices at the national level. In Toronto, Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.
- Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization of Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjunction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps. They were therefore dependent on ZOC.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Youth
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key
- 55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi
- Date
- 1934-1975
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Communities
- Families
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-11-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 X7 cm
- 1 matchbook
- Date
- 1928-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of mementos, family documents and clippings from Nancy Draper (née Frankel). The records include a birth announcement card for Nancy in 1928 and a matchbook party favour from her wedding to Darrell Draper in 1949. There is also a scholarship application letter from the donor's granddaughter, Haley Draper, to UJA. Other records include a staff list from Camp Wabi-Kon in 1946; a Globe and Mail obituary of Dr. Martin Wolfish, a past volunteer of OJA; a photograph of David Steinhauer; a clipping about an Inuit sculpture inspired by the experience of Holocaust survivor Leon Kahn; and three eulogies for Patricia Drevnig Goldstein (1940-2005) (née Jacobs). Patricia was the granddaughter of Rabbi Solomon Jacobs of Holy Blossom, and her mother, Edna, was a Frankel. Finally, the accession includes a photocopy of a photograph of members of the Siglen family of Meaford with Maurice Frankel, the great-uncle of the donor, and Irwin Rosen, ca. 1928.
- Administrative History
- Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel, past prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community and members of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy attended Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in northern Ontario near Temagami, and then worked there as a teenager. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.
- Subjects
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Camps
- Families
- Letters
- Obituaries
- Name Access
- Draper, Nancy
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-19
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual record
- 2 pennants
- Date
- 1943-1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 1945 and 1946 campers' banners for Camp Tamarack, camp newsletters from 1945 and 1950, three souvenir programmes, a song sheet, a camp songbook and The Cub Book handbook published in 1943. The programs come from the dedication of the dining and recreation hall at Camp Tamarack in 1948, a Camp Tamarack Dedication Day (n.d.), and the silver anniversary celebration of the 59th Boy Scout Groups in 1946 at Shaarei Shomayim.
- Subjects
- Boy Scouts
- Camps
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 11.1 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 2000]-[ca. 2010]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operations of the CJC Ontario Region. Included are records related to the activities of the Community Relations Committee, reports, correspondence, political affairs records, communications, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, and moving images of various events.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: Includes graphic material and audio-visual records
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-15
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 3 m of textual records
- ca. 20 video cassettes
- ca. 5 audio cassettes
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-[ca. 2010]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records, and audio-visual material documenting the operations of Hillel and its predecessor organization, the Jewish Students Federation.
- Subjects
- Education
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Hillel of Greater Toronto
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-15
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 20 cm textual records
- 3 photographs
- Date
- 1948-2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents and photographs related to Young Judaea programs. Photographs are group pictures from Camp Shalom and Camp Biluim. Among the documents are meeting minutes, newsletters, correspondence, songbooks, scripts, flyers, and guides for counsellors and group leaders. Also included are issues of Hebrew newsletters Daf Hat'Nua and Bat'Nua.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Youth
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Camp Shalom
- Camp Biluim
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-8-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1988-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting Cyrel Troster's Jewish communal involvement, particularly with cultural planning for UJA Federation. Included are event inviations, program books, brochures, a postcard, meeting minutes, reports, and flyers. Records relate to the following agencies and projects: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the Tomorrow Campaign, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Holy Blossom Temple, Shareeh Haim Synagogue, the Jewish Museum in Toronto, reports on Jewish education in Toronto, the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, the Holocaust Centre of Toronto, and the Koffler Centre. Of note is a copy of a study commissioned by UJA Federation for Frank Gehry, who was originally approached to design the Koffler Gallery.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Troster, Cyrel
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-10-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 10 cm textual records
- ca. 70 photographs: b&w and col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm or smaller
- 1 scrapbook
- Date
- 1963-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the activities of "Council '63", a branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC). Types of records include a photograph album, a scrapbook, correspondence, souvenirs, meeting minutes, membership lists, program materials and budgets.
- Administrative History
- The "Council '63" Branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) was formed in 1963. Currently consisting of 20 members, the group was initially spearheaded by Barbara Norwich (d. 2011), and they met regularly in homes in the Cedarvale area. The group primarily did volunteer work, although it later evolved into a study group and book club.
- Subjects
- Women
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- National Council of Jewish Women (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 40 cm textual records
- ca. 50 photographs
- Date
- 1940-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of Canadian Young Judaea. Records include correspondence, camp committee meeting minutes, camp committee and staff lists, the CYJ constitution, organizational newsletters, donation lists, flyers and camp reunion ephemera. Records also include clippings and reproductions from the Zionist Archives, and Camp Solelim photographs, as well as publications from other Jewish organizations.
- Administrative History
- Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.
In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted to various Jewish communities throughout Canada and to offices at the national level in Toronto Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Access restriction note: Files contain personal information of donors, campers, committee members and applicants for subsidies.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Youth
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 45 cm of textual records
- Date
- 2006-2011
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Executive Committee and Board of Director packages distributed to members prior to meetings. Included in the packages are previous meeting minutes, agendas, and ancillary reports. The Executive Committee packages are from 2006-2008 and 2010-2011 and the Board of Director packages are from 2006-2008.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-1-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 11 m of textual records
- Date
- [195-]-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of United Restitution Organization (URO), Toronto Office case files for the following funds: Hardship Fund; Hardship Fund, Pre-1965 Austrian; German Social Security (EB); German Social Security (DE); Article 2 Fund; Ghetto Lodz; and the immidiate post-Second World War Wiedergutmachung reparations. There is also a small amount of general operational files.
- Custodial History
- These records were left in the URO office following the departure of the URO staff person. They were boxed and moved by archives staff.
- Administrative History
- In Canada, the United Restitution Organization (URO) was founded in 1953 under the aegis of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The funds advanced by the Claims Conference were administered by the CJC which also gave support by providing the URO with office space and clerical staff. Offices were set up in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Winnipeg and Vancouver offices closed in the 1970s and the Montreal office remained open until 2002, after which time the active cases were sent to the Toronto office. The Toronto office officially closed on April 1, 2007. There was one case worker, however, who contintued to tend to any active claims that were left. Her position was transfered to Jewish Family and Child in 2013.
The URO dealt with a variety of different types of claims. The first and largest were the BEG cases (Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz), which translates as Federal Indemnification Law for the Compensation of Victims of National Socialist Persecution. This program provided compensation for individuals persecuted for political, racial, religious, or ideological reasons who suffered long-term damage to their health, imprisonment, death of family members, loss of property, reduced income, or reduced professional advancement. The other two major programs or cases covered by the URO were the Hardship Fund and Article 2. The Hardship Fund was established during the 1960s and was open to Jews who emigrated from the former Soviet Union who were not eligible for compensation under the BEG program. The Article 2 program, in turn, arose during the 1990s, after the unification of the German government. It is still operating today and is open to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who met a certain critiera, and those who are eligible, are provided with a pension paid out in installments every three months each year.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- United Restitution Organization (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1949-1955
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of documents such as letters and minutes of meetings of the Jewish Social Service Agencies of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, of which JVS was a member agency.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material. We believe that it likely originated from Milton Friedman, Executive Director of JVS.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Jewish Vocational Service (Toronto, Ont.)
- Friedman, Milton
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 70 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1928-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the activities of Ben Zion Shapiro and his family. The bulk of the records document the Shapiro family's involvement in Young Judaea. The Young Judaea material includes: yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, event programmes, song books, newsletters, and two Camp Biluim flags made by Bunny Shapiro. One flag contains Camp Biluim's crest (1951) and the other one was created for Camp Biluim's colour war and contains the text "We will try and we will succeed Camp Biluim" (1954?). Also included is a VHS tape containing a copy of the Toronto Zionist Council's video about Camp Shalom (1991?). Of note are minute books maintained by Roy Shapiro for the Toronto Young Judaea Administrative Board (1928-1934) and for the Leadership Club (1940-1948).
- Accession also contains material relating to Roy and Ben Zion's involvement with the following organizations: the Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care), B'nai Israel Beth David Congregation, Beth Tzedec's Mispacha Program, Beth Tzedec's Israel Action Program, Congregation Beth Haminyan, and Holy Blossom Temple's Department for Jewish Living. These records include, minutes, correspondence, newsletters and publications, evaluation reports and other reports. Also included is a demographic report entitied "Rapid Growth and Transformation: Demographic Challenges Facing the Jewish Community of Greater Toronto" (1995), material from a conference at the University of Toronto on the university's partnership with Israel, CHAT alumni directories, and a CHAT book entitled, "Voices: Jewish Teens of the 90's". Of note are buttons, photographs, reports and correspondence documenting Bunny and Ben Zion's trip to the Soviet Union on behalf of the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry.
- Finally accession includes material documenting family activities of the Shapiro and Sherman family. Included is a transcript of Bessie Sherman telling her life story (1978), haggadot, PowerPoint presentations created by Ben Zion for his grandchildren and for a family reunion outlining the family history of his family and Bunny's family. There is also a video of Ben Zion presenting his PowerPoint at the Michalski / Cohen family reunion. Also included are family films and videos containing footage of Bunny and Ben Zion's wedding and honeymoon, Camp Biluim, Young Judaea events, Bunny on Machon, family wedding anniversaries and birthday parties, trips to Israel, the United States, and Europe as well as footage of the Cousin's Club. Also included is a VHS tape containing a recorded segment from CityPulse News featuring the family's Pesach festivities in 1995.
- Photo identification: Back row, left to right: Ray Markus, Michelle Landsberg, Menachem ?, Frank Narrol. Front row, left to right: Gilda Mitchell, Bunny Shapiro, BenZion Shapiro, Malka Rabinowitz.
- Administrative History
- Ben Zion Shapiro was born in Toronto in 1931 to Roy Shapiro and Beck Shapiro (née Cohen). He has a younger brother, Morden "Mort" Shapiro (b. 1940). His father worked as an office manager at Rotstein Furniture and Maple Leaf Cleaners, and his mother worked as a legal secretary until marriage. Roy was active in a number of organizations including: Young Judaea, Sons of Jacob Society, Toronto Camera Club, a founding member of Beth David Synagogue, Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care) and president of the Association of Jewish Seniors. Beck was active in Young Judaea and Pioneer Women (president of the Golda Meir Club).
- Ben Zion received a master of social work degree from the University of Toronto and attended the Jewish Agency Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad in Jerusalem (1951-1952). He has worked for a number of organizations throughout his career, including: Young Judaea (he was director of both Camp Shalom [1962-1969] and Camp Biluim [1954-1956]), B'nai Brith Youth Organization, University Settlement, St. Christopher's House and director of the Novomeysky Centre in Jerusalem (1957-1961). He was also professor and associate dean of social work at the University of Toronto and three times visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
- Ben married Bunny "Bernice" Shaprio in 1955. Bunny was born in 1934 in Noranda, Quebec to Irving Sherman and Bessie (née Consky). Bunny attended public school in Noranda, Noranda High School and Forest Hill Collegiate in Toronto, University of Toronto (BA), the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (M.Ed. in special education), and the Jewish Agency Institute for Jewish Leaders from Abroad (1952-1953).
- Bunny graduated from the first Camp Biluim Institute for leadership training in 1951 and worked with Ben Zion at Camp Shalom as Camp Mother in 1962 and from 1964-1969. She also worked at Camp Biluim from 1955-1956. In 1983, Bunny and Ben Zion went to the Soviet Union to visit refuseniks on behalf of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region.
- Bunny and Ben have two children: Ayala and Ilan. Since Ben Zion's retirement in 1996, he and Bunny have been living in Jerusalem for half of each year. In 2015, they moved full-time to Jerusalem.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes ca. 300 photographs (256 tiff), 2 PowerPoint presentations, 1 textual record (doc), 4 buttons, 2 flags, 5 VHS tapes, and 18 film reels (8 mm).
- Subjects
- Camps
- Youth
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Ben Zion, 1931-
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-12-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1986, 1991-2015
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the personal and professional activities of Janice Benatar. Personal records include a family tree, speeches Janice delivered at the Lipa Lippers Toastmaster's Group meetings, a Sephardic cookbook, immigration papers, and a Sharon School Reunion invitation for alumni living in Toronto. Also included are photographs of Janice with her family, performing in a ballet production with the Academy of Ballet and Jazz, with her newborn son, at her son's bar mitzvah at Chabad Flamingo, and with the keys to her first home in Thornhill. Also identified in photographs are: Elan Levitan, Viviane Benatar, Michael Benatar, Claudia Benatar, Rachel Pasternak, and Samuel Pasternak.
- Also included are speeches, invitations, event programs, and video recordings of Book Of Life events as well as a bookmark that was designed by artist Enya Keshet for Book of Life honourees. Finally, accession also includes Professional Advisory Committee meeting minutes (2009-2015) and breakfast seminar presentations (2014-2015).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 4 DVDs, 200 KB of textual records, and 1 bookmark.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Philanthropy and fundraising
- Women
- Name Access
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Date
- 1948-1951
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of counter cheques, cancelled cheques, Statements of Account, deposit slips, promissory notes (1948-1950), a 1948 realty tax bill, an invoice from E. Hoffman Machinery Supply and letter of assignment of lien. Also included is a 1951 Camp Kvutza season price fees, a letter to parents, and a promotional pamphlet.
- Administrative History
- Camp Kvutza was a summer camp for children and adults and was promoted as the summer home of the Labour Zionist Movement. It was situated in Lowbanks, Ontario on the shores of Lake Erie. The children's program (ages 7-16) included swimming, baseball, basketball, ping-pong, arts and crafts, sabbath programs, Hebrew and Yiddish instruction, and Israeli songs and dances. The donor's father was associated with the camp.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Camp Kvutza (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 10 m of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1973-2017
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operation of Reena including executive materials, committee records, general correspondence, policy documents, promotional materials and photographs.
- Administrative History
- Reena was established in 1973 by a small group of parents of children with developmental disabilities as a practical alternative to institutions.
In 1977 Reena began to receive funding from the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. Reena is also funded by the community through the Reena Foundation and by the United Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto. Reena today provides programs and support to close to 1,000 persons in a variety of residential locations.
The Toby and Henry Battle Developmental Centre was opened in 1999 for day and evening programs for children and adults with a developmental disability. Located in Vaughan, this unique building features a wellness and health centre, sports centre, creative arts workshop, computer lab, greenhouse and library, all with activities tailored to the individual skills and interests of its members. The Battle Centre is also the site of Reena’s administrative offices.
Recognising the increasing needs of individuals with developmental disabilities as they age, Reena opened its first home dedicated to seniors in 2000, followed by another such home in 2007.
An innovative new housing alternative, the Reena Community Residence, was officially opened in September 2012 in the heart of the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan. It provides apartments for 84 adults with developmental, cognitive, physical or mental health needs. Designed as an Intentional Community for individuals with special needs, the residents will be truly integrated into the community as they access all the facilities and programs the campus has to offer.
- (from http://www/about/history-Reena/ accessed 27 July 2017)
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Reena (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-19
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 79 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1941-1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Balfour Manor Camp. Included are approximately eighty black and white photographs, most of which have identifications on the reverse.
- Individuals identified in the photographs include: Hanna[h?] Batnick, Gladys Bernstein, Judy Bernstein, Toshie Blackstone, L. Bolter, Jeanette Chapman, Doreen Cohen, [Suzy?] Davidson, Marcia Dillick, Sidney "Sid" Dillick, Dave Faber, R. Freedman, Ruby Freidman, Barbara Gitter, Gloria Glazier, Ruth Goldberg, Abbie Goldblatt, Marv Goldblatt, S. Goldblatt, Shiela Gould, J. Granovsky, Effie Greben, Mimi Hertz, Toni Hertz, Herk Herwitz, Annette Jacobson, Vera K., Marnie Kamin, Freddie Kohal, Sylvia Kohl, Lillian Lampkovitz, B. Levine, Herzel Levine, Esther Kolchin, Rhoda Magder, Ellie Markson, M. Markson, Marilyn Miller, M. Minden, Molly Mintz, Perky Nusbaum, R. Nusbaum, Gilbert Paskowitz, Herbie Paskowitz, J. Pattenick, Joan Pullan, Art Resnick, Lila Riven, Eleanor Rivlin, Lloyd Robstein, Faye Roefe, Les Roefe, Sandra Rose, Sid Rosen, Lewis Rosenberg, Audrey Rothschild, Yitta Rubin, Estelle Rucker, Seabiscuit, Gloria Shaffran, Selma Shone, Ruth Silver, Norm Simpson, Estelle Tucker, Lynda Weiss, and Irving Winston.
- Custodial History
- The photographs previously belonged to the donor's mother, Marcia Rose (née Dillick).
- Administrative History
- Irene Granovsky founded the Balfour Manor Camp in 1935 and subsequently served as its director. The camp took its name from British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour, the author of the Balfour Declaration. The camp was situated on Morrison Lake and served as a private camp for Jewish youth, providing such activities as canoeing, swimming, and tennis. At its peak, the camp was home to two hundred or so campers. It closed in 1952.
- 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
- RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Other records relating to Balfour Manor Camp can be found in accession 1991-12-4.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Balfour Manor Camp
- Dillick, Sidney
- Granovsky (family)
- Rose, Marcia
- Places
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-7-20
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-7-20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 120 cm of textual records (4 boxes)
- Date
- 1987-2011
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material involving Shoel Silver's involvement with various Jewish organizations including B'nai Brith Canada (BBC), the Canada-Israel Committee (CIC), the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), UJA Federation of Greater Toronto (UJA), and the United Israel Appeal (UIA). Included are meeting minutes, reports, memoranda, correspondence, budgets, discussion documents, resource material, newspaper clippings, photocopies of newspaper articles, briefing papers, resolutions.
- Custodial History
- Records remained in the custody of Shoel Silver until 27 July 2018 when the OJA acquired the records from the former.
- Administrative History
- Shoel Silver is a Toronto businessman. He formerly co-chaired the Unity of the Jewish People Committee with Natan Sharansky. Prior to that, he was the scholar in residence for the first Federation Shabbaton.
- Use Conditions
- Accession is closed for 25 years from date of donation.
- Subjects
- Israel
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- B'nai Brith Canada
- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
- Jewish Agency for Israel
- Silver, Shoel
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- United Israel Appeal
- Places
- Canada
- Israel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-9-1
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- moving images (electronic)
- Physical Description
- ca. 2.26 GB of textual records and other material
- Date
- 2007-2018
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Kulanu Toronto. Included are: meeting minutes, budgets, photographs, videos, Pride materials, and a copy of the letters patent incorporating Kulanu Toronto.
- Custodial History
- Former executive director Justine Apple kept the records on a USB flash drive. In September 2018, she transferred copies of the records to a computer belonging to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.
- Administrative History
- Kulanu Toronto was founded in 2000. It incorporated as a not-for-profit in 2014. Following its dissolution in 2018, some of its functions were taken over by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre LGBTQ Initiative.
- Use Conditions
- Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Gay pride parades
- Nonprofit organizations
- Sexual minorities
- Name Access
- Kulanu Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 90 cm
- Date
- 1942
- Scope and Content
- Item is a panoramic group portrait of Camp Winnebagoe campers taken in 1942. Identified are brother and sister Lyle Steinberg (third row up, the sixth boy from the right) and Shiela Steinberg (seated in the front row, second from the left). Later—possibly in 1947—the family changed its name to Stanway.
- Custodial History
- Margot Freedman, the daughter of Lyle Stanway (né Steinberg), one of the children identified in the portrait, donated the photograph to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-8
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 21.1 MB of textual records
- Date
- 2016-2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Kulanu Toronto. Included are minutes, agendas, information on upcoming events, posters, and instructions for volunteers.
- Custodial History
- Former executive director Sheri Krell emailed records in electronic format to an OJA archivist in March 2019.
- Administrative History
- Kulanu Toronto was founded in 2000. It incorporated as a not-for-profit in 2014. Following its dissolution in 2018, some of its functions were taken over by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre LGBTQ Initiative.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Sexual minorities
- Name Access
- Kulanu Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-3-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1194
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1194
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a the senior boys' section of Camp Winnebagoe, near Huntsville, Ontario. The boys are assembled in a filed for the photograph.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photograph.
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Huntsville (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2329
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2329
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of several young people brushing their teeth near a lake at Camp Kvutza in Richmond Hill.
- Name Access
- Camp Kvutza (Richmond Hill, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Richmond Hill (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2333
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2333
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of several young people making up their cots outside at Camp Kvutza.
- Name Access
- Camp Kvutza (Richmond Hill, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Richmond Hill (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2334
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2334
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of several young people dancing the hora at Camp Kvutza in Richmond Hill.
- Name Access
- Camp Kvutza (Richmond Hill, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Hora (Dance)
- Camps
- 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
- Richmond Hill (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2342
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2342
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of campers at their campsite at Camp Camperdown in Collingwood, Ontario. A mountain can be seen in the background.
- Name Access
- Camp Camperdown
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Collingwood (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3422
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3422
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a a small group seated on chairs at the lakefront at Camp Hagshama. The photograph depicts the backs of the individuals.
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Perth (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3426
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3426
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of campers sitting on the beach at Camp Hagshama, on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Perth (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3686
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3686
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1947]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the members of the Camp Naivelt Committee in front of a monument to the Yiddish writer, Sholom Aleichem.
- Name Access
- Camp Naivelt
- Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916
- Subjects
- Authors, Yiddish
- Camps
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1983-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3732
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3732
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of people at a British camp in Rome.
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Rome (Italy)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6021
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6021
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 3 Aug. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 24 x 29 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Back row: Syd Pascal, Harold Rosenbaum, Jack Gluskin, [Itch?] Litchman, Bernie Cowitz, Arnie Norman, George Riba, Syl [Sylvia?] Weiner, Danny Daniluk, Syl [Sylvia?] Krug.
- Centre row: Harold Pearson, Israel Gang, Lil Levine, Rhoda Goldberg, Ann Rose, Ida Epstein, Gordon Stahlberg, Rose Chilin.
- Front row: Pinny Saiger, Ruth Farber, Mannie Farber, Laura Rubenstein, Lou Herman, Syd Solway.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-8
- 2005-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6026
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6026
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the staff at Camp Yungvelt, located in Pickering, Ontario. Identified individuals include: Bunny Bergstein, Phil Chasin, Bryna Minachovsky (Mann), Helen Lomage, Bertha Goldenthal, Israel Gang, Mr. Barzilei, Mr. Goldman, Manny Farber, Arthur Lerner, Mr. Altman, Lou Herman, Mr. Riba, Mrs. Barzilei, and Sadie Sherman.
- Notes
- See accession record for position of identified individuals.
- Name Access
- Altman, Mr.
- Barzilei, Mr.
- Barzilei, Mrs.
- Bergstein, Bunny
- Camp Yungvelt
- Chasin, Phil
- Farber, Manny
- Gang, Israel
- Goldenthal, Bertha
- Goldman, Mr.
- Herman, Lou
- Lerner, Arthur
- Lomage, Helen
- Mann, Bryna
- Minachovsky, Bryna
- Riba, Mr.
- Sherman, Sadie
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-12-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6027
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6027
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the staff at Camp Yungvelt, located in Pickering, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: J. Abramovitch, Chuck Lestin, Hal Grossman, Helen Lomage, Dave Ritz, John Lomage, Harry [?], Andrew [?], Steve [?].
- Fifth row, left to right: D. Lerner, S. Gordener, Chana Goldberg, Percy Lipshitz, Babe Bronstein, Bea Goldman, Berny Wolinsky, Eleanor Smith, Bunny Bergstein, Goldie Grennis, [unidentified], Chonon Fine, Mrs. Mark, Mr. Mark.
- Fourth row, left to right: Red Silvers, Mona Gurland, Muni Frumhartz, Bertha Goldenthal, Mr. Brick, Ms. Abkin, Ms. Glazer, Ms. Langbord, [unidentified], Mrs. Niewtkewitcz, Mrs. Niewtkewitcz.
- Third row, left to right: Ms. Silverhart, Sonia Olin, Lou Herman.
- Second row, left to right: Mr. Riba, Israel Gang, Philip Chasin, Mr. Nodelman, Mr. Abramovitch, Mr. Frumhartz, Mr. Danielak, Mr. Langbord, Esther Levine, Mr. Orenstein.
- Front row, left to right: Chasha (Raina) Fishman, Ruth Price, Devy Abkin, Ethel Press, May Hoffman, Eleanor Tolub, Ruth Schwartz, Mitty Krieg.
- Notes
- See photo for numbered position of identified individuals.
- Name Access
- Abkin, Devy
- Abkin, Ms.
- Abramovitch, J.
- Abramovitch, Mr.
- Andrew
- Bergstein, Bunny
- Brick, Mr.
- Bronstein, Babe
- Camp Yungvelt
- Danielak, Mr.
- Fine, Chonon
- Fishman, Chasha
- Fishman, Raina
- Frumhartz, Mr.
- Frumhartz, Muni
- Glazer, Ms.
- Goldberg, Chana
- Goldenthal, Bertha
- Goldman, Bea
- Gordener, S.
- Grennis, Goldie
- Grossman, Hal
- Gurland, Mona
- Harry
- Hoffman, May
- Krieg, Mitty
- Langboard, Mr.
- Langboard, Ms.
- Lerner, D.
- Lestin, Chuck
- Levine, Esther
- Lipshitz, Percy
- Lomage, Helen
- Lomage, John
- Mark, Mr.
- Mark, Mrs.
- Niewtkewitcz, Mr.
- Niewtkewitcz, Mrs.
- Orenstein, Mr.
- Press, Ethel
- Price, Ruth
- Ritz, Dave
- Schwartz, Ruth
- Silvers, Red
- Smith, Eleanor
- Steve
- Tolub, Eleanor
- Wolinsky, Berny
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-12-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6064
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6064
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rev. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist leader in the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rev. J. K. Goldbloom giving a speech at the head of a table at Camp Hagshama. The camp was located on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario, and was run by Young Judaea. Behind him is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.
- Name Access
- Goldbloom, Rev. J. K.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Zionists
- 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
- Perth (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1992-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6065
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6065
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rev. J. K. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist from the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of people at Camp Hagshama on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario. The camp was a Zionist youth camp run by Young Judaea. Pictured left to right are:
- Chaim Kirshenbaum (later Dr. Hyman Kirshenbaum, the son of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum), Anne Brown, Max Bookman (from Ottawa), Mrs. J. K. Goldbloom (from England), Nathan Sheister (national president of Canadian Young Judaea), Rev. J. K. Goldbloom (Zionist from England), Martin Stoler, Harry Geffen (camp director and national executive director of Young Judaea). Hanging on the wall behind the group is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.
- Name Access
- Bookman, Max
- Brown, Anne
- Camp Hagshama
- Geffen, Harry
- Goldbloom, Jacob Koppel, 1872-1961
- Goldbloom, Mrs. J. K.
- Kirshenbaum, Chaim
- Kirshenbaum, Dr. Hyman
- Sheister, Nathan
- Stoler, Martin
- Subjects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- Zionists
- 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
- Perth (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1992-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925-1989
- Physical Description
- 31.8 m of textual records
- 319 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada was established in 1920 by the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC). A Toronto branch was established in a storefront office on Spadina Avenue, but the organization was rudimentary. As the enthusiasm that spurred the founding of CJC died out, JIAS soon faltered. Then in 1922 it was taken over and reactivated under the cooperative support of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto, B'nai B'rith, and the Council of Jewish Women. JIAS was legally incorporated on 30 August 1922. It also operated under the moniker of the Emergency Jewish Immigrant Aid Committee, and it changed its name to Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in 1954.
- Charged with organizing emergency relief for European Jews in distress, JIAS became the central agency of the Jewish community to facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants into Canada, and provided them with welfare services, transportation, and assistance with accommodation and employment after their arrival. In addition, JIAS offered consultation services for sponsors of potential immigrants, ran a competitive foreign remittance service, and campaigned to counter the activities of unscrupulous steamboat agents, lawyers, and influence peddlers, or “shtadlanim,” who often victimized immigrants and sponsors alike.
- In conjunction with similar efforts by the CJC, JIAS was also actively engaged in negotiating for the increased admission of Jewish immigrants to Canada. In 1923, the federal government instituted a permit-based immigration program and JIAS competed with travel agents and solicitors in the private sector for these limited quota permits. After combating the anti-immigration policies of the Depression era, the outbreak of war in 1939 virtually closed the already limited avenues for immigration.
- JIAS Canada was organized into a national office in Montreal and regional offices in Winnipeg (Western Region), Toronto (Central Region), and Halifax (Eastern Region). The Central Region covered Ontario, and established a full-time head office in 1935 at 399 Spadina Avenue in Toronto (hence the Central Region was sometimes called simply the Toronto Office). The office later moved to 265 Spadina Avenue. JIAS Toronto’s board of directors met on a regular basis at different locations in Toronto, including 206 Beverley Street and in the Talmud Torah building at 9 Brunswick Avenue. The first JIAS Toronto board included notable Toronto residents such as Henry Dworkin, Mrs. Draiman, Mr. Kronick, Dr. Brodey and Mrs. Willinsky. The role of the board was to oversee the operations of the Central Region. It rendered decisions on issues relating to finances, procedures and policies, negotiations with the federal Immigration Branch, as well as individual cases that required their attention.
- General meetings of the Central Region membership were held annually. The 1943 JIAS constitution states that regional annual meetings were to be held for “receiving and considering reports,” holding nominations and elections for the executive, and discussing JIAS’s program and policies.
- In the post-war era, JIAS shifted its focus to renewed efforts on behalf of individual claimants and community support, while the focus for lobbying for a reversal of Canada's immigration policy fell increasingly under the jurisdiction of the CJC. A boom in immigration between 1947 and 1952 saw the arrival of large numbers of Jewish immigrants to all parts of Canada and the Toronto Office of JIAS renewed its efforts to meet the needs of this new influx. Major world events also sparked other waves of immigration from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Africa, and Russia, to which JIAS responded in turn. JIAS worked in conjunction with other immigrant aid societies such as HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, in the United States, to facilitate immigration to the United States, and later to Israel, where many of the immigrants and refugees coming to Canada had family and ultimately settled.
- Custodial History
- Custody of these records was transferred to the Ontario Jewish Archives by JIAS in 1983, as preparations were under way for the move to a new facility in North York. Much of the material was in four-cubic-foot boxes and in file cabinets.
- The accession was divided into three sections: files which were at the JIAS office and had been retained in their original order; files which had been retrieved from a flood in the basement of 152 Beverley St. and consequently had been thrown into dry boxes without regard to order; files discovered in the furnace rooms at 150 and 152 Beverley St., intact but covered in coal dust. The bulk of the records were stored off-site, with dirty files being isolated from the rest.
- The dust-covered materials were cleaned at an off-site location, placed in temporary boxes and transferred to the Archives and restored, as far as was possible, to their original order.
- Clips were removed and replaced as appropriate with archivally acceptable ones. All materials were transferred to acid-free folders and boxes.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains the records of the Toronto Office (Central region) of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. The fonds consists primarily of textual records: minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, immigration files, naturalization case files, social service case files and the records of attempts to trace missing individuals. There are also photographs of special events, speakers and arriving immigrants.
- The fonds represents an important resource for the study of Canadian Jewry, especially when taken in conjunction with the JIAS National Office records at the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal, and those of the Western Office at the Library and Archives of Canada. It documents the means by which a particular Canadian ethnic community has dealt with the problems of rescue, settlement and government relations. These records also offer insight into the relationship between the Toronto Office and the other branches of JIAS, and invite comparison with similar agencies in the United States, as well as those of other ethnic groups in Canada.
- The material collected includes information about the countries of origin, transportation routes, settlement and employment patterns of Jewish immigrants to Canada in the twentieth century. The documents also touch upon important related issues such as advocacy, sponsorship, admission processes, health and social problems.
- These records cover several waves of immigration following the Second World War: Holocaust survivors in the late 1940s, Sephardic (North African) and Hungarian Jews in the 1950s, Russian and Czechoslovakian Jews in the 1960s, and additional Russians in the 1970s.
- The records also contain significant information for those researchers looking to conduct genealogical research into Jewish immigrants and their descendents.
- The fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the National JIAS office in Montreal. In total there are 17 series. The Toronto office (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee Minutes; 2. Annual meeting proceedings; 3. Reports; 4. Legal ; 5. Administration; 6. JIAS Committees; 7. External committees; 8. Financial ; 9. Arrivals; 10. Immigration case files; 11. Social service assistance case files; 12. Photographs; 13. Miscellaneous. The National Office sous-fonds is divided into the following series: 1. National executive meeting minutes; 2. National annual meeting proceedings; 3. National annual reports; 4. Publications; and Photographs.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Physical extent is based on fully processed records. Additional accessions are not included (see Related Material note below).
- Associated material note: The CJC National Archive, in Montreal, has additional JIAS records from 1920-1989 including 275 m of textual records and graphic materials (3250 photos): collection number I0037; alpha-numeric designation MA 4. The National Archives of Canada, Manitoba branch, in Winnipeg, has Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada JIAS textual records from 1923-1950 on 18 microfilm reels: Former archival reference number MG28-V114 (no replacement listed). The originals of these records are maintained by the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada.
- Name Access
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- Other OJA records relating to JIAS may be found in the following accessions: 1979-9-5; 1988-5-2; 1991-10-5; 2006-3-11.
- Creator
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
- Accession Number
- 1983-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Sous-fonds
- Fonds
- 9-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1926-1982
- Physical Description
- 51 cm of textual records
- 14 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada was organized into a national office in Montreal and regional offices in Winnipeg (Western Region), Toronto (Central Region) and Halifax (Eastern Region). The national office was responsible for directing and managing all the affairs of the organization, including defining national and international policy; administration of regional offices; national budget; fundraising; external relations with other organizations, such as the United Jewish Relief Agencies (UJRA) and Jewish Family & Child Services (JF&CS); and publicity. It also organized the annual meeting, special events and conventions.
- Membership in JIAS was open to individuals, organizations or companies who paid an annual fee. General meetings of the membership were held at least once every two years, where reports were presented and considered, nominations and elections held for national officers and the national executive committee, policies, programs and problems discussed, and decisions taken.
- The National Executive Committee of JIAS was composed of the following members: national president; three vice-presidents (the presidents of the Western, Central and Eastern regions), with the addition in the 1950s of a vice-president at large; three regional treasurers, eventually reduced to one national treasurer; secretary; and twelve members comprising four representatives from each region. In 1929 the ‘executive secretary’ position was renamed ‘executive director.’ According to the 1943 constitution, the executive was required to hold meetings at least three times a year, in alternate cities. In 1954 this was amended to twice a year.
- During the early stages of JIAS's operations, it had to face the difficulty of being overstretched financially, as it sought to respond to and to change the often oppressive living conditions of new immigrants and the situation of those held in federal detention centres. The organization’s principled approach to immigrant welfare won JIAS much of its early success, as it became the preferred contact for government officials who had formerly dealt with numerous independent agencies, many of which had profited from the exploitation of desperate immigrants. This situation also profited the government, however, as the responsibility for establishing the priority of applications reverted increasingly to JIAS as it had to limit its appeals by the quotas imposed by the federal government.
- JIAS was one of the founding organizations responsible for the establishment of the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) in 1978, which has since operated as a non-profit umbrella organization to coordinate the efforts of immigrant and refugee advocacy groups. JIAS continues to operate offices across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor and Winnipeg. The JIAS National Office moved from Montreal to Toronto in 1989, with the appointment of Susan Davis to National Director, and is now located at 4580 Dufferin St., Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario.
- Scope and Content
- Sous-fonds consists of National Office records retained by the Toronto JIAS office as reference copies. Records include meeting minutes, speeches and reports from annual meetings, and the published annual reports produced from the annual meetings. The sous-fonds covers the years 1926 to 1982 and is divided into the following series: 1. National Executive meeting minutes; 2. National annual meeting proceedings; 3. National annual reports; 4. Publications; and 5. Photographs.
- Name Access
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada (creator)
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 16; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of campers at Camp Winnebagoe, taken during the summer of 1946. Mimi Wise was one of the counselors at the camp and is pictured on the far left. The other counselor pictured is Miss. [?] Dicker.
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Camp Camperdown file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-13
- File
- 23
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
- Name Access
- Camp Camperdown
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Toronto Section series
- Toronto Section archival material sub-series
- Camp Camperdown file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 7-13
- File
- 23
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.
- Name Access
- Camp Camperdown
- Subjects
- Camps
- 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
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions