- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2019-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 2 cm of textual records
- 1 textual record (docx)
- Date
- 2017-2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the history of the Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks (THMP) and Sidney Freedman's role as founder. Included are: printouts of email correspondence that touch on issues of interfaith burial; funding, specifically the Sidney Freedman Endowment Fund; and THMP's relationship to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. There is also a short version of the speech Sidney delivered on the occassion of a tribute dinner in 2016.
- Administrative History
- Sidney Freedman was born in 1928 in Ivansk (Iwanska) Poland. In 1929 the family of eight immigrated to Canada, first to Winnipeg, and then in 1933 to Toronto. He put himself through law school by working in construction jobs and opened a law firm after graduation. He later became president of Temple Sinai and became interested in the operation of cemeteries. In 1970 he purchased the land that would become Pardes Shalom Cemetery and later founded the Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Interfaith marriage
- Name Access
- Beit Olam (Toronto, Ont.)
- Pardes Chaim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions