- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1798
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1798
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:6:5
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1799
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1799
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:6
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1800
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1800
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:7
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1801
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1801
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken. The photograph is an aerial view, taken from a building located across the street.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:8
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1802
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1802
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken. The photograph is an aerial view, taken from a building located across the street.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:9
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1803
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1803
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The photograph depicts the facade of the building, including the plaque located above the front entrance.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:10
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1804
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1804
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the sanctuary of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:11
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1805
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1805
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the Adas Israel Synagogue aron kodesh, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:12
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Torah arks
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1806
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1806
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of a pendant chandelier, hanging in the sanctuary of the Adas Israel Synagogue located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. Also pictured is the painting on the synagogue wall, behind the aron kodesh. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:13
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Chandeliers
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Item
- 1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of five photographs taken at a public rally for Soviet Jewry, held at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. The audience is being addressed by Rabbi Morton Green from Hamilton's Adas Israel Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Green, Morton
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 39
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Hamilton chapter of the Weizmann Institute seated at a banquet table at the Adas Israel Synagogue in Hamilton. Ms. Anne Mandel is being honoured by the chapter.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Mandel, Anne
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- moving images
- Date
- 1946-1981
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 10 architectural drawings
- ca. 9 film reels : 16 mm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max and Celia Hoffman were married in 1958 in Hamilton and had two sons. Max was the owner of Hamilton Plumbing and Heating Supplies. Both were active in a number of Jewish community organizations in Hamilton such as the Council of Jewish Organizations, Adas Israel synagogue and the Union of Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region. They were also involved in fundraising on behalf of Yeshiva University, which is located in New York City. Max Hoffman died in 1964 and Celia moved to Toronto in 1966 when she married Sol Edell.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, ledgers, publications, home movies and architectural drawings relating to the family life, business and community activities of Max and Celia Hoffman. There are three series: Business Series, Community Activities Series and Personal Series.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Council of Jewish Organizations
- Federation
- Hoffman (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Creator
- Hoffman family
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Religious sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1997
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- During his lifetime Sol Edell regularly attended or maintained membership in a number of different synagogues. As a child Sol Edell’s family were members of Shomrai Shabbos. After he married he became a founding member of Clanton Park. His second wife Celia was a member of Adas Israel prior to their marriage. The Edell’s also had a cottage in Belle Ewart and they attended the synagogue which the Jewish cottagers had established for the summer.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence, receipts and newspaper clippings relating to the religious activities of the Edell family. This includes dues and donations to Adas Israel, Clanton Park and Shomrai Shabbos synagogues. As well there are newspaper clippings about the synagogue in Belle Ewart. Also included are contracts for the sale of chametz for Passover.
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shabbos
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Clanton Park Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Ewart, Belle
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1958-1961
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of material relating to the construction of Adas Israel synagogue's new building at 125 Cline Ave. South. This includes publicity brochures and financial records about the building campaign and correspondence, programmes, and a film of the turning of the sod. As well there is correspondence, programmes, photographs and audio recordings of the laying of the cornerstone and dedication of the synagogue. There is also a key to the synagogue which was presented at the dedication ceremony.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 27 photographs, 14 architectural drawings, 3 audio reels, 1 film reel, and 1 key.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Building
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Clergy sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-2008
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence relating to Adas Israel's search for a rabbi and cantor. It also includes programme books from tribute dinners honouring Rabbi Morton Green and Cantor Kirshblum.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Jewish National Fund
- Green, Morton (Rabbi)
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Religious sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1999
- Physical Description
- 3 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains correspondence sent to the Adas Israel membership, relating to the sale of tickets and the distribution of aliyot for the High Holy Days services.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Programs and events sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1959?]-1999
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual records documenting various programs and events of the Adas Israel Synagogue. Included are program notices, correspondence, brochures, flyers, invitations and calendars. Also included is a pass book from the Adas Israel Society of Hamilton and a testimonial dinner book.
- Name Access
- Welkovics family
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Publications sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1999
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of the weekly, bimonthly and New Years bulletins that were published by the Adas Israel synagogue from 1958 to 1999.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Newsletters
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 20 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1968, Jewish Family & Child Services used a mobile treatment centre known as The Trailer to reach out to Jewish youth.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a reproduction of a photograph of Jewish Family & Child Services' Trailer in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto taken in 1968.
- Notes
- A digital scan was made from a reproduction of the photograph that appeared on page four of a glossy brochure titled Jewish Family and Child Services: A Tradition of Caring that was published in Spring 1993.
- Name Access
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 12 May 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of past presidents of Jewish Family & Child Service. Standing from left are: Gordon Wolfe, Marshall Kesten, Lorne Wolfson, Paul Forman, Yale Drazin, Les Scheininger, Howard Perlmutter, and Bernie Aaron. Seated from left are: former Jerome Diamond, Henry Goodman, Francis Storm, Morris Wayman, Rose Wolfe, and Gerald Slan.
- Name Access
- Aaron, Bernie
- Diamond, Jerome D.
- Drazin, Yale
- Forman, Paul
- Goodman, Henry G.
- Kesten, Marshall
- Perlmutter, Howard
- Scheininger, Les
- Slan, Gerald
- Storm, Francis
- Wayman, Morris
- Wolfe, Gordon
- Wolfe, Rose
- Wolfson, Lorne
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph taken at the Dora Wilensky portrait presentation in Nov. 1988.
- Name Access
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 flyer : col. ; 28 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a flyer for an event - Domestic Violence: A Jewish Family Affair - scheduled to take place Tuesday, 10 March 1987 at the Lipa Green Building. It featured Barbara Harris, Executive Director of Transition Center, as its keynote speaker. David Currie, Chief Social Worker, Forensic Services at the Clarke Institute and Director of OPPORTUNITY, and Geraldine Waldman, a practicing family lawyer, were the panelists. Arlene Perly Rae, a local freelance journalist, served as moderator.
- Name Access
- Currie, David
- Harris, Barbara
- Rae, Arlene Perly
- Waldman, Geraldine
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- 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
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1988]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of teenagers seeling ribbons for child abuse awareness. Behind them is a poster that reads: "Help Prevent Child Abuse."
- Name Access
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 13 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a dozen or so individuals in front of a Jewish Family and Child Services banner at the 1988 United Way Walkathon.
- Name Access
- United Way of Greater Toronto
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of individuals carrying Jewish Family and Child Service banners at the 1988 United Way Walkathon.
- Name Access
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Way of Greater Toronto
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph taken at the 1988 United Way Walkathon. Visible in the photograph is a Jewish Family and Child Services banner.
- Name Access
- United Way of Greater Toronto
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 79
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of three individuals at a mezuzah affixing ceremony at Youthdale.
- Name Access
- Youthdale
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Mezuzah
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family and Child fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 79
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1933-2011
- Physical Description
- ca. 4.8 m of texutal records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Jewish Family & Child was established in 1943 from the amalgamation of a variety of different social agencies formed as early as 1868. These included the Ladies Benevolent Fund, the Free Burial Society, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau, Jewish Children’s Bureau, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and the Ladies Maternal Aid Society. Much of its funding and support after its inception came from the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- The first executive director of the agency was Dora Wilensky. She was a trained social worker who served for twenty-eight years, until her untimely death from cancer in 1959. Jerome Diamond took over in 1960 and Gordon Wolfe succeeded him in 1981. Ron Levin briefly replaced Wolfe after his retirement in 2003, and was succeeded in 2006 by Dr. Richard Cummings who then retired in 2015. As of 2017, Brian Prousky is the organization’s current executive director.
- During the early years, fees were established, but the agency never refused to assist clients because of their inability to pay. JF&CS became one of the first agencies to rely on trained social workers. It was also the first social agency in Canada to become unionized.
- Over the years the agency’s role has changed and it has expanded significantly, in terms of its staff and services. After the Second World War it played a pivotal role supporting the Holocaust orphans who came to Canada as refugees, particularly in the area of locating foster parents for these children. By 1957, the agency hired its first counsellor and became a member of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto. The year 1968 marked the start of JF&CS’ new program involving the use of a mobile treatment centre to reach out to Jewish street kids and in 1974 they established the Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre.
- In 1981, JF&CS was mandated by the Province of Ontario as a Jewish children’s aid society responsible for the care and protection of all Jewish youth in the GTA. In 1983 they established the Just-A-Second Shop at 3101 Bathurst Street, which took in used goods from the community to pass on to needy families. Two years later they established the Henry G. Goodman Home for developmentally challenged children on Wilmington Avenue. The following year marked the opening of the Elm Ridge Group Living Residence for elderly people. In 1988, they opened a special shelter for abused women and children, and in 1994, they introduced their Homework Club for kids.
- The current mission of Jewish Family & Child is to support the healthy development of individuals, children, families, and communities through prevention, protection, counselling, education, and advocacy services, within the context of Jewish values. Their services include counselling, rehabilitation and support, foster care, family services, and community services. These services are offered in a host of different languages including Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, French, and English.
- JF&CS is an independent organization that receives its funding from a variety of different sources such as UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, United Way Toronto and York Region, the Government of Ontario, and individual donations.
- As of 2017, JF&CS has nearly 130 staff providing more than thirty community services with a budget of almost $20 million. Their main office is located in the Lipa Green Centre for Community Services at 4600 Bathurst Street. They also maintain offices and run services out of their downtown branch at 35 Madison Avenue, their York Region branch inside UJA’s 1 Open Door at the Lebovic JCC, and their Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre in midtown Toronto.
- Name Access
- Jewish Family and Child
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Wolfe, Gordon
- Diamond, Jerome D.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Related Material
- See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).
- Creator
- Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-101
- 2004-1-8
- 2002-10-38
- 2006-6-7 (Shelf 03-6,Orphan index cards)
- 2009-12-9
- 2010-4-1 (Shelf 34-1)
- 2010-10-5
- 2015-8/11
- 2015-9/1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Religious sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-6
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of dues and donation receipts.
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shabbos
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Clanton Park Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions