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

Level

Item

Item

4751

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

5th left, middle row: Israel Freeman (leader).

6th left, middle row: Ben Zion Hyman.

3rd left, middle row: Sam Hurwich.

Back row, right: Edward Gelber (?).

Name Access

Freeman, Israel

Hyman, Ben Zion

Gelber, Edward

Hurwich, Sam

Agudath Ha'ivri Hatzair

Jewish Organizations

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-2-4A

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1268

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.

Name Access

Borochov

Farband

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Anniversaries

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1269

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1942

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in the photo is: Shlomo Yollek, Hersh Meyer Kirshenbaum, Yitshak Weinroth, Louie Siegel, Dr. Sam Hurwich, Yisrael Fryman, Fishel Wallerstein, Shabbsai Rappaport, Ben Shatz, J. Zweig, Joe Cash, David Cooper, Nachman, Lovensky, Harry Sher, A. Levenson, George Sheinhouse, Moishe Kachuk, and Zalman, Cohen.

Notes

Original photo by Famous Studios, Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish National Workers' Alliance

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

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.

Related Material

See photo #12: Jewish National Workers Alliance, Members of the Office Committee [graphic material]. -- 12 June 1942.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4803

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Possibly Eaton Auditorium.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1271

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 July 1926

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

This photograph shows a group of people at a picnic for the Borochov Branch 124.

Name Access

Farband

Borochov

Trafalgar

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Picnics

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.

Physical Condition

Poor condition.

Related Material

See photo 2453 for a copy print and negative of this image.

Accession Number

1977-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1617

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1939 or 1940]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photo by Modern Studio

Name Access

Farband

Independent Workers' Circle Joint Committee

Leivick, H.

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Committees

Lectures and lecturing

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

Toronto Islands (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4335

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1947

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a panoramic photograph taken of individuals at the Labour Zionist Movement's Actions Committee at the Fourth National Convention eating dinner.

Name Access

Labour Zionist Movement

Montreal

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Labor Zionism

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.

Creator

Federal Photos

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Accession Number

1987-10-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4286

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Jewish Organizations

Borochov

Jewish National Workers' Alliance

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-3-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1624

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1931

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Credit the Estate of Max Speisman.

Name Access

Poalei Zion

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Anniversaries

Zionism

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

1978-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3409

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1948

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Credit: Graphic Artists, 781 Bloor St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish Organizations

Jewish Women International of Canada

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Women

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

1982-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2166

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1932 or 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Young Judaea

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Youth

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

Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4650

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are those seated, left to right: Samuel J. Zacks; Rabbi Jesse Schwartz (Goel Tzedec); Morris Bearg (Maurice Berg?).

Name Access

Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Organizations

Schwartz, Rabbi Jesse

Zacks, Samuel J.

Subjects

Meetings

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4840

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1921]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content

Back row, left to right: [unknown]; [unknown]; Dora Ezrin; [unknown].

Front row, left to right: Rose Levine; [unknown]; Edmund Scheuer; [unknown].

Name Access

Levine, Rose

Ezrin, Dora

Scheuer, Edmund

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Education

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

1989-11-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6704

Material Format

graphic material

Date

6 Nov. 1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy print of Eleanor Maud Godfrey, aged three years and ten months, taken for the Hadassah Exposition Perfect Baby Contest of 1929.

Name Access

Godfrey, Eleanor Maud

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Children

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

2004-11-3

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