- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1991 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1990-1991
- Physical Description
- 23 cm of textual records
- 17 photographs : col.
- 1 t-shirt
- 1 hat
- 2 shoelaces
- Admin History/Bio
- The theme of the 1991 Walk for Israel, which was held on Sunday, 2 June, was "Operation Exodus: The Journey Home." This corresponded to UJA Federation's campaign that year. The goal of the walk was to raise enough money for five hundred Russian Jews (two planeloads) to make aliyah to Israel. Each of the eight checkpoints portrayed a different theme or "step" to freedom: "invitation to freedom," "permission to freedom," "flight to freedom," etc. Great effort was made to expand recruitment from the traditional children who participated to reach parents and other adults from UJA's divisions. The chairs of the Walk were David William Brown and David Engel, and the UJA staff coordinator was Avrum Rosensweig. Sponsors included Shopper's Drug Mart, Spring Valley Spring Water, Beatrice Foods, and Meadowvale Security. There were 8,500 participants this year, but only 2,700 of these collected any sponsors, a fact that highlights a longstanding problem facing the Walk Committee. After the event, expenditures were estimated at $23,000 and revenue (from the festival) at $14,000. The difference was made up by UJA.
- The festival in 1991 was called "The Journey Home: Sharing Our Ethnicity," and it focused on the multiculturalism in the Toronto Jewish community. This year, the festival was reenvisioned as a family-picnic type of event rather than the expansive carnival atmosphere of previous years. The staff coordinator of the festival was Mark Freedman, and the lay chairs were Judy Engel and Judy Shulman. The festival included arts and crafts, puppets, storytellers, games, pony rides, and a petting zoo. There was also a varied line-up of performers and musicians and an "Israeli café" food experience.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, and a T-shirt, hat, and pair of shoelaces from the 1991 Walk for Israel. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship and prizes, finances, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Related Material
- A map of the 1991 walk route can be found in series 17-1-19 (1993), file 9.
- Expenses of the 1991 walk (from July 1990 to June 1991) are in a report in Series 17-1-19, file 18 (1993).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 277 photographs (259 negatives)
- 1 t-shirt
- Admin History/Bio
- The theme of the 1992 Walk for Israel was "From Toronto to the Heart of Our Homeland." This Jerusalem-centred theme was selected because the day of the walk, Sunday, 31 May, coincided with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jerusalem's reunification, hence the festival held this year was named the "Yom Yerushalayim Celebration." The walk was chaired by Judy Engel and Judy Shulman and coordinated by UJA Federation staff member Pearl Gropper. The Yom Yerushalayim Celebration was first to be held at Earl Bales Park until logistical difficulties necessitated a change to the northern JCC/Lipa Green Building area. The celebration was chaired by Moishe and Jodi Gottesman. As in the past three years, the checkpoints along the route were run by affiliates of UJA.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, design products, and a T-shirt for the 1992 Walk for Israel and the Yom Yerushalayim Celebration. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship and prizes, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Related Material
- Expenses of the 1992 walk (from July 1991 to June 1992) are in a report in Series 17-1-19, file 18 (1993).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1993 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1992-1993
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 251 photographs : b&w & col.
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1993 Walk for Israel was held on Monday, 24 May. Its informal slogan was "$45 for 45 Years," in recognition of Israel's forty-fifth anniversary. Participants who raised the minimum of $45 received a free T-shirt. The T-shirts for the event had a different slogan than "$45 for 45 Years"; they read, "Building Our Community Together." When participants handed in their funds before the event, they were also eligible for other prizes including roller blades, Blue Jays' tickets, and bicycles. Over six thousand people took part in the walk and over $150,000 was raised.
- The 1993 walk was co-chaired by Judy Engel and Alan Winer and coordinated by UJA staff person Ronit Climan. The route started in Earl Bales Park, went south to Wilson and over to Avenue Road, then south to Eglinton, back to Bathurst via Chaplin Crescent, then north on Bathurst to the festival at the Bathurst JCC.
- This year, the walk was supplemented by other "athons": a dance-a-thon for youth co-sponsored by BBYO and an aerobathon organized by the JCC and the walk. The aerobathon drew forty participants. Additionally, as in years past, students at the Eitz Chaim Day School held a learnathon, which raised $18,000.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs and design products for the 1993 Walk for Israel and the Festival. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment and incentives, logistics, publicity and design, sponsorship, the walk event itself, the festival and post-event evaluation.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1994 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1993-1994
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 278 photographs : col. ; 24 x 22 cm or smaller
- 1 t-shirt
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1994, the walk was renamed the Community March for Israel to give it a strong feeling of community spirit, solidarity, and unity. The route was significantly shortened to five kilometres, and it started at a precise time so that all participants walked together; as the posters read, "We walk as one!" The event was held on Sunday, 29 May. It was chaired by Judy Engel and Alan Winer, with UJA staff coordinator Vicki Weiss overseeing the planning and the work of committees. Close to seven thousand participants raised about $100,000 to support teenage olim (immigrants) in Israel. Related fundraisers include the second annual aerobathon, dances held by BBYO and Reena-Kadima-CHAT and a pre-March run of ten kilometres.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs and a T-shirt for the 1994 Walk for Israel and the festival. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Community March for Israel 1995 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-21
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1994-1995
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- 304 photographs (218 negatives) : col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- 1 hat
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1995 Community March for Israel took place on Sunday, 28 May, Yom Yerushalayim. It was chaired by Maura Cooperberg and Jeff Cohen with past chair Judy Engel serving as advisor. Campaign associate Ronit Climan was staff coordinator, and Marcy Kroach and Gilda Niman headed the planning of the festival. The theme of the March was "From Metulla to Eilat," emphasizing how UJA was helping Israel youth "throughout the length and breadth of the country." The five-kilometre route again went from the Promenade Mall at Bathurst and Clark to the Bathurst JCC. Mayors of both Metulla and Eilat (Yossi Goldberg and Gabi Kadosh) were present and led the March. At the festival, the mainstage entertainment was headlined by The Stars Band and Liberty Silver.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, and a hat from the 1995 Community March for Israel, the festival, and related fundraisers. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1997 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-23
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1996-1997
- Physical Description
- 9 cm of textual records
- 34 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- 1 hat
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1997, the March for Israel reverted to its traditional name, the Walk for Israel. The slogan was "Steppin' Out for Israel," and the event took place on Sunday, 25 May. Its chair was Carole Sterling and, for the first time, there were three UJA staff coordinators: Silvia Astrug, Naomi Lasky, and Karen Worb. The festival was chaired by Marcy Kroach and Gilda Niman. The route was the same as in the past several years, beginning at the Promenade Shopping Centre and going south to the North York Centennial Arena, where the festival was held. In addition, a second route was introduced, a much shorter one that started later in the day to allow more people to participate; it led from the BJCC north to the arena on Finch Avenue.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records and photographs from the 1997 Walk for Israel, the festival, and the learnathon. There is also a hat from the walk. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and follow-up.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- For Israel's fiftieth birthday, the Walk for Israel underwent many dramatic changes. Renamed the "Israel at 50 Fun Walk," the "march-as-one" style became a more staggered walk again, with a brand new seven-and-a-half-kilometre route in downtown Toronto. The new walk was more high profile and elaborate, starting with opening ceremonies and entertainment at Nathan Phillips Square, then winding through Old Jewish Toronto, through two checkpoints, and on to Ontario Place, where the Israel at 50 Festival was held. The date of the walk was Sunday, 24 May, and its slogan was "Let's Step Together." The chairs were Jeff Cohen, Fran Grundman, and Corey Mandell, with the assistance of committee members and walk staff Silvia Astrug and Naomi Cohen. More than fifteen thousand people turned out for the day, and more than $250,000 were raised.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, posters, artifacts (giveaways) and a promotional video from the 1998 Funwalk, the festival, and the learnathon. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 380 photographs (175 negatives), 4 posters, 2 hats, a T-shirt and 1 videocassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Israel Funwalk 1999 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-25
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Israel Funwalk '99, "Let's Step Together," was held on Sunday, 30 May 1999. It was chaired by Harvey Cooperberg, Fran Grundman, and Corey Mandell. The UJA staff person was Naomi Cohen. Similar to 1998, the walk started from Nathan Phillips Square, this year with a big kickoff carnival there. The route led through Old Jewish Toronto, through three checkpoints, to the entrance of Ontario Place, where participants could continue on to the festival. For the first time, there was also a shorter Bub 'n' Zaid-a-thon to encourage multi-generation families to walk together. More than five hundred volunteers and approximately fifteen thousand people participated in the "Funwalk '99," making it the largest turnout the Walk for Israel had ever had.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, artifacts (giveaways), and a promotional video from the Israel Funwalk '99, the festival, and the learnathon. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, entertainment, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, and related fundraisers.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 467 photographs (394 negatives), 2 hats, 1 T-shirt and 1 videocassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Education sub-series
- Students sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-12-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- sound recording
- object
- Date
- 1980-2003
- Physical Description
- 122 photographs
- 1 audio cassette
- 1 button
- ca. 30 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting Holocaust Centre events for students, such as the annual OISE day. Records include photographs, correspondence, student questionnaires, and educational materials
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Education sub-series
- Educators sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-12-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- sound recording
- Date
- 1979-2001
- Physical Description
- ca. 30 cm of textual records
- ca. 240 photographs
- 1 audio cassette
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting Holocaust Centre events for educators, including summer seminars and conferences. Records include: correspondence, promotional materials, meeting minutes, conference educational packages, schedules, and questionnaires.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Projects and events sub-series
- Canadian Gathering sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Date
- 1984-1986
- Physical Description
- ca. 5 cm of textual records
- 16 photographs and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of records documenting the Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, programs, membership lists, photographs, video recordings, surveys, and evaluation forms.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 1 video cassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Individual refusnik case files sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1986
- Physical Description
- 63 cm of textual records
- 382 photographs : b&w; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of case files of individual refusniks and includes detailed documentation about several very well known Russian Jews, such as Anatoly Scharansky, Dr. Benjamin Levich, Ida Nudel, and Esther Markish. Files vary in their content from very cursory information to files that include articles, correspondence and/or photographs in addition to information about the status of individual emigration applications and the living conditions of Jews in the Soviet Union.
- Related Material
- Records documenting refusnik groups may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-2.
Publications about refusniks may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-3
- Arrangement
- Sub-sub-series records are organized alphabetically by surname.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Refusnik groups sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1983
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 74 photographs : b&w; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of various types of group documents: listings of groups of Soviet Jews; group and unidentified photographs of refusniks; and records pertaining to advocacy groups organized by former refusniks, both in Canada and internationally. Several of the files in this sub-sub-series also include publications by these groups.
- Related Material
- Individual refusnik case files may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-1.
Publications about refusniks may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-3.
- Arrangement
- Sub-sub-series records are organized alphabetically at the file level.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Reference publications sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- text
- Date
- 1972-1986
- Physical Description
- 11 v. text
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of widely-distributed publications listing large numbers of refusniks as well as assorted folders of refusnik file listings and fact sheets. These publications and lists were utilized by the committee and its associated member agencies both to enhance public awareness concerning the extent of the problems and also to create mailing lists that could be used by the agencies to assist in expanding direct contact with individual refusniks.
- Related Material
- Individual refusnik case files may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-1.
Publications about refusniks may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-2.
- Arrangement
- Sub-sub-series records are organized chronologically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Executive Committee series
- Executive director sub-series
- Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1982
- Physical Description
- 2.4 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of the correspondence files of of the executive directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. File titles are those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub series are arranged in chronological order.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 67, Sub-sub-series 5-5-2, Memoranda for other records of the executive director.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1980 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- Mar. 1980-May 1980
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w (11 negatives)
- 1 button
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1980 Walk for Israel took place on Sunday, 25 May. It was chaired by Verne Chelin and Jerry Panet, and the Toronto Jewish Congress staff coordinator was Mark Gryfe. New to the walk this year was a "leadership mile," in which twenty-five prominent community leaders participated. These included Robert Kaplan, the solicitor general of Canada; Larry Grossman, the provincial minister of industry, trade and tourism; Art Eggleton, a Toronto alderman; John Roberts; Wilfred Posluns, the president of Toronto Jewish Congress; Murray Koffler; and MIlton Harris. The eleven checkpoints along the twenty-five-kilometre route were named after Israeli cities. Thirteen thousand people turned out for the event.
- Part of the walk's promotion included a letter from Henry "The Fonz" Winkler to the students of Jewish schools in Toronto. The popular celebrity could not attend the walk, but, in his letter, he expressed encouragement for the students' fundraising efforts and wished them well.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1981 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- 1 button
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1981 Walk for Israel took place on Sunday, 3 May. Its theme was "Walk for the Youth of Israel," because monies raised went to build a sports complex for the children of Mazkeret Batya. Advertised highlights of the 1981 walk included Al Waxman, a celebrity photo booth, the Blue Jays bird, Mr. Peanut, and the Toronto Argos cheerleaders. The walk ended with a celebration of the northern JCC's (BJCC's) twentieth anniversary. As an adjunct fundraiser, a fiftteen-hour danceathon was held at the BJCC, where participants could dance from 11 p.m. to 2 p.m. the next day. The danceathon was organized by Ruth Lootsteen and Jack Samuel.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1982 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- Apr. 1982-May 1982
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs (14 negatives) : 24 x 20 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- 1 button
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1982, UJA's Walk for Israel took place on 2 May and had a twenty-five-kilometre route. It was chaired by Verne Chelin and Jerry Panet. The walk celebrated its bar mitzvah year in 1982 with a celebration and carnival at the route's end at the BJCC. The cause for which funds were raised was the construction of a community centre in the town of Beit Dagar in Israel. Special appearances were made along the walk route by Miss Toronto 1981, the Coca Cola robot, and a giant Smurf. An adjunct fundraiser, the 15-Hour Danceathon, was held for the second year.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1983 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 May 1983-2 May 1983
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs (6 negatives) : 24 x 20 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1983 Walk for Israel on Sunday, 1 May had a record turnout of seventeen thousand people. It was chaired by veteran walk chairs Jerry Panet and Verne Chelin, and the cause was the construction of a community centre for Beit Dagon. Attractions along the twenty-five-kilometre route included Big Bird, a Smurf, and Miss Canada. A draw was held for anyone who raised at least $50; the grand prize was two round-trip tickets to Israel courtesy of El Al airlines. The walk route began at the Bathurst and Sheppard plaza, and the day finished with a Lag B'Omer celebration in the parking lot of the BJCC. In these years, the walk began around 7:30 in the morning, with volunteers arriving to set up as early as 4:30 a.m.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1984 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- Mar. 1984-June 1984
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs (8 negatives) : 24 x 20 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- 1 hat
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1984, the Walk for Israel took place on Sunday, 3 June. It began at the Bathurst and Sheppard plaza and ended at the Bathurst JCC. The route was a new one and was twenty kilometres long. As per the usual procedure, walkers handed in their money at the first checkpoint. The walk chairs this year were Bobby Katz and Larry Shapiro. As in past years, B'nai Brith manned the checkpoints and acted as marshalls in overseeing traffic safety. The walk this year had all the features that had become tradition: refreshments at the checkpoints, cartoon characters, appearances by public figures, and the grand prize of two El Al tickets to Israel.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1985 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- textual record
- Date
- Mar. 1985-July 1985
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w and col. (5 negatives) ; 10 x 15 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- 1 hat
- 1 folder of textul records
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1985 Walk for Israel, held on Sunday, 19 May, was chaired by Bobby Katz and Larry Shapiro. Celebrity appearances along the eighteen-kilometre route included Toronto mayor Art Eggleton, Miss Canada, and Allison Hope of television's 20 Minute Workout. At the end of the walk was the Yom Yerushalayim Festival in the parking lot of the BJCC. The festival included musical entertainment by the Stan Hiltz Orchestra and the Spoons, karate demonstrations, and a replica of the Western Wall. For another year, El Al airlines donated two round trip tickets to Israel for a grand prize.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1986 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1986-May 1986
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs (6 negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1986, thirteen thousand people participated in UJA's Walk for Israel, raising $180,000. This year, each checkpoint along the eighteen-kilometre route was named for one of Israel's eight prime ministers. The "Festival of Festivals," which ended the walk, organized by UJA in support of Israel's children, marked Israel Independence Day. The festival featured booths set up by various community agencies.
- Related Material
- Series 17-1-18 (1992), file 18, includes a facsimile copy of a poster for the 1986 walk.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1987 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- textual record
- Date
- Mar. 1987-[May] 1987
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 24 cm
- 1 t-shirt
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Eighteenth Annual Walk for Israel drew twelve thousand participants and an additional three thousand who came to the festival. The walk was held on Sunday, 17 May and had the traditional route—eighteen kilometres for the eighteenth walk—south along Bathurst to Eglinton and then north on Avenue Road/Bathurst to the festival at the Bathurst JCC. The event came together, as always, with the energy and organization of hundreds of volunteers, as well as the UJA Committee, which was chaired by Gloria Clamen. The money raised this year went towards a daycare centre in Kfar Gvirol. At the festival, two artists in their eighties, Henry Weingluck and Hannah Sandberg, displayed their paintings. A bonfire for Lag B'Omer wrapped up the day.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Related Material
- A map of the 1987 walk route can be found in series 17-1-19 (1993), file 9.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1988 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- Jan. 1988-May 1988
- Physical Description
- ca. 131 photographs : b&w and col. (116 negatives) ; 20 x 24 cm or smaller
- 1 t-shirt
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1988 walk was a celebration of Israel's fortieth birthday. Held on Sunday, 15 May, it was chaired by Gloria Clamen and Barbara Lampcov. The day's radio communication network was headquarted as usual in the Lipa Green Building. One planning committee was dedicated to planning for accessibility on the walk, and its chair, Helen Wolfe, led seventy people with physical and developmental disabilities along the route. Celebrity appearances included Olympic figure-skating pair Lyndon Johnston and Denise Benning. The festival at the BJCC included a gala carnival with rides and an open air café. Honorary cake cutters sliced an enormous blue-and-white birthday cake that measured twelve feet by three feet. The coordinator of the festival was Ted Sokolsky; the coordinator of the walk was David Gotfrid.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Related Material
- Series 17-1-18 (1992), file 18, includes a sponsor/collection book for the 1988 walk.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1989 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-15
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 24 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1989, the Walk Committee, headed by Elaine Lightstone, attempted to get an even-larger turnout by having two routes that covered the expansive Jewish community area in Toronto. The north route commenced at the Promenade Mall on Bathurst north of Clark; the south route started at Bathurst and Lawrence. Where the two routes crossed, at Beth Tikvah Synagogue on Bayview Avenue, a checkpoint featured an art display by students of eight Toronto day schools. About thirteen thousand people came out to take part in the walk, the theme of which was "Footsteps for Freedom." Funds raised supported the absorption of immigrants in Israel. As it had for many years, B'nai Brith manned several checkpoints, but it was joined this year by a number of UJA divisions: the New Leadership Council, Societies, Young Executives and Professionals, and Students. The UJA staff coordinators for the walk and the festival were Rosie Sosnowicz and David Gotfrid. New to the festival this year were displays by Metro Toronto emergency services. The festival was chaired by David and Judy Engel.
- Related Material
- A map of the 1989 walk route can be found in series 17-1-19 (1993), file 9.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-16
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1989-1990
- Physical Description
- 16 cm of textual records
- 259 photographs (238 negatives)
- Admin History/Bio
- The 1990 Walk for Israel, called "Operation Exodus," helped launch the UJA campaign of that name for 1990. The theme was Soviet aliyah, reflecting the tens of thousands of Soviet Jews leaving the USSR since the late 1980s. Each checkpoint was planned to inform participants about a different phase of the emigration-absorption-integration process.
- The 1990 walk, which took place on Monday, 21 May, was chaired by Elaine Lightstone and David Engel, with coordination by Federation staff member Rosie Sosnowicz. Recruitment at this time was carried out in day schools across Toronto, where volunteers made presentations to student assemblies in which the personal story of one young Soviet 'oleh' (immigrant to Israel) was shared. In addition to the Recruitment Committee and the overseeing Walkathon Committee, there were committees for the following functions: sponsorship, checkpoints, food, and the festival. Public relations and advertising, carried out by an ad-hoc Publicity Committee, included the design of hats and shoelaces as giveaways to participants.
- The fifteen-kilometre route made a square along Sheppard Avenue West, north on Yonge Street, east on Steeles and Clarke, and south on Bathurst to the BJCC, where the festival was held in the north parking lot. The festival featured games, rides, a petting zoo, live entertainment, and plenty of food.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records and photographs from the 1990 Walk for Israel and the festival. The files are arranged by function in this order: Walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the Walk event itself, the Festival and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds;
- Executive Committee series;
- Executive director sub-series
- Bequest and Endowment Fund sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-2000
- Physical Description
- 25 cm textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Bequest and Endowment Fund Committee was restructured and renamed the Endowment Board of Trustees circa 1995.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of the subject and correspondence files of the senior professional leader (executive director) of the United Jewish Welfare Fund arising from activities of the Bequest and Endowment Fund Committee and the Endowment Board of Trustees. File titles are predominantly those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub-series have been arranged chronologically.
- Notes
- Access restriction note: Records documenting the meeting minutes and activities of this committee are CLOSED until they are more than ten years old. Additional access review for records pertaining to donors.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds;
- Executive Committee series;
- Executive director sub-series;
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-2003
- Physical Description
- 55 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence arising from the executive director’s involvement in the management and restructuring of the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (JCC). File titles are predominantly those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub-series have been arranged chronologically.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Executive Committee series
- Executive director sub-series
- Subject files sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-3
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1966-2010, predominant 1979-1999
- Physical Description
- 3.5 m textual records
- 54 cassette tapes
- 52 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- 1 DVD
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of the subject files of the executive director, the senior professional leader of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. File titles are predominantly those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub-eries are arranged in the blocks they arrived in, which themselves have been arranged chronologically.
- Notes
- Access restriction note: Records documenting the meeting minutes and activities of the Executive Committee are CLOSED until they are more than ten years old. Additional access review for records pertaining to donors.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)
- Arrangement
- This series originated in several different accruals. They were brought together by the archivist to form this series.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions