Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Documentation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-17

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the Canadian Jewish Congress proposal for the Holocaust Documentation Bank, a collection of interviews of Holocaust survivors.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4207

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Left to right: Julia Koschitzsky, plenary chair; Chuck Zaionz, budget chairman; Mark Anshan, program co-chair; Raygie Schwartz, commemorative volume editorial chair.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

1

File

637

Material Format

text

Date

1986

Physical Description

1 book : 138 p.

Custodial History

The book came to us from Pat Alpert and was removed from her fonds for integration into this one.

Notes

Canadian Jewish Congress--History

Canadian Jewish Congress--Ontario Region

Creator

Canadian Jewish Congress

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Samuel Posluns fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

70

Material Format

cartographic material

graphic material

textual record

Date

1925-1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

91 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

1 map : 46 x 65 cm

Admin History/Bio

Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.

During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.

Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records related to the Posluns family and their clothing business, Popular Cloak Company. The records include correspondence, financial records, periodicals and newsletters, photographs, certificates and personal identification. The fonds also includes textual documents and photos documenting Samuel Posluns' involvement in the Tailor Project.

Name Access

Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

Canadian Jewish Congress

Enkin, Max E.

Jewish Labour Committee

Popular Cloak Company

Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Subjects

Clothing trade

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Immigrants--Canada

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Creator

Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Places

Germany

Accession Number

1997-7-6

2004-5-79

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3905

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of several men and women conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Communities

Picnics

Places

Ontario

Accession Number

1986-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3912

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of several adults conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Communities

Picnics

Places

Ontario

Accession Number

1986-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3913

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of several adults and children seated on lawn chairs and eating popsicles at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Communities

Picnics

Places

Ontario

Accession Number

1986-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3915

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a young girl waiting for a hot dog at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Children

Communities

Picnics

Places

Ontario

Accession Number

1986-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds

Poster series

Level

Item

Fonds

125

Series

5

Item

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[1981 or 1987]

Physical Description

1 poster : b&w ; 56 x 41 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a CAEJ poster publicizing an "emergency community wide meeting on the deteriorating fate of the Falashas." Set to speak at the event were representatives from the Consulate General of Israel, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Israel Appeal, and several Ethiopian Jews who managed to get out of their country. The event iself was held at the Inn-on-the-Park at 1100 Eglinton Avenue East, Don Mills.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

United Israel Appeal

Places

Eglinton Avenue East (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions