- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1987
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 91 photographs : b&w; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Among the major organizations that cooperated with the Committee for Soviet Jewry, the women's organizations and student groups frequently acted as co-organizers and co-sponsors of protest activities and collaborated in the preparation of documents for awareness campaigns. Many of these activities originated from the efforts of such groups as the Toronto Student Councils, the Women for Soviet Jewry and the Group of 35.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting the activities of various Jewish organizations which worked in cooperation with the Committee for Soviet Jewry, Ontario Region. These records include some photographs, but consist primarily of correspondence, notices and press materials.
- Arrangement
- Records in this series have been organized alphabetically according to the name of the organization, and then chronologically within the records of each file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notices, promotional material and correspondence related to the Alpha Omega Dentist Fraternity's efforts to mobilize on behalf of Soviet Jews in conjunction with efforts by The Medical Mobilization for Soviet Jewry based out of Massachusetts, U.S.A.. The collected materials pertain to a meeting of Alpha Omega members in Toronto in December 1980.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two pieces of correspondence concerning the formation of the Association of the Soviet Jewry in Canada and related to the coordination of activities with the Toronto Jewish Congress. A newsletter of the Toronto Jewish Congress containing information on the activities of the organization is also included.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, press releases, program, review and promotional materials related to a Symbolic Third Seder held at Beth Tzedec in 1980 with special guest lecturer Peter C. Newman. Newman spoke about his recent travels in the Soviet Union and the contact he made with Jews living in the Soviet Union. The photograph included in this file is a promotional shot of Newman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1973, 1983-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains petitions, correspondence and articles related to the Canadian academic community's efforts on behalf of their Soviet Jewish peers and specific appeal campaigns on their behalf. Primary correspondents include Professor Irwin Cotler and Murray Freedman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains petitions, correspondence and articles related to the committee's efforts on behalf of their Soviet Jewish peers and specific appeal campaigns on their behalf. Primary correspondents include the committee's chairman Eric Fawcett and secretary Israel Halperin.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, press releases and various petitions related to the conference activities of collaborations between the Committee of Concerned Scientists (USA) and the Canadian Committee of Scientists and Scholars. Included are details of seminars delivered at a Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held 4 January 1981 at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario and on other occasions and other cities across North America, in honour of scientist in exile from the Soviet Union.
- Related Material
- Related documents can also be found within this sub-series under the files designated to the Committee of Concerned Scientists (File 9) and the Canadian Committee of Scientists and Scholars (File 8).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Group of 35 also used the name the Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry and had affiliations with numerous international chapters. Active members included Barbara Glass, Marilyn Seigel, Elaine Gudofsky, Heather Brown, Carol Reiter and Marcia Zionce.
- Scope and Content
- File includes membership and executive contact lists, correspondence, campaign materials, press releases, newsletters and circulars, copies of letters to the editor, activities lists, copies of articles and general administrative documents.
- Related Material
- Further reference to the Group of 35 is also made in the records of the Women for Soviet Jewry file of this sub-series.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains minutes of several meetings, along with accompanying petitions and correspondence related to the action of seeking the release of psychiatric professionals in the Soviet Union. Also included are two postcards addressed to R.A. Rudenko, bearing the images of arrested Soviet citizens. One is written in Russian text. The rest of the file is comprised of correspondence, meeting notices and a facsimile of an article titled "The Fear of Freedom: Decompensation of a Psychological State or a Phenomenon of Existence" by Dr. Semyon Gluzman written in 1978.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : col. ; 11 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains six unidentified colour photographs of participants in an event, newsletters, facsimiles and originals of letters sent to Parliament and meeting reports, notices and minutes of the World Jewry Committee. Case files are attached to several of the letters. The file also contains a petition, a Passover program, with guest speaker Jim Peterson M.P., and an event poster. Among the members of the organization identified in the documents are Helen Marr, Jeanette Goldman and Stella Rozan.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975-1987
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 35 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File contains printed testimonials, notes, correspondence, press releases, operational memoranda, a contact sheet of photos taken during a dinner meeting in 1976,distributed pamphlets, events programs, contact lists, meeting notices, conference notes and a photo of the presentation of a human rights award to David Smith in 1983.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 35 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File includes correspondence, sample invitation cards, lecture notes and photographs concerning the luncheon lecture programs of the committee. Guests lecturers in this program included Leon S. Lipson, Yoram Dinstein, Natalia Sharansky, Robert McKay, Alan Eagleson, Burton Caine, David Smith, Flora MacDonald, Charles L. Caccia, Fred King, Lynn McDonald and Jim Peterson. Floar McDonald and David Smith are photographed on one contact sheet of 34 photographs during their talk. The other photograph is of Professor of Law Burton Caine.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions