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Thirty years research - in vain? / by Dr. S. B. Ullman [textual record] – 1969-1970.

Accession Number: 2004-5-124

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-124

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1969-1970

Scope and Content: The manuscript deals with Ullman's experiences working for the Board of Jewish Education, and his personal research on cancer treatments. The manuscript is dated 1969, and includes several appendices added in 1970.

Responsibility: Dr. S.B. Ullman, PhD

Administrative History: Dr. Solomon Baruch Ullman (1908-1975) was a school consultant with the Board of Jewish Education during the 1950s and 1960s.

Descriptive Notes: Related material note: see accession 1979-3-11 for a report by Ullman on his duties and activities as school consultant.

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Board of Jewish Education [graphic material] – 1951-1959.

Accession Number: 1986-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1986-4-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: 1951-1959

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 38 photographs documenting Toronto Board of Jewish education events and affiliated individuals, including the first annual dinner held on 7 June 1951 at Murray House in Toronto.

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Board of Jewish Education : Bible Contest [textual record] – 1976-1982.

Accession Number: 1988-11-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-11-13

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Date: 1976-1982

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records relating to the regional, national, and internationall Bible contests sponsored or co-sponsored by the Toronto Board of Jewish Education.

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Dr. Alexander Brown - 4 May 1977

Name: Dr. Alexander Brown

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 4 May 1977

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Dr. Alexander Brown

Number: OH 140

Subject: Education

Interview Date: 4 May 1977

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side 1: 46 minutes 22 seconds Side 2: 41 minutes 13 seconds good

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Dr. Alexander Brown was a leader in the field of Jewish education in Toronto. He held various positions with Toronto's Board of Education and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. He was actively involved with other Jewish organizations, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. Dr. Brown was born in the Ukraine in 1909 and was the son of Louis and Bessie Brown.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Brown, Alexander; Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region (Toronto, Ont.); Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.); United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.); Associated Hebrew Schools (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Dr. Brown describes his tenure as executive secretary of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), its organizational structure, and the CJC's position within the Toronto Jewish community.

In this clip, Dr. Brown discusses the Board of Jewish Education, the Welfare Fund, and the Canadian Jewish Congress in relation to the subsidization of Associated Hebrew Schools.

Joseph Marin [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1940].

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 16; Item 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 16

Item: 4

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Date: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Marin was a founder of the Beach Hebrew Institute and was involved in the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan and Farband.

Scope and Content: This item is an electronic copy photograph of a portrait of Joseph Marin.

Name Access: Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.); Farband; Toronto Hebrew Free Loan

Subjects: Portraits

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: 2006-9-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue High Holy Day services [textual record] – 1995.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

ID: Fonds 22; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

Fonds: 22

File: 1

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1995

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: High Holidays

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations [textual record] – 1991-1992.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

ID: Fonds 22; File 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

Fonds: 22

File: 2

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1991-1992

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Name Access: Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Anniversaries; Synagogues

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Dr. Alexander Brown fonds [textual record, graphic material] – 1934-1982.

Part Of: Dr. Alexander Brown fonds

Level: Fonds

ID: Fonds 95

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Dr. Alexander Brown fonds

Level: Fonds

Fonds: 95

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: 1934-1982

Physical Description: 58 cm of textual records; 125 photographs; 1 print

Admin History/Bio: Dr. Alexander Brown (1909-1984) was a leader in the field of Jewish education in Toronto. He held various positions with Toronto’s Board of Jewish Education (BJE) and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, and was actively involved with other Jewish organizations, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) and the United Jewish Welfare Fund (UJWF).; Brown was born in the Ukraine on 14 February 1909 to Louis and Bessie Brown. The family immigrated to Canada in 1920. Brown attended the Simcoe Street Talmud Torah and studied under Rabbi Jacob Gordon. He continued his education at the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago and returned to Toronto in 1933. Between 1934 and 1936 Brown served as the first executive secretary of the CJC, Central Region. From 1936 to 1937 he was an announcer for the Jewish Radio Hour, where he read the News of the Week. In 1945 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA and then again in 1948 with an MA in Oriental languages. Brown was married to Dorothy Mercovitch (1912-2009) of London, Ontario, and together they had two children: Martin and Paul.; Brown entered the field of Jewish education as the principal of Shaarei Shomayim Hebrew School from 1942 to 1948, as a principal of the AHS of Toronto and as dean of the Midrasha L'Morim. From 1957 to 1964 he worked as a consultant with the BJE in Toronto and then became the BJE's associate director until the early 1980s. He also was a member of the UJWF’s Study Committee on Jewish Education, the National Council of Jewish Education, the Toronto Zionist Council, and the Educational and Cultural Committee of the CJC. In 1969, he received an honourary doctorate in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois.; Dr. Brown died on 15 September 1984 at the age of 75.

Custodial History: Records were in the possession of Paul Brown, Dr. Brown's son, until their donation to the OJA.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual and graphic material documenting the professional activities of Dr. Alexander Brown. The bulk of the material relates to his involvement with the BJE and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Included are meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, reports, studies, speeches, proposals, constitutions, correspondence, financial records, publications, questionnaires, photographs, booklets, articles, biographies, press releases, newspaper clippings, programmes, invitations, flyers, lists, applications, statistics, and a directory.; Records have been arranged into the following four series: 1. Board of Jewish Education; 2. Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto; 3. United Jewish Welfare Fund Study Committee on Jewish Education; and, 4. Jewish communal activities. Two files are attached directly to the fonds level. Records are described to the file level with a selection of item level descriptions.

Notes: Fonds was reduced from approximately 1.2 metres to 0.74 metres. Records that were culled include duplicate or damaged photographs, duplicate graduation programmes and invitations, duplicate UJWF Study Committee Interim reports that are located elsewhere in OJA's holdings, and other duplicated material. Also removed were American and other non-Canadian booklets.; Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.

Name Access: Brown, Alexander, 1909-1984; Gordon, Jacob, Rabbi; Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto; Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.); United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Education

Physical Condition: The photographs are in poor condition. They have begun to curl and have become stiff from being stored in a dry environment. They should be flattened through humidification and encapsulated in mylar to prevent re-curling.

Related Material: See: Oral history interview with Dr. Brown (AC 140), Board of Jewish Education fonds 48, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds 67, AHS of Toronto MG2 G-1E, accession 1981-11-4, United Synagogue Day School accession 1990-5-2, accession 1991-12-5, and accession 1988-11-3. For photographs of Jewish schools see Gordon Mendly fonds 18, series 3.

Arrangement: Arrangement has been created by the archivist since there was no discernable original order.

Creator: Brown, Alexander, 1909-1984

Accession Number: 2009-7-9; 2010-12-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Cantor Nathan Stolnitz [textual record] – 1950-1989.

Accession Number: 2013-7-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-7-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1950-1989

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to the Bureau of Jewish Education (later the Board of Jewish Education). Included is the inaugural meeting invitation, general correspondence, commencement and festival programmes, newsletters, a report on the schools of Beth Tikvah Synagogue and a BJE Dropouts' Study performed in 1989.

Custodial History: There is no acquisition information for these records. Cantor Stolnitz's stamp is visible on many of the records and some of the correspondence is addressed to him.

Subjects: Education

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.); Stolnitz, Nathan

Source: Archival Accessions

Centre for Jewish Education (Mercaz) [textual record] – 2000-2008.

Accession Number: 2015-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-8-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 2.25 m of textual records

Date: 2000-2008

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to the Centre for Jewish Education's (formerly, the Board of Jewish Education) Affiliations and Compliance Committee and the records received from affiliated schools and those wishing to affiliate. The records are arranged alphabetically by school. Included is correspondence between staff members of the CJE, the UJA Federation and the various schools; budgets; policy and procedural manuals; legal documents; curriculum; and miscellaneous school publications such as newsletters, flyers, pamphlets and anniversary books.

Subjects: Education

Name Access: Centre for Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.); UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Mercaz (Toronto, Ont.); Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region [textual record] – 1973-1977.

Accession Number: 2015-9-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1973-1977

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the Rules and Conditions for the Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest, essays submitted, correspondence from the Board of Jewish Education and the vote casting process for the 1976 contest.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Administrative History: The Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest was established by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region's Department of Education and Culture. The rules and conditions stated in a booklet dated 1973 was that the 'prize or prizes for the best essay or essays or oral address or addresses on men famous in Jewish history...'. The Contest was open to 'All Jewish children in the Province of Ontario outside of Metropolitan Toronto and Ottawa.' The essays submitted in 1973 appeared to follow the Rules and Conditions. However, in the 1976 contest, now sponsored by The Board of Jewish Education, there were no restrictions on where the Jewish children lived or on the gender of the person in Jewish history being written about.

Subjects: Education; Children

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.); Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Board of Jewish Education [textual record] – 1977-1996.

Accession Number: 2016-2-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-2-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records

Date: 1977-1996

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to the Board of Jewish Education. Included are records related to the Audio-Visual and Resource Centre, the National and Regional Bible Contests, the Meyer W. Gasner scholarship and an Association of Jewish Day Schools Administrators meeting in June 1996.

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Bureau of Jewish Education [graphic material] – [195-?].

Accession Number: 2014-12-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2014-12-3

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 poster ; 8 cm (diam.)

Date: [195-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a large printed poster on heavy paper of the Hebrew alphabet in print and script. The poster bears a Bureau of Jewish Education stamp in the bottom left-hand corner. It was likely given out to affiliated schools to hang in their classrooms.

Custodial History: There is no acquisition information for this accession. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.

Subjects: Education

Name Access: Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Beth Tikvah Synagogue [textual record] – 2011-2012.

Accession Number: 2017-1-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-1-7

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2011-2012

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two editions of Hakol bulletin published by Beth Tikvah and dated September/October 2011 and November/December 2011. Contents of the bulletins are messages from the rabbi and president, Sisterhood and Men's Club, activities, programs, donations, bereavements, as well as paid advertisements. Inserted in the November/December edition is a letter from Maurice Kulik, president, addressed to the members, informing them of proposed amendments to their constitution for consideration at the AGM. Also included is a flyer promoting their Pre-Hanukkah Choral concert on December 11, 2011.