Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Pamphlets series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

51

File

100

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a booklet written by Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg of Holy Blossom Temple, published by Canadian Welfare. Rabbi Feinberg summarizes the activities of Canadian Jewish Congress and the various projects it initiated to support Jewish-European orphan immigration to Canada before, during, and after the Second World War. Feinberg goes on to describe the continued support from organizations such as the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) and the YMHA to aid in the continued rehabilitation of these orphans through programs including night school, work projects, and activities.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto (creator)

Subjects

Orphans

Holocaust survivors

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

619

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Notes

Negative: 2:5:18A.

Acquired 1975.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Meetings

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1930 and 1935]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original and copy photograph of the engagement party of Mr. Mont's eldest daughter in the social hall of the Kirkland Lake synagogue (Legion Hall) in the early 1930s. Outside, left to right: Fanny Scott, Alter Scott, Eli Dubinsky, Mrs. D., Mrs. Friedman and husband, Rabbi Rabinowitz, Mr. Mont, Mary Mont, Mont family.

In corner, a young Bill Jacks and wife Bella, Kay Kadish and wife.

Facing camera, starting left corner: Mrs. Ben Portnoy, Mrs. Faye (Kaplan) Atkins, Mrs. Nathan Kaplan, Max Berjansky, Rose Berjansky, next unknown.

Back to camera with hat on: Hyman Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Garshon, Mrs. Rabinowitz, her daughter and son-in-law, Rabbi now in Detroit.

Notes

Photo by Duke Studio.

Acquired in 1976.

Identifications of individuals on sheet included with photo; also see accession 2003-12-5 for further identifications.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Atkins, Faye

Berjansky, Max

Berjansky, Rose

Dubinsky, Eli

Mont, Mary

Scott, Alter

Scott, Fanny

Jacks, Bill

Kaplan, Hyman

Kadish, Kay

Kaplan, Nathan

Portnoy, Ben

Subjects

Bethrothal

Parties

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

2003-12-5

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the ark of Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured next to it is Saul Ross, station agent at Swastika, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Ross, Saul

Subjects

Torah arks

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

[1952 or 1953]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photographic composite of Hebrew school students of the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Students include: Allen Atkins, Paul Jacks, Gary Scott, Herbert Kokotow, Stanley Sukerman, Paul Steinberg, Irving Brown, Sammy Mallin, Maureen Kokotow, Eleanor Langer, Sorena Kokotow, Trudy Kaplan, Sheila Moscoe, Allan Garshon, Adrienne Scott, Sharon Finkelman, Sidney Sukerman, Lorne Duke, Vivian Spiegelman, Harriet Kokotow, Lawrence Kokotow, and Pearly Jacks. In the centre is Rabbi J. Lieberman.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Atkins, Allen

Brown, Irving

Duke, Lorne

Finkelman, Sharon

Garshon, Allan

Jacks, Paul

Jacks, Pearly

Kaplan, Trudy

Kokotow, Harriet

Kokotow, Herbert

Kokotow, Lawrence

Kokotow, Maureen

Kokotow, Sorena

Langer, Eleanor

Lieberman, Rabbi J.

Mallin, Sammy

Moscoe, Sheila

Scott, Adrienne

Scott, Gary

Spiegelman, Vivian

Steinberg, Paul

Sukerman, Sidney

Sukerman, Stanley

Subjects

Students

Related Material

2003-12-5

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

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

Level

Item

Item

499

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the CJC Committee for Jewish Music Month in Kitchener, Ontario

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Committees

Jews--Music

Repro Restriction

Credit Kitchener-Waterloo Record

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

Kitchener (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1896

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 21-23, 1939

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Royal York Hotel

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2344

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1945

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

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

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

504

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

Harry Steiner addresses the gathering during one of the most significant sessions of the congress convention.

Notes

No negative.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Steiner, Harry

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Education

Physical Condition

Fragment of the photograph.

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

503

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Nov. 1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

Standing, left to right: Joseph Klinghoffer, Stanley Cohen, Harry Steiner, Joe Busheikin. Seated: Ralph Shiff, David Newman, Q.C., Julius Hayman, Hy Baltzan.

Notes

Acquired 9 July 1975.

No negative.

Name Access

Baltzan, Hy

Busheikin, Joe

Canadian Jewish Congress

Cohen, Stanley

Hayman, Julius

Klinghoffer, Joseph

Newman, David

Shiff, Ralph

Steiner, Harry

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Education

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

910

Material Format

graphic material

Date

29 May 1972

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

International Council of Jewish Women

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1392

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 Jun. 1974

Physical Description

1 slide

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Archives

Exhibitions

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

49

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Born in 1904, Monroe Abbey was a barrister/solicitor by profession. He was honourary president of Canadian Jewish Congress, Combined Jewish Appeal, and the Baron de Hirsch Institute as well as being governor, director, or member of many Canadian Jewish and non-Jewish organizations: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Zionist Organization of Canada, United Jewish Refugee, and World Relief Agencies. He died in 1993.

Michael Garber, born in 1892, was a barrister-solicitor, community leader, and Zionist. He was also a founder and former president of Canadian Jewish Congress, a civil libertarian, and early fighter for human rights. He was president of the Zionist Organization of Canada. For several years he wrote a column for the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and was a contributor to the Keneder Adler. He died in 1977.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken of Monroe Abbey and Michael Garber on 20 May 1968 at the plenary in Toronto, where Monroe Abbey assumed the national presidency for the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Notes

Photographed by Graphic Artists Photographers.

Name Access

Abbey, Monroe

Canadian Jewish Congress

Garber, Michael

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

73

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of the Canadian Jewish Congress plenary session at the Royal York Hotel in 1962.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

88

Material Format

textual record

Date

1955

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting notices and minutes.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

94

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1961

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Ellis I. Shapiro. The photograph is attached to the inside cover of a United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto annual president's report (1961). The UJWF annual meeting honoured Ellis I. Shapiro.

Name Access

B'nai B'rith

Shapiro, Ellis I.

Northwood Golf and Country Club

Primrose Club

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Canadian Jewish Congress

Jewish Camp Council of Toronto

YM-YWHA

United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto

UJWF

United Jewish Appeal

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Accession Number

2005-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

45

Item

41

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 51 cm on mat 23 x 57 cm

Admin History/Bio

The first meeting of the Canadian Jewish Congress was held in Montreal from March 16-19, 1919. Their intended goal was to mobilize Canadian Jews and discuss the following issues: the community's self-image and future, national minority rights in Eastern Europe, the future of a Jewish national home in Palestine and the recognition of a Jewish nation by the League of Nations. This conference was followed in May of that year by several district conferences held in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg.

On January 26, 1919, a conference attended by 125 local organizations was held in the Baron de Hirsch Institute. The conference recognized the necessity for a Canadian Jewish Congress, and elected a committee of forty to arrange the first national CJC meeting. The committee divided Canada into three territorial districts: Montreal (Quebec), Toronto (Ontario), and Winnipeg (Western Canada), and each district was to arrange elections to send delegates.

Ontario sent a total of 65 delegates to the first national CJC meeting in March of 1919. 40 of these were from Toronto. Elections for the all the delegates took place on March 2, 1919. A large majority of Canadian Jews participated in these elections.

Across the country, 25,000 ballots were cast during the 1919 election. This indicated that a huge portion of the Canadian Jewish community was involved in the CJC, since the total Jewish population at that time was 125,000.

The first CJC Plenary Assembly, involving the group seen in this photo, was from March 16-19, 1919 (Purim), and the photo was taken on the 18th on the steps of the Baron de Hirsch building at 2040 Bleury St., but the actual meetings were held nearby at the Monument Nationale Theatre, which had a larger auditorium.

Scope and Content

The item is a panoramic photograph of the delegates who took part in the first Canadian Jewish Congress plenary session in Montreal. The photo was taken on March 18, 1919 on the steps of the Baron de Hirsch building on 2040 Bleury St., though the actual meetings were held nearby at the Monument Nationale Theatre, which had a larger auditorium.

Three members of the Goldstick family were elected delegates to this conference from Toronto: Maurice Goldstick, Betty Goldstick and Henry Dworkin. In turn, many prominent members of the Toronto community took part such as: M. Gelber (manufacturer), Ben Zion Hyman (book store owner and scholar), I. Matenko (teacher), Dr. Pollock (physician), Sam Factor (lawyer), and A. Cohen (lawyer).

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

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

Photograph is in good condition.

Related Material

A detailed account of the formation of the Canadian Jewish Congress can be found in A.D. Hart's "The Jew in Canada" (1926). An original ballot to elect Toronto's delegates to the meeting is located in accession 2004-5/162. Also, see the ZOC fonds, #27, for minutes documenting CJC from this time period. Finally, MG6E3 in the file cabinet contains 2 files documenting Maurice Goldstick and Betty's involvement in the CJC in 1919, and later Maurice and Dorothy's involvement in Congress during the 1930s. Some of the individuals have been identified in a photocopy of this item which is available in the accession records. A full delegates list can be found in Hart's "The Jew in Canada.".

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

File

Fonds

109

Series

2

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence relating to John Glass' battle against discrimination based on race and religion in Ontario and society in general. Included are commentaries on his newspaper article proposing amendments to the Ontario Libel and Slander Act, his correspondence with the Canadian Jewish Congress, and the prime minister (premier) of Ontario regarding offensive "Gentiles Only" signs on highways, at country resorts, and in parks. In addition there is a report on the operation of Nazi-affiliated groups in the province and a telegram expressing support from a "Negro Youth Group," as well as an impassioned speech delivered by Glass in the Ontario legislature, in which he pleads for human rights and the end of intlolerance and bigotry.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Ontario Libel and Slander Act

Ontario. Premier

Subjects

Antisemitism

Discrimination

Human rights

Physical Condition

Several of the letters are in fagile condition and are enclosed in plastic.

Places

Ontario

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J.Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

File

Fonds

109

Series

2

File

28

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of material pertaining to Bill 24 of the Ontario legislature, An Act to Prevent Discrimination Because of Colour, Race, Creed, or Religion. Its shorter title was the Discrimination Prevention Act 1943. It was tabled by John Glass. In addition to a draft and memorandum on the bill there is correspondence expressing approval from organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Ontario Religious Education Council, the Canadian Congress of Labour, and a representative of the black community. The is also an antisemitic notice that was circulated to workers in a wage dispute at a factory in Newmarket, Ontario. The notices were subsequently taken down and sent to Glass' office for disposal.

Finally, there are copies of acts on similar themes, such as antidiscrimination and civil rights, that were produced in other jurisdictions such as New Jersey, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, and Manitoba from 1935 to 1942.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Ontario Religious Education Council

Subjects

Discrimination--Law and legislation

Physical Condition

Several of the letters are in poor condition and are enclosed in plastic.

Places

Manitoba

New Jersey

Ohio

Ontario

Wisconsin

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J.Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

File

Fonds

109

Series

2

File

31

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of material pertaining to the Zionist Organization of Canada and associated organizations such as the Toronto Zionist Council, Arbeiter Ring, Jewish National Fund, Habonim, Hadassah and Junior Hadassah, and the Hebrew Liberal Club. Many of these organizations were housed in the Zionist Building at 651 Spadina Avenue.

Included are correspondence with the Zionist Institute on Beverley Street, the Toronto Zionist Council regarding insurance matters for the Spadina building, the Zionist Council of Canada tax filing with the provincial secretary, and letters patent reincorporating the Toronto Zionist Council. As well there are minutes of the Toronto Zionist Council executive and a list of officers of that organization, as well as a memoranda submitted by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Zionist Organization of Canada to a United Nations conference in San Francisco.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Toronto Zionist Council

Zionist Organization of Canada

Physical Condition

Some of the docments are in poor condition and are housed in plastic.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

109

Series

3

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan.1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a panoramic portrait of participants in the Canadian Jewish Congress 4th National Assembly at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

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

Photo is in extremely fragile condition.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-12-1

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

Accession Number

2002-10-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records of the Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees, responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Dawes Road Cemetery. The Trustees reported to the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region.

Subjects

Cemeteries

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1993-11-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of texual records

Date

1943

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one postcard to the War Efforts Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, dated Nov. 2, 1943, signed David ?, RCAF, India Command, expressing thanks for receiving a message of cheer from Canada during the war.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Moscoe, Sydney

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1982-7-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1939-1947

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress records related to a study carried out by Saul Hayes and Jacob Finkelman on discriminatory employment practices in Ontario. The title of the resulting report is "Evidence of Unequal Opportunity in Employment and a Suggested Fair Employment Practices Legislation". Included are reports, memorandi, correspondence, sample applications from different employers, and a booklet by Gurston Allen entitled "Jewish Occupational Difficulties" (1939).

Subjects

Antisemitism

Name Access

Hayes, Saul

Finkelman, Jacob

Allen, Gurston

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1977-4-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1926-1965

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material relating to the Associated Hebrew Schools, including correspondence and a certificate awarded to the school choir. In addition there is a Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region timeline of the history of the Toronto Jewish Community (1954), a CJC abstract of the proceedings of the Sixth Regional Conference on Jewish Education (1957), as well as editions of the Jewish Herald, the Jewish Standard, and the Canadian Jewish News. In addition, there is material documenting the activities of the Kehillah of Toronto, a religious organization of synagogues and organizations, such as mutual benefit societies. Included are correspondence, a ballot page listing congregations and organizations, a financial report, and a legal document in the form of an agreement between the Kehilla of Toronto and shochtim regarding the ritual slaughter of beef.

Administrative History

Samuel Kurtz was the executive vice president of the Associated Hebrew Schools.

MG_RG

MG3A5

Name Access

Kurtz, Samuel A.

Associated Hebrew Schools

Kehilla of Toronto

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-5-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1943-1944

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records relating to the work of the JPRC Summer Resorts Sub-Committee, which Hart D. Wintrob chaired. Material includes advice offered to Jews on appropriate behaviour at resorts frequented by non-Jews and efforts to have "Gentiles only" signs removed from resorts and other businesses. Also included is a list of JPRC members from which the members of the subcommitte were chosen and an agenda for a meeting of this group.

Subjects

Antisemitism

Resorts

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Ontario

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-6-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3.3 m of textual records

Date

[ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records created or accumulated by the Committee for Yiddish, which operated under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and later, the Toronto Jewish Congress (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto).

Use Conditions

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Name Access

Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)

Toronto Jewish Congress

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-162

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Date

1919

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a 1919 ballot for the first meeting of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Names on the ballot are listed in English and Yiddish and include: Eisen, Saul, student; Organick, M., Student; Bogard, L., Cloakmaker; Bochonick, J., Manufacturer; Blackman, H., Mechanic; Ben-Ezra, L., Student; Bennett, A. B., Journalist; Bennett, D., Real Estate Bkr.; Brown, S., Cloakmaker; Bromberg, A., Teacher; Brody, J., Tailor; Breslin, S., Merchant; Goldstick, M., Contractor; Goldstick, Miss B., Stenog'r; Gebirtig, M., Theatre Manager; Gelberg, M. Manufacturer; Graner, J., Insurance Agt.; Dworkin, H. News Dealer; James, Philip, Manufacturer; Davis, M. D., Bookkeeper; Hyman, BenZion, Teacher; Herman, J., Merchant; Waldman, L., Manufacturer; Walhendler, Bennie, Pres'r; Wolfson, M. Merchant; White, A. Merchant; Weinberg, H., Painter; Weiner, J. Merchant; Weis, B. Wholesaler; Weber, S., Manufacturer; Zimel, S., Manufacturer; Zurman, M.; Tarnowsky, M. Merchant; Yaffy, K., Traveller; Lewis C. S., Traveller; Libman, Ch., Cloakmaker; Levy, P., INsurance Agent; Matenko, I., Teacher; Murofchick, M., Merchant; Marin, M. Manufacturer; Moroshnick, M. Druggist, Manson, M., Hatmaker; Nathenson, BenZion, Teach.; Noodelman, A. Cloackmaker; Nisnewitch, A., Manufacturer; Solomon, S., Manufacturer; Solomon, C. H., Manufacturer; Solway, Minnie, Shapiro; Sapero, K. L., Merchant; Stone, B. Manufacturer; Siegel, Mrs. J. J.; Singer, J., Lawyer; Singer, L. M., Lawyer; Samuel, M. Skirtmaker; Samuels, S., Cloakmaker; Soolko, M. Mechanic; Ellenberg, M., Merchant; Epstein, S., Barber; Pollock. Dr. M. A., Physician; Pasternack, C., Merchant; Pivnick, Dr. M., Dentist; Feinberg, L., Merchant; Factor, S., Lawyer; Friman, I., Merchant; Frumhartz, F., Printer; Frankel, E., Hatmaker; Cohen, A., Lawyer; Koldofsky, Fannie; Koldofsky, S., Organizer; Kominker, A., Merchant, Konikoff, H. Cloakmaker; Kurtz, R., Manufacturer; Kirshenbaum, H. M., Jour'st; Kirshner, A., Cloakmaker; Kertzer, D., Merchant; Clavir, Harry, Manufacturer; Kamin, J., Carpenter; Kamin, M., Presser; Kessner, W., Photographer; Kronick, S., Manufacturer; Kruger, H., Cloakmaker; Rogul, S., Merchant; Rosenberg, L., Secretary; Rosen, M., Manufacturer; Rosenbaum, T., Shochet; Rosenbloom, D., Organizer; Ross, S. M., Merchant; Rubinoff, I., Wholesaler; Rhinewine, A., Journalist; Riby, A., Cloakmaker; Shapiro, S. M., Journalist; Shapiro, M. Merchant; Shapiro, S., Insurance; Schwartz, Dr. M., Dentist; Shulman, P., Lawyer; Stein, D., Tailor; Stein, M., Merchant; Schiff, K., Manufacturer; Sher, A., Insurance Agt.; Spier, BenZiion, Merchant.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1975-005

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records

Date

1928, 1936-1959

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the account books and constitution for the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

MG_RG

MG3B14

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Places

Kirkland Lake, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1981-2-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Date

1940-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph of the interior and one of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake with corresponding negatives.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-10-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1.2 m of textual records

Date

1986-1987

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the Executive Director files of the CJC, Central Region. The files were created and accumulated by E. Y. Lipsitz.

Use Conditions

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1990-5-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

12 m of textual records

Date

[197-]-[199-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting various activities of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region, including the small communities, regional committees, eduction and culture. The records appear to have originated with E. Y. Lipsitz.

Use Conditions

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Material Format

textual record

sound recording

Physical Description

ca. 92 m of textual records and sound recordings

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The records cover a variety of topics but primarily consist of general office files from E. Y. Lipsitz.

Also included are audio recordings, including one of Golda Meir's visit to Toronto in 1970, and a community meeting following the Allen Gardens open-air speech by William John Beattie in 1965.

Audio cassette recordings (4) of Saul Hayes attending National Executive Officers Meeting, 19 Jun. 1971 & 20 Jun. 1971.

Use Conditions

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-7-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Date

1977-1978

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.

Subjects

Communities

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Friedman, Morris

Markish, Esther

Eisenberg, Joe

Wexler, Boris

Acker, Abe

Brownstone, Sam

Klafter, Gershon

Rosen, Marty

Fackenheim, Emil

Rosensweig, Philip

Saiger, Norman

Sadowski, David

Gryfe, Mark

Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)

Frey, Marcus

Horowitz, Shlomo

Katz, Stan

Pliscow, Morris

Places

Cambridge (Ont.)

Chatham (Ont.)

Sudbury (Ont.)

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

North Bay (Ont.)

Oshawa (Ont.)

Belleville (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Pembroke (Ont.)

Peterborough (Ont.)

Guelph (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

London (Ont.)

Kitchener (Ont.)

Owen Sound (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

Barrie (Ont.)

Orillia (Ont.)

Kingston (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-11-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1934-1956

Scope and Content

Accession consists of historical material collected by the CJC Central Region Centenary Committee or Historical Committee (both committee names appear in the file). These materials include several CJC Ontario Division documents dating from 1934. The bulk of the accession consists of reports of interviews conducted in 1956 with members of Holy Blossom as part of a Holy Blossom Centennial research project.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-5-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3.3 m of textual records

Date

2001-2003

Scope and Content

This accession consists of the files of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Regions' Community Relations Committee. Included are meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, incidence reports and complaints, interventions, newsclippings and a small amount of other reference material.

Custodial History

The records were created and used by Len Rudner, former director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region Community Relations Committee. They were donated to the Archives by the CJC's executive assistant, Cindy Osheroff on 4 May, 2009.

Use Conditions

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-6-4

Material Format

object

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

M6 artifacts

1 postcard

1 textual record

Date

[193-?]-[195-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Tip Top Tailors wall clock and five tzedakah boxes from Israel. Also included is a postcard of the Mossington Park resort on Lake Simcoe featuring a Gentiles Only sign, several copies from the mid-1940s of the CJC Committee on Social and Economic Studies Information and Comment bulletins, as well as a programme for the twenty-seventh anniversary celebrations for the Soviet Union, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1944. The program included a message from the prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, and a broadcast from Paul Robeson. The master of ceremonies was Lorne Greene. The content of the CJC studies include: research projects of the CJC (1946), racial discrimination and public policy (1946), the use of the terms "racial origin" and "religion" in the Canadian census (1946), opinion polls and social control (1946), intermarriage and children of intermarriages (1946), prejudice and Canadian unity (1946), comparative occupational distribution (1947), community action versus racial prejudice (1947), audience reaction analysis to the film "Don't Be a Sucker" (1947), Fair Employment Practices Laws for Canada (1947), age distribution of Jewish population in Ontario (1949), Immigration of Jews to Canada (1948), Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act (1949), Jews in the professions in Canada (1949), answering the bigot: a summary of the Incident control project (1949), Canadian public opinion on racial restrictive covenants (1949), anti-minority discrimination and the law: a Canadian progress report (1950), immigration to Canada 1945 to 1949: official figures, refugee industries in Canada: latest available statistics (1947), and from juvenile immigrant to Canadian citizen (1950). Authors of CJC reports include Dr. A. F. Citron, Dr. J. Harding, Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Dr. Manfred Saalheimer, Professor F. R. Scott and Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.

Custodial History

The items were bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the archives on 3 June 2009.

Subjects

Human rights

Discrimination in employment

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Tip Top Tailors

Source

Archival Accessions

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Level

Item

Item

907

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Jan. 1962

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a Canadian Jewish Congress meeting in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of men and women standing behind a banquet table, which is situated at the front of the room. Pictured from left to right are:

Mrs. J. Hyman, Rabbi A. Hartman, Louis Henkle, S. B. Spiegel, Ben Kayfetz, L. Kwitko, D. Noble, M.G., Minna Levitas, D. Henkle, Mrs. L. Rotberg.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

502

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1963

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a Professor Morris Ben-Nathan, from Yeshiva University and the Board of Jewish Education in New York, addressing a group at the CJC's Ninth Regional Conference on Jewish Education, held in Hamilton, Ontario. Pictured at the head table are: Meyer W. Gasner, Harry Steiner, [Shammai Ogden?] and several rabbis and educators from the various Ontario communities.

Notes

Original photograph by Aron Studio, Hamilton.

Acquired in July 1975.

Name Access

Ben-Nathan, Morris

Board of Jewish Education (New York, N.Y.)

Canadian Jewish Congress

Gasner, Meyer W.

Ogden, Shammai

Steiner, Harry

Yeshiva University

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Education

Places

Hamilton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1054

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1976

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Location of negative: 12:2:3.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Subjects

Classrooms

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1055

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1976

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Location of negative: 12:2:4.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Subjects

Classrooms

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions