- Accession Number
- 2002-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 1982-7-1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1988-10-1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1798
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1798
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:6:5
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1799
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1799
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:6
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1800
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1800
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:7
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1801
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1801
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken. The photograph is an aerial view, taken from a building located across the street.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:8
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1802
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1802
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The building no longer housed the synagogue when this photograph was taken. The photograph is an aerial view, taken from a building located across the street.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 16:7:9
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1803
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1803
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 exterior of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The photograph depicts the facade of the building, including the plaque located above the front entrance.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:10
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1804
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1804
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 sanctuary of the Adas Israel Synagogue, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:11
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1805
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1805
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 Adas Israel Synagogue aron kodesh, located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:12
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Torah arks
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1806
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1806
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1979
- 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 a pendant chandelier, hanging in the sanctuary of the Adas Israel Synagogue located on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario. Also pictured is the painting on the synagogue wall, behind the aron kodesh. The sanctuary was being used by the automotive company Lansair Limited as storage space for their parts.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 17:1:13
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Chandeliers
- Synagogues
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Item
- 1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of five photographs taken at a public rally for Soviet Jewry, held at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. The audience is being addressed by Rabbi Morton Green from Hamilton's Adas Israel Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Green, Morton
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 39
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Hamilton chapter of the Weizmann Institute seated at a banquet table at the Adas Israel Synagogue in Hamilton. Ms. Anne Mandel is being honoured by the chapter.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Adas Israel Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Mandel, Anne
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- moving images
- Date
- 1946-1981
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 10 architectural drawings
- ca. 9 film reels : 16 mm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max and Celia Hoffman were married in 1958 in Hamilton and had two sons. Max was the owner of Hamilton Plumbing and Heating Supplies. Both were active in a number of Jewish community organizations in Hamilton such as the Council of Jewish Organizations, Adas Israel synagogue and the Union of Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region. They were also involved in fundraising on behalf of Yeshiva University, which is located in New York City. Max Hoffman died in 1964 and Celia moved to Toronto in 1966 when she married Sol Edell.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, ledgers, publications, home movies and architectural drawings relating to the family life, business and community activities of Max and Celia Hoffman. There are three series: Business Series, Community Activities Series and Personal Series.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Council of Jewish Organizations
- Federation
- Hoffman (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Creator
- Hoffman family
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Religious sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1997
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- During his lifetime Sol Edell regularly attended or maintained membership in a number of different synagogues. As a child Sol Edell’s family were members of Shomrai Shabbos. After he married he became a founding member of Clanton Park. His second wife Celia was a member of Adas Israel prior to their marriage. The Edell’s also had a cottage in Belle Ewart and they attended the synagogue which the Jewish cottagers had established for the summer.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence, receipts and newspaper clippings relating to the religious activities of the Edell family. This includes dues and donations to Adas Israel, Clanton Park and Shomrai Shabbos synagogues. As well there are newspaper clippings about the synagogue in Belle Ewart. Also included are contracts for the sale of chametz for Passover.
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shabbos
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Clanton Park Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Ewart, Belle
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1958-1961
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of material relating to the construction of Adas Israel synagogue's new building at 125 Cline Ave. South. This includes publicity brochures and financial records about the building campaign and correspondence, programmes, and a film of the turning of the sod. As well there is correspondence, programmes, photographs and audio recordings of the laying of the cornerstone and dedication of the synagogue. There is also a key to the synagogue which was presented at the dedication ceremony.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 27 photographs, 14 architectural drawings, 3 audio reels, 1 film reel, and 1 key.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Building
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Clergy sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-2008
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence relating to Adas Israel's search for a rabbi and cantor. It also includes programme books from tribute dinners honouring Rabbi Morton Green and Cantor Kirshblum.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Jewish National Fund
- Green, Morton (Rabbi)
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Religious sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1999
- Physical Description
- 3 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series contains correspondence sent to the Adas Israel membership, relating to the sale of tickets and the distribution of aliyot for the High Holy Days services.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Programs and events sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1959?]-1999
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual records documenting various programs and events of the Adas Israel Synagogue. Included are program notices, correspondence, brochures, flyers, invitations and calendars. Also included is a pass book from the Adas Israel Society of Hamilton and a testimonial dinner book.
- Name Access
- Welkovics family
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Publications sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1999
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of the weekly, bimonthly and New Years bulletins that were published by the Adas Israel synagogue from 1958 to 1999.
- Name Access
- Adas Israel Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Newsletters
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9.3 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Canadian Jewish Congress, in particular, their committees dealing with Israel affairs and Jews in Arab lands.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- 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
- 2012-7-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 37.8 m of textual records
- Date
- 1958-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of general office files of the CJC as well as records related to the Education and Culture Committee, the Toronto Jewish Cultural Committee, Planning and Priorities/Assimilation, the Youth Committee, CJC plenaries, small communities, Chaplaincy, Orthodox Division, Political Liaison Committee, community services, the Audit Committee, Joint Community Relations Committee, Camp Massad and Moess Chitton.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- 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
- 2013-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 11.1 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 2000]-[ca. 2010]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operations of the CJC Ontario Region. Included are records related to the activities of the Community Relations Committee, reports, correspondence, political affairs records, communications, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, and moving images of various events.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: Includes graphic material and audio-visual records
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1956-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists CJC correspondence and conference notes, Ottawa JCC building campaign materials, a Beth David congregation of Brantford report and the Mizrachi Women's Work report.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth David Congregation (Brantford, Ont.)
- Ottawa Jewish Community Centre
- Mizrachi Women (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Brantford, Ont
- Ottawa, Ont
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1964-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress Joint Community Relations Committee files pertaining to incidents of antisemitism in Canada. Files include examples of material distributed by neo-Nazi groups, clippings documenting hate crimes trials and antisemitism in scholarship, and JCRC correspondence.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Religion
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Klinghofer, Joseph
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Manitoba
- United States
- Maritime Provinces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1953
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a letter from Rabbi Slonim convening a meeting and minutes of meetings of the Rabbinical Welfare Committee over the period.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the aquisition of the documents. However, the first letter in the textual records is from Rabbi Reuben Slonim and his name is included on all of the documents in the textual record.
- Administrative History
- The purpose of the Rabbinical Welfate Committee was (quoting from a document dated March 22, 1950) 'to consider matters that are strictly religious in nature. In matters of a community or public relations nature, the Committee will work closely with Congress.'
- Subjects
- Committees
- Meetings
- Religion
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual material
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Scope and Content
- Accession file consists of letters, posters, press releases, minutes of meeting and policy statements regarding Israeli prisoners of war in Syria. The documents are from many organizations such as the Labor Zionist Alliance, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Toronto Jewish Youth Council, and the Canada-Israel Committee.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Israel--Armed Forces
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an undated document 'Rules and Regulations Concerning the Organization of the Hebrew Schools in Ontario'.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1945-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound document on Religious Instruction in Public Schools of Ontario, presented by Rabbi Abraham Feinberg to the Royal Commission on Education and a fact and discussion sheet of similarities and contrasts between Canadian and US Jewries and Judaism.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Kashruth Directory of kosher products and services issued by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 audiotapes
- Date
- 1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession cosists of two audiotapes of a Regional Executive Meeting of January 1969 and a Community Town Hall Meeting of February 1969. The second tape may be of speeches at a plenary session.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1544
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1544
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Gary's Groceries (Toronto, Ont.)
- Gary, Joseph
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- 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
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1543
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1543
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Identifed in photo from left: Joseph Gary, Rosie Lachovicz and Goldie Gary.
- Name Access
- Gary's Groceries (Toronto, Ont.)
- Gary, Joseph
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1542
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1542
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Gary's Groceries (Toronto, Ont.)
- Gary, Joseph
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Goldie Gary hanging up the wash on the clothesline at her Pontypool residence on Amelia Street.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nancy Halter is the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary and the youngest daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary). The Manettas also owned resort cabins and had the only pool in Pontypool.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Nancy Halter wading in the Manettas pool in Pontypool. Nancy's sister, Frances, is seen in the background with her bathing cap on.
- Name Access
- Manetta family
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Leslie
- Halter, Nancy
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the home of Joseph and Goldie Gary. There is a tree in the front yard with a handmade sign which reads: "Gary's Cottages RU-1-2913, To Rent".
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Leslie
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Frances and Nancy Halter are the daughters of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary) and the granddaughters of Joseph and Goldie Gary.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Nancy Halter (sitting) and her older sibling Frances (standing) in a children's wading pool on the property of the Gary homestead in Pontypool.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Halter, Nancy
- Halter, Frances
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions