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

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.

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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

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

2009-3-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

12 photographs : col. ; 12 x 10 cm

Date

2002

Scope and Content

Accession consists of images of the Ontario Jewish Archives vault, processing room, research room, and reception area taken by Ellen Scheinberg upon being hired as the OJA's new director in 2002. The photographs illustrate the state of the archives upon her arrival.

Custodial History

The photographs were taken by Ellen Scheinberg, director of the Ontario Jewish Archives. They were kept in her office until she transferred them to the OJA on 4 March 2009.

Subjects

Archives

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

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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Accession Number

2011-6-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 25 cm of textual records

1 photograph

Date

1980-2000, predominant 1980-1990

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Rolf Lederer's involvement with JIAS, the Canadian Jewish Congress's Chaplaincy Services Committee, the Toronto Jewish Congress Ontario Region Archives Committee, SAJAC, and the Jewish Genealogical Society. JIAS records make up the bulk of the accession and include; statistical reports; meeting notices; agendas and minutes for various committees, such as the Executive Committee, Immigrant Case Committee, Integration Committee and the Board of Directors; newsclippings, correspondence, programmes, reports, JIAS Information bulletins, and JIAS News newsletters.

Chaplaincy records include meeting notices, agendas and minutes, bulletins, invitations, brochures, and general correspondence. JGS records include one photograph of a plaque awarded to the agency and correspondence regarding its cemetery project. Archives Committee records include event invitations, correspondence, and documents related to the Sense of Spadina tour. Finally, accession also consists of SAJAC News publications (1989), correspondence with the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists and a Congregation B'nai Torah dedication banquet programme (1984).

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Rolf Lederer until he donated them to the OJA on June 22, 2011.

Administrative History

Dr. Rolf Lederer was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1934. His family immigrated to South Africa in 1936 and Rolf remained there until 1961, earning his medical degree from Cape Town University. After completing his psychiatric training in Edinburgh and Boston, Rolf settled in Toronto in 1968. There he set up private practice as a General Psychiatrist.

After moving to Toronto, Rolf became actively involved in the Jewish community and served on a number of committees. He was on both the local and national board of directors of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) as well as a number of JIAS sub-committees, including the South African Jewish Association of Canada (SAJAC), the Local Case File Committee and the Management Committee.

From 1985 to 1988 Rolf was chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress’s (CJC) Chaplaincy Services Committee. He was also a member of other CJC committees; including, the Jewish Cultural Council and the Joint Adult Education Committee. In addition, Rolf co-founded the Jewish Genealogical Society (JGS) in 1985 and served as the society’s president from 1987 to 1991. Finally, he was an active member of B’nai Torah Congregation, serving as secretary and first vice-president in the early 1980s

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

South Africa--Emigration and immigration

Name Access

Lederer, Rolf, 1934-

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Southern African Jewish Association of Canada

Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region

Ontario Jewish Archives

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Accession Number

2016-11-17

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1969-1999

Scope and Content

Accession consists of correspondence to and from Stephen Speisman, former Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives. Also included is a report on the collection, conservation and utilization of the historical records of the Canadian Jewish community prepared by John Andreassen of the Records Management Company of Canada (1969), a condition report for the Knesseth Israel Synagogue (1986), an invitation to the opening of the archives in the new Lipa Green building (1984), and an invitation to the gala opening and an exhibit booklet from the Coat of Many Colours (1990).

Name Access

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-2008

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-6-7

Material Format

textual record

sound recording

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

6 cassette tapes

Date

1973-2005

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Cyrel Troster's involvement with various Jewish committees and organizations. Included are: transcripts of oral histories with prominent Jewish Torontonians that were conducted as part of an oral history project in 1973; correspondence between Cyrel Troster and interviewees; index cards listing the dates of the oral history interviews; promotional materials for Jewish arts festivals; public proposal document for the new Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue; and documents and records from Cyrel's involvement in various Jewish organizations. Also included are Local Initiatives Program application forms (1973), lists of presidents of various Jewish organizations, a map of the Jewish York Region (1999), issues of Exodus Magazine in both English and Russian from May 2018, and two issues of the Wilson Heights High School yearbook The Torch (1962-63).

The six tape cassettes are as follows: Cantor Paul Kowarsky Live in Concert (no date); Highlights from the 1994 Toronto Jewish Storytelling Festival; interview with Esther Volpe (two cassette tapes); interview with Samuel Harris; and one cassette marked "Dov Noy copy of Library tape" (Dov Noy was a Jewish folklorist).

The accession contains transcripts for the following interviewees: Mrs. Arbus, David Biderman, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Sherman, Arthur Cohen, Mrs. Draimin, Max Federman, Morris Flicht, Joshua Gershman, Samuel Harris, Ben Heisel, Rose Heisel, Mr. Lean, Mary Levy, Harry Pullan, J. B. Salsberg, Yekil Silverman, A. S. Socol, Nathan Strauss, Esther Volpe, and Annie Zeidman.

The accession contains records related to Cyrel's involvement in the following committees and organizations: Committee for Yiddish (1997-2004); Cultural Services and Planning Committee (1990-2005), Jewish Public Library (2005); Canadian Jewish Congress, Orthodox Division (1982-1984); Holocaust Centre (1979-2004); Limmud (2000); Ontario Jewish Archives (1973-2004); Jewish Theatre (1996-2002); Jewish Arts Council (2000-2004); Jewish Toronto Tomorrow (1994-2004); Ashkenaz (1997-2004); UJA Federation (1978, 1984, 1990-2004).

Use Conditions

Credit to be given to Susan Cohen and Cyrel Troster—coordinators of the Local Initiatives Project project in 1973—and to interviewer(s) and transcribers when using tapes or transcribed interviews.

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

Descriptive Notes

RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See accession 2017-4-6 for related sound recordings. Some may be duplicates.

Subjects

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)

Limmud Toronto

Ontario Jewish Archives

Troster, Cyrel

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Part Of

Gary family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

97

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jul. 1961

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ethel Halter's neice is the daughter of her sister Shirley Cohen (née Gary).

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Joseph Gary, Goldie Gary, Ethel Halter and her neice (crouching) in front of Gary's Cottages.

Name Access

Gary, Joseph

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Leslie

Cohen

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

Fonds

97

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of six of the ten cottages on the Gary property in Pontypool.

Name Access

Gary, Joseph

Gary, Goldie

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

Fonds

97

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ethel Halter (née Gary) reclining on a lawn chair in her bathing suit at Gary's Cottages.

Notes

Title taken from writing on back of original photograph.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

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

Fonds

97

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mrs. Burke owned a farm near the pond in Pontypool. The Garys rented a room from her in the summer of 1947 while they looked for a home to purchase in the town.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Burke, Ethel Halter and Goldie Gary standing in Mrs. Burke's cornfield.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

Burke, Mrs.

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

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gary family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

97

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1947]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Joseph Gary and Goldie Gary (née Lawrence) married in 1921 in Rochester, N.Y. Shortly thereafter they moved to Toronto. Joseph and Goldie had three children; daughters Ethel (Halter) and Shirley (Cohen), and son Leslie. In 1950, after three years of visiting the region, Joseph and Goldie purchased a home on Amelia Street in Pontypool, ON. As the area was a popular summer resort spot for vacationing Jews from the 1940s to the 1960s, Joseph and Goldie decided to build 10 cottages on their land for rental, which they named Gary's Cottages. The cottages were sold around 1970 and are no longer in existence, however their home is still standing.

Mrs. Burke owned a farm near the pond in Pontypool. Joseph and Goldie rented a room from her in the summer of 1947 while they looked for a home to purchase in the town.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Goldie and Joseph Gary standing in Mrs. Burke's cornfield. They are holding onto a large sunflower.

Notes

Title taken from back of original photograph.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

Burke, Mrs.

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

Pontypool (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gary family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

97

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

August 1964

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Nancy Halter is the daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary) and the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Nancy Halter in her bathing suit, standing in front of Gary's cottages in Pontypool. She is holding a bucket of sand and there is a wooden chair directly behind her.

Notes

Title taken from writing on back of original photograph.

Name Access

Gary, Ethel

Gary, Leslie

Gary, Shirley

Gary, Goldie

Gary, Joseph

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

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974, 1980-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of reports submitted by the Toronto Jewish Congress Archives Committee to TJC's Executive Committee. Also included is a report likely regarding the creation of an archive for the records of the Alpha Omega Fraternity and a report by Stephen Speisman regarding his position and salary.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of lists of members of the Toronto Jewish Congress Archives Committee.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting notices.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and annual budgets.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-[ca. 1980]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of publicity and acquisitions policies, a manuscript inventory list, a list of questions to ask small communities, a list of community institutions, and notes for the Charter of the Ontario Jewish Archives Foundation.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

34

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of reports regarding the travelling exhibit, Journey Into Our Heritage.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Jewish Historical Society of Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Heritage series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

10

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of Wintario grant application forms for the Journey Into Our Heritage exhibit.

Name Access

Ontario Jewish Archives

Jewish Historical Society of Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions