- 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
- 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
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory