- 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
- 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
- Name
- Max Enkin
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 13 Apr. 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Max Enkin
- Number
- OH 113
- OH 114
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Immigrants--Canada
- Labor unions
- Nonprofit organizations
- Occupations
- Refugees--Canada
- Interview Date
- 13 Apr. 1986
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Phyllis Platnick
- Total Running Time
- OH113: 19:40 minuets
- OH114:
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 11/28/2011
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Max Enkin was founder and a leading member of the Jewish Vocational Service of Toronto. The original purpose of the organization was to help survivors of the Second World War find employment. In 1947, as associate administrator and representative for the men's clothing sector in Ontario, Max Enkin became involved in the Tailor Project. The project was designed to identify and select skilled tailors from the displaced persons camps of Europe and help to settle them in Canada.
- Max Enkin was awarded the Order of the British Empire in recognition of services to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Enkin, Max
- Platnick, Phyllis
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 113, OH 114 - Enkin\OH113_001_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Max Enkin discusses the organizations, government departments, and union representatives involved in the development and implementation of the Tailor Project.
In this clip, Max Enkin discusses the Liberal government
- 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