- Accession Number
- 2000-4-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-4-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1959-1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and accumulated by the Moses family. The types of records include cemetery papers, such as correspondence, account receipts and the original constitution for Hasiatyner Klaus Beth Israel.
- Also included are the original cemetery plans with the official stamp and seal and a copy of the blueprints for the Eitz Chiam School
- Administrative History
- Isadore Moses moved his family to Canada in 1928. He became president of Toronto’s Husiatiner Klaus Shul, volunteered to co-design Bathurst Lawn Cemetery’s floor plan, and was committed to Jewish education.
- His son Lewis Moses, the youngest of seven children, was also deeply committed to the Jewish community. Despite running a busy chartered accountancy practice, the former air force officer devoted much of his energy to Jewish causes. He worked diligently for the Zionist Revisionist Organization, United Jewish Appeal, United Israel Appeal, State of Israel Bonds, Jewish National Fund, Canadian Zionist Federation, the Board of Jewish Education, Eitz Chaim Schools, and many other organizations. He was co-founder of Torath Emeth Congregation and a Board Member of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. Lewis Moses was honoured at the Negev dinner in 1992
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Husiatiner Klaus Beth Israel.
- Bathurst Lawn Cemetery.
- Zionist Revisionist Organization.
- United Jewish Appeal.
- United Israel Appeal.
- State of Israel Bonds.
- Jewish National Fund.
- Canadian Zionist Federation.
- Board of Jewish Education.
- Eitz Chaim.
- Torath Emeth Congregation.
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- 1979-11-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 volume
- Date
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Shaarei Shomayim jubilee book, the First Fifty Years.
- MG_RG
- MG3 A31
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- 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
- 2005-7-3
- 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
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 May 1970
- Physical Description
- 5 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at a mass event, organized by the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, held at the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue. The images depict speakers at the podium, and the gathered crowd seated in the Synagogue's sanctuary.
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Zionist Organization of Canada. Central Region
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 290
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- 2014-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Date
- 1944-1971
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a newsletter from Frontier Branch 513 of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance, and several documents from Shaarei Shomayim Congregation: a Sunday religious school report card and monthly bulletins.
- Subjects
- Newsletters
- Societies
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- 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
- 2015-9-12
- 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
- 2015-9-28
- 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
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 203
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Jan. 1976
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w (7 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs and seven negatives depicting a UJA event with Rabbi Shlomo Goren at Shaarei Shomayim synagogue. Wilf Posluns is identified in the photos.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Goren, Shlomo, 1917-1994
- Posluns, Wilf
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Shecter was born on 7 July 1923 to Joseph and Helen Shecter. He was married to Florence Fox, and they had three children: Trudy, Debbie, and Barry. Max Shecter was the secretary-treasurer for Toronto Bedding Company Limited. He was an active member of the Toronto Jewish Community and was affiliated with the following organizations: Beth Sholom Congregation, United Synagogues of America, B'nai Brith, Israel Bond Organization, Joint Community Relations Committee, Canadian Jewish Congress, Zionist Organization of Canada, and United Jewish Appeal's Furniture division. Max Shecter was honoured with a Beth Sholom Israel Bond Dinner for dedicated leadership and by Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith in 1959.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of Phil Givens attending a memorial in honour of former Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion. Identified in the photographs are Phil Givens and Max Shecter.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Jacob El-Baz (Toronto) and Benyas-Kaufman Photographers Inc. (Michigan, USA)
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 90
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs : col. slides, b&w and col. prints, b&w negatives ; 12 x 9 cm and smaller
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Brenda Richards fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1980
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Brenda Richards was born in Toronto, attended Ryerson Public School and Harbord Collegiate, and then enrolled in Central Technical School to study commercial art. Brenda was later employed as an art teacher at Humewoood Public School and continued teaching and assisting until she retired at age 60. Her husband Alfred or "Alf" managed a George Richards men’s clothing store.
- Following the death of their 21 year old son, the Richards wished to assist other young men and became involved in the Scouting movement. They became the leaders of the 159th 'B' Cub Pack, which met at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto on Wednesday evenings. In the terminology of Scouting, using characters from Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book’, Alfred, the Cubmaster, was known as “Akela” and Brenda, the Assistant Cubmaster was “ Baloo” (the Bear). At its peak, the Cub pack had approximately 36 members but dissolved in 1970. During Brenda’s career in the Cub movement, she was awarded several “Good Service” medals by the Scouting Council of Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of personal records and artifacts accumulated by Brenda Richards during her service as Assistant Cubmaster of the 159th 'B' Toronto Cub Pack. These include Cub and Cub leader regalia and memorabilia, a collection of photographs of the Cub pack and two scrapbooks documenting their activities. The scrapbooks include photographs, poems and other writings by cub members, news clippings and lists of badges earned by various cubs. Also of note are 4 original drawings by Richards.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 1 folder of textual records, 2 scrapbooks, 4 drawings, 6 badges, 5 pins, 2 medals, 1 whistle, and 1 woggle.
- Fonds is part of the Ontario Jewish Archives' project to acquire material created by the 159th Cub Pack, which was a Jewish troop. The project also includes an oral history interview with Brenda Richards conducted by Martin Wolfish.
- Name Access
- Richards, Alfred
- Richards, Brenda
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Creator
- Richards, Brenda
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions