- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Pamphlets series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 51
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a booklet written by Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg of Holy Blossom Temple, published by Canadian Welfare. Rabbi Feinberg summarizes the activities of Canadian Jewish Congress and the various projects it initiated to support Jewish-European orphan immigration to Canada before, during, and after the Second World War. Feinberg goes on to describe the continued support from organizations such as the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) and the YMHA to aid in the continued rehabilitation of these orphans through programs including night school, work projects, and activities.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto (creator)
- Subjects
- Orphans
- Holocaust survivors
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 619
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 619
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- Negative: 2:5:18A.
- Acquired 1975.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Meetings
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4207
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4207
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Julia Koschitzsky, plenary chair; Chuck Zaionz, budget chairman; Mark Anshan, program co-chair; Raygie Schwartz, commemorative volume editorial chair.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 499
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 499
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the CJC Committee for Jewish Music Month in Kitchener, Ontario
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Committees
- Jews--Music
- Repro Restriction
- Credit Kitchener-Waterloo Record
- 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
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1896
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1896
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 21-23, 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Royal York Hotel
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2344
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2344
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 504
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 504
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Harry Steiner addresses the gathering during one of the most significant sessions of the congress convention.
- Notes
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Steiner, Harry
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Physical Condition
- Fragment of the photograph.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 503
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 503
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 Nov. 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Standing, left to right: Joseph Klinghoffer, Stanley Cohen, Harry Steiner, Joe Busheikin. Seated: Ralph Shiff, David Newman, Q.C., Julius Hayman, Hy Baltzan.
- Notes
- Acquired 9 July 1975.
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Baltzan, Hy
- Busheikin, Joe
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Cohen, Stanley
- Hayman, Julius
- Klinghoffer, Joseph
- Newman, David
- Shiff, Ralph
- Steiner, Harry
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 910
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 910
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- International Council of Jewish Women
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1392
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1392
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Archives
- Exhibitions
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 70
- Material Format
- cartographic material
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1925-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 91 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 map : 46 x 65 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.
- During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.
- Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records related to the Posluns family and their clothing business, Popular Cloak Company. The records include correspondence, financial records, periodicals and newsletters, photographs, certificates and personal identification. The fonds also includes textual documents and photos documenting Samuel Posluns' involvement in the Tailor Project.
- Name Access
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Enkin, Max E.
- Jewish Labour Committee
- Popular Cloak Company
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Immigrants--Canada
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Creator
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Places
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 1997-7-6
- 2004-5-79
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 49
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 49
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Born in 1904, Monroe Abbey was a barrister/solicitor by profession. He was honourary president of Canadian Jewish Congress, Combined Jewish Appeal, and the Baron de Hirsch Institute as well as being governor, director, or member of many Canadian Jewish and non-Jewish organizations: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Zionist Organization of Canada, United Jewish Refugee, and World Relief Agencies. He died in 1993.
- Michael Garber, born in 1892, was a barrister-solicitor, community leader, and Zionist. He was also a founder and former president of Canadian Jewish Congress, a civil libertarian, and early fighter for human rights. He was president of the Zionist Organization of Canada. For several years he wrote a column for the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and was a contributor to the Keneder Adler. He died in 1977.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a black-and-white photograph taken of Monroe Abbey and Michael Garber on 20 May 1968 at the plenary in Toronto, where Monroe Abbey assumed the national presidency for the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Notes
- Photographed by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Name Access
- Abbey, Monroe
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Garber, Michael
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 73
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 73
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of the Canadian Jewish Congress plenary session at the Royal York Hotel in 1962.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3905
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3905
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of several men and women conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Communities
- Picnics
- Places
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3912
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3912
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of several adults conversing with each other at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Communities
- Picnics
- Places
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3913
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3913
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of several adults and children seated on lawn chairs and eating popsicles at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Communities
- Picnics
- Places
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3915
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3915
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a young girl waiting for a hot dog at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Children
- Communities
- Picnics
- Places
- Ontario
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 88
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting notices and minutes.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 94
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Ellis I. Shapiro. The photograph is attached to the inside cover of a United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto annual president's report (1961). The UJWF annual meeting honoured Ellis I. Shapiro.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Shapiro, Ellis I.
- Northwood Golf and Country Club
- Primrose Club
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Jewish Camp Council of Toronto
- YM-YWHA
- United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto
- UJWF
- United Jewish Appeal
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 45
- Item
- 41
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 51 cm on mat 23 x 57 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The first meeting of the Canadian Jewish Congress was held in Montreal from March 16-19, 1919. Their intended goal was to mobilize Canadian Jews and discuss the following issues: the community's self-image and future, national minority rights in Eastern Europe, the future of a Jewish national home in Palestine and the recognition of a Jewish nation by the League of Nations. This conference was followed in May of that year by several district conferences held in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg.
- On January 26, 1919, a conference attended by 125 local organizations was held in the Baron de Hirsch Institute. The conference recognized the necessity for a Canadian Jewish Congress, and elected a committee of forty to arrange the first national CJC meeting. The committee divided Canada into three territorial districts: Montreal (Quebec), Toronto (Ontario), and Winnipeg (Western Canada), and each district was to arrange elections to send delegates.
- Ontario sent a total of 65 delegates to the first national CJC meeting in March of 1919. 40 of these were from Toronto. Elections for the all the delegates took place on March 2, 1919. A large majority of Canadian Jews participated in these elections.
- Across the country, 25,000 ballots were cast during the 1919 election. This indicated that a huge portion of the Canadian Jewish community was involved in the CJC, since the total Jewish population at that time was 125,000.
- The first CJC Plenary Assembly, involving the group seen in this photo, was from March 16-19, 1919 (Purim), and the photo was taken on the 18th on the steps of the Baron de Hirsch building at 2040 Bleury St., but the actual meetings were held nearby at the Monument Nationale Theatre, which had a larger auditorium.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a panoramic photograph of the delegates who took part in the first Canadian Jewish Congress plenary session in Montreal. The photo was taken on March 18, 1919 on the steps of the Baron de Hirsch building on 2040 Bleury St., though the actual meetings were held nearby at the Monument Nationale Theatre, which had a larger auditorium.
- Three members of the Goldstick family were elected delegates to this conference from Toronto: Maurice Goldstick, Betty Goldstick and Henry Dworkin. In turn, many prominent members of the Toronto community took part such as: M. Gelber (manufacturer), Ben Zion Hyman (book store owner and scholar), I. Matenko (teacher), Dr. Pollock (physician), Sam Factor (lawyer), and A. Cohen (lawyer).
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is in good condition.
- Related Material
- A detailed account of the formation of the Canadian Jewish Congress can be found in A.D. Hart's "The Jew in Canada" (1926). An original ballot to elect Toronto's delegates to the meeting is located in accession 2004-5/162. Also, see the ZOC fonds, #27, for minutes documenting CJC from this time period. Finally, MG6E3 in the file cabinet contains 2 files documenting Maurice Goldstick and Betty's involvement in the CJC in 1919, and later Maurice and Dorothy's involvement in Congress during the 1930s. Some of the individuals have been identified in a photocopy of this item which is available in the accession records. A full delegates list can be found in Hart's "The Jew in Canada.".
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Documents series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 2
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to John Glass' battle against discrimination based on race and religion in Ontario and society in general. Included are commentaries on his newspaper article proposing amendments to the Ontario Libel and Slander Act, his correspondence with the Canadian Jewish Congress, and the prime minister (premier) of Ontario regarding offensive "Gentiles Only" signs on highways, at country resorts, and in parks. In addition there is a report on the operation of Nazi-affiliated groups in the province and a telegram expressing support from a "Negro Youth Group," as well as an impassioned speech delivered by Glass in the Ontario legislature, in which he pleads for human rights and the end of intlolerance and bigotry.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Ontario Libel and Slander Act
- Ontario. Premier
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Discrimination
- Human rights
- Physical Condition
- Several of the letters are in fagile condition and are enclosed in plastic.
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J.Glass fonds
- Documents series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 2
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material pertaining to Bill 24 of the Ontario legislature, An Act to Prevent Discrimination Because of Colour, Race, Creed, or Religion. Its shorter title was the Discrimination Prevention Act 1943. It was tabled by John Glass. In addition to a draft and memorandum on the bill there is correspondence expressing approval from organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Ontario Religious Education Council, the Canadian Congress of Labour, and a representative of the black community. The is also an antisemitic notice that was circulated to workers in a wage dispute at a factory in Newmarket, Ontario. The notices were subsequently taken down and sent to Glass' office for disposal.
- Finally, there are copies of acts on similar themes, such as antidiscrimination and civil rights, that were produced in other jurisdictions such as New Jersey, Ohio, Wisconsin, New York, and Manitoba from 1935 to 1942.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Ontario Religious Education Council
- Subjects
- Discrimination--Law and legislation
- Physical Condition
- Several of the letters are in poor condition and are enclosed in plastic.
- Places
- Manitoba
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Wisconsin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J.Glass fonds
- Documents series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 2
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material pertaining to the Zionist Organization of Canada and associated organizations such as the Toronto Zionist Council, Arbeiter Ring, Jewish National Fund, Habonim, Hadassah and Junior Hadassah, and the Hebrew Liberal Club. Many of these organizations were housed in the Zionist Building at 651 Spadina Avenue.
- Included are correspondence with the Zionist Institute on Beverley Street, the Toronto Zionist Council regarding insurance matters for the Spadina building, the Zionist Council of Canada tax filing with the provincial secretary, and letters patent reincorporating the Toronto Zionist Council. As well there are minutes of the Toronto Zionist Council executive and a list of officers of that organization, as well as a memoranda submitted by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Zionist Organization of Canada to a United Nations conference in San Francisco.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Toronto Zionist Council
- Zionist Organization of Canada
- Physical Condition
- Some of the docments are in poor condition and are housed in plastic.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan.1939
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a panoramic portrait of participants in the Canadian Jewish Congress 4th National Assembly at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Photo is in extremely fragile condition.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Poster series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 125
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [1981 or 1987]
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : b&w ; 56 x 41 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a CAEJ poster publicizing an "emergency community wide meeting on the deteriorating fate of the Falashas." Set to speak at the event were representatives from the Consulate General of Israel, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Israel Appeal, and several Ethiopian Jews who managed to get out of their country. The event iself was held at the Inn-on-the-Park at 1100 Eglinton Avenue East, Don Mills.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- United Israel Appeal
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue East (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1993-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-11-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of texual records
- Date
- 1943
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one postcard to the War Efforts Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, dated Nov. 2, 1943, signed David ?, RCAF, India Command, expressing thanks for receiving a message of cheer from Canada during the war.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Moscoe, Sydney
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-162
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-162
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Date
- 1919
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a 1919 ballot for the first meeting of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Names on the ballot are listed in English and Yiddish and include: Eisen, Saul, student; Organick, M., Student; Bogard, L., Cloakmaker; Bochonick, J., Manufacturer; Blackman, H., Mechanic; Ben-Ezra, L., Student; Bennett, A. B., Journalist; Bennett, D., Real Estate Bkr.; Brown, S., Cloakmaker; Bromberg, A., Teacher; Brody, J., Tailor; Breslin, S., Merchant; Goldstick, M., Contractor; Goldstick, Miss B., Stenog'r; Gebirtig, M., Theatre Manager; Gelberg, M. Manufacturer; Graner, J., Insurance Agt.; Dworkin, H. News Dealer; James, Philip, Manufacturer; Davis, M. D., Bookkeeper; Hyman, BenZion, Teacher; Herman, J., Merchant; Waldman, L., Manufacturer; Walhendler, Bennie, Pres'r; Wolfson, M. Merchant; White, A. Merchant; Weinberg, H., Painter; Weiner, J. Merchant; Weis, B. Wholesaler; Weber, S., Manufacturer; Zimel, S., Manufacturer; Zurman, M.; Tarnowsky, M. Merchant; Yaffy, K., Traveller; Lewis C. S., Traveller; Libman, Ch., Cloakmaker; Levy, P., INsurance Agent; Matenko, I., Teacher; Murofchick, M., Merchant; Marin, M. Manufacturer; Moroshnick, M. Druggist, Manson, M., Hatmaker; Nathenson, BenZion, Teach.; Noodelman, A. Cloackmaker; Nisnewitch, A., Manufacturer; Solomon, S., Manufacturer; Solomon, C. H., Manufacturer; Solway, Minnie, Shapiro; Sapero, K. L., Merchant; Stone, B. Manufacturer; Siegel, Mrs. J. J.; Singer, J., Lawyer; Singer, L. M., Lawyer; Samuel, M. Skirtmaker; Samuels, S., Cloakmaker; Soolko, M. Mechanic; Ellenberg, M., Merchant; Epstein, S., Barber; Pollock. Dr. M. A., Physician; Pasternack, C., Merchant; Pivnick, Dr. M., Dentist; Feinberg, L., Merchant; Factor, S., Lawyer; Friman, I., Merchant; Frumhartz, F., Printer; Frankel, E., Hatmaker; Cohen, A., Lawyer; Koldofsky, Fannie; Koldofsky, S., Organizer; Kominker, A., Merchant, Konikoff, H. Cloakmaker; Kurtz, R., Manufacturer; Kirshenbaum, H. M., Jour'st; Kirshner, A., Cloakmaker; Kertzer, D., Merchant; Clavir, Harry, Manufacturer; Kamin, J., Carpenter; Kamin, M., Presser; Kessner, W., Photographer; Kronick, S., Manufacturer; Kruger, H., Cloakmaker; Rogul, S., Merchant; Rosenberg, L., Secretary; Rosen, M., Manufacturer; Rosenbaum, T., Shochet; Rosenbloom, D., Organizer; Ross, S. M., Merchant; Rubinoff, I., Wholesaler; Rhinewine, A., Journalist; Riby, A., Cloakmaker; Shapiro, S. M., Journalist; Shapiro, M. Merchant; Shapiro, S., Insurance; Schwartz, Dr. M., Dentist; Shulman, P., Lawyer; Stein, D., Tailor; Stein, M., Merchant; Schiff, K., Manufacturer; Sher, A., Insurance Agt.; Spier, BenZiion, Merchant.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 907
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 907
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 Jan. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of a Canadian Jewish Congress meeting in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of men and women standing behind a banquet table, which is situated at the front of the room. Pictured from left to right are:
- Mrs. J. Hyman, Rabbi A. Hartman, Louis Henkle, S. B. Spiegel, Ben Kayfetz, L. Kwitko, D. Noble, M.G., Minna Levitas, D. Henkle, Mrs. L. Rotberg.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 502
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 502
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1963
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of a Professor Morris Ben-Nathan, from Yeshiva University and the Board of Jewish Education in New York, addressing a group at the CJC's Ninth Regional Conference on Jewish Education, held in Hamilton, Ontario. Pictured at the head table are: Meyer W. Gasner, Harry Steiner, [Shammai Ogden?] and several rabbis and educators from the various Ontario communities.
- Notes
- Original photograph by Aron Studio, Hamilton.
- Acquired in July 1975.
- Name Access
- Ben-Nathan, Morris
- Board of Jewish Education (New York, N.Y.)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Gasner, Meyer W.
- Ogden, Shammai
- Steiner, Harry
- Yeshiva University
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community Activities series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1969
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max and Celia Hoffman were involved in many community activities including the synagogue and Jewish education. They raised funds on behalf of the community and also made financial contributions to a variety of Jewish organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, financial reports and programme books relating to educational, religious and fraternal organizations and institutions in Hamilton. Series also contains material from local events such as the dedication of Adas Israel synagogue and regional events such as the convention of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region. In addition, there are correspondence and a certificate from Yeshiva University in regards to a scholarship established by Max and Celia Hoffman. Other material includes a calendar published by the Hamilton chapter of B’Nai Brith and the Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region
- Central Fund for Traditional Institutions
- Hamilton Talmud Torah
- National Society for Hebrew Day Schools
- Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory
- Subjects
- Education
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Documentation sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-17
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the Canadian Jewish Congress proposal for the Holocaust Documentation Bank, a collection of interviews of Holocaust survivors.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 7
- File
- 20
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 22 Mar. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter addressed to Paul R. Edell, Esq., the then president of Shomrai Shabbos, dated 22 March 1960. Attached to this letter is a copy of a letter addressed to Rabbi G. Felder. In the latter, the author expresses his relief that Shomrai Shabbos does not intend to sell its synagogue on Brunswick Avenue. The author then goes on to express his hatred of "Political Zionism, the Godless State of Israel, and the modern Orthodox Synagogue with its compromises." Finally, the author expresses his desire that the synagogue remain independent "of any other organization, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, etc."
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- CJC and the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 21 May 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Admin History/Bio
- Monroe Abbey (1904–1993) was a Canadian lawyer and president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1968 to 1971.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Monroe Abbey, QC, from B. G. Kayfetz. In the letter, Kayfetz clarifies "the relationship and status of the [United Jewish People's Order] to the Jewish community and to the Canadian Jewish Congress in particular." The letter also addresses an allegation that "Ben Kayfetz has instructed all B'nai B'rith lodges not to rent space in the Morris Winchevsky Centre." Kayfetz denies this claim. The final subject to be addressed in the letter is UJPO's "relationship to [the] USSR and Communism."
- Notes
- General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Abbey, Monroe, 1904–1993
- B'nai B'rith
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Kayfetz, Ben, 1916-2002
- United Jewish People's Order
- Subjects
- Communism
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- CJC and the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 13 May 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Admin History/Bio
- Monroe Abbey (1904–1993) was a Canadian lawyer and president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1968 to 1971.
- Jack Cowan was a founder of the Canadian Jewish Outlook and former president of the United Jewish People's Order.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of a letter sent to Monroe Abbey, QC, from Jack Cowan, the national president of the United Jewish People's Order (UJPO). In the letter, Cowan takes issue with an article that appeared in the Toronto Telegram on 6 May 1969, in which it was claimed UJPO "was expelled from the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1951 because it felt it was communist-oriented." The same article then went on to cite Benjamin Kayfetz to the effect that UJPO was "a communist front organization." Cowan offers his own description of UJPO, highlights its contributions to Israel, and makes the allegation that Kayfetz had "instructed" B'nai B'rith chapters and lodges to "refrain from meeting in our Toronto Centre."
- Notes
- General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Abbey, Monroe, 1904–1993
- B'nai B'rith
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Cowan, Jack
- Kayfetz, Ben, 1916-2002
- United Jewish People's Order
- Subjects
- Communism
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- CJC and the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 16 May 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Cowan was a founder of the Canadian Jewish Outlook and former president of the United Jewish Peoples' Order.
- Sol Kanee (1909–2007) was a Canadian lawyer who served as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1971 to 1974.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of a letter sent to Jack Cowan, national president of the United Jewish Peoples' Order, from Sol Kanee. Kanee's letter acknowledges the receipt of Cowan's letter dated 27 April. The letter touches briefly upon "fundamental differences of opinion between us [Cowan and Kanee] with particular reference to Soviet Jewry."
- Notes
- General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Cowan, Jack
- Kanee, Sol, 1909–2007
- United Jewish People's Order
- Subjects
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- CJC and the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 27 Apr. 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Cowan was a founder of the Canadian Jewish Outlook and former president of the United Jewish Peoples' Order.
- Sol Kanee (1909–2007) was a Canadian lawyer who served as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1971 to 1974.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy of a letter sent to Sol Kanee, national president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, from Jack Cowan, national president of the United Jewish Peoples' Order (UJPO). The letter consists of Cowan's observations on the 16th National Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress, which took place in Montreal in November 1971.
- Notes
- General: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Cowan, Jack
- Kanee, Sol, 1909–2007
- United Jewish People's Order
- Subjects
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 press release
- Scope and Content
- Item is a press release from the Canadian Jewish Congress regarding the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the death of twenty-four Jewish writers. The press release notes, "Coupled with the commemoration of this tragic historic date is the demand by Canadian Jewry that Soviet Jewry be permitted the right to emigrate, an elementary principle of human rights as guaranteed by the United Nations Charter on Human Rights."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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