- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 787
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 787
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Dr. Julius Ennis, B. G. Kayfetz, and Meyer W. Gasner.
- Notes
- Acquired June 1976.
- Name Access
- Ennis, Dr. Julius
- Gasner, Meyer W.
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 568
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 568
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of officials examining model at dedication of Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Toronto, Oct. 12, 1975. From left to right: Owen Scott (Landscape Architect), Ben Kayfetz, Robert Eisen, [unknown], [unknown], Sidney Freedman, [unknown], [unknown], and Harry Elkind.
- Notes
- Acquired in Oct. 24, 1975.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Robert
- Elkind, Harry
- Freedman, Sidney
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery
- Scott, Owen
- Subjects
- Consecration of cemeteries
- Cemeteries
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 3712
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3712
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Max Shecter, Sydney M. Harris Q.C., Dr. Albert Rose, Saul Hayes Q. C., Louis Herman Q.C., Ben Kayfetz.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Lawyers
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 2452
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2452
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1962
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Simchas Torah, 1962.
- Right to left: Ben Kayfetz, Nissan Yoeli (Mapam shaliach and principal in Albert Einstein School), Israeli ambassador and wife (Prato), Moises Baldas (chairman of Co-ordinating Committee), Elizer Anonowski, [unknown], Jaime Terner.
- Name Access
- Anonowski, Elizer
- Baldas, Moises
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Terner, Jaime
- Yoeli, Nissan
- Subjects
- Committees
- Places
- Havana (Cuba)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Publications, speeches, press releases, and reports sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 63
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and articles written by Ben Kayfetz. Articles include notes on current events of interest to the Jewish community, documentation of JCRC's advocacy for various legislative reforms, and biographies and obituaries of prominent Jewish people. The correspondence is that of Ben Kayfetz and other JCRC members.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives of an unidentified meeting; Ben Kayfetz may be the speaker.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Second World War series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 4
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and a newsletter related to the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC). The correspondence is a letter to Ben Dunkelman from Ben Kayfetz at the Canadian Jewish Congress, congratulating him on assuming full-time responsibility of the Joint Community Relations Committee at the CJC. The newsletter consists of announcements, along with a report providing information about an Anti-Nazi Committee.
- Name Access
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Toronto Cloakmakers Union fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 8
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph taken of the 25th Jubilee Arrangement Committee in 1936. Included in the photograph are the following people: A. Kirzner; Mrs. Lovich; A. Weingarten; A. Maggerman, CHMN; B. Havelock,sec.;H. Smith, treas.; A. Weinstock; M. Greenberg;L. Ginsberg; M. Wagman; S. Weiss; H. Newmark; H. Wise; D. Kirshenbaum; N. Neslin; O. Isenberg; H. Wagner; N. Cohen; M. Drillick; Z. Finkelstein; S. Langer; Ch. Blumenstein; H. Gluskin; Ch. Schatz; J. Tureck; S. Kraisman; J. Rodinsky; M. Saunders
- Name Access
- Blumenstein, Ch
- Cohen, N
- Drillick, M
- Finkelstein, Z
- Ginsberg, L
- Gluskin, H
- Greenberg, M
- Havelock, B
- Isenberg, O
- Kirshenbaum, D
- Kirzner, A
- Kraisman, S
- Langer, S
- Lovich, Mrs
- Magerman, A
- Newmark, H
- Neslin, N
- Rodinsky, J
- Saunders, M.
- Schatz, Ch
- Smith, H
- Tureck, J
- Wagman, M
- Wagner, H
- Weingarten, A
- Weinstock, A
- Weiss, S
- Wise, H
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Committees
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 125
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963-1964
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of photographs taken during a reception held for Ambassador Yaacov Herzog on 4 July 1963 and a reception for Ambassador Gershon Avner in 1964. Included in the photographs are Rabbi Plaut; Elizabeth Plaut; George Liban; Ben Keyfetz; Louis Lockshin; Yaacov Herzog and Shira Herzog.
- Name Access
- Gershon Avner
- Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut
- Elizabeth Plaut
- George Liban
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Louis Lockshin
- Yaacov Herzog
- Shira Herzog
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Benjamin Gershon Kayfetz was born in Toronto on 24 December 1916, the son of Max and Leah Kayfetz. He graduated with a B.A. in modern languages from the University of Toronto in 1939, and a B.E.D. from the Ontario College of Education in 1940. In 1955, he married Eva (née Silver) and had three daughters: Zena (Tanenbaum), Tamara (Kingston) and Rebecca (Hamill).
- Between the years 1941 and 1943, he worked as a high school teacher in Huntsville and Niagara Falls. In 1943, he joined the war effort, working for the Department of National Defense in Postal Censorship and was responsible for reviewing prisoner of war mail. After the war, Kayfetz traveled to British-occupied Germany, where he worked as a censor of telecommunications with the Control Commission until 1947.
- Upon returning to Toronto, he was hired as the national director of Community Relations by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), and the national executive director of the Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC), a CJC - B'nai B'rith cooperative organization. He also served as the central region executive director of the CJC between 1973 and 1978. During his tenure, he worked with various churches, unions and minority groups to develop anti-discrimination laws and for the protection of minority and religious rights.
- Kayfetz was also actively involved in promoting the welfare of Jewish communities worldwide, and made visits to Cuba in 1962 and 1965, and Russia in 1985. After his retirement in 1985, he was awarded the Samuel Bronfman Medal by the Canadian Jewish Congress. In recognition of his efforts to promote human rights, he was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1986.
- In addition to his professional activities, Kayfetz was a prolific writer, and wrote articles for various Jewish publications under both his own name and the pseudonym, Gershon B. Newman, and gave a weekly radio address on various contemporary Jewish issues on CHIN radio. He was also actively involved in the Toronto Jewish Historical Society, serving as its president, the Canadian Jewish Historical Society and the Yiddish Luncheon Circle. Ben Kayfetz died on 15 February 2002, at the age of 85.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Ben Kayfetz.
- Name Access
- Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions