Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

14

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1917-2011

Physical Description

2.82 m of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio

As early as 1916 the Ezras Noshem Society (a mutual benefit society for Jewish women) started to raise funds to purchase and renovate what would become The Toronto Jewish Old Folks' Home (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care’s forerunner) after its members recognized the need for a home in Toronto where the Jewish elderly could receive kosher meals and communicate with staff in their own language. Property at 31 Cecil Street was purchased in 1917 and sometime between September 1918 and January 1920 the Home officially opened there. The Home was run by a small staff and the women of Ezras Noshem who volunteered their time to make beds, cook kosher meals, do laundry and sponsor fundraising events. By 1938 the Home had expanded into its neighboring houses at 29, 33, and 35 Cecil Street and was caring for 115 residents. It provided residents with synagogue services, a hospital ward and social activities. At this time the Home also became a member of the United Jewish Welfare Fund.

In 1946, the need for a larger and more modern building prompted a fundraising campaign, which was headed by Abe Posluns, to purchase and build a new facility. In December 1954, the new building opened at 3650 Bathurst Street and consisted of two new institutions: The Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. This location continued to expand over the years, including a new building for residents in 1968, an apartment building for seniors called the Baycrest Terrace in 1976, and a community centre known as The Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre in 1977. These additions enabled Baycrest to expand its programs to include a day care program, recreational programs, and a Sheltered Workshop which was run in cooperation with the Jewish Vocational Service and provided residents with employment. In 1986 a new Baycrest Hospital was erected, and in 1989, the Rotman Research Institute, which is also affiliated with the University of Toronto, opened to create a research facility where top researchers could study and find new treatment methods for the elderly.

In recent years, Baycrest’s services and programs have continued to expand. In 2000, the Apotex Centre, the Jewish Home for the Aged and the Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened to help residents with progressive dementia caused by vascular disorders. In 2001 a condominium building opened at 2 Neptune Drive for seniors, and in 2003 the Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic was established to provide out-patient services for seniors with memory disorders. Baycrest Centre also provides numerous cultural and religious programs for the inhabitants and the greater community, including a heritage museum, art exhibits and a Holocaust program.

Custodial History

Records were donated to the OJA in a series of accessions from a variety of sources, including the Baycrest Women's Auxiliary and the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the history, governance, and activities of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, photographs, artifacts, constitutions, publications, press releases, financial records, event invitations, programs, a scrapbook, a poster, lists, theatrical scripts, newspaper clippings, brochures and booklets, flyers, a land deed, certificates, schedules, annual calendars, cards, questionnaires, and lists.

Fonds is arranged into eleven series: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee; 2. Annual General Meetings and Annual Reports; 3. Committees and meetings; 4. Women's Auxiliary; 5. Men's Service Group; 6. Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home; 7. Programs and services; 8. Religious services; 9. Fundraising; 10. Publications and publicity; and, 11. Events. Records are described to the file level with some item level descriptions.

Notes

Physical description note: Includes 1102 photographs, 4 coins, 2 posters, 1 badge, 1 pin, 1 key chain, 1 postcard, and 1 pen.

Associated material note: related material at Library and Archives Canada includes a small Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds, and the Eric Exton fonds. For architectural records see the Irving D. Boigon fonds 243 at the City of Toronto Archives (Boigon was an architect who designed many of Baycrest's buildings between the 1970s and 1990s). Contact Baycrest Centre's Heritage Museum for committee records from the 1930s, and consult Baycrest's website to access electronic copies of current issues of Baycrest's publications.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Baycrest Hospital

Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Old age homes

Related Material

See Gordon Mendly Fonds 18, series 3-4; Jewish Vocational Services of Toronto fonds 75; United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds 67; accession # 2009-6-2; Dora Till Fonds 52; J. Irving Oelbaum Fonds 24; Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds 61, series 1-1; Gilbert Studios fonds 37; Ben Kayfetz fonds 62, series 3, file 3; JFWB fonds 87, series 6, files 5 and 6; JIAS fonds 9, series 7, file 1; Harold S. Kaplan fonds 27, series 1-4, and Morris Norman fonds 22.

Creator

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 1917-

Accession Number

1982-11-1

1983-11-2

1988-2-7

1979-9-17

1979-9-23

1987-9-7

2004-5-50

MG 2 O 1A

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1130

Material Format

graphic material

Date

5 Nov. 1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hadassah bazaar in Brantford, Ontario. The photo depicts a large crowd of women gathered around a rack of coats for sale. Individuals pictured include Hilda Gordon, Rita Abeles, Rae Gazer, Trudy Katz and Rose Brown.

Notes

Reproduction restriction note: Original photograph owned by the Brantford Expositor.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Bazaars (Charities)

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1131

Material Format

graphic material

Date

5 Nov. 1958

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of women at a Hadassah bazaar in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts the women gathered near a rack of coats for sale.

Notes

Reproduction restriction note: Original photograph owned by the Brantford Examiner.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Bazaars (Charities)

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1195

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studios

Date

30 Oct. 1949

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 31 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

The purpose of this gathering was to elect a regional chairman. Mrs. Sara Ross was elected the first northern regional chairman of Hadassah Organization of Canada.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of first Northern Ontario Regional conference of Hadassah Organization of Canada. The event took place in the social hall of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph depicts a room full of women seated at several banquet tables.

Identified individuals include Becky Ritter (Noranda, QC); Zalda Mednick (Noranda, QC); Anne Scholes (Timmins); Mrs. Pek; Rita Kokotow (Kirkland Lake); Blanche Kaplan (Kirkland Lake); Min Moscoe (Timmins); Claire Feldman (Timmins); Helen Scott (Kirkland Lake); Mrs. Zifkin (Noranda, QC); Rose Mallin (Kirkland Lake); Mary Langer (Kirkland Lake); Rebbetzin Rabinovitch (Kirkland Lake); Razel Berjansky (Kirkland Lake); Jerry Jessel (Timmins); Sara Ross (Kirkland Lake); Marsha Ironstone (Sudbury); Esther Davis (Kirkland Lake); Rosa Sugar (national president, guest speaker from Montreal); Millie Duke (Kirkland Lake); Sophie Dash (Kirkland Lake); Tamel Korman (Noranda, QC); Lil Berk (Kirkland Lake); Sorel Crotin (Ansonville); Mrs. Hoffman (North Bay); Faye Atkins (Kirkland Lake); Mrs. Perlmutter (Ansonville); Fanny Shankman (Timmins); Min Shankman (Timmins); Sophie Shub (Timmins); [Liee?] Feldman (Timmins); Mrs. Garshon (Kirkland Lake); Carrie Aidelbaum (Kirkland Lake); Alice Atkins (Kirkland Lake); Evie Halpern (Timmins); Claire Halpern (Timmins); Irene Halpern (Timmins); Anna Halpern; Leah Abramson (Ansonville); Lillie Nosov (Ansonville), Anne Finkleman (Kirkland Lake); Edith Gleiberman (Ansonville); Sonia Korman (Kirkland Lake); Chiekie Korman (Kirkland Lake); Sophie Naiman (Kirkland Lake); Faye Sukerman (Kirkland Lake); Bella Jacks (Kirkland Lake); Toby Ironstone (Noranda, QC); Berl Steinberg (Noranda, QC); Hellen Shilling (Englehart); Freida Korman (Englehart); Riva Brelan (Kirkland Lake); Joan Mervyn (Kirkland Lake); Sylvia Wertman (Kirkland Lake); Min Akron (Kirkland Lake); Becky Shub (Timmins); Faye Charles (Kirkland Lake); and Jean Garshon (Kirkland Lake).

Notes

See accession record for locations of identified individuals.

Finkelman may be an alternate spelling for Anne "Annie" Finkleman.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Hadassah-Wizo

Ross, Sara

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-1-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Jewish Old Folks' Home series

Level

Series

Fonds

14

Series

6

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1917-[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

16 photographs and other material

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Jewish Old Folks' Home. Included are photographs, annual calendars, a badge, coins, a land deed, and a donation receipt.

Notes

Includes 3 folders of textual records, 1 badge, and 2 coins.

Name Access

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Related Material

For additional photographs of the Jewish Old Folks' Home see Fonds 61, series 6.

For minutes of the Jewish Old Folks' Home Committee (1934-1935) see Fonds 62, series 3, file 3.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2013-8-3

Material Format

text

Physical Description

1 book : 166 p.

Date

[198-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one cookbook published by the Sisterhood of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue and the Dorothy Rothschild Chapter of Hadassah (Sudbury).

Subjects

Food

Women

Name Access

Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue

Hadassah-Wizo

Places

Subury, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

6037

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an exterior photograph of the Jewish Old Folks' Home on Cecil St.

Notes

Same image as photo #4365 and photo #45

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Old age homes

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1712

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2925

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1915

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph at the front, from left to right are: David Brown (Superindendent of Jewish Old Folks Home); [unknown]; [unknown]; Layefsky; Jacob Zelick Rosenberg (father of Henry S. Rosenberg).

Name Access

Brown, David

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Layefsky

Mozirer Mutual Benefit Society

Rosenberg, Henry S.

Rosenberg, Jacob Zelick

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Societies

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

1981-7-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6068

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Front row centre: Rabbi Rose, director of Young Judaea.

To his right: Mrs. Miller, president of Montreal Hadassah.

To her right: Chaim Kirshenbaum.

Mrs. Rose is sitting at end to left.

Dr. Issy Kreel, prominent surgeon, is at end right.

To Rabbi Rose's left is person who started first car rental (Hertz) in Israel.

Name Access

Rose, Rabbi

Miller, Mrs.

Hadassah-Wizo

Young Judaea

Kirshenbaum, Chaim

Kreel, Dr. Issy

Ottawa

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

Youth movements

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

Ottawa (Ont.)

Accession Number

1992-9-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2986

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

See accession record for terms of restriction.

Name Access

Aschner, Juliette T.

Hadassah-Wizo

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3002

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Varsity Arena

Subjects

Bazaars (Charities)

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.

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1913

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photograph by R. H. Peter.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

King Edward Hotel

Subjects

Charities

Luncheons

Meetings

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

1980-2-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2970

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Inn-On-The-Park

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2979

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Inn-On-The-Park

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2969

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 May 1973

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2971

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

McGibbon, Pauline

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2972

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Left to right: Teddy Kollek; Neri Bloomfield; Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Bloomfield, Neri

Hadassah-Wizo

Inn-On-The-Park

Kollek, Teddy

Plaut, Rabbi W. Gunther

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2967-2968

Material Format

graphic material

Date

9 Sep. 1971

Physical Description

2 photographs

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Givens, Phil

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Politicians

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2966

Material Format

graphic material

Date

15 Sep. 1971

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Probably Brantford, ON.

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2975-2977

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1971

Physical Description

3 photographs

Notes

See accession record for terms of use.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Subjects

Charities

Dormitories

Women

Places

Israel

Accession Number

1978-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4803

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Possibly Eaton Auditorium.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

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

1986-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1339

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Hadassah convention banquet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

Notes

Original photo by A.B.C. News Pictures, 87 King St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Dinners and dining

Women

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.

Accession Number

1977-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Zionist Centre cornerstone ceremony series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1962

Physical Description

21 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Zionist Centre's new building, home for the Toronto Zionist Council, was located at 788 Marlee Avenue.

The Toronto Zionist Council, the Toronto branch for the Zionist Organization of Canada, was founded in 1907.Their mandate was to promote the ideals of Z.O.C in Toronto, which necessitated the responsibility of heading up and organizing local programmes for the Toronto Jewish community.

This organization played a prominent role within the community, renting space to several Jewish organizations including: Ajalon Lodge, Camp Shalom, Canadian Zionist Federation, Hadassah Wizo, Herzl Zion Organization, Israel Medical Association, Jewish Agency, Jewish National Fund, Keltzer Sick Benefit Society, Keren Hatarbut, Linitzer Society, Sons of Abraham, Mozirer Society, Toronto Independent Benevolent Society, United Israel Appeal, Yavne Zion Congregation, Young Judaea, Youth & Hechalutz Zion Benevolent Society. The building also housed the Zionist Organization of Canada's national headquarters.

Many of these organizations were affiliated with the Toronto Zionist Council. Due to the volume of Zionist organizations operating out of the Zionist Centre, the building came to be regarded as the official centre for all Zionist activities in Toronto.

Plans for the new Zionist Centre of T.Z.C. were conceived in 1962 after the earlier building on Spadina Ave. was sold to the St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Institute.

Ground was broken on November 1, 1962 and a drawing of the building was put on display at the Diamond Jubilee Convention of the Zionist Organization of Canada held in Toronto.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday December 23, 1962 at 11:00 am. The ceremony was officiated by members of the Toronto Zionist Council's building committee, which was comprised of: Louis L. Lockshin, Stephen E. Berger, John R. Devor, Controller Philip G. Givens, and Julius Hayman. Phil Givens--president--and Louis L. Lockshin--chairman of the building committee--conducted the ceremony.

Also present were Eliezer N. Dembitz, Consul of Israel; Joseph N. Frank, National President of the Zionist Organization of Canada; and Julius Hayman, President of the Central Division of Z.O.C.

Scope and Content

Series consists of the negatives documenting the laying of the cornerstone ceremony for the new Zionist Centre of the Toronto Zionist Council.

Notes

Selection for this series was based on the following criteria: site building, ceremonial, and members of the building committee.

Name Access

Zionist Centre

Toronto Zionist Council

Lockshin, Louis L.

Berger, Stephen E.

Devor, John R.

Givens, Philip G.

Hayman, Julius

Dembitz, Eliezer N.

Frank, Joseph N.

Zionist Organization of Canada

Ajalon Lodge

Camp Shalom

Canadian Zionist Federation

Hadassah-Wizo

Herzl Zion

Israel Medical Association

Jewish Agency

Jewish National Fund

Keltzer Sick Benefit Society

Keren Hatarbut

Linitzer Society

Sons of Abraham

Mozirer Society

Toronto Independent Benevolent Society

United Israel Appeal

Yavne Zion Congregation

Young Judeae

Youth & Hechalutz

Zion Benevolent Society

Subjects

Building

Zionism

Physical Condition

Negatives are cellulose triacetate.

Related Material

see also Zionist Organization of Canada fonds [fonds 28]

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

87

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1928-1943

Physical Description

67 cm of textual records

1 architectural drawing

Admin History/Bio

Sometime around 1919, the Family Welfare Committee was set up within the newly created Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) to perform social welfare work with Jewish families. Around 1931, the Committee was reorganized as an independent member agency of the FJPT and renamed the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB). At the same time, Dora Wilensky (1902-1959), a professionally-trained social worker, was hired as the agency’s executive director. Throughout its existence, most of its funding came from the FJPT (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund).

Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JFWB’s core activities included: relief provision; helping families meet basic needs, such as medical care, heating and clothing; housekeeping assistance; counseling; and case work. The JFWB’s major concerns shifted over time from a rise of immigration and desertion cases in the 1920s to the dramatic increase of wife abuse, suicide, and unemployment cases during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the JFWB sought ways of assisting soldiers and their families, such as, investigating special government grants to soldiers.

In an attempt to meet community needs, the JFWB initiated various programs, such as a Homemaking Club to teach women house management skills, and a Clothing Centre to provide families with inexpensive household goods. It also partnered with other local Jewish organizations in the early 1940s in the Liaison Project for troubled Jewish youth. In the 1930s, the Jewish Employment Service and Hebrew Free Burial Society became departments of the JFWB and, in 1941, the JFWB began guaranteeing loans for clients through the Hebrew Free Loan Association. In the same year, the Jewish Big Sister Committee became affiliated with the agency and the Jewish Big Brother Movement followed soon after.

In 1936, the JFWB became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA), another member of the FJPT. Although the JFWB’s focus was work with families and the JCWA’s focus was work with children, both agencies found it necessary at times to work with both children and families. In order to prevent service duplication and reduce confusion over casework responsibility, the Joint Application Bureau was set up within the FJPT to review all case work applications and determine the appropriate agency to provide assistance. However, a merger between the agencies was still believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935 and in February 1943, the JCWA and JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of textual records and one architectural drawing documenting the programs, operation, finances, and special studies of the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau as well as its relationships with other organizations. Included are reports, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, memos, budgets, statistics, theatrical scripts, newsclippings, and one architectural blueprint. A number of the records relate to special short-lived committees and projects that the JFWB participated in with other agencies, such as the Jewish Big Sister Committee, Jewish Big Brother Committee, Jewish Child Welfare Association, the Jewish Community Centre Association, the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Old Folks' Home.

Records have been arranged into the following 19 series: 1. Board of Directors; 2. Executive Director; 3. Jewish Federation Communal Council; 4. United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council; 5. Case Committe; 6. Joint Meetings and Committees; 7. Joint Application Bureau; 8. Homemaking Club; 9. Clothing Centre; 10. Liaison Project; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Finance and accounting; 13. Human Resources; 14. Special projects and studies; 15. Publicity; 16. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; 17. Canadian Association of Social Workers; 18. Welfare Council of Toronto; and, 19. Conferences.

Notes

Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).

Name Access

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau

Jewish Community Centre Association

Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Athletic Association (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (subject)

Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959

Subjects

Charities

Children

Families

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.

Related Material

See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family and Child Services fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).

Arrangement

Records relating to programs, committees and liaison with other organizations that continued after the formation of JF & CS are arranged with that fonds.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sharon Chapter of Hadassah fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

90

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1918-1981, predominant 1952-1973

Physical Description

22 cm of textual records (4 v.)

16 microfiches of textual records

2 photographs

Admin History/Bio

Canada’s third chapter of Hadassah was organized in Brantford on January 2, 1918 by Mrs. Anna Selig (m. Raginsky) and sponsored by Mrs. Leah Lazarus primarily to assist with Canada’s war effort. In 1919, it joined with other Canadian chapters to form the Hadassah Organization of Canada. By 1921, Hadassah Canada had merged with the Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) and changed its name to Hadassah-WIZO. In 1929, the Brantford chapter adopted the name Rose of Sharon, but abbreviated it to the Sharon Chapter of Hadassah.

As a member of Hadassah-WIZO, the Sharon Chapter shared its mandate of financially and socially supporting the peoples of Israel and promoting Jewish culture and ideals in Canada. Following the national organization’s mandate, its administration consisted of two levels: a general membership and an executive committee. The general membership voted on all issues and activities, while the executive committee ensured all tasks were completed. Although the chapter initially only elected one president, it began electing three presidents in 1943.

Mrs. Sam Fox served as the chapter’s first president over the charter membership of 30 women. Membership initially remained fairly constant, but grew to 92 members by 1962. All members paid annual dues, of which a small portion was used to pay the chapter’s expenses with the remainder being forwarded to the regional Hadassah council to pay administrative costs and donations.

Some of the fundraising activities Sharon Chapter organized include an annual birthday party (started in 1925), an annual bazaar (started in 1952), sewing circles, pot lucks, tea and garden parties, rummage and auction sales, and showers. The funds and other goods accumulated from these events were forwarded to the regional Hadassah council to support various Hadassah-WIZO projects, such as Youth Aliyah and the Acco Baby Creche. The Sharon Chapter also supported local projects, such as, assisting new immigrants, and entertaining servicemen at the local canteen during the Second World War.

The population of Brantford’s Jewish community began declining after the 1960s as younger generations moved to larger cities and were followed by their parents after retirement. By 1999, the Sharon Chapter’s membership had fallen to 24 women and meetings were being held only once a year. The Sharon Chapter likely closed around 2001; the same year that dwindling resources and membership forced the closure of Brantford’s synagogue, Congregation Beth David.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities, finances, special programs and fundraising events of Brantford’s Sharon Chapter of Hadassah-WIZO. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, ledgers, annual budgets, remittance forms, financial bulletins, financial statements, certificates, invitations, lists, notebooks, programmes, reports, recipes, speeches, news clippings, an auditorium lease, a contract, a theatrical script, and pledge cards.

Fonds has been arranged into five series: 1. Meetings; 2. Special projects and events; 3. Annual Bazaar; 4. Finance and accounting; and, 5. Administration. One item and one file are attached to the fonds-level.

Notes

Physical extent note: fonds was reduced from ca. 50 cm to 22 cm. See accession 2001-10-3 for further information about the culled material.

Name Access

Sharon Chapter

Hadassah-Wizo

Brantford

Subjects

Charities

Children

Related Material

For additional OJA records documenting the Sharon Chapter, see Sadie Stren fonds 78 and the Congregation Beth David fonds 88.

For additional OJA Hadassah-WIZO records, see Toronto Hadassah fonds 71, accessions 1996-11-1, 2008-3-3, and 2009-8-6.

For additional OJA records related to Brantford families and other Jewish organizations, such as the B'nai Brith lodge, please see accession #2001-10-3; #2009-7-1, 1978-11-4, 1977-8-16, 1992-8-3, 1980-1-14, 1978-1-2, 2008-7-1, photo# 109, photo# 755, and photo #758.

See also the Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada fonds at Library and Archives Canada, reference #R3454-0-7-E.

Accession Number

2001-10-3

1979-9-21

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

249

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Item is a publictiy poster for the Jewish Home for the Aged. The poster is in Yiddish.

Name Access

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Posters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1713

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1714

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Women

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1715

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1716

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1717

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1718

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Old age homes

Older people

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

National Administrative Council and Executive Board series

Commission of Enquiry Regarding Canadian Olim sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

28

Series

1-5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-1977

Physical Description

8 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Commission of Enquiry Regarding Canadian Olim was struck by the Zionist Organization of Canada and co-sponsored by Hadassah-Wizo in 1975 to investigate the situation and experience of Canadians who had emmigrated to Israel. The Commission was composed of members of the executive of the Zionist Organization of Canada and Hadassah-Wizo who interviewed Olim to document their experiences during the process of Aliyah and adjustment to life in Israel. The Commission of Enquiry disbanded in 1977.

Scope and Content

The sub-series includes Commission correspondence, minutes of meetings, lists of observers, reports, copies of the questionnaire distributed to Olim, and clippings from Canadian and Israeli newspapers concerning the Commission of Enquiry.

Name Access

Commission of Enquiry

Hadassah-Wizo

Source

Archival Descriptions