Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

167

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Golda Meir.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

General Campaign records sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-2

File

19

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1990

Physical Description

13 photographs : 20x25 cm and 10x15 cm, b&w and col.

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of participants and invited dignitaries for formal events supporting the United Israel Appeal campaign. Images include those of Yitzak Rabin, Golda Meir, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yittzak Shamir, Henry Kissinger, and Women's Campaign Chair Julia Koschitzky.

Name Access

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

Koschitzky, Julia, 1943-

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Netanyahu, Binyamin, 1949-

Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995

Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-2012

Subjects

Prime ministers

Statesmen

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2005-11-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 51 x 41 cm and 21 x 26 cm

1 item

Date

[ca. 1940]-[196-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 2 photographs and a sign related to the Jewish Public Library. One photograph is of Ben Zion Hyman, founder of the library, in graduation dress. There is writing in Hebrew on top of the photograph dated October 1940. A second photograph is of Bert Godfrey, Eddie Gelber and two other gentlemen sitting in the library. The sign is from the 1960s and has the address and operating hours of the library along with some other information for the patrons

Custodial History

The items were housed in the library and found during renovations.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Libraries

Name Access

Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)

Hyman, Ben Zion

Godfrey, Bert

Gelber, Eddie

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Mimi Wise fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

16

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Date

[ca. 1969]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Scope and Content

This item is an electronic copy of a photograph of Dr. Sydney Wise meeting Prime Minister Golda Meir in Jerusalem on a Hadassah tour to Israel. Dr. Wise is receiving an autographed photo from the prime minister.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Wise, Mimi, 1920-2004

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Jerusalem

Accession Number

2006-9-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1318

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[before 1978]

Physical Description

25 photographs : b&w : 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of twenty-five photographs of the United Jewish Appeal/Israel Special Fund banquet featuring GOlda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel. There are shots of Meir sitting at a banquet table, and speaking with various guests. There are several shots of Meir sitting at the head table while Rabbi Herbert Feder, Gerry Halbert, Ralph Halbert, Mr. Gwartz, Eddie Creed, Murray Koffler and a representative of the United Jewish Appeal speak at a podium, Meir herself speaking at the podium and Meir standing to an ovation. Other individuals in the photographs including Phil Granovsky, Theodor Meron, the Israeli Ambassador, Shmul Ounat, the Israeli consul of Toronto, Dave Marks, and the guests giving a standing ovation in the banquet hall.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1319

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

22 photographs : b&w : 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of twenty-two photographs featuring close-ups of Golda Meir speaking at an United Jewish Appeal and Israel Special Fund banquet and group photographs of Meir standing with and greeting various donors and board members of the United Jewish Appeal including Eddie Creed, Murray Koffler, and Joan Lipson. The event took place at the Inn on the Park.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Koffler, Murray

Lipson, Joan

Creed, Eddie

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

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

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1320

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[before 1978]

Physical Description

44 photographs : b&w : 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of forty-four photographs of guests and representatives of the CJC and the United Jewish Appeal and the Israel Special Fund for a joint banquet and ceremony that may have taken place at Beth Tzedec Synagogue and Inn on the Park Banquet Hall. The event featured Golda Meir, the Prime Minister of Israel. Photographs depict Golda Meir standing and sitting at the banquet, addressing an audience, shaking hands and posing with guests. They also depict Eddie Creed and Murray Koffler speaking with Meir and addressing the banquet guests. Others depicted include Florence and Sydney Cooper; Mr. and Mrs. Shmul Dunat; Rabbi Benjamin Friedberg; Phil Givens; Phil Granovsky; Mr. Gwartz; Gerry Halbert; Ralph Halbert; Theodor Merton, the Israeli Ambassador to Canada; Esther Shiner; Jules Surdin; and Fred Weinberg.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Physical Condition

Photographs are suffering from sever warping and curling.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

188

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1975

Physical Description

27 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of twenty-seven 35mm slides depicting a UJA-Israel Special Fund campaign event with Golda Meir. Murray Koffler, Eddie Creed, and Joan Lipson are shown in some of the slides.

Notes

Slides processed by Benjamin Film Labs.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

189

Material Format

graphic material

Date

January 1975

Physical Description

12 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of twelve 35mm slides depicting a UJA-Israel Special Fund campaign event with Golda Meir at Beth Tzedec. Murray Koffler, Eddie Creed, and Joan Lipson are shown in some of the slides.

Notes

Slides processed by Benjamin Film Labs.

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Synagogues

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2553

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1929?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 35 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of the members of Club One, Pioneer Women. The women are assembled in the backyard of a member's home.

Front row, seated on left: Mrs. Gordon. Seated on far right: Sylvia Mirsky.

Second row, seated fifth from left: Goldie Myerson (Golda Meir).

Back row: standing eighth from the left Nachumah Zuker

Notes

Goldie Myerson is Golda Meir.

Name Access

First Toronto Pioneer Women Club

Gordon, Mrs.

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Mirsky, Sylvia

Subjects

Clubs

Portraits, Group

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

1986-6-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1956-1978

Physical Description

447 photographs : b&w and col. (392 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Negev dinners were established in 1948, coinciding with the creation of the State of Israel, as an annual fundraising dinner. The Jewish National Fund hosted these annual dinners in honour of a leading Canadian citizen, and the proceeds from the dinners were used to establish JNF projects in Israel in the name of the honouree. The JNF projects have, and continue to do so today, raised money to purchase land in Israel's Negev desert and for re-forestation efforts.

The annual dinner was dedicated to a member of the Toronto Jewish community, who had demonstrated outstanding support and commitment to the Community and to the State of Israel. In honour of this individual's contributions, the secured land in Negev was named after them. The honourary guests were presented with awards of appreciation from members of the Canadian and International Jewish community, often including delegates from Israel. The dinners were attended by prominent members of Toronto's Jewish community, including politicians, business men, and philanthropists.

Each subsequent dinner became larger and more successful in its aim to raise funds for Israel, as a result this event soon became the most significant Jewish event in Toronto. As well, it was also the largest annual kosher meal served in Toronto.

The JNF produced an annual Negev Dinner yearbook, commemorating the event, and documenting both the lives of the honouree's family and the current activities of the JNF. As well, the names of individuals who donated money for the JNF projects were recorded in the Souvenir books under patrons and sponsors of the dinners.

Scope and Content

Series consists of negatives taken by Al Gilbert documenting eight Negev Dinners hosted by the Jewish National Fund. The images depict the various activities undertaken at these dinners including: the procession and introduction of the head table guests, the presentation of awards, speeches, toasts, presentation of flowers to the honouree or the wife of the honouree, and the entertainment. The majority of the negatives are portraits taken of the guests posing with the honouree and his or her family. One dinner in this series was dedicated to the Toronto Jewish Community (1956) on the year of its centenary, while the others are in honour of one significant member of the community.

There were Negev dinners held across Canada; however, the dinners in this series were all held in Toronto and were primarily attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community. The honourees documented in this series include: 1956, Toronto Jewish Community; 1966, Bert Godfrey; 1967, Nathan Silver; 1968, Phil Givens; 1970, Leon E. Weinstein; 1973, Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker; 1974, Phil Granovsky; 1978, Eric and Esther Exton.

Notes

Selection for this series reflects the various activities of the Negev dinners, including: speeches, toasts, award presentations, dinner tables, introductions, honourees, entertainment and presentation of flowers. In addition, we selected a sample of images documenting the dinner tables and guests who were not part of the evening's programme, and therefore, would not be captured in the aforementioned criteria.

Name Access

Negev

Jewish National Fund

Godfrey, Bert

Silver, Nathan

Givens, Phil

Weinstein, Leon E.

Diefenbaker, Rt. Hon. John G.

Granovsky, Phil

Exton, Eric

Exton, Esther

Subjects

Awards

Dinners and dining

Fund raising

Arrangement

Series has been arranged into files representing each annual dinner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Level

File

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

51 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bert Godfrey was born on June 1, 1908 to Minnie Reisman and Solomon Godfrey. He married Ruth Grossman and they had two children named Corrine Leigh and Sheldon. Bert Godfrey was president of S. Godfrey Co. Ltd, a wool import and export company founded by Samuel Godfrey.

Godfrey contributed much time and energy to the cause of Israel and other philanthropic pursuits. Mr. Godfrey was founding president of Beth Tzedec and former president of Goel Tzedec. He served as president of the Bureau of Jewish Education and was founding president of of the United Synagogue Day School. He also sat on several different boards including: Mount Sinai, Jewish home for the Aged, United Jewish Welfare Fund and the Canadian Jewish Council.

Other awards presented to Bert Godfrey include, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America's Louis Marshall Award in 1961 and the National Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews in 1964.

Scope and Content

File consists of negatives documenting the 1966 Negev Dinner held in honour of Bert Godfrey. The dinner was hosted by the Jewish National Fund at the Royal York Hotel and was attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community.

Images are of the main activities and participants of the event including speeches and presentations from the following guests: Alfred Green, Rabbi Gedalia Felder, Rabbi Erwin Schild, Nat Hurwich, Manny Rotman, Honourable Gabriel Lourie, Honourable Allan A. Grossman, Mayor Philip G. Givens, Samuel Shainhouse, Morris B. Kaufman, Rabbi David Monson, Max Schecter, Honourable Mr. Justice Abraham H Lieff, Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, Louis L. Lockshin, Rabbi Louis J Cashdan, and Julius Hayman.

Name Access

Negev Dinner

Jewish National Fund

Godfrey, Bert

Green, Alfred

Felder, Rabbi Gedalia

Schild, Rabbi Erwin

Hurwich, Nat

Rotman, Manny

Lourie, Honourable Gabriel

Grossman, Allan A.

Givens, Philip G.

Shainhouse, Samuel

Kaufman, Morris B.

Monson, Rabbi David

Schecter, Max

Lieff, Mr. Justice Abraham H.

Rosenberg, Rabbi Stuart E.

Lockshin, Louis L.

Cashdan, Rabbi Louis J.

Hayman, Julius

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Godfrey, Frank

Godfrey, Bert

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg speaking at the 1966 Negev Dinner held in honour of Bert Godfrey. Seated from left to right are: Mr. & Mrs. Bert Godfrey, Rabbi S. Rosenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Julius Hayman.

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Godfrey, Bert

Hayman, Julius

Rosenberg, Stuart E., 1922-1990

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Rabbis

Speeches, addresses, etc

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Rabbi Stuart E. and Hadassah Rosenberg at the Negev dinner held in Bert Godfrey's honour. Rabbi Rosenberg was a guest speaker for the event.

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Rosenberg, Rabbi Stuart E.

Rosenberg, Hadassah

Godfrey, Bert

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

2

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Godfrey, Bert

Hayman, Julius

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

Item

4498

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1948 and 1952]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Golda Meir at Montreal Windsor Station, late 1940s or early 1950s.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

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.

Accession Number

1989-2-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

95

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographs from a UJA campaign event with Golda Meir held at the Inn on the Park. Identified on the back of the photos is also Eddie Creed; in the first photo, a banner reading "Keep the Promise - United Jewish Appeal/Israel Special Fund" hangs behind Ms. Meir and Mr. Creed.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Related Material

Photographs of the same event can be found in fonds 17, series 2, file 1320.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Jewish communal series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

9

File

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens talking with Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Arab-Israeli War series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

5

File

27

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954-1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists chiefly of correspondence and notes relating to a 1973 Seventh Brigade reunion in Israel which Ben Dunkelman attended. The correspondence includes letters from Golda Meir, the Israeli Prime Minister, as well as from Yossie Mann, who invited Dunkelman to the reunion. Also included in the file are single copies of the magazines Haolan Haza (This World), Bamachane G'danya, and Bamachane. The first of these contains an article about Yitzhak Sade, a Palmach commander during the Arab-Israeli War; the second, published by the youth wing of the IDF, contains general army information; and the third, published by the IDF in an independence day edition, includes an article about Shlomo Shamir and the Battle of Latrun during the Arab-Israeli War.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

74

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence with His Excellency, Ephraim Evron, and His Excellency, Theodor Meron, Israeli ambassadors to Canada and consular staff concerning celebrations of the anniversary of Israel's independence, and a message from Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Walk for Israel 1986 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-12

File

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

18 May 1986

Physical Description

4 photographs (2 negatives) : 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of 3 images of Checkpoint 5 (named for Golda Meir) with a clown on stilts, and one image of Eddie Creed, a Toronto businessman, posing with Golda Meir.

Notes

Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.

Name Access

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Subjects

Prime ministers--Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions