Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

556

Material Format

graphic material

Date

27 Sep. 1981

Physical Description

14 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of one negative and thirteen photographs of the Lipa Green building groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 27, 1981. Identified in the photos are Wilf Posluns, Mr. and Mrs. Al Green, Ben Schneider, Irwin Gold, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Israeli, Mr. and Mrs. David Smuskovitz, J.B. Salsberg, Mel Lastman, David Rotenberg, Al Latner, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Green, and Jack Rose.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Subjects

Building

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4068

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1930 and 1939]

Physical Description

1 postcard : col.

Name Access

Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Streets

Synagogues

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

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-12-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

440

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

Credit: Gadi Hoz Photo.

Acquired April 1975.

Name Access

Petah Tikva Anshe Castilla Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Building

Sephardim

Synagogues

Places

Danby Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

158

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Don Mills Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Thornhill (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1942]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Helen Fineberg (née Simon) and Sam Fineberg (in uniform), walking down a Toronto street.

Name Access

Simon, Helen

Fineberg, Sam

Fineberg, Helen

Subjects

Military uniforms

Streets

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

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

43

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Photograph of Teraulay St. (now Bay St.) showing pedestrian activity, 2 men on bicycles, a peddler's cart and several storefronts and buildings. The name on the window of the second hand furniture store is Liptchts (Lipchitz's). The Old City Hall clock tower can be faintly seen on the left hand side of the photo.

Notes

Original photo is a glass slide.

Title is taken from a label on the slide.

Name Access

Lipchitz's

Subjects

Streets

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

Bay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Teraulay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2005-5-6

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

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Health Bread

Subjects

Stores, Retail

Streets

Repro Restriction

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

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Grace Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1000

Material Format

graphic material

Date

April 1959

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Beth Emeth Congregation

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2387

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jun. 1955

Physical Description

1 photograph : (1 negative) b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Left to right: Wilferd Gordon; Bernard Weinberg; Joseph Levine; Edward Gelber.

Name Access

Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto

Gelber, Edward

Gordon, Wilferd

Levine, Joseph

Weinberg, Bernard

Subjects

Building

Places

Neptune Drive (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2388

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jun. 1955

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Left to right: Harry Pullan; J. Weil; William Leibel; Louis Gelber; Sam Kronick; Mrs. James.

Name Access

Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto

Subjects

Building

Places

Neptune Drive (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4997

Material Format

graphic material

Date

6 Jul. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b& w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph depicts three men outside standing on a scaffold in front of a CKEY microphone. Pictured from left to right are: Bob Howe, Martin Silbert, [?] Sussman.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Consolidated Building

Howe, Bob

Silbert, Martin

Sussman

Subjects

Building

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

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1168

Material Format

graphic material

Date

July 23, 1918

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the backyards and laneway behind Menachem Mendel Hyman's residence on Baldwin Street. A man seated on a horse-drawn wagon is in the laneway. The photo appears to have been taken from a second floor window.

Name Access

Hyman, Menachem Mendel

Subjects

Dwellings

Streets

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

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-1-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4033

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1947 or 1948]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Benjamin Barsh was the music director for the Standard Theatre and played viola with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Joseph Barsh with his son Preston Barsh. The photograph was taken in front of Standard Barber Shop, which was owned by Joseph's father Joshua and mother Gittel. In the background is Goldenberg's Restaurant, Shopsowitz', and the Victory Theatre.

Subjects

Conductors (Music)

Fathers and sons

Streets

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

Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4497

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

From the Benjamin Brown Collection : Commission CLV.

Name Access

Brown, Benjamin

Subjects

Architecture

Streets

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

Cumberland Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1987-9-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3157

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1850]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. print

Notes

This photograph is printed from a colour slide.

Name Access

A. & S. Nordheimer Co.

Subjects

Architecture

Streets

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

King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

672

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1965

Physical Description

2 photographs (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the southeast corner of Queen and Bay Streets, Toronto.

Subjects

Streets

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

Bay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

678

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1965

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Toronto streetscape.

Subjects

Streets

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

Bay Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

673

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1965

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Queen Street West at York Street.

Subjects

Streets

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

York Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

674

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1965

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the south side of Queen Street West, Toronto.

Name Access

Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Streets

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

Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3414

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Subjects

Children

Streets

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

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Euclid Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Weingluck fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

44

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1960 and 1965]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

This photograph depicts a Good Friday procession along College Street. The view is from a second floor window.

Subjects

Good Friday

Processions

Streets

Repro Restriction

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

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Grace Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-11

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

601

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Autumn 1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Subjects

Streets

Places

Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Henry Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3772

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1940 and 1945]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Lazer "Louis" Rottenberg taken at the corner of Yonge and Queen Streets in Toronto.

Notes

Photo by Newsreel Snaps, Yonge St. Arcade, Toronto.

Name Access

Rotenberg, Lazer

Subjects

Portraits

Streets

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

Queen Street East (Toronto, Ont.)

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family and Child fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

79

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1933-2011

Physical Description

ca. 4.8 m of texutal records and other material

Admin History/Bio

Jewish Family & Child was established in 1943 from the amalgamation of a variety of different social agencies formed as early as 1868. These included the Ladies Benevolent Fund, the Free Burial Society, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau, Jewish Children’s Bureau, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and the Ladies Maternal Aid Society. Much of its funding and support after its inception came from the United Jewish Welfare Fund.

The first executive director of the agency was Dora Wilensky. She was a trained social worker who served for twenty-eight years, until her untimely death from cancer in 1959. Jerome Diamond took over in 1960 and Gordon Wolfe succeeded him in 1981. Ron Levin briefly replaced Wolfe after his retirement in 2003, and was succeeded in 2006 by Dr. Richard Cummings who then retired in 2015. As of 2017, Brian Prousky is the organization’s current executive director.

During the early years, fees were established, but the agency never refused to assist clients because of their inability to pay. JF&CS became one of the first agencies to rely on trained social workers. It was also the first social agency in Canada to become unionized.

Over the years the agency’s role has changed and it has expanded significantly, in terms of its staff and services. After the Second World War it played a pivotal role supporting the Holocaust orphans who came to Canada as refugees, particularly in the area of locating foster parents for these children. By 1957, the agency hired its first counsellor and became a member of the United Community Fund of Greater Toronto. The year 1968 marked the start of JF&CS’ new program involving the use of a mobile treatment centre to reach out to Jewish street kids and in 1974 they established the Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre.

In 1981, JF&CS was mandated by the Province of Ontario as a Jewish children’s aid society responsible for the care and protection of all Jewish youth in the GTA. In 1983 they established the Just-A-Second Shop at 3101 Bathurst Street, which took in used goods from the community to pass on to needy families. Two years later they established the Henry G. Goodman Home for developmentally challenged children on Wilmington Avenue. The following year marked the opening of the Elm Ridge Group Living Residence for elderly people. In 1988, they opened a special shelter for abused women and children, and in 1994, they introduced their Homework Club for kids.

The current mission of Jewish Family & Child is to support the healthy development of individuals, children, families, and communities through prevention, protection, counselling, education, and advocacy services, within the context of Jewish values. Their services include counselling, rehabilitation and support, foster care, family services, and community services. These services are offered in a host of different languages including Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, French, and English.

JF&CS is an independent organization that receives its funding from a variety of different sources such as UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, United Way Toronto and York Region, the Government of Ontario, and individual donations.

As of 2017, JF&CS has nearly 130 staff providing more than thirty community services with a budget of almost $20 million. Their main office is located in the Lipa Green Centre for Community Services at 4600 Bathurst Street. They also maintain offices and run services out of their downtown branch at 35 Madison Avenue, their York Region branch inside UJA’s 1 Open Door at the Lebovic JCC, and their Jerome D. Diamond Adolescent Centre in midtown Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish Family and Child

Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959

Wolfe, Gordon

Diamond, Jerome D.

Subjects

Charities

Children

Families

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

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

Related Material

See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).

Creator

Jewish Family and Child (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2004-5-101

2004-1-8

2002-10-38

2006-6-7 (Shelf 03-6,Orphan index cards)

2009-12-9

2010-4-1 (Shelf 34-1)

2010-10-5

2015-8/11

2015-9/1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

9 Nov. 1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Yonge Street looking south from Wilton Square.

Subjects

Streets

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.

Related Material

The City of Toronto Archives has the same image in Fonds 16, series 71, item 7435.

Places

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-12-14

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

86

Material Format

textual record

Date

1932-1943

Physical Description

23 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA) was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the Jewish Children’s Bureau, the Jewish Big Brother Movement, and the Jewish Big Sister Committee. This merger was intended to improve service to families in the community by making one agency responsible for all cases dealing with children and adolescents. The JCWA’s funding primarily came from the Federation for Jewish Philanthropies (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund) and municipal and provincial grants.

The JCWA’s chairman was Bertram N. Davis and first executive secretary was Anne Gussack. Gussack was succeeded by Freda Manson in 1939 and Aaron B. Feld in 1941. Soon after its formation in 1936, the JCWA became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB).

Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JCWA’s core activities included placing children in foster homes, arranging adoptions, supervising children in their own homes, providing housekeeping services to families, and providing supervision and guidance to unmarried mothers. The JCWA paid for the foster children’s room and board, clothing, and medical care; supervised their religious education; and supplied scholarships for vocational training through its Jewish Children’s Vocational Fund. The JCWA also ran the Foster Mothers’ Parent Education Group, initiated a foster day care program to allow foster mothers to work, and arranged for the placement of children in summer camps. A constant problem for JCWA was the lack of appropriate foster homes. In order to secure more homes, the agency regularly engaged in a foster homefinding publicity campaign.

The Child Welfare Committee of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society assisted the JCWA with finding and visiting foster homes, arranging adoptions, and attending to chronic clinical cases. The Hebrew Maternity Aid Society also participated in a Car Corp program with the JCWA by providing its social workers with volunteer drivers to help them travel to different locations.

The JCWA’s Big Brother and Big Sister Departments provided guidance for delinquent, troubled, and developmentally disabled adolescents through individual and group work. Both departments assisted troubled youth with employment, vocational training, school adjustment, and recreational activities. In 1941, the Big Sister Committee left the JCWA to become affiliated with the JFWB.

Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935. Since both agencies worked with children and families, a merger was believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. In February 1943, the JCWA and the JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of textual records documenting the programs, operation, finances and special projects and studies of the Jewish Child Welfare Association and its predecessor the Jewish Children's Bureau. Included is correspondence, reports, surveys, memos, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, financial records, questionnaires, speeches, client and membership lists, case presentations, news articles, theatrical scripts, event invitations and statistics.

Fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the Jewish Children's Bureau. In total there are 25 series. The Jewish Child Welfare Association (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Committees; 4. Adoption; 5. Foster care; 6. Summer camp program; 7. Nursery school; 8. Jewish Children's Vocational Board; 9. Finance and accounting; 10. Human Resources; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Special studies and surveys; 13. Publicity; 14. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; and 15. Welfare Council of Toronto. The Jewish Children's Bureau (sous-fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Adoption; 4. Foster care; 5. Finance and accounting; 6. Human resources; 7. Building administration; 8. Special studies and surveys; 9. Publicity; and, 10. Liaison with other social welfare organizations.

Notes

Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Children's Aid Society of Toronto fonds (fonds 1001); 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 Child Welfare Association

Jewish Children's Home

Jewish Children's Vocational Fund

Davis, Bertram N.

Gussack, Anne

Manson, Freda

Feld, Aaron B.

Jewish Big Sisters Committee

Jewish Big Brothers Movement

Jewish Family and Child Services

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

United Jewish Welfare Fund

Department of Public Welfare

Welfare Council of Toronto

Children's Aid Society

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 Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Jewish Family and Child fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).

Arrangement

Records of the Jewish Big Sisters Committee, the Jewish Big Brothers Movement and records documenting programs of the JCWA that continued after the formation of JF & CS, such as the Foster Homefinding Campaign and the Foster Mothers' Parent Education Group, are arranged with the JF & CS fonds 79.

Accession Number

2004-1-8

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

General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

74

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm

Name Access

Royal Canadian Legion

Yonge Street

Subjects

Flags--Israel

Parades

Streets

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

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

Toronto Section series

Service Portfolio sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

7-11

File

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

25 photographs : b&w (12 slides) ; 14 x 10 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of 13 photographs taken at the groundbreaking ceremony, and 12 slides taken of activities at the Bernard Betel Centre.

Subjects

Building

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

Toronto Section series

Service Portfolio sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

7-11

File

24

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1984-1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

59 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of two reports: a review of the support services for adults with physcial disabilites, and a Needs and Demand study and a newsclipping about the housing project. The photographs and negatives are of the housing project, featuring the ground breaking, and also activities within the home for residents.

Subjects

Building

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1925-1989

Physical Description

31.8 m of textual records

319 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada was established in 1920 by the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC). A Toronto branch was established in a storefront office on Spadina Avenue, but the organization was rudimentary. As the enthusiasm that spurred the founding of CJC died out, JIAS soon faltered. Then in 1922 it was taken over and reactivated under the cooperative support of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto, B'nai B'rith, and the Council of Jewish Women. JIAS was legally incorporated on 30 August 1922. It also operated under the moniker of the Emergency Jewish Immigrant Aid Committee, and it changed its name to Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in 1954.

Charged with organizing emergency relief for European Jews in distress, JIAS became the central agency of the Jewish community to facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants into Canada, and provided them with welfare services, transportation, and assistance with accommodation and employment after their arrival. In addition, JIAS offered consultation services for sponsors of potential immigrants, ran a competitive foreign remittance service, and campaigned to counter the activities of unscrupulous steamboat agents, lawyers, and influence peddlers, or “shtadlanim,” who often victimized immigrants and sponsors alike.

In conjunction with similar efforts by the CJC, JIAS was also actively engaged in negotiating for the increased admission of Jewish immigrants to Canada. In 1923, the federal government instituted a permit-based immigration program and JIAS competed with travel agents and solicitors in the private sector for these limited quota permits. After combating the anti-immigration policies of the Depression era, the outbreak of war in 1939 virtually closed the already limited avenues for immigration.

JIAS Canada was organized into a national office in Montreal and regional offices in Winnipeg (Western Region), Toronto (Central Region), and Halifax (Eastern Region). The Central Region covered Ontario, and established a full-time head office in 1935 at 399 Spadina Avenue in Toronto (hence the Central Region was sometimes called simply the Toronto Office). The office later moved to 265 Spadina Avenue. JIAS Toronto’s board of directors met on a regular basis at different locations in Toronto, including 206 Beverley Street and in the Talmud Torah building at 9 Brunswick Avenue. The first JIAS Toronto board included notable Toronto residents such as Henry Dworkin, Mrs. Draiman, Mr. Kronick, Dr. Brodey and Mrs. Willinsky. The role of the board was to oversee the operations of the Central Region. It rendered decisions on issues relating to finances, procedures and policies, negotiations with the federal Immigration Branch, as well as individual cases that required their attention.

General meetings of the Central Region membership were held annually. The 1943 JIAS constitution states that regional annual meetings were to be held for “receiving and considering reports,” holding nominations and elections for the executive, and discussing JIAS’s program and policies.

In the post-war era, JIAS shifted its focus to renewed efforts on behalf of individual claimants and community support, while the focus for lobbying for a reversal of Canada's immigration policy fell increasingly under the jurisdiction of the CJC. A boom in immigration between 1947 and 1952 saw the arrival of large numbers of Jewish immigrants to all parts of Canada and the Toronto Office of JIAS renewed its efforts to meet the needs of this new influx. Major world events also sparked other waves of immigration from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Africa, and Russia, to which JIAS responded in turn. JIAS worked in conjunction with other immigrant aid societies such as HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, in the United States, to facilitate immigration to the United States, and later to Israel, where many of the immigrants and refugees coming to Canada had family and ultimately settled.

Custodial History

Custody of these records was transferred to the Ontario Jewish Archives by JIAS in 1983, as preparations were under way for the move to a new facility in North York. Much of the material was in four-cubic-foot boxes and in file cabinets.

The accession was divided into three sections: files which were at the JIAS office and had been retained in their original order; files which had been retrieved from a flood in the basement of 152 Beverley St. and consequently had been thrown into dry boxes without regard to order; files discovered in the furnace rooms at 150 and 152 Beverley St., intact but covered in coal dust. The bulk of the records were stored off-site, with dirty files being isolated from the rest.

The dust-covered materials were cleaned at an off-site location, placed in temporary boxes and transferred to the Archives and restored, as far as was possible, to their original order.

Clips were removed and replaced as appropriate with archivally acceptable ones. All materials were transferred to acid-free folders and boxes.

Scope and Content

Fonds contains the records of the Toronto Office (Central region) of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. The fonds consists primarily of textual records: minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, immigration files, naturalization case files, social service case files and the records of attempts to trace missing individuals. There are also photographs of special events, speakers and arriving immigrants.

The fonds represents an important resource for the study of Canadian Jewry, especially when taken in conjunction with the JIAS National Office records at the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal, and those of the Western Office at the Library and Archives of Canada. It documents the means by which a particular Canadian ethnic community has dealt with the problems of rescue, settlement and government relations. These records also offer insight into the relationship between the Toronto Office and the other branches of JIAS, and invite comparison with similar agencies in the United States, as well as those of other ethnic groups in Canada.

The material collected includes information about the countries of origin, transportation routes, settlement and employment patterns of Jewish immigrants to Canada in the twentieth century. The documents also touch upon important related issues such as advocacy, sponsorship, admission processes, health and social problems.

These records cover several waves of immigration following the Second World War: Holocaust survivors in the late 1940s, Sephardic (North African) and Hungarian Jews in the 1950s, Russian and Czechoslovakian Jews in the 1960s, and additional Russians in the 1970s.

The records also contain significant information for those researchers looking to conduct genealogical research into Jewish immigrants and their descendents.

The fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the National JIAS office in Montreal. In total there are 17 series. The Toronto office (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee Minutes; 2. Annual meeting proceedings; 3. Reports; 4. Legal ; 5. Administration; 6. JIAS Committees; 7. External committees; 8. Financial ; 9. Arrivals; 10. Immigration case files; 11. Social service assistance case files; 12. Photographs; 13. Miscellaneous. The National Office sous-fonds is divided into the following series: 1. National executive meeting minutes; 2. National annual meeting proceedings; 3. National annual reports; 4. Publications; and Photographs.

Notes

Physical description note: Physical extent is based on fully processed records. Additional accessions are not included (see Related Material note below).

Associated material note: The CJC National Archive, in Montreal, has additional JIAS records from 1920-1989 including 275 m of textual records and graphic materials (3250 photos): collection number I0037; alpha-numeric designation MA 4. The National Archives of Canada, Manitoba branch, in Winnipeg, has Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada JIAS textual records from 1923-1950 on 18 microfilm reels: Former archival reference number MG28-V114 (no replacement listed). The originals of these records are maintained by the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Related Material

Other OJA records relating to JIAS may be found in the following accessions: 1979-9-5; 1988-5-2; 1991-10-5; 2006-3-11.

Creator

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Accession Number

1983-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Level

Sous-fonds

Fonds

9-1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1926-1982

Physical Description

51 cm of textual records

14 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada was organized into a national office in Montreal and regional offices in Winnipeg (Western Region), Toronto (Central Region) and Halifax (Eastern Region). The national office was responsible for directing and managing all the affairs of the organization, including defining national and international policy; administration of regional offices; national budget; fundraising; external relations with other organizations, such as the United Jewish Relief Agencies (UJRA) and Jewish Family & Child Services (JF&CS); and publicity. It also organized the annual meeting, special events and conventions.

Membership in JIAS was open to individuals, organizations or companies who paid an annual fee. General meetings of the membership were held at least once every two years, where reports were presented and considered, nominations and elections held for national officers and the national executive committee, policies, programs and problems discussed, and decisions taken.

The National Executive Committee of JIAS was composed of the following members: national president; three vice-presidents (the presidents of the Western, Central and Eastern regions), with the addition in the 1950s of a vice-president at large; three regional treasurers, eventually reduced to one national treasurer; secretary; and twelve members comprising four representatives from each region. In 1929 the ‘executive secretary’ position was renamed ‘executive director.’ According to the 1943 constitution, the executive was required to hold meetings at least three times a year, in alternate cities. In 1954 this was amended to twice a year.

During the early stages of JIAS's operations, it had to face the difficulty of being overstretched financially, as it sought to respond to and to change the often oppressive living conditions of new immigrants and the situation of those held in federal detention centres. The organization’s principled approach to immigrant welfare won JIAS much of its early success, as it became the preferred contact for government officials who had formerly dealt with numerous independent agencies, many of which had profited from the exploitation of desperate immigrants. This situation also profited the government, however, as the responsibility for establishing the priority of applications reverted increasingly to JIAS as it had to limit its appeals by the quotas imposed by the federal government.

JIAS was one of the founding organizations responsible for the establishment of the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) in 1978, which has since operated as a non-profit umbrella organization to coordinate the efforts of immigrant and refugee advocacy groups. JIAS continues to operate offices across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor and Winnipeg. The JIAS National Office moved from Montreal to Toronto in 1989, with the appointment of Susan Davis to National Director, and is now located at 4580 Dufferin St., Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario.

Scope and Content

Sous-fonds consists of National Office records retained by the Toronto JIAS office as reference copies. Records include meeting minutes, speeches and reports from annual meetings, and the published annual reports produced from the annual meetings. The sous-fonds covers the years 1926 to 1982 and is divided into the following series: 1. National Executive meeting minutes; 2. National annual meeting proceedings; 3. National annual reports; 4. Publications; and 5. Photographs.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada (creator)

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1958

Physical Description

11 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of photographs of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the northern YM-YWHA held in the winter of 1958. The photographs depict invited dignitaries and members of the executive reciting speeches at the podium. The photographs were used in the Y-Time newspaper.

Identified individuals in the photographs include Fred Gardiner, Rabbi Abraham Feinberg, Charles Draimin, Vernon Singer, Sam Granatstein, Ellis I. Shapiro, Samuel Factor M.P., H. Max Swartz and Nathan Phillips.

Subjects

Building

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

84

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1955

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of photographs taken at the groundbreaking for the second Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home in Tollandale, near Barrie. Present are Dora and Morris Till, Dr. Lipson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lunenfeld and Al Ginsberg.

Subjects

Building

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 
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Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series

Photograph collection sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

2-2

File

91

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1975

Physical Description

35 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists of photographs taken at the Northern Building Completion Program groundbreaking ceremonies on Sunday, 20 April 1975. The photos include images of the groundbreaking, plaque and flower presentations and the arrival and unveiling of the Jerusalem cornerstone flown in from Israel.

Identified individuals include invited guest Premier William Davis and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Posluns, Murray and Marvelle Koffler, Amnon Gilad, John Wahl, Harold Green, Alex Fisher, Sam Granatstein, David Andrews, and Bert Fine.

Subjects

Building

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bernice Mehr seated on a tricycle on Markham St., where the family home was located.

Name Access

Mehr, Bernice

Subjects

Children

Streets

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

Markham (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dr. A. I. Willinsky fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

81

Item

18

Material Format

moving images

Date

[ca. 1936]-1938

Physical Description

1 film reel (ca. 19 min.) : original, b&w, si. ; 16 mm

1 film reel (ca. 19 min.) : duplicate, 16 fps, b&w, si. ; 16 mm

1 DVD (ca. 19 min.) : duplicate, digital, b&w, si.

Scope and Content

Item is a documentary film about the rationale for, the construction of, and the opening ceremonies of the Holy Blossom Synagogue. Seen are shots of the crowded and dim classrooms within the old Bond St. Synagogue, its predecessor. Also seen are scenes of the official sod turning, the laying of the corner-stone, and some of the construction work on Holy Blossom at its new location at the corner of Bathurst Street and Ava Road. These are followed by various scenes of the new building’s interior and exterior. The film ends with the May 16, 1937 official opening ceremonies of, and the transfer of the Torah scrolls to, the new facility. Identified in the footage is Edmund Scheuer.

Notes

In 1988 a dupe negative and new check print were struck from the original positive print. As part of the new print production, both the original magnetic and optical sound tracks were utilized. This work was commissioned by and paid for by the Toronto Jewish Congress for its Archives.

Previously reel # 12

Name Access

Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Torah scrolls

Physical Condition

Film has slight vinegar smell

Places

Ava Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Benjamin Dunkelman fonds

Business series

Tip Top Tailors sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

2

Series

3-1

File

7

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 17 x 22 cm

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a news clipping and two photographs in connection with David Dunkelman, Tip Top Tailors and Mount Sinai Hospital. Dunkelman took part in opening the hospital's new extension in 1966, along with Marvin Gerstein and Morry Wingold.

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

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

Solomon Edell fonds

Adas Israel Synagogue series

Building sub-series

Synagogue dedication and laying of the cornerstone file

Level

Item

Fonds

4

Series

5-1

File

5

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Oct. 1961

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Photograph is by Aron Studio.

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

159

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Don Mills Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Thornhill (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

160

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Shaar Shalom Synagogue

Subjects

Building

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places

Don Mills Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Thornhill (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4034

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1947 or 1948]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Benjamin Barsh was the music director for the Standard Theatre and played viola with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Joseph Barsh with his son Preston and his wife Tania. The photograph was taken in front of Standard Barber Shop, which was owned by Joseph's father Joshua and mother Gittel. In the background is Goldenberg's Restaurant, Shopsowitz', and the Victory Theatre.

Subjects

Conductors (Music)

Families

Streets

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

Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish community events series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

7

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1954?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph is of a groundbreaking ceremony that is likely for Baycrest Hospital, as the man standing third from the left is Abe Posluns, president of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital.

Standing on the far left is J. Irving Oelbaum.

Name Access

Baycrest Hospital

Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966

Posluns, Abe

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish community events series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

7

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1951]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

In 1913 a charitable organization called the Ezras Noshim Society was formed to help elderly women. Ezras Noshim start collecting funds in 1917 to purchase a home that would be converted into Toronto's first Jewish Old Folks Home. The forerunner to Baycrest Centre opened in 1919 as the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home on Cecil Street in downtown Toronto, where the women of Ezras Noshim made beds, cooked kosher meals, washed sheets, and sponsored fundraising events.

In 1954, the Jewish Home for the Aged opened on Bathurst Street to accomodate their expanding needs and a new feature: Baycrest Hospital.

This location continued to expand including a new building for residents in 1968, the Baycrest Terrace and The Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre in 1976. These additions enabled Baycrest to expand their services to include a community centre, an enhanced apartment building, a home for the aged, a day care service and a hospital.

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 enabling top researchers to study and find new treatment methods for the elderly.

In recent years, Baycrest's research activities have expanded to include the Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Unit (est. 1995), which evaluates clinical programs and conducts long-term studies of health issues affecting older adults and the Kunin Lunenfeld Clinical Research Unit (est. 1996), which links researchers with Baycrest clinical departments to enable prompt implementation of research findings. These two programs merged in 1998 to become the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit.

Apotex Centre, the Jewish Home for the Aged and the Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened in 2000. This centre is responsible for residents with progressive dementia and vascular dementia.

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.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for Baycrest Hospital on Bathurst Street, which was erected along with the new building of the Jewish Home for the Aged.

Abe Posluns is on the far right.

Name Access

Baycrest Hospital

Posluns, Abe

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

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

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Zionist Centre cornerstone ceremony series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

3

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

Subjects

Building

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

1741-1743

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1975]

Physical Description

3 photographs : col. ; 9 x 9 cm

Notes

Acquired in 1975.

Subjects

Streets

Places

Ansonville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

39

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

October 4, 1966

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Dunkelman (1883-1978) was born in Poland to Elias and Leah Dunkelman. He came to Canada with his parents in 1895, settling in Toronto. On 19 January 1910, he married Rose Miller (1889-1949), and together they had 6 children: Joseph, Ernest, Benjamin, Theodora, Veronica (Ourisman), and Zelda (Wilner). David Dunkelman was very active throughout his life in Zionist causes and in philanthropic and communal work. He was the founder, president and chairman of the board of Tip Top Tailors Ltd. (1911) which was one of the largest clothing manufacturers in Canada. For over 50 years David was one of the leaders of the Zionist Organization of Canada. He was also director of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital, one of the founders of the North Toronto YMHA, a founder and supporter of the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, and one of the founders of a village in Israel known as Gan Chaim. He was a member of several clubs and lodges including B'nai Brith, the Empire Club, the Primrose Club and the Canadain Friends of Hebrew University. David married Pearl Greisman Rotenberg in 1950, after the death of his wife Rose Dunkelman in 1949.

Scope and Content

Photograph is of (left to right) Marvin Gerstein, Morry Wingold and David Dunkelman with some other gentlemen at the Mount Sinai extension groundbreaking in Toronto. The view is through the handle of a shovel.

Name Access

Gerstein, Marvin

Wingold, Morry

Dunkelman, David

Dunkelman, Benjamin

Dunkelman, Ernest

Dunkelman, Joseph

Dunkelman, Zelda

Dunkelman, Theodora

Rotenberg, Pearl Greisman

Subjects

Building

Hospitals

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

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w (3 strips of 3 photographs) ; 6 x 8 cm (photo) 20 x 9 cm (strip)

Scope and Content

File consists of snapshots taken of Isadore Scheuer walking along Yonge Street in Toronto. There are three strips of photographs with three photographs on each strip. Isadore is shown walking along the street and sidewalk and there are passersby, shops, and cars in the background.

Subjects

Streets

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

Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

125

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1980-1993

Physical Description

ca 97 cm of textual records

3 audiocassettes

1 poster

Admin History/Bio

The Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews was a non-profit organization established in 1980 for the sole purpose of assisting Ethiopian Jews. To this end, CAEJ (pronounced "cage") cooperated with other bodies such as the American Association for Ethiopian Jews.

Initially, CAEJ worked with the Canadian Jewish Congress Sub Committee for Ethiopian Jewry, but the two severed ties early on. The divorce was driven by a difference in strategy: The CJC subcommittee preferred quiet diplomacy while CAEJ wanted to make noise. CAEJ was prepared to criticize Israel in the media, for example, for failing to do enough for Ethiopia's Jews—something that provoked disagreement within the Jewish community.

Apart from advocating for Ethiopia's Jews, CAEJ's main work consisted of rescue and relief. Rescue took the form of a visa program, in which Jewish students in Ethiopia were issued visas so that they could attend Canadian universities; once out of Ethiopia, they were able to immigrate to Israel. Relief took the form of an Adopt-a-Family program, which delivered monthly stipends to Ethiopians in need. According to Cathy Himelfard, past president of CAEJ, at least five hundred individuals received stipends from the organization.

In 1980, CAEJ established a Pacific chapter in Vancouver, which undertook education and rescue programs. CAEJ later opened chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary.

In 1984, CAEJ received a $15,000 Wintario grant to produce a videotape on the black Jews of Ethiopia. Susan Fish, provincial minister of citizenship and culture, awarded CAEJ the grant. CAEJ was one of sixteen that were given that year.

In 1986, the organization sent a five-person team to Ethiopia's Gondar province, the home of many of Ethiopia's Jews. The team included CAEJ's executive director, Susan Schechtman, and its assistant administrative director, Donna Finkelstein. The team visited five villages, bringing relief and conducting a fact-finding mission, the findings of which were disseminated in the press upon the team's return.

In 1987, the CAEJ held a benefit concert at the EI Mocambo, a live music venue in Toronto, to aid the Jews stranded in Ethiopia.

In 1990, 15,000 Jews moved from their villages in the northern regions of Ethiopia to Addis Ababa, under the impression that they would be able to emigrate without delay. With immigration to Israel greatly reduced, these Jews founded themselves living in terrible conditions, with reports of several hundred individuals, mostly children, dying of malnutrition and disease. In response to these developments, the CAEJ redirected its Adopt-a-Family funds to the mass relief. This involved sending doctors and medication as well as launching projects to provide clothing, food supplements, and more medical supplies.

The association's final project, conducted after Operation Solomon, involved persuading two-hundred-and-fifty Jews in Sudan to return to Addis Ababa. Once there, they were flown to Israel.

In 1992, after twelve years of operation, CAEJ shut down. Former president Jack Hope told the CJN, "We've fulfilled our mandate."

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of material documenting the Canadian Associate for Ethiopian Jews. Included are letters, artifacts, meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, reference materials, audio recordings, an office manual, and a poster.

The fonds is divided into six series: Rescue and relief letters, Administrative records, Clippings and reference materials, Artifacts, Audiovisual materials, and Posters.

Notes

Related groups of records external to the unit being described: A CAEJ advertisement that appeared in the Toronto Star can be found in the Larry Becker fonds.

Name Access

Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews

Subjects

Associations, institutions, etc

Jews, Ethiopian

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

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

Canada

Ethiopia

Israel

United States

Accession Number

1993-1-2

Source

Archival Descriptions