- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- For Israel's fiftieth birthday, the Walk for Israel underwent many dramatic changes. Renamed the "Israel at 50 Fun Walk," the "march-as-one" style became a more staggered walk again, with a brand new seven-and-a-half-kilometre route in downtown Toronto. The new walk was more high profile and elaborate, starting with opening ceremonies and entertainment at Nathan Phillips Square, then winding through Old Jewish Toronto, through two checkpoints, and on to Ontario Place, where the Israel at 50 Festival was held. The date of the walk was Sunday, 24 May, and its slogan was "Let's Step Together." The chairs were Jeff Cohen, Fran Grundman, and Corey Mandell, with the assistance of committee members and walk staff Silvia Astrug and Naomi Cohen. More than fifteen thousand people turned out for the day, and more than $250,000 were raised.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series contains textual records, photographs, posters, artifacts (giveaways) and a promotional video from the 1998 Funwalk, the festival, and the learnathon. The files are arranged by function in this order: walk oversight (the Cabinet Committee and chairs), recruitment of participants and staff volunteers, logistics, publicity and design, corporate sponsorship, finances, the walk event itself, the festival, related fundraisers, and post-event evaluation and follow-up.
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes 380 photographs (175 negatives), 4 posters, 2 hats, a T-shirt and 1 videocassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- File contains form letters to participants, organizations, synagogue bulletin editors, recruitment presenters and other organizations; minutes of the Recruitment Committee; and a memo to Campaign volunteers from the chairs. There is also a promotional video that was played in schools.
- Accession Number
- Videocassette from accession 2009-6-14.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains lists of Jewish camps, youth groups, and schools. There is also a form letter for youth group leaders from the chair of Youth Recruitment, and a list of professional youth directors and shlichim (education assistants) in Toronto.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a form letter with a sign-up sheet from Stephen Adler, chair of Adult Recruitment. The letter is to members of the Israel at 50 consortium and it documents the deliberate effort made to recruit adults to raise money for the Walk. Also in the file is a list of the consortium members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains records that document entertainment, medical services, space planning, signage, staff volunteers, use of a city park and rental of character costumes. Records include correspondence, an entertainment update from Walk Chair Corey Mandell of Mandell Entertainment Group, a site plan of the CNE grounds and a map of the Festival layout, lists, checkpoint sitemaps, a list of staff volunteers with their duties and an application to hold a special event in a city park. There is also a set of minutes from the Checkpoints and Logistics committee from February, 1998, and a list of organizations participating at registration.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 poster : 22 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains memos, clippings of advertisements, drafts and a final poster, logo designs, artwork for the hats and t-shirts, a press release, a two-page advertisement for the Fun Walk and Festival and an agreement with the Promenade Shopping Centre regarding a public promotion display. There is a marketing plan produced in-house and also a formal publicity and promotion plan prepared in April by a P.R. consulting firm. As well, there is a CJN article about a man who had participated in the Walk since its inception in 1970. There are also several pages printed from a Walk website.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 poster (2 copies) : 28 x 43 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains a collection of designs and printed material, including a walker passport, a thank-you certificate, coupons for entrance into Ontario Place, Walk wristband, five stickers, a walker kit with sponsor sheet, letter, collection envelope, etc., flyers and posters.
- Physical Condition
- Poster is creased and somewhat worn.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 24 May 1998
- Physical Description
- 629 photographs (269 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken during the Fun Walk, of the opening ceremonies, the crowd, families, singers performing, clowns, volunteers, facepainting and tattooing, dancing, the police officers on duty, students performing with flags and costumed characters. Places pictured include Nathan Phillips' Square, the gates to Trinity Bellwoods Park, the Princess Gates, streets of Kensington Market and Beth Jacob (Henry Street) shul. UJA and Fun Walk people in the photos include Brian Keshen and Corey Mandell. There are also 14 panoramic images of the crowd in the streets along the route, crossing the bridge into Ontario Place and the large choir onstage.
- Notes
- Photography by Stephen Epstein.
- Some prints match the negatives but there are many negatives that are not printed.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- 1998 Israel 50 Fun Walk sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-24
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 24 photographs : 10 x 15 cm
- 2 posters : 23 x 30 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Israel at 50 Committee was a consortium of nearly 150 organizations under the auspices of UJA Federation and the Consulate General of Israel.
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes and minutes from meetings of the Israel at 50 Cabinet meeting of Consortium members and meetings of UJA's Festival Committee; the first newsletter of the Consortium from February 1998; printed promotional materials such as posters and a flyer; the rental contract for nine character costumes; an information outline; and correspondence about entertainment. A brochure includes a map showing all the attractions, entertainment acts, food and marketplace vendors. As well, there are 24 photographs of people at the Ontario Place gates, at the barbecue lunch, audience members and performers, people at the ice cream stand and kids at the water park.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions