- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936-1979
- Physical Description
- 8 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of photographs taken by Al and/or Nathan Gilbert that document Jewish events held in the city of Toronto. The kind of events included are dedication ceremonies, groundbreaking ceremonies, city council meetings, dinners and walks.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Carl Keyfetz addressing City Council with Mayor Nathan Phillips seated at the head of the table.
- Carl was born in 1907 to Leah and Mark Keyfetz who was a Toronto Jewish pioneer arriving in 1887.
- Carl Keyfetz was co-founder of the 59th Toronto Troup in 1921, the 1st Jewish Boy Scout Troup in Ontario. He was the superintendent at the McCaul Street Synagogue and first principal at the St. Clair Avenue Synagogue. President of the Toronto Lodge, B'nai B'rith in 1939, he also founded Guelph Lodge in 1941 and Empire Lodge in 1946.
- He was extremely involved in the Toronto Jewish community and sat on numerous committees and boards.
- Name Access
- City Council
- Keyfetz, Carl
- Phillips, Nathan, 1892-1976
- Subjects
- Politicians
- 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
- 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
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of a group portrait consisting of several B'nai B'rith members.
- Standing in back row: third from left, Arthur Hershon; sixth from left, Ben Rosenberg; ninth from left Mayor Wm. Denison, Stan Alter and Herb Orliffe. Seated in the front from left to right are: [unknown], Morris Kaufman, Bobby Zweig, Murray Ehrlich, Phil Givens, E. P. Taylor, two unidentified, and Rabbi David Monson.
- Notes
- This photograph was probably taken at a B'nai B'rith event.
- Name Access
- Alter, Stan
- B'nai B'rith
- Denison, Mayor Wm.
- Ehrlich, Murray
- Givens, Philip, 1922-1995
- Hershon, Arthur
- Kaufman, Morris
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Orliffe, Herb
- Rosenberg, Ben
- Taylor, E.P.
- Zweig, Bobby
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Goody Rosen was born in Toronto on 28 August 1912. He played baseball in Toronto for the Lizzies and debuted as a professional ball player in 1937. He was one of the first Jewish boys in North America to play for the major leagues. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for most of his career, moving to the New York Giants for one year, before retiring in 1946.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Goody (Goodwin) George Rosen (1912–1994) holding a golfing trophy.
- Notes
- This photograph was likely taken by Al Gilbert, but it is not certain.
- Name Access
- Brooklyn Dodgers
- Lizzies
- Rosen, Goody
- New York Giants
- Subjects
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Portraits
- 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
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- November 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Eitz Chaim school was founded by a group of boys who were concerned about the education of the Jewish youth. Some of the founding members included: Itsheh Meyer, Sam Korolnek; and Samuel and Louis Cooper. Together, with a few other boys, they started a small gathering in the Bes Medrash Shul on Elm Street in 1914. The official founding date for the Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim School was in 1915, with the move to temporary quarters on Chestnut Street, and eventually moving to the newly rennovated building on D'Arcy Street in 1917.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of a dedication ceremony at the Eitz Chaim School in Toronto.
- In attendance were: Phil Givens (far left), Rabbi Itche Meyer Korolnek & Mrs. Korolnek (2nd & 3rd from left), and Joe Tanenbaum (standing behind the Korolnek's).
- Name Access
- Eitz Chaim School
- Givens, Philip, 1922-1995
- Korolnek, Rabbi Itche Meyer
- Tanenbaum, Joe
- Subjects
- Dedication services
- Portraits, Group
- Schools
- 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
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1936]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society was founded in 1905 to provide assistance to newly arrived immigrants and to promote a prosperous Jewish community. The Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society's Ladies Auxiliary was founded in 1922 with Mrs. Sophie Torno as the first Chairlady. The Ladies Auxiliary assisted the Society in collecting funds for various philanthropic causes. Moreover, they organized lectures and entertainment.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a negative of the the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society's Ladies' Auxiliary parade. The image depicts a group of women walking down a street carrying a large banner with the inscription: "Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society Ladies Auxiliary, Friendship, Established 1921." The women have sashes with Pride of Israel across them and 15th Jubilee.
- Name Access
- Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society Ladies' Auxiliary
- Subjects
- Parade
- Societies
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of a group of men dressed as women on stage at the Maple Downs Golf and Country Club; the costumes suggest that it might have been a Purim play.
- Name Access
- Maple Downs Golf and Country Club
- Subjects
- Costume
- Purim
- Theater
- 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
- Maple (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 38
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [190-]-2002
- Physical Description
- 2.6 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) was the first national Jewish women's organization in Canada. The council had its beginnings among the urban elite, and played a strong role over the years in influencing public policy in such areas as relations with Israel, national unity, and the plight of world Jewry. The NCJWC is dedicated, in the spirit of Judaism, to furthering human welfare in the Jewish and general communities -- locally, nationally and internationally. It operated around three main pillars: service, education, and social action.
- The National Council of Jewish Women was founded in the United States in 1893 by activist Hannah G. Solomon. In 1897, its first Canadian chapter was established in Toronto. In 1925, with seven chapters in Canada, a Canadian liaison position to the National Council of Jewish Women was created. A full-fledged “Canadian Division” of the NCJW was formed in 1934, with rules drafted at the first conference in Winnipeg three years later. Irene Samuel served as the Canadian Division’s first national president. In 1943, the division was renamed the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, and was officially incorporated in 1944, though it did not receive its letters patent until three years later. Even so, the NCJWC still retained some affiliation with the NCJW, whereby they paid per-capita dues to the Americans in return for program and administrative materials. In 1967 the NCJWC ceased these payments altogether, thereby separating from NCJW completely.
- The early NCJWC focused on providing service to young girls and immigrants. They also involved themselves in contemporary politics through support for the war effort; the council donated vehicles to the Red Cross, turned Council House into a servicemen's centre, and even built several libraries at Canadian army camps. A national office opened ca. 1950 in Toronto, but until 1966 it moved to the national president's home city with every election. That year the office was permanently anchored in Toronto. In the 1950s and 1960s the council established Good Age clubs, the Irene Samuel Scholarship Fund, and developed the national Higher Horizons child-care and Newer Horizons elder-care programs. It expanded its overseas programs with support for the Israel Family Counseling Association and Ship-a-Box. The Soviet Jewry projects in the 1970s and 1980s reflected the council’s increasing emphasis on social action. Since the late 1990s, the council has focused on women's issues with efforts such as the Breast Self-Examination (BSE) program.
- The NCJWC was governed by an executive council, led by a president. Vice-presidents were each responsible for one portfolio, such as membership, public affairs, etc., which were in turn made up of a number of national committees. The national executive was responsible for producing by-laws, guidelines, policies and procedures, as well as developing national service and social action programs. National also provided support and program materials to the sections, and held biennial meetings every other year from 1937 in cities across Canada. Its decentralized structure meant that while the national office remained in Toronto, officers of the executive have resided right across the country.
- As of 1997, the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada was an affiliate member of the International Council of Jewish Women, a member of UNESCO Canadian Subcommission of the Status of Women, and a member of the Coalition of Jewish Women Against Domestic Violence and the Coalition for Agunot Rights. Prominent past presidents include Mrs. Harry (Irene) Samuel, Mrs. Lucille Lorie, Dr. Reva Gerstein, Mozah Zemans, Mina Hollenberg, Sophie Drache, Thelma Rolingher, Helen Marr, Bunny Gurvey, Sheila Freeman, Penny Yellen, and Gloria Strom. The council’s national office moved to Winnipeg in November, 1993. As of 2006, the council still had 5 active sections in Canada: Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.
- Custodial History
- NCJWC donated these records to the OJA after they had finished a historical exhibit and catalogue in 1997 called "Faith and Humanity," celebrating 100 years of NCJWC.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds documents NCJWC’s fundraising, social service and social action work in Toronto, in other cities across the country, and overseas. Records include conference and meeting programs, minutes, hand-written correspondence, speeches and reports, national newsletters, published histories, by-laws and policies, photographs, publicity material, historical subject files and artifacts. The records have been arranged into nine series: National biennial conventions and annual meetings; National Executive Council; National portfolios and committees; National program and event materials; National history research and subject files; International Council of Jewish Women; Toronto Section; Photos and audio-visual material; and National Council of Jewish Juniors, Toronto Section.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes ca. 2470 photographs, 13 architectural drawings, 2 artistic drawings, 3 badges, 3 medals, 1 pin, 28 audio cassettes, and 1 videocassette.
- Name Access
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada
- Subjects
- Women
- Related Material
- See also: photographs 3207, 3192, 4140, 4067, 4066, 4434; Accession 1977-8-7 for National Council of Jewish Women of Welland; National Council of Jewish Juniors, photographs 458, 459, 460, 463, 464, 465, 466, 468; MG2 B-1K
- Arrangement
- Records have been arranged by function, in accordance with information gleaned from NCJWC's organizational charts and annual reports
- Creator
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada
- Accession Number
- 2001-8-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1933-1997
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 51 photographs : b&w and col. (28 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 6 objects
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Council of Jewish Women of Canada held national conventions every second year starting in 1937. Annual meetings took place in between convention years.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of programs, minutes, reports, photographs, badges and medals from these biennial conventions and annual meetings. It also includes Ida Strauss’ delegate’s badge to the 1933 National Council of Jewish Women convention in St. Louis.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph. On the back of the photograph is written: "1948–1953 (1950)!!! Biennial Meeting that year was held in Winnipeg."
- Notes
- Physical description: Photographer's stamp on verso.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Winnipeg (Man.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 9 x 11 cm and 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 4 photographs taken at the National Council Convention in Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. in May 1969. Includes photographs taken at the UBC Faculty Club and of Florence and Ida at Butchart Gardens in Victoria.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of convention programme, agenda and correspondence for the biennial convention, which took place May 20-22, 1987, and the triennial convention of the International Council of Jewish Women, which took place May 23-27, 1987, in Vancouver, B.C.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of convention booklets and programmes, minutes booklet and programme highlights and one envelope containing 6 photographs for the biennial convention, which took place May 20-22, 1987, and the triennial convention of the International Council of Jewish Women, which took place May 23-27, 1987, in Vancouver, B.C. Identified in the photographs are: Sheila Freeman, Ronnie Waxman, Gloria Rodin, Nita Goldband, Barbara Grafstein, Barbara Greenglass, Ruth Bloom, Janice Landy, Eveline Berger, Sarah Shnider, Faye Mosoff and Bunny Gurvey.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National biennial conventions and annual meetings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 1
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an education report featuring the Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Edmonton sections reports, a NCJW communications strategy for the Centennial, budget report, financial statements, and Community Health Education Initiative.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National Executive Council series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1988
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Executive Council was the main governing body of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Series is composed of two sub-series: National Presidents and National Administration.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National Executive Council series
- Presidents sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [193-?]-1987
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of speeches, reports and correspondence generated by various presidents of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada. It includes Irene Samuel's handwritten speeches and reports from the 1930s. Samuel, the first president of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, was involved in the formation of council's Canadian division.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds
- National Executive Council series
- Presidents sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 38
- Series
- 2-1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence to federal Members of Parliament and Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and responses written on behalf of Trudeau.
- Name Access
- Canada. Prime Minister (1968-1979 : Trudeau)
- Subjects
- Canada. Parliament
- Prime ministers--Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
