- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Charitable Fund series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 7
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the annual reports of the Charitable Fund.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Ontario Camps Association series
- Camp Solelim sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- Date
- 1965, 1974, 2003
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 film reels (ca. 1 hr.) : col. ; Super 8 mm
- 1 videocassette (ca. 1 hr.) : col. ; VHS
- Admin History/Bio
- Camp Solelim was founded in 1965 by the Zionist Organization of Canada as a leadership camp for Canadian Jewsih youth between the ages of 14 and 15. The camp was located just outside of Sudbury, Ontario and was under the direct supervision of the Ontario Camps Association, who recieved their standards and guidelines from the National Camps Association. However, daily operation and staffing of the camp was provided by Canadian Young Judaea, which still operates the camp today.
- Scope and Content
- The sub-series consists of procedure records, press and publicity records, programming records, financial records, and a visitor's day camp booklet, created between 1965 and 1968. The sub-series also contains 3 film reels created in 1974 and 1 videocassette transfer of those reels, depicting various camp activities.
- Name Access
- Camp Solelim
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Ontario Camps Association series
- Camp Solelim sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 1-4
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- moving images
- Date
- 1974, 2003
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels (ca. 1 hr.) : col. ; Super 8 mm
- 1 videocassette (ca. 1 hr.) : col. , VHS
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of three Super 8 film reels shot by Camp Solelim campers and staff of camp activities, Visitors' Day, and skits performed by the campers. One reel consists of various views and episodes of camp life, apparently to be used for publicity purposes.
- Notes
- The films were transferred to videotape by the archives in 2003.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- sound recording
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1990
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee was established in 1982, in order to document the history of the YM-YWHA of Toronto. The committee was chaired by Bert Fine and was mandated by the JCC of Toronto's Executive Committee to collect historical and archival material from the community, which was to be donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of the records collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The records are predominantly photographs, but also includes some textual records. This series also contains oral histories, created by the committee in order to document the experiences of some of the YM-YWHA's original members.
- The series contains a sub-series for the photograph collection, which is organized alphabetically by theme, event or person and is described at the file and item levels. There is also a sub-series for the oral history program, which is described at the sub-series level.
- Notes
- Includes 13 sound recordings, 3 cm of textual records, and 1 architectural drawing.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee meeting minutes and agendas from February 1982 to February 1983. There is also some correspondence between Sid L. Brail, executive director of the JCC of Toronto, and Stephen Speisman, director of the Ontario Jewish Archives, regarding the acquisition of the JCC's records. This correspondence pre-dates the establishment of the Archives Committee.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Oral history program sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-1
- Material Format
- sound recording
- textual record
- Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 13 audio cassettes
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The oral history program was one part of the archives program. The interviewers were Molly Willer, Gay Lokash and Frances Gotkin, volunteers working under the direction of the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of twelve oral histories of various past and present members of the YM-YWHA in Toronto and the signed release forms. The interviewees include Judge Joe Addison, Harvey Blackstein, Lou Borsook, Bert Godfrey, Mrs. Sara Godfrey, Stan Kivy, Jack Oelbaum, Abe Posluns, Harry Pullen, Anne Roher, Max Swartz, Alex Winick and Lou Zimmerman. The interviewees discuss different aspects of their association with the "Y", including the history and structure of the organization, the various sports teams and clubs, social events and other reminiscences.
- The recordings are in cassette format and are located in three separate file folders. The signed release forms are located in a fourth file folder.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1993
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (199 negatives) ; 35 x 28 or smaller
- 3 cm of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Custodial History
- Most of the photographs were in the custody of Ted Winick, who sat on the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. They were donated to the OJA in 1982 and 1984.
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series contains photographs collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The photographs document the executive and general membership, special events, sporting groups and teams, and YM-YWHA owned camps and properties, including the construction and completion program of the northern branch. There are also a small amount of textual records and an architectural drawing, which has been kept in the file with the accompanying graphic images.
- Arrangement of the photographs has been imposed by the archivist, as no original order existed when the records were acquired. The photos have been arranged into alphabetical files by function, where one exists, otherwise they have been grouped together by subject, event or individual. This approach was taken so that images pertaining to certain subjects or events could be easily accessed by the researcher. The images have been described at the file and item levels.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- 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
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944, 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 11 and 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two photographs of Judge Joseph Addison, who was a member of the YM-YWHA and a handball enthusiast. One photograph is of Addison holding a handball and is affixed to a board which says: Although he is no longer playing handball, he was noted for his long arms and legs and excellent condition. He has, and is devoting a lot of time and effort into promoting handball from coast to coast and is the present Commissioner of Handball. The second is a snapshot of him sitting in an office chair, consulting some papers.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 and 18 x 13 cm
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of twelve photographs taken at the Ben Weider weight room dedication at the northern branch of the YMHA. The photographs are of Ben Weider standing with members of the YMHA executive and staff and speaking at a podium. There is also one photograph taken of him seated on a machine in the weight room. There is also an invitation to the official opening, along with a press release and some news clippings.
- 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
- 41
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of several photographs of Louis Borsook and Albert White, two original members of the YM-YWHA Executive Committee. The photographs were taken in the Bloor and Spadina branch gymnasium, probably at an event in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Bloor and Spadina building. There is also a small program booklet from the event.
- 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
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953-1981
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of various photographs taken at Camp Fundale, located at the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches of the YM-YWHA. The photographs are of children participating in various camp activities such as swimming, physical fitness and recreation and dramatics.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966-[ca. 1986]
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs of various YM-YWHA drama groups performing plays. There are also a few group shots, including one with Keanu Reeves. Many of the individuals included in the drama group photo with Reeves attended Thornlea Secondary School, Thornhill, Ontario. Others identified include Rosa Shore, Sandy Liebowtiz, Ann Kirsh, Cy Sherman, Marie Astrov, J. Gerrard, Joel Jeffries and Robin Zionce-Garber (far left).
- 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
- 59
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958-1981
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w and col. (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs of members of the Good Age Club participating in various club activities such as bowling, card playing, group discussions and a dance at the northern building. There are also some images of members eating together, on trips to Ottawa and Cyprus and performing a theatrical production of Gypsies.
- Identified individuals in the photographs include Dora Gottheil, Edward Zaretsky and Nessie Rosen.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 63
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1981
- Physical Description
- 47 photographs : b&w and col. ; (34 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs taken of various handball players at the Bloor and Spadina and northern branches of the YM-YWHA. The images are of participants engaged in handball games and of individual players or groups accepting various awards and trophies of achievement.
- Identified individuals in the photographs include Joe Oryer, [Michael Betler?], [Jack Kurner?], Eddie Keshen, Fred Featherstone, George Phillips, George Pritchard, John [Troy?], Bill Grant, Mort Cohen, Michael Bedder, Jack Kwinter, Stan Garden, Larry Wolfe and Herb Goldberg.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs taken at the northern YM-YWHA during the Jewish Welfare Board volleyball tournament. The photographs are of the "Y" team in competition with another team called the "Edgies" on the volleyball court.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 76
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1982]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of four group photographs of the YM-YWHA volleyball teams at the Jewish Welfare Board volleyball tournament in Toronto. Three of the photographs are of men's teams and one is of a women's team.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 83
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963-1982
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two photographs of the interior of the northern branch's men's health club, one of the interior of the Bloor "Y" showing a man on the treadmill, the stationary bike and the rowing machine, and one taken at a co-meeting of the Men's and Women's Health Club Committees.
- Identified individuals include: Archie Rotenberg, Morris Sobel, Esther Brown, Valla Mezei, Cheryl Stulberg, Tami Reiken, Myrna Beck, Debi Weinberg, Dorothy Shoom, Elliot Krever, Gerald S. Wilks, Stan Allen, Murray Rich, Eric Sobel, Tony Pirri, Bill Mundrow, Marlene Rumanek, Carolynne Wainberg, Kathy Goldsbie, Georgia Dennis, Alice Black, Gerry Longert, Marlene Fogel.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 94
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1982
- Physical Description
- 49 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs and slides of nursery school children and pre-school toddlers enrolled in the Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA nursery school. The children are taking part in sing-alongs and arts and crafts, celebrating Hanukkah and Purim, playing with toys, exercising, reading books and playing outdoors. There are also a few images of the disabled children's program and a photograph of Elaine Comay, a long-time nursery school teacher at the Bloor and Spadina "Y".
- 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
- 97
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]-1982
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs of children partaking in various physical education activities such as gymnastics, soccer and basketball. The file also includes contact sheets with four images on each sheet.
- Subjects
- Sports
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 120
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]-1985
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs taken of staff members at the Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA, in their offices, on the playground equipment outside and at a staff member's birthday party. Identified individuals include Frankie Speisman, Mrs. [Salnajs], John Bernstein, Eve Greenberg, Larry Igra, Mike Berger, Bernice Rosenberg and Harold Martin.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 124
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953-1984
- Physical Description
- 63 photographs : b&w and col. (3 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of photographs of the Bloor and Spadina and northern YM-YWHA swim schools. The photographs are of the swim staff instructing the students in the pool, group shots of swim classes and images of individual students, as well as a swimming performance involving several of the students in Royal Canadian Mounted Police costumes. There is also a group portrait of the first swimming class at the newly built Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA in 1953.
- Identified individuals in the photographs include Ted Winick, Butch Freedman, Stuart Winick, Danny Kayfetz, Dave Perlmuttar, Johnny Johnson, Ruth Rosen, Marilyn Blooval and Les Flom.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]-[ca. 1980]
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of several photographs of the YM-YWHA volleyball teams. Included is one very early group photograph of a YMHA volleyball team standing under an entrance arch. There are also several shots of a 1970 team practicing in the northern YM-YWHA gymnasium and a group portrait of a women's volleyball team from 1980.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The photograph from the 1920s is in very poor condition. The image has peeled off in several spots and there is several missing pieces around the edges.
- 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
- 140
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953-1982
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of 6 photographs of the women's health club and one photograph of members of the Women's Health Club Committee testing out the new steam cabinet at the Bloor and Spadina "Y".
- Identified individuals include Mrs. J.C. Oelbaum, May Perlmutter, Lil Levy, Leah Posluns and Mrs. A. Webber.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
