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Morley S. Wolfe [multiple media] – [197-]-2015.

Accession Number: 2015-7-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-7-2

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records and other materials

Date: [197-]-2015

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting personal and professional achievements of Morley S. Wolfe. It includes a photograph of Morley being introduced as B'Nai Brith Toronto Regional Council President, and a photograph of Morley addressing a group at B'Nai Brith Canada. Also includes two medals, one from Harbord Collegiate and a Peace Medal from the YMCA. There is a paper copy of a family tree created on the internet, a letter to the Toronto Star editor written by Wolfe, an article he wrote about jobs, a speech from his daughters for his 75th birthday, B'Nai Brith Central region mailing lists, material related to a donation to the Osgoode collections library from Morley Wolfe and the Osgoode class of 1955, two of Morley Wolfe's passports, a "Harbord Romeos" members list, a form nominating Karen Mock for the William Hubbard Award, and the text for a League for Human Rights of B'Nai Brith Canada brochure.

Administrative History: Morley S. Wolfe was born in Winnipeg in 1928 to Cecil (b. 1895) and Betty (nee Davidow) Wolfe. He spent his early childhood in various cities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba until moving to Toronto in 1940. Soon after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1955 he started his own practice as a senior member of the law firm Burt, Burt, Wolfe and Bowman. In 1971 he was appointed Queen’s Council, and from 1973 to 1977 he served as counsel for B’nai Brith Canada. After his retirement from practice in 1993, the Province of Ontario appointed him presiding Justice of the Peace for Ontario and Deputy Judge in Small Claims Court. His first marriage was to Sandra Newman in 1958 and they had three children together: Leslie, Lee, and Melanie. He later married Joan and became the step-father to her daughter, Erin. Throughout his life Morley was passionate about fighting prejudice and discrimination and became involved with organizations, such as the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He was also a member of the Toronto Police Services Board Committee on Race Relations, served as Chair of the North York Committee on Community, Race and Ethnic Relations, and was appointed to the Canadian Multiculturalism Council. In addition, he was the founding president of Toronto Residents in Partnership (TRIP) from 2003 to 2006. His involvement extended to Jewish organizations. He served as National President of B’nai Brith Canada (BBC) from 1982 to 1983 and was a founding member of its League for Human Rights. He was also President of BBC’s Toronto Regional Council and Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998, and of the Jewish Camp Council of Toronto as well as many other organizations. Morley’s hard work and involvement in the community earned him many awards, including, City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Race Relations Award, the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, B’Nai Brith Canada Service Award, and the Province of Ontario’s Senior Achievement Award. Around 2002, Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998 began filing a series of appeals with B’nai Brith International (BBI) over concerns that BBC’s national executive was governing undemocratically. Morley played a key role in filing these appeals and was the centre of one appeal filed after BBC censured him without advance notice or the opportunity for a hearing. These appeals were not all successful. Around 2006, Morley became involved in another appeal against BBC that was filed by a group of members who called themselves the Concerned Members of B’nai Brith Canada (CMOBBC). They alleged that BBC’s national executive had too much centralized power, was not governing transparently, failed to provide members with audited financial statements at multiple annual general meetings (AGMs), passed a constitution that members had defeated at the 2005 AGM, and was threatening and harassing some members. BBI’s appeal court rendered its verdict in 2007 in favour of BBC. Soon after this judgment was made BBC took steps to expel all the members of CMOBBC. In response, Morley resigned from the organization. Morley currently resides in Brampton.

Subjects: Human rights

Name Access: Wolfe, Morley, 1928-

Source: Archival Accessions

Morley S. Wolfe [multiple media] – 1955-2005.

Accession Number: 2015-7-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-7-5

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 3 cm textual records; 7 photographs

Date: 1955-2005

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the professional achievements of Morley S. Wolfe. It includes academic certificates and awards, plaques and certificates honouring his service to the community, a composite photograph of his graduating class at Osgoode Law School, and photographs of Morley Wolfe with notable people. Idenitifed in the photographs: Jean Chretien, Hilary Weston and Rosa Parks.

Administrative History: Morley S. Wolfe was born in Winnipeg in 1928 to Cecil (b. 1895) and Betty (nee Davidow) Wolfe. He spent his early childhood in various cities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba until moving to Toronto in 1940. Soon after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1955 he started his own practice as a senior member of the law firm Burt, Burt, Wolfe and Bowman. In 1971 he was appointed Queen’s Council, and from 1973 to 1977 he served as counsel for B’nai Brith Canada. After his retirement from practice in 1993, the Province of Ontario appointed him presiding Justice of the Peace for Ontario and Deputy Judge in Small Claims Court. His first marriage was to Sandra Newman in 1958 and they had three children together: Leslie, Lee, and Melanie. He later married Joan and became the step-father to her daughter, Erin. Throughout his life Morley was passionate about fighting prejudice and discrimination and became involved with organizations, such as the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He was also a member of the Toronto Police Services Board Committee on Race Relations, served as Chair of the North York Committee on Community, Race and Ethnic Relations, and was appointed to the Canadian Multiculturalism Council. In addition, he was the founding president of Toronto Residents in Partnership (TRIP) from 2003 to 2006. His involvement extended to Jewish organizations. He served as National President of B’nai Brith Canada (BBC) from 1982 to 1983 and was a founding member of its League for Human Rights. He was also President of BBC’s Toronto Regional Council and Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998, and of the Jewish Camp Council of Toronto as well as many other organizations. Morley’s hard work and involvement in the community earned him many awards, including, City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Race Relations Award, the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, B’Nai Brith Canada Service Award, and the Province of Ontario’s Senior Achievement Award. Around 2002, Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998 began filing a series of appeals with B’nai Brith International (BBI) over concerns that BBC’s national executive was governing undemocratically. Morley played a key role in filing these appeals and was the centre of one appeal filed after BBC censured him without advance notice or the opportunity for a hearing. These appeals were not all successful. Around 2006, Morley became involved in another appeal against BBC that was filed by a group of members who called themselves the Concerned Members of B’nai Brith Canada (CMOBBC). They alleged that BBC’s national executive had too much centralized power, was not governing transparently, failed to provide members with audited financial statements at multiple annual general meetings (AGMs), passed a constitution that members had defeated at the 2005 AGM, and was threatening and harassing some members. BBI’s appeal court rendered its verdict in 2007 in favour of BBC. Soon after this judgment was made BBC took steps to expel all the members of CMOBBC. In response, Morley resigned from the organization. Morley currently resides in Brampton.

Subjects: Human rights

Name Access: Wolfe, Morley, 1928-

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – April 1977-March 1978.

Accession Number: 1979-9-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-9-8

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: April 1977-March 1978

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one Information Bulletin on Soviet Jewry (vol. 3, issue 4) and two Communique (No. 10, No. 21), both produced by the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.

Subjects: Human rights

Name Access: Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry

Source: Archival Accessions

Human rights [textual record] – 1950.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-1; File 12

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 5-4-1

File: 12

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1950

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and a statement by Rabbi A.L. Feinberg regarding the Forest Hill Village Board of Education's experimental project to segregate Jewish and non-Jewish students.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects: Human rights

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Lubavitch Youth Organization [textual record] – 1973.

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 20; Series 3; File 14

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Lipa Green fonds; Organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 20

Series: 3

File: 14

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1973

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a program book for a Chassidic song festival on 12 June 1973, produced by the Lubavitch Youth Organization.

Subjects: Habad; Youth

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Lubavitch Youth Organizations [textual record] – 1972-1996.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 4; File 189

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 4

File: 189

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1972-1996

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Subjects: Habad; Youth

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Bernard Wolf restrictive covenant court case [textual record] – 1949-1985.

Accession Number: 2011-6-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2011-6-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook : 28 x 41 cm

Date: 1949-1985

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one scrapbook documenting the Supreme Court of Canada case between Bernard Wolf, Annie Noble and property owners at the Beach O' Pines resort regarding antisemitic restrictive property covenants. The scrapbook includes news clippings, correspondence, CJC Public Relations Information bulletins, one photograph of Wolf, factums of court proceedings and a resolution of London's B'nai Brith Lodge #1012. Also included are event programmes and invitations that do not appear related to the court case.

Use Conditions: None

Subjects: Antisemitism; Human rights

Name Access: Wolf, Bernard

Source: Archival Accessions

Morley S. Wolfe [graphic material, textual record] – [194-]-2014.

Accession Number: 2015-11-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-11-4

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 26 cm and smaller; 1 folder of textual records; 1 poster ; 35 x 51 cm

Date: [194-]-2014

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs and textual records related to the personal and professional life of Morley S. Wolfe. Photographs include a snapshot of Morely dressed in a Harbord Collegiate sweater; his first year law class at Osgoode Hall (1951); attendance at B'nai Brith Wilson Height Heights Lodge events and publicity stills from Branson Hospital. Textual records include a Branson Hospital promotional flyer; correspondence with Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston Churchill; email print outs of a series of letter to the editor correspondnece from Morely to the Toronto Star con cerning human rights,immigration and Israel's right to exist.; In addition, there is a photocopy of a Toronto Star photo of Mayor Art Eggleton, awarding Morley S. Wolfe with the William P. Hubbard race relations award; a print out from Harbordite (page 21) of Morely's entry into the Harbord club; a print out of his review of the book Walking with Giants by Saoul Feldberg; and a poster presented to Morely by the Children's Breakfast Club's presdient Rick Gosling, on the occasion of his 75th birthday (2003), in hounour of Morely's volunteer work with the club.

Administrative History: Morley S. Wolfe was born in Winnipeg in 1928 to Cecil (b. 1895) and Betty (nee Davidow) Wolfe. He spent his early childhood in various cities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba until moving to Toronto in 1940. Soon after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1955 he started his own practice as a senior member of the law firm Burt, Burt, Wolfe and Bowman. In 1971, he was appointed Queen’s Council, and from 1973 to 1977 he served as counsel for B’nai Brith Canada. After his retirement from practice in 1993, the Province of Ontario appointed him presiding Justice of the Peace for Ontario and Deputy Judge in Small Claims Court. His first marriage was to Sandra Newman in 1958 and they had three children together: Leslie, Lee, and Melanie. He later married Joan and became the step-father to her daughter, Erin. Throughout his life Morley was passionate about fighting prejudice and discrimination and became involved with organizations, such as the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations. He was also a member of the Toronto Police Services Board Committee on Race Relations, served as Chair of the North York Committee on Community, Race and Ethnic Relations, and was appointed to the Canadian Multiculturalism Council. In addition, he was the founding president of Toronto Residents in Partnership (TRIP) from 2003 to 2006. His involvement extended to Jewish organizations. He served as National President of B’nai Brith Canada (BBC) from 1982 to 1983 and was a founding member of its League for Human Rights. He was also President of BBC’s Toronto Regional Council and Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998, and of the Jewish Camp Council of Toronto as well as many other organizations. Morley’s hard work and involvement in the community earned him many awards, including, City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Race Relations Award, the YMCA Canada Peace Medal, B’Nai Brith Canada Service Award, and the Province of Ontario’s Senior Achievement Award. Around 2002, Wilson Heights Lodge No. 1998 began filing a series of appeals with B’nai Brith International (BBI) over concerns that BBC’s national executive was governing undemocratically. Morley played a key role in filing these appeals and was the centre of one appeal filed after BBC censured him without advance notice or the opportunity for a hearing. These appeals were not all successful. Around 2006, Morley became involved in another appeal against BBC that was filed by a group of members who called themselves the Concerned Members of B’nai Brith Canada (CMOBBC). They alleged that BBC’s national executive had too much centralized power, was not governing transparently, failed to provide members with audited financial statements at multiple annual general meetings (AGMs), passed a constitution that members had defeated at the 2005 AGM, and was threatening and harassing some members. BBI’s appeal court rendered its verdict in 2007 in favour of BBC. Soon after this judgment was made BBC took steps to expel all the members of CMOBBC. In response, Morley resigned from the organization. Morley currently resides in Brampton.

Subjects: Law; Human rights

Name Access: Wolfe, Morley, 1928-

Source: Archival Accessions

International Council of Jewish Women [textual record, graphic material] – 1940-1996.

Part Of: National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds; International Council of Jewish Women series

Level: Series

ID: Fonds 38; Series 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds; International Council of Jewish Women series

Level: Series

Fonds: 38

Series: 6

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: 1940-1996

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records; 11 photographs

Admin History/Bio: The International Council of Jewish Women is made up of Jewish women's organizations from across the world. Founded in 1912 and revived in 1949, the ICJW's goals were to promote equal rights, women's rights, understanding, and peace throughout the world. It sought to spread knowledge about and strengthen Jewish cultural traditions, to help build Israel, and to encourage women to participate in community services. It cooperated actively as a non-governmental organization with UNESCO, and was an accredited observer at the United Nations. The National Council of Jewish Women has been a vital member of the ICJW, with a number of its members having served on the executive and as vice-presidents and presidents of the ICJW.; In a first attempt to form an international council of Jewish women, representatives from the National Council of Jewish Women in the United States, along with similar organizations in Great Britain and Germany, met in Rome in 1912. Their efforts were aborted with the onset of World War I, but in the 1920s, Jewish women's groups reconvened and ended up holding three meetings. After a long hiatus due to the devastation of World War II and the Holocaust, the International Council of Jewish Women was officially re-born in 1949 in Paris. The ICJW has held conventions every three years since 1954, and in countries around the world, including in Toronto in 1972, and in Vancouver in 1987.; The ICJW was organized in a committee system which communicated through a network of newsletters, mailings, and triennial meetings. Committees have included By-Laws, Community Services, Herczeg Israel Seminar, Newsletter, North American Committee, Public Relations, Resolutions, Soviet Jewry, Status of Women, and United Nations. The ICJW also held regional meetings, seminars such as the Rosa and Esteban Herczeg seminars in Jerusalem, and field trips.; Canadian presidents of the ICJW have included Antonia S. Robinson (1957-1960), and Helen Marr (1990-1993). While serving as president, Tony Robinson represented Jewish women of Canada at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.; Helen Marr served as president of National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Toronto Section from 1973 to 1976, and as president of the NCJWC from 1981 to 1985. She married Gerald Marr, and has three children. Helen served as Canada's Vice-President to the ICJW from 1986-1989, and chaired the ICJW's triennial convention in Vancouver in 1987. She also held leadership positions with the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Ben Gurion University, Canadian Jewish Congress, and the Skylight Theatre.

Scope and Content: Series contains records documenting the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada's involvement in the International Council of Jewish Women. It includes pamphlets and publicity material, newsletters, the 75th anniversary tribute book, by-laws and resolutions, material from conventions and other activities, correspondence, and photographs.; A portion of the records were generated during Helen Marr's presidency of the ICJW. These records include by-laws and guidelines, committee files, and mailings.

Notes: The International Council of Jewish Women was variously called the World Congress of Jewish Women, the World Conference of Jewish Women, and the World Organization of Jewish Women between 1912 and 1929.

Name Access: Helen Marr; World Congress of Jewish Women; World Conference of Jewish Women; World Organization of Jewish Women

Subjects: Human rights; Women

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Tifereth Joseph (Lubavitch), Toronto, Ontario [textual record] – [1977?].

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Reference series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 64; Series 5; File 86

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Reference series

Level: File

Fonds: 64

Series: 5

File: 86

Material Format: textual record

Date: [1977?]

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains an "all-occasion travel card" and an information booklet from the Lubavitch Youth Organization.

Subjects: Habad; Youth; 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

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Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region [sound recording] – 1968.

Accession Number: 2015-9-30

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-30

Material Format: sound recording

Physical Description: 2 audiotapes

Date: 1968

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two reel-to-reel audiotapes recording John Beattie at Allan Gardens on June 30, 1968.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material

Subjects: Antisemitism; Demonstrations; Human rights

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.); Beattie, John

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Morris Norman [object, graphic material, textual record] – [193-?]-[195-?].

Accession Number: 2009-6-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-6-4

Material Format: object; graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: M6 artifacts; 1 postcard; 1 textual record

Date: [193-?]-[195-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a Tip Top Tailors wall clock and five tzedakah boxes from Israel. Also included is a postcard of the Mossington Park resort on Lake Simcoe featuring a Gentiles Only sign, several copies from the mid-1940s of the CJC Committee on Social and Economic Studies Information and Comment bulletins, as well as a programme for the twenty-seventh anniversary celebrations for the Soviet Union, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1944. The program included a message from the prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, and a broadcast from Paul Robeson. The master of ceremonies was Lorne Greene. The content of the CJC studies include: research projects of the CJC (1946), racial discrimination and public policy (1946), the use of the terms "racial origin" and "religion" in the Canadian census (1946), opinion polls and social control (1946), intermarriage and children of intermarriages (1946), prejudice and Canadian unity (1946), comparative occupational distribution (1947), community action versus racial prejudice (1947), audience reaction analysis to the film "Don't Be a Sucker" (1947), Fair Employment Practices Laws for Canada (1947), age distribution of Jewish population in Ontario (1949), Immigration of Jews to Canada (1948), Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act (1949), Jews in the professions in Canada (1949), answering the bigot: a summary of the Incident control project (1949), Canadian public opinion on racial restrictive covenants (1949), anti-minority discrimination and the law: a Canadian progress report (1950), immigration to Canada 1945 to 1949: official figures, refugee industries in Canada: latest available statistics (1947), and from juvenile immigrant to Canadian citizen (1950). Authors of CJC reports include Dr. A. F. Citron, Dr. J. Harding, Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Dr. Manfred Saalheimer, Professor F. R. Scott and Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.

Custodial History: The items were bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the archives on 3 June 2009.

Subjects: Human rights; Discrimination in employment

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.); Tip Top Tailors

Source: Archival Accessions

Genya Intrator - 26 Nov. 1990

Name: Genya Intrator

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 26 Nov. 1990

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Genya Intrator

Number: OH 223; OH 224

Subject: Antisemitism; Women; Human rights

Interview Date: 26 Nov. 1990

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Mindy A. Skapinker

AccessionNumber: 1993-9-1

Total Running Time: OH 223A: 46 minutes OH 223B: 46 minutes OH 224A: 16 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Use Restrictions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Genya Intrator was born in Moscow and moved as a child to Palestine in the 1930s. She was a member of the Israeli underground and served in the Israeli army during the War of Independence. She played a central leadership role in the Soviet Jewry movement in Canada. She founded Women for Soviet Jewry and served as chair of the National Soviet Jewry Committee. She helped with the creation of the Group of 35, a Soviet Jewry activist group in Toronto. Genya had regular contact by phone with Soviet activists and relayed their information back to Israeli consuls. She was an advisor to B'nai Brith on Soviet Jewry. She started an inter-religious Task Force for Soviet Jewry in Canada.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Intrator, Genya; Skapinker, Mindy A.; Canadian Jewish Congress

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Genya Intrator discusses the formation of the "Group of 35", a Soviet Jewry OHtivist group.

In this clip, Genya Intrator describes how information about Soviet Jews was passed on to the Israeli consulate in New York who trOHked all the data. She explains how she was appointed as a "secret agent" who would report information from her many phone calls to the Soviet Union.

Correspondence regarding antisemitism, discrimination, and human rights [textual record] – 1937-1972.

Part Of: John J. Glass fonds; Documents series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 109; Series 2; File 27

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: John J. Glass fonds; Documents series

Level: File

Fonds: 109

Series: 2

File: 27

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1937-1972

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence relating to John Glass' battle against discrimination based on race and religion in Ontario and society in general. Included are commentaries on his newspaper article proposing amendments to the Ontario Libel and Slander Act, his correspondence with the Canadian Jewish Congress, and the prime minister (premier) of Ontario regarding offensive "Gentiles Only" signs on highways, at country resorts, and in parks. In addition there is a report on the operation of Nazi-affiliated groups in the province and a telegram expressing support from a "Negro Youth Group," as well as an impassioned speech delivered by Glass in the Ontario legislature, in which he pleads for human rights and the end of intlolerance and bigotry.

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress; Ontario Libel and Slander Act; Ontario. Premier

Subjects: Antisemitism; Discrimination; Human rights

Physical Condition: Several of the letters are in fagile condition and are enclosed in plastic.

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Ben Kayfetz - 4 Mar. 1984

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 4 Mar. 1984

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Ben Kayfetz

Number: OH 210

Subject: Antisemitism; Human rights; Law; Nonprofit organizations

Interview Date: 4 Mar. 1984

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Phyllis Platnick

Total Running Time: 46 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Christie Pits riot at approximately minute 16:00

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

Biography: Benjamin "Ben" Gershon Kayfetz was born on 24 December 1916 in Toronto. He married Eva Silver and had two children. Ben graduated from the University of Toronto in 1939, with a bachelor of arts in modern languages. He worked as a high school teacher in Huntsville, Ontario and Niagara Falls, Ontario between 1941 and 1943. In 1943, he joined the war effort, working for the Department of National Defense in postal censorship and was responsible for reviewing prisoner of war mail. After the war, Kayfetz traveled to British-occupied Germany, where he worked as a censor of telecommunications with the Control Commission until 1947. Upon returning to Toronto, he was hired as the national director of community relations by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) and as the executive (national) director of the Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC), a CJC-B'nai B'rith cooperative organization. He also served as the central region executive director of the CJC between 1973 and 1978. He worked to develop anti-discrimination laws and for the protection of minority and religious rights. Kayfetz was also actively involved in promoting the welfare of Jewish communities worldwide. He was awarded the Samuel Bronfman Medal by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1985 and the Order of Canada in 1986. In addition to his professional activities, Kayfetz wrote articles for various Jewish publications under both his own name and the pseudonym Gershon B. Newman. He also gave a weekly radio address on CHIN radio addressing various contemporary Jewish issues and was actively involved in the Toronto Jewish Historical Society (serving as its president), the Canadian Jewish Historical Society, and the Yiddish Luncheon Circle. He died in 2002.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Balmy Beach Swastika Club; Canadian Jewish Congress; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Geographic Access: Toronto; Kew Beach; Christie Pits

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\AC 210, Ben Kayfetz\AC 210 notes.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz describes the skirmish between antisemitic and Jewish youths at Kew Beach in July 1933.

In this clip, Ben Kayfetz discusses the laws that restricted “Jews or other objectionable races” from purchasing, owning or renting properties in Toronto and summer resort areas. He describes the steps taken to change the law.

Human Rights Commission [textual record] – 1972.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-4-1; File 152

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Research Records sub-series; Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 5-4-1

File: 152

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1972

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence related to the Ontario Human Rights Commission, including documentation of complaints of racial discrimination. There are also documents regarding the situation of Jews in Syria, including a "rebuttal" from the Federation of Arab Canadian Societies.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access: Federation of Canadian Arab Societies; Ontario Human Rights Commission

Subjects: Human rights; Jews--Syria; Race discrimination

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Alexander, Yonah [textual record] – 1956-1957.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Executive director series; Teacher files sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 2-4

File: 9

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1956-1957

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Alexander Eisen [graphic material, textual record] – 2006.

Accession Number: 2016-11-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-13

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 7 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 2006

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 7 colour photographs of Eisen speaking to students, a thank you card signed by the students and student art work in response to the Holocaust.

Administrative History: Alexander Eisen was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929. After the Anschluss in 1938, the Eisen family fled to Hungary. In 1939, Alex’s father was arrested and fled to Palestine, leaving his wife alone with their three children. Alex and the rest of the family endured the hardships of the Budapest Ghetto, but later managed to escape and live in hiding until being liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945. He immigrated with his wife Renate to Canada in 1952. Eisen is a Neuberger Holocaust Survivor Speaker and author of A Time of Fear (2010).

Subjects: Children; Education; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Name Access: Eisen, Alexander

Places: Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Chertin, Alexander [textual record] – [ca. 1976].

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 37

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 37

Material Format: textual record

Date: [ca. 1976]

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Goldfarb, Alexander [textual record] – 1975.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 72

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 72

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1975

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Kieman, Alexander [graphic material] – [197-?].

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 109

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 109

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [197-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Kushnir, Alexander [textual record, graphic material] – [ca. 1982]-1984.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 126

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 126

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: [ca. 1982]-1984

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Lezerovich, Alexander [textual record] – [ca. 1980].

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 149

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 149

Material Format: textual record

Date: [ca. 1980]

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Paritsky, Alexander [textual record] – 1979-1983.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 196

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 196

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1979-1983

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Roisman, Alexander [textual record] – 1974.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 214

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 214

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1974

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Shainsky, Alexander [textual record] – 1988.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 231

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 231

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1988

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Silnitsky, Alexander [textual record, graphic material] – 1976-1977.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 247

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 247

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: 1976-1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Temkin, Alexander [textual record, graphic material] – [ca. 1973].

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 261

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 261

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: [ca. 1973]

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 12 cm

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Vilig, Alexander [textual record] – 1979.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 276

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 276

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Yampolsky, Alexander [textual record] – 1988.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 281

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 281

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1988

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Scholaptur, Alexander

Passenger Names: Scholaptur, Alexander

Date Range: June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Source: Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names: Scholaptur, Alexander

Page Number: 362

Date Range: June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer: Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source: Rotenberg Ledger

Beth Joseph Lubavitch School [textual record] – 1976.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 49

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 49

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Name Access: Beth Joseph Lubavitch School

Subjects: Habad

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario [textual record] – 1994-1996.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 5; File 81

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; School files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 5

File: 81

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1994-1996

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Subjects: Habad

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chabad Lubavitch [graphic material, textual record] – 1990-2004.

Accession Number: 2004-5-156

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-156

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. and b&w (12 negatives); 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1990-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photos and textual documents related to Chabad Lubavitch's Simchas Bais Hashoeva event.

Subjects: Habad

Source: Archival Accessions

Correspondence with Chabad Lubavitch of Markham [textual record] – 1996.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; General office subject and correspondence files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1081

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; General office subject and correspondence files series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 2

File: 1081

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1996

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Subjects: Habad

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

Accession Number: 2005-2-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah celebrations [graphic material, textual record] – 1972-1985.

Part Of: Solomon Edell fonds; Clanton Park Synagogue series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 4; Series 6; File 49

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Solomon Edell fonds; Clanton Park Synagogue series

Level: File

Fonds: 4

Series: 6

File: 49

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Date: 1972-1985

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 81 photographs : b&w (62 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File consists of invitations and photographs documenting Hanukkah parties at Clanton Park Synagogue.

Notes: Photographs are by Paul Brown.

Subjects: Hanukkah

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

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Chanukah meetings [textual record] – 1957-1969.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-2; File 52

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-2

File: 52

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1957-1969

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of meeting invitations, agendas, minutes and reports.

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah meetings [textual record] – 1970-1981.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-2; File 53

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-2

File: 53

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1970-1981

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of meeting invitations, agendas, minutes and speeches.

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah Luncheon and Fashion Show [graphic material] – 6 Dec. 1972.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-2; File 55

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-2

File: 55

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 6 Dec. 1972

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the menorah lighting, fashion show, and a speech being delivered at the podium. Identified in the photographs is Dora Till, June Callwood, and Hyman Pechenick (resident).

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah meeting and fashion show [graphic material] – 13 Dec. 1978.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-2; File 58

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-2

File: 58

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 13 Dec. 1978

Physical Description: 33 photographs (20 negatives) : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the menorah lighting and fashion show. Identified in the photographs is Dora Till, Betty Zweig, Pat Friedland, Susan Adams, Alma Waldman, Evelyn Levine, and M. Morgenthau.

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah meeting [graphic material] – [ca. 1968].

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-2; File 54

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Annual meetings sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-2

File: 54

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1968]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the menorah lighting and a speech being delivered. Identified in the photographs is Dora Till.

Notes: Photograph is by Gordon Mendly Famous Studio.

Subjects: Hanukkah

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

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Chanukah luncheon, photographs [graphic material] – [ca. 1965]-1979.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Festival Committee sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-5; File 13

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Festival Committee sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-5

File: 13

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1965]-1979

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs documenting the Festival Committee's Hanukkah luncheons. Included are images of residents lighting the menorah, speeches being delivered, and prayers being recited. Identified in the photographs are: J.B. Salsberg, Sophie Mandel, and Sam Cohen.

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah party [graphic material] – 1973.

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series; Photograph collection sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 61; Series 2-2; File 50

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: 50

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1973

Physical Description: 25 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 and 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: This file consists of photographs taken at a Hanukkah party held at the Bloor and Spadina Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. The photographs are of people sitting together and eating at tables set up in the Bloor and Spadina gymnasium.; Identified in the photographs are: Ben Schlessinger, Harry Kay, Fred Tittel, Alex Solomon, Leon Takefman, [?] Lieberman, Moe Stein, Harold Martin, Fred Bowler, Max Jaffe, Irwin Soren, Sol Fox, Sol Finkelstein, Phil Ceresne, Dave [Summan?], Jack Hershoran, George Vale, Boris Bedin, Keva Barkin and Ted Winick.

Subjects: Hanukkah

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Volunteer Sam Cohen reciting prayers over Hanukkah candles [graphic material] – 1972.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Festival Committee sub-series; Chanukah luncheon, photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 14; Series 4-5; File 13; Item 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds; Women's Auxiliary series; Festival Committee sub-series; Chanukah luncheon, photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 14

Series: 4-5

File: 13

Item: 2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1972

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Also identified is Sam Cohen's daughter, Gertrude Zack.

Notes: Photographer unknown.

Subjects: Hanukkah

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

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Chanukah parties [graphic material] – 1990-[199-].

Part Of: National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds; Toronto Section series; Service Portfolio sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 38; Series 7-11; File 28

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: 28

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1990-[199-]

Physical Description: 13 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs taken at Hanukkah parties for children in the 1990s.

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Chanukah [textual record] – 1983-1990.

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 48; Series 4; File 67

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Board of Jewish Education fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 48

Series: 4

File: 67

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1983-1990

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Subjects: Hanukkah

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Debby Solomon-Natan Sharansky [graphic material, textual record] – 1976-[ca. 1990].

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: ca. 60 cm of textual records; 11 photographs (3 negatives) : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1976-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual and graphic records that trace Natan Sharansky's history as a prisoner of political conscience; the broader Refusenik issue; and the community advocacy efforts of Debby and Stan Solomon from 1976 and into the late 1980s at the local, national and international scales. Included are memos and newsletters from the Committee for Soviet Jewry (Ontario Region and national-level); background information as well as petition templates, speeches and planning documentation produced by the Committee to Release Anatoly Sharansky and the Beth Tikvah Synagogue in conjunction with community organizations, including the CJC and its Soviet Jewry social action committees, to support on-going advocacy efforts; correspondence with Canadian and American political representatives at the provincial/state and national levels; white papers/grey literature from non-governmental organizations about the persecution of the Soviet Jewry; planning documentation from the First Annual Sharansky Lectureship on Human Rights in 1980; correspondence, articles and ephemera associated with the granting of Sharansky's honourary law doctorate from York University in 1982; 1985 Freedom Rally/Weekend in Ottawa planning documentation and correspondence; 1987 National Conference on the Soviet Jewry and Mobilization for Freedom planning documentation; 1987 Community Rally at Massey Hall promotional materials; and promotional materials from Sharansky's autobiographical "Fear No Evil" 1988 book launch. Graphic material includes photographs of Sharansky's release during the February 11, 1986 American-Soviet prisoner exchange on the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin.; Identified in the photographs are: Debby Solomon; Alan Solomon; Natan Sharansky; Avital Sharansky; U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt;

Custodial History: Material was collected and/or created by Debby Solomon, Natan Sharansky's cousin. Debby donated it to the OJA.

Administrative History: Debby Solomon is the cousin of Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, the Soviet born Israeli politician, human activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Debby's father Boris Landis (born 1900) and Sharansky's father were first cousins.Their grandfathers were brothers. Debby's father immigrated 1929 to Toronto from Russia as his older brothers were already in Toronto. Debby and her husband Stan Solomon got involved in the community's activism efforts to free Sharansky and other Refuseniks.They were worked for many years on these efforts by planning programs through their synagogue Beth Tikvah and with Sam Filer, a lawyer and volunteer at the CJC who was also a member of Beth Tikvah.