Search Results

Part Of

Isaac Matenko fonds

Workmen's Circle series

I.L. Peretz School photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

89

Series

1

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25 cm mounted on board 25 x 35 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of the Women's Auxiliary of the I.L. Peretz Workmen's Circle Schools. Individuals identified are (top row, left to right): ?, ?, Gluskin, Farber, Goldberg, Matenko, ?, ?, ?

(second row, left to right): ?, Saretsky, Goldstein, Soboloff, ?, ?, Lipchitz, ?, ?

(third row, left to right): ?, Nelson, ?, Ginsberg, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Rose

(fourth row, left to right): Lipman, Glazer, Soboloff, Sable, Gordon, Epstein, Seltzer, Frumhartz, ?, ?

(front row, lef to right): ?, Carson, Gerrard, Solway, Gelberg

Subjects

Portraits, Group

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

Dora Till fonds

Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series

General photographs sub-series

Campers and staff at Tollandale file

Level

Item

Fonds

52

Series

1-7

File

5

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1948]

Physical Description

2 photographs (1 negatives) : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of a group of women dressed up in costume. Some of the costumes include a baby, an Indigenous person, and Little Red Riding Hood.

Subjects

Costume

Portraits, Group

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

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1939 and 1945]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Lieutenant Stren was a member of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) unit during the Second World War.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Lieutenant Maurie Stren of Brantford, Ontario, taken during the Second World War. Lt. Stren is pictured in his military uniform.

Name Access

Canada. Canadian Army. Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Subjects

Portraits

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.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4083

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Jewish school in Poland. The photograph depicts the students and teachers of the school assembled in front of it. The photograph was sent to Sarah Low of Peterborough, Ontario.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Schools

Students

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Poland

Accession Number

1978-7-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2553

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1929?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 35 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of the members of Club One, Pioneer Women. The women are assembled in the backyard of a member's home.

Front row, seated on left: Mrs. Gordon. Seated on far right: Sylvia Mirsky.

Second row, seated fifth from left: Goldie Myerson (Golda Meir).

Back row: standing eighth from the left Nachumah Zuker

Notes

Goldie Myerson is Golda Meir.

Name Access

First Toronto Pioneer Women Club

Gordon, Mrs.

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

Mirsky, Sylvia

Subjects

Clubs

Portraits, Group

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-6-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1939 and 1945]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Max Rapoport of Brantford, Ontario in his military uniform, taken during the Second World War.

Subjects

Portraits

World War, 1939-1945

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1212

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of students standing on the front steps of the McCaul Street School in Toronto.

Name Access

McCaul Street School

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Schools

Students

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-1-5

1983-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1939 and 1945]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Flight Officer Sam Finkelstein of the RCAF, pictured in his military uniform.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

Subjects

Portraits

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.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4140

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1928

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The gymnasium was added onto Council House at 44 St. George Street in 1928.

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada

Subjects

Portraits, Group

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.

Places

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Vanek fonds

Military service records series

Level

Series

Fonds

1

Series

2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1945-1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Vanek served in the Canadian Intelligence Corps and Field Security in England during the Second World War.

Scope and Content

Series includes a confirmation record of David Vanek's active war service, a certificate of attendance at Oxford University Leave course, and a request for financial assistance for study in England pending repatriation to Canada.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Cassel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

93

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting Henry Cassel's military service in the Royal Canadian Army. Included is correspondence, pay statements, Cassel's discharge certificate, a military request form to return to his previous place of employment, and photocopies of photographs of Cassel and his wife, Reta.

Accession Number

2010-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

32

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1939 and 1945]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sgt. Kanter was with the Royal Canadian Artillery.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Sergeant Ben Kanter of Brantford, Ontario in his military uniform, taken during the Second World War.

Name Access

Canada. Canadian Army

Subjects

Portraits

World War, 1939-1945

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1132

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1959

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hadassah event in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of women standing or seated on a stage, next to a woman speaking into a microphone. She is holding a book with the title: This is your life Hadassah 1959.

Standing, left to right: Lena Rotberg, Clara Freedman, Terese Zwetchkenbaum, Edith Kanter, Anne Tulchinsky.

Seated, left to right: Mrs. (Rabbi) Michael Rosenberg, [Cealy] Willinsky, Evelyn Pearlman.

Notes

Acquired on June 28, 1976.

Name Access

Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Subjects

Women

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-5

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

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Series

Fonds

33

Series

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942-[195-?]

Physical Description

28 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Bill Stern enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce at the start of the Second World War, at the age of eighteen. He set out for Enlgand via Halifax, in 1942, and saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany as a Leading Aircraftsman.

Scope and Content

This series consists of photographs of Bill Stern and his fellow servicemen, taken during the Second World War. Most of the photographs were taken overseas, however there are a few of Bill, his brother Max, and his parents Moishe and Fanny Stern, which were taken in Toronto, and one of a fellow soldier taken after the war.

The photographs have been arranged chronologically and are described at the item level.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

Subjects

Portraits

Accession Number

1980-2-1

2004-5-96

2006-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1932

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a class photograph of students in front of the school fence. Gordon Melamed is seated in the front row holding the slate.

Name Access

Clinton Street Public School (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Public schools

Students

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Clinton Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3764

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Community House women's basketball team was part of the National Council of Jewish Women in Canada. In 1933, the basketball team was the Ontario Junior Champions.

Scope and Content

This item is a photo of the Jewish Community House women's basketball team. Standing in a row posing for their team portrait, the team can be identified from left to right: Coach Maurice Black (1902-1973), Bunnie Shoom (1917-1981), Buschie Stone Kamin (?), Bess Pacter (1915-1971), Ann Feldman Gross (1916-2006), Adele (?), Mildred Appleby (?), [?], [?], Esther Parnes (1915-2008), Pearl Pascal Cole (?-1990), and Clara Freedhof Black (1909-1994)

Notes

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Jewish Community House

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Sports teams

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-6-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca 1900]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Strenkovsky (Stren) family of Brantford, Ontario. The photograph was taken in Toronto.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Rapoport family of Brantford, Ontario.

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

948

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Shaarei Shomayim School students and the teacher, Mr. Novak.

Subjects

Schools

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4233

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1929

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Ladies' Auxiliary

Workmen's Circle

Arbeter Ring

Arbeiter Ring

I.L. Peretz

Subjects

Education

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.

Accession Number

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of students of William Houston Public School, standing on the staircase of the school.

Name Access

William Houston Public School (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Public schools

Students

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of women standing outside of Lou Leeds Agencies in the garment district of Toronto.

Notes

Photographer was Gordon Mendly of Famous Studio.

Subjects

Women

Repro Restriction

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

Related Material

See fonds 18, series 3, file 53 for negative of this image.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-1-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1134

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Luis and Bayla (Trayanko) Rapoport of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons Max and Sam.

Name Access

Rapoport family

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1977-11-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records (1 vol.)

Date

1953-1956

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one bound register documenting the students of the Toronto Hebrew Free School (Brunswick Talmud Torah) in Toronto from 1953 to 1956.

MG_RG

MG2 G1E

Subjects

Schools

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1987-7-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

Date

1929-1985

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Hillcrest Progressive School. Included are minutes, financial statements, letters, and other documents.

Descriptive Notes

Central Jewish Institute.

MG_RG

MG2 G1w

Subjects

Schools

Name Access

Hillcrest Progressive School (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Max (Motle) and Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver, of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons David and Samuel and their daughter Bertha (Brucha).

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

This photograph is a copy of photo #1149.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1149

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm on matte 23 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Max (Motle) and Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons David and Samuel and their daughter Bertha (Brucha). The photograph is a studio portrait.

Name Access

Moldaver, Bertha

Moldaver, Brucha

Moldaver, David

Moldaver family

Moldaver, Max

Moldaver, Samuel

Moldaver, Sarah

Rovinsky, Sarah

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Brantford B'nai Brith lodge received its charter in 1932.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the installation dinner of the officers of the Brantford B'nai Brith lodge. The dinner was held at Kerby House. The photograph depicts a large assembled crowd seated at several banquet tables.

Notes

Title taken from writing on photograph.

Name Access

B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1155

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver seated with her children, in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: David, Sam, Sarah Moldaver.

Front row, left to right: Bertha, Isaac (Jack), Daniel, Abraham.

Name Access

Moldaver, Abraham

Moldaver, Bertha

Moldaver, David

Moldaver, Isaac

Moldaver, Jack

Moldaver, Sam

Moldaver, Sarah

Rovinsky, Sarah

Subjects

Mother and child

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

United Jewish Welfare Fund series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

6

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2495

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1944 or 1945]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photo by George Rutherford.

Name Access

B'nai B'rith

Subjects

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-20

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

Accession Number

2007-11-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Date

1953, 1956-1957

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three cookbooks produced by the Toronto B'nai Brith Women. The first is entitled "Party Book", the second is "Oven Magic", and the third is "What's Cooking?".

Subjects

Food

Women

Name Access

Toronto B'nai B'rith Women

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

2954

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the Pioneer Women's closing meeting in Toronto. The photograph depicts a group of women seated in a garden. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Mrs. Nathan Rosen, [unidentified], [unidentified], Mrs. Heifetz, Rose Dukoff, Bessie Harris, [unidentified], [unidentified], Mrs. Haber, Lena Sharpe, Faye Tanenbaum.

Middle row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Birdie Spivak, Esther Pike, Ida Krackover, Helen Krongold, [unidentified], Mrs. Etin, [unidentified].

Front row, left to right: [unidentified], Rose Sharpe, Fannie Ginsberg, Sophie [Solnik?], Helen Nissenbaum.

Name Access

Dukoff, Rose

Etin, Mrs.

Ginsberg, Fannie

Haber, Mrs.

Harris, Bessie

Heifetz, Mrs.

Krackover, Ida

Krongold, Helen

Nissenbaum, Helen

Pike, Esther

Rosen, Mrs. Nathan

Sharpe, Lena

Sharpe, Rose

Solnik, Sophie

Spivak, Birdie

Tanenbaum, Faye

Subjects

Clubs

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1150

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm on mat 23 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Annie and Sam (Shoika) Rovinsky with their son Jack (Rowan), of Brantford, Ontario. The photograph is a studio portrait.

Name Access

Rovinsky, Annie

Rovinsky family

Rovinsky, Sam

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Jewish military portraits series

Level

Series

Fonds

80

Series

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942-1946

Physical Description

72 photographs : b&w (36 negatives) : 18 x 12 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Series consists of negatives and proofs produced by Sylvia Schwartz in her studio. The images depict formal portraits of both male and female Jewish military personnel. While some images show just the head and upper body of the sitter, others capture the entire body in uniform.

There are thirty-seven portraits in total. Each portrait depicts a member of the Jewish community who served in the Second World War. Portraits feature images of members of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy and the Red Cross. In addition to this, there are three images of Canadian Jewish doctors who were members of the American military. Female military personnel in this series served as WRENs and in the Red Cross.

In image 34, the soldier is pictured with his wife and in image 20 the soldier is pictured with his bride. Records have been arranged alphabetically by last name at the item level.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

Portraits

Physical Condition

One negative (image 26) has discoloured to a canary yellow shade; signifies that an anti-halation dye was not removed while processing; will not adversely affect the other negatives in the series.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

801

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Duke Studio

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print of four women seated in the pews of the newly-remodeled Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured on the far right is Fanny Goldstein.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Goldstein, Fanny

Subjects

Women

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-3-45

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm and 18 x 13 cm

Date

1950-[196-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three photographs. One photo is of a group of canvassers seated at a meeting for UJWF's Women's Division (1950). The Division broke its area down into districts, which appear on poster boards at the back of the room. The other two photographs appear to date from the 1960s and were taken in Israel. On the reverse side of a photo with three people is the name Prof. Lillian Kingstone, ORT and the other photo depicts Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion and Aba Eban seated, along with others.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects

Women

Name Access

ORT

United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)

Ben-Gurion, David

Eban, Aba

Meir, Golda

Places

Israel

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

International Council of Jewish Women series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

6

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of pamphlets from South Africa, England and Australia and a radio broadcast announcement from National Council of Jewish Women, New York.

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women. New York Section

Subjects

Women

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

907

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Jan. 1962

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a Canadian Jewish Congress meeting in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of men and women standing behind a banquet table, which is situated at the front of the room. Pictured from left to right are:

Mrs. J. Hyman, Rabbi A. Hartman, Louis Henkle, S. B. Spiegel, Ben Kayfetz, L. Kwitko, D. Noble, M.G., Minna Levitas, D. Henkle, Mrs. L. Rotberg.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4230

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1911

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

For identification see accession record.

Name Access

National Radical School (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Schools

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4067

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada

Subjects

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada--Presidents

Portraits, Group

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.

Places

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-3-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism Cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

211

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding incidents in public schools regarding Jewish students.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Religion in the public schools

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the exterior of Bishop Strachan School. There are several people pictured standing in a field covered with snow.

Name Access

Bishop Strachan School

Subjects

Architecture

Schools

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1678

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mrs. Dora Saxe (standing left) with a group of women at the Canadian Jewish Farm School in Georgetown, Ontario. Identified standing in the back row (left to right) is: Mrs. Dora Saxe, Sonia Goldfarb, Rivka (?), Sura Liba Goldman, and Esther Barnett. Identified in the front row, sitting fourth left is Rayzeleh (Rose) Rosenbloom (m. Plant).

Name Access

Barnett, Esther

Canadian Jewish Farm School

Goldfarb, Sonia

Goldman, Sura Liba

Rivka

Saxe, Dora

Subjects

Farms

Women

Orphans

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Georgetown (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4749

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1948 and 1952]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Club One, Pioneer Women, Cecil Street, Toronto.

Name Access

Club One Pioneer Women

Farband

Subjects

Clubs

Women

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

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-2-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2323

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Club One was established in 1925.

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph fourth from the left: Mrs. Rycus.

Name Access

Club One

Pioneer Women

Rycus, Mrs.

Subjects

Clubs

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1146

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 photographs : sepia and b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and smaller

Scope and Content

This item is an original and copy photograph and corresponding negative of Mike and Sheva (née Moldaver) Corsonsky (Corson), of Brantford, Ontario, with their son Jack. The three are dressed in formal attire and Mike is seated in a chair.

Name Access

Corson family

Corson, Jack

Corson, Mike

Corson, Sheva

Corsonsky family

Corsonsky, Mike

Corsonsky, Sheva

Moldaver, Sheva

Subjects

Families

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2019-2-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Date

[ca. 1959]

Scope and Content

Item is a group portrait of the Forest Hill Junior High School band and majorettes that was taken in or around 1959. Identified in the photograph are: Paul Appleby, Ron Agar, Sheila Bookspan, Ellen Breuer, Joe Cappe, Michael Cole, John Dallas, Elliott Doran, Linda Feinberg, Stanley Feinberg, Judy Feinstein, Martin Fingerhut, Michael Garfin, Frank Gold, Neil Gold, Sheldon Goldenberg, Joey Goodman, Stephen Greenberg, Fred Grossberg, Peter Herman, Ron Hirshorn, John Kastner, Wilma Levinne, Jo-Ann Levy, Joey Liberman, Judy Lipson, Jill Lister, Carole Lokash, Karen Mactinger, Corinne Manace, Judy Marrus, Lesley Marrus, Barbara Martin, Susan Miller, Peter Model, Peter Morrison, Wendy Papernick, Steve Pearl, Wendy Porter, Mr. Rutherford, Elaine Schaffran, Rozzi Shuster, Eric Slavens, Larry Smith, Louis Solnicki, Luby Sone, Gary Soupcoff, Barbara Spencer, Howard Stulberg, Jerold Winter, Heather Wintre, Rhoda Wintre, Irwin Wortsman, Frankie Zaid, Jill Culiner, and Michael Zimmerman. Other individuals remain to be identified.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Public schools

Name Access

Forest Hill Junior High School (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Forest Hill (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions