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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

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

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

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

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

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 photograph: b&w; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of the District Chairmen of the Zionist Organization of Canada. Featured in the photograph are: John Devor; Max Goody; and George Liban.

Name Access

John Devor

Max Goody

George Liban

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Central Region sous-fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28-1

Series

7

File

61

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of agendas, minutes of meetings and correspondence.

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

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

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1960

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph is of a group of women crossing a street along Spadina Avenue in the garment district of Toronto.

Notes

Photographer was Gordon Mendly of Famous Studio.

Subjects

Streets

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

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-1-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

549

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the Toronto Executive Committee of the Mozirer Young Women's Club

Notes

From the Mozirer S.B.S. Silver Anniversary Book (B.G.K.).

Name Access

Mozirer Young Women's Club

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2009-1-2

Material Format

textual record

moving images

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 videocassettes (each 44 min, 39 sec.)

Date

1969, 1997

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a 1969 letter from Senator A[rthur] W. Roebuck, responding to a thank-you letter sent by Mrs. Sydney Cooper and Mrs. Minden, co-chairs of Crown Gifts division, and Mrs. Allen A. Small, chair of the Women's Division of UJA. The letter refers to the recent visit of a group of women who visited the Parliament buildings in Ottawa and were received by Senator Roebuck. The other items in the accession are a video and guidebook set entitled 'Untying the Bonds... Jewish Divorce: a GET Education Video & Guidebook, Fall 1997."

Custodial History

The records were in the office of Frances Goldstein, Associate Director for Top Gifts at UJA's Centre for Philanthropy, before being transferred to the OJA. Goldstein was formerly the head of Women's Campaign.

Administrative History

The Canadian Coalition of Jewish Women for the GET was composed of all the major Jewish women's organizations, which joined forces in the late 1980s to have the federal Divorce Act amended. The Jewish Women's Federation was one of these organizations; the others were Jewish Women International of Canada, Emunah Women of Canada, Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, Na’amat Canada, Canadian ORT, Women’s Federation CJA, National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Status of Women Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and Women’s League of Conservative Judaism. In 1990, as part of a lobbying group that included B'nai Brith, Canadian Jewish Congress, and religious groups of all faiths, the Coalition succeeded in having a protective clause added to the Divorce Act, ensuring that no spouse should retain barriers to the religious remarriage of their ex-spouse in a divorce in Canada. The Coalition went on after its successful legislative reform campaign to produce an educational video on Jewish divorce and continue with its activism and public awareness building.

Subjects

Women

Get (Jewish law)

Source

Archival Accessions

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

Philip Givens fonds

Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series

Official engagements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

5-3

File

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

26 Feb. 1982

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w. ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens attending the District Safety Awards. Also identified in the photograph is Etobicoke Mayor Dennis Flynn.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1726

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1922]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Admin History/Bio

The Young Women's Hebrew Choral Society was directed by Rigel Haupt.

Name Access

Haupt, Rigel

Young Women's Hebrew Choral Society

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

1979-5-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3409

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1948

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Credit: Graphic Artists, 781 Bloor St. W., Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish Organizations

Jewish Women International of Canada

Subjects

Dinners and dining

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

1982-5-2

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

Accession Number

2017-11-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

Date

1958-1976

Scope and Content

Accession consists of B'nai Brith Women Toronto cookbooks from 1958, 1960-1963, 1967-1972, and B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto yearbooks from 1973, 1975-1976. Each cookbook has a specific theme: Food for Fun; Dinner Dates; Chef's Choice; Gourmet Goodies; Around the World; Candlelight and Wine; Calories a la Carte; Gourmet's Gallery; Confessions of a Bala Busta; Dinner Magic; and People Helping People. The 1972 issue is both a yearbook and a cookbook. From 1973 on, the yearbooks, entitled Pledged to Serve, no longer contained any recipes and instead focused solely on the work of the B'nai Birth Women's Council of Toronto and its chapters.

Custodial History

There is no acquisition information for this accession. The accession number was assigned by the archivist.

Subjects

Food

Women in charitable work

Name Access

B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto

B'nai Brith Women (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-7-21

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

multiple media

Physical Description

113 cm of textual and other records

1 scrapbook

Date

1938-2016

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Act to End Violence Against Women organization. Included are: meeting minutes of the executive board; a ledger containing executive board waivers of notice; meeting minutes and resolutions from the yearly conventions; photographs of Act to End Violence Against Women members; correspondence with other organizations; correspondence, research material, public reactions, and ephemera from various campaigns; a commemorative booklet for a B'nai Brith cantorial concert; a scrapbook on the formation of the B'nai Brith Women Claire Morry Chapter; constitutions, constitutional amendments, reports, budgets, resolutions and other records of Act to End Violence Against Women; member lists and honour roll of past chapters; material and correspondence with B'nai Brith Washington; UJA material concerning assimilation and intermarriage and 2001 Jewish census data results.

Administrative History

The first Canadian chapter of B'nai Brith Women International was formed in Windsor, Ontario in 1923. Other chapters were soon formed throughout Eastern Canada and additional chapters were established in Winnipeg and British Columbia after 1949. The organization was initially administered by the American B'nai Brith Women. In 1976, it finally became autonomous (although still affiliated with the American agency) and changed its name to B'nai Brith Women of Eastern Canada. In 1981, its name was changed again to B'nai Brith Women of Canada. In 1995, the organization became known as Jewish Women International of Canada (JWIC). In November 2011, the organization underwent a final name change to Act to End Violence Against Women.

JWIC is committed to social change, with a particular focus on improving the lives of women and their families. In the 1980s, the agency initiated programs to counter domestic violence and began operating safe housing for Jewish women and children known as ASTEH (Alternative Safe Temporary Emergency Housing). JWIC also runs the JWI Residential Treatment Centre for emotionally disturbed youth.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes

Language note: Material in English, Russian and French.

Subjects

Charities

Family violence

Women

Name Access

Act to End Violence Against Women

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1002

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of Goldstein women with a horse and buggy outside of Goldstein's Butcher Shop and Ice Cream Parlour in Charlton, Ontario. Identified are Bessy Goldstein, Ida Goldstein, Mrs. Goldstein and [Rivi?] Levine.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Name Access

Goldstein, Bessy

Goldstein, Ida

Subjects

Women

Small business

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

Charlton (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

Accession Number

2014-10-1

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

10 cm textual records

ca. 70 photographs: b&w and col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm or smaller

1 scrapbook

Date

1963-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the activities of "Council '63", a branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC). Types of records include a photograph album, a scrapbook, correspondence, souvenirs, meeting minutes, membership lists, program materials and budgets.

Administrative History

The "Council '63" Branch of the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) was formed in 1963. Currently consisting of 20 members, the group was initially spearheaded by Barbara Norwich (d. 2011), and they met regularly in homes in the Cedarvale area. The group primarily did volunteer work, although it later evolved into a study group and book club.

Subjects

Women

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-2-14

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1.8 m of textual records and graphic material

Date

1989-2000

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created by UJA Federation's Women's Campaign and Advocacy. The records consist of general subject files that document the breadth of work of the WC&A, including the operation of its executive board and committees, fundraising campaigns and the various giving levels, missions, volunteer management, outreach efforts, programming, as well as the WC&A's relationship with the Jewish Women's Federation.

Custodial History

These records appear to have originated with Frances Goldstein.

Use Conditions

UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Subjects

Philanthropy and fundraising

Women

Name Access

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Jewish Women's Federation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1946

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 19 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Notes

Photograph is a copy.

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Women

Zionism

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

1982-7-10

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

116

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of copies of Lodge's paper "The Covenant", and correspondence regarding various topics.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

37

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 a group of Jewish women at a flying school in Brantford, Ontario. The women are being shown by two military servicewomen how to fold a parachute. The school officer is pictured on the far left. Also identified are:

The school officer, Anne Tulchinsky, Kay Solomon, Rose Bloom, Mrs. Furman of New York (wife of New York district attorney and speaker on Youth Aliyah).

Subjects

Flight schools

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.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1987

Physical Description

1 item

Name Access

Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

High Holidays

Synagogues

Women

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism Cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

68

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of documents related to allegations of antisemitism by union officials. These allegations were used to influence a vote by union members.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Labor unions

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

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

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Liaison with other social welfare organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

16

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931, 1935-1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of textual records documenting the JFWB's relationship with the Parent Education Council. Included is correspondence, programmes, meeting notices and reports.

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

Level

Item

Item

4066

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Original photograph appeared in the Canadian Jewish Review.

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada

Samuel, Mrs. Harry

Subjects

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada--Presidents

Portraits

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series

1970 dinner file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

2

File

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

4

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 garment workers standing in front of Lou Leeds Agencies and A. Salutin's in the garment district of Toronto.

Notes

Photographer was Gordon Mendly of Famous Studio.

Subjects

Employees

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

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-1-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1979-10-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 7 cm of textual records

Date

1937–1955

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Included are undated strike cards, a card announcing the twenty-fifth annual celebration of the Cloakmakers' Union dated 14 February 1936–16 February 1936, letters, general manager of the joint board announcing summons before grievance committee, official membership dues cards issued to S. Clodman, a souvenir journa, and other documents.

MG_RG

MG2 E1a

Subjects

Labor unions

Name Access

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Canadian Overseas Garment Commission series

Level

Series

Fonds

17

Series

47

Material Format

textual record

Date

1947-1951, 1963-1964

Physical Description

1.18 m of textual records

Admin History/Bio

In late 1947 and early 1948 representatives of the Canadian garment industry organized what became known as the Tailor Project, an immigration program planned to select more than 2,200 skilled tailors from the Displaced Person camps of Europe, facilitate their immigration, and give them jobs in the garment trade and housing in Canada. The Tailor Project was based on similar schemes that had alleviated labour shortages in the logging and mining industries. Canadian Jewish Congress, eager to rescue Holocaust survivors from the DP camps, knew the government would approve a plan to bring in skilled workers to fill a shortage in the garment trades. Recognizing the plan had to come from within the garment industry itself, Congress provided guidance from behind the scenes.

The Tailor Project was the first program that permitted large numbers of Jewish adults to immigrate to Canada following the Second World War. More than half of the immigrants were Jewish. Max E. Enkin (men's clothing), Max Federman (fur workers), Joe Mack and others were sent by the Commission to Europe as part of the selection team. Provided they had the requisite skills, both single and married displaced persons were eligible to come to Canada.

Hundreds of tailoring firms in Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver were canvassed and many agreed to hire DP workers on 12-month contracts. The Canadian Overseas Commission, the industry's co-coordinating body, had to ensure proper housing for the expected workers. In response to Max Enkin's emphasis on providing accommodation, many individuals and community organizations reached out to those in need. Under the direction of the United Jewish Relief Agency, the office of the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission attended to the many and varying needs of the immigrant tailors, both Jewish and non-Jewish. In addition to providing financial assistance, the Commission gave attention to problems of landlord-tenant relationships, hospital, medical and dental care, gave direction and made referrals to other agencies for specialized services and co-operated with other organizations in their programs for immigrants.

The Tailor Project became the template for the Furrier Project that followed and spurred the formation in 1947 of the Jewish Vocational Service of Toronto, the original purpose of which was to help survivors of the Holocaust find employment.

Scope and Content

Series consists of the operational records of the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission. Records include agreements between garment industry manufacturers (employers) and employees, immigration records and passenger lists, general correspondence relating to the operation of the program, financial records, employee payroll records, contact and membership lists, the Canadian Overseas Garment Commission Toronto program report, statistical summaries, employee certificates of merit, discharge certificates, meeting minutes of the Toronto Program Steering Committee, employee worker cards and employee housing records. Also included is a hand drawn map locating the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada at 455 Spadina Ave., Toronto, circa 1947.

Notes

Series formerly described and cited as RG291.

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Hoffman family fonds

Community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

6

Series

2

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of the Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory published by the Hadassah-Wizo Council of Hamilton.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo Council of Hamilton

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

City of Toronto Mayor series

Official engagements sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

4-6

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

28 Feb. 1964

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 24 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens delivering a speech at the luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club District 707 in the Royal York Hotel.

Notes

Photograph is by Gilbert A. Milne & Co.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Men's Service Group series

Board of Directors and Executive Committee sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

5-1

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

Dec. 1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a meeting notice and minutes.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Level

Series

Fonds

14

Series

4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1953-2009

Physical Description

1.2 m of textual records

960 photographs

2 coins

Admin History/Bio

The Women's Auxiliary (WA) of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care was established in 1955 as a fundraising arm of the Baycrest Centre as well as a provider of services to the residents and patients. It represented the amalgamation of the two women’s auxiliaries that had previously operated at the Jewish Old Folks’ Home (Baycrest’s predecessor) – The Ladies Executive and the Young Ladies Auxiliary. Dora Till served as the founding President and was succeeded by Lillian Soles in 1959.

The WA’s initial activities included running the volunteer service, the Beauty Salon, the Tuck Shop, religious and festival programming, communicating information about Baycrest to the community, and managing the memorial books and card services. These activities soon expanded to include recreational programming for residents, such as outings, an annual fashion show, and Mazel Tov nights, running Baycrest’s Day Care program, and managing the library, Gift Shop, and Snack Bar. Originally, the WA raised funds through membership fees, the sale of happiness and condolence cards, and memorial inscriptions. In 1959 the WA began organizing an annual Theatre Night fundraising event, which was supplanted by an annual Auxilorama in 1968. During the 1960s members of the WA served in Baycrest’s Women’s Corp to help raise money for the Building Expansion Fund. In 1971, the WA established a junior auxiliary called the Capricorn Group.

Today the WA continues to run many of its programs and services and to fundraise through annual events and campaigns such as, a Gala evening, a spring sale (or Bargain Bonanza), Games Girls Play (an evening of board games and arts and crafts activities), and a Women of Baycrest campaign (to support research into women’s brain health and aging). In 2000, the Women’s Auxiliary Winter Garden opened in the Apotex Centre, which was sponsored by the WA.

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting the formation, governance, and activities of the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Included are meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, reports, speeches, correspondence, lists, invitations, financial records, theatrical scripts, a scrapbook, photographs, newspaper clippings, programmes, brochures, booklets, a survey, statistics, flyers, a certificate, memos, newsletters, questionnaires, and coins.

Series is arranged into the following sub-series: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee; 2. Annual meetings; 3. Committees and meetings; 4. Capricorn Group; 4. Festival Committee; 5. Programs and services; 6. Volunteer program; 7. Fundraising; 8. Membership; 9. Publications and publicity; 10. Finance; 11. Administrative functions; and, 12. Events. Records are described to the file level with some item level description.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Women's Auxiliary

Related Material

For additional records related to the Women's Auxiliary, see the Dora Till fonds 52, series 2.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

United Jewish Welfare Fund series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

6

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-1948

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds

Executive director series

Subject files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

61

Series

1-1

File

154

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1952-1953

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records

2 drawings : proposals ; 44 x 39 cm folded to 23 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This file contains financial records, correspondence and meeting minutes pertaining to the decorations, kitchen and cultural committees, all which operated under the mandate of the Women's Committee. There are also two architectural proposals for the layout of a basement lounge.

Accession Number

2004-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

International Council of Jewish Women series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

6

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1990

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one copy of "Women 2000", issue no. 3, a newsletter listing activities of non-governmental organizations. The reason for the publication is to promote the goals of the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women. A newsletter column is devoted to International Council of Jewish Women as an organization dealing entirely or mainly with women.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

460

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1932

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the National Council of Jewish Juniors taken at 44 St. George Street, Toronto.

Name Access

National Council of Jewish Juniors

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

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions