No place for McCarthy people in Canadian Jewish community

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

General office records sub-series

CJC and the United Jewish Peoples Order (UJPO) file

Level

Item

Fonds

17

Series

5-5

File

49

Item

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

14 May 1969

Physical Description

1 article

Admin History/Bio

Jack Cowan was a founder of the Canadian Jewish Outlook and former president of the United Jewish Peoples' Order.

Sol Kanee (1909–2007) was a Canadian lawyer who served as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1971 to 1974.

Scope and Content

Item is a translation of an article that appeared in the Vochenblatt on 14 May 1969. The article is largely a criticism of Ben "B. G." Kayfetz, who the author accuses of McCarthyism on account of his characterization of the United Jewish Peoples' Order (UJPO) as a "communist front organization." The article touches on the circumstances leading up to UJPO's exclusion from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Notes

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

Name Access

Kayfetz, Ben, 1916-2002

United Jewish People's Order

Subjects

Communism

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions