- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Client agency correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 18
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 7 Aug. 1963-2 Dec. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with and about the B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Other organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 7
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950-1951
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1946-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the B'nai Brith Hillel. Included is promotional material related to the Unite Jewish Appeal youth campaign, as well as Hillel-Lite newsletters from the 1940s and 1950s, other promotional material realted to the Free Jewish University, invitations to events including the burning of the mortgage ceremony for Hillel House on St. George St., as well as miscellaneous brochures and flyers.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition informaiton on these materials. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1979]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the executive of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Featured in the photograph are:
- Back row, left to right: Jeff Dworkin, Jeremy Alter, Tim Oberlander.
- Front row, left to right: Cheryl Kline, Terry Goldenberg, Barbara Samuels.
- Name Access
- Alter, Jeremy
- Dworkin, Jeff
- Goldenberg, Terry
- Kline, Cheryl
- Oberlander, Tim
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Samuels, Barbara
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- 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 B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right; Jacqueline Lax (secretary), Bernard Wand (editor), Eph Diamond (program chairman), Maurice Schwartz (freshman representative).
- Front row, left to right: Abe Rabinowitz (president), Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman (director), Lillian Feldman (vice-president).
- Name Access
- Diamond, Eph
- Geldman, Lillian
- Klaperman, Rabbi Gilbert
- Lax, Jacqueline
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Rabinowitz, Abe
- Schwartz, Maurice
- Wand, Bernard
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943
- 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 B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Left to right: Abe Ainsel, Arno Kahn, Rabbi Zechariah Gelman (standing), Sam Golich, Moe Steinberg, Eddie Gold.
- Name Access
- Ansel, Abe
- Gelman, Rabbi Zechariah
- Gold, Eddie
- Golich, Sam
- Kahn, Arno
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Steinberg, Moe
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 26 Barrie Street from 1945 to 1974, at which point it moved to 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Joseph Viner (freshman representative), Dorothy Aaron (assistant social convener), Henry Wiseman (president), Lillian Berlin (social convenor), Lawrence Pollock (treasurer).
- Front row, left to right: Pearl Kredenster (vice-president), Rabbi Renov (director), Shirley Zagerman (secretary). Absent from the photo is Anne Frankel (editor).
- Name Access
- Aaron, Dorothy
- Berlin, Lillian
- Kredenster, Pearl
- Pollock, Lawrence
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Renov, Rabbi
- Viner, Joseph
- Wiseman, Henry
- Zagerman, Shirley
- 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
- King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 26 Barrie Street from 1945 to 1974, at which point it moved to 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Henry Bolker (program chairman), Esther Hecht (social convenor), Maurice Halperin (treasurer), Maurice Glickman (frosh representative, editor of the Scroll).
- Front row, left to right: Frank Brodie (president), Rabbi Renov (director), Shirley Zagerman (vice-president).
- Name Access
- Bolker, Henry
- Brodie, Frank
- Glickman, Maurice
- Halperin, Maurice
- Hecht, Esther
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Renov, Rabbi
- Zagerman, Shirley
- 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
- King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 26 Barrie Street from 1945 to 1974, at which point it moved to 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Maurice Glickman (programme chairman), Herbert Klions (secretary), Henry Bolker (president), Marcus Goldhamer (treasurer), Jerry Pollock (freshman representative).
- Front row, left to right: Judy Halperin (social convenor), Rabbi Renov (director), Rose Cohen (assistant social convenor).
- Name Access
- Bolker, Henry
- Cohen, Rose
- Glickman, Maurice
- Goldhamer, Marcus
- Halperin, Judy
- Klions, Hebert
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Pollock, Jerry
- Renov, Rabbi
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 26 Barrie Street from 1945 to 1974, at which point it moved to 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Executive at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Joe Heller (secretary), Max Cohen (editor), Bernard Putterman (treasurer), Bill Novick (freshman representative), Sam Karpman (co-op chairman), Jerry Pollock (program chairman).
- Front row, left to right: Maurice Glicksman (president), Lila Kronick (social convenor), Rabbi A. dS Pimontel (director) Judy Halperin (vice-president), Lee Ellenberg (assistant social convenor).
- Name Access
- Cohen, Max
- Ellenberg, Lee
- Glicksman, Maurice
- Halperin, Judy
- Heller, Joe
- Karpman, Sam
- Kronick, Lila
- Novick, Bill
- Pimontel
- Pollock, Jerry
- Putterman, Bernard
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Speeches series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 7
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1977]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two drafts of a speech Ben Dunkelman gave to B'Nai B'rith in Toronto. In addition, the file includes two copies of the B'Nai B'rith Digest announcing that Dunkelman will be speaking. The speeches relate to Dunkelman's experiences in the Arab-Israeli War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Hillel House was located at 124 Centre Street.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of the B'nai B'rith Hillel executive of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Featured in the photograph are:
- Back row, left to right: Rabbi Howard Finkelstein (advisor), Ann Kiash (social chairman), Jeremy Alter (president/treasurer), Barbara Gitelman (publicity chairman), Marcus Frey (food chairman).
- Front row, left to right: David Share (officer-at-large), Denise Horowitz (educational chairman), Barbara Samuels (officer-at-large), Jordan Stevens (first year rep.).
- Name Access
- Finkelstein, Rabbi Howard
- Alter, Jeremy
- Frey, Marcus
- Gitelman, Barbara
- Horowitz, Denise
- Kiash, Ann
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Samuels, Barbara
- Share, David
- Stevens, Jordan
- Places
- King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-5-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-2-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-2-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1951, 1968, 1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of publications produced by the Toronto Lodge B'nai B'rith, the Canadian District of the B'nai B'rith and the District Grand Lodge No. 22 of B'nai B'rith. Titles include the B'nai B'rith Digest, Notes to Leaders and the Covenant.
- Custodial History
- The provenance and custodial history for these publications is unknown. They were assigned the accession number by the archivist.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Hillel Foundation, University of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 65
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1945-1988
- Physical Description
- 3.72 m of textual records, graphic material and architectural drawings
- Admin History/Bio
- The B’nai Brith Hillel Foundation was founded at the University of Illinois in 1923 by Rabbi Benjamin Frankel. The University of Toronto chapter was established in 1946, by which point there were over one thousand Jewish undergraduates at the university. Hillel’s mandate was to foster students’ Jewish identity, creating a religious, cultural, and communal environment and coordinating the activities of many affiliated sub-groups. Hillel was supported by the B’nai Brith Foundation and the United Jewish Welfare Fund (later the Toronto Jewish Congress), with increasing operational funding from the latter as the decades passed.
- Hillel’s predecessor at the University of Toronto was the Menorah Society, founded in 1917 and disbanded in 1931 due to waning interest. In 1944 the Jewish Student Fellowship was formed, and on January 23, 1946 it was transformed into the University of Toronto B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation.
- Hillel chapters were run with the guidance of a professional appointed by the B’nai Brith Hillel Foundations at American and Canadian Universities. During the period covered by this fonds, U of T Hillel had four directors: Rabbi Aaron Kamerling (director 1946-1970), Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezri (1970-1971), Ben Mayer (1971-1978), and Gerry Fisher (1978-1981). The director answered to a board of advisors, drawn from the university and Jewish communities, that was responsible for maintaining Hillel House, overseeing staffing, and representing the foundation to the public. Early chairmen of this board included Edward E. Gelber, Jack D. Pearlstein, Cyril Houser, Dr. Alexander Lipson, Sidney Midanik, and E. M. Sprackman.
- At the day-to-day operations level, Hillel was run by an elected council of thirteen students under the director’s guidance. At U of T, the Hillel student council created and implemented a yearly program, edited the literary magazine and Hillelite bulletin, and over the years maintained the following standing committees: religious; cultural; house; social; publicity; art, music and drama; United Jewish Appeal; debates; membership; and seminar. The council met monthly and was required to call general meetings bi-monthly.
- Hillel’s first administrative offices were at 492 Spadina Avenue, with programs held in various locations, including the B’nai Brith Youth Organization space at 750 Spadina Avenue, and local synagogues. From the beginning, Hillel joined forces with the B’nai Brith Youth Organization to raise funds for a permanent home on campus for Hillel. Programs in the early years included Shabbat services and lectures, arts performances, dances, personal counseling, and courses such as Jewish literature and Hebrew. Three times a year Hillel published the Scribe, a literary magazine addressing topics of Jewish heritage, life, and prominent figures. This was replaced in the 1950s by an annual magazine named Reflections. The Hillelite bulletin informed members of activities and events. Hillel continued to build the Judaica collection of its Norman Raitblat Memorial Library. It also sent delegates each year to the Hillel Summer Institute in New York State; the Brandeis Camp Institute, a leadership training program sponsored by the American Zionist Youth Commission; and, beginning in 1948, the Inter-Hillel Conference, which was hosted alternately by Queen’s University, McGill University, and U of T.
- In 1950, Hillel acquired a house at 186 St. George Street. Hillel House was formally dedicated at Convocation Hall on January 21, 1951. In December 1977 Hillel House was destroyed by fire, after which its offices were moved to space in the YMHA building at Bloor and Spadina. Programs were hosted for several years at ‘The Lower East Side’ in the Newman Centre at 89 St. George Street. In June 1979 Hillel acquired office space in a house at 604 Spadina Avenue.
- In the 1970s Hillel’s numbers across North America were in decline. In 1974 the Jewish student population at U of T was approximately 3000, but only 400 were registered members. This slump was apparently reversed by the end of the decade, however, when student interest grew enough that a general council of forty students was established to supplement the elected student council (steering committee). 1970s programs included conventions and retreats, United Jewish Appeal fundraising campaigns, a Shabbat co-op, a choir, the Coffeehouse lounge, a film series, a music club, a library society, an annual Purim Bash, an art festival, and counseling groups.
- Hillel also served as the voice of Jewish students at the university. The U of T chapter participated in the fight against quotas for Jewish students and faculty, advocated for kosher food availability on campus, and was successful in persuading the university to avoid having examinations on Jewish holidays. In addition, Hillel often represented the views of the Jewish community to the general student population. It has been involved in the dissemination of Holocaust awareness material and in counteracting propaganda against Israel.
- In 1970, partnering with the Jewish Student Federation of York University, Hillel established the Free Jewish University. Its courses were held on the U of T and York campuses and featured free courses covering a range of intellectual, personal and practical topics. Also in conjunction with York, Hillel published Or monthly newspaper and the Masada quarterly magazine. The latter evolved into a non-partisan newspaper, Migdal, which in turn became Images in the early 1980s. In addition, the Jewish Students’ Enquirer was published monthly, a joint publication of Jewish students at U of T, York University, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, and Seneca College.
- In 1978, with a view to modernize and reinvigorate its image, Hillel changed its name to the Jewish Students’ Union–B’nai Brith Hillel. The decision involved some contention with the Hillel advisory board, and reflected a closer association with the Toronto Jewish Congress. A third unofficial organization name, J.U.S.T. (Jewish University Students of Toronto), was used for the monthly newsletter, J.U.S.T. News. This newsletter was briefly renamed The Rolling Scribe before being discontinued in 1980.
- The 1980s saw Hillel coordinating the efforts and activities of a large number of interest groups: Student United Jewish Appeal, Toronto Student Zionists, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, Jewish Residence Council, Jewish Studies Course Union, Student Mobilization for Jews in Arab Lands, Moadon Aliyah, Canadian Branch: North American Jewish Students Network, and Israeli Students Organization. Hillel is now represented on three Toronto universities and three college campuses.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists mainly of textual records created, received and maintained by Hillel directors from 1945 through 1988. The records document the directors’ administration and programming activities, Hillel events, and relations with outside organizations. The most concentrated set of records are those of Rabbi Kamerling from the 1940s and 1950s. The fonds is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspapers and newsletters, publicity material, calendars of events, financial records, event programmes, and catalogues. There are blueprints of the proposed extension to Hillel House in the 1960s, the mid-1970s renovations, and the new Hillel House on Huron Street considered in 1978. The fonds also includes annual reports for 1953-1955 and 1960-1970, and a number of publications (incomplete sets): the Hillelite and the Hillel Scribe from the 1940s, the J.U.S.T. (Jewish University Students of Toronto) News, its successor The Rolling Scroll, and newspapers Masada, Migdal, Reflections, Or, and the Jewish Students’ Enquirer.
- The fonds contains 130 photographs, predominantly black and white, in the form of prints, contact sheets and 35mm negatives. Aside from 32 head shots of speakers and performers from 1950s events, the photographs date from the 1970s. There are images of plays, meetings, special events, and executive members.
- Fonds is arranged with each director’s files separate and in approximate alphabetical order by file name. The files are loosely based on subject/function, likely as they were originally created. Rabbi Kamerling’s records are in two groups since they were acquired in two accessions (see note below).
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: A small amount of material has been digitized.
- Name Access
- B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Toronto
- Related Material
- See MG 9 for a more complete run of publications with which Hillel was involved (eg. Midgal, Images).
- Arrangement
- Processing of the collection maintained each director’s files separate and in their original order. Following the Hillel House fire in 1978, Rabbi Kamerling’s records (1945-1955) were acquired by the Archives. In 1986, additional Kamerling files were acquired (1946-1970). These overlapping sets of records were described and processed separately.
- Creator
- B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation at the University of Toronto (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-3-7
- 1981-5-2
- 1988-11-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-11-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2009-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-8-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm
- 1 banner: 147.3 x 132.1 cm
- Date
- [1957?]-[1963?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one large Central Lodge #2042 B'nai B'rith banner and one copy photograph of members of Central Lodge, B'nai Brith. The felt banner is blue, white, and yellow and has four badges and two ribbons attached documenting the lodges Chai campaigns from 1957–1963. It is stored in a bag.
- The photograph is of four lodge members at a bowling alley. Standing in the back row are Stan Goldfarb (left) and Leo Goldhar (right). Kneeling in front are Larry Goldhar (left) and Murray Greenspan (right).
- Use Conditions
- None
- Descriptive Notes
- Photograph is a copy of the original.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of a group of men and women of the Kingston Lodge B'nai B'rith standing in front of a banquet table.
- Notes
- The accession form for this item is missing.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Jewish community events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [197-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of a group portrait consisting of several B'nai B'rith members.
- Standing in back row: third from left, Arthur Hershon; sixth from left, Ben Rosenberg; ninth from left Mayor Wm. Denison, Stan Alter and Herb Orliffe. Seated in the front from left to right are: [unknown], Morris Kaufman, Bobby Zweig, Murray Ehrlich, Phil Givens, E. P. Taylor, two unidentified, and Rabbi David Monson.
- Notes
- This photograph was probably taken at a B'nai B'rith event.
- Name Access
- Alter, Stan
- B'nai B'rith
- Denison, Mayor Wm.
- Ehrlich, Murray
- Givens, Philip, 1922-1995
- Hershon, Arthur
- Kaufman, Morris
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Orliffe, Herb
- Rosenberg, Ben
- Taylor, E.P.
- Zweig, Bobby
- Subjects
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1957
- 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 officers of the B'nai B'rith lodge in North Bay, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, 3rd from left: Abraham (Abe) Brown.
- Front row (far right): Henry Wiseman
- Other individuals who might be in the photograph are: Gordon Rosenberg, Joe Hoffman, Harry Himmel, Dr. Max Back, and Nathan Revels.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Back, Dr. Max
- Brown, Abe
- Brown, Abraham
- Himmel, Harry
- Hoffman, Joe
- Rosenberg, Gordon
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright owned by The Daily Nugget, North Bay.
- Places
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]-1970
- Physical Description
- 125 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- B’nai B’rith is the oldest Jewish service organization in North America. It was founded on October 13, 1843 by a group of eleven men in New York City.
- Originally called Bundes-Brueder [League of Brothers], with the alternate title of “The Independent Order of B’nai B’rith”, they later shortened their name to simply “B’nai B’rith”, meaning sons of the covenant.
- In an attempt to unite Jewish communities, they developed an inclusive membership mandate that does not discriminate against ethnic or religious sects. The initial vision of the organization was to develop a national Jewish organization, which would provide aide to all Jewish citizens. These goals have long since been realized. The organization currently has lodges internationally and B’nai B’rith membership is in the millions.
- B’nai B’rith cites its main goals to be: reaching out to those in need, fighting antisemitism and prejudice of any kind, and promoting human rights and world peace. One of their most recognized accomplishments is the formation of the Anti-Defamation League, which combats anitsemitism and promotes human rights.
- In Canada, the first B'nai B'rith lodge was founded in Toronto, the Canada Lodge, in 1875, but it folded in 1894. Other lodges were formed in Montreal, in 1881, and Victoria, in 1886. These lodges were disbanded around the turn of the century and the organization did not have much of a presence in Canada until the outbreak of the first World War. Shortly afterwards, in Toronto, B’nai B’rith had fifteen lodges and eleven chapters. The lodges were the men’s groups and the chapters were for the women; in addition, there was also the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, called the Hillel Foundation, which was located at the University of Toronto.
- In Toronto, the Sportsmen Lodge began as a modest sized group of 100 members in 1954, and doubled in membership over the next 10 years. They sponsored an annual baseball night and a sportswriters dinner that honoured an outstanding sports journalist. The dinner was well known amongst journalists and was well attended. The Sportsmen Lodge also hosted an annual Celebrity dinner, at which a outstanding Canadian personality was chosen and honoured for his or her achievements.
- The lodge was also active in working with handicapped children and in fundraising campaigns.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of images taken by Al Gilbert of the B’nai B’rith Sportsmen Lodge Dinners at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The files in this series document three different dinners for the years 1969, 1970 and an unidentified dinner from the 1960s.
- Notes
- Selection for this series was based on the various activities and functions of the event. The dinner was held as an annual award ceremony and installation for the newly appointed officers of the Sportsmen Lodge. The criteria used for selection included: awards, speeches, installation oaths, entertainment, and dinner tables.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Sportsmen Lodge
- Hillel
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Sports
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 31
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of E.P. Taylor being presented with an award with the following inscription: Presented to Edward Plunkett Taylor C.M.G. Honouring A Dedicated Canadian Benevolent Philanthropist & -- Sportsman Who Epitomizes the Highest Qualities and Ideals of Life. Sportsmen Lodge Celebrity Dinner 1966.
- Name Access
- Taylor, E. P. (Edward Plunket), 1901-1989
- Subjects
- Awards
- Businessmen
- Philanthropists
- 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.
- Related Material
- See also Fonds 37:2 Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
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- Archival Descriptions
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- ID
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Item 2378
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2378
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- 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 depicting a group of members from the Kitchener Lodge B'nai B'rith.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Places
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1963]
- 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 depicting members of the B'nai B'rith Kitchener Lodge, seated with the lodge's standard and a menorah.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Places
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-10-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-10-13
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (ca. 12 minutes)
- Date
- 2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO Toronto) tribute video for the 75th anniversary of Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai B'rith Girls.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
