- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1859-1980
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records
- 10 photographs
- 41 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- Series contains reference materials created by and written about the synagogues. Primary records include commemorative booklets, a small number of newsletters, brochures, and programs from special events. There are also newspaper clippings and copied articles providing histories of synagogues. There is a small number of photograph prints and negatives, but many of the files also include photographs from books, magazines or photocopies. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by city, then by synagogue. Not every synagogue the project team researched has a reference file, and there may be reference files for shuls for which no photographs survive.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Brown fonds
- Reference materials series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1912-1947
- Physical Description
- 28 architectural drawings
- 15 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series contains articles and illustrations from a book and several architecture and design journals that influenced Benjamin Brown‘s work, as well as plans of buildings he didn’t design, but he either subsequently altered, influenced his work or was built for one of his clients.
- Included are the original plans of an office building of Doctors Solway and Pollock that Brown later altered, the plans of a Talmud Torah Hebrew School in New York City and the plans of a theatre on Kingston Road. Architectural drawings of the house of Samuel Godfrey and stores for Mr. A. Levy, both of whom hired Brown for other projects, are also included.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Refusnik cases sub-series
- Reference publications sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-6-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- text
- Date
- 1972-1986
- Physical Description
- 11 v. text
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of widely-distributed publications listing large numbers of refusniks as well as assorted folders of refusnik file listings and fact sheets. These publications and lists were utilized by the committee and its associated member agencies both to enhance public awareness concerning the extent of the problems and also to create mailing lists that could be used by the agencies to assist in expanding direct contact with individual refusniks.
- Related Material
- Individual refusnik case files may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-1.
Publications about refusniks may be found at Fonds 17, Sub-sub-series 3-6-2.
- Arrangement
- Sub-sub-series records are organized chronologically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds
- Reference materials series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 115
- Series
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1905-2017
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of five files related to the Harris and Geldzaeler families. Included are reference materials related to Samuel and Sarah Harris, Samuel Aaron Harris, Judge Sydney Harris, Mark Geldzaeler, and Albert Rose. The documentation includes items such as: copies of newsclippings, Toronto Directory listings, obituaries, biographies, publications by Mark Geldzaeler and Dr. Ellen Scheinberg, and a transcript from an interview with Samuel Aaron Harris undertaken in 1973.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Clippings and reference materials series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 125
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles, reports, and publications on the Ethiopian Jews dated 1985 to 1987; a letter to Ron from Andrea Krames-Zians dated 7 September 1989; and a CAEJ annual general meeting notice dated 7 August 1990.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Clippings and reference materials series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 125
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1991
- Physical Description
- ca. 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of CAEJ news clippings and reference materials relating to organization articles, reports, and publications from 1981 and 1990.
- Arrangement
- The folders are arranged alphabetically by title
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Jewish Book Fair series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 7
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981-2007
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of annual book sales tally sheets.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- School files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 5
- File
- 128
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 75 photographs : col ; 35 mm slides
- Date
- 1981
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of colour, 35 mm slides depicting the Jewish Book Fair in 1981.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The slides were found in the processing room. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Book Fair
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Jewish Book Fair series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1976-2013
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records
- 1 drawing
- Admin History/Bio
- An annual Jewish Book Week had been considered for several years before the completion of the new Jewish Community Centre (formerly the YM-YWHA) in 1977 made it feasible. After considerable research, and communication with other communities which had sponsored similar programs (such as Detroit), it was agreed that the success of of the projected Fair would be dependent upon the ability to achieve total community sponsorship. An approach to the Federation of Jewish Women's Organization led to their agreement to serve as co-sponsors; they in turn were followed by the Jewish Cultural Council of the Toronto Jewish Congress and the Jewish Public Library. These four organizations were the initial sponsors, and provided the first representatives to the newly formed Board of Directors.
- The first Jewish Book Fair was held in 1977 and featured a large book mart with books of Jewish relevance as well as programming for children and adults.
- The Canadian Jewish Book Awards was founded in 1988 by Adam Fuerstenberg whose ambition was to celebrate excellence in Canadian Jewish writing. The Koffler Centre of the Arts was approached to manage the Awards in 1994 and has been administering the Awards program ever since. The name was eventually changed to the Canadian Jewish Book Awards and then again in 2004 to the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards following a 10-year donation from Lillian and Norman Glowinsky. In 2015, the Koffler Centre of the Arts put the Awards on hiatus for one year in order to reframe the program. It was relaunched in 2016 as The Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
- In 2012, the annual event evolved into Toronto Jewish Book Festival, combining the Book Fair and the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards into one week-long event. In 2013 its name was changed to the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting the Jewish Book Fair. Included in the files are meeting minutes, correspondence, press releases, award ceremony program guides, book award submissions and award winner lists, jury citations, financial statements, committee member lists, sales reports, book evaluation and submission criteria, mission statement, the 25th anniversary tribute book, an architectural drawing of the Lipa Green building, a letter from the Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association addressing the participation of Edward Greenspan, lawyer for Ernst Zundel, at the Jewish Book Fair and a contract letter outlining the details of the donation made by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Glowinsky to the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto and the subsequent renaming of the Canadian Jewish Book Awards to the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book awards for a period of ten years commencing May 2005-June 2014.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 83
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five pamphlets pertaining to various Jewish Book Fairs at 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto, in 1977, 1979, 1984 and 1994.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Jewish Book Fair series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, a budget report, list of committee members, annual book fair guide, and a memo regarding the proposed Jewish Book Fair.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Jewish Book Fair series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 7
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of chairmen's reports, board of director meeting minutes, correspondence and committee member lists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Jewish Book Fair series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 7
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a book awards definition of catagories, book classification guide, and a procedure for processing books.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2017
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of signed pages for the 2017 inductees into the Jewish Foundation's Book of Life. Names include: Earl (Mann) Zimmerman; Rosenbaum/Posmantier Family; Loretta and Harold Grammer; Alice Herman; W. Bernard Herman; Fernande and Marco Zevy; Susan Laufer and Barry Greenberg; Elliott and Lisa Michaelson; Naomi Matlow, Orli Matlow and Yael Matlow; Terry Shane and Marci Tracheter Shane; Daniel and Karen Sacke; Ashkenaz Foundation; Rabbi Arthur Bielfeld; Rafi Yablonsky; Elaine and Alfie Lightstone; Simon and Brenda Benattar; Elli and Tova Schochet; Frank and Sarah Fleisher; Irwin and Miriam Goldstein; Jean and Harold Bernholtz; Harold and Shelley Wolkin; Tommy and Susan Jutcovich; Judy Winberg; Randy Spiegel; Marcia and Arthur Zaler; Frank and Nancy Laurie; and the Diamond Family;
- Subjects
- Philanthropy and fundraising
- Name Access
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions