- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- National Camps Association series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958-1978
- Physical Description
- 31 cm of textual records
- 25 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The National Camps Association was established by the Zionist Organization of Canada as an administrative body responsible for overseeing the operation of the ZOC-owned summer camps in Canada. The Executive Vice-President was in charge of supervising the Camps Association which, after 1970, included a National Camps Committee comprised of regional camp chairmen and alternate representatives appointed by the regional presidents. The National Committee members were also de-facto members of the Regional Camp Committees.
- The National Camps Association created all of the standards and guidelines for the camps, which were implemented by the Regional Camp Committees as a way of streamlining operations. The Association also handled all budgetary matters. Staffing and daily camp operation was conducted in co-operation with Canadian Young Judaea, a Zionist organization of Canadian youth and young adults.
- The National Camps Association was responsible for Camp Biluim, the leadership training institutue; the Biluim Summer Programme in Israel; Camp Solelim and Camp Shalom in Ontario; Camp Hagshama and Camp Kinneret in Quebec; Camp Hatikvah in British Columbia; and Camp Kadima in Nova Scotia.
- Scope and Content
- The files in this series consist of textual records and photographs created between 1958 and 1978. These recordes relate to the administrative functioning of the National Camps Association and the operations of the various summer camps under its governance.
- Name Access
- Camp Shalom
- Camp Kadima
- Camp Biluim
- Camp Solelim
- Camp Hatikvah
- Camp Hagshama
- Camp Kinneret
- National Camps Committee
- Subjects
- Camps
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Canadian Association of Social Workers series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1938
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting the JFWB's professional membership and participation in various committees and projects of the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW). Included is correspondence, reports, and index cards.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 14
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the JCWA's relationship with the Canadian Association of Social Workers and participation on its Publicity Committee and Evaluation Committee. Included is correspondence, committee membership lists, and meeting notices.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Aliyah series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 8
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the activities and projects of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, proposals and reports, brochures, newspaper clippings, and an annual conference programme book (1988).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 91
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with representatives from Hebrew National Association, Folks Farein.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 16
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association (Folks Farein). Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes from joint meetings between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of the Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Certificates and awards sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-7
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1964-1966
- Physical Description
- 3 medals : sterling silver and gold, rectangular ; 6.5 x 4 cm
- 3 stands : gold ; 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three medals (with ornamental stands) awarded to Mayor Phil Givens for participating as a guest speaker at the CNE. On one side of all medals is the inscription awarding Givens the medal, and on the opposite side of each medal is the image of a different person. The individuals captured on the medals include: Lester B. Pearson, Lord Thomson of Fleet and the Lieutenant Governor of Canada, W. Earl Rowe.
- Physical Condition
- One medal is tarnished, but in fair condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Jewish community involvement series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 4
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1987
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting J.B. Salsberg's involvement with CJC (National). Included is correspondence, a president's newsletter, a press release, a National Executive meeting notice and minutes, and a list of resolutions for the 1986 CJC Plenary Assembly.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Speeches series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 7
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a speech Ben Dunkelman gave to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). The speech, which Dunkelman gave at other venues, formed the introduction of his book Dual Allegiance. The file also contains correspondence related to the speech.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- 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
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 May 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens in attendance at the Canadian Olympic Association's press "kick off" luncheon for the Olympic Fund at the O'Keefe Centre.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Gilbert A. Milne.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Aliyah series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984-1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various newsletters published by the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. Included are issues of AACI Annual, The Israel Connection, AACI Central Region Newsletter, AACI Netanya News, AACI North, The Negev Newsletter of the Southern Region AACI, and the AACI Seniors Spectator.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 125
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1980-1993
- Physical Description
- ca 97 cm of textual records
- 3 audiocassettes
- 1 poster
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews was a non-profit organization established in 1980 for the sole purpose of assisting Ethiopian Jews. To this end, CAEJ (pronounced "cage") cooperated with other bodies such as the American Association for Ethiopian Jews.
- Initially, CAEJ worked with the Canadian Jewish Congress Sub Committee for Ethiopian Jewry, but the two severed ties early on. The divorce was driven by a difference in strategy: The CJC subcommittee preferred quiet diplomacy while CAEJ wanted to make noise. CAEJ was prepared to criticize Israel in the media, for example, for failing to do enough for Ethiopia's Jews—something that provoked disagreement within the Jewish community.
- Apart from advocating for Ethiopia's Jews, CAEJ's main work consisted of rescue and relief. Rescue took the form of a visa program, in which Jewish students in Ethiopia were issued visas so that they could attend Canadian universities; once out of Ethiopia, they were able to immigrate to Israel. Relief took the form of an Adopt-a-Family program, which delivered monthly stipends to Ethiopians in need. According to Cathy Himelfard, past president of CAEJ, at least five hundred individuals received stipends from the organization.
- In 1980, CAEJ established a Pacific chapter in Vancouver, which undertook education and rescue programs. CAEJ later opened chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
- In 1984, CAEJ received a $15,000 Wintario grant to produce a videotape on the black Jews of Ethiopia. Susan Fish, provincial minister of citizenship and culture, awarded CAEJ the grant. CAEJ was one of sixteen that were given that year.
- In 1986, the organization sent a five-person team to Ethiopia's Gondar province, the home of many of Ethiopia's Jews. The team included CAEJ's executive director, Susan Schechtman, and its assistant administrative director, Donna Finkelstein. The team visited five villages, bringing relief and conducting a fact-finding mission, the findings of which were disseminated in the press upon the team's return.
- In 1987, the CAEJ held a benefit concert at the EI Mocambo, a live music venue in Toronto, to aid the Jews stranded in Ethiopia.
- In 1990, 15,000 Jews moved from their villages in the northern regions of Ethiopia to Addis Ababa, under the impression that they would be able to emigrate without delay. With immigration to Israel greatly reduced, these Jews founded themselves living in terrible conditions, with reports of several hundred individuals, mostly children, dying of malnutrition and disease. In response to these developments, the CAEJ redirected its Adopt-a-Family funds to the mass relief. This involved sending doctors and medication as well as launching projects to provide clothing, food supplements, and more medical supplies.
- The association's final project, conducted after Operation Solomon, involved persuading two-hundred-and-fifty Jews in Sudan to return to Addis Ababa. Once there, they were flown to Israel.
- In 1992, after twelve years of operation, CAEJ shut down. Former president Jack Hope told the CJN, "We've fulfilled our mandate."
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of material documenting the Canadian Associate for Ethiopian Jews. Included are letters, artifacts, meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, reference materials, audio recordings, an office manual, and a poster.
- The fonds is divided into six series: Rescue and relief letters, Administrative records, Clippings and reference materials, Artifacts, Audiovisual materials, and Posters.
- Notes
- Related groups of records external to the unit being described: A CAEJ advertisement that appeared in the Toronto Star can be found in the Larry Becker fonds.
- Name Access
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc
- Jews, Ethiopian
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- 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
- Canada
- Ethiopia
- Israel
- United States
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968-1997
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organization series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1964
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four images of a representative handing out Jewish National Fund Tzedakah boxes to students at the Associated Hebrew School, located at Neptune and Bathurst Streets.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 118
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [nd]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Political Career series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 pin : metal and ribbon, red and gold ; 9 cm in length
- Scope and Content
- Item is an Alderman CNE pin.
- Notes
- artifact number 149
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Associations sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961-1995
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell was a member of the pharmaceutical fraternity Rho Pi Phi and the Rotary Club, a non sectarian businessman’s association.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence and publications from the international pharmaceutical fraternity Rho Pi Phi and from its Toronto alumni chapter, Rokeach. In addition, there are publications from Nu Chapter, the University of Toronto student chapter. As well, the sub-series includes correspondence and publications from the Rotary Club.
- Name Access
- Rho Pi Phi
- Rokeach
- Nu Chapter
- University of Toronto, School of Pharmacy
- Rotary Club
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Associations series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Date
- 1980-1995
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 30 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, minutes and other materials accumulated by Ben Kayfetz during his involvement with various organizations, including the Toronto Jewish Historical Society, Canadian Jewish Historical Society, Learned Society and Yiddish Luncheon Circle.
- 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
- 350
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence and a copy of the periodic reports on the Jewish Position published by the Institute for Jewish Affairs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 48
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an advertisement briefly describing the suffering of Ethiopian Jews, as victims of the worse drought in Africa's history, and soliciting donations.
- Subjects
- Victims
- 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
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 9 Mar. 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens delivering a speech at the Canadian Restaurant Association's annual exhibition opening ceremonies in the Automotive Building of Exhibition Place. Identified is (left to right): Gordon Feddelson, Phil Givens, Harvey S. Smith (Association President), and Mrs. Harvey Smith.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Richard Mathews Photos.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed in a Russian army uniform taken during the Russo-Japanese War in 1903.
- Name Access
- Melamed, Morris
- Subjects
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
- Soldiers
- 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
- Russia
- 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
- 193
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence and memoranda concerning meetings, resolutions and agreements, and a list of the members of the national executive.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Jewish communal activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, newsletters documenting national and regional conferences on Jewish education, and an issue of the Canadian Jewish Congress's Quarterly Report (Vol. 1, no. 2).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3869
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3869
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w sepia toned ; 17 x 40 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of delegates to the Young Judaea national convention in Hamilton, Ontario. Included are A. M. Klein, Lionel Gelber and possibly John Devor.
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Heritage series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 10
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of draft resolutions, reports, meeting notices and minutes, and correspondence.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Archives Charities Committee National Archives
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
