- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Plenary Assembly series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 42
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1959
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Plenary Sessions (as they were then known) were the final legislative resort of Canadian Jewry. They were held every second year, alternately in Toronto and Montreal, though this was not adhered to every time. (Once Montreal had two sessions in sequence). The Central Region held voting sessions in Toronto, at which delegate would be elected. The programme involved all the activities and projects of Congress by way of written and oral reports. Efforts were made - not always successful - to allow opportunity for discussion. The Resolutions Committee was a particularly hard-working unit. Resolutions embodied the policies and programme of Canadian Jewish Congress for the following 2 or 3 years. International speakers were always a feature of the Plenary.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of general files of the Plenary Assembly.
- Notes
- Series formerly described and cited as RG283.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Administrative records
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 125
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and other material related to a photo exhibition on Ethiopian Jewry. The correspondence is mostly between CAEJ and the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Administrative records series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 125
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1988-1989
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material relating to the CJC plentary.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1179
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Physical Description
- 24 audio cassettes (36 hrs.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-four audiocassettes recording meetings of various CJC events and committee meetings including: a Regional Council meeting held December 12, 1983; a Music Committee meeting held November 28, 1988; a National Joint Community Relations Committee event (no date); a Claude Watson School for the Arts (CWSA) concert of children from grades 4 through 8, held in December, 1987; a Library Committee meeting held April 22, 1985; a Toronto Jewish Cultural Council (TJCC) Continuing Education Committee held November 17, 1988; a Session on Assimilation (no date); a National OFficers' Committee meeting held November 28, 1983 to discuss the 1984 budget; a speech on multiculturalism (no date); a Toronto Jewish Congress Cultural Study Committee event (no date); a Jewish Community Centre meeting (no date); a National CJC Conference held April 19, [no year]; a National CJC Officers' meeting held October, 6, 1989; a National Education Conference held April 27, [no year]; an event held Sept. 20, 1989; a cassette labelled "Alti Podal"; a cassette labelled "Canadian Gathering"; a cassette labelled "Prog. Cte." (Programing Committee?); a cassette labeled "CJC Ex." (CJC Executive Meeting?); a cassette labelled Toronto Chorus 1/14"; a cassette labelled "[Mervin Verblat?] at Toronto Jewish Congress Annual meeting May 25, 1988"; a cassette labelled "Seder Melodies" and two cassettes labelled "Original."
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1180
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- [between 1987 and 1991]
- Physical Description
- 26 audio cassettes (39 hrs.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty-six audiocassettes of various CJC events and committee meetings : including a CJC Officers' Committee meeting of October 6, 1987; an address by Rabbi Witty dated May 9, 1988; an address by Bronfman dated December 5, 1988; three cassettes labelled reel 1 and 2 of "Jewish Culture As Shaper As Jewish Identity by Atik, Butovsky and Turgov dated June 6, 1988; two cassettes labelled "Special Offficers Meeting at Azbeth Israel Congreation" dated September 25, 1991; a cassette labelled "Gulf War Classroom Discussion Metro Morning Nov. 23" on one side and "March 20 Rae on Throne SPeech" on the other; a cassette labelled "Education Exec. Jewish - Zionist Advisory"; a cassette labelled "Film Society"; a cassette labelled "Jewish Choral Concert", dated March 8, 1988; a cassette labelled JESNA [Jewish Education Service of North America] Conference Montreal, 87"; a cassette labelled "Education Council"; a cassette labelled "Music Committee" and "Evaluation Meeting" dated May 4, 1988 and March 8, 1988; a cassette labelled "Rabbi Rosensweig Seminary of Shpiro's speech ; Shapiro's questions and answers"; two cassettes labelled "R&D Evaluation Meeting", dated May 30, 1988 and December 15, 1988; one cassette labelled "NEC Evaluation Meeting" dated November 28, 1988; one cassette labelled "JTA Taling Books" dated November 11, 1983; a cassette labelled "Communicating with Kids"; a cassette labelled "Library Study" dated January 28 (no year); a cassette labelled "Distortion of Holocaust"; a cassette labelled "Farber Chez FM"; a cassette labelled Soviet Jewry; and a casette labelled "Dr. Bernard Shapiro".
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 113
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 9 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of seven slides depicting the Seventeenth CJC Plenary Assembly at the Royal York Hotel. Also includes two slides depicting Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
- Name Access
- Canada. Prime Minister (1968-1979 : Trudeau)
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Canada
- Related Material
- Photos of the same event can be found in fonds 67, series 27, file 94.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 1
- File
- 252
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1984 - 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual materials
- Scope and Content
- File consists of agendas, meeting minutes and correspondence from various planning committees related to the organization of the 1986 Plenary Assembly, including the Plenary Assembly Budget Committee, the Plenary Arrangements Committee, the Plenary Cabinet, and the Plenary Program Committee.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 1
- File
- 339
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950 - 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes from various committees associated with Jewish education and Jewish community events, namely the Advisory Board of the Institute of Jewish Studies, the Planning Committee for the Council on Jewish Education, the Central Region Educational and Cultural Committee, the Joint Planning Committee, Jewish Community Month Joint Planning Committee, and the Women's Committee of Jewish Community Month.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 1
- File
- 354
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of agendas and meeting minutes of the Plenary Sessions Elections Committee, as well as delegate lists, and general correspondence regarding the Eleventh Plenary Assembly.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of draft resolutions, reports, a program, a list of plenary participants (1986), and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 1
- File
- 353
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of delegate lists, and general correspondence regarding the 11th Plenary Assembly, including two agendas for the Elections Committee for Plenary Assembly and the National Officers' Committee.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds
- Labour Relations Committee meeting minutes and agendas series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 31
- Series
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1976
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of the meeting minutes and agendas taken at the meetings of the Labour Relations Committee of the Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Accession Number
- 2008-12-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Men's Clothing Manufacturers' Association of Ontario fonds
- Public Relations Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 31
- Series
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1979
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Public Relations Committee was responsible for communicating with the press on issues related to the men's clothing industry, as well as the publication of the trade magazine Threads. They were also in charge of the publicity for the Association's general meetings and seminars.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of meeting minutes and agendas taken at the Public Relations Committee meetings and the committee's general correspondence, as well as five issues of the committee-produced trade magazine, "Threads".
- Accession Number
- 2008-12-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Publications and publicity series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 10
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963, 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting notice and minutes, and a memo regarding Baycrest's public relations program.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Men's Service Group series
- Public Relations and Publicity sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 5-6
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Public Relations Committee was responsible for producing the Men's Service Group's publicity material and publications. It later seems to have joined with the Program Committee to form the Program and Public Relations Committee. The primary function of this joint committee was to plan the annual dinner meetings.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting notice and minutes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938-1978, 1991
- Physical Description
- 6.5 m of textual records
- 15 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- The Joint Community Relations Committee was created in 1938 by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and the Toronto Lodge B’nai Brith. It was originally named the Joint Public Relations Committee and was responsible for combating antisemitism in Ontario. Public statements, by agreement, were made only by the Canadian Jewish Congress as B’nai Brith recognized the uniqueness of its national constitution. The committee was led by lay leaders from the community and a staff representative from the CJC. Shortly thereafter, similar committees were set up in Montreal and in Western Canada, and soon a National Joint Community Relations Committee was established.
- The committee played a key role in achieving the early anti-discrimination act of 1944, and the Fair Employment Practices Act of 1951, leading to the Human Rights Code of today. It was prominent in the action against the spread of sectarian religious teachings in the public schools and took the lead in pressing for legislation against the dissemination of racial hatred. It acted for the preservation of religious and human rights and worked with numerous religious, fraternal and ethnic organizations in the wider community. The committee also investigated and acted upon all complaints of discrimination, antisemitism and other such incidents. They supplied Jewish and secular schools with educational materials including pamphlets and books, and conducted intercultural and inter-religious work in the community through organized lectures, seminars, institutes, and plenary sessions.
- The committee was composed of equal representation from both the Canadian Jewish Congress, and the B’nai Brith. The money for the operation of the Committee was first provided by both organizations, however, in a 1947 agreement between the National CJC and B’nai Brith Canada, the parties stated that the finances for the committee would be raised in the name of the CJC, with B’nai Brith agreeing to make “token” contributions and co-operate with Congress’ fundraising campaign. As well, the professional staff and support persons for the committee, along with their salaries, came solely from the Central Region CJC.
- The executive director (also referred to as the executive secretary) was the primary staff person responsible for carrying out the policy and activities of the JPRC, which included preparing press releases, liaisoning with affiliated groups, organizations, individuals, journalists, government representatives and any others wanting or needing information on issues relating to the JPRC’s work. The executive director acted as the recording secretary at all committee meetings and was the keeper of all official documents.
- Around 1978, due in part to the earlier creation of the B’nai Brith’s League for Human Rights in 1970, the Canadian Jewish Congress and the B’nai Brith terminated their joint relationship with the committee. At the time, the CJC felt that B’nai Brith was playing a dual role in advocacy through the League and through the JPRC. B’nai Brith, in turn, felt that the CJC was shutting out the B’nai Brith’s voice. Nevertheless, the “Joint” was not dropped from the name until around 1991.
- In 2011 the Community Relations Committee ceased to exist when the CJC Ontario office was closed and the functions of the CJC were folded into the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA).
- Committee name changes were:
Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1991-2011)
Joint Community Relations Committee, CJC, Ontario Region (ca. 1978-ca. 1991)
Joint Community Relations Committee, Central Region (1962-1978)
Joint Community Relations Committee, (1938-1962)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of five sub-series. Sub-series 1 contains the agendas, minutes and associated documentation supporting meetings of the Community Relations Committee. Sub-series 2 contains speeches , publications, press releases and reports presented and/or distributed by the Committee. Sub-series 3 consists of case files documenting the Committee's activities of combating specific antisemitism and Holocaust-denying activities in Canada. Extensive documentation about Ernst Zundel is included Sub-series 4 contains 9 sub-sub-series documenting various categories of research files accumulated by the Committee. Sub-series 5 contains the general office records of the Committee and includes correspondence and memos of the Executive Director and records providing insight to the internal organization and management of the Committee's internal functions.
- For more details see descriptions within the scope and contents notes at the sub-series and sub-sub-series levels.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited a MG8 S
- Physical extent note: when originally listed in 1988, this series contained about 20.5 metres of textual records. When partial processing and reorganization had been completed in 2013, 14 metres had been culled because those documents were duplicates, newspaper clippings, created by outside agencies or maintained in other agencies.
- Associated material note:Library and Archives of Canada holds the records for the National B’nai Brith which does contain 30cm of material on the National Joint Community Relations Committee. The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal holds the records for the National Joint Community Relations Committee, which contains some files on the Ontario Region, as they reported to the National office. The whereabouts of the B’nai Brith records pertaining to the Central Region activities are currently unknown.
- Subjects
- Committees
- Arrangement
- Because records in this series had been previously organized in a manner that proved difficult for use by archivists and researchers, the records, during 2010 and 2011, were totally rearranged and described to comply with RAD standards, to provide ease of access by researchers, and to fully reflect the activities and organizational history of the Community Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress during and after the period when it was a joint committee with the B'Nai Brith.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Special, ad-hoc and temporary committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 16
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- This committee was formed to explore better methods to renew Toronto Jewish Community financial support for Israel.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of minutes of meetings of the committee..
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Client agency correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 18
- File
- 38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 19 Feb. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence about meetings of the Public Relations (Publicity) Committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions