Level
Item
ID
Item 2982
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2982
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 26 cm
Custodial History
This item is a photograph of a group assembled at a Zionist convention in Montreal.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Zionism
Places
Montréal (Québec)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2350
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2350
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1927
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 95 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a panoramic photograph of individuals standing outside of the Zionist Convention at Winnipeg. The convention, which was organized by the Zionist Convention Committee, was held from 10–12 July 1927.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Zionism
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
Winnipeg (Man.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
18
Series
3-5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1957-1971
Physical Description
261 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
The Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC) (1921-1978) acted as the official voice of Zionism in Canada, promoting the aims of Zionism in communities across the country. The ZOC mandate was: 1) the promotion of immigration to Israel; 2) raising funds to carry out the aims of Zionism; 3) encouraging investment in Israel; 4) fostering Jewish consciousness; and 5) mobilizing public opinion about Israel and the Jewish communities of the Diaspora.
The Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada (FZSOC) was founded in 1898 as the national collective of groups representing Zionist interests in Canada. In 1921 the organization changed its name and was incorporated as the Zionist Organization of Canada, becoming the primary umbrella organization for Zionist groups in Canada.
The ZOC was a broad-based organization that embraced an ideology of nationhood which attracted influential national leaders within the Jewish community as well as thousands of members across the country. ZOC's main office was located in Montreal until 1970, when it moved to the Toronto Zionist Centre on Marlee Ave, Toronto. ZOC provided smaller communities, which had few institutional supports, with vital linkages to the metropolitan centres through their programs that were run out of the regional offices and local Zionist councils. The Zionist Organization of Canada administered the budgets of such organizations as Canadian Hadassah-Wizo, the Men's Zionist Organization of Canada and Young Judaea. ZOC programs promoted a stronger Jewish identity amongst Canadian Jews and familiarity with Hebrew through the periodical, Canadian Zionist. These programs included book clubs, lunch clubs, film exhibits, youth camps, travel offices, and two television programs during the 1970s on cable television in Montreal and Toronto.
In 1967, ZOC became a constituent member of the new Federated Zionist Organization of Canada (FZOC), along with Canadian Hadassah-Wizo, the Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Avoda, and Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam). In 1972, FZOC became the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF). During the 1970s, ZOC's functions were gradually absorbed by the Canadian Zionist Federation, the CZF Central Region based in Toronto, and by the Toronto Zionist Council. By 1978, the Zionist Organization of Canada had ceased to function as an organization.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of negatives documenting the activities of the Zionist Organization of Canada. The images depict members at meetings, conventions and banquets, reception dinners, as well as sponsored events involving dignitaries and foreign diplomats. The images have been arranged chronologically by event and are described at the file and item level.
Subjects
Zionism
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Mimi Wise fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 16; Item 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Mimi Wise fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
16
Item
10
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1968
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Mimi Wise and Rose Bogoch were co-covenors of the convention.
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of Hadassah Wizo executive members at the national biennial convention. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: [unidentified]; Claire Balinsky, Montreal; Marjorie Groberman, Vancouver; [?] Sheps, Manitoba; Anita Sager, Montreal, [unidentified], Mimi Wise, Toronto; Rose Bogoch, Edmonton, [unidentified], Neri Bloomfield, Montreal; [unidentified].
Front row, left to right: Belle James, Toronto; Rosa Singer, Montreal; Lottie Riven, Montreal; Blanche Wisenthal, Montreal; Anne Eisenstat, Montreal; Anne Raginsky, Montreal; [unidentified], [unidentified].
Notes
Photographer unknown.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession Number
2003-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2978
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2978
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
For identification, see accession record.
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Toronto
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4803
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4803
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Possibly Eaton Auditorium.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo
Jewish Organizations
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
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
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-5-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4335
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4335
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Nov. 1947
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a panoramic photograph taken of individuals at the Labour Zionist Movement's Actions Committee at the Fourth National Convention eating dinner.
Name Access
Labour Zionist Movement
Montreal
Jewish Organizations
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor Zionism
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.
Creator
Federal Photos
Places
Montréal (Québec)
Accession Number
1987-10-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2016-11-5
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-11-5
Material Format
object
Physical Description
2 pins
Date
1967-1972
Scope and Content
Accession consists of two gold coloured metal lapel pins. The face is divided into quadrants. Upper left has a Star of David embossed on it, followed by the upper right which has a maple leaf. The lower left has the initials "FZ" and the lower right has the initials "OC".
Administrative History
In 1967, the Zionist Organization of Canada became a constituent member of the new Federated Zionist Organization of Canada (FZOC), along with Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, the Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Avoda, and Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam). In 1972, FZOC became the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF). Established as a national federation for Zionist organizations across Canada, it is the official representative and voice of Canadian Zionists to the World Zionist Organization and remains committed to Jewish education, Jewish culture and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life. During the 1970s, the ZOC's functions were gradually absorbed by the Canadian Zionist Federation and by 1978, the Zionist Organization of Canada had ceased to function as an organization.
Subjects
Zionism
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Level
Fonds
ID
Fonds 28
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Level
Fonds
Fonds
28
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
moving images
Date
1908-1979, predominant 1955-1976
Physical Description
7.4 m of textual records and other material
Admin History/Bio
The Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC) (1921-1978) acted as the official voice of Zionism in Canada, promoting the aims of Zionism in communities across the country. The ZOC adhered to the principles of the Jerusalem Program of the Zionist movement founded by Theodor Herzl in 1898 during the First Zionist Congress held in Basle Switzerland. These principles included: 1) the promotion of immigration to Israel; 2) raising funds to carry out the aims of Zionism; 3) encouraging investment in Israel; 4) fostering Jewish consciousness; and 5) mobilizing public opinion about Israel and the Jewish communities of the Diaspora.
The Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada (FZSOC) was founded in 1898 as the national collective of groups representing Zionist interests in Canada. In 1921 the organization changed its name and was incorporated as the Zionist Organization of Canada, becoming the primary umbrella organization for Zionist groups in Canada.
The ZOC was a broad-based organization that embraced an ideology of nationhood which attracted influential national leaders within the Jewish community as well as thousands of members across the country. ZOC's main office was located in Montreal until 1970, when it moved to the Toronto Zionist Centre on Marlee Ave, Toronto. ZOC provided smaller communities, which had few institutional supports, with vital linkages to the metropolitan centres through their programs that were run out of the regional offices and local Zionist councils. The Zionist Organization of Canada operated as an umbrella group that oversaw Zionist funds and administered the budgets of such organizations as Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, the Men's Zionist Organization of Canada and Young Judaea. ZOC programs promoted a stronger Jewish identity amongst Canadian Jews and familiarity with Hebrew through the periodical, Canadian Zionist. These programs included book clubs, lunch clubs, film exhibits, youth camps, travel offices, and two television programs during the 1970s on cable television in Montreal and Toronto.
In 1967, ZOC became a constituent member of the new Federated Zionist Organization of Canada (FZOC), along with Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, the Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, Mizrachi Hapoel Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Avoda, and Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam). In 1972, FZOC became the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF). During the 1970s, ZOC's functions were gradually absorbed by the Canadian Zionist Federation, the CZF Central Region based in Toronto, and by the Toronto Zionist Council. By 1978, the Zionist Organization of Canada had ceased to function as an organization.
Scope and Content
The Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC) records span a 70 year period between 1908, with the formation of the Toronto Zionist Council (and its affiliated corporation, the United Zionists of Toronto) and the creation of the Zionist Organization of Canada in 1921, until 1978. The bulk of the records in the fonds were created after 1950.
The fonds is organized into two sous-fonds and eight record series. The sous-fonds contain records of the ZOC Central Region and the Toronto Zionist Council, which exercised considerable autonomy in their work under the ZOC umbrella. The record series include records relating to: ZOC's executive bodies, the National Administrative Council and Executive Board, and their predecessor, the Executive Committee of the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada (1919-1976); the National Camps Association, responsible for overseeing the administration of summer camps owned by ZOC (1961-1968); Canadian Young Judaea, the youth wing of ZOC which was also responsible for the operation of ZOC summer camps (1957-1978); the ZOC Department of Education and Culture's cable television programme, Shalom (1971-1977); ZOC national conventions (1946-1975); the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada, of which ZOC became a member organization on its formation in 1967 (1972-1978); and the 28th World Zionist Congress held in 1972. The fonds also includes a series of subject files, the primary recordkeeping system for ZOC's administration, and a series of photographs of prominant persons and events maintained by ZOC for its public relations work.
Notes
Physical description note: Includes: ca. 1100 photographs (b&w and col.; some negatives), 24 embossed prints, 3 film reels (col., Super 8 mm), and 1 videocassette (col., VHS).
Associated material note: Additional records of the Zionist Organization of Canada can be found at the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives (Montreal), Library & Archives Canada (Ottawa), and the World Zionist Organization's Central Zionist Archives (Jerusalem)
Name Access
Zionist Organization of Canada
Subjects
Zionism
Access Restriction
Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
Creator
Zionist Organization of Canada (1921-1978)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Federated Zionist Organization of Canada series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 28; Series 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Federated Zionist Organization of Canada series
Level
Series
Fonds
28
Series
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1964-1972
Physical Description
10 cm textual records
Admin History/Bio
The Federated Zionist Organization of Canada (FZOC) was established at a founding convention held March 31 to April 4, 1967. The constituent members of FZOC were the Zionist Organization of Canada, Canadian Hadassah-Wizo, the Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, the Mizrachi Hapoel-Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, the Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Ha'avoda - Poale Zion, and the Friends of Pioneering Israel. The purpose of this new organization was to unify the voice of Jewish Canada at home and abroad.
FZOC committees were now responsible for the bulk of the administrative affairs for all of the Zionist activities undertaken by the above mentioned groups. These included activities in the areas of public relations, education and culture, youth, camping, aliyah, publications, United Israel Appeal and financial budgets. All activities undertaken by each constituent group that was not of mutual concern would continue to be financed and administered independently.
Although ZOC remained an independent non-political organization with its own agenda and mandate, FZOC assumed the staffing structure and personnel of ZOC, and thus a large amount of administrative overlapping occured. The headquarters of ZOC and FZOC were combined in ZOC's Montreal offices until April 1970. In June 1970, ZOC moved its headquarters to Toronto while FZOC's offices remained in Montreal. ZOC initially had the loudest voice in the new organization with an allotted 50% representation on the National Executive, the Inner Executive, on all committees, and as delegates to all future conventions.
By 1972, FZOC had changed its name to the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF).
Scope and Content
The series consists of files relating to the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada between 1964 and 1972. These files consists of convention documents including founding convention documents and reports, national convention records, constitutions, delegate election records, and financial records.
Name Access
Federated Zionist Organization of Canada
Subjects
Zionism
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Maurice Berg fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 41; File 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Maurice Berg fonds
Level
File
Fonds
41
File
14
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1955, 1975
Physical Description
20 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
This file consists of photographs of Maurice Berg with members of Ajalon Lodge on a tour of Israel in 1955 and the Program Commitee for the Zionist Organization of Canada convention in Jerusalem in 1975.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2970
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2970
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
2 photographs : (1 negative)
Scope and Content
For identification, see accession record.
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo
Inn-On-The-Park
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2979
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2979
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo
Inn-On-The-Park
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2973
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2973
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
On right: Rose Kaufman.
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo Organization of Toronto
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2972
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2972
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
2 photographs : (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Left to right: Teddy Kollek; Neri Bloomfield; Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Bloomfield, Neri
Hadassah-Wizo
Inn-On-The-Park
Kollek, Teddy
Plaut, Rabbi W. Gunther
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1639
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1639
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table of women at an Ottawa Hadassah Convention. From left to right: Adeline Levine, Ruth Swartz, Sylvia Cherney, Bea Collis, and Bernice Henry (Toronto).
Name Access
Ottawa Hadassah Convention
Levine, Adeline
Swartz, Ruth
Cherney, Sylvia
Collis, Beatrice
Henry, Bernice
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
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
Ottawa (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-7-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2016-11-39
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-11-39
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 42 cm
Date
1939
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one panoramic photograph of the First Mizrachi Canadian Convention attendees seated at dinner tables. The convention took place on April 21-23, 1939. Identified in the photo is Morris Soberman, future cantor at Beth Tzedec.
Administrative History
Mizrachi is an international religious Zionist movement founded in Vilnius in 1902. Bnei Akiva, founded in 1929 is its youth movement. Mizrachi Canada is its Canadian branch. Allan Soberman is a singer/songwriter/musician and son of Cantor Morris Soberman. Cantor Morris Soberman was the Ba'al Koreh, Chazan Sheni and bar mitzvah teacher at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto with additional years spent at Goel Tzedec and the McCaul Street Shul.
Use Conditions
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.
Descriptive Notes
ASSOCIATED MATERIAL NOTE: There is another photo from this convention in our collection. See photo #2433.
Stamped on the back as taken by E. Mackintosh Photographer.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Religious Zionism
Name Access
Soberman, Allan
Mizrachi Canada
Places
Toronto
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2433
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2433
Material Format
graphic material
Date
April 1939
Physical Description
2 photographs : sepia
Scope and Content
Item is an original and copy panoramic photograph of a group of men and women posed in front of an unidentified building at the first Mizrachi Canadian convention in Toronto. Rabbi Meyer Berlin is pictured in the photo.
Name Access
Berlin, Rabbi Meyer
Mizrachi
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Religious Zionism
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.
Physical Condition
The original photograph is glued to a thin board. At some point, someone tried to remove the photo from the board and ripped the top left corner off.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-7-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3411
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3411
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1938
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Many prominent individuals are shown in this photograph, with names written on the bottom.
Name Access
Jewish National Fund
United Jewish Appeal
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Zionism
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
Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-11-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2971
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2971
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
See accession record for terms of use.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo
McGibbon, Pauline
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 5; File 53
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
5
File
53
Material Format
textual record
Date
1967
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of a memorandum of agreement between the Zionist Organization of Canada, Canadian Hadassah-Wizo, Labour Zionist Movement of Canada, Mizrachi Hapoel-Hamizrachi Organization of Canada, Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, Achdut Ha'avoda - Poale Zion and Friends of Pioneering Israel (Mapam).
Subjects
Labor Zionism
Religious Zionism
Revisionist Zionism
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1339
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1339
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1934
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a Hadassah convention banquet at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
Notes
Original photo by A.B.C. News Pictures, 87 King St. W., Toronto.
Name Access
Hadassah-Wizo
Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Dinners and dining
Women
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.
Accession Number
1977-6-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1195
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1195
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
30 Oct. 1949
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 31 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
The purpose of this gathering was to elect a regional chairman. Mrs. Sara Ross was elected the first northern regional chairman of Hadassah Organization of Canada.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of first Northern Ontario Regional conference of Hadassah Organization of Canada. The event took place in the social hall of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph depicts a room full of women seated at several banquet tables.
Identified individuals include Becky Ritter (Noranda, QC); Zalda Mednick (Noranda, QC); Anne Scholes (Timmins); Mrs. Pek; Rita Kokotow (Kirkland Lake); Blanche Kaplan (Kirkland Lake); Min Moscoe (Timmins); Claire Feldman (Timmins); Helen Scott (Kirkland Lake); Mrs. Zifkin (Noranda, QC); Rose Mallin (Kirkland Lake); Mary Langer (Kirkland Lake); Rebbetzin Rabinovitch (Kirkland Lake); Razel Berjansky (Kirkland Lake); Jerry Jessel (Timmins); Sara Ross (Kirkland Lake); Marsha Ironstone (Sudbury); Esther Davis (Kirkland Lake); Rosa Sugar (national president, guest speaker from Montreal); Millie Duke (Kirkland Lake); Sophie Dash (Kirkland Lake); Tamel Korman (Noranda, QC); Lil Berk (Kirkland Lake); Sorel Crotin (Ansonville); Mrs. Hoffman (North Bay); Faye Atkins (Kirkland Lake); Mrs. Perlmutter (Ansonville); Fanny Shankman (Timmins); Min Shankman (Timmins); Sophie Shub (Timmins); [Liee?] Feldman (Timmins); Mrs. Garshon (Kirkland Lake); Carrie Aidelbaum (Kirkland Lake); Alice Atkins (Kirkland Lake); Evie Halpern (Timmins); Claire Halpern (Timmins); Irene Halpern (Timmins); Anna Halpern; Leah Abramson (Ansonville); Lillie Nosov (Ansonville), Anne Finkleman (Kirkland Lake); Edith Gleiberman (Ansonville); Sonia Korman (Kirkland Lake); Chiekie Korman (Kirkland Lake); Sophie Naiman (Kirkland Lake); Faye Sukerman (Kirkland Lake); Bella Jacks (Kirkland Lake); Toby Ironstone (Noranda, QC); Berl Steinberg (Noranda, QC); Hellen Shilling (Englehart); Freida Korman (Englehart); Riva Brelan (Kirkland Lake); Joan Mervyn (Kirkland Lake); Sylvia Wertman (Kirkland Lake); Min Akron (Kirkland Lake); Becky Shub (Timmins); Faye Charles (Kirkland Lake); and Jean Garshon (Kirkland Lake).
Notes
See accession record for locations of identified individuals.
Finkelman may be an alternate spelling for Anne "Annie" Finkleman.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Hadassah-Wizo
Ross, Sara
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1955 or 1956]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of youths at a Young Judaea convention for Northern Ontario, held in Sudbury.
Notes
Original photograph by Des Rositas Studio, Sudbury.
This item is a duplicate of 1982-6-10, #3386
Name Access
Young Judaea
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Youth
Zionism
Places
Sudbury (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-3-13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1267
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1267
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1917 or 1918]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 36 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a group portrait of the attendees at the Toronto Poalei Zion convention. The group is gathered in front of a brick building. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: [unknown], Avrom Walerstein, Sholom Katz, [unknown], Chaim Langer, [unknown], [unknown], [? Lapidus], [? Gertler], Max Kramer, Laibe Bograd (Leibel Begrad), Hersh Mayer Kirshenbaum, Louis Coldoff (Kaldovsky), [unknown], Sam Shapiro, Minnie Shapiro, Florence Manson, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Green, David Lewis, [unknown], Max Manson, [unknown].
Second row, left to right: [unknown], Esther Walerstein (child), [unknown], [unknown], S. Sokol, Mrs. Sokol, Harry Sher, Mrs. Schwartzbaum, Mr. Schwartzbaum, [unknown], Mr. Heller, [unknown], [unknown].
Third row, left to right, [unknown], Archie Edelstein, [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], Kalman Wagner, Edelstein, [unknown], [unknown], Harry Green, [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [unknown], [? Shatz], [unknown], [unknown].
Front row, left to right: [unknown], [unidentified child], [?Edelstein], Yitshok Edelstein, Sarah Heller, [unknown], Mrs. Frankel, Mr. Frankel, [unknown], Percy Kates, Mrs. Kates, [unknown], [unknown], [? Ginsberg], [unknown], Chaike Appelbaum, Dave Gold, [unknown], [unknown].
Front row, left to right: [unknown], Avrom Feldman, [? Lindbaum], Zalman Cohen; Abe Shatz.
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Labor Zionism
Portraits, Group
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
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-4-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Executive Committee series
Executive director sub-series
Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
5-5-1
File
57
Material Format
textual record
Date
1951-1953
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Executive Committee series
Executive director sub-series
Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
5-5-1
File
125
Material Format
textual record
Date
3 Feb. 1954-21 Dec. 1954
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
Labour Zionism and union activities series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 92; Series 2; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
Labour Zionism and union activities series
Level
File
Fonds
92
Series
2
File
6
Material Format
textual record
Date
[ca. 1952]
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one pamphlet printed by the Labour Zionist Organization of Toronto.
Subjects
Labor Zionism
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
9
Material Format
textual record
Date
1968
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of newsletters from the Toronto and National Zionist Revisionist Organizations.
Notes
.
Subjects
Revisionist Zionism
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1917
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1917
Material Format
graphic material
Date
August 1943
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
National Council of Independent Theatre Exhibitors
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
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-6-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1918
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1918
Material Format
graphic material
Date
August 1943
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
For identification notes, please see accession record.
Name Access
National Council of Independent Theatre Exhibitors
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
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-6-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds
Level
Fonds
ID
Fonds 130
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds
Level
Fonds
Fonds
130
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Date
[195-]-2018
Physical Description
1.1 m of textual records and other material
Admin History/Bio
Na’amat Canada Toronto is a chapter of Na'amat Canada, a Jewish non-profit volunteer women’s organization whose goal is to improve the lives of women, children, and families in Israel and Canada. Na'amat was founded in 1925 under the name the Women's Organization for the Pioneer Women of Palestine, an organization connecting the labour Zionist movement in Palestine with Jewish communities in Canada and the United States. The need for a women’s organization arose in the context of a feminist movement in which women sought to become equal partners in founding the State of Israel by lobbying for maternity leave laws, the creation of daycare centers near places of employment, and equal-pay legislation.
A Toronto chapter was established in 1948. In 1966, Pioneer Women (Na'amat) became autonomous in Canada, and the next year it incorporated in Canada as Pioneer Women's Organization Incorporated. In 1987, Pioneer Women's Organization Incorporated officially changed its name to Na'amat Canada Inc. The organization’s mission includes safeguarding the status of women and children, responding to humanitarian concerns, promoting Zionism and Jewish identity, and strengthening bonds between Israel and the Diaspora. To accomplish its goals, Na’amat members organize fundraisers, solicit donations, engage in targeted marketing, attract new members, and obtain publicity among other activities.
Na'amat Canada Toronto is governed by a council comprised of volunteers that represent the membership across Toronto. More specifically, the council consists of a Toronto president, a Toronto vice-president, an immediate past president, a Toronto office administrator, a membership committee chair, a fundraising committee chair, club presidents, a communication/technology chair, a Toronto technical consultant, a programming/education chair, a leadership chair, a membership experience person, a membership advisor, a school supplies chair, an Israel Day Festival chair, and Dollars for David co-chairs.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of materials relating to Na'amat Canada Toronto which document the organization's fundraising, educational, and publishing activities in the Toronto area from the 1950s until 2018. The fonds is comprised of the following series: publications, administrative records, fundraising and event ephemera, Na'amat Israel, Na'amat USA, newspaper clippings, and clubs.
Name Access
Na'amat Canada Toronto
Subjects
Charities
Women
Zionism
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.
Creator
Na'amat Canada Toronto
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
2019-3-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4568
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4568
Material Format
graphic material
Date
2 Sep. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a group of Toronto delegates at the Palais de Versailles en route to Jerusalem for the Twenty-Third Zionist Congress. Pictured third from the left is David Newman. Pictured in the centre in the hat is Phil Givens.
Name Access
Givens, Philip, 1922-1995
Zionist Congress (23rd : 1951 : Jerusalem)
Subjects
Congresses and conventions
Places
Versailles (France)
Accession Number
1981-11-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 27; File 338
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
27
File
338
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
7 Mar. 1978
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records ; 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of materials relating to the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations Conference of Women, held on 7 March 1978 at Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Photographs consist of one portrait of Edith Levy (Chairman, Conference of Women) and one photograph of (L to R) Esther Goodbaum, Robert Cooper, Flora MacDonald, and Ruth Bass. Documents consist of a press release form announcing the conference, a program, . The program featured a dialogue between Mel Hurtig (founding member of the Committee for an Independent Canada), Beverley Smith (former Liason Officer to Rene Levesque), and Peter Trueman (Global TV news anchorman), moderated by Ruth Schwartz (Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations); the afternoon featured a keynote talk by Mme. Solange Chaput-Rolland (member of the Task Force on Canadian Unity). File also consists of news clippings related to the conference, Beverley Smith's curriculum vitae, correspondence between Mel Hurtig and Edith Levy, a biography of Mel Hurtig, Beverley Smith, and Peter Trueman, and a letter from Maurice Lucow at the Toronto Jewish Congress to the Toronto Star requesting an article be written about Edith Levy and the conference.
Notes
Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
Subjects
Women
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-9
File
60
Material Format
textual record
Date
1965
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of various correspondence from the Zionist Organization of Canada
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
David Pinkus fonds
David Pinkus’ personal records series
Zionist Organization of Canada file
Level
File
ID
Fonds 138; Series 1; File 44
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
David Pinkus fonds
David Pinkus’ personal records series
Zionist Organization of Canada file
Level
File
Fonds
138
Series
1
File
44
Material Format
textual record
Date
1959-1962
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a receipt of Zionist Organization of Canada Central Division and an article named Origin of the Alphabet by Max Goody published on the Educational Release no. 4, the periodical issued by the Educational Department of Zionist Organization of Canada Central Division.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Julius P. Katz fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 55; Series 2; File 237
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Julius P. Katz fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
Fonds
55
Series
2
File
237
Material Format
textual record
Date
1944
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
This file consists of a copy of the Constitution of the Zionist Organization of Canada (1944).
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Executive Committee series
Executive director sub-series
Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
5-5-1
File
122
Material Format
textual record
Date
18 Jan. 1954-27 Dec. 1954
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Client agency correspondence series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 18; File 36
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Client agency correspondence series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
18
File
36
Material Format
textual record
Date
1962-1963
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence about the Zionist Organization of Canada.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28; Series 5; File 174
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Subject files series
Level
File
Fonds
28
Series
5
File
174
Material Format
textual record
Date
1968-1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of listings of the inner executive, regional statistics, agendas, notices of meetings, minutes of meetings and financial statements.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
3
Material Format
textual record
Date
1966
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence from the Canadian Zionist Organization
Notes
.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
4
Material Format
textual record
Date
1967
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence from the Canadian Zionist Organization
Notes
.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
12
Material Format
textual record
Date
1969
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of reports, minutes, and correspondence from the Organization related to Israel.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 14
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
14
Material Format
textual record
Date
1969
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of news releases and reports related to Israel.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-3; File 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Israel sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-3
File
27
Material Format
textual record
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence and newsletters from the Zionist Organization of Canada
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3; File 19
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Level
File
Fonds
18
Series
3
File
19
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Apr. 1967
Physical Description
52 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of images taken at the founding convention of the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada (FZOC) at the Royal York Hotel. The images depict the banquet tables and head table, speakers at the podium, images of invited guests, the registration table, and images of a group of protestors with signs at an anti-Zionist protest that occurred outside of the hotel. There are also images of the general meeting, as well as several break-out sessions that occurred in the hotel's smaller boardrooms, most likely before the larger banquet.
Pictured individuals include Phil and Min Givens, Max Goody, George Liban, Allan Grossman, Mark Levy, Gordon Mendly, and Max Federman.
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
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3-5; File 8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
18
Series
3-5
File
8
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Nov. 1961
Physical Description
11 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of images taken at a Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, convention, held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto. The images depict individuals receiving awards of honour, speakers at the podium, group photographs of members of ZOC in attendance, and people seated around banquet tables.
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
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3-5; File 15
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
18
Series
3-5
File
15
Material Format
graphic material
Date
20 Jun. 1964
Physical Description
16 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of images taken during the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, convention held at the Inn on the Park. The images include both the Central Region general meeting and banquet and the Toronto Zionist Council's general meeting. The images depict delegates seated at the banquet tables, speakers at the podium, and individuals receiving awards of honour.
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
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 18; Series 3-5; File 33
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Events and organizations series
Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
18
Series
3-5
File
33
Material Format
graphic material
Date
6 Nov. 1971
Physical Description
10 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of images taken at the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region's annual convention. The convention was held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto. The images depict speakers at the podium, group photographs of convention delegates, and individuals seated at banquet and boardroom tables.
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
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Central Region sous-fonds
Young Judaea series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28-1; Series 4; File 66
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Central Region sous-fonds
Young Judaea series
Level
File
Fonds
28-1
Series
4
File
66
Material Format
textual record
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of the diamond jubilee programme and the addendum, list of Canadian Young Judaea delegates, and correspondence.
Source
Archival Descriptions