Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

39

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence concerning a tour of Canada by Dr. Roy Gustafson, a list of members, a letter appealing for donations and contributions, and essay written by Douglas Young - "Israel: Is there a Christian view?" Dr. Douglas Young is the President of the American Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem.

Name Access

American Institute of Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem)

Gustafson, Roy

Young, Douglas

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

111

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1982

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scenes from The Ward in the early 20th Century fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

43

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

3 slides : b&w ; 8 x 8 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

Photograph of three men and three women walking down a street in the Ward during Yom Kippur. View of one woman is blocked by one of the men in front, but part of her hat is visible. In the background is an ice-cream and confectionary store.

Notes

Original photo is a glass slide.

Title taken from writing on the original slide.

Title may be wrong. It is possible that the holiday being celebrated is Rosh Hashana as the other slides in this accession depict the celebration of Rosh Hashana.

Subjects

Rosh ha-Shanah

Yom Kippur

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

2005-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

76

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Nov. 1977-Dec. 1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File contains photographs of rally, newspaper clippings, posters, correspondence, meeting notices, and programmes for activities and protests scheduled during World Solidarity Week for Soviet Jewry and coinciding with the International Human Rights Day on 10 December 1977.

Notes

Photographer unknown.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

118

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1983

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 23 cm

Scope and Content

File contains photographs of the Canadian participants in the conference, a declaration report and a programme.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File includes a representative sample of greeting cards and protest postcards that were typically sent to Soviet Jewish families for major holidays.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

25

Material Format

textual record

Date

6 May 1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a single poster for a protest rally sponsored by the Toronto Conference on Soviet Jewry.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

115

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1982-May 1982

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

12 photographs : b&w on 2 contact sheets ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File contains a calendar of events, magazine and newspaper articles, photographs of a rally, correspondence, press releases and notices concerning events organized to coincide with the month of May 1982.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

126

Material Format

textual record

Date

Mar. 1984-May 1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains notices, a calendar, fact sheets and correspondence concerning activities for Soviet Jewry held during the month of May 1984 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

143

Material Format

textual record

Date

May 1987

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a calendar, an activities proposal and conference materials from a symposium related to activities in the month of May 1987 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

150

Material Format

textual record

Date

May 1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a calendar of activities in the month of May 1988 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

68

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

6 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of six 35mm slides depicting a group meeting at Lawrence Plaza. Armbands distributed read, "Freedom for Soviet Jews."

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Subjects

Jews--Soviet Union

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The student council was affiliated with the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and had chapters at York University and the University of Toronto.

Scope and Content

File includes liaison lists with affiliated organizations, details of co-activities, meeting minutes, correspondence, a conference program, and news bulletins.

Notes

The Toronto Student Council for Soviet Jews became The Toronto Student Council for Oppressed Jews in 1975. See corresponding file for further details.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

44

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of letters to Soviet Jews returned by postal authorities.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

94

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence from the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry, both copies and originals, as well as some correspondence between Winnipeg and Toronto members.

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

295

Material Format

textual record

Date

1 Oct. 1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a report.

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

186

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1985]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Physical Condition

Materials have suffered fire and water damage.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

44

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1980]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of blank stationary with Toronto Student Council for Soviet Jews letterhead.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

9

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of signed petitions addressed to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

105

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1981-May 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

15 photographs : col. ; 12 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, photographs, programmes and newspaper clippings concerning a symposium held at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on 21 April, 1981.

Name Access

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Cassel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

93

File

8

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1940-2000, predominant 1940-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting Henry Cassel's internment in Canada. Included is a small hand-made booklet in which Cassel recorded notes about his internment experience, the transcript of a speech delivered to internees upon their arrival at "Camp N," Cassel's prisoner of war card and national registration certificate, a mug shot photograph of Cassel that was taken soon after his arrival in Canada by Canadian officials, Cassel's certificate of exemption for enemy aliens, correspondence between Cassel and Jewish agencies, correspondence from various departments of the Canadian government, and magazine articles collected by Cassel regarding the internment of refugees in Canada. Some of the records are copies obtained by Cassel from his case file in the United Jewish Relief Agencies records at the Canadian Jewish Archives in Montreal.

Accession Number

2010-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Henry Cassel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

93

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1940-1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting Henry Cassel's internment in England and Canada. Cassel originally maintained these records together in a binder. Included is a journal documenting Cassel's first few months in the camps, correspondence between Cassel and Jewish agencies, instruction sheets and correspondence regarding camp functions and regulations, blank copies of government forms that were filled in by internees in Canada, poems and/or songs written by internees about their experience, newspaper clippings, a copy of the standing orders for the camp, correspondence between the camp committee and the commanding officer, a financial statement, a program for a play put on in the camp by internees, and correspondence regarding Cassel's activities as canteen steward.

Accession Number

2010-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an undated list of the synagogue's activities for the Soviet Jewry cause.

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

99

Material Format

textual record

Date

Oct. 1980-Dec. 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, news releases, fact sheets and programme details concerning a conference organized by the Ontario region of the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry held on 6 and 7 Dec. 1980 in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

163

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

1 print : 57 x 36 cm

Subjects

Antisemitism

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Affiliated organizations sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-4

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains petitions, correspondence, news releases and articles related to the committee's efforts on behalf of their Soviet Jewish peers and efforts to garner support for a ban on collaborative research between Canadian universities and the Soviet Union.

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

38

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newsletters from CCRI

Source

Archival Descriptions

URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Blog/100th-International-Women-s-Day-at-the-OJA

Source

OJA Website

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

Dec. 1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding the antisemitic behaviour of an employee of Crush International Limited.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1340-1373

Material Format

graphic material

Date

28 Oct. 1967

Physical Description

slide: col.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Jews--Soviet Union

Simhat Torah

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-6

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

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-3

File

6

Material Format

text

Responsibility

Margery Sanford, Adele Sandberg and Myriam P. Wolf ; translation by Irving Dalin

Date

Aug. 1979

Physical Description

1 v. : unbound

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

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-3

File

11

Material Format

text

Responsibility

Adele E. Sandberg and Margery Sanford ; introduction by Alan Dershowitz ; translation by Irving Dalin

Date

Sept. 1985

Physical Description

1 v. : unbound

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

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding discrimination against Jews in the USSR, and a proposed conference to discuss this.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Pamphlets series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

51

File

40

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships in Toronto describing the history of the stereotype of the Jew as a usurer.

Name Access

Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships

Subjects

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

1334

Material Format

textual record

Date

4 Feb. - 15 Dec. 1965

Physical Description

1 file of textual records

Custodial History

File was found amongst the records of the JCRC but , as it dealt with another set of CJC records, was re-catalogued to integrate with those files.

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and reports about the situation of Jews in Cuba and their need for support from Canada.

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

117

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jews for Jesus, including concern over their activities outside the Skydome in Toronto.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access

Jews for Jesus

Subjects

Jewish Christians

Messianic Judaism

Mission to Jews

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Refusnik cases sub-series

Refusnik groups sub-sub series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

Sept. 1975, Jan. 1977-Dec. 1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of copies of the weekly news bulletin published the Board of Deputies of British Jews. With the exception of one issue from 1975, the bulletins in the file were all published in 1977.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

146

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings related to the role of Jews in Canadian Society, and to the Human Rights Code

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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

235

Material Format

textual record

Date

1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1970]-1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a reprint of an essay from "My Pedagogic Creed" originally published in 1897 and a 1973 research report on intervention programs to reduce failure rates of selected grade one students.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Religious Education in Public Schools sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-4

File

81

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence related to concerns over the High School curriculum

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

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

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-3

File

10

Material Format

text

Responsibility

Adele E. Sandberg and Margery Sanford ; introduction by Martin Gilbert ; translation by Irving Dalin

Date

Sept. 1984

Physical Description

1 v. : unbound

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

2-5

File

10

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

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

42

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of internal office correspondence and memos sent or forwarded to senior staff.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Bible Contest series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

9

File

28

Material Format

textual record

Date

1980-1982

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

National program and event materials series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

4

File

5

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1984-1987

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 13 cm and 15 x 10 cm

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs of women accepting Soviet Jewry awards, of women demonstrating in Ottawa in 1985 and of Bunny Gurvey reading a proclamation in front of the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. Also included in the file is a letter to the International Council of Jewish Women, with kit sample messages attached.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

Toronto Section series

Education Portfolio sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

38

Series

7-6

File

10

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1974-1984

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

37 photographs : b&w and col. (16 negatives and 8 slides) ; 21 x 18 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of a graphic press cutting, photographs, negatives and slides related to the Soviet Jewry program. Some are of a separated refusenik family, and fundraisers in aid of Soviet Jewry. There is also an announcement of a Separated Family Week with Jim Peterson, M.P. Willowdale, as guest speaker.

Name Access

Peterson, David, 1943-

Subjects

Jews--Soviet Union

Source

Archival Descriptions