- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 64
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1965
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Health Club Committee, also known as the Health Club Services Committee, or the Health Services Committee, was one of the earliest standing committees created by the YM-YWHA. Their original mandate was to oversee the operation of the men's health club. In 1953, a separate women's health club was created alongside the men's and a Women's Health Services Committee was struck to oversee its operations. A new Men's Health Services Committee was created to reflect this new arrangement, while the old Health Club Committee continued to function, but in a new role as a joint committee.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains textual records relating to the functioning of the Health Club Committee. The records include meeting minutes and agendas, general committee and member correspondence, member lists, reports and financial records.
- Notes
- There is some overlap in the records kept in the files for the Health Club Committee, the Men's Health Services Committee and the Women's Health Services Committee.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 65
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1965
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Health Club Committee, also known as the Health Club Services Committee, or the Health Services Committee, was one of the earliest standing committees created by the YM-YWHA. Their original mandate was to oversee the operation of the men's health club. In 1953 a separate women's health club was created alongside the men's and a Women's Health Services Committee was struck to oversee its operations. A new Men's Health Services Committee was created to reflect this new arrangement, while the old Health Club Committee continued to function, but in a new role as a joint committee.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains textual records relating to the Men's Health Club Services Committee, which oversaw the programs and activities of the men's health club. The records include meeting minutes and agendas, program schedules, correspondence, reports and bulletins. There is also some material that was created under the joint auspices of both the men's committee and the women's committee.
- Notes
- There is some overlap in the records kept in the files for the Health Club Committee, the Men's Health Services Committee and the Women's Health Services Committee.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 66
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Health Club Committee, also known as the Health Club Services Committee, or the Health Services Committee, was one of the earliest standing committees created by the YM-YWHA. Their original mandate was to oversee the operation of the men's health club. In 1953 a separate women's health club was created alongside the men's and a Women's Health Services Committee was struck to oversee its operations. A new Men's Health Services Committee was created to reflect this new arrangement, while the old Health Club Committee continued to function, but in a new role as a joint committee.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains textual records relating to the Women's Health Services Committee. The records includes general committee correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, financial records, reports and program schedules.
- Notes
- There is some overlap in the records kept in the files for the Health Club Committee, the Men's Health Services Committee and the Women's Health Services Committee.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Welfare Council of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 18
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a meeting notice and correspondence from the Child Welfare Council of Toronto's Joint Committee on Child Health Protection.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Welfare Council of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 18
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- June 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the JFWB's participation in the Welfare Council of Toronto's Health Insurance questionnaire. Included is correspondence, the questionnaire, and the JFWB's answers to the questionnaire which were compiled in conjuction with the Jewish Child Welfare Association.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 83
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963-1982
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two photographs of the interior of the northern branch's men's health club, one of the interior of the Bloor "Y" showing a man on the treadmill, the stationary bike and the rowing machine, and one taken at a co-meeting of the Men's and Women's Health Club Committees.
- Identified individuals include: Archie Rotenberg, Morris Sobel, Esther Brown, Valla Mezei, Cheryl Stulberg, Tami Reiken, Myrna Beck, Debi Weinberg, Dorothy Shoom, Elliot Krever, Gerald S. Wilks, Stan Allen, Murray Rich, Eric Sobel, Tony Pirri, Bill Mundrow, Marlene Rumanek, Carolynne Wainberg, Kathy Goldsbie, Georgia Dennis, Alice Black, Gerry Longert, Marlene Fogel.
- 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Photograph collection sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2-2
- File
- 140
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953-1982
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of 6 photographs of the women's health club and one photograph of members of the Women's Health Club Committee testing out the new steam cabinet at the Bloor and Spadina "Y".
- Identified individuals include Mrs. J.C. Oelbaum, May Perlmutter, Lil Levy, Leah Posluns and Mrs. A. Webber.
- 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
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter from Dunkelman to Health and Welfare Canada in connection with a retirement pension application.
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile but in good condition.
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee on Community Organization series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950-1957
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Many of the smaller Jewish communities in Ontario could not support a central communal organization. This committee, therefore, assisted them in all aspects of their communal activities. Congress field workers would visit on a regular basis, assess local problems and refer them to the appropriate agencies for resolution. The name was later changed to the Committee on Community Services.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of general files of the Committee on Community Organization.
- Notes
- Series formerly described and cited as RG256.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee on Community Organization minutes series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1958
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Many of the smaller Jewish communities in Ontario could not support a central communal organization. This committee, therefore, assisted them in all aspects of their communal activities. Congress field workers would visit on a regular basis, assess local problems and refer them to the appropriate agencies for resolution. The name was later changed to the Committee on Community Services.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of minutes of the Committee on Community Organization.
- Notes
- Series formerly described and cited as RG205.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds
- Committee on a Community Centre Project series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 66
- Series
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 11 June 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- This very-short-lived committee was created to review plans for the future re-organization of the responsibilities of the Jewish Community Centre (YMHA) in providing social services by the Jewish Welfare Board.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one file of the committee meeting minutes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1997-2000
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence between Saul's children Trudy Cowan and Michael Cowan and doctors and lawyers concerning Saul's declining health and his move to a care facility in Montreal. There are documents such as Power of Attorney and Proposed Division of Property, memos, and financial checklists.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- sound recording
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1990
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee was established in 1982, in order to document the history of the YM-YWHA of Toronto. The committee was chaired by Bert Fine and was mandated by the JCC of Toronto's Executive Committee to collect historical and archival material from the community, which was to be donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of the records collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The records are predominantly photographs, but also includes some textual records. This series also contains oral histories, created by the committee in order to document the experiences of some of the YM-YWHA's original members.
- The series contains a sub-series for the photograph collection, which is organized alphabetically by theme, event or person and is described at the file and item levels. There is also a sub-series for the oral history program, which is described at the sub-series level.
- Notes
- Includes 13 sound recordings, 3 cm of textual records, and 1 architectural drawing.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Joint National Committee on Community Organization series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1953
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In the Spring of 1952, the UJWF set up The Committee of Community Organization to examine the financial and organizational structures of Canadian Jewish Community organizations and their relationships with one-another. Its first meeting was held on May 12, 1953. Although the issues facing smaller Jewish communities were discussed at first, the Committee's focus on shared responsibilities between CJC and all local communities soon became the major issues of discussion. In 1953 the name of the Committee had altered to The Joint National Committee on Community Organization.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two files of committee meeting minutes and other support documents.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk for Israel 1992 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-18
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Communications Committee was in charge of coordinating communication between volunteers on the day of the Walk, through the use of a ham radio, walkie-talkies and cellular phones.
- Scope and Content
- File contains memos, minutes, a radio station license, a thank you letter and list of recipients, and an outline of how the communications network for the day of the Walk was to work.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- 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
- 587
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971 - 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of agendas, meeting minutes and correspondence related to a meeting of Jewish Community leaders from Kitchener, Waterloo, Brantford, Galt and Guelph.
- 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
- Special, ad-hoc and temporary committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 16
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- This task of this committee was to produce a new budgeting formula for the ongoing subsidization of Toronto Jewish schools by the UJWF
- Scope and Content
- File consists of minutes, reports and budgets of the committee.
- 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
- 165
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980 - 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual materials
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and 15 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of minutes of the Small Communities Committee regarding the Small Communities Conference in Oshawa, including 5 photographs of the speakers panel.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions