- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1969]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil Givens holding his Human Relations Award, presented to him by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): [?], Phil Givens, Lt. Col. G. Allan Burton, and George M. Parke.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 18.6 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operations and functions of the Kashruth Council. There are also many boxes containing early records of the Polish Farband. These records likely belonged to Rabbi Shemen as he was involved in both organizations and may have stored the records together in one location.
- Custodial History
- There is no acqusition information for this material. However, it is likely that it arrived at the OJA through Rabbi Shemen, who was involved with the Council. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Canadian Federation for Polish Jews sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel, originally called the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews (CFPJ), was established in 1933 to assist Jews in Poland who were victims of antisemitism as expressed in economic boycotts and political discrimination. The CFPJ provided political action and advocacy on behalf of Polish Jews, as well as social help, moral strength, and material support. It was a constituent member of the World Federation of Polish Jews, established in 1935, which provided relief and economic assistance to Jews in Poland and coordinated the assistance given to Jewish communal organizations in Poland. In addition, the CFPJ assisted Canadian landsmanshaften (mutual benefit societies), which were giving support to those communities from which their members had emigrated.
- In 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War, the CFPJ was among those Canadian Jewish organizations which founded the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, the purpose of which was to assist in the war effort and to aid war victims. At the conclusion of the war, the UJRWR was renamed the United Jewish Relief Agencies, with an aim to assist refugees in their effort to settle in Canada.
- The scope and mandate of the CFPJ has changed over time as new challenges and projects have emerged. In January 1950, its activities expanded to include building homes in Israel for Polish Jewish immigrants, providing local relief to newly arrived Polish Jewish immigrants in Canada, locating relatives and providing legal advice on matters related to passports and visas, contributing to and participating in memorials honouring lost Jewish communities, and maintaining contact with its sister farbands across the world.
- In December 1951, the name of the organization was officially changed to Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel, and, as of March 1953, its priorities had shifted to focus increasingly on providing support to Israel.
- Custodial History
- Sub-series consists of correspondence and associated documents from Rabbi Nachman Shemen, secretary of the Canadian Federation for Polish Jews in Toronto, to Max Hartstone and United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee. The materials relate to a contribution made to the Direct Relief fund for Poland.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of letters requesting hotel reservations in New York and Montreal. Also included is a letter from the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews in Montreal written in Yiddish.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence and notices issued by the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews. Katz served as a member of the National Executive and acted as a delegate to the conventions. Included are notices of meetings, reports concerning relief efforts and appeals for contributions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of communication pertaining to the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews. Included is the announcement of a speaker, notice of a meeting and appeal for donations.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a program from a philanthropic concert performed by Moshe Kusevitsky in 1950 under the auspices of The Canadian Federation of Polish Jews.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a receipt book for donations to the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a notice sent to community leaders.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a booklet published by the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a copy of a news bulletin published by the Canadian Federation for Polish Jews, blank envelopes and stationery with the letterhead.
- 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
- Affiliated organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-4
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File includes a handbook "Natasha's Dream: Children's Handbook on Russian Jews" published by the student council in 1974. Also included are a list of events and activities undertaken by the council, press releases and campaign literature, correspondence and a photograph of students taken during the Trailer project
- 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
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 1
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-[195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Major Ben Dunkelman was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his courage leading soldiers under his command while fighting in Germany in 1945.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of excerpts from the book, Canadian Jews in World War II: Part I: Decorations. The excerpts include an account of Dunkelman's heroic actions in the Second World War, along with a typewritten reproduction of this account.
- Notes
- Canadian Jews in World War II: Part I: Decorations was published by the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1947.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 125
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1980-1993
- Physical Description
- ca 97 cm of textual records
- 3 audiocassettes
- 1 poster
- Admin History/Bio
- The Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews was a non-profit organization established in 1980 for the sole purpose of assisting Ethiopian Jews. To this end, CAEJ (pronounced "cage") cooperated with other bodies such as the American Association for Ethiopian Jews.
- Initially, CAEJ worked with the Canadian Jewish Congress Sub Committee for Ethiopian Jewry, but the two severed ties early on. The divorce was driven by a difference in strategy: The CJC subcommittee preferred quiet diplomacy while CAEJ wanted to make noise. CAEJ was prepared to criticize Israel in the media, for example, for failing to do enough for Ethiopia's Jews—something that provoked disagreement within the Jewish community.
- Apart from advocating for Ethiopia's Jews, CAEJ's main work consisted of rescue and relief. Rescue took the form of a visa program, in which Jewish students in Ethiopia were issued visas so that they could attend Canadian universities; once out of Ethiopia, they were able to immigrate to Israel. Relief took the form of an Adopt-a-Family program, which delivered monthly stipends to Ethiopians in need. According to Cathy Himelfard, past president of CAEJ, at least five hundred individuals received stipends from the organization.
- In 1980, CAEJ established a Pacific chapter in Vancouver, which undertook education and rescue programs. CAEJ later opened chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
- In 1984, CAEJ received a $15,000 Wintario grant to produce a videotape on the black Jews of Ethiopia. Susan Fish, provincial minister of citizenship and culture, awarded CAEJ the grant. CAEJ was one of sixteen that were given that year.
- In 1986, the organization sent a five-person team to Ethiopia's Gondar province, the home of many of Ethiopia's Jews. The team included CAEJ's executive director, Susan Schechtman, and its assistant administrative director, Donna Finkelstein. The team visited five villages, bringing relief and conducting a fact-finding mission, the findings of which were disseminated in the press upon the team's return.
- In 1987, the CAEJ held a benefit concert at the EI Mocambo, a live music venue in Toronto, to aid the Jews stranded in Ethiopia.
- In 1990, 15,000 Jews moved from their villages in the northern regions of Ethiopia to Addis Ababa, under the impression that they would be able to emigrate without delay. With immigration to Israel greatly reduced, these Jews founded themselves living in terrible conditions, with reports of several hundred individuals, mostly children, dying of malnutrition and disease. In response to these developments, the CAEJ redirected its Adopt-a-Family funds to the mass relief. This involved sending doctors and medication as well as launching projects to provide clothing, food supplements, and more medical supplies.
- The association's final project, conducted after Operation Solomon, involved persuading two-hundred-and-fifty Jews in Sudan to return to Addis Ababa. Once there, they were flown to Israel.
- In 1992, after twelve years of operation, CAEJ shut down. Former president Jack Hope told the CJN, "We've fulfilled our mandate."
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of material documenting the Canadian Associate for Ethiopian Jews. Included are letters, artifacts, meeting minutes and agendas, newspaper clippings, reference materials, audio recordings, an office manual, and a poster.
- The fonds is divided into six series: Rescue and relief letters, Administrative records, Clippings and reference materials, Artifacts, Audiovisual materials, and Posters.
- Notes
- Related groups of records external to the unit being described: A CAEJ advertisement that appeared in the Toronto Star can be found in the Larry Becker fonds.
- Name Access
- Canadian Association for Ethiopian Jews
- Subjects
- Associations, institutions, etc
- Jews, Ethiopian
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Canada
- Ethiopia
- Israel
- United States
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- 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
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 16
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Canadian Welfare Council. Included is correspondence, memos, reports, meeting notices and programmes, and one statistical survey.
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Christian Jewish Dialogue sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-11
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs: b&w, ; 16.5 cm x 11.5 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of flyers, correspondence, rsvp lists, photographs and conference material from the Sixth Annual Conference on Christian-Jewish Relations. Identified in the photograph: Dr. Emil Fackenheim.
- Name Access
- Fackenheim, Emil L., 1916-2013
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Source
- Archival Descriptions