- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 2569-2588
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2569-2588
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1978 and 1979]
- Physical Description
- 20 slides
- Name Access
- Community Hebrew Academy
- Subjects
- Education
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a graduation programme, correspondence, and an issue of the "Chatter" newsletter (Mar. 1992).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-2000
- Physical Description
- 80 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) was founded in 1960 as a co-educational Jewish high school, sponsored and funded by the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The UJWF's original intention was that CHAT would be the only BJE-affiliated and community-funded Jewish high school in Toronto. This goal was subsequently abandoned in the 1970s, as the increasing size and diversity of the Toronto Jewish community led to a demand for new high schools meeting the distinct needs within the community.
- CHAT was incorporated in 1964 as the Jewish Community Day School of Toronto. The school is governed by a board of directors appointed by the UJWF and its successors, with an executive committee delegated to conduct the routine work of the board between meetings. Committees of the board include Budget and Finance, Education, Development, Personnel, Tuition, Health and Safety, and Building Committees. From 1960 to 1980, the executive director of the BJE held the position of Director of CHAT. While the responsibilities of this position were never explicitly defined, the executive director served as a professional resource person and consultant with CHAT, working with the principals on enrolment campaigns, Hebrew staff recruitment, curriculum design, and policy matters. The executive director is also allowed to attend meetings of the CHAT Board of Directors. This ex officio position of the BJE Executive Director was eliminated in 1980, with Rabbi Witty retaining the title of Director Emeritus until his retirement.
- For many years, the school's professional staff consisted of a headmaster, a principal of general studies, and a director of guidance. As of 2006, CHAT is managed by a professional staff consisting of a director of education, director of Jewish studies, and executive director/CFO. The two campuses of the school are each headed by a principal, an assistant principal of general studies, and a vice-principal of Jewish studies.
- For its first 19 years, CHAT was housed at the Neptune Drive branch of the Associated Hebrew Schools, and in 1979, moved to a former Toronto District School Board public school building at 200 Wilmington Avenue in Downsview. In 1998-1999, enrollment at the school increased dramatically from approximately five hundred students to just over 900. Due to this increase, and with the help of a major gift from Mrs. Anne Tanenbaum, a major renovation and extension project took place and the site was renamed the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Education Centre. Enrolment continued to increase after 2000, with many of the new students living in the north of the city. In 2004-2005, CHAT's total enrolment was just over 1,400 students. In September 2000, CHAT opened a Richmond Hill branch at 51 Wright Street, with an initial enrolment of approximately 150 students. This branch is scheduled to move in September 2007 to the new Vaughan Region community centre being developed by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The series documents the work of the CHAT Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Education Committee, the involvement of the BJE Executive Director in these committees, and CHAT's interactions with the BJE, the UJWF and its successors. The series consists of meeting minutes and reports, correspondence and memoranda, and records relating to UJWF and TJC committees which studied the operations of CHAT between 1970-1972 and 1979-1981. Files in the series are arranged alphabetically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-22
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the activities of CHAT.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for these records. 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
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Board of Governors was originally created as a management body of the trusts, endowments and building funds of the YM-YWHA They also served in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors in the formulation of new policies. It consisted of eighteen persons, including the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of the board and fourteen people elected from the community to act as lay leadership.
- In 1949, the mandate of the Board of Governors was revamped in anticipation of the large costs associated with building the new Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA Approximately two hundred communal leaders were invited to become a member of the board and were charged an annual membership fee. This money was then used to help support programs, pay for building costs, or pay off bank loan interest or debts. In return, the Board of Governors received special voting rights and invitations to special events, such as the annual meetings, where they elected the fifty-one members that would make up the Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains Board of Governors lists, correspondence and membership cards.
- 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
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Feb. 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Board of Governors was originally created as a management body of the trusts, endowments and building funds of the YM-YWHA. They also served in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors in the formulation of new policies. It consisted of eighteen persons, including the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of the board and fourteen people elected from the community to act as lay leadership.
- In 1949, the mandate of the Board of Governors was revamped in anticipation of the large costs associated with building the new Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA. Approximately two hundred communal leaders were invited to become a member of the board and were charged an annual membership fee. This money was then used to help support programs, pay for building costs, or pay off bank loan interest or debts. In return, the Board of Governors received special voting rights and invitations to special events, such as the annual meetings, where they elected the fifty-one members that would make up the Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains Board of Governors membership lists, correspondence, invitations and a programme for the 1953 Board of Governors dinner.
- 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
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 13 June 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Board of Governors was originally created as a management body of the trusts, endowments and building funds of the YM-YWHA. They also served in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors in the formulation of new policies. It consisted of eighteen persons, including the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of the board and fourteen people elected from the community to act as lay leadership.
- In 1949, the mandate of the Board of Governors was revamped in anticipation of the large costs associated with building the new Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA. Approximately two hundred communal leaders were invited to become a member of the board and were charged an annual membership fee. This money was then used to help support programs, pay for building costs, or pay off bank loan interest or debts. In return, the Board of Governors received special voting rights and invitations to special events, such as the annual meetings, where they elected the fifty-one members that would make up the Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains Board of Governors membership lists, correspondence and an invitation to the 1955 Board of Governors dinner.
- 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
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Board of Governors was originally created as a management body of the trusts, endowments and building funds of the YM-YWHA. They also served in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors in the formulation of new policies. It consisted of eighteen persons, including the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of the board and fourteen people elected from the community to act as lay leadership.
- In 1949, the mandate of the Board of Governors was revamped in anticipation of the large costs associated with building the new Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA. Approximately two hundred communal leaders were invited to become a member of the board and were charged an annual membership fee. This money was then used to help support programs, pay for building costs, or pay off bank loan interest or debts. In return, the Board of Governors received special voting rights and invitations to special events, such as the annual meetings, where they elected the fifty-one members that would make up the Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains lists of names of prospective members of the Board of Governors.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6075-6079
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6075-6079
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto honouring past presidents, 1983. From left to right: Donald Carr (dinner chairman), honoree, and Mel Finkelstein (president of CHAT). Honorees: 6075 - Samuel J. Sable; 6076 - Wilferd Gordon; 6077 - Harold Dessen; 6078 - Samuel Shainhouse; 6079 - David Rotenberg.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
- CHAT
- CHAT presidents
- Carr, Donald
- Finkelstein, Mel
- Sable, Samuel J
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Dessen, Harold
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Rotenberg, David
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the Hamilton Hebrew Academy outlining the school curriculum as well as class lists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1965-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of CHAT grades 12 and 13 graduation photographs (1967), newspaper clippings of scholarship winners (1965), and a photograph of Samuel Sable, communal worker.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- ca. 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Board of Governors was originally created as a management body of the trusts, endowments and building funds of the YM-YWHA. They also served in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors in the formulation of new policies. It consisted of eighteen persons, including the president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary of the board and fourteen people elected from the community to act as lay leadership.
- In 1949, the mandate of the Board of Governors was revamped in anticipation of the large costs associated with building the new Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA. Approximately two hundred communal leaders were invited to become a member of the board and were charged an annual membership fee. This money was then used to help support programs, pay for building costs, or pay off bank loan interest or debts. In return, the Board of Governors received special voting rights and invitations to special events, such as the annual meetings, where they elected the fifty-one members that would make up the Board of Directors.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains the constitution and by-laws for the Board of Governors.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1969
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Katz, Samual Netkin and Stanley Sobol were benefactors of the Hamilton Hebrew Academy.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of tribute books relating to the dedication of the Stanley Sobol Education Building and in honour of the first graduating class of the Hamilon Hebrew Academy. As well, there are two testimonial dinners books dedicated to Samuel Katz and Samuel Netkin.
- Name Access
- Katz, Samuel
- Netkin, Samuel
- Sobol, Stanley
- 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
- 1023
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957 - 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with and regarding the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), including meeting minutes of the Executive Committed of the United Jewish Welfare Fund as well as the board of governors' committee of the school, and reports by the Bureau of Jewish Education.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting notices and minutes, a draft financial statement (1973), and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 69
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2005-2006
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the BJCC board of directors. Included are board of director meeting minutes and minutes for the Audit Committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- 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 students standing in front of the Jewish community center and Hebrew school in Sudbury, Ontario.
- Front row, from left to right: Mitchell Speigel, Debbie Steinberg, Wally Greenspoon.
- Second row, from left to right: Ethel Helpert, Claudia Greenspoon, Judy Leve, Brenda Rubin, Susan Stickles, Mort Grimmson, Rabbi Bereson.
- Third row, from left to right: Steven Silverman, [identified], Billy Braverman, Jackie Greenspoon, Charles Schwartz.
- Back row, from left to right: Douglas Stickles, Donnie Richmond, Frances Goodman, Miriam Rubin, [identified], Mrs. Stickles, Ester Nudleman, Bill Greenspoon, [identified].
- Subjects
- Community centers
- Schools
- Students
- 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
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4125
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4125
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 31:4.
- This photograph is similar to photo #4126.
- Places
- Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4126
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4126
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:1
- This photograph is similar to photo #4125.
- Places
- Jackson's Point (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4128
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4128
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario. Pictured is the sanctuary seating, the bimah and the aron kodesh.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:2
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4129
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4129
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario. Pictured is the sanctuary seating, the bimah, and the aron kodesh.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:2
- Subjects
- Torah arks
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
