- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 6; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1969
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max and Celia Hoffman were involved in many community activities including the synagogue and Jewish education. They raised funds on behalf of the community and also made financial contributions to a variety of Jewish organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, financial reports and programme books relating to educational, religious and fraternal organizations and institutions in Hamilton. Series also contains material from local events such as the dedication of Adas Israel synagogue and regional events such as the convention of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region. In addition, there are correspondence and a certificate from Yeshiva University in regards to a scholarship established by Max and Celia Hoffman. Other material includes a calendar published by the Hamilton chapter of B’Nai Brith and the Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Ontario Region
- Central Fund for Traditional Institutions
- Hamilton Talmud Torah
- National Society for Hebrew Day Schools
- Hamilton District Jewish Community Telephone Directory
- Subjects
- Education
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 61; Series 1-1; File 54
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains a guide and curriculum outline for youth study groups interested in continuing their Jewish education, prepared by the Educational and Cultural Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress and an outline for teaching history by Joseph Klinger, head teacher at B'nai Israel Congregation in London, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Education
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1968-1995
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 1 plaque
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell was involved in a variety of religious, educational and cultural organizations. Not only did he make financial donations to organizations, but he also became personally involved and organized specific projects. As well, representatives of foreign institutions would stay at his home when they came to Toronto on speaking engagements or fundraising missions.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of awards that relate to Sol Edell’s fundraising efforts on behalf of “Yeshiva Hatalmid” and for hosting speakers and fundraisers who were visiting Toronto. Also included is a day book listing community meetings as well as family events. As well, there is correspondence relating to an item loaned to the Baycrest Heritage Museum, and a plaque.
- Name Access
- Yeshiva Hatalmid
- Baycrest Heritage Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Fund raising
- Religion
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2014-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-12-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster ; 8 cm (diam.)
- Date
- [195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a large printed poster on heavy paper of the Hebrew alphabet in print and script. The poster bears a Bureau of Jewish Education stamp in the bottom left-hand corner. It was likely given out to affiliated schools to hang in their classrooms.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this accession. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.25 m of textual records
- Date
- 2000-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Centre for Jewish Education's (formerly, the Board of Jewish Education) Affiliations and Compliance Committee and the records received from affiliated schools and those wishing to affiliate. The records are arranged alphabetically by school. Included is correspondence between staff members of the CJE, the UJA Federation and the various schools; budgets; policy and procedural manuals; legal documents; curriculum; and miscellaneous school publications such as newsletters, flyers, pamphlets and anniversary books.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Centre for Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Mercaz (Toronto, Ont.)
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Christian Jewish Dialogue sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 28-11; File 1
- 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
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978, 1980-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of program materials, meeeting minutes and correspondence of the Christian Education sub-committee.
- Subjects
- Education
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 48
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936-2001
- Physical Description
- 21.5 m of textual records
- ca. 180 photographs : col. and b&w (ca. 165 col. negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Established in 1949 as the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) is the central Jewish agency in Toronto whose mandate is to preserve, enrich, and promote Jewish education in the Greater Toronto area. Its primary tasks are to coordinate and provide leadership in teacher training and professional development, curriculum development, school administration, and inter-school activities, and also to allocate funds to affiliated Jewish schools raised through the annual UJA Federation fundraising campaign.
- The BJE was established following the recommendations of a 1948 study of Jewish education in Toronto undertaken by Dr. Uriah Z. Engelman of the American Association for Jewish Education, and sponsored by the United Jewish Welfare Fund (UJWF; now, the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto) and the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), Central Region. In its constitution, the bureau was described as having the dual characteristics of being an autonomous agency of the UJWF and also as acting for the UJWF in the field of Jewish education. The bureau was governed by a board of governors with representatives from affiliated schools, the UJWF, CJC Central Region, and from the community at large. The inaugural meeting of the board took place on 20 March 1950.
- The organizational structure of the Bureau of Jewish Education mirrored that of the UJWF, with a board of directors and executive committee, standing comittees, and a professional staff. Samuel Posluns was the first president of the BJE and Dr. Joseph Diamond was its first executive director, serving in this position for 18 years. In the 1950s, the staff consisted of the executive director, an administrative assistant, and a school consultant. Over time, the staff was expanded to meet the increased demand for BJE services as the number of affiliated schools grew. For example, the position of director of school finances was created in 1976 to oversee school budgets, monitor tuition fees and teacher salary profiles, and perform other duties relating to financial management.
- The BJE's offices were located with those of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, first on Spadina Avenue and then on Beverley Street, until the 1960s, when the board moved to offices in the Jewish Public Library on Glen Park Avenue. The board remained there until 1983, when the BJE moved into the newly built Lipa Green Building, on Bathurst Street, along with the other departments of the Toronto Jewish Congress, as the UJWF was renamed in 1976.
- During the 1950s and early 1960s, the BJE sponsored adult education programs in Toronto through the Institute for Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) and CJC. The BJE also provided assistance and advice to the CJC in support of Jewish education in the smaller Jewish communities in Ontario. The BJE's role in adult education diminished significantly after its reorganization in 1968, but this again became a responsibility for the BJE in the late 1990s.
- The BJE has gone through several periods of reorganization since it was founded: in 1968, when the bureau became the Board of Jewish Education and its board was reduced in size significantly; in the late 1970s, with the implementation of recommendations of the 1975 UJWF Study Committee on Jewish Education; in the early 1990s, following the development of a strategic plan for the BJE; and in the late 1990s, following the recommendations of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto Commission on Jewish Education (1996). The 1968 reorganization was the most significant of these, with the BJE Board of Directors reduced from over 80 members to just 20 members approved by the UJWF, and the number of standing committees was reduced to two. Stephen Berger was appointed as first chairman of the Board of Jewish Education in 1968, and in 1969, Rabbi Irwin E. Witty became the second executive director of the BJE. Later reorganizations typically involved alterations to the number and responsibilities of BJE committees.
- Although its primary function is to support existing educational institutions, the BJE has also participated in establishing several new instititions in Toronto. In 1953, to meet the need for qualified teachers in affiliated schools, the BJE and CJC Central Region founded a Jewish teachers' seminary (Midrasha L'Morim) in Toronto, which was jointly funded by the BJE and CJC for many years. In 1960, the BJE and UJWF sponsored the establishment of a non-denominational Jewish high school, the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), with the BJE Executive Director as its director. In 1978, the Orah School for Jewish Children from the Soviet Union was established by the BJE, to meet the special needs of the large numbers of recent immigrants from the Soviet Union.
- At its founding, the BJE served a total of 21 day and supplementary schools. When it ceased functioning in 2012, the BJE served more than 70 day and supplementary schools in the Greater Toronto area, with the position of chair held by Baila Lubek and the position of executive director held by Dr. Seymour Epstein. The Board was replaced by the Mercaz and later, the Centre for Jewish Education.
- Custodial History
- The BJE records in accession 1995-8-2 were in the possession of Harvey Raben, formerly a school consultant with the BJE, for several years prior to his donation in 1995, while Raben worked on his Doctor of Education thesis on the history of the BJE.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds documents the interactions of the BJE with affiliated schools, the UJWF and its successors -- the Toronto Jewish Congress (TJC), Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto (JFGT) and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto -- and the community in its work of facilitating and financing Jewish education in Toronto. The bulk of the records consist of the files of the executive director, associate director and director of school finances, and minutes of the BJE Board of Directors and its committees. As well as meeting minutes, these records include memoranda, correspondence, committee reports, budget and financial statements, and a small number of photographs of individuals and of BJE events.
- The fonds is arranged into eighteen series defined by the BJE's organizational units, projects and programs, institutions established by the BJE or its officers, and by record form. These series are as follows: Board of directors and executive committee, Executive director, Director of school finances, Subject files, School files, Chronological correspondence and memoranda, Newsletters and other publications, Midrasha L'Morim, Bible contests, Canada-Israel Secondary School Program, Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, Orah School for Russian Jewish Children, Dr. Abraham Shore She'arim Hebrew Day School, Toronto Jewish Media Centre, Meyer W. Gasner Memorial Scholarship Fund, Principals councils, Association of Jewish Day School Administrators, and Parents Council of Hebrew Day Schools
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education
- Subjects
- Education
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- The records of the Educational and Cultural Committee in the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region fonds document the CJC's involvement in the establishment of the BJE and the operation and funding of the Midrasha L'Morim. The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto fonds, accessions 2002-10-54, 2004-6-4 and 2004-6-9 contain records on the establishment of the Bureau of Jewish Education, the appointment of UJWF representatives to its board, the reorganization of the bureau as the Board of Jewish Education in 1968, the various studies conducted of the BJE, and the annual review and approval of allotments for Jewish education in Toronto by UJA Federation and its predecessors. Accession 2004-6-4 also contains records on the funding of Jewish education in Toronto by the UJWF in the late 1930s and the 1940s, prior to the establishment of the BJE.
- Arrangement
- Files at the BJE were typically organized alphabetically by subject with no clear division by function or program. While some files were kept in a central filing system maintained by an administrative assistant and shared by all professional staff, staff members also kept their own series of alphabetical subject files. Since staff responsibilities for programs and support of board committees shifted over time, records relating to these programs and activities became dispersed across several sets of files. The archivist has extracted files relating to programs, committees, and areas of activity from these various sets of subject files and defined series according to these activities, programs and functions. The remaining alphabetical subject files have been integrated into one subject file series. File titles have been edited to bring together records relating to similar topics, events and activities within this series.
- The other two common filing methods employed at the BJE were to store correspondence, memoranda and committee minutes chronologically (often in 3-ring binders), and in series of "School files" -- files organized alphabetically by school name, containing correspondence and other records relating to the school. The school files have been brought together into one school file series. The chronological series have been left in their original order.
- Creator
- Board of Jewish Education (1949-2007)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1950-2010
- Physical Description
- 77 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- In addition to his ongoing involvement with Clanton Park, the Canadian Jewish Congress Archives, the Aliyah Support Group, Jones Avenue Cemetery, Shomrai Shabbos and Adas Israel, Sol Edell undertook special projects on behalf of a wide array of Jewish organizations. These include cultural (Toronto Cantorial Scholarship Fund), educational (Netivot Hatorah and Yeshivat Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot), religious (Union of Jewish Orthodox Congregations), social welfare (Association of Jewish Seniors and Co-Ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly) and Zionist (Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel and State of Israel Bonds) organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Sol Edell's involvement with a wide variety of Jewish educational, social and religious organizations and institutions in Canada, the United States, and Israel. Included are meeting minutes, publications, reports, photographs, correspondence, invitations, programmes, financial records, an architectural drawing, and a sound recording. While many of these organizations such as Eitz Chaim, Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot (educational), Mizrachi Organization of Canada, Emunah Women (Zionist) and Beth Jacob V’Anshe Drildz (synagogue) are orthodox, others such as Associated Hebrew Day Schools (educational), State of Israel Bonds (Zionist) and Co-ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (social welfare) have no religious affiliation.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 26 photographs, 1 audio cassette, and 1 architectural drawing.
- Name Access
- Eitz Chaim
- Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot
- Mizrachi Men’s Organization
- Emunah Women
- Beth Jacob V'Anshei Drildz (Toronto, Ont.)
- Associated Hebrew Day Schools
- State of Israel Bonds
- Co-ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly
- Camp Moshava
- Harbord Collegiate
- Netivot Hatorah
- Union of Jewish Orthodox Congregations
- B'Nei Akiva
- Toronto Committee for Bikur Cholim Hospital
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Education
- Fund raising
- Older people
- Religion
- Zionism
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3963
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3963
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by Schlochter.
- Name Access
- I.L. Peretz
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Education
- 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
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4244
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4244
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph:
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the deputation to the minister of education, Tom Wells, regarding religious education in public schools. The image includes David Satok (speaker), Milton Harris, Sidney Midanik, and Roland De Corneille.
- Notes
- Photograph by Gadi Hoz.
- Name Access
- Wells, Tom
- Satok, David
- Harris, Milton
- Midanik, Sidney
- De Corneille, Roland
- Subjects
- Public schools
- Religious education
- Accession Number
- 1986-1-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee meeting agendas, minutes, reports and correspondence series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 1; File 23
- 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
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969 - 1972
- 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
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- General photographs sub-series
- Campers and staff at Tollandale file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 52; Series 1-7; File 4; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series
- General photographs sub-series
- Campers and staff at Tollandale file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 1-7
- File
- 4
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (1 negative) : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of women and children engaged in a camp activity, possibly a sing-a-long or a dramatic reading.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 5; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 5
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1919-1978
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence and a certificate relating to some of Paul Edell’s community activities including Shomrai Shabbos and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 100; Series 5; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 5
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1999-2000
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Koffler Centre of the Arts Gallery. Included is a memo regarding the report on the Gallery's outreach activities and new developments.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 113; Series 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 113
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images (electronic)
- Date
- 1906-2005
- Physical Description
- 32 cm of textual records
- 27 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 3 GB of moving images (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; vod
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Rabbi Albert Pappenheim's professional activities while serving at B'nai Israel in St. Catharines, Ontario, Ohava Zion in Lexington, Kentucky and Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am in Toronto and involvement in rabbinical organizations. Series includes administrative records such as correspondence, contracts, certificates, synagogue newsletters, bulletins, and programs. Also included are photographs of confirmation classes from Beth David B'nai Israel.
- Creator
- Pappenheim (family)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Services series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 105; Series 4; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Services series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 105
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1953, 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Folks Farein activity reports. Included in the file are pamphlets entitled The Ways We Help, Service with Meaning, Folks Farein Provides Help and a Personal Interest and a one page detailed account of services provided to patients in Toronto hospitals.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and other documents related to members of the Posluns family. Also included are 2 photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports of activities for the Toronto branch for various months during 1939, 1940 and 1941.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967-1988
- Physical Description
- 70 cm of textual records
- 1238 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Activities undertaken by the Committee for Soviet Jewry in Ontario and its affiliated partner organizations included political lobbying, telephone and letter-writing campaigns, product boycotting, symposiums, public rallies, petitions, marches and demonstrations. Among the highest profile activities were the annual Simcha Torah rallies in October and the annual commemorations of the execution of twenty-four Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals, which had occurred on August 12, 1952 at Moscow's Liubianka prison. As well as organizing public protest activities, the Committee for Soviet Jewry established, in the 1980s, the Ida Nudel Humanitarian Award which emphasized the humanitarian work of a number of prominent Canadian women. Other non-protest activities included bar/ bat mitzvah twinning, family and prisoner sponsorships, and holiday greetings, all programmes that tied the daily lives of Soviet Jews to their Canadian counterparts.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting the wide range of above-listed protest activities in which the CJC and various affiliated organizations participated. The files include numerous photographs of mass rallies and group demonstrations, planning notes, correspondence, event notices and other promotional materials.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Arrangement
- Records of protest activities in this sub-series have been organized chronologically and by event. Indicated date ranges at the file level are of the documents themselves and are not necessarily indicative of the dates of specific events, such as rallies or marches, though such dates are noted in the file description where known.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 101
- 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
- 101
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and news clippings concerning the activities of the Vancouver affiliates of the Committee for Soviet Jewry.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 503
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 503
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 Nov. 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Standing, left to right: Joseph Klinghoffer, Stanley Cohen, Harry Steiner, Joe Busheikin. Seated: Ralph Shiff, David Newman, Q.C., Julius Hayman, Hy Baltzan.
- Notes
- Acquired 9 July 1975.
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Baltzan, Hy
- Busheikin, Joe
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Cohen, Stanley
- Hayman, Julius
- Klinghoffer, Joseph
- Newman, David
- Shiff, Ralph
- Steiner, Harry
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 502
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 502
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1963
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of a Professor Morris Ben-Nathan, from Yeshiva University and the Board of Jewish Education in New York, addressing a group at the CJC's Ninth Regional Conference on Jewish Education, held in Hamilton, Ontario. Pictured at the head table are: Meyer W. Gasner, Harry Steiner, [Shammai Ogden?] and several rabbis and educators from the various Ontario communities.
- Notes
- Original photograph by Aron Studio, Hamilton.
- Acquired in July 1975.
- Name Access
- Ben-Nathan, Morris
- Board of Jewish Education (New York, N.Y.)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Gasner, Meyer W.
- Ogden, Shammai
- Steiner, Harry
- Yeshiva University
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 95; Series 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1982, predominant 1958-1982
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- 37 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting Dr. Alexander Brown's various Jewish communal activities. Included are meeting minutes, speeches, publications, correspondence, invitations, flyers, photographs, biographies, newspaper clippings, brochures, a list, and a program.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Physical Condition
- A number of the photographs are starting to curl along the edges and have become stiff due to poor storage conditions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 48; Series 4; File 269
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 269
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 86; Series 2; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an Activity and Financial Report submitted to the Board of Trustees.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 24 x 10 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs related to Posluns' garment business including a picnic for employees of Superior Cloak (1925) and the showroom for Superior Cloak.
- Name Access
- Superior Cloak Company
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Samuel Posluns fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 70
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs ; b&w ; 17 x 12 or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, newspaper clippings and a copy of a front page of the YMHA Bulletin related to Posluns involvement in Jewish communal activities.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 11 montly reports of the Toronto branch for 1935.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of monthly reports for the Toronto branch for the year 1936.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of montly reports for the Toronto branch for the year 1937.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28-1; Series 4; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of activity reports submitted by the director of Canadian Young Judaea - Central region, director's bulletins, conference reports, leader reports, instructions for completing leader reports, and memoranda to regional directors. The file also contains correspondence between people in central region leadership roles.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 104
- 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
- 104
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Mar. 1981-May 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, notices and newspaper clippings concerning the letter writing campaigns and activities in support of refusnik Ida Nudel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research Records sub-series
- War Crimes and Criminals sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-4-7; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Research Records sub-series
- War Crimes and Criminals sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-4-7
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consist of correspondence about the activities of Martin Nordegg.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 504
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 504
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Harry Steiner addresses the gathering during one of the most significant sessions of the congress convention.
- Notes
- No negative.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Steiner, Harry
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Education
- Physical Condition
- Fragment of the photograph.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 87; Series 11; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 11
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of monthly reports documenting statistical information about the JFWB's case loads, meetings attended within and outside the agency, and other activities of staff members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series
- Metropolitan Toronto Police Board of Commissioners sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 51; Series 5-1; File 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission series
- Metropolitan Toronto Police Board of Commissioners sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1982-1983
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 20 internal reports from the Ethnic Relations Unit of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force to the Officer in Charge of Community Programs. Many reports detailing racial incidents wherein the victim was someone of Jewish descent were flagged and/or annotated by Phil Givens. Also included is a briefing note regarding the history and mandate of the Ethnic Relations Unit.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 92; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1918-1981
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (1 v.) and other material
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to J. B. Salsberg's labour Zionism and union activities. Of note are records documenting Salsberg's early Poale Zion activities in New York. Included are photographs, correspondence, a medallion, pins, bulletins, newsletters, booklets, a book, and a pamphlet.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 11 b&w photographs (3 negatives), 3 pins, and 1 medallion.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains an annual report presented at the annual meeting on 26 January 1941.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Moscoe fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 69
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports on various activities sponsored by the War Efforts Committee. Included is a July, 1943 photograph of a concert party for servicemen in Halifax.
- Places
- Halifax (N.S.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 9; Series 3; File 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 3
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a report of activities for the year 1941 presented at the annual meting held 25 January 1942.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 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
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1 Oct. 1971-Feb. 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a list of CJC activities for Soviet Jewry, a notice of events sponsored by the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations and a printed action program.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28; Series 5; File 121
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 121
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of an activity report for Pacific Region submitted on March 31, 1973 by Nat Bent and Lou Hilford.
- Name Access
- Nat Bent
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Ontario Camps Association series
- Camp Solelim sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 28-1; Series 1-4; File 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Ontario Camps Association series
- Camp Solelim sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 1-4
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- moving images
- Date
- 1974, 2003
- Physical Description
- 3 film reels (ca. 1 hr.) : col. ; Super 8 mm
- 1 videocassette (ca. 1 hr.) : col. , VHS
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of three Super 8 film reels shot by Camp Solelim campers and staff of camp activities, Visitors' Day, and skits performed by the campers. One reel consists of various views and episodes of camp life, apparently to be used for publicity purposes.
- Notes
- The films were transferred to videotape by the archives in 2003.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3.9 m of textual records
- 1 painting : oil on canvas
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Borochov School and Kindergarten, as well as one oil portrait of an unknown individual.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Borochov School and Kindergarten (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two class photos of a public school in the early 20th century, possibly the Orde Street Public School. The first image is of students of an all female cooking class, one of whom was Ida Fine Ruderman (1899-1999). The second image is of staff and students of an all male shop class, one of whom is Joseph Fine (Ida's brother).
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Ruderman, Ida
- Fine, Joseph
- Orde Street Public School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Dr. Alexander Brown
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 May 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Alexander Brown
- Number
- OH 140
- Subject
- Education
- Interview Date
- 4 May 1977
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- Side 1: 46 minutes 22 seconds Side 2: 41 minutes 13 seconds good
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Dr. Alexander Brown was a leader in the field of Jewish education in Toronto. He held various positions with Toronto's Board of Education and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. He was actively involved with other Jewish organizations, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. Dr. Brown was born in the Ukraine in 1909 and was the son of Louis and Bessie Brown.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Brown, Alexander
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)
- Associated Hebrew Schools (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Dr. Brown describes his tenure as executive secretary of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), its organizational structure, and the CJC's position within the Toronto Jewish community.
In this clip, Dr. Brown discusses the Board of Jewish Education, the Welfare Fund, and the Canadian Jewish Congress in relation to the subsidization of Associated Hebrew Schools.
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1256
- 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
- 1256
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools
- Subjects
- Education
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 95
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934-1982
- Physical Description
- 58 cm of textual records
- 125 photographs
- 1 print
- Admin History/Bio
- Dr. Alexander Brown (1909-1984) was a leader in the field of Jewish education in Toronto. He held various positions with Toronto’s Board of Jewish Education (BJE) and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, and was actively involved with other Jewish organizations, such as the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) and the United Jewish Welfare Fund (UJWF).
- Brown was born in the Ukraine on 14 February 1909 to Louis and Bessie Brown. The family immigrated to Canada in 1920. Brown attended the Simcoe Street Talmud Torah and studied under Rabbi Jacob Gordon. He continued his education at the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago and returned to Toronto in 1933. Between 1934 and 1936 Brown served as the first executive secretary of the CJC, Central Region. From 1936 to 1937 he was an announcer for the Jewish Radio Hour, where he read the News of the Week. In 1945 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA and then again in 1948 with an MA in Oriental languages. Brown was married to Dorothy Mercovitch (1912-2009) of London, Ontario, and together they had two children: Martin and Paul.
- Brown entered the field of Jewish education as the principal of Shaarei Shomayim Hebrew School from 1942 to 1948, as a principal of the AHS of Toronto and as dean of the Midrasha L'Morim. From 1957 to 1964 he worked as a consultant with the BJE in Toronto and then became the BJE's associate director until the early 1980s. He also was a member of the UJWF’s Study Committee on Jewish Education, the National Council of Jewish Education, the Toronto Zionist Council, and the Educational and Cultural Committee of the CJC. In 1969, he received an honourary doctorate in Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois.
- Dr. Brown died on 15 September 1984 at the age of 75.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Paul Brown, Dr. Brown's son, until their donation to the OJA.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual and graphic material documenting the professional activities of Dr. Alexander Brown. The bulk of the material relates to his involvement with the BJE and the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Included are meeting notices, agendas, and minutes, reports, studies, speeches, proposals, constitutions, correspondence, financial records, publications, questionnaires, photographs, booklets, articles, biographies, press releases, newspaper clippings, programmes, invitations, flyers, lists, applications, statistics, and a directory.
- Records have been arranged into the following four series: 1. Board of Jewish Education; 2. Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto; 3. United Jewish Welfare Fund Study Committee on Jewish Education; and, 4. Jewish communal activities. Two files are attached directly to the fonds level. Records are described to the file level with a selection of item level descriptions.
- Notes
- Fonds was reduced from approximately 1.2 metres to 0.74 metres. Records that were culled include duplicate or damaged photographs, duplicate graduation programmes and invitations, duplicate UJWF Study Committee Interim reports that are located elsewhere in OJA's holdings, and other duplicated material. Also removed were American and other non-Canadian booklets.
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Name Access
- Brown, Alexander, 1909-1984
- Gordon, Jacob, Rabbi
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Education
- Physical Condition
- The photographs are in poor condition. They have begun to curl and have become stiff from being stored in a dry environment. They should be flattened through humidification and encapsulated in mylar to prevent re-curling.
- Related Material
- See: Oral history interview with Dr. Brown (AC 140), Board of Jewish Education fonds 48, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds 67, AHS of Toronto MG2 G-1E, accession 1981-11-4, United Synagogue Day School accession 1990-5-2, accession 1991-12-5, and accession 1988-11-3. For photographs of Jewish schools see Gordon Mendly fonds 18, series 3.
- Arrangement
- Arrangement has been created by the archivist since there was no discernable original order.
- Creator
- Brown, Alexander, 1909-1984
- Accession Number
- 2009-7-9
- 2010-12-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photo album
- 12 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1963-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the involvement of Itshe Meyer Korolnek and his children in the Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah and Jewish education in Toronto. Eitz Chaim records include a graduation programme (1968), an annual dinner book honouring Harry and Max Korolnek (1992), and a dedication journal (1963). Also included are anniversary dinner programmes for the Beth Jacob High School and the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation, a memorial breakfast booklet for the Toronto Cheder (2003), a publication by Mayer S. Abramowitz titled "Toronto's Sages," and a CJC book commemorating seventy years of Jewish life in Canada. Finally, the accession also includes a photo album documenting a testimonial dinner for Itshe Korolnek and issues of the Jewish Times (1983), the Canadian Jewish Review (1950), and the Hebrew Journal (Yiddisher Zhurnal) (1972).
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Bais Yaakov High School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1989
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Bureau of Jewish Education (later the Board of Jewish Education). Included is the inaugural meeting invitation, general correspondence, commencement and festival programmes, newsletters, a report on the schools of Beth Tikvah Synagogue and a BJE Dropouts' Study performed in 1989.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for these records. Cantor Stolnitz's stamp is visible on many of the records and some of the correspondence is addressed to him.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Stolnitz, Nathan
- Source
- Archival Accessions