- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of attendance, membership and birthday lists, a programme of the 38th anniversary dinner, slate of officers nominated for the year 1968-1969, copies of the Ajalon Lodge News, a schedule of lodge meetings, Kovod Night participants, announcements of meetings and events, and general correspondence between members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of notices of events and meetings, general correspondence, lists of members, copies of the Ajalon Lodge news letter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Maurice Berg fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 41
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of one book entitled Ajalon Lodge : a chronicle of achievements, 1929-1979, published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Ajalon Lodge. It contains a history of the Lodge, photographs, and articles by members about Lodge activities.
- This file also consists of photographs of Maurice Berg and members of Ajalon Lodge. The events include the Ajalon Executive, including Ben Marks, Mark Zimmerman, and Willie Zimmerman among others, at their March 1965 anniversary; an Ajalon party for John Devor in 1966; and Ajalon dinners. There is also a photograph of Ajalon presidents taken in 1970.
- Notes
- Some of the photographs in this fonds have been included in the book. See book for identifications.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ajalon Lodge fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 72
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1929-1986
- Physical Description
- ca. 1.25 metres of textual records
- ca. 15 scrapbooks
- ca. 20 objects
- Admin History/Bio
- The Ajalon Lodge was first organized on 10 March 1929 as the Ajalon Club of Young Judaea. The founding members were Abe Bohnen, Hyman Cohen, Isaac Gringorten, George (Hamell) Himmelstein and Lou Hochman. The group met at the Zionist Institute at 206 Beverley Street in Toronto. The name was selected by Abe Bohnen and Mark Zimmerman, the Young Judaea supervisor, from a map of Palestine which hung in the Young Judaea library.
- The first leader of the club was Morris Kertzer followed by Al Zimmerman. In 1930 the lodge began to record its activities in scrapbooks, which it later named the Ajalon Archives. The archivists over the years included Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman.
- The club was actively involved in Young Judaea literary, social, and fundraising activities. In 1935, the club graduated from the Young Judaea movement and become a lodge of the Zionist Order Habonim. By 1939 however, the Ajalon, Balfour, Bialik, and Jaffa lodges merged into the Toronto Habonim Lodge due the waning membership as many men went off to war. After the war, the four lodges returned to their original state. In 1940, the lodge acquired club rooms on the third floor of the Zionist Building and in 1944 several wives of lodge members organized the Ajalon Ladies Auxiliary. By 1953, Habonim became the Zionist Men’s Association of Canada, an affiliate organization of the Zionist Organization of Canada and by the 1960s, Ajalon Lodge became directly affiliated with ZOC. Over the course of its existence membership in the lodge has been between 40 and 90 members.
- Ajalon Lodge participated in many fundraising campaigns for Jewish organizations in Toronto, such as the Jewish National Fund and the United Palestine Appeal. Many of its members also served on the board of directors for organizations such as the Toronto Zionist Council and Young Judaea. The lodge was involved in several fundraising initiatives, including the establishment of a kindergarten in Ashkelon, Israel in 1972. In later years the Ajalon Lodge was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the custody of both Willie Zimmerman and Meyer Bromberg before they were donated to the Archives in 1984, 1988, and 1994.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds primarily consists of the records collected and created by the Ajalon Archives Committee, under the direction of Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman. The archives are organized into scrapbooks by year and relate first to activities of Ajalon Club as a chapter of Young Judaea and then to Ajalon Lodge as a chapter of the Zionist Order Habonim. Later scrapbooks represent the lodge’s activities as part of the broader Zionist network affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada. The scrapbooks consist of photographs, event invitations, pamphlets and flyers, correspondence, editorial writings, newsletters, newsclippings, meeting minutes, activity reports, and ephemera. They begin in 1929 and run to 1983.
- Also included in the fonds are the meeting minutes, financial reports and general correspondence files of the lodge, as well as several artifacts collected by Meyer Bromberg while he was the acting archivist.
- Name Access
- Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Physical Condition
- Some of the early scrapbooks are in poor condition. The pages are brittle and are crumbling along the edges. As well, the scrapbooks require tissue-paper linings between the pages to separate the various media contained within and to prevent any further degredation, particularly of the photographs. Many of the photos in the later scrapbooks require rehousing in acid-free melanex.
- Related Material
- Related material can be found in the Zionist Organization of Canada fonds 28, the Meyer Bromberg fonds, the Maurice Berg fonds and the Willie Zimmerman fonds 41.
- Creator
- Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-11-2
- 1988-6-5
- 1994-10-3
- 2005-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence between Lodge members, notices of events, copies of the bulletin "Scope," and attendance sheets for meetings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence between members, invitations to the 38th anniversary dinner, notices of meetings, agendas of meetings, a copy of the script for the play "The Executive Meets," and a copy of the programme of the 38th anniversary dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968-1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a slate of officers recommended for election, invitations to lodge events, notices of meetings, copy of an Ajalon Lodge project in a kindergarten classroom of Keren Hayesod, and general corresopondence between members.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 303
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of photographs of the Ajalon Lodge Israel tour group. A photographs are credited to El Al Israel Airlines is of the tour group on the runway tarmack as they disembark from the airplane. Other photographs in the file are of the group at the Ajalon Lodge.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2014-2-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-2-10
- Material Format
- text
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- [194-]-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the activities of Canadian Young Judaea, as well as a small amount of Ajalon Lodge records that belonged to former member Maurice Berg. Berg was also involved in Young Judaea through the Zionist Organization of Canada. Included are CYJ photo albums documenting various social events as well as several Kinus (1950s-1990s); correspondence, newsletters and reports (1960s-1990s); a CYJ alumni reunion book; Hanoar Hatzioni newsletters (1976-1992); meeting minutes, reports and the constitution (1940s-1960s); two books about A.M. Klein; Ajalon Lodge photo albums and tour of Israel photographs (1960s-1980s, 1979); as well as one pencil drawing of Maurice Berg (1977).
- Subjects
- Recreation
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 65
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3871
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3871
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Mar. 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- For identification see accession record.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- 1984-1-8
- 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
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941-1955
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains the constitutions of the YM-YWHA, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, the YMHA of Winnipeg, the YM-YWHA of Montreal and the Jewish Home for the Aged. Also included is some general correspondence concerning the constitution and by-laws of the YM-YWHA of Toronto.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [n.d.]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 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 Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains amendments, drafts and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains revised constitution as circulated to board members in October 1954.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Legal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 4
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958, 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains 1955 constitution and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Toronto Zionist Council sous-fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a handwritten draft of the constitution from 1913 and copy of the constitution as amended in 1956.
- Physical Condition
- Records are in fair condition.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Young Judaea series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the proposed Canadian Young Judaea - Central Region constitution, and the Canadian Young Judaea - Central Region constitution approved by the Regional Executive.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Canadian Young Judaea series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of copies of the proposed and ratified constitution, preface, resolutions passed at the national conference, information regarding the Israel workshop, memoranda and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Clanton Park Synagogue's constitution.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1996-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and some graphic material
- Date
- [196-]-1994
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence relating to the Ajalon Chapter of Hadassah and the Ajalon Lodge Auxilary from the 1960s to 1994. There are many thank-you notes and letters to and from Ajalon Chapter members.
- Administrative History
- Ajalon was a Chapter of Toronto Hadassah-WIZO. Maita Newton was president of the Ajalon Chapter for a term which ended in 1982. The Ajalon Lodge was a men's club for members of the Zionist Orgainization of Canada and its affiliates.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Membership sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1957-1978, 1995
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 10 photographs (2 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Women's Auxiliary's membership campaigns and membership. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, membership lists, reports, correspondence, invitations, and photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Men's Service Group series
- Membership sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1957-1979
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Men's Service Group's membership recruitment and recognition. Included are meeting notices and minutes, a report, correspondence, invitations, and a photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 99
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of notices of meetings of the Membership Committee, minutes of meetings, Public Affairs Department Spotlights pamphlets, membership lists, and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Membership sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1989-1994
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of membership lists for the Holocaust Remembrance Committee and its donors.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1914-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of constitutions for Congregation Agudath Israel Anshei Sfard (Palmerston Avenue, Toronto, 1914) and Beth Haknesseth Hagodol (Ostrovtzer Synagogue, Toronto). Material is in Yiddish and English.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Constitution Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1985
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Constitutional Committee of the UJWF appears to have met irregularly over the years whenever the potential need for its constitution and/or by-laws appears to require changing, updating or modernizing.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one sub-series: 4-1 Constitutional development records, which document the continuing efforts of the Constitution Committee of the UJWF to improve and update its constitution and by-laws.
- Notes
- Access restriciton note: Records documenting the meeting minutes and activities of this committee are CLOSED until they are more than ten years old.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Congregation Beth David fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 88
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [after Jan. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of Congregation Beth David's constitution and by-laws.
- Accession Number
- 2001-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions