- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- World Zionist Organization series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969-1977
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Zionist Organization was founded by Theodor Herzl at the First Zionist Congress in Basle in 1897; it was renamed the World Zionist Organization in 1960. Its goals were set forth in the Basle Program: "Zionism seeks to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine, secured under public law." The right of membership in the ZO was given to anyone who accepted the Basle Program and purchased the Zionist shekel (dues). The first constitution was passed by the Third Congress in 1899 and amended over the years.
- At the First Zionist Congress, the Zionist movement organized itself as a worldwide organization with permanent institutions. The supreme institution was, and still is, the Zionist Congress. The elected institutions that function between congresses are the Zionist General Council and the Zionist Executive; the latter carries out the movement's policies. The Zionist Congress also elects a law court, an attorney and a comptroller. The Zionist Executive is headed by its chairman, who is also the president of the ZO.
- Since its foundation, the ZOC has established companies and institutions to carry out its policies; these include Keren Hayesod, the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Colonial Trust, and the Jewish Colonial Trust's subsidiary, the Anglo-Palestine Bank.
- The WZO holds a congress every four years, which is used as a forum to bring members of the organization from around the world together and discuss ideas as well as elect new officials.
- Scope and Content
- The records in this series primarily document the 28th World Zionist Congress which was held in 1972. The files consist of material which include: biographies of participants; election committees; resolutions; names of delegates; photographs; and election rules.
- The series also contains material documenting the election process of executives that took place in Canada and was arranged by ZOC.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation, a programme, reports, a "News & Views" newsletter, and a jubilee book.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- Other Jewish organizations sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-8
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of Phil and Min Givens meeting with Itzhak Ben-Zvi, former president of the State of Israel, during the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
- Notes
- Photograph is by K. Weiss (Jerusalem)
- Name Access
- Ben-Zvi, Itzhak, 1884-1963
- Subjects
- Ex-presidents
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Some minor creasing.
- Places
- Jerusalem
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 163
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and Mr. Kalman Sultanik, Executive Vice-President of the World Confederation of United Zionists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 165
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and the World Union of General Zionists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 166
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and the executive of the World Zionist Organization.
- 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
- 341
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning the purchase of films and slides on subjects that include Kibbutz life and Israel, inter-office circulars and memoranda, aliyah statistics and an aliyah report.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Aliyah series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 8
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a report of Tour Va'aleh, which was an arm of the Aliyah and Absorption Department of the World Zionist Organization.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 20 Oct. 1968
- Physical Description
- 20 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken during the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region's 28th convention, held at the Seaway Towers Hotel in Toronto. The images depict speakers at the podium, individuals receiving awards of honour, group photographs of invited guests and delegates, and the arrival of guest speakers at the convention.
- 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
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1985-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of draft resolutions, reports, a program, a list of plenary participants (1986), and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 press release
- Scope and Content
- Item is a press release from the World Jewish Congress registering "its anxiety over the increasing intimidating of Soviet Jews" and calling "for a world-wide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the massacre of Jewish intellectuals which . . . marked the beginning of the liquidation of Jewish culture in the U.S.S.R."
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- World Jewish Congress
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4006
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4006
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Name Access
- Harris, Sydney, 1917-2009
- World Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Judges
- Places
- Jerusalem
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 777
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 777
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Dr. Nahum Goldman, chairperson of the World Jewish Congress Executive Committee.
- Notes
- Credit "Halsham, Paris".
- Name Access
- Goldmann, Dr. Nahum
- World Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1996
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs
- 4 postcards : b&w and col. ; 9 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman, like his parents, was an active Zionist throughout his life. As a young man from 1930-1931, he lived in Israel and later fought in the Arab-Israeli War. Following the war in 1948-49, he wrote articles, kept correspondence, encouraged investment, and gave speeches in support of Israel. He was also on the executive committee of Israel Speaks, an American publication, and was a member of the Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC). In 1976, Dunkelman agreed to be the deputy president of the ZOC’s Charitable Fund.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's Zionist activities. Included are legal papers, photographs, correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Herb Mowat was a Canadian Zionist who maintained a correspondence with Dunkelman during the 1950s and 1960s. Dunkelman acquired some of his records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4568
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4568
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 2 Sep. 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of Toronto delegates at the Palais de Versailles en route to Jerusalem for the Twenty-Third Zionist Congress. Pictured third from the left is David Newman. Pictured in the centre in the hat is Phil Givens.
- Name Access
- Givens, Philip, 1922-1995
- Zionist Congress (23rd : 1951 : Jerusalem)
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Places
- Versailles (France)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Associated Hebrew School's participation in the World Bible Contest. Included is correspondence, contest rules, programmes, an article written by Dr. Brown, lists of results, press releases, and resources from the World Zionist Organization's Department of Education and Culture. Also included are photographs of students from the Associated Hebrew Schools who participated in the contest and their educators. Identified in the photographs is Chaim Warner (contest winner in 1974), Jacob Burke (principal of AHS), Avshalom Grafi (Israeli exchange teacher who prepared students for the contest), and Rabbi Irwin Witty (executive Director of the BJE).
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- One photograph is starting to curl along its edges.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Elmdale Investments series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 3
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with World Wide Electronics, one of the tenants in the plaza. The correspondence contains details of the expenses to be paid by World Wide Electronics in addition to their rent.
- Name Access
- Elmhurst Plaza
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material pertaining to Saul Cowan's activities with the World Federalists of Canada and his attendance at the Conference of the World Association and the Canadian Association of World Federalists. Included is correspondence, publicity, and reports.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Travel World series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 23
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (ca. 5 min.) : 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one audio reel containing Travel World segment for The Jewish Hour, broadcast on Fridays by CHIN Radio, presented by Zelda Young and Ron Shusterman.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Tourism
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Pamphlets series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 51
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States regarding Jews of many countries serving in the First World War.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Performances and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 9
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Date
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 sound recording
- Scope and Content
- File consists of promotional material for Children of a Vanished World and a sound recording with poetry and song selections with translation by Miriam Hartman Flacks.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Second World War series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- cartographic material
- Date
- 1942-1995
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- During the Second World War, Dunkelman served as a major in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada. After enlisting in 1940, he became a platoon commander. Dunkelman took part in the second wave of D-Day landings in 1944 and later assisted in the final Allied assault on Germany, earning the Distinguished Service Order. He left the army in 1945 after the war had ended. The Queen's Own Rifles Association and the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science organized a reception in 1976 to honour the publication of Dunkelman's autobiography, Dual Allegiance.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings, maps, photographs, and correspondence. Some files deal with Dunkelman's experiences during the war; others relate to Dunkelman's relationship with veterans after the war and, in one case, with his memories of the war. The files cover such subjects as The Queen's Own Rifles, Veterans, the liberation of The Netherlands, Aubrey Cosens (a soldier under Dunkelman’s command who was killed in battle but later honoured with the Victoria Cross), and the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.
- Notes
- Physical description: Includes 85 photographs, 1 album, and 10 maps.
- Name Access
- Cosens, Aubrey, 1921-1945 (subject)
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on Dunkelman's involvement in the Second World War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 73
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972-1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a questionnaire concerning tourism and Israel, a proposed tour itinerary, correspondence between Dr. George Liban and community representatives in the countries listed as tour destinations, and list of participants.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Conventions series
- Central Region conventions sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 113
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of registration cards, information regarding the set-up of the conference registration desk, a list of prominent people who had died during the period between the 27th and 28th conferences and memoranda regarding materials and equipment needed during the conference.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
