- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4941
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4941
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Story of Joshua Singer in 1941 Yiddisher Zhurnal.
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this picture are Joshua Singer, Tillie Singer, Gerry Singer (Wolfe), Ettie Singer (Wolfe).
- Name Access
- Singer, Joshua
- Singer, Tillie
- Singer, Gerry
- Singer, Ettie
- Wolfe, Gerry
- Wolfe, Ettie
- Subjects
- Yiddish newspapers
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1987-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 165
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an exhibit catalogue entitled Margins, Contemporary Art Unraveling the Dead Sea Scrolls. The exhibit was held off-site at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 506
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1980
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives from a Women's Campaign event; the frames depict three unidentified women with an unknown guest speaker (male).
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 521
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Oct. 1980
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w (10 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of ten negatives depicting a Women's Campaign event with an unknown guest speaker and Ron Appelby.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 526
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1980
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w (18 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of eighteen negatives depicting an unidentified campaign event in a private home with an unknown guest speaker. Identified in the frames are Jack Chisvin, Wilf Posluns, Gerry Halbert, James Kay, and ?? Masters.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Toronto Zionist Council sous-fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-2
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of: the Zionist Organization of Canada Central Division Speaker Catalogue pamphlet, invitation letters to events; press releases; and list of Toronto Zionist Council speakers.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Zionist Book Club series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 3
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence between the book club executive and individuals solicited to present reviews and summaries of books offered by the book club.
- 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
- 51
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1968
- Physical Description
- 0.05 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence regarding potential speeches and presentations made to the Leadership Institute at Camp Biluim, a memo regarding Mr. John Semmens as an event participant and speaker.
- Name Access
- John Semmens
- 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
- 263
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning potential speakers and guest lecturers, catalogues of speakers, biographies and mailing lists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4943
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4943
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Pictured are Joshua Singer, Tillie Singer, Nathan Phillips.
- Name Access
- Singer, Joshua
- Singer, Eillie
- Phillips, Nathan, 1892-1976
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1987-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Aron and Joshua Urbas correspondence file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 181
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Dec. 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Aron and Joshua Urbas in Périgueux, France, sent to the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee. Envelope is included. File also contains a typed translation.
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph of an unidentified rabbi in front of a microphone at a head table. Written in pencil at the top of the photo is the following: "You boys gotta get out their [sic] and pitch." On the back of the photo is written: "Looks like Rabbi Wurzberger behind the flowers."
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence, memoranda and a copy of "Bar Mitzvah in Lusaka: A Tale of Judasim in Northern Rhodesia" written by Mildred Teicher and reprinted from the Jewish Digest, June 1963.
- Name Access
- Mildred Teicher
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Bookmark Project series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 10
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Koffler Centre of the Arts Bookmark Project. Included in the file is a submission by the artist including an artist statement, CV and bookmark description. The 2008 theme is entitled Insert.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of sign-up forms for survivors interested in speaking at the Holocaust Centre. Forms contain comments regarding survivors' motivation to tell their stories.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 264
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 Feb. 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two negatives of an unknown event with an unidentified speaker. A Canadian and Israeli flag hang behind the head table.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Flags--Canada
- Flags--Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 298
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a photograph of Samuel Zacks during a speech Also at the head table are Eddie Gelber and Rabbi Slonim.
- Name Access
- Samuel Zacks
- Eddie Gelber
- Rabbi Reuven Slonim
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4942
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4942
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Pictured are Leo Singer, Rose Singer, Ettie Singer, Joshua Singer, Tillie Singer, Gerry Singer, Faye Singer, Monte Singer (grandson).
- Name Access
- Singer, Joshua
- Singer, Leo
- Signer, Rose
- Singer, Ettie
- Singer, Tillie
- Singer, Gerry
- Singer, Faye
- Singer, Monte
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1987-2-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Aron and Joshua Urbas correspondence file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 181
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [Dec. 1946]
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Admin History/Bio
- Joshua Urbas was born in Ostrowiec to Daniel and Pella (née Goldman). In 1939, he moved to the Kirovohrad region in Ukraine before being evacuated to a Soviet farm in Central Asia in 1941. He later moved north to Osh in Kyrgyzstan and served in the Red Army. The postwar era saw Joshua’s return to Poland, followed by a move to France to reunite with his brother Aron.
- He eventually settled in Montreal, where he published a collection of short stories titled Der Onheib (The Beginning). At some point during this time, he met and married his wife, Jeanette. He later moved to Toronto and worked as a tailor. In addition to Der Onheib, Joshua contributed to the newspaper A Home in Ulm, Germany. He was also one of the few foreign authors to be published in Sovetish Heimland, the Soviet Yiddish literary monthly publication.
- Joshua passed away on 10 February 1981 in Toronto at the age of sixty-one.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter from Joshua Urbas to Moishe Singer c/o the Toronto Ostrovtzer Aid Society. In this letter, Joshua recalls their lives before the war and details his experiences, including military service in the Red Army and his struggles in postwar France. He also requests assistance from the Ostrovtzer Committee in publishing a book of his poems.
- 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
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Mayor series
- Campaign sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 4-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Date
- 1964-1966
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w
- 3 objects
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of textual records, graphic material and objects that document Phil Givens' two campaigns for mayor in 1964 and 1966. Included is campaign literature, correspondence, campaign platforms, memos, newsclippings, photographs, bottle caps, and one ruler.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- City of Toronto Controller series
- Campaign sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1960-1962
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 20 cm
- 2 rulers
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of signs, rulers, campaign brochures, correspondence, and photographs documenting Phil Givens' two successful campaigns for election as Controller for the City of Toronto in 1960 and 1962.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds
- Fundraising campaign series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 66
- Series
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1934-1935
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 1 ruler : 6 in.
- Admin History/Bio
- Although originally referred to as "contributions from subscribers", by the 1920s the annual fundraising campaign efforts of the FJPT were simply referred to as "Campaign." Beginning in 1917 with a collection of $25,000 used to support a group of eleven affiliated charitable organizations, early campaigns relied on face-to-face solicitations, door-to-door collections, and mailed instalments for most of the FJPT income.
- By 1924, collections had risen to over $70,000 from more than 1,600 donors. Three more "affiliated" agencies could be supported. By 1929, donations had surpassed $140,000, but thereafter declined dramatically by almost 50%, as the Great Depression reduced wages and employment while multiplying need. At the same time, collections fell dramatically when many donors became unable to fulfill their pledges. Campaign results were thus woefully inadequate to fund the traditional social service organizations while now competing with the campaigns of newer organizations such as the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Palestine Appeal, and Toronto's impoverished Jewish educational institutions.
- In 1938, the FJPT was supplanted by the United Jewish Welfare Fund. This successor organization was created with an expanded mandate to improve and re-unify fund-raising within Toronto's Jewish community. Its success would underwrite the following half-century of expansion of Toronto's Jewish community facilities and programs.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one sub-series containing reports, promotional materials and newsclippings documenting the 1934 and 1935 fund-raising campaigns of the FJPT. Series also contains one wooden ruler promoting the 1931 FJPT fund-raising campaign.
- Notes
- Although the organization was created in 1917, the only remaining documentation on FJPT campaigns from 1917 through 1933 is that found in the Annual Reports of 1917, 1924-25 and 1929.
- Related Material
- For records documenting the fund-raising campaigns by the United Jewish Welfare Fund from 1938 onwards see See Fonds 67, Series17.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Publications and publicity sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-10
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the activities of the Women's Auxiliary's Public Relations Committee and Speakers' Committee (Speakers' Bureau Committee). Included are meeting notices and minutes, reports, correspondence, and lists of committee members. Also included is a photograph of Mrs. Norris and Bennett Solway (Director of Public Relations for Baycrest).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 19 photographs: col., (12 neg.) ; 10 x 15 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, schedules, correspondence, and educational materials for a docent and survivor speakers workshop. Identified in the photographs are Anita Ekstein,Vera Schiff, Pnina Spetgang, Yael Spier-Cohen, and Max Eisen.
- Name Access
- Eisen, Max
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 272
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 Mar. 1977
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w (5 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five negatives depicting an unknown speaker with an unidentified UJA group (Pharmacists?).
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 490
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 23 Jan. 1980
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four negatives depicting a group of women lawyers and a portrait of a man (guest speaker).
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- 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
- 1333
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-[1966?]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 24 x 20 cm or smaller
- Custodial History
- File was found amongst the records of JIAS, but since the photographs all had the Congress stamp, it was evident they were misplaced there.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 4 photographs taken at CJC functions and meetings, and four professional portraits of guest speakers from the 1960s. The people in the portraits are Pauline (Mrs. J. B.) Goldhar; Hon. Cecil Hyman, guest speaker at the 16th Regional Conference; Dr. Oscar Janowsky; and Saul Hayes, Q.C.
- The the other photographs are:
- Niagara Falls leaders Hymie Bogomolny, Harold Rosberg, and Henry Muller with Meyer W. Gasner, 196-.
- Awarding of a certificate for Archie B. Bennett in honour of his 75th birthday, at the 20th Annual Regional Conference, Sept. 27 1966. Photograph includes Harry Wolfson and National Vice-President Jack Finkleman.
- Head table at a meeting circa 1962, with Milton Klein, Q.C., M.P., Montreal; Sydney Harris, Q.C., Toronto, chairman of National JCRC; Monroe Abbey, Q.C., Immediate Past Chairman of National Executive Committee of CJC; and Marvin Gelberg, M.P., Toronto.
- Group of men in front of Congress displays: Myer Sharzer, Herbert Sohn, Harry Steiner, Dr. Joseph Diamond, Dr. Joseph Klinghoffer, Julius Hayman, and three unknown men. It is suggested the function may have been an Education and Culture conference; the photo was taken in 1959.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- National conventions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 8
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence inviting people to the conference to give a presentation or speech.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Survivor speakers, docents and volunteers sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988-2002
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 200 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of records documenting the training and activities of survivor speakers and volunteer educators. Records include: photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, evaluation forms, and educational materials.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- General Campaign records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-2
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1980-1990
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of participants in four or five Campaign events. The only person identified is Judy Engel, from the Women's Campaign.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1938-2008
- Physical Description
- 2.18 m of textual records and other materials
- Admin History/Bio
- Superseding the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, the first Annual Campaign of the new United Jewish Welfare Fund took place in 1938. It combined the appeals of 37 organizations into one, eliminating much of the inefficiency and competition of the previous twenty years. Money raised was for agencies and causes new and traditional, local and overseas. Recipients included; the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Relief Agencies, the Joint Distribution Committee, and Palestine. In 1938, Campaign could be completed within a mere two weeks and raised $161,000. This figure rose to $348,000 in 1942 and surpassed one million dollars in 1951. When the State of Israel was established in 1948, Campaign was combined with the CJC and the United Palestine appeals into a new, combined campaign and re-named The United Jewish Appeal (UJA).
- With different local and world challenges and crises over time, annual campaigns have had a variety of foci: for example, the plight of Displaced Persons in Europe after the Second World War; the 1957 Rescue Campaign for refugees in Russia, Europe and North Africa; the first Emergency Campaign in 1967 in response to the Six Days’ War; and Operation Exodus 1990-1991, which raised funds to aid Soviet Jews.
- Early Campaign leadership was provided by lay people. Chairmen of the Campaign Cabinet included Samuel Godfrey, Ben Sadowski, Samuel J. Granatstein, Bernard Vise, Morris S. Till, and Samuel J. Zacks. A small administration committee carried out daily operations, but the bulk of the fundraising work was performed by the Service Council, a group of volunteers who planned, canvassed and evaluated each campaign, as well as organizing educational programs and public meetings. A Women’s Service Council and a Young Peoples’ Service Council also played key fundraising roles.
- Canvassing was conducted by volunteers from each professional or trade Division, such as doctors, lawyers, retail sales, etc. The volunteers were responsible for canvassing the members of their own group. A special Women’s Campaign had its own chair, sub-committees and programming. Divisions were further added to reflect the amounts of donations, Top Gifts, and Major Gifts for example. By the 1980s, the Service Councils had given way to professional Campaign Associates employed by UJWF. With further changes to UJWF/UJA Federation’s structure, Campaign first fell under the Financial Resource Development Department, then Integrated Development, and, in 2009, the Centre for Philanthropy. It is now supported by the Donor Relations Management, Donor Research, and Missions/VIP departments which cater to the diverse interests of individual donors.
- Through the 1940s and 1950s, face-to-face canvassing was the norm, with donor’s names and gifts published in the UJWF annual report. By the 1960s, an expanding community and a need for efficiency increased the use of the telephone, with regular telethons involving hundreds of volunteers. In 1970, a regular springtime Walk with Israel was included within the rest of Campaign events. In the 21st Century, the internet is used to solicit donations, publicize campaign news and events, and register volunteers for telethons and events like the Walk.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of two sub-series, Walk with Israel (sub-series 17-1) and General Campaign Records (sub-series 17-2).
- Notes
- Physical description note: Includes photographs, videocassettes, posters, DVDs, artfacts and books.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
