- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2569-2588
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2569-2588
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1978 and 1979]
- Physical Description
- 20 slides
- Name Access
- Community Hebrew Academy
- Subjects
- Education
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1974-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a graduation programme, correspondence, and an issue of the "Chatter" newsletter (Mar. 1992).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-2000
- Physical Description
- 80 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT) was founded in 1960 as a co-educational Jewish high school, sponsored and funded by the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The UJWF's original intention was that CHAT would be the only BJE-affiliated and community-funded Jewish high school in Toronto. This goal was subsequently abandoned in the 1970s, as the increasing size and diversity of the Toronto Jewish community led to a demand for new high schools meeting the distinct needs within the community.
- CHAT was incorporated in 1964 as the Jewish Community Day School of Toronto. The school is governed by a board of directors appointed by the UJWF and its successors, with an executive committee delegated to conduct the routine work of the board between meetings. Committees of the board include Budget and Finance, Education, Development, Personnel, Tuition, Health and Safety, and Building Committees. From 1960 to 1980, the executive director of the BJE held the position of Director of CHAT. While the responsibilities of this position were never explicitly defined, the executive director served as a professional resource person and consultant with CHAT, working with the principals on enrolment campaigns, Hebrew staff recruitment, curriculum design, and policy matters. The executive director is also allowed to attend meetings of the CHAT Board of Directors. This ex officio position of the BJE Executive Director was eliminated in 1980, with Rabbi Witty retaining the title of Director Emeritus until his retirement.
- For many years, the school's professional staff consisted of a headmaster, a principal of general studies, and a director of guidance. As of 2006, CHAT is managed by a professional staff consisting of a director of education, director of Jewish studies, and executive director/CFO. The two campuses of the school are each headed by a principal, an assistant principal of general studies, and a vice-principal of Jewish studies.
- For its first 19 years, CHAT was housed at the Neptune Drive branch of the Associated Hebrew Schools, and in 1979, moved to a former Toronto District School Board public school building at 200 Wilmington Avenue in Downsview. In 1998-1999, enrollment at the school increased dramatically from approximately five hundred students to just over 900. Due to this increase, and with the help of a major gift from Mrs. Anne Tanenbaum, a major renovation and extension project took place and the site was renamed the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Education Centre. Enrolment continued to increase after 2000, with many of the new students living in the north of the city. In 2004-2005, CHAT's total enrolment was just over 1,400 students. In September 2000, CHAT opened a Richmond Hill branch at 51 Wright Street, with an initial enrolment of approximately 150 students. This branch is scheduled to move in September 2007 to the new Vaughan Region community centre being developed by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- The series documents the work of the CHAT Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Education Committee, the involvement of the BJE Executive Director in these committees, and CHAT's interactions with the BJE, the UJWF and its successors. The series consists of meeting minutes and reports, correspondence and memoranda, and records relating to UJWF and TJC committees which studied the operations of CHAT between 1970-1972 and 1979-1981. Files in the series are arranged alphabetically.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-22
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 60 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the activities of CHAT.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for these records. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6075-6079
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6075-6079
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto honouring past presidents, 1983. From left to right: Donald Carr (dinner chairman), honoree, and Mel Finkelstein (president of CHAT). Honorees: 6075 - Samuel J. Sable; 6076 - Wilferd Gordon; 6077 - Harold Dessen; 6078 - Samuel Shainhouse; 6079 - David Rotenberg.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
- CHAT
- CHAT presidents
- Carr, Donald
- Finkelstein, Mel
- Sable, Samuel J
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Dessen, Harold
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Rotenberg, David
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the Hamilton Hebrew Academy outlining the school curriculum as well as class lists.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1965-1967
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of CHAT grades 12 and 13 graduation photographs (1967), newspaper clippings of scholarship winners (1965), and a photograph of Samuel Sable, communal worker.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1969
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Samuel Katz, Samual Netkin and Stanley Sobol were benefactors of the Hamilton Hebrew Academy.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of tribute books relating to the dedication of the Stanley Sobol Education Building and in honour of the first graduating class of the Hamilon Hebrew Academy. As well, there are two testimonial dinners books dedicated to Samuel Katz and Samuel Netkin.
- Name Access
- Katz, Samuel
- Netkin, Samuel
- Sobol, Stanley
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1023
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957 - 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with and regarding the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), including meeting minutes of the Executive Committed of the United Jewish Welfare Fund as well as the board of governors' committee of the school, and reports by the Bureau of Jewish Education.
- Access Restriction
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 69
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of students standing in front of the Jewish community center and Hebrew school in Sudbury, Ontario.
- Front row, from left to right: Mitchell Speigel, Debbie Steinberg, Wally Greenspoon.
- Second row, from left to right: Ethel Helpert, Claudia Greenspoon, Judy Leve, Brenda Rubin, Susan Stickles, Mort Grimmson, Rabbi Bereson.
- Third row, from left to right: Steven Silverman, [identified], Billy Braverman, Jackie Greenspoon, Charles Schwartz.
- Back row, from left to right: Douglas Stickles, Donnie Richmond, Frances Goodman, Miriam Rubin, [identified], Mrs. Stickles, Ester Nudleman, Bill Greenspoon, [identified].
- Subjects
- Community centers
- Schools
- Students
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4125
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4125
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 31:4.
- This photograph is similar to photo #4126.
- Places
- Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4126
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4126
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:1
- This photograph is similar to photo #4125.
- Places
- Jackson's Point (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4128
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4128
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario. Pictured is the sanctuary seating, the bimah and the aron kodesh.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:2
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4129
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4129
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario. Pictured is the sanctuary seating, the bimah, and the aron kodesh.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:2
- Subjects
- Torah arks
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 textual record (pdf)
- Date
- 2011-2021
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a J. Academy Camp brochure, two Arts Camp passports (2011 and 2014), and a camp registration and FAQ sheet describing the history and objectives of the camp. In addition, there are two issues of J. Wave. These include a Hanukkah edition (vol. 3) and a spring edition (vol.7).
- Administrative History
- Founded in 2009, J. Academy Camp is a unique twelve-day overnight camp for children aged eight to sixteen from Russian-speaking Jewish families in the GTA. J. Academy Camp runs its summer camp program from the Camp Northland site in Halibruton, Ontario. The aim of the camp is to connect teens from Russian-speaking families, introduce them to Jewish community and culture, and help them discover their Jewish roots through engagement in various creative arts, activities, and sports. J. Academy Camp is supported by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Genesis Philanthropy Group.
- J. Wave began as an optional activity at J. Academy Camp and developed into a year-round project. The publication shares personal stories, adventures, and experiences written by teens. The program is hosted at the Schwartz/Reisman Centre.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Western Canada synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 12 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Winnipeg (Man.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1991-10-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-10-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1974-1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the Sephardic community in Toronto including a "Final Report - Integration - North African Jewish Community in Metro Toronto" (1974), two reports by Joseph Kage, a presentation by Leon Oziel (1984), listings of Sephardic congregations and Chevra Kadisha and their officers, and letterheads for organizations and schools. In addition there is a paper titled "A History of the Sephardim in Toronto" written by a student William Myers for a university course in history. The course director was Professor Irving Abella.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Sephardim
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1935-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of commemorative booklets for the 35th Anniversary celebration of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1935, the Golden (50th) Anniversary in 1949, and the 60th Anniversary in 1959. There is also a 1947 constitution of the society. Some of the material is in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- The first meeting of the Toronto Hebrew Benovolent Society took place in January 1899 and the Society received its charter from the Ontario Government in February 1899. The original 35 members were all cloakmakers. The original functions of the group included sick benefit allowances and visits and "shiva" money for mourners. The Society purchased burial grounds in Roselawn Cemetery in 1903 and at Dawes Road (St Clair East) in 1917. The Ladies Auxiliary was organized in 1923. The Refugee Fund was set up in 1940, and in conjunction with the Auxiliary raised significant funds for war efforts and Jewish and Israeli causes.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records (1 vol.)
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one bound register documenting the students of the Toronto Hebrew Free School (Brunswick Talmud Torah) in Toronto from 1953 to 1956.
- MG_RG
- MG2G1E
- Subjects
- Schools
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 141
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains correspondence between the YM-YWHA and the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah regarding the use of the school facilities, as well as a newsclipping announcing the re-opening of the old Brunswick "Y" building for adult use in 1954.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945-1982
- Physical Description
- 37 cm of textual records
- 84 photographs
- 1 print
- Admin History/Bio
- The non-denominational and Zionist Toronto Hebrew Religious School (the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto ‘s precursor) was established in 1907 to provide Jewish children with a Jewish education based on Torah values. Originally situated on Simcoe Street, the school moved to Brunswick Avenue in 1925. As the Jewish population in the city grew, additional branches of the school were opened throughout the city. Although classes were originally taught five days a week in the evenings, the first day school opened in 1943 with 25 students. The Associated Hebrew Day School expanded in the late 1950s to include a junior high, and in the 1960s the Community Hebrew High School (now TannenbaumCHAT) opened. Dr. Alexander Brown began his career with Associated as the Principal of Shaarei Shomayim Hebrew School from 1942 to 1948. He later served as Principal at Associated.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual and graphic material documenting Dr. Alexander Brown's involvement with the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, reports, speeches, articles, press releases, publications, correspondence, photographs, invitations, programmes, financial records, statistics, lists, constitutions, and educational resources.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Name Access
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
- Physical Condition
- Many of the photographs have begun curling along the edges and have become stiff due to poor storage conditions. Some photographs also have had sections cut out of them.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2011-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-5-1
- Material Format
- cartographic material
- Physical Description
- 1 map
- Date
- Feb. 1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one map of Section D of the THBS cemetery at Dawes Road, Scarborough.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 kippah : blue and silver ; 16 cm in diam.
- 2 ribbons : green, blue and gold ; 16 cm long
- Date
- 1999, 2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one kippah, one Executive member ribbon, and one general member ribbon documenting the 100th and 110th anniversaries of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto regarding the Talmud Torah Building Campaign. Included is a program from graduation exercises held December 1952, pledge cards from the building campaign, a list of fund-raisers and a Hebrew Almanac form 5720 (1959-1960).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 206
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a letter inviting members of the Talmud Torah Board to attend a Shavuos Programme. Also included is a 1953 solicitation pamphlet promoted by the Toronto Hebrew Day School campaign officers and executive committee,
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 207
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with the Toronto Hebrew Free School. Katz was a member and served on the Board of Toronto Hebrew Free School. Also included is a letter in Yiddish from Free Hebrew School, Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4127
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4127
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and corresponding negative of Mr. Rubinoff conducting Humash class with the cottager's children at the Hebrew community centre in Jackson's Point, Ontario.
- Notes
- Location of negative: 32:2
- Places
- Jackson's Point (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930-[ca. 1984]
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : b&w and col. (15 negatives) ; 28 x 35 or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern was very involved in the Toronto Jewish community. In particular, he was active with the United Jewish Welfare Fund, where he served as a divisional director, the Canadian Zionist Federation, as the executive director, the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Jewish Home for the Aged, the Jewish Film Festival and the Ontario Jewish Archives. He also assisted many organizations in a consulting capacity, following his leave from communal affairs.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of photographs of individuals and organizations associated with the Toronto Jewish community. Bill Stern, along with other members of his family, are featured in many of the photographs, as they were members of the various organizations.
- The photographs have been arranged chronologically and described at the item level.
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-4
- 1985-6-6
- 1991-5-5
- 1991-5-6
- 1994-1-4
- 2004-5-96
- 2005-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
