- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Bible Contest series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960-1998
- Physical Description
- 85 cm of textual records
- 7 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- The Bible Contest (Chidon Hatanach) is an annual interschool program organized and administered by the BJE that began in 1959. The purpose of the contest is to promote the interest in and love of the Bible among Jewish students and to strengthen the role of Bible studies in the school curriculum
- Students from BJE affiliated day and supplementary schools participate in the contest. The contest usually has an oral and written component and is conducted in Hebrew for the day school students and English for the supplementary school students. There are different divisions of the contest according to the grade level of the students. There are local, regional, national, and international stages to the competition. The international contest is held in Israel. Prizes have included trips to Israel, summer camp scholarships, and Israel Bonds
- From 1959 to 1969, the national contest was organized by the Toronto BJE in cooperation with the Department of Education and Culture of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israel Bible Society based in New York. In the 1970s and 1980s, the national contest was organized by the Toronto BJE in cooperation with the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF), Bureau of Education and Culture, National Bible Contest Committee. The Ontario Regional Bible Contest was co-sponsored by the B'nai Brith Lodges of Upper Canada and Leonard Mayzel. As of 2006, the national contest is organized by the Canadian National Bible Contest Committee, a joint venture of the Bronfman Jewish Education Centre (BJEC) in Montreal and the Toronto BJE
- Scope and Content
- The series documents the work of the BJE -- carried out for many years by the director and associate director, and, later, by the BJE school consultant -- in sponsoring and managing the local and regional Bible contests, and its participation on the committee organizing the national contest. The series consists of meeting minutes, memoranda and correspondence relating to the organization of the contests, copies of contest questions, and contest results. The files are organized by the stages of the competition -- local, regional, national and international -- and then chronologically within these categories. The photographs are contained in a publicity file and consist of group shots or individual portraits of contest winners.
- 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