- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds;
- Executive Committee series;
- Executive director sub-series;
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto sub-sub-series
- Level
- Sub-sub-series
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 5-5-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-2003
- Physical Description
- 55 cm textual records
- Scope and Content
- Sub-sub-series consists of meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence arising from the executive director’s involvement in the management and restructuring of the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (JCC). File titles are predominantly those supplied when they were created and may reflect the subject, origin, and/or recipient of the contents. Records in this sub-sub-series have been arranged chronologically.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 61
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1994
- Physical Description
- 3 m of textual records (19 v.) and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Schwartz-Reisman Jewish Community Centre, the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre (formerly the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre or BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC) in Toronto are the current incarnations of what began, in 1919, as the Hebrew Association of Young Men's and Young Women's Clubs, later known as the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of Toronto (YM-YWHA). The YM-YWHA, in turn, began as a merger between several other small athletic clubs operating in the city. The original mandate was strictly athletic, but soon broadened to include other areas of interest, in order to provide a sense of Jewish identity and camaraderie through physical, educational, cultural and community based programming. During the 1920s, the 'Y' became known simply as the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) – the name under which it was incorporated in 1930.
- For close to two decades, the ‘Y’ had rented rooms in the Brunswick Avenue and College Street area, including the basement facilities of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah. By the mid-1930s, these facilities were overcrowded and unable to support the growing membership, particularly when the young women’s programming was reintroduced in 1936.
- As a result, in 1937, the YM-YWHA constructed its own athletic building at 15 Brunswick Avenue, next door to the Talmud Torah, to ease the overcrowding. However, the ‘Y’ still had to make use of five scattered buildings to meet its needs, including the Central YMCA gym for its basketball teams. The early ‘Y’ was staffed by volunteers who were granted free memberships in exchange for their time and expertise.
- On 3 February 1953, a new Jewish Community Centre was dedicated at the corner of Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue. By the end of the 1950s, the ‘Y’ was providing services for all ages, ranging from a nursery school to their Good Age Club for seniors.
- As the Jewish community moved northward, so too did the ‘Y’, with the dedication of a new northern branch on 1 May 1961. This new branch, located at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, was created in order to address the athletic, educational, cultural and community needs of the expanding Jewish community in the north end of the city. Fourteen years later, an improved cultural and physical education wing was added as part of the completion campaign. This included the addition of the Leah Posluns Theatre and the Murray Koffler Centre of the Arts. In 1978, the YM-YWHA changed its name to the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, in order to better reflect its broader role in the community. A new Northeast Valley branch was also established in Thornhill in the early 1980s and later closed in the late 1990s.
- In 1994, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto took over the operation of the northern branch, due to financial difficulties. At this point, all three branches became independent of one another and were no longer constituted as the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto. They each had independent boards of directors, while still receiving some of their operating funds from the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of the records created and accumulated by the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto -- which included the Bloor branch and the northern Bathurst Jewish Community Centre -- and its predecessor, the YM-YWHA. The records include textual records maintained by the office of the executive director, financial reports, architectural plans, Y-Times newsletters, program material, photographs and oral histories.
- The records have been arranged into the following series: Executive director, Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee, Publication Committee, Communications Department, Sports Celebrity Dinner, and Combined Building Campaign Committee.
- Notes
- Includes 2539 photographs, 42 architectural drawings, 13 sound recordings, 4 artifacts, and 2 posters.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Subjects
- Community centers
- Related Material
- See photo #2369-2646, 3412, 3519, 3804, 4201, 5004, 6125, accession #1986-7-8, MG2 N1a
- Creator
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-6
- 2004-5-13
- 2004-5-2
- 1988-11-7
- 1988-4-9
- 1984-7-2
- 1983-12-1
- 1982-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 16
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Association (JCCA) was formed in the fall of 1936 through the coordination of the Jewish Girls’ and Boys’ Clubs to provide cultural, social, educational and athletic programming for members of the Jewish community. Located at 44 St. George Street, the JCCA offered a variety of classes; including, cooking, sewing, journalism, language, dance and art classes. It also ran a home camp and summer nursery school and organized celebrations for Jewish festivals and holidays.
- However, many similar organizations existed in Toronto at the time and the JCCA was absorbed into the larger and growing Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association around 1941. The YM-YWHA initially continued to operate many of the JCCA's programs at 44 St. George Street. Today, the YM-YWHA has evolved into the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC).
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Jewish Community Centre Association of Toronto (JCCA). Included is correspondence, memos, lists of club members, case summaries, and the meeting minutes from a joint meeting between the JFWB, the Jewish Child Welfare Association, and the JCCA.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one 25th Anniversary book for the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre.
- MG_RG
- MG 2 N2A
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Name Access
- Hamilton Jewish Community Centre
- Places
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-7
- Material Format
- architectural drawing (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 architectural drawings (pdf)
- Date
- [1992?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of five PDF files of architectural drawings for the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. Three files show the floorplans for the three floors of the centre, and two files show the renovations to the building.
- Custodial History
- The original plans are in the possession of Makrimichalos Cugini Architects.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2434
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2434
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Jewish Community Centre, located on Hill Street in London, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre (London, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Jewish community centers
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-8-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : col. ; 52 x 41 cm
- Date
- [195-]-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 13 portrait photographs of past presidents of the YM-YWHA and the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. Included are: Sam Granatstein; Bernard J. Kamen, Q.C., 1985-1989; Allan B. Zender, 1989-1992; Jack Wahl, 1972-1974; Wilfred Posluns, 1974-1978; Irwin Soren; Bert Fine; Louis Borsook; Alex Fisher; Martin Mendelow, 1982-1985; Ellis I. Shapiro; Bernard S. Dales, 1978-1982; and Max Schwartz.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for these photographs. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist. It is likely that the photographs originated at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre.
- Subjects
- Community centers
- Portraits
- Name Access
- Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 86
- Series
- 14
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935, 1937-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Association (JCCA) was formed in the fall of 1936 through the coordination of the Jewish Girls’ and Boys’ Clubs to provide cultural, social, educational and athletic programming for members of the Jewish community. Located at 44 St. George Street, the JCCA offered a variety of classes; including, cooking, sewing, journalism, language, dance and art classes. It also ran a home camp and summer nursery school and organized celebrations for Jewish festivals and holidays.
- However, many similar organizations existed in Toronto at the time and the JCCA was absorbed into the larger and growing Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association around 1941. The YM-YWHA initially continued to operate many of the JCCA's programs at 44 St. George Street. Today, the YM-YWHA has evolved into the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (BJCC) and the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MNJCC).
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and client lists documenting the relationship between the JCWA and the Jewish Community Centre Association of Toronto (JCCA).
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Related Material
- See also: The Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds 87, series 16, file 9, and The Jewish Family and Child fonds 79.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 64
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning programming at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 135 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1948-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of approximately 135 photographs and one negative of youth programs and events at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. Included are photographs of Camp Kadimah, the JCC nursery (including a Hanukkah iimage), the group work program, and the swimming pool. Photographs of the JCC building are also included. A guide describing the photographs is contained within.
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of several men engaged in a wrestling match while Max Rotman referees and spectators look on.
- Subjects
- Wrestling matches
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- sound recording
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1990
- Physical Description
- 1866 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee was established in 1982, in order to document the history of the YM-YWHA of Toronto. The committee was chaired by Bert Fine and was mandated by the JCC of Toronto's Executive Committee to collect historical and archival material from the community, which was to be donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of the records collected by the Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee. The records are predominantly photographs, but also includes some textual records. This series also contains oral histories, created by the committee in order to document the experiences of some of the YM-YWHA's original members.
- The series contains a sub-series for the photograph collection, which is organized alphabetically by theme, event or person and is described at the file and item levels. There is also a sub-series for the oral history program, which is described at the sub-series level.
- Notes
- Includes 13 sound recordings, 3 cm of textual records, and 1 architectural drawing.
- Accession Number
- 1984-7-2
- 1982-12-2
- 2004-5-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Financial and administrative series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001-2003
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. Included is the BJCC budget for 2002-2003, and the director of finance's reports on the financial statements for 2001, 2002, and 2003.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Educational programming series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 6
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967, 1975-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Jewish Community Centre, YM-YWHA. Included are meeting minutes of the Human Affairs Committee, a memo to Wilfred Posluns regarding the the direction of the YM-YWHA for the next decade, an evaluation report of the JCC volunteer department, programming and educational material prepared by the Centre for Human Affairs, Women's Resource Centre. Also included is a program guide for a one-day symposium presented by the New York Cultural Showcase Foundation in 1967 and a newspaper clipping recounting the story of a Toronto career woman who quits city life for life in the Yukon.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-5-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-5-10
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 report (.doc)
- Date
- 2018
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a report titled "LGBTQ Toronto Jewish Community Needs Assessment" that was led by Andi Yumansky and endorsed by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre (MCjcc) and Kulanu Toronto. Professor Randall Schnoor supervised the research. Additional supervisors included Sharoni Sibony of the MNjcc and Justine Apple of Kulanu Toronto.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Sexual minorities
- Name Access
- Apple, Justine
- Kulanu Toronto
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Schnoor, Randal F.
- Sibony, Sharoni
- Yumansky, Andi
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs (jpg) : col.
- Date
- Jun. 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken of the LGBTQ+ at the J group during 2019 Pride Month. Some of the photographs were taken on 21 June 2019, likely at the Trans March, while others were taken on 23 June 2019, likely at the Annual Pride Parade. The photograph of the three individuals modelling the LGBTQ+ at the J T-shirts was taken on 18 June 2019.
- Administrative History
- Following the dissolution of Kulanu Toronto in 2018, Miles Nadal JCC assumed responsibility for providing Jewish LGBTQ+ programming in midtown and downtown Toronto. This took the form of LGBTQ+ at the J, which, according to its mission statement, "strives to be the heart of Toronto's LGBTQ+ Jewish community, providing queer Jews opportunities to gather, celebrate and thrive." In 2019, the group participated in Toronto's annual Pride Parade.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Gay Pride Day
- Parades
- Sexual minorities
- Name Access
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 69
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : (1) col. slides and b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2006-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-5-4
- Material Format
- sound recording
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 cu. ft.
- Date
- 1972-[ca. 1985]
- Scope and Content
- The accession consists primarily of sound and videotape recordings of speakers at Toronto community events. The bulk of the recordings are of speakers at the Jewish Book Fair, including such authors as Morley Torgov, Mordecai Richler, and Chaim Potok. Other recordings are of Canadian Jewish Congress conferences, meetings, and special events. The accession also includes slides of Jewish Book Fair events.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Toronto Jewish Media Centre series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-2001
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The BJE's media centre began in 1971, with the appointment of a full-time director of educational services, whose responsibilities included developing a collection of audio-visual materials, providing audio-visual services to affiliated schools, developing the BJE's pedagogic library, and assisting teachers in the preparation of educational materials. In the mid-1970s, responsibility for the pegadogic library was transferred to the BJE senior consultant, and the director of educational services became the director of the Media Resources Centre. By 1980, the media centre's collection had grown to over 5,000 items.
- In the early 1980s, discussion began between the BJE and CJC Ontario Region on developing an integrated media centre in the new Lipa Green Building for Jewish community services, where both organizations moved in 1983. The CJC had their own media services department and a small collection of audio-visual materials, which they used to provide similar services as those offered by the BJE Media Resources Centre, to Jewish schools and adult education groups outside of Toronto. The BJE media centre had previously provided assistance to the CJC media services department on an informal basis.
- The first meeting of the Joint Media Centre Committee -- soon renamed the Toronto Jewish Media Centre (TJMC) Committee -- took place on 3 June 1983. The committee consisted of four representatives from the BJE and three from CJC Ontario Region. The TJMC was formally described as a joint project of the BJE and the Toronto Jewish Congress' Jewish Cultural Council, which, in turn, was a joint committee of the TJC and CJC Ontario Region. The CJC's Educational and Cultural Committee was responsible for distributing and delivering materials to communities outside of Toronto, while the TJMC was responsible for managing the media collections and offering services to schools within Toronto.
- The TJMC's activities included those previously performed by the BJE and CJC media centres, as well as such community projects as tape-recording public talks sponsored by other organizations, and organizing film festivals. The Toronto Jewish Film Society was an outgrowth of these festivals. By the late 1980s, the TJMC's formal structure, with representation from both the BJE and CJC, had ended and committee members were chosen based on their committment to the committee's goals of encouraging the use of audio-visual materials in the classroom and in support of community events. Representatives from the Toronto Jewish Cultural Council and the Jewish Public Library also sat on the committee.
- During the 1990s, lack of funding prevented the TJMC from pursuing its broader activities in the community, and it again focused on assisting teachers, providing media services to schools, and supporting the CJC Ontario Region's programs for providing audio-visual materials to smaller communities. In 2006, the Toronto Jewish Media Centre became part of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's new Latner Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Learning, along with the Holocaust Education and Memorial Centre of Toronto, the Jewish Information Service of Greater Toronto, the Jewish Public Library, and the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Scope and Content
- The series documents the formation of the Toronto Jewish Media Centre Committee in the early 1980s, its fundraising efforts for the media centre, and the media centre's work through the 1980s and early 1990s in providing audio-visual materials and media services to Jewish schools and community groups in Ontario. The series consists of meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, and newspaper clippings documenting the media centre and the film festivals sponsored by the committee. The series also includes catalogues of media centre holdings.
- 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
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Committees series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2005-2006
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the BJCC board of directors. Included are board of director meeting minutes and minutes for the Audit Committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Planning and Development series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a qualitative research report produced by the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre entitled "A Dive into Consumer Attitudes."
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Planning and Development series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 3
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a report entitled "Advancement Program Review" prepared for the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.5 m of textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of design and publicity material for the Jewish community centres at Bloor and Spadina and Bathurst and Sheppard in Toronto.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number was assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Audio reels file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 312
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 8 May 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (1 hr., 3 min., 53 sec.) : polyester, 3 3/4 ips, 4 tracks, mono ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a talk given by John Beattie at the North Toronto Community Centre on 8 May 1969, moderated by Canadian National Socialist Party Chairman Martin Weiche. During the event, Beattie briefly talks about his speech at Allan Gardens on 5 May 1968 and reads his letter requesting the right to speak at the same location on 20 April 1969, when he was attacked by a member of the public. He claims that the National Socialist Party of Canada stands for National Socialism, not Adolf Hitler, and that the party has not been able to grow because he hasn't been allowed to speak in public. He also claims to support freedom of speech and states that being allowed to speak on this occasion has been the party's greatest victory since its founding in 1965. He goes on to briefly list some of the advantages for white non-Jews to be members of the party and predicts a rise in membership in the future. He also suggests that members and supporters buy pornographic materials and Israel bonds and set them on fire. He then claims to support the Arab cause in Israel, who, according to him, were robbed of their homeland by Jews, as Canadians have been, going on to affirm that the Ashkenazim enslave the Sephardim in Israel. He also warns about the dangers of Marxism, which he claims was promoted by the Jews, and claims that the Talmud is a piece of hate literature for its alleged view on non-Jews. He then claims that Jews are promoters of pornography and divorce, which they use as weapons to weaken the social fabric of white non-Jews, and promises that, if elected, he would deport all Jews. He also calls for the boycott of Jewish businesses and claims that the party has a list of sympathetic businesses to which to refer its members and supporters. He then announces his support to Latin American dictatorships for "executing their criminals" and claims that Canada has almost become a colony of Israel, as West Germany had. He also calls for the unity of white peoples around the world and describes the Swastika as a symbol of white unity. Finally, he describes what he believes to be the Jewish plan for world domination: to mix all races, which he claims is not natural, and produce "confused" mix-raced people, while Jews will remain pure and rule as an aristocratic elite.
- Notes
- Physical Descr.: Only track 1 is recorded.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.
- Accession Number
- 2004-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Folks Farein fonds
- Services series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 105
- Series
- 4
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a questionnaire used for publication of the directory of community services.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds
- Committee on a Community Centre Project series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 66
- Series
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 11 June 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- This very-short-lived committee was created to review plans for the future re-organization of the responsibilities of the Jewish Community Centre (YMHA) in providing social services by the Jewish Welfare Board.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of one file of the committee meeting minutes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Holocaust memorial sculpture at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre, which was established in 1965.
- Notes
- This photograph appears to be cut from a contact sheet.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a JCC North East branch newsletter dated September-October 1981.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3386
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3386
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w print and negative ; 19 x 24 cm (sight) in frame 27 x 32 cm, and 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- The following individuals have been identified in the photograph (view the attached image for their exact locations in the photo).
- 1, Sally Ann Braverman (Wolkoff); 2, Lynn Waisberg (King); 3, 4, Louise and Doreen Shubb; 5, Serena Kokotow (Swartz; from Kirkland Lake); 6, Laurie Waisberg; 7, Pearl Jacks (Ross); 8, Wally Greenspoon; 9, Dorothy Greenspoon (Abrams); 10, Victor Greenspoon; 11, Stanley Jaffe; 12, Mitchell Speigel; 13, Claudia Greenspoon; 14, Carol Burke; 15, Bill Braverman; 16, Rabbi Rosenthal; 17, Susan Stickles; 18, Judy Leve (Feld Carr); 19, Butch Atkins (from Kirkland Lake); 20, Marvin Weisenthal; 21, Mike Cohen (from North Bay); 22, Jerry Shankman; 23, Ann Steinberg; 24, Sandy Brown; 25, Sharon Finkleman; 26, Norman Ironstone; 27, Martha Sandberg (Feldman); 28, Harriet Davis; 29, Sammy Mallin; 30, Irving Brown; 31, Ruth Freed; 32, Sandy Koza; 33, Faigie Kravitz; 34, Faigie Abramson; 35, Florence Weisenthal; 36, Joanne Platus; 37, Minnie Hoffman; 38, Natalie Hoffman (daughter of Minniee Hoffman); 39, Norm Weisenthal; 40, Irving Isenberg; 41, [Sheliah?]; 42, David Posen; 43, Barbara Levinson; 44, Gail Shubb; 45, Harriet Shubb; 46, Faigie ?? (Deitel); 47, Hindele Shinehoft; 48, Sheila Feldman (Winston); 49, Mona Garmaise; 50, Hennie Lowy.
- file:\\s-oja01\data\DESCRI~1\FINDIN~1\PHOTO_~1\3386copy.jpg.
- This item is a duplicate of 1981-3-13, #2870
- Notes
- Photographer: Des Rosiers Studio.
- Names in scope & content note taken from a listing provided by the donor. This list is available in the accession file.
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-10
- 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
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 62
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975, 1978
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of Russian immigrants being met at the airport by Maurice Benzacar.
- 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
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 106
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of pledge cards with payments dedicated to the combined building campaign for the Jewish Community Centre and the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1700
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1700
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of an unidentified Russian Jewish soldier, taken in Poland.
- Subjects
- Soldiers--Russia
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1979-3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Orah School for Russian Jewish Children series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-2000
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Established in November 1978 as the Orah School for Jewish Children from the Soviet Union, the school was intended for children who recently arrived from the Soviet Union with no previous Jewish education. Funding for the school came from special grants from the Toronto Jewish Congress (TJC; now, the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto), from community fundraising for the school, and from tuition fees. The school was managed by a board of directors, with a staff consisting of a school principal and vice-principal, and as many as eight teachers and junior teachers. The number of teaching staff varied over the years with fluctuations in enrolment and funding. The bulk of the administrative work for the school was carried out by BJE staff, and the school was considered a special project of the BJE and its parent body, the TJC. The executive and associate directors of the BJE were ex-officio members of the Orah board.
- The school operated as a Sunday school, with six hours of classes every week. The curriculum was designed to suit families with little familiarity with Judaism, many of whom found the greater time requirements of the day schools and other supplementary schools too onerous. The school also provided children with bar and bat mitzvah training. The school's location varied over the years, moving between branches of the Eitz Chaim schools and the Hurwich Branch of Associated Hebrew Schools.
- In recent years, the Orah school's affiliation with the BJE came to an end. Now called the Orah School for Children, the school is currently located in Thornhill at the Spring Farm branch of Eitz Chaim Day School, with Rabbi Yosef Michalowicz serving as principal.
- Scope and Content
- The series documents the BJE's involvement in founding the Orah school and assisting in its operations. The series also documents studies of the school conducted by the TJC and BJE in the early 1980s and again in the early 1990s. The series contains meeting minutes of the board of directors and study committees, memoranda and correspondence relating to the school's operations, and records relating to the school's budget, fundraising activities, and enrolment. Files in the series are organized alphabetically by subject.
- Subjects
- Children
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4436
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4436
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Leader: Ignatz Glass.
- Notes
- Photo by Alexandra Studios, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Bands (Music)
- 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
- 1988-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
