- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1964-1984
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports and addresses prepared by Saul Cowan during the course of his career in education.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 84
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate presented to Saul Cowan by his Trustee colleagues at the Board of Education for the Borough of North York in appreciation for his dedicated service as a Trustee since 1957.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of memos circulated within the North York Board of Education, both to and by Saul Cowan.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters to Saul Cowan as trustee and chairman of the Board of Education, Borough of North York, from representatives of various organizations including several Departments of Education, schools, York University, the Social Planning Committee of Metropolitan Toronto, the Globe and Mail newspaper, and the Joint Community Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress. There is also correspondence from Saul Cowan to persons afiliated with organizations including the Canadian Jewish News, the Toronto Star, and Bathurst Heights Secondary School.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963-1969
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs documenting Saul Cowan's career as a trustee and then as chairman of the North York Board of Education. Included are group photos of the board and trustees, participants at inaugural meetings and at an Advisory Vocational Dinner. There are also images of Saul's installation as chairman, his visits to a community day care centre and an elementary schools' art exhibit in a library, and the sod turning ceremony for the Education Administrative Centre at 5050 Yonge Street (1969). In addition, there are photographs taken at the openings of Newtonbrook Secondary School, Stanford Fleming Secondary School, and Herron Valley Junior High School. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson is seen in the Newtonbrook pictures.
- Name Access
- Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1979
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs documenting Saul Cowan's career as trustee and chairman of the North York Board of Education. Included are photos of Board of Education meetings, the last commencement at Bathurst Heights Secondary School, the opening of the Board Computer Centre with Premier William Davis in attendance, and the dedication of the B "Bing" Caswell Memorial. In addition, there are images of a retirement dinner for a Director of Education, a reception in honour of those retiring or completeing 25 years of service, and a view of a classroom in Karen Public School celebrating United Nations Day.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1971-1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of motions presented by Trustee Saul Cowan to the North York Board of Education and follow-up resolutions.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of texual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings documenting Saul Cowan's career with the North York Board of Education and a schoolboard newsletter.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 2
- File
- 61
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 2 Nov. 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm and 21 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a newspaper clipping and photographs documenting a graduation ceremony for Associated Hebrew Schools Junior and Senior High. Included are images of award winners and speakers delivering speeches. Identified in the photographs is : Jennie Snider, J. Barney Goldhar, Samuel J. Sable, Harold L. Dessen, Joseph Levine, and Rabbi Irwin E. Witty.
- Notes
- Photographs are by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Physical Condition
- Photographs are starting to curl along the edges and stiffen up due to poor storage conditions. They have also yellowed.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 88
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting notices and minutes.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2896
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2896
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Borochov School
- Menachovsky, Moshe
- Subjects
- Graduation (School)
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a pamphlet titled "What Is North York Branch of the Social Planning Council?" and a booklet "160 Years of Progress - Education In North York".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a 50th jubilee booklet.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Board of Jewish Education series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 1
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the school's 10th anniversary banquet.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a letter from the Chairman of the Board of Jewish Education.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3969
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3969
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Speaker: J. Irving Oelbaum.
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3970
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3970
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fourth from left: Eddie Gelber.
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3988
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3988
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
- Board of Jewish Education series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 95
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954-1983
- Physical Description
- 8 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Established in 1949 as the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) is the central Jewish agency in Toronto whose mandate is to preserve, enrich, and promote Jewish education in the Greater Toronto area. Its primary tasks are to coordinate and provide leadership in teacher training and professional development, curriculum development, school administration, and inter-school activities, and also to allocate funds to affiliated Jewish schools raised through the annual UJA Federation fundraising campaign.
- The BJE was established following the recommendations of a 1948 study of Jewish education in Toronto undertaken by Dr. Uriah Z. Engelman of the American Association for Jewish Education, and sponsored by the United Jewish Welfare Fund and the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), Central Region. In its constitution, the bureau was described as having the dual characteristics of being an autonomous agency of the UJWF and also as acting for the UJWF in the field of Jewish education. The bureau was governed by a board of governors with representatives from affiliated schools, the UJWF, CJC Central Region, and from the community at large. The inaugural meeting of the board took place on 20 March 1950. The BJE served 21 day and supplementary schools at its founding.
- During the 1950s and early 1960s, the BJE sponsored adult education programs in Toronto through the Institute for Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the Jewish Community Centre (JCC) and CJC. The BJE also provided assistance and advice to the CJC in support of Jewish education in the smaller Jewish communities in Ontario. The BJE's role in adult education diminished significantly after its reorganization in 1968, but this again became a responsibility for the BJE in the late 1990s.
- Although its primary function is to support existing educational institutions, the BJE has also participated in establishing several new institutions in Toronto. In 1953, to meet the need for qualified teachers in affiliated schools, the BJE and CJC Central Region founded a Jewish teachers' seminary (Midrasha L'Morim) in Toronto, which was jointly funded by the BJE and CJC for many years. In 1960, the BJE and UJWF sponsored the establishment of a non-denominational Jewish high school, the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), with the BJE Executive Director as its director. In 1978, the Orah School for Jewish Children from the Soviet Union was established by the BJE, to meet the special needs of the large numbers of recent immigrants from the Soviet Union.
- Dr. Alexander Brown worked for the BJE for over 20 years. His involvement began in 1957 when he became a consultant to the BJE. In the late 1960s, he became the BJE’s Associate Director, a position he held until the early 1980s. He also served as Dean of the Midrasha L’Morim and was a member of its faculty.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual and graphic material documenting Dr. Alexander Brown's involvement with Toronto's Board of Jewish Education. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, reports, studies, proposals, statistics, financial records, correspondence, programmes, invitations, a news release, flyers, applications, publications, booklets, a directory, lists, and photographs.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Related Material
- See also Fonds 48.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions