- Part Of
- Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 94
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947-1995
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Ellis Irving Litch Shapiro (1905-2002) was born in Toronto to Annie and Joseph Shapiro. In 1934 he married Fanny Enushevsky (1910-1991) originally from Guelph, and had two children: Elaine (Glassman) and Barry. Ellis was very involved in the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto fundraising campaigns, as United Jewish Appeal campaign co-chairman. He also held positions in several other organizations, particularly during the 1930s to the 1960s. He was chairman of the Beth Tzedec Board of Governors, first vice-president of YM-YWHA, and chairman of the New Building Committee, president of the Jewish Camp Council of Toronto, president of B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge, president of Goel Tzedec Men's Club, and president of the first Combined Board of Goel Tzedec and Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue. He was on the executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, on the Budget Committee of United Jewish Appeal of Toronto, treasurer of the Northwood Golf and Country Club, and a member of the Primrose Club. He was also noble grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) in Guelph, Ontario. Ellis' father and grandfather were founders of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto.
- In 1930 Ellis founded, along with his partner Max B. Ennis, the Dominion Gasket and Manufacturing Company Ltd., of which he was president. He was also president of Faul and Timmins Incorporated, Buffalo.
- Fanny was similarly involved with community organizations and held various positions on the auxiliary boards of the Jewish Home for the Aged, Baycrest Hospital, and the New Mount Sinai Hospital. She was also on the board of the Jewish Camp Council and the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home, on the executive of Hadassah, the National Council of Jewish Women, and B'nai Brith Women. She was co-president of the UJWF Women's Service Council and campaign co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Women's Division.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Elaine Glassman, the daughter of Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual and graphic material relating to Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro and their involvement with the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto fundraising campaigns. Included are congratualatory letters and cards, certificates, reports, meeting invites, agendas and minutes, UJWF correspondence and memoranda, a UJWF Women's Service Council constitution (1956), newpaper clippings and six photographs.
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Ellis I., 1905-2002
- Shapiro, Fanny, 1910-1991
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Physical Condition
- 2 photographs have suffered water damage and are in poor condition.
- Creator
- Shapiro, Ellis I., 1905-2002
- Shapiro, Fanny, 1910-1991
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4174
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4174
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of David William Brown (left) presenting his parents, Al and Shirley Brown, with a contract for endowment that he and his sister initiated at United Jewish Welfare Fund endowment fund in honour of Al G. Brown's birthday, Toronto.
- Notes
- Location of negative: G.A. 86-205.
- Original: Graphic Artists.
- Article: CJN March 27, 1986.
- No restrictions on access.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Brown, David William
- Brown, Al G.
- Brown, Shirley
- Subjects
- Birthdays
- Charities
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 94
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1953]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fanny Shapiro with a group of women at a campaign tea. The women are probably from the Women's Service Council of the United Jewish Welfare Fund or the Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal. Standing far right: Fanny Shapiro.
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Fanny
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Charities
- Women
- 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
- Photograph has suffered water damage and is in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-12-15
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material (electronic)
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- 3 videocassettes
- 10 optical discs (196 mins., 38 secs.)
- 1278 photographs (jpg)
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of programmes and invitations for Campaign events including Major Gifts, telethons, missions, the Ben Gurion Society, Women's Philanthropy and other divisions' events. There are also three videocassettes with videos for Campaign 2002 ("Israel is Calling"), Campaign 2000 ("The Campaign For Our Children"), and the Campaign 2000 Launch ("Wings of a Butterfly"). Also included in the accession are 10 DVDs, containing: campaign videos for the years 2003 to 2009; a video conference on Jewish morality held for lay leaders in 2003; an audio-only recording of remarks by Professor Alan Dershowitz in 2002; and a canvasser motivation video produced by Federation. There are additional CDs with photographs relating to Hineni, Vision, L.O.J.E., H.O.T. Toronto (Young Leadership Division), Ben Gurion Society, missions and United Israel Appeal Canada; finally, there are audio recordings of speakers from the 2008 2nd Annual UJA Federation Big Ideas Forum. For a detailed list, click here: file://s-oja01\data\Description\Campaign\Creative%20CDs.doc
- Use Conditions
- Copyright of campaign videos is owned by the production company and NOT by UJA Federation. Researchers must contact Len Pearl to obtain copyright clearance to reproduce these videos. Researchers must be able to specify the exact video and clip when requesting copyright permission.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 14 cm of textual records
- Date
- 2006-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the fundraising activities for the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, Sherman Campus and Miles Nadel JCC & Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life. Records include brochures, an exhibit proposal for the National Centre for Jewish Heritage, event programs, newsletters, commemorative books for openings, powerpoint presentations and copies of the publication Vision featuring Philanthropy and Leadership. In addition, there is a special presentation booklet made for the Offer family.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Name Access
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1988-1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting United Jewish Appeal fundraising campaigns. Included are: a spiral-bound booklet for the 1998 UJA Women's Campaign Board of Directors, a "Lion of Judah" card that would have accompanied a pin of the same name, a document outlining canvassing procedures for Lion of Judah and Atarah canvassers, training materials taken from the American UJA National Training Centre Manual, documents from the 1994 UJA Campaign, a 1993 Jewish Agency for Israel budget, and a photocopy of a chart outlining UJA/Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto's local and national allocations.
- Custodial History
- Alison Himel, the daughter of Malka Green, a well-known philanthropist in the Jewish community, donated the records, which had belonged to her mother, to Ontario Jewish Archives two years following Mrs. Green's passing.
- Administrative History
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was incorporated in Ontario in March 1917 to coordinate the fundraising activities of Jewish charitable, philanthropic, and social service agencies in Toronto. In 1918, ten separate agencies were funded by the FJPT. By 1937, fourteen agencies were funded. The Great Depression of the 1930s and the development of several newer Jewish aid, education and medical care organizations created both increased need for resources and growing competition for ever-more scarce dollars. Within a very few years this funding crisis forced a major review of the organization.
During 1936 a series of special meetings of leading individuals were held to examine the income and expenditures of all Toronto Jewish agencies and also to speculate about the need for a new Toronto Jewish "Community Chest" as the sole fund-raising organization for a federation of all Jewish agencies including the FJPT. In 1938, the new United Jewish Welfare Fund was formally constituted. Added to the FJPT's previous list of Toronto client agencies in 1938 were: the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Hebrew National Association, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Association, the Mizrachi Society, the Toronto Free Loan Association, the Geverkshaften, and Old Folks Home, and the United Palestine Appeal, raising the total number of agencies to 22.
When the State of Israel was established in 1948, the UJWF's annual fundraising campaign was combined with the CJC's United Palestine appeal to form a new, combined campaign named the United Jewish Appeal (UJA). In 1967, the UJA name was legally changed to the United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto.
In mid-1976, the organization's public name was changed to the Toronto Jewish Congress. Although initially thought of as a merger between the UJWF and the CJC, the actual result was the expansion of the UJWF responsibilities to include local education and welfare services previously shared with the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The UJWF, however, remained the legal senior entity.
In 1991 the public name was again changed to the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto and in 1999, to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. By this date, over 30 beneficiary and affiliated agencies, 49 affiliated schools and five Federation departments were fully or partly funded by the UJA Federation.
In June, 2010, the organization altered its legal structure, with the senior legal entity becoming the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Name Access
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4206
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4206
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Left: Olga Eisen.
- Right: Ruma Buchman.
- Name Access
- Buchman, Ruma
- Eisen, Olga
- Buchman, Annette
- Canadian Friends of Akim
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5002
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Apr. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a United Jewish Appeal (UJA) dinner in Toronto. Seated at the head table is (left to right): Mrs. and Mr. Ray Wolfe, [unidentified], Alvin Rosenberg (at microphone). Hanging above their heads is a sign reading: $3,180,000 in 1962 for Jewish needs at Home and Overseas. Give and Let Live.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Wolfe, Ray
- Rosenberg, Alvin
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 86
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1943
- Physical Description
- 23 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA) was formed in 1936 through the amalgamation of the Jewish Children’s Bureau, the Jewish Big Brother Movement, and the Jewish Big Sister Committee. This merger was intended to improve service to families in the community by making one agency responsible for all cases dealing with children and adolescents. The JCWA’s funding primarily came from the Federation for Jewish Philanthropies (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund) and municipal and provincial grants.
- The JCWA’s chairman was Bertram N. Davis and first executive secretary was Anne Gussack. Gussack was succeeded by Freda Manson in 1939 and Aaron B. Feld in 1941. Soon after its formation in 1936, the JCWA became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB).
- Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JCWA’s core activities included placing children in foster homes, arranging adoptions, supervising children in their own homes, providing housekeeping services to families, and providing supervision and guidance to unmarried mothers. The JCWA paid for the foster children’s room and board, clothing, and medical care; supervised their religious education; and supplied scholarships for vocational training through its Jewish Children’s Vocational Fund. The JCWA also ran the Foster Mothers’ Parent Education Group, initiated a foster day care program to allow foster mothers to work, and arranged for the placement of children in summer camps. A constant problem for JCWA was the lack of appropriate foster homes. In order to secure more homes, the agency regularly engaged in a foster homefinding publicity campaign.
- The Child Welfare Committee of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society assisted the JCWA with finding and visiting foster homes, arranging adoptions, and attending to chronic clinical cases. The Hebrew Maternity Aid Society also participated in a Car Corp program with the JCWA by providing its social workers with volunteer drivers to help them travel to different locations.
- The JCWA’s Big Brother and Big Sister Departments provided guidance for delinquent, troubled, and developmentally disabled adolescents through individual and group work. Both departments assisted troubled youth with employment, vocational training, school adjustment, and recreational activities. In 1941, the Big Sister Committee left the JCWA to become affiliated with the JFWB.
- Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935. Since both agencies worked with children and families, a merger was believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. In February 1943, the JCWA and the JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records documenting the programs, operation, finances and special projects and studies of the Jewish Child Welfare Association and its predecessor the Jewish Children's Bureau. Included is correspondence, reports, surveys, memos, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, financial records, questionnaires, speeches, client and membership lists, case presentations, news articles, theatrical scripts, event invitations and statistics.
- Fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the Jewish Children's Bureau. In total there are 25 series. The Jewish Child Welfare Association (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Committees; 4. Adoption; 5. Foster care; 6. Summer camp program; 7. Nursery school; 8. Jewish Children's Vocational Board; 9. Finance and accounting; 10. Human Resources; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Special studies and surveys; 13. Publicity; 14. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; and 15. Welfare Council of Toronto. The Jewish Children's Bureau (sous-fonds) series are: 1. Board of Trustees; 2. Executive Director; 3. Adoption; 4. Foster care; 5. Finance and accounting; 6. Human resources; 7. Building administration; 8. Special studies and surveys; 9. Publicity; and, 10. Liaison with other social welfare organizations.
- Notes
- Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Children's Aid Society of Toronto fonds (fonds 1001); Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).
- Name Access
- Jewish Child Welfare Association
- Jewish Children's Home
- Jewish Children's Vocational Fund
- Davis, Bertram N.
- Gussack, Anne
- Manson, Freda
- Feld, Aaron B.
- Jewish Big Sisters Committee
- Jewish Big Brothers Movement
- Jewish Family and Child Services
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Department of Public Welfare
- Welfare Council of Toronto
- Children's Aid Society
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- See also: Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds (fonds 87); Jewish Family and Child fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).
- Arrangement
- Records of the Jewish Big Sisters Committee, the Jewish Big Brothers Movement and records documenting programs of the JCWA that continued after the formation of JF & CS, such as the Foster Homefinding Campaign and the Foster Mothers' Parent Education Group, are arranged with the JF & CS fonds 79.
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 87
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1928-1943
- Physical Description
- 67 cm of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Admin History/Bio
- Sometime around 1919, the Family Welfare Committee was set up within the newly created Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) to perform social welfare work with Jewish families. Around 1931, the Committee was reorganized as an independent member agency of the FJPT and renamed the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB). At the same time, Dora Wilensky (1902-1959), a professionally-trained social worker, was hired as the agency’s executive director. Throughout its existence, most of its funding came from the FJPT (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund).
- Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JFWB’s core activities included: relief provision; helping families meet basic needs, such as medical care, heating and clothing; housekeeping assistance; counseling; and case work. The JFWB’s major concerns shifted over time from a rise of immigration and desertion cases in the 1920s to the dramatic increase of wife abuse, suicide, and unemployment cases during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the JFWB sought ways of assisting soldiers and their families, such as, investigating special government grants to soldiers.
- In an attempt to meet community needs, the JFWB initiated various programs, such as a Homemaking Club to teach women house management skills, and a Clothing Centre to provide families with inexpensive household goods. It also partnered with other local Jewish organizations in the early 1940s in the Liaison Project for troubled Jewish youth. In the 1930s, the Jewish Employment Service and Hebrew Free Burial Society became departments of the JFWB and, in 1941, the JFWB began guaranteeing loans for clients through the Hebrew Free Loan Association. In the same year, the Jewish Big Sister Committee became affiliated with the agency and the Jewish Big Brother Movement followed soon after.
- In 1936, the JFWB became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA), another member of the FJPT. Although the JFWB’s focus was work with families and the JCWA’s focus was work with children, both agencies found it necessary at times to work with both children and families. In order to prevent service duplication and reduce confusion over casework responsibility, the Joint Application Bureau was set up within the FJPT to review all case work applications and determine the appropriate agency to provide assistance. However, a merger between the agencies was still believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935 and in February 1943, the JCWA and JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and one architectural drawing documenting the programs, operation, finances, and special studies of the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau as well as its relationships with other organizations. Included are reports, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, memos, budgets, statistics, theatrical scripts, newsclippings, and one architectural blueprint. A number of the records relate to special short-lived committees and projects that the JFWB participated in with other agencies, such as the Jewish Big Sister Committee, Jewish Big Brother Committee, Jewish Child Welfare Association, the Jewish Community Centre Association, the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Old Folks' Home.
- Records have been arranged into the following 19 series: 1. Board of Directors; 2. Executive Director; 3. Jewish Federation Communal Council; 4. United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council; 5. Case Committe; 6. Joint Meetings and Committees; 7. Joint Application Bureau; 8. Homemaking Club; 9. Clothing Centre; 10. Liaison Project; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Finance and accounting; 13. Human Resources; 14. Special projects and studies; 15. Publicity; 16. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; 17. Canadian Association of Social Workers; 18. Welfare Council of Toronto; and, 19. Conferences.
- Notes
- Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).
- Name Access
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau
- Jewish Community Centre Association
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Athletic Association (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
- Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (subject)
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family and Child Services fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).
- Arrangement
- Records relating to programs, committees and liaison with other organizations that continued after the formation of JF & CS are arranged with that fonds.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- United Jewish Welfare Fund series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940-1976
- Physical Description
- 4 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Dora Till held leadership positions in the United Jewish Welfare Fund beginning at its inception in 1937. In 1950, she was named honourary Vice-President. She was also chairman of the Women's Service Council and co-chairman of the Women's Division during the 1940s.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of records related to Dora Till's activities with the United Jewish Welfare Fund. The records include minutes, correspondence, invitations and reports. The records are described to the file level.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 146
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1954
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was formed in 1917 to coordinate the fundraising activities of Jewish charitable, philanthropic, and social service agencies in Toronto. In 1938-1939, the federation was absorbed into the newly formed United Jewish Welfare Fund, which financed a wide variety of organizations using money raised during the annual United Jewish Appeal campaigns.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains correspondence between members of the YM-YWHA executive and representatives of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, reports and material relating to a leadership institute held by the UJWF at Camp Northland.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
- Executive director series
- Subject files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 1-1
- File
- 147
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1960, 1974
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was formed in 1917 to coordinate the fundraising activities of Jewish charitable, philanthropic, and social service agencies in Toronto. In 1938-1939, the federation was absorbed into the newly formed United Jewish Welfare Fund, which financed a wide variety of organizations using money raised during the annual United Jewish Appeal campaigns.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains meeting minutes and agendas, reports and correspondence between members of the YM-YWHA executive and representatives of the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-44
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-44
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [194-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of Mrs. Daniel Krangle, Mrs. Aaron G. Volpe, Mrs. Samuel J. Granatstein, Mrs. William Palca, Mrs. Nathan Perlmutter and Miss Florence Hutner. The attached note states that this photo records a planning meeting of the Women's Service Council of the United Jewish Welfare Fund for the Second Annual Workshop of the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Responsibility
- Photogaph by Turofsky, Toronto
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Philanthropy and fundraising
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-2-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-2-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date
- [195-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a board of directors listing, most likely for the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Custodial History
- Document found while processing CJC Fonds 17.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 218
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of communications with the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Included are notifications of meetings, an information booklet providing suggestions for the guidance of campaign speakers, a breakdown of funding to the Mizrachi movement, letters concerning fund-raising and a memo re: disbursement of funds.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 219
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of communications from the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Included are: a copies of the Jewish Welfare Fund News (November 1937, October 1938 & February 1939), a list showing the distribution of the 1944 allocation of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto to the general fund of the Federated Council of Palestine Institutions, analysis of campaign results (March 1945), minutes from a meeting of the Committee on Non-local Agencies (November 1953)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 220
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Katz as President of Mizrachi and the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Also included are: minutes of meeting of the Administrative Committee of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto (Sept. 1937), 2 copies of United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto Information for 1940 Budget Committee pertaining to Mizrachi Organization of Toronto, worksheets outlining actual expenditures and proposed budget for 1937,1938 and 1939, a copy of a Report of Committee on Permanent Structure of the United Jewish Welfare Fund (January 1939), a list of allocation of funding for various agencies by the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto, a copy of an appeal in Yiddish to be read in synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a New Year's message to synagogues, an invitation to the opening rally of the 1940 campaign, a pledge card and a copy of resolutions (Oct. 1939) from Mizrachi Organization of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962, [1973?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an issue of the UJA Campaigner (March 1962), and a brochure and correspondence regarding the Bequest and Endowment Fund of the Jewish Educational Foundation. Also included is a speech that was delivered at a luncheon meeting regarding the Board of Jewish Education Foundation.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 160
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970-1972
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning activities of the Jewish Welfare Fund.
- 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
- 327
- Material Format
- textual record
- Other Title Information
- financial
- Date
- 1963-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning the financial situation of the Welfare Fund. The file includes statements of income and expenditure, a guide for the standards of accounting for member agencies of the Welfare Fund and lists of contributors.
- 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
- 329
- Material Format
- textual record
- Other Title Information
- organization
- Date
- 1966-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of listings of members of the Board of Directors, an Organizational chart, by-laws and constitution.
- 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
- 331
- Material Format
- textual record
- Other Title Information
- leadership development programme
- Date
- 1963-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of pamphlets concerning the Leadership Development Programme for 1963-1964, a tribute to 25 years of progress, and correspondence concerning leadership development programmes.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 912
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 912
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired 1976.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 221
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of communication between Katz and the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Also included are: a report of Meeting of Committee and Representatives of Organizations discussing the formation of a joint campaign for the Jewish community of Toronto (May 1937), a report of the United Jewish Welfare Fund Sub-committee on Budgets (1938), information for 1939 budget and 1940 budget submitted by Mizrachi Organization of Toronto to the Budget Committee of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, a copy of a memo re: Board of Directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund (Feb. 1939), a summary of a meeting of Board of Directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund (Feb. 1940), a report of United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem (March 1940) a report of Annual Meeting of Societies Division affiliated with United Jewish Welfare Fund (Jan. 1941), minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund (May 1941) and minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund (Nov. 1945).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 223
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a copy of the first annual report of of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Hamilton booklet.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dorothy Dworkin fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 10
- Item
- 35
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 16 Jan. 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item is a certificate that reads: "This is to certify that Mrs. D. Dworkin has accepted the full responsibilities which accompany the role of leadership in this Community, and has signified full intention of serving on the Council of Community Leaders of the Service Council of United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto, and thereby pledging leadership to this Community of Toronto, and the United Jewish Appeal." The certificate is signed by Arthur E. Gelber, president, United Jewish Welfare Fund; Sidney S. Schipper, chairman, Service Council, United Jewish Welfare Fund; and Meyer W. Gasner, campaign chairman, 1952 United Jewish Appeal.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Available as a PDF file.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dorothy Dworkin fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 10
- Item
- 36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 25 Jan. 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter to Mrs. D. Dworkin from S. G. Fines, MD. It is dated 25 January 1954 and concerns the latter's resignation from Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Available as a PDF file.
- 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.
- 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
- 326
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence concerning fundraising campaigns and contributions. The file also includes a copy of a study of the health and welfare needs and services of the Toronto Jewish community.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Jewish communal series
- United Jewish Welfare Fund / United Jewish Appeal sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 9-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1943]-1974
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 38 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting Phil Givens’ participation in United Jewish Welfare Fund / United Jewish Appeal events and activities both in Canada and in Israel.
- Notes
- Photographers and photography studios are identified on the photographs.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 66
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1917-1939
- Physical Description
- 49 cm of textual records
- 1 ruler : 6 in.
- Admin History/Bio
- For many years prior to 1917, Toronto Jewish community leaders had recognized the need to centralize fundraising for all local Jewish charities. The 1912 creation of the Associated Hebrew Charities was a partial improvement, but it proved unable to cope with the rapid growth in pre-war immigration, the effects of the 1916 economic recession, and the funding requirements of many still-unaffiliated agencies. The positive experiences of newly-established Jewish community federations in several American cities did, however, offer a better example for Toronto, where prominent Jewish leaders Edmund Scheuer, Abraham Cohen, and Ida Seigel provided the leadership that finally resulted in the establishment of a Toronto federation.
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto was chartered as a charitable organization under the laws of Ontario in September 1917. Its central goal was to end the frequent, uncontrolled, and competitive fund soliciting by a wide range of individual Toronto Jewish philanthropic and social service institutions and instead substitute a single, coordinated, city-wide community fundraising effort. This would ensure adequate and accountable funding for all its affiliated organizations and agencies in Toronto.
- Original affiliated agencies of the FJPT were: the Ladies Co-operative Board, the Jewish Orphans' Home, the Jewish Girls Club, the Junior Council of Jewish Women, the Hebrew Ladies Maternity Aid and Sewing Circle, the Hebrew Young Ladies Boot and Shoe Society, the Jewish Branch of the Big Brotherhood Movement, the Hebrew Free Loan Society, the Jewish Dispensary, and the Hebrew Burial Society.
- The original officers were: Edmund Scheuer (president), Joseph Singer (first vice-president), Jay J. Allen (second vice-president), Moses Gelber (third vice-president), Charles Draimin (forth vice-president), Eli Pullan (treasurer), and Abraham Cohen (honorary secretary). A board of trustees consisting of forty-five members was also constituted, one-third of whom were to be replaced each year.
- Final decision powers of the federation were originally vested in the board, which met monthly and was responsible for funds distribution and the nomination of officers of the federation. The board also had the power to change, by a two-third vote, any federation bylaws, rules, or regulations. The president chaired all board meetings and had, along with the treasurer, signing authority for orders and cheques. In his absence, the president's responsibilities were transferred to the first or other vice-presidents, in order. The treasurer was responsible for receiving all donations and depositing them in the bank. He also had signing authority for disbursals.
- A system of committees was also established in order to deal with individual issues such as annual meetings, fundraising, budgets, day-to-day administration, and policy, constitutional, and regulation changes. Recommendations from these committees were sent to an executive committee. When vetted, they were then forwarded to the board of trustees for final approval. By 1924, a new position of executive director was added to the list of officers in order to provide better management of the FJPT administration and to head up the executive committee. Also, by this time, six further agencies had become affiliated: Mount Sinai Hospital, the Jewish Boys' and Girls' Camps, Jewish Big Sisters, the Family Welfare Bureau, the Federation Health Clinic, and the Federation Employment Bureau.
- The first office of the FJPT was at 206 Beverly Street, but by 1924 it was headquartered at 218 Simcoe Street. By 1928, it had moved to 179 Beverley Street, which was renamed Scheuer House after the FJPT's first president.
- The onset of the Great Depression in 1929 created unprecedented and ever-growing service and monetary demands on the FJPT. Unable to cope, a major change was urgently required. In 1938, the FJPT was thus absorbed into a new and larger organization with an expanded mission and reorganized fundraising operations, the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Although the FJPT was absorbed into the UJWF in 1938, meetings of the FJPT Board of Management (responsible for funds redistribution to the FJPT's affiliated agencies) continued to January 1939, when these responsibilities were finally transferred to the UJWF.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the incorporation, public reporting, planning, financial, administration and operational records of the FJPT. Included are: the incorporation certificate, committee meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, budgets, annual reports and special reports. FJPT operational records document fund-raising, fund re-distribution and ongoing dialogues with member agencies. Records of specialized, short-lived committees document specific subjects such as salaries, a new community centre, funding of camps, and policies concerning the future of the organization are also included.
- Series within this fonds are; 1. Incorporation, 2. Annual Meetings, 3. Annual Reports, 4. Board of Trustees, 5. Constitution Committee, 6. Executive Committee, 7. Budget Committee, 8. Sub-Committee Studying Salaries, 9. Policy Study Committee, 10. Fund-raising Campaign, 11. Federation and Camp Representative Group, 12. Committee on the Community Centre, and 13. Board of Management.
- Name Access
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto
- Subjects
- Charities
- Related Material
- For records of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, successor to the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, see Fonds 67.
- Creator
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (1917-1939)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions