- 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
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 67
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1936-2010, predominant 1938-1976
- Physical Description
- 14.3 m of textual records
- 5593 photographs, 25 x 20 cm and smaller, and other media
- Admin History/Bio
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) 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 twenty-two.
- 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 thirty beneficiary and affiliated agencies, forty-nine affiliated schools and five federation departments were fully or partly funded by the federation.
- In June 2010, the organization altered its legal structure, with the senior legal entity becoming the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 25 series: Annual Meetings, Annual Reports, Board of Directors, Constitution Committee, Executive Committee, Officers Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Administration Committee, Social Planning Committee, Committee on Capital Needs and Planning, Central Committee on Scholarships in Aid, Joint Committee of the BJE and UJWF Study on Jewish Education, Nominations Committee, Pension Fund Committee, Coordinating Committee, Special Ad Hoc and Temporary Committees, Annual Campaign, Client Agencies, Joint Committee of the CJC and the UJWF, Committee on Community Organization, Sub-Committee on Construction and Administration of Community Schools, Joint Committee on Fundraising, Personnel Committee, Community Leadership Development Council, and Israel at Fifty Community Celebration.
- Over 4500 photographs and a variety of other media are managed within Series 17, Campaign records.
- Notes
- For exact details about the contents of individual series and sub-series, please review their scope and contents notes.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto
- United Jewish Appeal
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- For records of the predecessor of the UJWF, see Fonds 66, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds.
- Further detailed documentation of the proposed merger between the UJWF and the CJC (creation of the TJC) may be found in Fonds 67, Sub-sub-series 5-5-1, Files 171 and 221.
- Further documentation on the United Jewish Welfare Fund may be found within Fonds 9, Series 7, records of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society.
- For further detailed records of a key community leader's involvement with the UJWF see Accession 1982-8-8, the records of Samuel Godfrey, 1943-1972.
- Creator
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (1938-)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- 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
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 222
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of communication between Katz representing Mizrachi Organization of Canada and the United Jewish Welfare Funds of Windsor, Hamilton and Winnipeg. Also included are requests for funding from Yeshiva Torah B'nai Israel (Hungary) and Sfath Emeth Yeshivah (Ruhama, Jerusalem).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 2
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of the 1973 annual report of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 103
- Series
- 1
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a committee meeting program, a yearbook, and correspondence with the United Jewish Welfare Fund and the United Jewish Appeal regarding budget and finances, and invitations and correspondence regarding the Negev Testimonial Dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of youth assembled at a United Jewish Welfare Fund youth division campaign meeting. Pictured are several young men and women engaged in conversation and in administrative tasks.
- 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
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of three young men seated at a table during a United Jewish Welfare Fund youth division campaign event.
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-45
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 17 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1950-[196-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs. One photo is of a group of canvassers seated at a meeting for UJWF's Women's Division (1950). The Division broke its area down into districts, which appear on poster boards at the back of the room. The other two photographs appear to date from the 1960s and were taken in Israel. On the reverse side of a photo with three people is the name Prof. Lillian Kingstone, ORT and the other photo depicts Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion and Aba Eban seated, along with others.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Women
- Name Access
- ORT
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.)
- Ben-Gurion, David
- Eban, Aba
- Meir, Golda
- Places
- Israel
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions