Accession Number

2006-3-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1943-1954

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material related to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) of Canada. Records include campaign promotional material, national convention programmes and invitations, national activity reports and Central Region meeting invitations.

Descriptive Notes

Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada.

JIAS.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

114

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of communication from the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada. Included are reports and updates, meeting minutes, notice of meetings and a letter with New Year greeting from JIAS president (September 1941).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

115

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of communication from the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada. Included are: a programme from 1948 National Convention, JIAS newsletter (January 1948), a statistical report on central region (1953), a copy of the publication JIAS Record from Montreal (1949), 2 letters in Yiddish from JIAS of Canada regarding Polish Jews.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

116

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944-1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of receipt books for donations to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

268

Material Format

textual record

Date

23 April 1972-20 Dec. 1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Social Planning Committee series

Correspondence with funded agencies sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

9-13

File

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

Feb. 1969-Aug. 1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society about their funding and expenses.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

148

Series

2-10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada (JIAS) was established in 1922 to assist Jewish refugees coming to Canada. As the exclusive Jewish social service agency dedicated to settlement services, it has aided immigrants and refugees from various regions, including postwar Europe, North Africa, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, Syria, the former Yugoslavia, Argentina, and Israel. In a milestone move in 2015, JIAS Toronto became a Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH), empowering the organization to sponsor refugees and facilitate their arrival in Canada. Throughout its history, JIAS has been instrumental in providing essential support and fostering the successful settlement of Jewish immigrants in the country.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of correspondence from the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada regarding assistance for Regina Nisenbaum, who resides in Bielsko, Poland, in locating her relatives.

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

132

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

93

Material Format

textual record

Date

2 Mar. 1954-21 Oct. 1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

94

Material Format

textual record

Date

7 Jan. 1954-28 Dec. 1954

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-2-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[1946?]-1951

Scope and Content

Accession includes an undated document describing immigration prospects following the Second World War and the anti-immigration sentiment. The document was published by an unknown group "interested in combating race-hatred and anti-Semitism and on strengthening the unity between the groups which make up the people of Canada". In addition, there is a copy of a confidential letter dated February 14, 1951 listing immigrants identified as skilled workers and selected by overseas Canadian immigration officials under the auspices of the Settlement Branch to settle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. These immigrants were to arrive in Halifax on the above noted date of on board the SS Staveangerfgord.

Custodial History

File discovered while processing CJC fonds 17.

Use Conditions

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Places

Canada

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

110

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957-1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a document outlining the structure and programme of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, a report on the Annual Meeting and Workshop of United HIAS services held in New York and a report of the Case Committee. Included in the Case Committee report are examples of specific cases and a statistical report of immigrant assistance with a focus on Hungarian, North African and Polish/other immigrants.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

197

Material Format

textual record

Date

1969-1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Client agency correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

18

File

22

Material Format

textual record

Date

4 Jan. 1963-12 Nov. 1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence about Jewish Immigrant Aid Services.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

34

Material Format

textual record

Date

1920

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter announcement of a meeting, to take place on August 8, 1920, to assist Jewish immigrants arriving in Canada in large numbers. Letter was written by committee members: M. Layevsky, S. Feldberg and Sol. Eisen.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

District Committee, Ostrowiec sub-series

Letter from Aron Fridenthal to the Jewish immigrant Aid Society of Canada file

Level

File

Fonds

148

Series

2-8

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

3 Oct. 1945

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Aron Fridenthal (b.1904-d.1970) was born in Lipsk, Poland. He became a rabbi at eighteen and later married Fiega, the daughter of Rabbi Shmuel Gringlas. They had a son, Abraham.

He headed the Revisionist movement in Ostrowiec, promoting Zionist ideas. Aron also worked as an accountant at Prince Pnitowski’s flour station. After the Holocaust, he organized an effort to provide housing and support for the community, connecting with people from Ostrowiec worldwide. While living in Warsaw in the mid- to late-1940s, Aron set up a historical committee to collect materials for the purposes of preserving Ostrowiec’s history. He helped people immigrate to Palestine/Israel and, as the secretary of the Jewish Congregation in Poland, worked to save Jewish children who had been given to Polish families during the Holocaust. Aron also played a role in rescuing Torah scrolls and Jewish books to be sent to Israel.

In 1951, he immigrated to Israel, where he studied law in Tel Aviv and became licensed to practice in 1964. In 1967, Aron received the Medal of Merit for his Zionist activities.

Scope and Content

File consists of a copy of a letter from Aron Fridenthal, chairman of the District Committee of Ostrowiec to the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, dated 3 October 1945. In this letter, Aron provides details about several Ostrovzers and their whereabouts. File also contains a typed translation.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1988-5-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca. 1948]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a report from JIAS Housing Committee written by Jack Shindman and a letter from M. Kraisner of HIAS Hanover, Germany to Jack Shindman concerning an immigrant family.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1991-10-5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

4 cm textual records

29 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Date

[196-?]-[1989]

Scope and Content

Accession includes twenty-nine photographs, most from the 1984 and 1985 Toronto Region Annual Meetings. Many are images of awards being given to outgoing and incoming presidents, and of speakers, with some group table shots.

Textual records include Toronto JIAS information and brochures, a history of the organization, meeting programs and invitations, a list of the 1969 board of directors, and a 1974 report "JIAS Background Information" by Joseph Kage. In addition there is a publicity brochure for Montreal and minutes of a JIAS-UJRA meeting in Montreal in 1975.

Custodial History

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

6 May 1970

Physical Description

4 images : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

This file consists images taken at a general meeting of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society, held at the Zionist building at 788 Marlee Ave. The images depict three speakers at the podium, and a photograph of the crowd seated in front of the executive table.

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

94

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence from the Toronto City Clerk

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-3-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1.28 m of textual records

Date

1935, 1960-1998, predominant 1980-1998

Scope and Content

The records consist of materials documenting the programs and social services administered by JIAS Toronto, predominantly from the 1960s through the 1990s. The records include reports and essays, case files, statistics reports, staff manuals and other resources, budget documents, minutes of meetings, resources JIAS produced for immigrants and resources from JIAS's education programs. Much of the material from the 1980s and 1990s deals with integration, particularly of Soviet Jews. There are records relating to the Integration Committee, the provision of "direct relief aid" and other services to clients, and research and analytical reports.

The earlier case files from 1935 and 1948-1981 concern reimbursement for immigrants' transportation costs. Later case files contain only one sheet, a case report, which includes personal and immigration information, occupation, remarks, sponsor’s information and an employment history. Some files also have: identification cards from United HIAS Service with sailing information; summary of assistance forms kept by JIAS case workers; and other administrative paperwork.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Name Access

JIAS Toronto

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

111

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a meeting minutes of the Executive and the Board of Directors of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

112

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of a program from the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, December 23, 1956.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

2

File

113

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of an agenda from a dinner meeting for the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, January 22, 1958. Also included is a report of the Nominations Committee for 1958.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

12 Dec. 1960

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an invitation to an annual luncheon meeting.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Executive Committee series

Executive director sub-series

Executive director's correspondence sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

5-5-1

File

302

Material Format

textual record

Date

4 Aug. 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of reports.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1982-2-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1965

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two copies of the Chenstochover Aid Society 50th Jubilee book.

MG_RG

MG2B1RR

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2012-5-8

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

1965

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph and anniversary book documenting the 50th anniversary of the Chenstochover Aid Society.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-10-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records

Date

1927-1977

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a leather bound cemetery ledger presented to the Board of Directors by Mr. & Mrs. S. Ulster. The ledger is referred to as the "Golden Book". The names of the Board of Directors are handwritten in Hebrew. Listed on the following pages are the names of the deceased, some including the date and cemetery name. Also included are 7 handwritten sheets of paper from 1940-1966, of individuals names, dates and cemetery name.

Administrative History

The Chenstochover Aid Society, incorporated December 1914, was established as a mutual benefit society which included sick benefits and burial. The two burial locations for the CAS were Dawes Road Cemetery and Bathurst Lawn Cemetery.

Subjects

Cemeteries

Societies

Name Access

Chenstochover Aid Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

349

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of a cheque being presented at a Chenstochover Aid Society event.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.

Name Access

Chenstochover Aid Society

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds

Liaison with other social welfare organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

87

Series

16

File

12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1934-1936

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence between the JFWB and the United Jewish Aid Societies of Brooklyn.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Miscellaneous series

Level

File

Fonds

9

Series

13

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a 361 page bound report complete with tables, notes and select bibliography, authored by Joseph Kage.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2009-3-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a report prepared by JIAS Canada detailing the situation of recent immigrant arrivals to various small communities in Ontario. The communities discussed are Cambridge, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Ottawa, St. Catharines and Windsor.

Custodial History

The custodial history for this item is unknown. The accession number has been assigned by the assistant archivist.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Communities

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Cambridge (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

Kitchener (Ont.)

London (Ont.)

Ottawa (Ont.)

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

680

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of applicants and staff at the Jewish Immigrant Aid Service office in Montreal.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada

Subjects

Offices

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

9

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1925-1989

Physical Description

31.8 m of textual records

319 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

The Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada was established in 1920 by the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC). A Toronto branch was established in a storefront office on Spadina Avenue, but the organization was rudimentary. As the enthusiasm that spurred the founding of CJC died out, JIAS soon faltered. Then in 1922 it was taken over and reactivated under the cooperative support of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto, B'nai B'rith, and the Council of Jewish Women. JIAS was legally incorporated on 30 August 1922. It also operated under the moniker of the Emergency Jewish Immigrant Aid Committee, and it changed its name to Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in 1954.

Charged with organizing emergency relief for European Jews in distress, JIAS became the central agency of the Jewish community to facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants into Canada, and provided them with welfare services, transportation, and assistance with accommodation and employment after their arrival. In addition, JIAS offered consultation services for sponsors of potential immigrants, ran a competitive foreign remittance service, and campaigned to counter the activities of unscrupulous steamboat agents, lawyers, and influence peddlers, or “shtadlanim,” who often victimized immigrants and sponsors alike.

In conjunction with similar efforts by the CJC, JIAS was also actively engaged in negotiating for the increased admission of Jewish immigrants to Canada. In 1923, the federal government instituted a permit-based immigration program and JIAS competed with travel agents and solicitors in the private sector for these limited quota permits. After combating the anti-immigration policies of the Depression era, the outbreak of war in 1939 virtually closed the already limited avenues for immigration.

JIAS Canada was organized into a national office in Montreal and regional offices in Winnipeg (Western Region), Toronto (Central Region), and Halifax (Eastern Region). The Central Region covered Ontario, and established a full-time head office in 1935 at 399 Spadina Avenue in Toronto (hence the Central Region was sometimes called simply the Toronto Office). The office later moved to 265 Spadina Avenue. JIAS Toronto’s board of directors met on a regular basis at different locations in Toronto, including 206 Beverley Street and in the Talmud Torah building at 9 Brunswick Avenue. The first JIAS Toronto board included notable Toronto residents such as Henry Dworkin, Mrs. Draiman, Mr. Kronick, Dr. Brodey and Mrs. Willinsky. The role of the board was to oversee the operations of the Central Region. It rendered decisions on issues relating to finances, procedures and policies, negotiations with the federal Immigration Branch, as well as individual cases that required their attention.

General meetings of the Central Region membership were held annually. The 1943 JIAS constitution states that regional annual meetings were to be held for “receiving and considering reports,” holding nominations and elections for the executive, and discussing JIAS’s program and policies.

In the post-war era, JIAS shifted its focus to renewed efforts on behalf of individual claimants and community support, while the focus for lobbying for a reversal of Canada's immigration policy fell increasingly under the jurisdiction of the CJC. A boom in immigration between 1947 and 1952 saw the arrival of large numbers of Jewish immigrants to all parts of Canada and the Toronto Office of JIAS renewed its efforts to meet the needs of this new influx. Major world events also sparked other waves of immigration from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Africa, and Russia, to which JIAS responded in turn. JIAS worked in conjunction with other immigrant aid societies such as HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, in the United States, to facilitate immigration to the United States, and later to Israel, where many of the immigrants and refugees coming to Canada had family and ultimately settled.

Custodial History

Custody of these records was transferred to the Ontario Jewish Archives by JIAS in 1983, as preparations were under way for the move to a new facility in North York. Much of the material was in four-cubic-foot boxes and in file cabinets.

The accession was divided into three sections: files which were at the JIAS office and had been retained in their original order; files which had been retrieved from a flood in the basement of 152 Beverley St. and consequently had been thrown into dry boxes without regard to order; files discovered in the furnace rooms at 150 and 152 Beverley St., intact but covered in coal dust. The bulk of the records were stored off-site, with dirty files being isolated from the rest.

The dust-covered materials were cleaned at an off-site location, placed in temporary boxes and transferred to the Archives and restored, as far as was possible, to their original order.

Clips were removed and replaced as appropriate with archivally acceptable ones. All materials were transferred to acid-free folders and boxes.

Scope and Content

Fonds contains the records of the Toronto Office (Central region) of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. The fonds consists primarily of textual records: minutes, correspondence, financial records, reports, immigration files, naturalization case files, social service case files and the records of attempts to trace missing individuals. There are also photographs of special events, speakers and arriving immigrants.

The fonds represents an important resource for the study of Canadian Jewry, especially when taken in conjunction with the JIAS National Office records at the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal, and those of the Western Office at the Library and Archives of Canada. It documents the means by which a particular Canadian ethnic community has dealt with the problems of rescue, settlement and government relations. These records also offer insight into the relationship between the Toronto Office and the other branches of JIAS, and invite comparison with similar agencies in the United States, as well as those of other ethnic groups in Canada.

The material collected includes information about the countries of origin, transportation routes, settlement and employment patterns of Jewish immigrants to Canada in the twentieth century. The documents also touch upon important related issues such as advocacy, sponsorship, admission processes, health and social problems.

These records cover several waves of immigration following the Second World War: Holocaust survivors in the late 1940s, Sephardic (North African) and Hungarian Jews in the 1950s, Russian and Czechoslovakian Jews in the 1960s, and additional Russians in the 1970s.

The records also contain significant information for those researchers looking to conduct genealogical research into Jewish immigrants and their descendents.

The fonds has been arranged with one sous-fonds, which contains the records of the National JIAS office in Montreal. In total there are 17 series. The Toronto office (main fonds) series are: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee Minutes; 2. Annual meeting proceedings; 3. Reports; 4. Legal ; 5. Administration; 6. JIAS Committees; 7. External committees; 8. Financial ; 9. Arrivals; 10. Immigration case files; 11. Social service assistance case files; 12. Photographs; 13. Miscellaneous. The National Office sous-fonds is divided into the following series: 1. National executive meeting minutes; 2. National annual meeting proceedings; 3. National annual reports; 4. Publications; and Photographs.

Notes

Physical description note: Physical extent is based on fully processed records. Additional accessions are not included (see Related Material note below).

Associated material note: The CJC National Archive, in Montreal, has additional JIAS records from 1920-1989 including 275 m of textual records and graphic materials (3250 photos): collection number I0037; alpha-numeric designation MA 4. The National Archives of Canada, Manitoba branch, in Winnipeg, has Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada JIAS textual records from 1923-1950 on 18 microfilm reels: Former archival reference number MG28-V114 (no replacement listed). The originals of these records are maintained by the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada.

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Nonprofit organizations

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Related Material

Other OJA records relating to JIAS may be found in the following accessions: 1979-9-5; 1988-5-2; 1991-10-5; 2006-3-11.

Creator

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto

Accession Number

1983-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Explore/Jewish-Immigrant-Aid-Services

Source

OJA Website

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Other organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

7

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1927-1935

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of 2 letters written by Ida Lewis Siegel promoting a concert to fund-raise in aid of the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home, a hand-written account of the aims programs and achievements of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society, a copy of 1935 Annual Report, a program for a 1928 of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society Re-union dinner and an invitation to a 25th anniversary tea.in 1932.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

Ostrovtzer Aid Society Michigan sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

148

Series

2-12

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Ostrovtzer Aid Society Michigan was a landsmanshaft society operating out of Detroit, Michigan.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of an envelope from the Ostrovtzer Aid Society in Detroit, Michigan.

Places

Detroit (Mich.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

148

Series

2-14

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1947

Physical Description

20 folders of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Established in 1936 as a landsmanshaft society, the Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago became a resource for Ostrovtzers globally. The society collaborated with fellow Ostrovtzer societies to send financial aid overseas and participated in an international conference of Ostrovtzer organizations. It provided assistance to those wishing to immigrate to the United States and organized fundraisers to support its initiatives.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of correspondence and bulletins from the Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sent to the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee and the Central Committee of Ostrovtzer Aid Societies. The materials document the activities of, and challenges faced by the society, reflecting its efforts to support Ostrovtzers worldwide and participate in broader relief initiatives.

Places

Chicago (Ill.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6020

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1927

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Czenstochower Aid Society

Subjects

Photomontage

Societies

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

1991-8-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Accession Number

1979-9-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

2 May 1976

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one booklet for the annual meeting of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada, Central Region held at Temple Sinai with guest speaker Mr. Gaynor Jacobson, executive vice-president of HIAS.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Name Access

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)

Jacobson, Gaynor

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Publications, speeches, press releases, and reports sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-2

File

43

Material Format

textual record

Date

1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a report

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1612

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photo by Modern Studio.

Name Access

Ukrainian Immigrants' Society of Toronto

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Societies

Ukrainians--Canada

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 Islands (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-12-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1130

Material Format

textual record

Date

1996

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

829

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1924

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 35 x 35 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print and copy negative depicting a group of women from the Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society in Kitchener, Ontario. They are assembled around a long banquet table.

Name Access

Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society

Subjects

Societies

Women

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

Kitchener (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-16A

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

Aid Society of Landsleyt from Ostrowiec

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

148

Series

2-1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1947, 1950

Physical Description

8 folders of textual records

Admin History/Bio

The Aid Society of Landsleyt from Ostrowiec and Surrounding Area, also known as the Jewish Agent Circle "Ostrowiec" in Argentina, operated as a landsmanshaft society based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The society focused on facilitating immigration to South America, assisting with preparation of immigration paperwork, and distributing financial aid. Members collaborated with other societies in North America to provide aid to Holocaust survivors from Ostrowiec and pursued the prosecution of war criminals. Additionally, they organized memorial services and fundraising events and sent a delegate to represent them at the conference of Ostrovtzer societies in Toronto.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of correspondence and other documents originating from the Aid Society of Landsleyt from Ostrowiec and Surrounding Area in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Max Hartstone, the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee, and the Central Committee of Ostrowtzer Aid Societies in North and South America. The materials provide insights into the postwar challenges faced by the Ostrovtzer community and document the activities of the society.

Places

Argentina

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds

Letters from organizations series

Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sub-series

Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago bulletins file

Level

File

Fonds

148

Series

2-14

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1947

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Laib Piltz was likely from Ostrowiec, Poland. He immigrated to Toronto in 1911 and, in 1912, helped to found the Yiddish National Radical School. He lived in New York for a period, where he served as the secretary of the NYST organization. He then moved to Youngstown, Ohio, where he took on the role of secretary for the Poale Zion organization and the National World Union Youngstown branch. Subsequently, he moved to Chicago, where he held the position of secretary for the Ostrowiec Aid Society in the mid-1940s. He had a wife, Rachel, and two daughters.

Scope and Content

File consists of a number of bulletins sent out by the Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago to its members throughout 1946 and early 1947. File also contains a typed translation.

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions