- Name
- Freda Manson
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Freda Manson
- Number
- OH 213
- Subject
- Social workers
- Public welfare
- Fund raising
- Charities
- Jewish philanthropists
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
2 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Gil Levine
- Total Running Time
- 56 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in January 2015
- Digitized in June 2010
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Freda Manson attended the University of Toronto during the 1930s, earning degrees in psychology and social work. Freda was the first Jew employed by the Toronto Children's Aid Society. She also worked for the Jewish Children’s Bureau from 1934 to 1941. Freda served as chair of the Staff Association, representing social workers from both the Child Welfare Association and the Welfare Association.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Side 1
00:09: Freda explains how she became interested in social work. She describes her educational path starting in undergraduate studies in psychology. Freda explains that her parents encouraged her to attend university.
5:45: Freda “confesses” that she was not involved in political or social action on campus as an undergraduate. Her sole involvement was fundraising on behalf of her sorority.
7:25: Freda graduated with an undergraduate degree in psychology. She pursued social work along with four-to-five other Jewish students.
8:43: Freda completed the two-year social work course in one year and two courses and then apprenticed at the Toronto Children’s Aid Society. Freda explains that, soon into her apprenticeship, it was necessary to take over her supervisor’s case load.
10:47: At age twenty-three, in 1933, Freda graduated from the Department of Social Work and got her first job with Toronto Children’s Aid Society.
11:16: Freda discusses the impact of the Depression years. The area she served was Regent Park.
13:36: Freda discusses the role and responsibilities of a social worker working for the Protection Department.
15:19: Freda explains that her time at Children’s Aid could not be extended beyond six months past her apprenticeship, because the CAS policy was to only hire Protestant workers for permanent positions.
17:06: Freda was the first Jewish worker to have worked for Toronto CAS.
17:38: Freda makes a distinction between the staff and the board of CAS and notes that her supervisor would have liked her to remain in the position.
18:29: Freda worked for the Jewish Children’s Bureau from1934 to 1941. The director was Anne Gussack.
19:28: Freda could not confirm whether the Jewish Agency’s policy was to hire Jewish-only staff but noted that most clients did not speak English.
20:04: Starting salary was $75/month.
20:38: Freda describes her work responsibilities with the Jewish Children’s Bureau.
22:10: Freda presents various reasons to explain why children ended up in foster care.
25:48: Freda mentions another important job responsibility: they introduced a short-term, live-in housekeeping service in homes where the mother was incapacitated in some way, thus allowing the children to remain in the home.
28:23: Freda describes the formation of the Jewish Family and Child Services. Circa 1936/37, there were several agencies all located on Beverly Street, including Jewish Big Brothers and Sisters, Jewish Children’s Bureau, and the Jewish Child Welfare Association.
Side 2:
00:00: Freda continues to explain the formation of the Jewish Family and Child Services.
1:33: Freda discusses the conditions of employment: the salary, the working conditions, the challenge of money allotment (e.g., funding for programs versus salaries).
5:15: The agency received funding from Jewish philanthropy (no public funding).
5:49: Freda addresses the issues that led to the creation of the Staff Association, including poor salaries and the request by the board to forego their salaries in order to pay families.
8:35: Freda lists some of the board members: Ben Sadowski was chair of Jewish Welfare; Bert Davis was chair of Jewish Children’s Bureau.
10:26: Freda mentions the role of Sam Kronick as a fundraiser.
13:36: Freda lists some individuals who were involved in the labour movement (e.g., Dora Wilensky as director of Jewish Family Welfare, Bobbie Parker, etc.).
14:41: Freda was named as chair of the Staff Association representing the two Jewish agencies (Child Welfare Association and the Welfare Association). She outlines the objectives (ensure fair salary, receive regular salary, proper working conditions) and discusses negotiations.
16:05: Freda describes a negotiations meeting held at the home of Ben Sadowski, the president of the Family Welfare Board.
19:40: Freda explains the conception of the association.
20:48: Freda discusses the attitude of the board toward the association.
21:58: Freda describes the negative reaction of the Canadian Association of Social Workers toward the association.
22:56: Freda opines on the main accomplishments of the association.
26:30: The association later became part of the United(?), and Professional Workers, then part of the National Union of Public Service Employees and then part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 265.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1959
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at a fundraising campaign for the Eitz Chaim Talmud Torah, held at 1 Viewmount Avenue in Toronto. The images depict speakers at the podium and a photograph of the invited guests seated at banquet tables. There is a sign present in the photographs which reads: $50,000 néeded to educate more than one thousand students enrolled in M'Ril Graubart Yeshiva and Eitz Chaim Schools.
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Fund raising
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Segregated due to vinegar syndrome.
- Places
- Viewmount Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Israel Histadrut of Toronto sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 82 negatives : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Israel Histadrut of Toronto was a fundraising organization, whose annual campaign raised money for the Israel Histadrut in Israel (the Federation of Labour in Israel). The Federation was founded in 1920 by Labour Zionist parties in Palestine. The campaign money was used to fund economic, trade union, military, social, and cultural activities in Israel, as well as to provide a comprehensive system of health insurance and hospital services to workers.
- The Israel Histadrut campaign in Toronto had an autonomous executive board, however its activities were overseen by the Labour Zionist Movement, who also operated the Bialik Hebrew Day School, their educational arm; and the Labour Zionist Alliance or Farband, their mutual benefit society (formally known as the Jewish National Workers Alliance, Farband Labour Zionist Order).
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of negatives documenting the events and activities of the Israel Histadrut campaigns. The images depict members at banquets and meetings, special events, and campaign fundraisers. The negatives have been arranged chronologically by event and are described at the file or item level.
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Labor Zionism
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 92
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1944?]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Admin History/Bio
- The White Paper of 1939, also known as the MacDonald White Paper, was issued by the British government in May 1939. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the paper "essentially yielded to Arab demands. It stated that the Jewish national home should be established within an independent Palestinian state. During the next five years 75,000 Jews would be allowed into the country; thereafter Jewish immigration would be subject to Arab 'acquiescence.' Land transfer to Jews would be allowed only in certain areas in Palestine, and an independent Palestinian state would be considered within 10 years." The article goes on to note, "The Zionists were shocked and enraged by the paper, which they considered a death blow to their program and to Jews who desperately sought refuge in Palestine from the growing persecution they were enduring in Europe."
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet issued by Combined Palestine Appeal, which was located at 651 Spadina Avenue in Toronto. It outlines the organization's reasons for rejecting the White Paper of 1939 and includes quotes from Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Jan Smuts. On the back of the pamphlet is information about the organization's official campaign, which was set to open on 22 May (1944?).
- Name Access
- Combined Palestine Appeal
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1936-1945
- Zionism
- Places
- Palestine
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1706
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1706
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Israeli ambassador and his wife at an Israel Bond drive in North Bay, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of six people, including the aforementioned, dressed in formal evening wear.
- Name Access
- Comay, Mrs.
- Israel Bonds
- Subjects
- Ambassadors
- Fund raising
- Places
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Fundraising series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1952-2001
- Physical Description
- 7 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records and graphic material documenting the Baycrest Centre's fundraising activities. Included are meeting minutes, reports, booklets, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, a speech, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and lists. Of note is a grant application from 1952 for funding to build the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital.
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Related Material
- See Fonds 67, series 5-3 for records documenting the relationship between the Jewish Home for the Aged and the United Jewish Welfare Fund with respect to fundraising in the 1950s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1950-2010
- Physical Description
- 77 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- In addition to his ongoing involvement with Clanton Park, the Canadian Jewish Congress Archives, the Aliyah Support Group, Jones Avenue Cemetery, Shomrai Shabbos and Adas Israel, Sol Edell undertook special projects on behalf of a wide array of Jewish organizations. These include cultural (Toronto Cantorial Scholarship Fund), educational (Netivot Hatorah and Yeshivat Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot), religious (Union of Jewish Orthodox Congregations), social welfare (Association of Jewish Seniors and Co-Ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly) and Zionist (Canadian Friends of Yeshivat Hakotel and State of Israel Bonds) organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Sol Edell's involvement with a wide variety of Jewish educational, social and religious organizations and institutions in Canada, the United States, and Israel. Included are meeting minutes, publications, reports, photographs, correspondence, invitations, programmes, financial records, an architectural drawing, and a sound recording. While many of these organizations such as Eitz Chaim, Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot (educational), Mizrachi Organization of Canada, Emunah Women (Zionist) and Beth Jacob V’Anshe Drildz (synagogue) are orthodox, others such as Associated Hebrew Day Schools (educational), State of Israel Bonds (Zionist) and Co-ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (social welfare) have no religious affiliation.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 26 photographs, 1 audio cassette, and 1 architectural drawing.
- Name Access
- Eitz Chaim
- Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot
- Mizrachi Men’s Organization
- Emunah Women
- Beth Jacob V'Anshei Drildz (Toronto, Ont.)
- Associated Hebrew Day Schools
- State of Israel Bonds
- Co-ordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly
- Camp Moshava
- Harbord Collegiate
- Netivot Hatorah
- Union of Jewish Orthodox Congregations
- B'Nei Akiva
- Toronto Committee for Bikur Cholim Hospital
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Education
- Fund raising
- Older people
- Religion
- Zionism
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Community activities sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1968-1995
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- 1 plaque
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell was involved in a variety of religious, educational and cultural organizations. Not only did he make financial donations to organizations, but he also became personally involved and organized specific projects. As well, representatives of foreign institutions would stay at his home when they came to Toronto on speaking engagements or fundraising missions.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of awards that relate to Sol Edell’s fundraising efforts on behalf of “Yeshiva Hatalmid” and for hosting speakers and fundraisers who were visiting Toronto. Also included is a day book listing community meetings as well as family events. As well, there is correspondence relating to an item loaned to the Baycrest Heritage Museum, and a plaque.
- Name Access
- Yeshiva Hatalmid
- Baycrest Heritage Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Fund raising
- Religion
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2020-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-1-5
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 13 T-shirts
- 3 buttons
- 1 medallion
- Date
- 2010–2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of objects such as T-shirts, buttons, and a medallion related to UJA Walkathons. There are T-shirts for the 2010–2019 walks, a medallion for the 2015 run, and three buttons for the 2019 walk.
- Administrative History
- Objects are developed by UJA Events Management for participants in annual Walkathons.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- 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 5031
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5031
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a group of women from the Beth Sholom Sisterhood holding State of Israel Bonds scrolls of honour at a State of Israel Bonds event at the synagogue. Fourth from left is Miss Israel, the guest of honour alongside Marlene Dietrich. Marlene Dietrich had toured Israel in 1960.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- State of Israel Bonds
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Miss Israel
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Subjects
- Beauty contestants
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Synagogues
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5032
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5032
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Marlene Dietrich speaking at a podium at a State of Israel Bonds dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue. Seated on the extreme right is Miss Israel. Marlene Dietrich had toured Israel in 1960.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Miss Israel
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Subjects
- Beauty contestants
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5033
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5033
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Marlene Deitrich at the podium accepting a gift of a necklace from the Beth Sholom Sisterhood at a State of Israel Bonds dinner. Dietrich had toured Israel in 1960.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Subjects
- Beauty contestants
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5034
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5034
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Marlene Dietrich and John Devor standing behind a podium at a State of Israel Bonds dinner at Beth Sholom Synagogue.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Devor, John
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5035
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5035
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Marlene Dietrich with a group of women from the Beth Sholom Sisterhood at a State of Israel Bonds dinner. Dietrich had toured Israel in 1960.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Women
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5036
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5036
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a woman from Beth Sholom's Sisterhood and Miss Israel at a State of Israel Bonds dinner.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Miss Israel
- Subjects
- Beauty contestants
- Fund raising
- Women
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5038
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5038
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Miss Israel and Marlene Dietrich with three other women from the Beth Sholom Sisterhood at the State of Israel Bonds dinner.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- State of Israel Bonds
- Miss Israel
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Subjects
- Beauty contestants
- Fund raising
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Places
- Eglinton Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2475
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2475
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy print and negative of a 25 cent card distributed by the Toronto Conference for the Jewish War Victims during the First World War.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- War victims
- 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
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1783
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1783
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- This photograph is of a newspaper clipping, "Disbanded club gives $25," about a contribution made by the Hebrew Literary and Athletic Club to the Evening Telegram British War Victims Fund.
- Name Access
- Evening Telegram British War Victims Fund
- Hebrew Literary and Athletic Club
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Fund raising
- War victims
- 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
- 1979-9-42
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956-1978
- Physical Description
- 447 photographs : b&w and col. (392 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Negev dinners were established in 1948, coinciding with the creation of the State of Israel, as an annual fundraising dinner. The Jewish National Fund hosted these annual dinners in honour of a leading Canadian citizen, and the proceeds from the dinners were used to establish JNF projects in Israel in the name of the honouree. The JNF projects have, and continue to do so today, raised money to purchase land in Israel's Negev desert and for re-forestation efforts.
- The annual dinner was dedicated to a member of the Toronto Jewish community, who had demonstrated outstanding support and commitment to the Community and to the State of Israel. In honour of this individual's contributions, the secured land in Negev was named after them. The honourary guests were presented with awards of appreciation from members of the Canadian and International Jewish community, often including delegates from Israel. The dinners were attended by prominent members of Toronto's Jewish community, including politicians, business men, and philanthropists.
- Each subsequent dinner became larger and more successful in its aim to raise funds for Israel, as a result this event soon became the most significant Jewish event in Toronto. As well, it was also the largest annual kosher meal served in Toronto.
- The JNF produced an annual Negev Dinner yearbook, commemorating the event, and documenting both the lives of the honouree's family and the current activities of the JNF. As well, the names of individuals who donated money for the JNF projects were recorded in the Souvenir books under patrons and sponsors of the dinners.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of negatives taken by Al Gilbert documenting eight Negev Dinners hosted by the Jewish National Fund. The images depict the various activities undertaken at these dinners including: the procession and introduction of the head table guests, the presentation of awards, speeches, toasts, presentation of flowers to the honouree or the wife of the honouree, and the entertainment. The majority of the negatives are portraits taken of the guests posing with the honouree and his or her family. One dinner in this series was dedicated to the Toronto Jewish Community (1956) on the year of its centenary, while the others are in honour of one significant member of the community.
- There were Negev dinners held across Canada; however, the dinners in this series were all held in Toronto and were primarily attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community. The honourees documented in this series include: 1956, Toronto Jewish Community; 1966, Bert Godfrey; 1967, Nathan Silver; 1968, Phil Givens; 1970, Leon E. Weinstein; 1973, Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker; 1974, Phil Granovsky; 1978, Eric and Esther Exton.
- Notes
- Selection for this series reflects the various activities of the Negev dinners, including: speeches, toasts, award presentations, dinner tables, introductions, honourees, entertainment and presentation of flowers. In addition, we selected a sample of images documenting the dinner tables and guests who were not part of the evening's programme, and therefore, would not be captured in the aforementioned criteria.
- Name Access
- Negev
- Jewish National Fund
- Godfrey, Bert
- Silver, Nathan
- Givens, Phil
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Diefenbaker, Rt. Hon. John G.
- Granovsky, Phil
- Exton, Eric
- Exton, Esther
- Subjects
- Awards
- Dinners and dining
- Fund raising
- Arrangement
- Series has been arranged into files representing each annual dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Shainhouse, Sam
- Jewish National Fund
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1748-1767
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1748-1767
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 Jul. 1975
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs
- Notes
- Credit Lou Kernerman.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4317
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4317
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1942]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Sinais were a women's organization of about thirty-five people formed in 1939 to raise money for Mount Sinai Hospital, Yorkville.
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Mrs. Lillian Gollom; Mrs. Dorothy Dworkin.
- Notes
- Photo by Zifkin.
- Name Access
- Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)
- Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- 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
- 1987-6-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- 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
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walkathon 1974 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 22 Apr. 1974
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (negatives) : 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five images of a group of people with a costumed fox, presumably a mascot that year, and a Walk sign. The images were taken at 11 Goldfinch Court in the Finch and Bathurst area, which appears to be simply an apartment building complex.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of the file.
- Photography by Graphic Artists Photographers.
- Name Access
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2023-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-5-5
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1982-2017, predominant 2014-2015
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting David Matlow's role as chair of the UJA Campaign 2015, his involvement in the March of the Living, and other community organizations. Also reflects Andrea Cohen's role as co-chair of campaign and Allison Himel as chair of Women's Philanthropy. Includes 40 cm of textual records, 16 photographs (col. ; 22 x 28 cm or smaller), 2 prints (poster ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller), 1 wristband, 1 medal (8 cm in diam. on loop 4 x 42 cm), 1 t-shirt, and 1 papercut (18 x 18 cm in frame 30 x 36 cm).
- Administrative History
- David Matlow is the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Theodor Herzl memorabilia and is the producer of My Herzl, a 52 minute documentary by Israeli film maker Eli Tal-El. A partner at Goodmans LLP in Toronto, David was the co-chair, together with Andrea Cohen, of Toronto’s 2015 Campaign for the United Jewish Appeal.
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- Jewish outreach
- Jewish philanthropists
- Name Access
- Matlow, David
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Source
- Archival Accessions