Accession consists of a correspondence file of Professor Ben Bernholtz of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, documenting the activities of CONTACT/USSR.
Administrative History
CONTACT/USSR was an organization affiliated with the Canadian Jewish Congress founded at the University of Toronto, and supported by many academics. The aim of the organization was to establish and maintain written contact with "Refuseniks" and "Prisoners of Conscience" in the USSR and to lobby the Canadian government to persuade the Soviet autorities to permit unhampered emigration of Soviet Jews.
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.
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.
Accession consists of material pertaining to the Toronto Association of Professionals in Jewish Communal Service. The records include lists of members, correspondence, minutes of the Association, and minutes of other committees including the Ad Hoc Steering Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Program Committee.
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.
Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.
Subjects
Communities
Name Access
Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession consists of a program from the installation dinner and dance of the Toronto Lodge B'nai Brith, held on 14 January 1935 at the Royal York Hotel.
This accession consists of one program booklet created for the UJA Federation's awards ceremony entitled "celebrating the stars". The event, which honoured the philanthropic work of individuals within the Jewish community, took place on June 11, 2008. The booklet features a description of the various awards given out at the ceremony, as well as a short biography on the recipients.
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.
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.
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.
Accession consists of a souvenir programme for the Hebrew Women's Social Service Convalescent Home's theatre night at the Eaton Audiorium, held on Wed. Nov. 22, 1944. The theatre night featured Fred MacMurray, Rosalind Russel and Robert Bencheley in "Take a Letter Darling".
Custodial History
There is no acquisition information for this accession. The item was found amongst a number of "orphaned" items. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
Accession consists of material relating to Barbara Barak's position dealing with Jewish Information Service of Greater Toronto, including two planning resources from the Latner Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage, a UJA project proposal application for software and website development, and a Jewish community resource guide and flyers for Jewish education, childcare programs and community services.
Custodial History
These records were in the possession of Barbara Barak, senior coordinator for JIS.
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.
Accession consists of material documenting UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Included are two directories created by the Jewish Information Service.
The first directory is the Jewish Community of Greater Toronto, which was updated in May 1999. The directory was divided into seven sections: Introductory pages; Community Agencies; Education and the Community; Israel/Zionist; Organized Community Life; Religious Community Life; and Back Index.
The second directory is the Greater Toronto Jewish Singles Directory: A Listing of Groups and Services, which was published in January 2001. The directory includes Jewish singles and matchmaking groups in the community.
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.
Descriptive Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF.
Accession consists of documents such as letters and minutes of meetings of the Jewish Social Service Agencies of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, of which JVS was a member agency.
Custodial History
There is no information on the acquisition of this material. We believe that it likely originated from Milton Friedman, Executive Director of JVS.
Accession consists of a document titled 'Educational Counseling Centre (Day School) Guidance and Counseling Program of the Jewish Vocational Service of Metropolitan Toronto (JVS).
Custodial History
There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
Administrative History
The Educational Counseling Centre of JVS provided a guidance and counseling program to the seven Hebrew Day Schools in Toronto.
Accession consists of photographs and oral history interviews created as part of the Prosserman JCC's Intergenerational Oral History Program. Interviews were conducted by CHAT and CHAR grade 9 students with seniors about their memories growing up in Toronto, particularly in the Kensington Market area. Clips from many of the interviews were used in the film, Shtetl in the City, which was created by the Prosserman JCC. The photographs depict the seniors with the students who interviewed them.
Included are interviews with the following people: Bunny Bergstein, Jetta Bergstein, Aaron Nussbaum, Barry Muroff, Bea Muroff, Bernice Shuster, Bill Mondrow, Brenda (Brindle) Burkes, David Bisgould, Fran Shaul, Fred Goren, Gerald Ziedenberg, Gerry Ross, Gertrude Ludwig, Gloria Roden, Helen Marks, Irene Fritz, Janet Page, Marvin Givertz, Miriam Beckerman, Nina Rezmovitz, Norm Solomon, Pauline Goldberg, Pauline Ross, Rene Daiter, Ruth Cohen, Sandy Greenberg, and Sydney Moscoe.
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.
Descriptive Notes
Related material: A copy of "Shtetl in the City" is in the OJA's library
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.
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a religious service in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). The service is being held either at the city hall or at the Masonic lodge. The photo depicts a group of men and boys seated around a table. The men are wearing tallisot and two are holding torahs.
Subjects
Rites and ceremonies
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.
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hadassah event in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of women standing or seated on a stage, next to a woman speaking into a microphone. She is holding a book with the title: This is your life Hadassah 1959.
Standing, left to right: Lena Rotberg, Clara Freedman, Terese Zwetchkenbaum, Edith Kanter, Anne Tulchinsky.
Seated, left to right: Mrs. (Rabbi) Michael Rosenberg, [Cealy] Willinsky, Evelyn Pearlman.
Notes
Acquired on June 28, 1976.
Name Access
Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
Subjects
Women
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
A genizah is a depository containing unused books and papers containing the name of G-d. The genizah is used to house the materials until they can be given a proper burial, as it is forbidden under Jewish law to discard of such items.
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the Genizah burial service at Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor, Ontario.
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of services being held in the Congregation Beth Jacob in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of men standing in the sanctuary and a rabbi on the bimah, facing the ark.
Photograph of a firemen's service held in a Kirkland Lake synagogue. The firemen held annual services in Kirkland Lake at various religious institutions. The man on the left is Rabbi Rabinovitch.
Name Access
Kirkland Lake
Atkins, Joe
Rabbinovitch, Rabbi
Subjects
Fire fighters
Rabbis
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.