- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Date
- 1948-1986
- Physical Description
- 9 cm of textual records
- 45 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, audio recordings of meetings and other materials relating to Ben Kayfetz’s tenure with the Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee. This series also includes records of the Joint Public Relations Committee, which was a precursor of the Joint Community Relations Committee.
- Notes
- Audio tapes 13-19, 26, 30-32, 36-37, 40-45, 50, 53-56, 58, 61, 64, 66, 70, 80, 85, A4, A8, A12, A14, A18, A23, A26, A34, A36, A38-A42 are part of this series. Materials in this series have been physically arranged into three categories: CJC materials, JCRC materials and correspondence. The files have been
arranged chronologically within these categories.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a kit distributed by the Fair Employment Practices Commission regarding combating racial and religious discrimination in the workplace. This kit was distributed to Ben Kayfetz in his capacity as the National Director of Community Relations at the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Notes
- "To gauge public opinion, the JPRC commissioned the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion to take a poll on anti-discrimination legislation. Canadians were asked to consider the following: 'In some parts of the United States, it is against the law to refuse a man a job because of his race, color or religion. Some people approve of this because it ensures equality for all; others disapprove, claiming it interferes with employers. Would you approve or disapprove of such a regulation in this province?'(77) Although the public would remain unaware of it, the Canadian Jewish Congress paid for the poll. Congress officials did so because they were uncertain of the outcome and wanted to reserve the right of publication in the event that the results were unfavourable.(78) Since a majority of those polled favoured anti-discrimination legislation, the results formed the basis of a massive publicity campaign in Ontario. Editors of newspapers and magazines could now confidently be approached to publicize fair employment practices legislation. The poll's results were also included in a fair employment kit that was prepared by the Canadian Jewish Congress and distributed to a large number of community groups." - Ruth Frager and Carmela Patrias
- Subjects
- Discrimination in employment
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a report of Ben Kayfetz's visits to the Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver Jewish Communities undertaken in his capacity as National Director of the JCRC. The report summarizes the state of each community as well as the pressing issues of the day.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains materials relating to neo-Nazi activity in Toronto and the response of the Canadian Jewish Congress to it. Also contained, is the speech neo-Nazi leader John Beattie made at Allan Gardens in 1968 and materials relating to the subsequent riot.
- Subjects
- Neo-Nazism
- Riots
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains materials relating to the prosecution of Ukrainians living in Canada who were suspected of war crimes during the Second World War. Also contained are materials documenting the reactions of the Ukrainian community and Canadian Jewish Congress to that effort.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952-1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File includes minutes of various JCRC subcommittees including the legal subcommittee, subcommittee on religious education in public schools, subcommittee on the press and others. File also includes minutes from subcommittees of the Joint Public Relations Committee.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Canadian Jewish Congress and Joint Community Relations Committee series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 4
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a report of Ben Kayfetz's visits to the Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver Jewish Communities undertaken in his capacity as National Director of the JCRC. The report summarizes the state of each community as well as the prevalent issues.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions