- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1996
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs
- 4 postcards : b&w and col. ; 9 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Dunkelman, like his parents, was an active Zionist throughout his life. As a young man from 1930-1931, he lived in Israel and later fought in the Arab-Israeli War. Following the war in 1948-49, he wrote articles, kept correspondence, encouraged investment, and gave speeches in support of Israel. He was also on the executive committee of Israel Speaks, an American publication, and was a member of the Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC). In 1976, Dunkelman agreed to be the deputy president of the ZOC’s Charitable Fund.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of records documenting Ben Dunkelman's Zionist activities. Included are legal papers, photographs, correspondence, articles and newspaper clippings.
- Notes
- Herb Mowat was a Canadian Zionist who maintained a correspondence with Dunkelman during the 1950s and 1960s. Dunkelman acquired some of his records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ben Dunkelman sitting on a horse. The photo was taken in Palestine during the 1930s.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1934-1935
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains land registry certificates related to Dunkelman buying land in Hamama, a small town on the coast of southern Palestine. The file includes one map showing a block of land in Hamama.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930-1934
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm or smaller
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three photographs and one postcard relating to Dunkelman's trips to Palestine during the early 1930s.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and documents related to Dunkelman exchanging his land in Hamama for land in the Herzelia area.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1941
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a postcard from Menachem Ussishkin to David and Rose Dunkelman, and two clippings about Ussishkin from Karnenu and the Palestine Review.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of Herb Mowat's records after Mowat's death.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of essays related to Zionism. The file also includes a letter-to-the-editor Mowat wrote to the Toronto Telegram in 1955 and an article on bridges he first published in 1944.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 postcards: col.; 9 x 14 cm
- Custodial History
- Ben Dunkelman acquired some of Herb Mowat's papers after his death.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence related to Herb Mowat. In addition, the file contains brochures, rough letters to the editor, a report, Canadian House of Commons Debates for 1 February 1944 (which contains remarks on Jews in Palestine starting on page 77), clippings, poems and three postcards sent to the Dunkelmans.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter, a poem and an article Herb Mowat sent to Ben Dunkelman. The article and the letter relate to a Druze wedding in Galilee, while the poem relates to Dunkelman's success as a soldier. The file also includes a card from the Canada-Israel Association in Toronto announcing that Kamal Mansour, a member of a Druze tribe in Israel, will speak on the topic of Arabs in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence related to Dunkelman's attempt to persuade the Canadian federal government to send arms to Israel.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and a statement of accounts related to Israel Speaks, a magazine Ben Dunkelman supported by finding subscriptions and distributing copies of the magazine. The file contains a letter to Dunkelman from John Adler, general manager of the Jerusalem Post Weekly, encouraging Dunkelman to subscribe. It also includes a copy of a letter sent to Ted Lurie, editor of the Jerusalem Post, from Walter Annenberg.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, a brochure and a clipping from the Jewish Standard relating to the Zionist Organization of Canada (ZOC). Dunkelman had agreed to be Deputy President of the ZOC's Charitable Fund.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one essay by Michael Brown related to Aliyah. The essay is from the journal Jewish Social Studies.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of writings by John Bassett, publisher of the Toronto Telegram. The writings relate to Israeli politics and Zionism.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-[196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and essay drafts in connection with Ben Dunkelman's experiences in the Arab-Israeli War and his support for Zionism.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a clipping from the B'nai Brith Digest containing an article by Ben Dunkelman called "A Report from our Israel Committee Chairman". The article relates to Dunkelman's work as a soldier in the Arab-Israeli War and to his opinions about Israeli security.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an article clipping from the Canadian Jewish News Passover Magazine Supplement. The article, written by Ben Dunkelman, is entitled "How the Jewish State was Born".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1969]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two articles by Ben Dunkelman. The first is about growing up in Toronto's Zionist community, and the second deals with the Canadian Machal.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1973]-1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes, a draft of an article and a clipping of a newspaper column by Rochelle Carr in connection with the Sinai Campaign and Israeli politics.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a rough draft of an article Ben Dunkelman wrote about Israeli security, along with a newspaper clipping in connection with Cuban troops in Africa.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and drafts in connection with an article Ben Dunkelman wrote entitled "Israeli Strength: Politics and Morale".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 30 Sept. 1996
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a final copy of an article Dunkelman wrote about growing up Jewish in Toronto and fighting in the Second World War and the Arab-Israeli War.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sheet of quotations in connection with T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and Jewish settlement in Israel.
- Name Access
- Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
- Subjects
- Land settlement--Palestine
- Physical Condition
- Record is fragile and torn.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes in response to a book by former US president Dwight D. Eisenhower called Pilgrimage in Europe. In addition, the file includes notes on address Eisenhower gave in 1956 in connection with the Suez Crisis.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence and clippings related to an article Dunkelman wrote criticizing the Leon Uris novel, Exodus. Some correspondence relates to Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion; other correspondence relates to Theodore Kollek.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Subjects
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter by Jacob Tsur to Ben Dunkelman in connection with Teddy Kollek and the Leon Uris novel Exodus.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter to Ben Dunkelman written by Reverend J.G. McDonald of the Don Mills United Church. The letter comments on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Don Mills United Church
- McDonald, J. G.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an issue of Etgar, a journal published by the Zionist Organization of Canada. The issue consists of essays on conflict in the Middle East, as well as Canadian Zionism.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photocopied article from the Jewish Standard in connection with a Jerusalem youth centre sponsored by the Zionist Organization of Canada.
- Name Access
- Zionist Organization of Canada
- Subjects
- Youth centers
- Places
- Jerusalem
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an issue of Masada, a Canadian Zionist magazine. The issue provides a history of Jews in Palestine, as well as information about Jewish people generally, and antisemitism in Canada.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [193-?]-1935
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes, correspondence and contracts relating to Dunkelman's decision to buy land in Palestine.
- Physical Condition
- Records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a draft and a clipping of the final copy of an article Ben Dunkelman wrote called "A Canadian Fights in Israel". Dr. George Liban selected the article from a draft of Dunkelman's memoirs entitled "Israel Assignment".
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for material related to Dunkelman's autobiography, Dual Allegiance.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions