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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Date: 1765-present.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.

Date: 1765-present.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

History / Biographical: Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.

Custodial History: Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.

Notes: General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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Religious Welfare - contains signed letter from PM John Diefenbaker

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Fonds No.: CJC0001; CA; CA-60-574

Date: 1962

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Date: 1962

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Series No.: CA

File No.: CA-60-574

Notes: Includes correspondence between Saul Hayes and PM John Diefenbaker regarding the scheduling of elections during Jewish holidays.

Subjects: Religious Welfare - contains signed letter from PM John Diefenbaker

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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Serial publications.

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.

Description Level: SubSubSeries

Fonds No.: CJC0001; FA2

Date: 1945-1983.

Scope and Content: FA 2 - IAC - Information and Comment. . FA 2 - IOI CR - Inter Office Information (IOI), 1945-1978. FA 2 - IOI CR - Inter Office Information (IOI) - Community Relations series, 1962-1973. FA 2 - IOI F- Inter Office Information (IOI) - French, 1978-1983. FA 2 - IOI PR- Inter Office Information (IOI) …

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.

Description Level: SubSubSeries

Scope and Content: FA 2 - IAC - Information and Comment. . FA 2 - IOI CR - Inter Office Information (IOI), 1945-1978. FA 2 - IOI CR - Inter Office Information (IOI) - Community Relations series, 1962-1973. FA 2 - IOI F- Inter Office Information (IOI) - French, 1978-1983. FA 2 - IOI PR- Inter Office Information (IOI) - Public Relations, 1947-1962. FA 2 - IOI S- Inter Office Information (IOI) - Summary, 1947-1978. FA 2 - IOI Y- Inter Office Information (IOI) - Yiddish, 1957-1965.

Date: 1945-1983.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Series No.: FA2

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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CJC Committee for Ethiopian Jewry = CYTRYNBAUM, Stan.

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.

Description Level: SubSeries

Physical Description: 1.32 metres of textual records. - 121 photographs.

Fonds No.: CJC0001; L1

Date: 1981-1992.

Scope and Content: Clippings and files on a variety of topics relating to Ethiopian Jewry, such as Operations Moses and Solomon, the conversion issue, files of the CAEJ and AAEJ (Canadian/American Association for Ethiopian Jewry), and the history of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Ethiopia, Israel and Canada. Also …

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.

Description Level: SubSeries

Physical Description: 1.32 metres of textual records. - 121 photographs.

Scope and Content: Clippings and files on a variety of topics relating to Ethiopian Jewry, such as Operations Moses and Solomon, the conversion issue, files of the CAEJ and AAEJ (Canadian/American Association for Ethiopian Jewry), and the history of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Ethiopia, Israel and Canada. Also included is correspondence with the Quebec government, fundraising information, CJC files on Ethiopian Jewry, speeches, minutes, information on JIAS (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services) funds sent to Ethiopia and NJCRAC (National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Committee) meeting information. Photographs are of Ethiopian Rabbi Yosef Hadane's 1988 visit to Montreal, various receptions to aid Ethiopian Jewry, and of Stan Cytrynbaum's trip to visit Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia and Israel, 1988Added in 2011; 7 page document by Stan Cytrynbaum: "History of the Canadian Jewish Community's activities on behalf of Ethiopian Jewry (Beta Israel) as seen by CJC Ethiopian Jewry Committee". Dated March 2011, the document includes a list of 38 "schedules" (annexed documents.) Copies of these annexed documents (2 cm.) were donated to the CJCCC Archives at this time as well. These annexes consist of copies of documents from Stan Cytrynbaum's personal files and from the CJC collection at CJCCCNA. The 7 page document and its accompanying list of annexes is available in electronic form (PDF) via the CJHN website, with the paper annexes available for viewing on request.

Date: 1981-1992.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Series No.: L1

History / Biographical: Mr. Stan Cytrynbaum, a Montreal lawyer, was president of the CJC Committee for Ethiopian Jewry. He was also active in the Jewish Vocational Service, AJCS (Allied Jewish Community Services, now Federation CJA), and other Jewish organizations. Along with Edit Kuper and Mark Zarecki, who participated in all aspects of the Committee, under Cytrynbaum's direction the Committee for Ethiopian Jewry raised funds to provide aid to Ethiopian Jews in Ethiopia and Israel and to help in their absorption once they emigrated to Israel or Canada. They also worked actively to enable them to emigrate. The committee disseminated information, held public meetings, arranged speaking tours of Ethiopian leaders, organized petitions and visits to Ethiopia, and sought Canadian government intervention. Cytyrnbaum was chairman of Canadian Friends of Ethiopian Jews in Israel, which, among other projects, ran the Ethiopian Jewish Heritage Centre, which trained young Ethiopians to become teachers and religious leaders within their community. Mr. Cytrynbaum is married to the former Sandra Wainberg, who was also actively involved in the plight of Ethiopian Jewry, so much so that the couple adopted a 14-year-old Ethiopian Jewish girl who lived with them and their three children for seven years. The Committee for Ethiopian Jewry was among the organizations which raised awareness in North America and Israel of the plight of Ethiopia's Jews. This helped to lead to the major airlifts of Ethiopian Jewry by the Israeli government - Operations Moses (1984) and Solomon (1991) - which succeeded in bringing approximately 8,000 and 14,000 people respectively to Israel. The CJCCEJ and its sister groups were also instrumental in aiding in the absorption of the Ethiopian Jews into Israeli society.