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Edmonton Jewish Community Council fonds
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51 cm of textual records. -- 68 photographs
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In 1954, the Edmonton Jewish Community Council of Edmonton was established in order to bring a more organized and centralized approach to community affairs. John Dower was named the first president but shortly thereafter Wolfe Margolus was named president and became the driving force behind the council in its early years. The council took responsibility for calendar clearing of community events and fundraising campaigns for local organizations such as Talmud Torah School and the operation of the council itself. In 1955, Max Levy was hired as the executive director of the Community Council as well as director of the council-directed Zionist Council and the Jewish Welfare Society. In 1958, the Council began publishing the <i>Our Community News</i> newspaper. <i>Our Community News</i>, which changed its name to <i>Your Community News</i> in the late 1960s, was published until 1987 when it was discontinued. The Community Council coordinated a Kashrut committee in partnership with the Beth Shalom and Beth Israel Synagogue, which hired a shochet (butcher), mohel (ritual circumciser), and a mashgiach (supervisor of Kosher activities). In 1981, the Edmonton Jewish Community Council opted to merge with the United Jewish Appeal, to form the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, an umbrella group of all the Jewish Organizations in the city.
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In 1981, the Jewish Community Council merged with the United Jewish Appeal to form the Jewish Federation of Edmonton. The new organization functioned as an umbrella organization that could undertake all of the traditional activities and services provided by the Jewish Community Council while conducting the annual United Jewish Appeal fundraising campaign and allocating funds to local, national and international Jewish organizations. The Federation continued to represent Canadian Jewish Congress in Edmonton and Northern Alberta, and enjoys representation on the national level in Congress, United Israel Appeal, JIAS, Canada-Israel Committee, Federations Canada and other national Jewish bodies. In 1993, Federation integrated the Jewish Community Centre of Edmonton into its operations. Federation is housed in the JCC and is the official voice of the Edmonton Jewish Community and as such, is involved in human rights and community relation issues such as educating Edmonton students about anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Federation is governed by elected officers and an appointed full-time director. The Federation operates several sub-committees such as the Holocaust- March of the Living committee, Community Relations, and Resource and Allocations.
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Donated by Uri Rozensweig in 2001. Mr. Rozensweig was a longtime executive director of the EJCC. Some donated by Gayle Tallman, Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Edmonton, in 2004.
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The fonds consists of materials relating to the operation and administration of the Edmonton Jewish Community Council from 1954- 1985. The fonds consists of these series: 1. Executive minutes (1954-1981) The series consists of executive meeting minutes from 1954-1981. 2. Committees (1965-1985) The series consists of minutes, correspondence relating to several different committees run by the EJCC and its successor organization Jewish Federation of Edmonton. Committees include Budget and Allocations, Archives and Historical, Jewish Education, Kashrut, Senior's Residence, Soviet Jewry, and others. 3. Miscellaneous (1965-1985) The series consists of correspondence, by-laws, reports and other materials. 4. Photographs (ca. 1960-1985) The series consists of photographs of EJCC members and activities as well as photographs of its successor organization the Jewish Federation of Edmonton.
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The materials have been arranged as donated. Because of the dates, it is likely that the Jewish Federation of Edmonton created some of the material.
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- The material is in English.
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There are no restrictions on access.
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Preliminary inventory available in accession register.
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Further accruals are expected but not scheduled.
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Additional material may be found in the First Century of Jewish Life Editorial Committee fonds, the Our /Your Community News fonds, and the Jewish Federation of Edmonton fonds, all held by JAHSENA.<br><br>Record No. EJCC.01.1;AHC.01.1<br><br>
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- Edmonton Jewish Community Council (Subject)
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