I0030

ICHUD HABONIM LABOUR ZIONIST YOUTH. - 1935-1985. - 0.12 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
Ichud Habonim was founded in 1958 as an amalgamation of several different youth groups around the world that had been in existence long before. It is the largest pioneering youth movement of the Labour Zionist Movement, with its headquarters in Israel. Habonim in Canada was founded in 1935 as the youth section of Poale Zion, the Farband, and Na’amat. It promotes Hebrew language and culture, Jewish history and values, Zionism, and collective living. This is achieved through educational programming, its summer camps, and a youth workshop, where students spend a year studying and working on a kibbutz. Habonim established over twenty kibbutzim in Israel, and its members have participated in such diverse activities as smuggling arms to the Hagannah to being involved in community events such as the “March to Jerusalem.”

Scope and Content:
Reports. Leadership handbook. Publications (by Habonim and other organizations). Book on Zionism. Newsletters. Correspondence. Agendas. Programs. Neshef script. Play on Shabbtai Zvi. Songbook. Flyers. Tickets. Clippings. Logo. There is also some information on the Geulah-Menorah Lodge, including their minutes from 1937-1939.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P86/18.
General Note: Mostly copies.

P0183

ILAZAROV, Asaf. - 2087 photographs. - Ca. 30 notebooks. - Ca. 20 artifacts.

Biographical Sketch: Asaf Ilazarov was born in Baku, U.S.S.R., on March 6, 1922, and arrived in Canada in 1976. He was a linguist, specializing in the teaching of language, translation and interpretation terminology. Interests include Sovietology and current problems in the Middle East. Custodial History: The collection was transferred from the National Archives of Canada. The donor of these materials is Mrs. Jackie Gordon, the widow of Robert S. Gordon, who was director of the manuscript division at the National Archives for many years. Scope and Content: Photo album. note books. Day planner book (agendas). Magazine. Photos. Correspondence. Books. Newspaper clippings. Binders.

Asaf Ilazarov Ottawa

Notes:
Accompanying Material: Some documents with biographical information on Azaf Ilazarov.
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P01/10.
Language: Russian, French, and English.

INDIG, Sheldon

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

I0031

INDUSTRIAL REMOVAL OFFICE (IRO), Baron de Hirsch Fund, New York. - 1897-1915. - 0.13 metres of textual records.

Administrative History:
The Industrial Removal Office was an American organization which existed from 1900 to 1917, the First World War bringing about its dissolution. It was responsible for resettling Jewish immigrants in jobs, some of which were in Montreal and the Canadian West. Funded by Baron de Hirsch in collaboration with B’nai Brith, the organization helped 75,000 Jews to new homes in less congested areas that had Jewish communities.

Scope and Content:
Photocopies of correspondence and other documents from IRO offices across Canada. Also files of personages associated with the federation and agencies (e.g. Michael Hirsch, Maxwell Goldstein, etc.).

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P84/16.
Finding Aids: There is a finding aid and computer listings.
General Note: This material was photocopied from originals kept at the YIVO Institute in New York.

I0084

INTERNATIONAL JEWISH CORRESPONDENCE. - 1978-2002. - 1 metre of textual records.

Administrative History:
International Jewish Correspondence (IJC) was founded in 1978 in Montreal by Barry Simon and was sponsored by Canadian Jewish Congress. The objective of IJC was to link Jews in Canada with pen pals in every part of the world. Since its inception, IJC received hundreds of letters from individuals and families while others sent IJC the names and addresses of their students, their friends or members of their class or youth group. Once in a while, a friend or family member of someone living in an Arab or Soviet Bloc country sent an address so that IJC could let them know that the Jews of the world were interested in their plight. At times, Jewish prisoners were given the IJC address so that they could write to others. Among those who wrote over the years were children as young as age seven as well as retired persons. Many of the letters IJC received came from professional and business persons. The group which sent the largest number of letters were students of university and secondary school age. IJC became less active as the Internet gained in popularity. IJC ceased operations in 2002.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Barry Simon (a high school teacher in Montreal), the founder and director of International Jewish Correspondence.

Scope and Content:
Letters and administrative files. The majority of the letters are in English while others are written in French, Hebrew, Spanish and Yiddish. Close to 20 countries have participated in IJC, including some with dwindling Jewish populations. In addition, IJC has in its files the addresses of Jewish organizations and the Jewish press in over fifty countries, from Burma to Monaco.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P03/02.
Language: The collection is in English, but there is some correspondence in French, Hebrew, Spanish and Yiddish.
Restrictions: There are some restrictions on personal information.

I0095

ISRAEL BONDS, WESTERN DIVISION - Including a dinner honouring John Diefenbaker. - 1966-1967. - 4 textual records. - 5 photographs. - 2 sound elements.

Administrative History: Israel Bonds are securities issued by the State of Israel to help build the nation’s infrastructure. David Ben-Gurion established the Israel Bonds program in 1951 as a means of providing Israel with urgently needed economic support. Israel was economically devastated by the War of Independence; immigrants who poured into the country from Europe and Arab nations were living in primitive shelters; food was rationed, and an economic infrastructure was practically non-existent. Rebuffed by Wall Street, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion established the Israel Bonds organization as a means of raising economic capital through the sale of State of Israel securities. (Administrative History from www.israelbonds.ca/who.asp.) Al Regenstrief, now of Montreal, was the director of the Israeli Bond Campaign in Alberta and British Columbia in the 1960s.

Cover of a program for a fashion show fundraiser for Israel Bonds in Winnipeg

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Al Regenstrief on April 6, 2007.

Scope and Content:
The fonds consists of 4 black paper scrapbooks (one oversized) of publicity from several Israel Bond campaigns. Prominently included is extensive detail about a dinner that Israel Bonds ran in honour of then former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in December 1967. The collection includes the scripts of speeches given at the dinner written by Al Regenstrief; 5 black-and-white photos 8" by 10" of the main participants, correspondence with John Diefenbaker, various consuls and others; and a recording on 2 reel-to-reel tapes of the proceedings, made by the CBC, Dec 4, 1967.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P07/10.
General Note: The December 1967 event depicted in the scrapbooks was the first public function at which John Diefenbaker spoke after being replaced as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. The collection relates to the themes of the Jewish community of Western Canada, Israel, Zionism, political involvement, and Canadian politicians and Israel in the 1960s.

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