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Series consists of four photographs taken by Franz Lindner in 1965 of groups of men at Jewish Community Fund and Council meetings. Series also includes one oversized scrapbook of newspaper clippings on the Jewish Community Fund and Council.

Series consists of individual cards arranged alphabetically by surname with the amount of money pledged signed by the canvassers.

Series consists of cards used to collect and document information on community members and families over the course of the operation of the Jewish Community Fund and Council. They are organized into series of geographical locations in BC and within each region alphabetically by the last name of the head of the family household (generally the father/husband). This census card survey program was instituted in order to determine the need and interest for a new Jewish Community Centre in Vancouver. The program was planned by the Council with advice sought and received from the Canadian Jewish Congress, specifically from Louis Rosenberg who had completed a significant survey of Canadian Jewry for the Canadian Jewish Congress.

As a result of research, the Fund and Council began the program of surveying families and individuals in the community in the late 1940s , noting down information such as name of family head and spouse, home address, workplace name and address, telephone numbers for home and business, names of children, date born, affiliation with community organizations. The survey was conducted primarily by telephone, and the surveyors appear to have been volunteers. Information was updated on individual cards until too much information had changed, whereupon the old card was retired and a new one created. The surveying continued until the early 1980s.

Series consists of records relating to community wide fundraising campaigns organized initially by the Vancouver Jewish Community Fund and then by the Fund and Council operating under the Jewish Community Trust Fund of Vancouver. Included are lists of names assigned to the volunteer canvassers, canvasser lists, lists of donors and the amounts given, and staple bound books of donations receipt copies.

Series consists of accounting sheets, minutes of budget and allocations committees, tentative budgets and budgets and allocations.

Series contains minutes of meetings and related records (such as meeting attendance sheets) for the Vancouver Jewish Community Council, 1954 through to 1964, for the Vancouver Jewish Community Fund for 1965, for both the Council and the Fund for 1966, and for the amalgamated Vancouver Jewish Community Fund & Council for 1966 to 1968. It also contains annual reports for various organizations in the Vancouver Jewish community, including the Community Centre Committee, the Community Council, the Jewish Welfare Bureau, and the Budget Committee until 1980. Also included is material relating to a fact-finding initiative leading to the project to create an ongoing census survey of the community (see Census cards series), and a project to honour past presidents of the Community Centre which provides names and tenure dates for Community Centre Presidents from 1932-1954. There are also various committee reports, grant applications, correspondence files and publicity and clipping file.

Series consists of submissions from various communal organizations applying for funding support. These submissions contain information about and from the applicant organizations including financial statements, program descriptions and reports. The series contains applications from some of the following organizations: B’nai B’rith Hillel, Habonim-Zionist Society Agency; Jewish Family Service Agency, Jewish Home for the Aged-Brier Home, Peretz School, Talmud Torah (Vancouver and New Westminster) and others as listed below.

Series consists of historical information and research that was collected in preparation for JFSA’s 50th anniversary video and commemorative book.

Series consists of photographs and audio cassette tapes collected in preparation for JFSA’s 50th anniversary video and commemorative book.

This series contains photographs, negatives, and postcards of Seidelman family members, family friends, and places visited.

This series contains letters to Harry Seidelman from his cousin Harry Dalkin from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Harry Dalkin’s letters discuss his financial issues, dealings with Nitinat Timber Co., and family.

This series contains correspondence between Harry Seidelman and Arthur Laing, MP, in Ottawa. Senator Laing and Harry Seidelman worked together as young men at Buckerfield’s Limited, a feed and farm supply store, and remained friends until Harry’s death in 1972. Records include letters to Harry Seidelman, copies of letters that Harry Seidelman sent, and invitations. The letters are generally about political issues.

This series contains records relating to the Vancouver Welfare Federation. Harry Seidelman was the Vancouver Welfare Federation representative in his company, United Milling and Grain Co. Ltd during 1932. The Vancouver Welfare Federation raised money to help those in need. Records include solicitation letters to employees of the United Milling and Grain Co. Ltd, list of pledges from those employees, newspaper clippings about the Vancouver Welfare Federation, reports and minutes from the Vancouver Welfare Federation, and letters from the Vancouver Welfare Federation to its representative at United Milling and Grain Co. Ltd.

This series contains letters to and from members of the Seidelman family, especially members in Winnipeg and Minneapolis; records relating to Harry Seidelman’s career; financial records; receipts; published articles concerning Seidelman family members; and schooling records. The series also includes letters to and from William Seidelman, Sr. from the 1889 and 1890s; some of the letters come from Seattle. The CD-R contains family records digitized by the family ca. 2007. Some of the originals of the digitized records on CD-R are part of the fonds.

This series contains letters written by Private Edward Joseph Seidelman to his family from July 1916 until his death in October 1917. The letters were written when Private Seidelman was stationed in Camp Hughes, Manitoba; Seaford, Sussex, England; and “Somewhere in France”. The series also contains Private Seidelman’s death certificate and letters from the Canadian and British government to his family after his death. Published material includes a published obituary from the “Daily Province”, Vancouver, British Columbia and a Western Universities Battalion newsletter from Camp Hughes, Manitoba, published October 21, 1916.

The series consists of miscellaneous files on Congregation Emanu-El matters.

The series consists of miscellaneous Victoria Jewish Federation files (unrelated to Congregation Emanu-El).

The series consists of fundraising files, most notably files on the Matanah G’Dolah which was a large fundraising campaign to build the new Educational and Cultural Centre attached to the synagogue.

The series consists of Congregation Emanu-El publication files, most notably Koleinu files.

The series consists of Congregation Emanu-El correspondence files.

The series consists of files on Congregation Emanu-El financial matters as well as their constitutions.

The series consists of Congregation Emanu-El board meeting minute files.

Series contains a variety of audio and visual material from the Nemetz family, Barnett family, Dayson family as well as from a variety of Jewish community events.

Series contains a variety of photographs from the Nemetz family, the Dayson family, the Barnett family, and the Fader family.

Series contains a variety of textual records from the Nemetz family and Dayson family, including files from Hebrew Free Loan Association, scrapbooks, certificates, newspaper clippings, and ephemera.