Dorothy Dworkin was a Canadian nurse, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the first professionally trained nurse in Toronto's Jewish community and among its most prominent healthcare advocates.
Dworkin in nurse's uniform ca. 1909
Dorothy, Ellen, and Henry Dworkin, 1915
Mount Sinai Hospital Ladies Auxiliary with its president, Dworkin (seated at centre) c. 1923
E. & H. Dworkin Steamship and Bankers, 1917
The Canadian Jewish Congress was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada. Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at th
Dorothy Dworkin
…charity and the cause of establishing a Jewish homeland, and was a trustee of the Federation of the Jewish Philanthropies. She was active with the Canadian Jewish Congress, ORT and Pioneer Women, and was secretary of the Toronto chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee in the mid-1930s. On 6 July 2009, on the recommendation…
Jewish calendar for the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II, published by the Canadian Jewish Congress
Meeting of the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1946