by Ben Lappin (from Commentary, 1955) Spadina Avenue, the main street of the needle trades in Toronto, looks very much…
Jewish Toronto
Toronto’s May Day parades of yesteryear (1955)
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Sad, extraordinary tale of a Jewish ‘miser’
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The extraordinary story of Eli Hyman first came to my attention with the following notice that appeared in the Toronto…
Canadian Jews call for tighter borders (2001)
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 2001 Canadian Jews are calling on their government to tighten its borders with the United…
From the DP Camps to Canada via the Tailor Project
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From the Canadian Jewish News, February 2015 In late 1947 and early 1948, representatives of the Canadian garment industry organized…
Book offers pieces by Kayfetz, Speisman on Toronto Jews (2013)
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Toronto publisher Now and Then Books’s latest title — Only Yesterday: Collected Pieces on the Jews of Toronto, by Benjamin…
David Eisen, the doctor who loved history
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Dr. David Eisen, Toronto’s first Jewish radiologist, was always intrigued with Jewish history. The youngest son of a Galician peddler…
Lewis Samuel arrived in Toronto in 1844
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by Dr. Stephen A Speisman Lewis Samuel, merchant and philanthropist, was born in 1827 at Kingston upon Hull, England. He…
Photo: Toronto Poalei Tsion Youth Club (1918)
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Here is a photo showing the youth group Poalei Tsion in Toronto, 1918, with names translated, below. Courtesy, Ontario Jewish…
Doing genealogy at the Ontario Jewish Archives
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from Canadian Jewish News (2015) When Cantor Bernard Wladowsky was lured from Chicago to Toronto in March 1912 to begin…
Memories of Good (Jewish) Eats on Eglinton & Downtown
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by Ellen Weiser If you’re a baby boomer, or more accurately, a Jewish Toronto baby boomer, undoubtedly you have fond…
Toronto’s Jews Think Big As Their Population Grows (2000)
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 24, 2000 (JTA) The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is trying to keep pace…
Recent & Popular
Elizabeth Taylor called ‘dangerous’ by Arabs (1960)
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From The Canadian Jewish News, December 2, 1960 Beirut, Lebanon – The turbulent Arab world was shaken by a new…
Jewish Soldiers of World War One
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The number of Jews who fought in the First World War has always been difficult to tally because Jews fought…
Toronto murders recounted in ‘Devil in the White City’ (1893)
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In Devil in the White City, a riveting page-turner that reads like a murder mystery thriller, Erik Larson resurrects the…
Moses Montefiore, a man of his people
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His name was Moses; he was a leader of his people; he spent much time in Egypt and the desert;…
Are Your Immigrant Ancestors on an Order in Council List?
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A new online source of genealogical information about immigrants to Canada from the 1930s to the 1950s From Remembering Our…
Encyclopedia Judaica: Jews had long history in Rafah
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From the Jewish Virtual Library (Encyclopedia Judaica) Rafah (Ar. Rafaḥ; Heb. Rafi’ah) is a town near the Mediterranean coast at…
Review: Ride ’em Jewish Cowboy, by Hy Burstein
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From the Canadian Jewish News, January 13, 2005 Hy Burstein can’t quite explain his passion for riding horses, only that…
Nat Taylor, movie biz pioneer (1978)
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From The City Magazine (Toronto Star), 1978 Nat Taylor emits a throaty laugh and his eyes twinkle when he is…
Travel: Bird-watching in Eilat, Israel
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From The National Post, 2000 Dr. Reuven Yosef, one of Israel’s best-known ornithologists, has won a $25,000 (US) enterprise award…
William Fox: forgotten movie mogul
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Review of The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox, by Vanda Krefft…
More Jewish surnames (from Italy, France & Portugal)
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From Avotaynu, 2020 Book Review: A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and “Portuguese” Communities, by Alexander Beider. Like…
One More Reason Not to Vote Liberal: The SNC-Lavalin Affair
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Remember Jody Wilson-Raybould? She’s the former Trudeauvian Minister of Justice and Attorney-General who — incredible as it sounds — insisted…
Toronto
Building at Yonge & Glengrove was innovative in 1931
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From the Toronto Telegram, Sept. 1 1931 As it looks today:
Toronto murders recounted in ‘Devil in the White City’ (1893)
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In Devil in the White City, a riveting page-turner that reads like a murder mystery thriller, Erik Larson resurrects the…
Farewell to the old Parliament Buildings (1902)
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From the Globe, October 27, 1902 A Centre of History: Frank Yeigh Conducts a Farewell Pilgrimage through old Parliament Buildings A…
Nat Taylor, movie biz pioneer (1978)
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From The City Magazine (Toronto Star), 1978 Nat Taylor emits a throaty laugh and his eyes twinkle when he is…
Some Famous Captures by Toronto Police (1903)
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Notorious Criminals Whom the Detectives Have Arrested at the Request of Distant Authorities From the Toronto Star, December 5, 1903…
My day in court; or, Every dog has his day
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From The Globe & Mail I am one of this city’s great silent army of working poor, and so my…
History
Jewish Soldiers of World War One
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The number of Jews who fought in the First World War has always been difficult to tally because Jews fought…
Moses Montefiore, a man of his people
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His name was Moses; he was a leader of his people; he spent much time in Egypt and the desert;…
Encyclopedia Judaica: Jews had long history in Rafah
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From the Jewish Virtual Library (Encyclopedia Judaica) Rafah (Ar. Rafaḥ; Heb. Rafi’ah) is a town near the Mediterranean coast at…
Obit: Solomon Schechter, foremost Jewish scholar (1915)
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Solomon Schecter and the Cairo Genizah
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A windowless, doorless chamber, set high up into the wall of an antiquated synagogue and accessible only by ladder, is…
