Toronto Jewish Records Background: This database contains a very thorough indexing of about 8,000 records, representing almost all of the Jewish births registered in Toronto between 1907 and 1917, plus hundreds more from 1880 to 1906; and some “strays” from other towns. There were inevitably some that could not be identified as Jewish and were…
Christine (The Girls I Might Have Married, part III)
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From A Series of Sketches by a Prominent Bachelor, Canadian Jewish Chronicle, 1919 Read Part I Read Part II Part III (Continued from last week) From being foreman in a shop to being my own master was not such a big step after all, and I was barely twenty-four when I opened up a small factory…
Ing Quong, Chinese magnate, in his last procession (1912)
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As “John Bull” he celebrated the inauguration of the Chinese Republic Guards Band Played Him Home Funeral of Well-Known merchant was a remarkable street scene yesterday — He was a patriot and a Christian — a wagon load of flowers ◊ Note: This article describes the funeral of Toronto businessman Ing Quong and is presented in…
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Toronto Jewish Marriages
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Toronto Jewish Records Toronto Jewish Marriages, 1858-1898, 1905-1911, 1920-1923, 1926-1936 Includes a range of listings (1890s to the present) from printed marriage announcements from diverse sources. Background: This is an index of more than 5,200 records of marriages that took place mostly in Toronto in varied years ranging from 1905 to 1936. The main source…
Editorial: Ganging Up on Israel (Tely, 1969)
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From The Toronto Telegram, Tuesday December 23, 1969 ◊ Note: this editorial from 50 years ago is notable for several reasons. First, it reminds us that the perennial Western impulse towards “even-handedness” (and being an “honest broker”) is as faulty as the impulse of a parent to treat two sons identically, though one be well-behaved and…
Schneerson sneered at the ‘strange and queer’ (1987)
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◊ Note: This article appears here because it reflects unfortunate attitudes that were prevalent among basic religious fundamentalists of thirty years ago. No doubt Rabbi Schneerson, like so many others, would have amended his opinions if he had lived to the modern era. The article has been edited for clarity and brevity. From The Canadian…
The Girls I Might Have Married (Part II)
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Part II of A Series of Sketches by a Prominent Bachelor, written for the Canadian Jewish Chronicle Read Part One When I reached the age of 21, I had become the foreman of my department and was earning $25 a week. This was in the days when a man who earned fifteen hundred a year had a…
“Mashers I Have Met” — Toronto Girl Tells All (1913)
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From the Toronto Star Weekly, July 5, 1913 One popular fellow-singer proposed a jaunt to the Eastern States — Stopped on Yonge Street — How a pretty pianist saved herself from pursuer — jabbed him with hatpin If a girl in any vocation in Toronto would be thought safe from molestation you naturally would presume…
Helen Keller at Massey Hall, 1914
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A WONDER WOMAN AT MASSEY HALL Helen Keller Spoke to Large Audience Who Were Spellbound. HER FAMOUS TEACHER Mrs. Macey Taught Blind, Deaf Mute to Speak and Hear. From the Toronto Star Weekly, January 1914 A magnificent audience almost filled Massey Hall last night, attracted by the appearance of Helen Keller and her almost as…
