Fascinated to learn (via Richard Harris, "Unplanned Suburbs") that Jewish people were the largest non-British-Isles-origin population in Toronto in the first half of the 20th century (about 7%).
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The vast majority of whom lived in The Ward.
aug 30, 2025, 6:56 pm • 7 0 • view
Reading it because of your reference to the book in your column. Have family history in Earlscourt.
aug 30, 2025, 10:07 pm • 4 0 • view
Such a great book!
aug 30, 2025, 11:34 pm • 1 0 • view
My parents were married at Earlscourt United church. My mom grew up in a home on St. Clair Gardens near Dufferin and St. Clair.
aug 31, 2025, 9:16 am • 1 0 • view
Walking around you can see so much historic Jewish Toronto all over the city. The 2 Jewish cemeteries between Jones and Pape south of the Danforth; the Greek Orthodox church by Baldwin Village where my dad has his bar mitzvah; the former dayschool in North York that's now a professional building..
aug 30, 2025, 7:49 pm • 2 0 • view
Indeed - so deeply embedded into the city. But I never realized how long or how deep. It explains a lot. Including how the first non-Orangeman mayor of the city was Jewish, Nathan Phillips.
aug 30, 2025, 10:05 pm • 3 0 • view
Migration trends to the city are fascinating to red about. Really echos the strife and suffering of the old world.
aug 30, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view