JHS: The founding of the Toronto Kollel in 1970 was a turning point in the development of the Toronto Jewish community,
The founding of the Toronto Kollel in 1970 was a turning point in the development of the Toronto Jewish community, and was just one of the many institutions built and supported by the Reichmann family. A Bais Yaakov for girls opened as well, which was headed by Rabbi Akiva Stefansky. Postwar Toronto contained a large contingent of Holocaust survivors, and one of the close knit communities was the Clanton Park community, headed by Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch and later Rabbi Yitzchak Kerzner. Going back to prewar Jewish culture, Yiddish culture and education flourished, and Jewish politics covered the full gamut from socialists to Zionists. On August 16, 1933, the Toronto Jewish community experienced the infamous Christie Pits riot, bringing the issue of anti-Semitism to the forefront. Postwar immigration brought a large influx of Sephardic Jews from Spanish Morocco, which has become a burgeoning community as well.
JHS Previously Said more than once that he
ReplyDeleterefrain from discussing" culture, Yiddish culture and education flourished, and Jewish politics covered the full gamut from socialists to Zionists"
A Trail we sniff some sort of behind this exception
Since we are going this route, let's go Now :
ReplyDelete1.Revisionism. Paid for,pure and simple
For those forlorn days there were stalwarts individuals who built up the edifice of our communities.
Rare It is that they are the names who receive endless paeans and praise and who we allow our Children to build their identities presently by.(At most they will get an inaccurate article written by the grandchild)
The more famous And acclaimed* those are considered now is nearly virtually the inverse to how much their families actually contributed during the trying epoch
[ *Financial, spiritual]
Although it is no doubt difficult there are better ways of finding out who really put themselves on the line For the grit,altruism ,sacrifice For that painful era
The noted of the present are attempting to revise the past to fit the present day philanthropy -organizational leadership. Most of them and their families had very little to do with the revitalization of our Judaism in either half of the Twentieth Century
More specific to Toronto and one or two similar locales:
2.The lack of cultural Melting Pot of the American 20th century ethos Allowed those in Toronto to remain culturally Jewish even after being almost unobservant & secularized
Later in more recent decades this would help the Children/grandchildren slip back into heimish outerwear And religious nuances and would better disguise that inconvenience that they ever left
3. Now for the general socio-political. Toronto Once upon was
"Toronto the Good" true blue
That changed in the political sphere to red or orange and deleterious colours
The largest Catalyst over the generations were members of the very same communities which are now being extolled.
4. A pivotal overlooked aspect in the development of Toronto were the pioneers- B. Urman and M. Nussbaum of the early Agudah as well as the early pioneering summer camps: Camp Israel and afterwards Camp Agudah of Toronto.
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