Private Jewish Walking Tours in Toronto
Private Jewish Walking Tours in Toronto
Highlights
More than just a recitation of facts gleaned from books or the internet, this tour goes behind the facades to talk about what went on in the buildings that we'll see, how the people who lived and worked in them dealt with one another and the larger, non-Jewish world. The tour guide lived in the area as a young man. He’s davened (prayed) in its synagogues, patronized its shops and restaurants, explored its past, lived some of its history, and even performed on some of its stages. He's a world class authority on Yiddish language and culture who has appeared on NBC’s Today show and NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
Itinerary
Art Gallery of Ontario
10 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe early history of Toronto's Jewish community through mass immigration of the late 19th-early 20th century.136 Beverley St
7 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOriginal character of the neighbourhood. Establishment of Jewish institutions, absorption of immigrants.147 Beverley St
3 minsAdmission Ticket FreeGovernment immigration policies, Jewish reaction to them.70 D'Arcy St
4 minsAdmission Ticket FreeFormerly Eitz Chaim school. Colourful characters in the school's history.186 Beverley St
3 minsAdmission Ticket FreeGeorge Brown House. Some non-Jewish Canadian context. The Jewish history of the public school next door.Baldwin Street(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeWe'll learn some interesting details about the commercial history of the street as we walk through it to Henry St.23 Henry St
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHoly Trinity Russian Orthodox Church, formerly the Henry Street synagogue. Synagogue architecture. Early synagogues and Toronto's first Jewish architects.Cecil Street
24 minsAdmission Ticket FreeRabbi of the Henry Street Synagogue. 206 and 207 Beverley: Introduction to Cecil Street as institutional hub of the older Jewish community. 24 Cecil Street: Labour Zionist HQ and school. Its later political history. 33-58 Cecil Street: An overview of the Jewish organizations and institutions once housed here. Cecil Street Community Centre: The building's past as a synagogue and centre of traditional entertainment.Spadina Avenue
26 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNorthbound from Cecil St to the El Mocambo: The less traditional side of the neighbourhood. Spadina Avenue cowboys of the 1930s and '40s. Southbound, back to Cecil Street: Grossman's Tavern, commercial development on the street and the Spadina music scene. Spadina Avenue, west side at Baldwin Street: How Kensington became a market. Spadina, between Dundas and St. Andrew St: Yiddish theatre, delicatessens, dairy restaurants, and the history of the hat trick.10 St Andrew St
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe Minsker Synagogue. St. Andrew St. as the neighbourhood in miniature. Labour Lyceum across the street. History of the synagogue, the first in the kensington area
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