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Metro's Jew Mark Yom Kippur, Four generations of one family read from prayer book at Jewish Home for the Aged as Metro's 110,000 Jews prepare to obser(...)
Metro's Jew Mark Yom Kippur, Four generations of one family read from prayer book at Jewish Home for the Aged as Metro's 110,000 Jews prepare to obser(...)

Metro's Jew Mark Yom Kippur, Four generations of one family read from prayer book at Jewish Home for the Aged as Metro's 110,000 Jews prepare to obser(...)

Date10/8/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro's Jew Mark Yom Kippur; Four generations of one family read from prayer book at Jewish Home for the Aged as Metro's 110;000 Jews prepare to observe Yom Kippur; the Day of Atonement; starting sunset today. From left; grandson Dr. Sheldon Fruchtman; great-grandson Samuel; 1 1/2; son Samuel Frutchman and Harry Fruchtman; 102.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013255F
Holiest day of jewish year began yesterday when Metro's more than 100,000 jews joined in a 24-hour fast and meditation to mark Yom Kippur, 10th day of(...)
Holiest day of jewish year began yesterday when Metro's more than 100,000 jews joined in a 24-hour fast and meditation to mark Yom Kippur, 10th day of(...)
9/17/1972
Young metro Jews celebrate harvest festival, Jewish teenagers of Toronto's Beth Sholom Synagogue mark Jewish festival of Simchas Torah and Sukkoth wit(...)
Young metro Jews celebrate harvest festival, Jewish teenagers of Toronto's Beth Sholom Synagogue mark Jewish festival of Simchas Torah and Sukkoth wit(...)
10/1/1972
Ordeal in wilderness remembered, This week Metro Jews celebrate Succoth, a seven-day harvest festival' recalling how the children of Israel wandered (...)
Ordeal in wilderness remembered, This week Metro Jews celebrate Succoth, a seven-day harvest festival' recalling how the children of Israel wandered (...)
9/29/1969
90,000 Metro jews celebrate a new year, Standing in front of Holy Ark curtain, Rabbi Jacob Mendel Kirshenblatt, cantor of Beth Sholom Synagogue, sound(...)
90,000 Metro jews celebrate a new year, Standing in front of Holy Ark curtain, Rabbi Jacob Mendel Kirshenblatt, cantor of Beth Sholom Synagogue, sound(...)
9/29/1970
Jews Mark High Holy Days, Rabbi Albert Pappenheim and Cantor David Greengarten assist ritual director Theodore Bloom as he sounds the shofar (bibilica(...)
Jews Mark High Holy Days, Rabbi Albert Pappenheim and Cantor David Greengarten assist ritual director Theodore Bloom as he sounds the shofar (bibilica(...)
9/29/1965
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
5/28/1987
Holy Day: About 6,000 members of Metro's Muslim community hug each other in a greeting yesterday in Markham where they gathered to mark the end of Haj rituals in Saudi Arabia
Holy Day: About 6,000 members of Metro's Muslim community hug each other in a greeting yesterday in Markham where they gathered to mark the end of Haj rituals in Saudi Arabia
6/22/1991
Metro's Portuguese hold a parade, Winding up Toronto's officially-proclaimed Week of Portugal, a group of young girls walk in front of a statue of Our(...)
Metro's Portuguese hold a parade, Winding up Toronto's officially-proclaimed Week of Portugal, a group of young girls walk in front of a statue of Our(...)
6/13/1971
Protuguese festival of Christ, Members of Metro's Portuguese community crowd around a litter bearing a statue of Christ during their annual Festival o(...)
Protuguese festival of Christ, Members of Metro's Portuguese community crowd around a litter bearing a statue of Christ during their annual Festival o(...)
5/3/1970
Feast your eyes: Members of Metro's Swaminarayan Hindu Temple last weekend offered up 300 dishes to the gods to celebrate the New Year
Feast your eyes: Members of Metro's Swaminarayan Hindu Temple last weekend offered up 300 dishes to the gods to celebrate the New Year
10/25/1992
Feast of Feasts -- the most important holiday of the Greek Orthodox Church -- was marked Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens by 13,000 members of Metro's two Greek Orthodox parishes
Feast of Feasts -- the most important holiday of the Greek Orthodox Church -- was marked Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens by 13,000 members of Metro's two Greek Orthodox parishes
5/4/1964
Bishop Theodosios and Dr. Leonidas Polymenakos, president of Metros Greek community, look glum as exhausted Greek divers are pulled from Lake Ontario (...)
Bishop Theodosios and Dr. Leonidas Polymenakos, president of Metros Greek community, look glum as exhausted Greek divers are pulled from Lake Ontario (...)
9/12/1971