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Childhood 1950's -1960's 56 growing up
“Kensington market was my babysitter”(Eisenstein, I was a child of Holocaust survivors, 2006). She vividly describes Kensington market and surround areas such as Baldwin and Spadina, Lottman's bakery,Anshei Minsk Synagogue on St. Andrew, and the “densely packed houses”Eisenstein (2006). It was a Jewish community that was home to the majority of Toronto's Jewish population (although there was movement into different areas of Toronto by this community). The area in which she grew up with had various indications of her culture and religion. There were Hebrew and Yiddish signs, kosher shops, foods, klezmer music and synagogues.
Being an Immigrant
Her parents settled down in Kensington Market in Toronto It was a large Jewish community that had already existed in the area well before the war. They lived in several different places (e.g. in an apartment, etc.) Like many new immigrants of the time, they had to work their way up/very hard to establish themselves. The mother and father both worked various jobs, including selling Women’s clothing and running a kosher butcher shop (Eisenstein, 2006). With they came to Canada they brought with them their history and rich culture, language and traditions. Her parents, as well as many other immigrants at the time were known She describes her parents as “greenhorns” or “greenies” (new immigrants)(Eisenstein, 2006).
Eisenstein, B., (2006). I was a child of Holocaust Survivors. Toronto, On. McClelland & Stewart.
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This is an example of Klezmer music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkmFgQ9fM94
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