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The Jewish immigrants in Kensington built a community
in the midst of poverty and rejection: synagogues,
schools, English classes, a medical dispensary,
stores and tearooms that were gathering places
for news and discussions. The first Jewish merchants
sold their wares from pushcarts and horse-drawn
wagons, and made stores out of the first floors
of their homes, especially on Kensington Avenue
and Baldwin Street. For years Torontonians called
it the Jewish Market. It was like an Eastern European
Market, with its crated chickens, live fish, pickles
and cheeses made in the back room, and the smell
of bagels and bread wafting over it all.
By the 1950's most of the Jewish population
had moved out of Kensington, and the neighbourhood
was filled with new immigrants including: Italians,
Ukrainians, Hungarians, and people from the Caribbean.
Immigrants came to Kensington because it was very
friendly, secure and the strong community spirit
reminded many newcomers of their homes.
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