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Christie Pits Riot: 88 years since Canada’s worst race riot

JL;DR SUMMARY This episode marks the 88th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot, the largest race riot in Canadian history, sparked by pro-Nazi sentiments during a Jewish-Protestant baseball game in Toronto. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish Community  Education  Toronto  1933  Graphic Novel  Christie Pits Riot  Canadian History  Historica Canada  Race Riot 

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