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Email1918 - Baycrest's forerunner, the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, opens in downtown Toronto
The need
Jewish elderly in downtown Toronto need a place to live where they can eat Kosher food and talk to staff in their own language.
The response
The Ezras Noshem Society, a charitable women's group, collects money door-to-door and opens the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in a semi-detached house on Cecil Street.
Eventually it expands and cares for more than 100 elderly people from Ontario.