On the 90th anniversary of the Christie Pits riot, Jewish Toronto still remembers the fight with pride
A look at how commemorations have evolved since Aug. 16, 1933.
New play set in Christie Pits takes Toronto students back in time to the 1933 riot
A new immersive play is transporting students back to the Toronto of 1933 to teach them about the infamous Christie Pits riot, which saw Jews and Italians battling antisemitic Protestants as a hours-long fight broke out at a baseball game. The idea to make a show about the event first came from Joe Rosenthal, whose […]
The Christie Pits Riot of 1933 can now be experienced through an audio tour
You can relive Toronto’s only race riot by taking an audio tour of the neighbourhood where Jews and Italians fought Nazi supporters with their fists, bricks, lead pipes, baseball bats and broken glass from dusk until dawn on Aug. 16, 1933. The free audio tour The Christie Pits Riot, developed by the immersive theatre company […]
Five noteworthy books and videos about the Christie Pits Riot on its 88th anniversary
Graphic novels are helping keep this story alive.
Jamie Michaels: Lessons from the Christie Pits Riot
“There is no need to wait for eruptions of racial violence to work towards a more tolerant, just, and egalitarian Canada.”
Watch the new Historica Canada video on the Christie Pits Riot
A six-minute lesson from Toronto circa 1933.
Christie Pits riot revisited
In an excerpt from their book The Riot at Christie Pits, Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir reflect on the 1933 Christie Pits riot.
Anti-racism protesters gather at Toronto’s Christie Pits park on Sunday
A rally and a community barbecue to mark the 84th anniversary of the Christie Pits Riot was held on Aug. 20.
The riot at Christie Pits was a turning point
During a softball game in Toronto in 1933, a huge swastika flag was unfurled, provoking outrage and retaliation among the Jewish players and spectators.
When Jews were tough
With anti-Semitism on the rise, new play Tough Jews looks back at Christie Pits riot
