Baycrest Volunteer Handbook
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Jewish life at Baycrest
Educational materials
To help you understand Judaism, educational materials, including
a guide book, videos and library books, are available in the
Baycrest Staff Library (second floor, hospital). Brochures about
kashrut and Jewish Holy Days are available in the Spiritual Care
Resource Centres near the elevators on every patient floor in the
hospital and Apotex Centre, Jewish Home for the Aged, and on t
he
first
floor near the elevators of the Terraces of Baycrest Retirement
Residence. Information is also available on the intranet and on the
Baycrest Culture, Arts & Innovation site at baycrest.org.
The purpose of the educational materials is to familiarize you with
the Jewish environment and to help you apply this knowledge as
you provide services to our clients and their families. The reference
books a
lso contain a glossary of commonly used Yiddish words and
the
dates of Jewish Holy Days.
Holocaust survivors
Baycrest serves one of the largest residential populations of
Holocaust survivors in the world and has developed programs and
services that recognize their unique experiences and needs.
The Holocaust took place during the Nazi era from 1933 to 1945
when it was Nazi policy to deport, and in the later years of the
Second
World War, to exterminate the Jewish people.
Who is a Holocaust survivor?
Holocaust survivors are Jews who survived and outlived the Nazi
regime. They include:
• Anyone who was in hiding in occupied territory
• Anyone who survived a work or death camp
• Anyone forced to flee during the Holocaust
• Children sheltered by gentiles during the Holocaust
