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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787514003321

Titolo

Canada's Jews : in time, space and spirit / / edited by Ira Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton, Massachussetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-61811-027-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Collana

Jews in Space and Time

Jews in space and time

Altri autori (Persone)

RobinsonIra

Disciplina

971.004924

Soggetti

Jews - Canada - History

Jews - Canada - Identity

Jews - Canada - Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I: In Time: Canada's Jews and Their History -- 1. Jews and New France / Anctil, Pierre -- 2. Struggles and Successes: The Beginnings of Jewish Life in Canada in the Eighteenth Century / Jacobson, Maxine -- 3. The Golden Century?: Jews in Nineteenth-Century British North America / Lapidus, Steven -- 4. East European Jewish Migration and its Impact: Farming Colonies across Canada / Gontovnick, Howard -- 5. Communities and Conflicts: East European Jewish Immigrants in Ontario and Quebec from the Late 1800's through the 1930's / Frager, Ruth -- 6. In Search of Unity: Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Canadian Jewish Congress to 1945 / Lipinsky, Jack -- 7. Post-War Canadian Jewry / Bialystok, Frank -- Section II: In Space: Jews in Contemporary Canada -- 8. The Jews of Canada: A Demographic Profile / Schnoor, Randall -- 9. The Politics of Canadian Jewish Life / Waller, Harold -- 10. Atlantic Canada / Robinson, Ira -- 11. Jewish Life in Montreal / Weinfeld, Morton -- 12. Sephardi Jews in Montreal / Cohen, Yolande -- 13. Steps Forward and Steps Backward: Toronto Jewry at the Beginning of the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century / Brown, Michael -- 14. Jewish Life in Ontario Outside of the Metropolis / Scheinberg, Ellen -- 15. Winnipeg / Robinson, Ira -- 16. Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North / Shocter,



Debbie -- 17. Vancouver / Leonoff, Cyril / Ramsay, Cynthia -- Section III: In Spirit: The Religious and Cultural Expressions of Canadian Jews -- 18. Orthodox Judaism / Robinson, Ira -- 19. Hasidim in Canada / Shaffir, William -- 20. Reform Judaism in Canada / Menkis, Richard -- 21. Conservative Judaism, and its Challengers From the Left (Reconstructionism and Renewal) and Right / Menkis, Richard -- 22. Yiddish / Margolis, Rebecca -- 23. Jews in English Literature / Hart, Alex -- 24. Jews in French Literature / Ringuet, Chantal -- 25. Jews in Canadian Art / Lerner, Loren / Rackover, Suzanne -- 26. Canadian Jewish Studies since 1999: The State of the Field / Koffman, David -- General Bibliography -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Canada is home to one of the world's largest and most culturally creative Jewish communities, one of the few in the Diaspora that continues to grow demographically. With its ability to mirror trends found in Jewish communities elsewhere (particularly the United States) while simultaneously functioning as a distinct society, Canada's Jewish community holds great interest for scholars, exercising a measurable influence on the culture and politics of World Jewry. Consisting of a series of essays written by experts in their respective fields, Canada's Jews is a topical encyclopaedia, covering a wide variety of topics, from history and religion to the intellectual and cultural contributions of Canada's Jews. An indispensable reference book for both laypeople and for scholars of Jewish and Canadian studies.