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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825062403321

Autore

Margolis Rebecca

Titolo

Jewish roots, Canadian soil : Yiddish culture in Montreal, 1905-1945 / / Rebecca Margolis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-53136-4

9786613843814

0-7735-8589-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series 2, , 0846-8869 ; ; 28

Disciplina

971.4/28004924

Soggetti

Jews - Québec (Province) - Montréal - Intellectual life - 20th century

Yiddish language - Québec (Province) - Montréal - History - 20th century

Jews - Québec (Province) - Montréal - Identity

Jews - Québec (Province) - Montréal - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: [237]-275 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Montreal Yiddish Press -- Yiddish literary activity in Montreal -- Montreal's secular Jewish schools -- The Montreal Yiddish Theatre -- Transition : 1945 and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at Montreal's Jewish community during the first half of the twentieth century, Margolis explores the lives and works of activists, writers, scholars, performers, and organizations that fuelled a still-thriving community. She also considers the foundations and development of Yiddish cultural life in Montreal in its interaction with broader issues of diasporic Jewish culture. An illuminating look at the ways in which Yiddish culture was maintained in North America, Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil is the story of how a minority culture was transplanted and transformed.