Ethnic groups in Canada may be successful, persecuted, cohesive, or endangered; only Canada's Jews appear to embody all of these characteristics simultaneously. Canadian Jewry is enduringly fascinating, worth knowing about because the community is an archetype of multiculturalism as it
confronts the difficulties and advantages of ethnicity in the modern world. By examining the achievements of the community, and the challenge of its attempt to survive the exigencies of modern life, The Jews in Canada clarifies not only the evolution of Canada's Jewish community but also the
evolution of ethnicity in Canadian society.
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971/.004924
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- 9780195434705 0195408292
- LCCN
- F1035.J5
- LCCN Item number
- J44 1993eb
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- 1 electronic text (x, 435 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Part one: Canadian Jews in Comparative Perspective 12
- Introduction 13
- The Contours of Canadian Jewish History 16
- The Rise and Decline of Canadian Jewry? 33
- An Overview of the Canadian Jewish Community 50
- Part two: Anti-Semitism 84
- Introduction 85
- The Swastika as Dramatic Symbol: A Case-Study of Ethnic Violence in Canada 88
- Hate on Trial: The Zundel Affair, The Media, Public Opinion in Canada 108
- The Distribution of Anti-Semitism in Canada in 1984 123
- Part three: Culture 132
- Introduction 133
- Separation from the Mainstream in Canada: The Hassidic Community of Tash 137
- Reflections on the Jewish Polity and Jewish Education 153
- Yiddish in Canada: Picture and Prospects 164
- Part four: Intercommunal Relations 178
- Introduction 179
- The Jews of Quebec: An Overview 182
- Jewish-Ukrainian Relations in Canada since World War II and the Emergence of the Nazi War Criminal Issue 204
- The Ethnic Sub-Economy: Explication and Analysis of a Case Study of the Jews of Montreal 229
- Anomie, Opportunity, and the Density of Ethnic Ties: Another View of Jewish Outmarriage in Canada 249
- Part five: Politics 260
- Introduction 261
- The Canadian Jewish Polity: Power and Leadership in the Jewish Community 265
- Left or Centre? The Canadian Jewish Electorate, 1953-1983 281
- Continuity and Criticism: North American Jews and Israel 304
- Part six: The Family and the Changing Role of Jewish Women 322
- Introduction 323
- Marital Status and Fertility Among Sub-Groups of Canadian Jews 326
- If I Cannot Dance to It, It's Not My Revolution: Jewish Feminism in Canada 339
- Aging in the Family Context: Are Jewish Families Different? 355
- Part seven: Minorities 370
- Introduction 371
- Jewish Survival in Small Communities in Canada 374
- The Persistence of Invisible Poverty Among Jews in Canada 390
- Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Montreal 406
- Soviet Jewish Emigrés in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration 413
- Aliyah and Return Migration of Canadian Jews: Personal Accounts of Incentives and of Disappointed Hopes 432
- Index 444
- A 444
- B 444
- C 444
- D 444
- E 444
- F 444
- G 444
- H 445
- I 445
- J 445
- K 445
- L 445
- M 445
- N 445
- O 445
- P 445
- Q 445
- R 445
- S 446
- T 446
- V 446
- W 446
- Y 446
- Z 446
- List of Contributors 448
