Canada's Jews

In Time, Space and Spirit
Herausgeber: Robinson, Ira

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 918g
• ISBN-13: 9781934843864
• ISBN-10: 1934843865
• Artikelnr.: 39052585

Autorenporträt

Ira Robinson is Professor of Judaic studies in the Department of Religion of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. He is President of the Canadian Society for Jewish Studies. His latest books are: Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930 (2007) and Translating a Tradition: Studies in American Jewish History (2009).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. I. In Time: Canada ¿s Jews and Their History. 1. Jews and New
France. 2. Jewish beginnings under the British (eighteenth century). 3.
Jews in British North America (nineteenth century). 4. Eastern European
Jewish immigration and its impact: Farming Colonies and the West. 5.
Eastern European Jewish immigration and its impact: Quebec and Ontario ;
Jewish labor. 6. Jews and the Political and Social Life of Canada (to
1945): anti-Semitism; Zionism; Canadian Jewish Congress. 7. Jews in Postwar
Canada: Holocaust survivors, Sephardim, Russians and Israelis, Federations
and Communal Governance. II. In Space: a Survey of Jews in Contemporary
Canada. 1. Toronto. 2. Montreal. 3. Vancouver. 4. Winnipeg. 5. Maritimes.
6. Central Canada (not including Toronto and Montreal ). 7. Prairies (not
including Winnipeg ). 8. West and North (not including Vancouver ). III. In
Spirit: the Religious and Cultural Expressions of Canadian Jews. A.
Religious. 1. Ashkenazic Orthodox: Hasidic, Modern, Kashrut. 2. Sephardic.
3. Non-Orthodox: Conservative, Reconstructionist and Reform. B. Languages,
Literatures and Cultures. 1. Yiddish. 2. Jews in Canadian literature. 3.
Jews in Quebec literature. 4. Canadian Jewish Studies. Conclusion. For
further reading. List of contributors. Index.