Canada's Jews : : In Time, Space and Spirit / / ed. by Ira Robinson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Anctil, Pierre,; Bialystok, Frank,; Brown, Michael,; Cohen, Yolande,; Frager, Ruth,; Gontovnick, Howard,; Hart, Alex,; Jacobson, Maxine,; Koffman, David,; Lapidus, Steven,; Leonoff, Cyril,; Lerner, Loren,; Lipinsky, Jack,; Margolis, Rebecca,; Menkis, Richard,; Rackover, Suzanne,; Ramsay, Cynthia,; Ringuet, Chantal,; Robinson, Ira,; Scheinberg, Ellen,; Schnoor, Randall,; Shaffir, William,; Shocter, Debbie,; Waller, Harold,; Weinfeld, Morton,
• HerausgeberIn: Robinson, Ira,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Jews in Space and Time
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I: In Time: Canada’s Jews and Their History -- 1. Jews and New France -- 2. Struggles and Successes: The Beginnings of Jewish Life in Canada in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Golden Century?: Jews in Nineteenth-Century British North America -- 4. East European Jewish Migration and its Impact: Farming Colonies across Canada -- 5. Communities and Conflicts: East European Jewish Immigrants in Ontario and Quebec from the Late 1800s through the 1930s -- 6. In Search of Unity: Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Canadian Jewish Congress to 1945 -- 7. Post-War Canadian Jewry -- Section II: In Space: Jews in Contemporary Canada -- 8. The Jews of Canada: A Demographic Profile -- 9. The Politics of Canadian Jewish Life -- 10. Atlantic Canada -- 11. Jewish Life in Montreal -- 12. Sephardi Jews in Montreal -- 13. Steps Forward and Steps Backward: Toronto Jewry at the Beginning of the Second Decade of the Twenty-First Century -- 14. Jewish Life in Ontario Outside of the Metropolis -- 15. Winnipeg -- 16. Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the North -- 17. Vancouver -- Section III: In Spirit: The Religious and Cultural Expressions of Canadian Jews -- 18. Orthodox Judaism -- 19. Hasidim in Canada -- 20. Reform Judaism in Canada -- 21. Conservative Judaism, and its Challengers From the Left (Reconstructionism and Renewal) and Right -- 22. Yiddish -- 23. Jews in English Literature -- 24. Jews in French Literature -- 25. Jews in Canadian Art -- 26. Canadian Jewish Studies since 1999: The State of the Field -- General Bibliography -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index