Creating the Chupah : : The Zionist Movement and the Drive for Jewish Communal Unity in Canada, 1898-1921 / / Henry Felix Srebrnik.

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• VerfasserIn: Srebrnik, Henry Felix,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

Creating the Chupah assesses the role of Canadian Zionist organizations in the drive for communal unity within Canadian Jewry in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Two strands of Zionism, represented respectively by the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada and Poale Zion, were often in conflicts that reflected greater disputes. The book also describes Zionist activities within the larger spectrum of Canadian Jewish life. Montreal was at the time the “capital” of Canadian Jewry, but the Jewish communities of Toronto and Winnipeg also played a significant role in these events. Srebrnik here makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of Zionism and twentieth-century Jewish life in Canada.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction: Preliminary Remarks about Canada’s Jewish Community -- Chapter Two. A General Outline of Canadian Jewry to 1921 -- Chapter Three. The Infrastructure of Canadian Jewry: The Establishment of Schools, Newspapers, and Agricultural Settlements -- Chapter Four. General Zionism in Canada before the First World War -- Chapter Five. Labour Zionism in Canada, 1905-1914: The Poale Zion -- Chapter Six. The First World War: Divisions within Canadian Jewry, 1914-1917 -- Chapter Seven. The Coalescing of the Two Streams and the Formation of the Jewish Legion, 1917-1919 -- Chapter Eight. The Canadian Jewish Congress of 1919 -- Chapter Nine. Conclusion: The Consolidation of Zionist Leadership and the End of Immigration, 1919-1921 -- Bibliography -- Index