The Jews in Canada

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-543889-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Wynford Books

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. The Wynford edition includes a comprehensive new introduction by the editors updating key findings for the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brym, Robert J

Shaffir, William

Weinfeld, Morton

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Wynford Edition by the Editors
Robert J. Brym: Preface

Part One: Canadian Jews in Comparative Perspective
Morton Weinfeld: Introduction
Gerald Tulchinsky: The Contours of Canadian Jewish History
Robert J. Brym: The Rise and Decline of Canadian Jewry?
Jay Brodbar-Nemzer, Steven M. Cohen, Allan Reitzes, Charles Shahar, and Gary Tobin: An Overview of the Canadian Jewish Community

Part Two: Anti-Semitism
Robert J. Brym: Introduction
Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir: The Swastika as Dramatic Symbol: A Case-Study of Ethnic Violence in Canada
Gabriel Weimann and Conrad Winn: Hate on Trial: The Zundel Affair, The Media, Public Opinion in Canada
Robert J. Brym and Rhonda Lenton: The Distribution of Anti-Semitism in Canada in 1984

Part Three: Culture
William Shaffir: Introduction
William Shaffir: Separation from the Mainstream in Canada: The Hassidic Community of Tash
Morton Weinfeld and Phyllis Zelkowitz: Reflections on the Jewish Polity and Jewish Education
Leo Davids: Yiddish in Canada: Picture and Prospects

Part Four: Intercommunal Relations
Morton Weinfeld: Introduction
Morton Weinfeld: The Jews of Quebec: An Overview
Harold Troper and Morton Weinfeld: Jewish-Ukranian Relations in Canada since World War II and the Emergence of the Nazi War Criminal Issue
Morton Weinfeld: The Ethnic Sub-Economy: Explication and Analysis of a Case Study of the Jews of Montreal
Robert J. Brym, Michael Gillespie, and A.R. Gillis: Anomie, Opportunity, and the Density of Ethnic Ties: Another View of Jewish Outmarriage in Canada

Part Five: Politics
Robert J. Brym: Introduction
Harold M. Waller: The Canadian Jewish Polity: Power and Leadership in the Jewish Community
Jean Laponce: Left of Centre? The Canadian Jewish Electorate, 1953-1983
David Taras and Morton Weinfeld: Continuity and Criticism: North American Jews in Israel

Part Six: The Family and the Changing Role of Jewish Women
Morton Weinfeld: Introduction
Leo Davids: Marital Status and Fertility Among Sub-Groups of Canadian Jews
Sheva Medjuck: If I Cannot Dance to It, It's Not My Revolution: Jewish Feminism in Canada Today
Carolyn Rosenthal: Aging in the Family Context: Are Jewish Families Different?

Part Seven: Minorities
William Shaffir: Introduction
Sheva Medjuck: Jewish Survival in Small Communities in Canada
Jim Torczyner: The Persistence of Invisible Poverty Among Jews in Canada
Jean-Claude Lasry: Sephardim and Ashkenazim in Montreal
Roberta L. Markus and Donald V. Schwartz: Soviet Jewish Émigrés in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration
Cyril Levitt and William Shaffir: Aliyah and Return Migration of Canadian Jews: Personal Accounts of Incentives and of Disappointed Hopes

Index
List of Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Robert J. Brym is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. William Shaffir is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Morton Weinfeld is Professor of Sociology at McGill University, Montreal. All three have published widely in the sociology of Jewish communities.