Awards

• Short-listed for Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature 2016 (Canada)
• Winner of CHOICE Magazine Community College Recommendation 2015

Overview

This state-of-the-art account gives readers the tools to understand why antisemitism is such a controversial subject. It acquaints readers with the ambiguities inherent in the historical relationship between Jews and Christians and shows these ambiguities in play in the unfolding relationship between Jews and Canadians of other religions and ethnicities. It examines present relationships in light of history and considers particularly the influence of antisemitism on the social, religious, and political history of the Canadian Jewish community.  A History of Antisemitism in Canada builds on the foundation of numerous studies on antisemitism in general and on antisemitism in Canada in particular, as well as on the growing body of scholarship in Canadian Jewish studies. It attempts to understand the impact of antisemitism on Canada as a whole and is the first comprehensive account of antisemitism and its effect on the Jewish community of Canada. The book will be valuable to students and scholars not only of Canadian Jewish studies and Canadian ethnic studies but of Canadian history.

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Author:   Ira Robinson
Publisher:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781771121668

ISBN 10:   1771121661
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   30 August 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents for A History of Antisemitism in Canada by Ira Robinson Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1 Defining Antisemitism: Jews and Non-Jews in Historical Perspective Chapter 2 Jews in the Cultures of the Medieval and Early Modern French and English Part II: Canada and the Jews: Early Encounters (1759-1914) Chapter 3 Jews in the Consciousness of Canadians in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Chapter 4 The Jewish Problem Comes to Canada Part III: Jews and Canadian Society (1914-1945) Chapter 5 Social and Institutional Antisemitism in Canada Chapter 6 The Spectre of Europe: Nazism and Communism Part IV: Postwar Canada (1945-present) Chapter 7 Canada and Antisemitism in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century Chapter 8 The Holocaust and Its Deniers Chapter 9 Zionism and Israel Chapter 10 Perspectives on Antisemitism in Twenty-First-Century Canada Notes Bibliography Index

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A state-of-the-art account of antisemitism in Canada. Attempts to understand the many ways in which antisemitism has impacted Canada as a whole, and examines most especially its influence on the development of Canada s Jewish community. .. .timely and intriguing, Blacklocks Reporter

Author Information

Ira Robinson is chair in Canadian Jewish Studies and director of the Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. He received his Ph.D. at Harvard University. He has taught at Concordia since 1979 and was chair of its Department of Religion. He is president of the Canadian Society for Jewish Studies and past president of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies.

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