Overview

Demise by assimilation or antisemitism is often held to be the inevitable future of Jews in Canada and other diaspora countries. The Ever-Dying People? shows that the Jewish diaspora, while often held to be in decline, is influenced by a range of identifiable sociological and historical forces, some of which breathe life into Jewish communities, including Canada's. Bringing together leading Canadian and international scholars, The Ever-Dying People? provides a landmark report on Canadian Jewry based on recent surveys, censuses, and other contemporary data sources from Canada and around the world. This collection compares Canada's Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. It also sheds light on social divisions within Canadian Jewry: across cities, sub-ethnic groups, denominations, genders, economic strata, and political orientations. These bases of comparison usefully explain variation in a wide range of sociological phenomena, including ethnic identity, religiosity, acculturation, intermarriage, discrimination, economic achievement, and educational attainment.

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Author:   Robert Brym ,  Randal F. Schnoor
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781487528768

ISBN 10:   1487528760
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   04 April 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One. Introduction: Profiles of Canadian Jewish life 1. An Ever-Dying People? Some Advantages of Comparative Analysis Robert Brym and Randal F. Schnoor 2. Canadian Jewry since World War II Richard Menkis and Harold Troper 3. Demographic Overview Charles Shahar 4. Antisemitism in Canada Morton Weinfeld 5. The Centrality of Jewish Education in Canada Randal F. Schnoor Part Two. Comparing Categories of Canadian Jews 6. Twelve Degrees of Jewish Identity Robert Brym and Feng Hou 7. Jewish Residential Patterns and Identity Joshua Harold 8. Immigrant and Non-immigrant Household Income Naomi Lightman 9. Comparing Montreal and Toronto Ira Robinson 10. Experiencing Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Toronto Marina Morgenstern 11. Attitudes and Activism Concerning Israel Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein Part Three. Comparing Canadian Jews and Other Canadians 12. From the Jewish Question to the Muslim Question Abdolmohammad Kazemipur 13. Jews and the Christian Goliath Reginald Bibby 14. Are the Chinese Canada’s New Jews? Feng Hou and Robert Brym 15. Jews and Métis in Canada: Ethnic Mobility and the Politics of Counting David S. Koffman and Paul L. Gareau 16. Jewish Intellectual Exceptionalism? Ethnic Diversity in the University of Toronto’s School of Medicine Jordan Chad and Robert Brym Part Four. Comparing Jews in Canada and Other Countries 17. Jewish Demography and Identity in Canada and Eight Other Countries Sergio DellaPergola 18. Intermarriage in Canada and the United States: Déjà vu or Different? Fern Chertok and Matthew A. Brookner 19. Qualifying the Leading Theory of Diaspora Jewry: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Canada and the United States Robert Brym, Anna Slavina, and Rhonda Lenton 20. Perceptions and Realities of Antisemitism: Canadian, British, and French Jews Daniel Staetsky 21. Marriage and Mobility of Moroccan Jews in Montreal and Paris Martin Messika and Yolande Cohen 22. Jewish Engagement in Canada and Australia Adina Bankier-Karp Conclusion

Reviews

"""Drawing on a stellar group of scholars across multiple disciplines, this important collection analyses Canada's Jews in comparative perspective, both in relation to other ethnic communities within the country and to Jewish communities around the world."" - Jeffrey Kopstein, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine ""This pioneering volume examines Canadian Jewry through a comparative lens. Similarities and differences between Jews and non-Jews, and between Jews in Canada and in other countries, highlight dimensions of Canadian Jewish life that have previously gone unremarked. Substantively and methodologically, The Ever-Dying People? displays the many benefits that a comparative approach to the study of Jewish communities yields."" - Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University ""This volume is a vital contribution to the socio-scientific studies of the Jewish community in Canada. It is a collection of well-researched, cutting-edge essays, each addressing a vital area of scholarship. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!"" - Anna Shternshis, Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies, University of Toronto, and author of When Sonia Met Boris: An Oral History of Jewish Life under Stalin"

Drawing on a stellar group of scholars across multiple disciplines, this important collection analyses Canada's Jews in comparative perspective, both in relation to other ethnic communities within the country and to Jewish communities around the world. - Jeffrey Kopstein, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine This pioneering volume examines Canadian Jewry through a comparative lens. Similarities and differences between Jews and non-Jews, and between Jews in Canada and in other countries, highlight dimensions of Canadian Jewish life that have previously gone unremarked. Substantively and methodologically, The Ever-Dying People? displays the many benefits that a comparative approach to the study of Jewish communities yields. - Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University This volume is a vital contribution to the socio-scientific studies of the Jewish community in Canada. It is a collection of well-researched, cutting-edge essays, each addressing a vital area of scholarship. I cannot recommend this book highly enough! - Anna Shternshis, Al and Malka Green Professor of Yiddish Studies, University of Toronto, and author of When Sonia Met Boris: An Oral History of Jewish Life under Stalin

Author Information

Robert Brym, FRSC, is a professor of sociology and an associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. Randal F. Schnoor is adjunct professor at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.

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