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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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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