Canadian Jewish history comes to life in the pages of ‘Faces in the Crowd’ by Franklin Bialystok
I am a self-professed lover of Canadian Jewish history—a passion which set me on my career path as an archivist at Canada’s second-oldest synagogue, Montreal’s Shaar Hashomayim. Yet I often lament how little we as Canadian Jews—and indeed, the rest of Canada and the Jewish diaspora—know of our own history. Franklin Bialystok’s new book has […]
Obituary: Irving Abella, 82, was a Canadian historian who revealed why Canada kept Jews out during the Holocaust
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The co-author of ’None is Too Many’ died July 3.
A historian who believes French Quebec’s attitude toward Jews is more nuanced than you think
Antisemitism was not endemic among francophone Quebecers in the period before the Second World War, Pierre Anctil argues in his newly translated History of the Jews in Quebec, taking issue with other historians’ depictions. “Contrary to the position articulated by Irving Abella and Harold Troper in None is Too Many, it would not be accurate […]
Anthony: All students need to learn about genocide
All students across Canada need to learn about genocide. Every school needs to offer the course and give students the opportunity to consider taking the course.
New memoir shines light on Quebec’s 1980s language crisis
Herbert Marx has published a book called My Story, which offers tantalizing details about what was going on behind the scenes in those tumultuous years.
Canadian Jewish Archives moves to new location in uptown Montreal
After nearly half a century, the national archives of the Canadian Jewish community is leaving the Samuel Bronfman Building in downtown Montreal, to a new location in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
McCord exhibit explores Jewish contributions to Montreal
The contributions that Jews made to the city of Montreal during the 20th century is the subject of a new exhibition at the McCord Museum.
Finding Canada’s post-war Jewish tailors
Beginning in 1948 and lasting for several years, the Tailor Project managed to bring 2,000 labourers into the country. Now, Larry Enkin wants to find out what happened to them.
David Barrett – the Jewish premier who shaped B.C.
David Barrett, Canada’s first Jewish premier, died of Alzheimer’s disease on Feb. 2 in Victoria.
Krugerdorf cemetery: A testimony to the Jewish pioneers of the north
Abe Aidelbaum is working to obtain charitable status for a 112-year-old Jewish cemetery in northern Ontario.
