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The ever-dying people? : Canada's Jews in comparative perspective /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brym, Robert J., 1951- (Editor ), Schnoor, Randal F. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2023.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Part A. Introduction: Profiles of Canadian Jewish Life
  • 1 The Ever-Dying People? Some Advantages of Comparative Analysis
  • 2 Canadian Jewry since the Second World War
  • 3 Demographic Overview
  • 4 Antisemitism in Canada
  • 5 The Centrality of Jewish Education in Canada
  • Part B. Comparing Canadian Jews across Social Characteristics
  • 6 Twelve Degrees of Jewish Identity
  • 7 Jewish Residential Patterns and Identity
  • 8 Immigrant and Non-immigrant Household Income
  • 9 Comparing Montreal and Toronto
  • 10 Experiencing Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Toronto
  • 11 Attitudes and Activism concerning Israel
  • Part C. Comparing Canadian Jews and Other Canadians
  • 12 From the Jewish Question to the Muslim Question
  • 13 Jews and the Christian Goliath
  • 14 Are the Chinese Canada's New Jews?
  • 15 Jews and Métis in Canada: Ethnic Mobility and the Politics of Counting
  • 16 Jewish Intellectual Exceptionalism? Ethnic Representation at the University of Toronto Medical School
  • Part D. Comparing Jews in Canada and Other Countries
  • 17 Jewish Demography and Identity in Nine Countries
  • 18 Intermarriage in Canada and the United States: Déjà Vu or Different?
  • 19 Qualifying the Leading Theory of Diaspora Jewry: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Canada and the United States
  • 20 Perceptions and Realities of Antisemitism: Canadian, British, and French Jews
  • 21 Marriage and Mobility of Moroccan Jews in Montreal and Paris
  • 22 Jewish Engagement in Canada and Australia
  • List of Contributors
  • Index