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A History of Antisemitism in Canada

By (author) Ira Robinson, Ph.D
Categories: Social and cultural history, History: specific events and topics, History, History and Archaeology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Relating to religious groups, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Paperback : 9781771121668, 300 pages, August 2015
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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

Description

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.

Awards

  • Short-listed, CHOICE Magazine Community College Recommendation 2015
  • Short-listed, Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature 2016

Reviews

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