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Book SynopsisFaces in the Crowd is an exploration of the lives and contributions of Jews to Canada.
Trade Review"The book, with its well-organized structure, numerous chapter subheadings, and wealth of background historical information, deserves to be the primary text in introductory courses on Canadian Jewish life at the university level…Bialystok should be commended for authoring a book that will add much knowledge about Canada’s Jews to what will hopefully be a wide audience." -- Jack Lipinsky, PhD *
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"This is the first full-scale, synthetic history of Canadian Jewry, spanning the 18th century to the present, since Gerald Tulchinsky’s masterful Canada’s Jews: A People’s Journey. Bialystok enumerates historical factors and introduces a wide range of personages, from movers and shakers to criminals. A welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.” -- J.D. Sarna, Brandeis University *
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“Faces in the Crowd is a welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.” -- J.D. Sarna, Brandeis University *
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Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Who Are the Jews? Part One: Foundations, 1760–1900 1. Creating a Community: The Jews of Quebec 2. The Jews of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Ontario Part Two: Building a Community, 1900–1945 3. The Great Migration 4. Yiddish Canada 5. Organizations 6. Reformers, Radicals, Rogues 7. Antisemitism Part Three: The Community Matures, 1945–2000 8. Into the Mainstream 9. Confronting History: 1945–1967 10. Filling the Void: 1967–1985 11. Continuity and Consensus: 1985–2000 12. Faith, Culture, Scholarship, and Politics: 1945–2000 13. The Jewish Diaspora Comes to Bathurst Street Part Four: Canada’s Jews since 2000 14. The Ascent of Diversity in the New Millennium Epilogue: “Hallelujah” Appendix: Faces in the Crowd
