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Book SynopsisIn tracing the rapid changes of the 1960s, Harold Troper draws upon a wealth of historical documentation, including more than eighty interviews, to demonstrate that the expression of Canadian Jewishness was an increasingly public - and political - commitment.
Trade Review'This is no dry academic tome and, as in his previous books, Troper is a fine raconteur. The book caps extensive research into previously untold stories of individuals and institutions that populated the Jewish community's landscape in the 1960s and is replete with colourful anecdotes and quotes from literary and news publications of the time... This volume should appeal especially to the current generation of Jewish leaders and activists, who know little of how what they now take for granted came about.' -- Shira Herzog: Literary Review of Canada, May 2011 'The Defining Decade is a thoroughly researched, well written account of Canadian Jewish community's emergence from the shadows into daylight... The author's obvious scholarship is embellished with incisive observations, telling statistics, crisp anecdotes and occasional splashes of humour. This book should appeal to readers who have a hearty interest in Canadian and Toronto Jewish history.' -- Bill Gladstone The Canadian Jewish News, March 22, 2012
Table of Contents1 Of Faith and Thanksgiving 2 A Third Solitude 3 Second City 4 The Last Torah in the Fire 5 Prestige Pride 6 'The Maddest and Most Passionate Fling' 7 'Let Them Have It' Conclusion Notes Interviews Sources Index
