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Book SynopsisThis book compares Canada's Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, offering insights into the ethnic identity, values, behaviour, and likely future of Jews in Canada.
Table of ContentsPart One. Introduction: Profiles of Canadian Jewish life 1. An Ever-Dying People? Some Advantages of Comparative Analysis Robert Brym and Randal F. Schnoor 2. Canadian Jewry since World War II Richard Menkis and Harold Troper 3. Demographic Overview Charles Shahar 4. Antisemitism in Canada Morton Weinfeld 5. The Centrality of Jewish Education in Canada Randal F. Schnoor Part Two. Comparing Categories of Canadian Jews 6. Twelve Degrees of Jewish Identity Robert Brym and Feng Hou 7. Jewish Residential Patterns and Identity Joshua Harold 8. Immigrant and Non-immigrant Household Income Naomi Lightman 9. Comparing Montreal and Toronto Ira Robinson 10. Experiencing Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender: Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Toronto Marina Morgenstern 11. Attitudes and Activism Concerning Israel Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein Part Three. Comparing Canadian Jews and Other Canadians 12. From the Jewish Question to the Muslim Question Abdolmohammad Kazemipur 13. Jews and the Christian Goliath Reginald Bibby 14. Are the Chinese Canada’s New Jews? Feng Hou and Robert Brym 15. Jews and Métis in Canada: Ethnic Mobility and the Politics of Counting David S. Koffman and Paul L. Gareau 16. Jewish Intellectual Exceptionalism? Ethnic Diversity in the University of Toronto’s School of Medicine Jordan Chad and Robert Brym Part Four. Comparing Jews in Canada and Other Countries 17. Jewish Demography and Identity in Canada and Eight Other Countries Sergio DellaPergola 18. Intermarriage in Canada and the United States: Déjà vu or Different? Fern Chertok and Matthew A. Brookner 19. Qualifying the Leading Theory of Diaspora Jewry: Jews from the Former Soviet Union in Canada and the United States Robert Brym, Anna Slavina, and Rhonda Lenton 20. Perceptions and Realities of Antisemitism: Canadian, British, and French Jews Daniel Staetsky 21. Marriage and Mobility of Moroccan Jews in Montreal and Paris Martin Messika and Yolande Cohen 22. Jewish Engagement in Canada and Australia Adina Bankier-Karp Conclusion
