Ever-Dying People? Canada's Jews in Comparative Perspective
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Robert Brym, FRSC, is a professor of sociology and an associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.
Randal F. Schnoor is adjunct professor at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.
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, some of which breathe life into Jewish communities, including Canada’s.
Bringing together leading Canadian and international scholars, The Ever-Dying People? provides a landmark report on Canadian Jewry based on recent surveys, censuses, and other contemporary data sources from Canada and around the world. This collection compares Canada’s Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. It also sheds light on social divisions within Canadian Jewry: across cities, sub-ethnic groups, denominations, genders, economic strata, and political orientations. These bases of comparison usefully explain variation in a wide range of sociological phenomena, including ethnic identity, religiosity, acculturation, intermarriage, discrimination, economic achievement, and educational attainment.
Part 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
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, some of which breathe life into Jewish communities, including Canada’s.
Bringing together leading Canadian and international scholars, The Ever-Dying People? provides a landmark report on Canadian Jewry based on recent surveys, censuses, and other contemporary data sources from Canada and around the world. This collection compares Canada’s Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. It also sheds light on social divisions within Canadian Jewry: across cities, sub-ethnic groups, denominations, genders, economic strata, and political orientations. These bases of comparison usefully explain variation in a wide range of sociological phenomena, including ethnic identity, religiosity, acculturation, intermarriage, discrimination, economic achievement, and educational attainment.
Part 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
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Robert Brym, FRSC, is a professor of sociology and an associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.
Randal F. Schnoor is adjunct professor at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.