The Defining Decade

by Troper, Harold

• ISBN13: 9781442641143
• ISBN10: 1442641142
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

The 1960s witnessed a radical transformation in the Canadian Jewish community. The erosion of longstanding barriers of anti-Semitism resulted in increased access for Jews to the economic, political, and social Canadian mainstream. Arguing paradoxically that even as Canada became more accepting, Canadian Jews became more focused on Jewish identity, The Defining Decadeexamines how the 1960s redefined what it meant to be a Canadian Jew and a Jewish Canadian. Domestic events such as the Quiet Revolution, the eruption of Neo-Nazi activity, the election of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, and the promise of multiculturalism combined with international affairs such as the Six Day War, Arab rejectionism with regards to Israel, and the explosion of Soviet Jewish activisim to radically reshape Canadian Jewish priorities. In tracing the rapid changes of this tumultuous decade, 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Of Faith and Thanksgiving	p. 3
A Third Solitude	p. 39
Second City	p. 80
The Last Torah in the Fire	p. 122
Prestige Pride	p. 163
The Maddest and Most Passionate Fling'	p. 204
'Let Them Have It'	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 284
Notes	p. 297
Interviews	p. 335
Sources	p. 339
Illustration Credits	p. 341
Index	p. 343
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