Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil

by Margolis, Rebecca

• ISBN13: 9780773538122
• ISBN10: 0773538127
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-28
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

Looking at Montreal's Jewish community during the first half of the twentieth century, Margolis explores the lives and works of activists, writers, scholars, performers, and organizations that fuelled a still-thriving community. She also considers the foundations and development of Yiddish cultural life in Montreal in its interaction with broader issues of diasporic Jewish culture. An illuminating look at the ways in which Yiddish culture was maintained in North America, Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil is the story of how a minority culture was transplanted and transformed.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and Figures	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
The Montreal Yiddish Press	p. 39
Yiddish Literary Activity in Montreal	p. 75
Montreal's Secular Jewish Schools	p. 123
The Montreal Yiddish Theatre	p. 159
Transitions: 1945 and Beyond	p. 190
Notes	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 237
Index	p. 277
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