No Better Home?: Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging Contributor(s): Koffman, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487523572 ISBN-13: 9781487523572 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
LCCN: 2020476304 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.97 lbs) 328 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book begins with an audacious question: Has there ever been a better home for Jews than Canada? By certain measures, Canada might be the most socially welcoming, economically secure, and religiously tolerant country for Jews in the diaspora, past or present. No Better Home? takes this question seriously, while also exploring the many contested meanings of the idea of home. Contributors to the volume include leading scholars of Canadian Jewish life as well as eminent Jewish scholars writing about Canada for the first time. The essays compare Canadian Jewish life with the quality of life experienced by Jews in other countries, examine Jewish and non-Jewish interactions in Canada, analyse specific historical moments and literary texts, reflect deeply personal histories, and widen the conversation about the quality and timbre of the Canadian Jewish experience. No Better Home? foregrounds Canadian Jewish life and ponders all that the Canadian experience has to teach about Jewish modernity. |
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