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A PERSPECTIVE ON JEWISH REFUGEES IN CANADA
Refugees as we now understand them only became an issue facing Canada and the rest of the international community with the imposition of passport and visa regulations during World War I, followed by restrictions of immigration in the postWorld War I period in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. French Canadian political leaders feared the diminution of their political power in the Dominion through increased immigration, which would only strengthen the demographic dominance of Anglo-Canada. Jewish community organizations learned to work with the Canadian government with great effectiveness in order to deal with extremely sensitive issues relative to Jewish refugees and their complex and vulnerable situations. [...]we must understand that the arrival of multiple waves of Jewish refugees in Canada significantly influenced the way that the Jewish communities of Canada understand themselves and their world.
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Canada's Jews
Canada is home to one of the world’s largest and most culturally creative Jewish communities, one of the few in the Diaspora that continues to grow demographically. With its ability to mirror trends found in Jewish communities elsewhere (particularly the United States) while simultaneously functioning as a distinct society, Canada’s Jewish community holds great interest for scholars, exercising a measurable influence on the culture and politics of World Jewry. Consisting of a series of essays written by experts in their respective fields, Canada’s Jews is a topical encyclopaedia, covering a wide variety of topics, from history and religion to the intellectual and cultural contributions of Canada’s Jews. An indispensable reference book for both laypeople and for scholars of Jewish and Canadian studies.
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The mega-urban regions of Southeast Asia
The first comprehensive work on the subject of ASEAN mega-urban regions.
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A PERSPECTIVE ON JEWISH REFUGEES IN CANADA
Refugees as we now understand them only became an issue facing Canada and the rest of the international community with the imposition of passport and visa regulations during World War I, followed by restrictions of immigration in the post-World War I period in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. French Canadian political leaders feared the diminution of their political power in the Dominion through increased immigration, which would only strengthen the demographic dominance of Anglo-Canada. [...]we must understand that the arrival of multiple waves of Jewish refugees in Canada significantly influenced the way that the Jewish communities of Canada understand themselves and their world. *This article was enriched through conversations with Rivka Augenfeld and Sean Remz.
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History, Memory, and Jewish Identity
This volume takes a fresh view of the role representations of the past play in the construction of Jewish identity. Its central theme is that the study of how Jews construct the past can help in interpreting how they understand the nature of their Jewishness. The individual chapters illuminate the ways in which Jews responded to and made use of the past. If Jews choices of what to include, emphasize, omit, and invent in their representation of the past is a fundamental variable, then this volume contributes to the creation of a more nuanced approach to the construction of the histories of Jews and their thought.
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