Creating the chupah : the Zionist movement and the drive for Jewish communal unity in Canada, 1898-1921 / Henry Felix Srebrnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srebrnik, Henry Felix.

Series:

Jewish identities in post modern society.

Jewish identities in post modern society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionism--Canada.

Zionism.

Jews--Canada.

Jews.

Jews, Canadian.

Canada--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Canada.

World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p. ) ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Creating the Chupah assesses the role of Canadian Zionist organizations in the drive for communal unity within Canadian Jewry in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Two strands of Zionism, represented respectively by the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada and Poale Zion, were often in conflicts that reflected greater disputes. The book also describes Zionist activities within the larger spectrum of Canadian Jewish life. Montreal was at the time the "capital" of Canadian Jewry, but the Jewish communities of Toronto and Winnipeg also played a significant role in these events. Srebrnik here makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of Zionism and twentieth-century Jewish life in Canada.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chapter One. Introduction: Preliminary Remarks about Canada's Jewish Community

Chapter Two. A General Outline of Canadian Jewry to 1921

Chapter Three. The Infrastructure of Canadian Jewry: The Establishment of Schools, Newspapers, and Agricultural Settlements

Chapter Four. General Zionism in Canada before the First World War

Chapter Five. Labour Zionism in Canada, 1905-1914: The Poale Zion

Chapter Six. The First World War: Divisions within Canadian Jewry, 1914-1917

Chapter Seven. The Coalescing of the Two Streams and the Formation of the Jewish Legion, 1917-1919

Chapter Eight. The Canadian Jewish Congress of 1919

Chapter Nine. Conclusion: The Consolidation of Zionist Leadership and the End of Immigration, 1919-1921

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-030-6

OCLC:

797832987