Who Gets In : An Immigration Story / Norman Ravvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravvin, Norman, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenstein, Yehuda Yosef.

Antisemitism.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.) : 10 black and white photographs; 20 archival documents

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An eye-opening account of the Jewish immigration experience in the 1930s, and one man's battle against anti-Semitic immigration policies. In 1930, a young Jewish man, Yehuda Yosef Eisenstein, arrived in Canada from Poland to escape persecution and the rise of Nazism in the hopes of starting a new life for himself and his family. Like countless others who made this journey from "non-preferred" countries, Eisenstein was only granted entry because he claimed to be single, starting his new life with a lie. He trusted that his wife and children would be able to follow after he had gained legal entry and found work. For years, he was given two choices: remain in North America alone, or return home to Poland to be with his family. Born from years of archival research, Who Gets In is author Norman Ravvin's deeply personal family memoir, telling the story of his grandfather's resolute struggle against xenophobic and anti-Semitic government policies. Ravvin also provides a shocking exposé of the true character of nation-building in Canada and directly challenges its reputation as a benevolent, tolerant, and multicultural country.

Contents:

Intro

Part

ONE

Another Ship, Another Time

Leaving

"Pure Russian, Jew, German"

Oh, Ottawa

Go West, Slowly West, Knowing Nothing at All

Coming Forward, from Radzanów

Dysart, Saskatchewan, Capital of the Forgotten West

The Bennett Years

TWO

The Immigration Files: The Heart of the Matter

At Hirsch on the Southeastern Borderlands

How to Become a Character in a Canadian Novel

The Immigration Path, Dark and Twisted

Enter the Great Lady

The Train I Ride

Going to the Archives

You Come from Far Away: The Danzig Story

Last Thoughtsupon Leaving

Acknowledgements

Notes

Sources Cited and Consulted

Illustration Credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-88977-923-6

OCLC:

1354552909