Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil
Yiddish Cultural Life in Montreal, 1905-1945
1st Edition
Published on 28. February 2011
320 pages
978-0-7735-8589-8 (ISBN)
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In 1931, ninety-nine percent of Montreal's sixty thousand Jews reported that Yiddish was their mother tongue. In the succeeding decades, Yiddish culture has continued to have a prominent place in Montreal's social landscape. In Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil
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Margolis Rebecca:
Rebecca Margolis is director and Pratt Foundation Chair of Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, Australia.Rebecca Margolis is an associate professor in the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa.
Rebecca Margolis is director and Pratt Foundation Chair of Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, Australia.Rebecca Margolis is an associate professor in the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Montreal Yiddish Press
- 3 Yiddish Literary Activity in Montreal
- 4 Montreal's Secular Jewish Schools
- 5 The Montreal Yiddish Theatre
- 6 Transitions: 1945 and Beyond
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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