The Defining Decade: Identity, Politics, and the Canadian Jewish Community in the 1960s

by Harold Troper

Book Overview

The 1960s witnessed a radical transformation in the Canadian Jewish community. The erosion of longstanding barriers of anti-Semitism resulted in increased access for Jews to the economic, political, and social Canadian mainstream. Arguing paradoxically that even as Canada became more accepting, Canadian Jews became more focused on Jewish identity, The Defining Decadeexamines how the 1960s redefined what it meant to be a Canadian Jew and a Jewish Canadian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610468
• ISBN13: 9781442610460
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher