@article{541, keywords = {Toronto, Jews, Flags}, author = {Shmuel Shamai}, title = {The Jews and the Public Education System: the Students' Strike Over the 'Flag Fight' in Toronto After the First World War}, abstract = {In 1918, several Jewish elementary students in Toronto went on strike when their teachers would not permit them to place the Zionist flag among the flags of the victorious World War I allies. The issue became a major factor in local politics, which affected school board elections and led to the banning of all flags (except the British) in schools.}, year = {1988}, journal = {Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal}, volume = {10}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {46-53, }, isbn = {07063547}, language = {English}, }