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A courtroom clash over the Holocaust
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Ernst Zundel's trial confirms that the Holocaust is still a passionate topic. Zundel, born in Germany, alleged in his 1983 pamphlet, Did Six Million Really Die?, that only thousands, rather than ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:Anatomy of a Failed Strike: the T. Eaton Co. Lockout of Cloakmakers, 1912
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Chronicles the events of the failed Toronto cloakmaker's strike of 1912, in which a tightly knit group of mostly Jewish tailors struck against the large T. Eaton Company over increased workload ...Keywords: TorontoJewsT. Eaton CompanyStrikesYear of publication: 1985Export options:Bringing Order to Chaos, the Centralization of Jewish Education in Toronto
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Jewish religious education in Toronto began early in the 20th century, but it was not until 1937 that the United Jewish Welfare Fund was established to provide supervision and funding for the various ...Year of publication: 1988Export options:Episodes of Recurring Hatred
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Group hatred has no rational basis. Anti-Semitism is especially vicious because of the Holocaust. A California newsletter claims that the Holocaust was a fiction invented by Jews. German-born Ernst ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:Holocaust hoaxer on trial in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Ernst Zundel was convicted for claiming that the Holocaust was a hoax under a little-used Canadian law against publishing untruths that might cause racial or social intolerance. Zundel was born in ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:Principles before party politics: the political career of Max Saltsman
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of Max Saltsman's political achievements and political thinking, based on an interview, Saltsman's own writings, and newspaper articles. Saltsman was the NDP winner of the 1964 federal by- ...Keywords: BiographiesPoliticiansJewsGaltWaterloo SouthNew Democratic PartySaltsman MaxReuter AllanWintermeyer John20th centuryYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1947-1985Export options:The Christie Pits Riot: a Case Study in the Dynamics of Ethnic Violence - Toronto, August 16, 1933
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A violent riot in which Jews and anti-Semites clashed in a Toronto softball park culminated a series of incidents involving the provocative use of the swastika symbol by young gentiles.Keywords: TorontoJewsAnti-SemitismYear of publication: 1985Export options:The Defence of Identity: Ida Siegel and the Jews of Toronto Versus the Assimilation Attempts of the Public School and its Allies, 1900-1920
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the history of Ida Siegel's struggle to protect the cultural and religious identity of Toronto's Jews during a time when the Canadian majority in Toronto saw the public schools as a means ...Keywords: Siegel IdaTorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1985Export options:The Jews and the Public Education System: the Students' Strike Over the 'Flag Fight' in Toronto After the First World War
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: 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 ...Year of publication: 1988Export options:Volunteers for a Dream
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the organization, members, and activities of Toronto's Hadassah-WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) since 1917. The author pays particular attention to the Hadassah's efforts ...Year of publication: 1988Export options: