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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
First language attrition, Use and maintenance: the case of German Jews in anglophone countries
Type: BookKeywords: Language attritionLanguage maintenanceLanguages in contactJews German English-speaking countries LanguagesYear of publication: 2002Export options:History of the Board of Jewish Education of Toronto, 1949-1975: A Study of Autonomy and Control
Type: ThesisAbstract: This study explores the narrative and administrative history of the Board of Jewish Education of Toronto beginning with the genesis of the idea that a central agency overseeing Jewish education in ...Year of publication: 1992Export options:'If You Want Peace, Prepare for Peace': Hanna Newcombe, Peace Researcher and Peace Activist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Portrays the dedication of peace activist Hanna Newcombe, a Jewish refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Newcombe began her work in 1960 with the Voice of Women, helped to start a new chapter of ...Keywords: DundasPacifismNewcombe HannaJewsYear of publication: 1992Export options:Monocultural Education in a Pluralist Environment: Ashkenazi Curricula in Toronto Jewish Educational Institutions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Until the 1950's, the Toronto Jewish community was composed almost exclusively of Jews of European origin (Ashkenazim). Subsequently, many Jews from Asia and Africa (Sephardim) have emigrated to ...Keywords: TorontoReligious EducationJewsYear of publication: 1992Export options:Negotiating the Divides: How Adult Children of Holocaust Survivors Remember Their Engagement with the Popular Culture of the 1950s
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation examines how Jewish children of Holocaust survivors (COS), growing up in the 1950s in a small city in Ontario engaged with popular culture. Set within the context of a predominantly ...Year of publication: 2002Export options:Taking root : the origins of the Canadian Jewish community
Type: BookKeywords: JewsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1992Export options:The 'Jewish Phase' in the Movement for Racial Equality in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Following World War II, leaders of Canadian Jewry explained anti-Semitism as an aspect of racial prejudice in general, a problem attributable to pathological individuals who engaged in discrimination ...Keywords: DresdenJewsDiscriminationYear of publication: 2002Export options:The Kosher Lifestyle: Religious Consumerism and Suburban Orthodox Jews
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the development of a modern kosher lifestyle for Orthodox Jews since the 1950's. Contrary to the view that moving to the suburbs results in a dilution of religious observance for Jews, ...Keywords: TorontoJews (Orthodox)Food customsYear of publication: 2002Export options: