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Faces in the Crowd

The Jews of Canada

by (author) Franklin Bialystok

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2022
Category
Jewish, Jewish Studies, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442604414
    Publish Date
    Jun 2022
    List Price
    $62.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442604445
    Publish Date
    Jun 2022
    List Price
    $50.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442608269
    Publish Date
    Sep 2022
    List Price
    $130.00

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Description

Starting with the first steps on Canadian soil in the eighteenth century to the present day, Faces in the Crowd introduces the reader to the people and personalities who made up the Canadian Jewish experience, from the Jewish roots of the NHL’s Ross trophy to Leonard Cohen and all the rabbis, artists, writers, and politicians in between. Drawing on a lifetime of wisdom and experience at the heart of the Canadian Jewish community, Franklin Bialystok adds new research, unique insights, and, best of all, memorable stories to the history of the Jews in Canada.

About the author

Franklin Bialystok is a sessional lecturer at the Centres for Canadian and Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.

Franklin Bialystok's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"This is the first full-scale, synthetic history of Canadian Jewry, spanning the 18th century to the present, since Gerald Tulchinsky’s masterful Canada’s Jews: A People’s Journey. Bialystok enumerates historical factors and introduces a wide range of personages, from movers and shakers to criminals. A welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.”

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"The book, with its well-organized structure, numerous chapter subheadings, and wealth of background historical information, deserves to be the primary text in introductory courses on Canadian Jewish life at the university level…Bialystok should be commended for authoring a book that will add much knowledge about Canada’s Jews to what will hopefully be a wide audience."

<em>Canadian Jewish Studies</em>

Faces in the Crowd is a welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.”

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