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Religion History

Jerusalem on the Amur

Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951

by (author) Henry Felix Srebrnik

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
History, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773534285
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577817
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $110.00

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The Canadian Jewish Communist movement, an influential ideological voice within the Canadian left, played a major role in the politics of Jewish communities in cities such as Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg, as well as many smaller centres, between the 1920s and the 1950s. Jerusalem on the Amur looks at the interlocking group of left-wing Jewish organizations that shared the political views of the Canadian Communist Party and were vocal proponents of policies perceived as beneficial to the Jewish working class. Focusing on the Association for Jewish Colonization in Russia, known by its transliterated acronym as the ICOR, and the Canadian Ambijan Committee, Henry Srebrnik uses Yiddish-language books, newspapers, pamphlets, and other materials to trace the ideological and material support provided by the Canadian Jewish Communist movement to Birobidzhan.

About the author

Henry Srebrnik is professor of political studies, University of Prince Edward Island and the author of London Jews and British Communism, 1935-1945.

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