This book is the first collection of scholarly essays to treat
the topic of antisemitism in Canada, a complete history of which
has yet to be written. Eleven leading thinkers in the field examine
antisemitism in Canada, from the colonial era to the present day,
in essays which reflect the saga of the nation itself. The history
of the Jewish community, its struggles and its fortunes is mirrored
in the wider history of Canada, from Confederation to the
present.
The contributors cast light on Canadian antisemitism through a
thorough examination of old and new tensions, including
Anglo-French, east-west and Jewish-Ukrainian relations. Attitudes
to Jews in pre-Confederation Canada, French Canada from
Confederation to World War I as well as the interwar years, and in
twentieth-century Ontario and Alberta from 1880-1950 are
illustrated in various chapters. Of particular interest are the
examinations of such well-known figures as Goldwin Smith, the
greatly admired liberal historian of Victorian Canada, Adrien
Arcand, the would-be F?hrer from Quebec, and James Keegstra and
Ernst Z?del, of more recent notoriety. Analyses are also provided
of Nazism and Canadian Protestantism and Jewish-Ukrainian relations
since World War II. This is a complex and contentious subject; yet,
to understand the ideas and forces that have sought to undermine
the Jewish presence in Canada is to understand the dangers that
threaten any democratic society, and thereby to guard against
them.
This compelling collection of essays offers intelligent,
readable accounts of an area of Canadian history about which we
know too little.
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