Jews and French Quebecers

Two Hundred Years of Shared History

Häftad, Engelska, 1991

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Jews and French Quebecers recounts a saga of intense interest for the whole of Canada, let alone societies elsewhere. This work, now translated into English, represents the viewpoints of two friends from differing cultural and religious traditions. One is a French Quebecer and a Christian; the other is Jewish and also calls Quebec his home. Both men are bilingual. Jacques Langlais and David Rome examine the merging - through alterations of close co-operation and socio-political clashes - of two Quebec ethno-cultural communities: one French, already rooted in the land of Quebec and its religio-cultural tradition; the other, Jewish, migrating from Europe through the last two centuries, equally rooted in its Jewish-Yiddish tradition. In Quebec both communities have learned to build and live together as well as to share their respective cultural heritages. This remarkable experience, two hundred years of intercultural co-vivance, in a world fraught with ethnic tensions serves as a model for both Canada and other countries.

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Utgivningsdatum1991-10-30
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt320 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor209
FörlagWilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN9780889209985
ÖversättareYoung, Barbara

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Father Jacques Langlais was from the Holy Cross Congregation. He was the founder, in 1963, of the Monchainin Center (which became the Intercultural Institute of Montréal in 1990) and its director from 1963 to 1970. He dedicated his life to interreligious and intercultural dialogue.David Rome was a Canadian historian and the director of the Montreal Jewish Public Library and was part of the Canadian Jewish Congress as the archivist and later historian of the organization. He was officially honoured on several occasions, recieving CJC's H.M. Caiserman Award and being invested as a Knight in the Order of Quebec in 1987. In addition, he is also the co#8211;author of Les Juifs du Québec, bibliographie r#233;trospective annot#233;e (1979) and The Stones that Speak/Les pierres qui parlents (1992).Barbara Young is the translator of this book.

Table of Contents for Jews and French Quebecers: Two Hundred Years of Shared History , by Jacques Langlais and David Rome, translated by Barbara Young Foreword Preface to the English Translation The Ultramontane Influence Confederation The Quiet Revolution Preface to the Original French Version Relatives, Partners and Neighbours Decades of Rupture Post-War Liberations I. Early Jewish Presence in Quebec, 1627â1882 Travel in New France Prohibited The First Jewish Families The First English Sephardic Community Early Contributions to Political History The Jews and the War in Quebec Growth of the First Congregation: The de Solas The 1882 Reform The Associations: Emergence of a New Judaism II. The Great Yiddish Migration, 1880â1940 From Shtetl to America Insertion into Quebec Early Challenges III. The Reaction of French Quebec, 1880â1945 A New Phenomenon: Anti-Semitism Precursors in Quebec Jewish Schools Anti-Semitism in the 1930s IV. The Quiet Revolution of Jewish Quebecers, 1945â76 Cultural Revolution Economic Emancipation Church and Synagogue in Quebec Religious Crisis Arrival of the French-Speaking Jews The 1976 Crisis New Community Spirit V. Where Is the Jewish Community Headed? The Challenge of Continuity Quebec Today The Ambivalence of Nationalism in the 1970s Exodus of Jewish Youth? From Ethnocentric to Cultural Nationalism The Future Belongs to Quebecers Chronology: The Jews in Quebec Notes Bibliography