Jewish

A celebration of Jewish life for all Canadians to cherish. Irving Abella's classic Coat of Many Colours, is a must-have for every Canadian interested in history or Judaica. (1999)

This collection of unpublished talks on historical events by Frank Eyck serves as a companion volume to his autobiography, A Historian's Pilgrimage. These essays reflect Frank’s research and vast knowledge of European and contemporary world history, some of it based on his own experience. He was expert at asking salient questions, and would alway …

“It is Easter Sunday, April 1945, early in the morning, maybe just dawn. We stand still, like frozen grey statues. Us. Seven hundred and thirty women, wrapped in wet, grey, threadbare blankets, standing in the rain. Our blankets hang over our heads, drape down to the soil. We hold them closed with our hands from the inside, leaving only a small …

The second volume in this two-volume work studying the initial developments of anti-Judaism within the church examines the evolution of the Christian faith in its social context as revealed by evidence such as early patristic and rabbinic writings and archaeological findings.

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 commun …