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Social Science Jewish Studies

The Ever-Dying People?

Canada's Jews in Comparative Perspective

edited by Robert Brym & Randal F. Schnoor

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2023
Category
Jewish Studies, General, General, Jewish
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487528775
    Publish Date
    Mar 2023
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487528768
    Publish Date
    Apr 2023
    List Price
    $70.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487528799
    Publish Date
    Feb 2023
    List Price
    $34.95

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Demise by assimilation or antisemitism is often held to be the inevitable future of Jews in Canada and other diaspora countries. The Ever-Dying People? shows that the Jewish diaspora, while often held to be in decline, is influenced by a range of identifiable sociological and historical forces, some of which breathe life into Jewish communities, including Canada’s.

 

Bringing together leading Canadian and international scholars, The Ever-Dying People? provides a landmark report on Canadian Jewry based on recent surveys, censuses, and other contemporary data sources from Canada and around the world. This collection compares Canada’s Jews with other Canadian ethnic and religious groups and with Jewish communities in other diaspora countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. It also sheds light on social divisions within Canadian Jewry: across cities, sub-ethnic groups, denominations, genders, economic strata, and political orientations. These bases of comparison usefully explain variation in a wide range of sociological phenomena, including ethnic identity, religiosity, acculturation, intermarriage, discrimination, economic achievement, and educational attainment.

About the authors

Robert Brym, FRSC, is a professor of sociology and an associate of the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.

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Randal F. Schnoor is adjunct professor at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.

Randal F. Schnoor's profile page

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