History of the Jews in Quebec

Pierre Anctil, Judith Weisz Woodsworth

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University of Ottawa Press
07 September 2021

Social & cultural history; Jewish studies

Series: Canadian Studies

The presence of Jews in Quebec dates back four centuries. Quebec Jewry, in Montreal in particular, has evolved over time, thanks to successive waves of migration from different regions of the world. The Jews of Quebec belong to a unique society in North America, which they have worked to fashion. The dedication with which they have defended their rights and their extensive achievements in multiple sectors of activity have helped foster diversity in Quebec.

This work recounts the different contributions Jews have made over the years, along with the cultural context that encouraged the emergence in Montreal of a Jewish community like no other in North America.

This is the first overview of a history that began during the French Regime and continued, through many twists and turns, up to the turn of the twenty-first century.

This book won the J.I. Segal Award (Jewish Public Library, Montreal), as well as the Governor General's Literary Awards (Translation).

By: Pierre Anctil
Translated by: Judith Weisz Woodsworth
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780776629483
ISBN 10: 0776629484
Series: Canadian Studies
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 07 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pierre Anctil is an award-winning author, a member of the Royal Society of Canada since 2012 and a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, where he taught contemporary Canadian history and Canadian Jewish history. He has written at length on the history of Montreal's Jewish community and on the current debates on cultural pluralism in Canada. His most recent English-language titles are History of the Jews in Quebec (2021), Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu (2017) and A Reluctant Welcome for Jewish People: Voices in Le Devoir's Editorials, 19101947 (2019), all at the University of Ottawa Press.

Reviews for History of the Jews in Quebec

Historian Pierre Anctil has just published a masterful, comprehensive, and fascinating book, History of the Jews in Quebec, in which he recounts four centuries of Jewish life in Quebec. A work that will go down in the annals of Jewish history in Canada. --Elias Levy The Canadian Jewish News, Montreal (11/23/2017 12:00:00 AM) L'historien Pierre Anctil vient de publier un livre magistral, rigoureux et passionnant dans lequel il retrace quatre siecles de vie juive au Quebec --Histoire des Juifs du Quebec. Un ouvrage qui fera date dans les annales historiographiques consacrees aux Juifs du Canada. --Elias Levy The Canadian Jewish News, Montreal (11/23/2017 12:00:00 AM) Pierre Anctil raconte avec erudition l'histoire de deux minorites -- juive dans l'ensemble quebecois, francophone dans l'ensemble canadien. Cette synthese s'impose comme une lecture essentielle pour qui veut comprendre le Quebec et le Canada contemporains: elle place l'Histoire des Juifs du Quebec au coeur de l'histoire du Quebec tout court dont elle est, desormais, une des pierres d'angle. --Yves Chevrefils Desbiolles Archives juives, Paris, vol. 52, no 2 (1/1/2019 12:00:00 AM) Pierre Anctil tells the history of two minorities--Jews within Quebec and Francophones within Canada--with erudition. This overview is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand contemporary Quebec and Canada: it places the history of the Jews in Quebec at the very heart of Quebec history, and makes it one of its cornerstones. --Yves Chevrefils Desbiolles Archives juives, Paris, vol. 52, no 2 (1/1/2019 12:00:00 AM)

Runner-up for Governor General Literary Awards (GGBooks), Translation category 2022 (Canada)
Winner of Governor General Literary Awards (GGBooks), Translation category 2022 (Canada)
Winner of Jacob Isaac Segal Awards 2018