Ethnic groups in Canada may be successful, persecuted, cohesive, or endangered; only Canada's Jews appear to embody all of these characteristics simultaneously. Canadian Jewry is enduringly fascinating, worth knowing about because the community is an archetype of multiculturalism as it confronts the difficulties and advantages of ethnicity in the modern world. By examining the achievements of the community, and the challenge of its attempt to survive the exigencies of modern life, The Jews in Canada clarifies not only the evolution of Canada's Jewish community but also the evolution of ethnicity in Canadian society. The Wynford edition includes a comprehensive new introduction by the editors updating key findings for the twenty-first century.
Readership : Readers and researchers interested in the nature and social evolution of Canada's Jewish community and, more broadly, the evolution of ethnicity in Canadian society; courses in sociology departments on Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Judaism in Canada, Sociology of the Jews in North America; and courses in religious studies departments on History of Religion in Canada.
