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Bulletin / Bulletin De L’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2017 Page 1 Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Association Des Études Juives Canadiennes ACJS BULLETIN / BULLETIN DE L’AÉJC | AUTUMN / AUTOMNE 2017 PAGE 1 ASSOCIATION FOR CaNADIAN JEWISH STUDIES ASSOCIATION DES ÉTUDES JUIVES CANADIENNES AUTUMN / AUTOMNE 2017/ 5778 BulletinVOLUME 31:2 President’s Message his year promises to be a ground-breaking one for ACJS, with a leadership comprised largely of graduate students and young professionals in the field who are bringing new energy to our organization. I am honoured Tto be stepping in as president during a time of many exciting new initiatives, among them: 1. A completely redesigned and absolutely beautiful University’s “No Better Home for the Jews… ACJS logo, banner and website: www.acjs-aejc.ca, Than Canada” symposium. This forms part of thanks to our new webmaster, Jesse Toufexis. If you wider efforts to bring the ACJS into a more have any images pertaining to the Canadian Jewish visible role within the wider field of Canadian experience that you would like to feature Jewish studies and to more actively on the website, or news you would like disseminate information across the country. to include, please send them his way at [email protected]. We invite any organization planning events with Canadian Jewish content to contact 2. An exciting year of programming me so we can partner in this way. We are conceived of and coordinated by the ACJS also in the process of designing postcards to Programming Co-Chairs and Graduate distribute, inviting people to join the ACJS. Student Liaisons, Lindsey Jackson and SJ In conjunction with this initiative, we are Kerr-Lapsley, who have planned 16 months of local working to broaden our membership base. Canadian Jewish studies programming in Montreal. Please visit the website for details. Thank you to our fantastic and dynamic executive and board for conceiving of and moving forward on all these 3. After a highly successful annual conference at initiatives. I invite any and all new ideas our members Ryerson University, coordinated by SJ Kerr-Lapsley, might have to render the ACJS even more dynamic in we will be trying out a new model this year. Our the months to come. annual conference will take place in Montreal outside Please contact INSIDE THIS ISSUE / of the aegis of the Congress for Social Sciences and me at rmargoli@ DANS CE NUMÉRO Humanities. The co-organizers, Jessica Roda and uOttawa.ca. President`s Message ....................................1 Jesse Toufexis, are implementing partnerships with About Us .......................................................2 Editor’s Message ..........................................3 local organizations: the McCord Museum, Concordia I look forward On the Bookshelf / Sur les rayons ................4 University and McGill University. The topic of the to a fantastic year! Mot de la présidente .....................................5 From Our Regions ........................................6 conference is performance and Jewishness, but paper Concordia Institute for proposals on all subjects relating to the Canadian Canadian Jewish Studies .............................9 ACJS Call for Papers..................................10 Jewish experience are welcome. AEJC Appel à communications ..................11 Toronto’s Jewish “Commie Camp” ..............12 Annual General Meering Minutes ...............13 4. The ACJS is reaching out to co-sponsor events Affiliated Societies and Institutions .............16 with Canadian Jewish content, most recently York Rebecca Margolis PAGE 2 ACJS BULLETIN / BULLETIN DE L’AÉJC | AUTUMN / AUTOMNE 2017 About Us À propos de nous ACJS on Twitter! Stay up to date with The Association for Canadian Jewish the latest call for papers, L’association d’études juives Studies was founded in 1976 as the news items and events in canadiennes fut créée en 1976 Canadian Jewish Historical Society. Its Canadian Jewish studies: sous le titre de Société d’histoire goal is to encourage scholarly research https://twitter.com/ACJSaejc. juive canadienne. Son mandat est on Canadian Jewish history, life and d’encourager la recherche sur l’histoire, culture through academic disciplines. Follow us and share la vie et la culture juive canadienne par It is a national association with with your networks! une approche pluridisciplinaire. headquarters in Montreal and is Il s’agit d’une association nationale affiliated with historical organizations dont les quartiers généraux situés à and institutions throughout Canada. Montréal assurent le contact avec This newsletter is written for différentes sociétés d’histoires et organisations à l’échelle du pays. organizations and individuals with a Ce bulletin est dirigé à l’endroit particular interest in Canadian Jewish AÉJC sur twitter! de tout individu ou organisation studies. Restez à jour sur les appels à manifestant un intérêt pour les études Comments, news, announcements communications, les nouvelles juives canadiennes. and reviews can be emailed to jason et les évènements d’intérêt Nous vous invitons à nous faire chalmers at [email protected]. à propos des parvenir vos commentaires, des études juives canadiennes: nouvelles d’intérêt ou des comptes- The ACJS website: https://twitter.com/ACJSaejc. rendus à [email protected]. www.acjs-aejc.ca. Suivez-nous et partagez au sein Le site web de l’AÉJC: President / Présidente de vos réseaux! www.acjs-aejc.ca. Rebecca Margolis Vice-President / Vice-président Barry Stiefel NOTICE TO MEMBERS / AVIS AUX MEMBRES Treasurer / Trésorier Michael Kent All membership renewals to the Association can now be made online using Paypal. Simply Secretary / Secrétaire go to www.acjs-aejc.ca to renew. Also, if you have a change of address, email or phone Hernan Tesler-Mabé number, please let us know by emailing the secretary at [email protected]. Past President / Ancien président Barry Stiefel Le renouvellement de votre abonnement à l’association peut à présent s’opérer en ligne via le service PayPal. À cet effet, veuillez visiter le www.acjs-aejc.ca. Pour signaler un changement d’adresse, d’adresse courriel ou de numéro de téléphone, veuillez contacter Bulletin Editor / le/la secrétaire au [email protected]. Rédacteur en chef du bulletin jason chalmers Translation / Traduction Thank you to the following institutions for their support of the Association for Simon-Pierre Lacasse Canadian Jewish Studies / L’association d’études juives canadiennes tient à Bulletin Production / remercier les institutions suivantes pour leur support: Mise en page du bulletin Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies; Israel and Golda Koschitzky Shirley Muhlstock Brodt Centre for Jewish Studies (York University); Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies (Carleton University); and Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program (University of Ottawa). The ACJS Bulletin is published biannually for members of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the ACJS. Please send all correspondence to ACJS/AEJC, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8. For membership details and rates, log on to www.acjs-aejc.ca. ISSN 14895954 ACJS BULLETIN / BULLETIN DE L’AÉJC | AUTUMN / AUTOMNE 2017 PAGE 3 Editor’s Message / Message du rédacteur en chef s Canadians continue to reflect on the 150th anniversary of Confederation, it is worthwhile to consider how the position of Canadian Jewry has changed. In that time, Athe Jewish community has gone from being a marginalized group to a valued part of the national tapestry. None Is Too Many, which short distance from Parliament, was reconciliation; and what does it mean celebrates its 35th anniversary and is dedicated little more than a month ago. for the Jewish community to receive the subject of the recent special issue The Canadian Museum for Human recognition from the Canadian state? of Canadian Jewish Studies, provides Rights (Treaty 1), which opened only As Irving Rosen observes (page 13), some perspective. It documents how three years ago, was envisioned by Israel the perspective of Canadian Jews has the Canadian government actively Asper and contains a stirring gallery shifted over time, but a radical impulse discriminated against Jews and that on the Holocaust. The centrepiece is a remains. Perhaps it can help formulate these policies were at least partly film that explores Canada’s historical creative and fruitful responses to these echoed in public sentiment. But it relationship with the Jewish people. contemporary issues. also observes that these policies and Moving from the fringes of Thank you to everyone who opinions gradually began to change. citizenship to the centre creates new submitted items to the Bulletin and Today, Canadian Jewry has become responsibilities and raises important contributed to its realization. A hearty a respected part of national society questions. How can Canadian thanks to Simon-Pierre Lacasse for and plays an active role in public life. Jewry respond to the refugee crises translation, and a special thank-you to The National Holocaust Monument of other people; how can scholars Shirley Muhlstock Brodt for designing (unceded Algonquin territory), a fulfill the Treaties and contribute to a beautiful bulletin as usual. lors que les Canadiens continuent de réfléchir au 150e anniversaire de la Confédération, il convient d’examiner comment la position des Juifs canadiens a évolué. Durant cette période, la communauté juive est passée d’un Agroupe marginalisé à une partie prenante de la mosaïque nationale. None Is Too Many, qui célèbre canadien pour les droits de la personne de réfugiés
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