Bulletin / Bulletin De L’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 1 Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Association Des Études Juives Canadiennes

ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 1 Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Association des études juives canadiennes

Autumn / Automne 2018/ 5779 BulletinVolume 32:2

Saint John Jewish Historical Museum: Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit by Katherine Biggs-Craft, Museum Curator

he Saint John Jewish Historical Museum is pleased to announce the launch of a new online exhibit entitled Past to Present: Generations Naomi Bersudsky Tof Jewish Life in Saint John/D’hier à aujourd’hui: Des générations de Juifs à Saint John. The exhibit tells the story of the Jewish community of Naomi Bersudsky was posted to the Forward RCAF/USAAF air transport and Saint John from 1783 to the present day, including immigration from Europe receiving base at Goose Bay, Labrador and Israel, the social and business history of the community, and efforts to from 1942-1943. (ca. 1942) Photo from Louis I. Michelson Archives, preserve its history and rebuild for the future. Saint John Jewish Historical Museum The exhibit can be found on the Virtual Museum of Canada website using the following link: www.virtualmuseum.ca/community-stories_histoires- de-chez-nous/150-years-jewish-history-stjohn_150-ans-vie-juive-stjohn/. Samples from the Virtual Musem are at the right of and below this text. This online exhibit was developed with the support of the Virtual Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada. The Virtual Exhibits Investment Program helps Canadian museums and heritage organizations develop dynamic medium- to large-scale online products exploring Canadian history, heritage and culture. The Virtual Museum of Canada, managed by the

Canadian Museum of History with the financial support of the Government S. Hart Green of Canada, is the largest digital source of stories and experiences shared by S. Hart Green practiced law for more Canada’s museums and heritage organizations. than fifty years. (ca. 1910) Questions or comments about the online exhibit can be addressed to Photo from Arthur Daniel Hart, The Jew in Canada, 1926 Katherine Biggs-Craft, Curator of the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, at (506) 633-1833 or [email protected]. Inside this issue / Daughters of Israel DANS CE NUMÉRO Immigrant aid work in Canada at the turn of the 20th century was often performed by women. Saint John was a major port About Us...... 2 of entry for immigration from Europe. The Daughters of Israel President`s Message...... 3 was founded by Alice Hart in 1899 “to help the needy and Editor’s Message...... 4 nourish the sick” and to assist immigrant families, especially On the Bookshelf / Sur les rayons...... 5 with clothing for “distressed women and children arriving Regional News...... 7 by steamer.” The work was funded by donations from the Feature: Canadian Jewish Figures...... 14 Annual General Meeting Minutes...... 16 members and fundraising events. Daughters of Israel Banquet, Marcia Koven Award 2018...... 22 The organization affiliated with the Local Council of Women ca. 1920 ACJS Conference Call for Papers...... 23 in 1908 and extended its efforts to improving life for the needy Concordia Institute for Canadian in Saint John. It also raised funds for relief agencies, including Jewish Studies News & Programs...... 25 the Red Cross during the First and Second World Wars. Canadian Jewish Studies Vol. 26...... 26 Photo from Louis I. Michelson Archives, Saint John Jewish Switzer-Cooperstock Student Prize...... 27 Historical Museum Women in Judaism: Call for Papers...... 28 Affiliated Societies and Institutions...... 29 Page 2 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

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President’s Message / Bilan de la présidente

am pleased to report great energy and exciting e suis heureuse d’annoncer qu’une grande énergie initiatives at the ACJS. Our 2019 conference, et des initiatives stimulantes animent l’AÉJC Islated to take place in Vancouver at the beginning Jcette année. Notre conférence de 2019, qui se of June, promises to offer an exciting platform for tiendra à Vancouver au début du mois de juin, promet furthering exchange in the field of Canadian Jewish d’offrir une plate-forme passionnante d’échange studies. Many thanks to Jesse Toufexis and Richard dans le domaine des études juives canadiennes. Un Menkis for coordinating the conference and the grand merci à Jesse Toufexis et Richard Menkis pour community day activities. A series of donations to the la coordination de cet évènement et des activités ACJS made in the memory of Prof. Gerald Tulchinsky planifiées pour la journée communautaire. Une série de will be directed towards offering special scholarships donations faites à l’AÉJC à la mémoire du professeur to students to encourage increased participation of Gerald Tulchinsky sera redirigée sous forme de bourses emerging scholars at the conference. spéciales pour les étudiant(e)s, afin d’encourager une We have a new Social Media Officer, Rotem participation accrue des nouveaux chercheurs.ses à la Fellus, an undergraduate student from uOttawa who conférence. comes to us through the Developing Future Leaders Nous avons une nouvelle responsable des médias internship program at Carleton University’s Zelikovitz sociaux, Rotem Fellus, étudiante de premier cycle à Centre for Jewish Studies. Rotem’s goal for this year is l’Université d’Ottawa qui vient à nous par l’entremise to make the ACJS more visible, relevant and engaging, du programme de stages Developping Future Leaders, especially for younger potential members. The route chapeauté par le Centre Zelikovitz pour les études we have chosen is for her to blog regularly about juives de l’Université Carleton. L’objectif de Rotem our activities as well as the broader Canadian Jewish pour cette année est de rendre l’AÉJC plus visible, experience and link the posts to our social media plus pertinente et plus attrayante, en particulier pour accounts. As part of this project, we invite our ACJS les membres potentiels les plus jeunes. L’approche members to send Rotem items of interest related to que nous préconisons consiste à entretenir un blog Canadian Jewish Studies to post: acjs.socialmedia@ sur lequel Rotem écrira au sujet de nos activités et gmail.com. de l’expérience juive canadienne en général. Cette Here are the sites Rotem will be managing this plateforme sera aussi relayée sur nos comptes de médias year. Please follow them/like them and share with sociaux. Dans le cadre de ce projet, nous invitons les your networks: ACJS Blog: http://acjs-aejc.ca/blog/; membres de l’AÉJC à envoyer à Rotem des articles Facebook Page: @acjs.aejc; Instagram Page @acjsaejc; d’intérêt en rapport avec les études juives canadiennes: Twitter Page: @ACJSaejc. [email protected]. Thank you to our ACJS team for your outstanding Voici les sites que Rotem gèrera cette année. Suivez- work, and thank you to our devoted membership for les / aimez-les et partagez-les avec vos réseaux: Blog continuing to participate in and support our activities. de l’AÉJC: http://acjs-aejc.ca/blog/; Page Facebook: We are always looking for new involvement on our board and executive, so please do not hesitate to reach out via email or in person at our annual conference. Suite à la page suivante Page 4 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

@acjs.aejc; Page Instagram: @acjsaejc; Page Twitter: sommes toujours à la recherche de nouveaux membres @ACJSaejc. au sein de notre conseil d’administration et de notre Merci à toute l’équipe de l’AÉJC pour son travail direction. N’hésitez donc pas à communiquer avec exceptionnel et merci à nos membres dévoués de nous par courrier électronique ou en personne lors de continuer à participer et à soutenir nos activités. Nous notre conférence annuelle.

Cordialement / Sincerely,

Rebecca Margolis [email protected]

Happy Chanukah!

Editor’s Message

hank you for allowing me to serve as your new Jewish figures whose impact was lasting. I hope this Bulletin editor! As an historian of Canadian feature becomes a permanent addition. I also hope to TJewish history living in the United States, I increase engagement among graduate students and constantly marvel at the vibrancy of Canadian Jewish bolster French-language submissions in future issues. life and the rich scholarship and creativity exhibited I appreciate all those who contributed their time, by the ACJS membership and affiliated organizations. energy and creativity to help ensure that this issue – My goal is to create a space to highlight activities from my first as editor – was a success. A special thanks to the Pacific to the Atlantic, and everything in between. Shirley Muhlstock Brodt for the wonderful production Thanks to your contributions, this was an easy feat. work and to our French translator extraordinaire, As our Canadian Jewish communities mature, Simon-Pierre Lacasse! Feel free to reach out anytime: our efforts to capture, commemorate and educate [email protected]. future generations are expanding. This issue includes submissions on new Yiddish publications, a virtual All the best, exhibit about Saint John’s Jewish history, a Canadian Holocaust literature conference, and details about the relocation and increased accessibility of the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives. It also includes a new special-feature section on “ordinary” Canadian Adara Goldberg ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 5

On the Bookshelf Sur les rayons

For an ongoing list of ACJS members’ publications, please visit the website at http://acjs-aejc.ca/our-members-publications/.

Seymour Mayne. “Dream the Living into Speech: A Schnoor, Randal F. and Charles Shahar. Southern African Selection of Poems and a Homage to Yiddish” was recently Jews in Toronto: Tradition and Adaptation. Ontario published as a full double issue of Shirim, the oldest Jewish Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre - UJA poetry journal published in English. The selection, a “haibun,” Federation of Greater Toronto, May 2018. interweaves poems by the author along with translations he has rendered from the Yiddish and is interspersed with memoir passages about growing up in the Yiddish-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal in the post-War period. Editor Marc Dworkin notes in the preface that this issue of Shirim is a creative and compelling mix of autobiographical commentary and poetic insight into the continuity of Yiddish/ Jewish life. “Seymour has blended his memories of childhood in Montreal with the emotional searching of Yiddish poets and his own poetry that reflects one foot in the present and one deeply rooted in the past.” Copies are available from the magazine’s office: Shirim, 4647 Long Beach Bl. #4, Long Award Winners 2018 Beach, CA 90805, or the editor at [email protected]. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards is honouring eight Pomson, Alex and Randal F. Schnoor. Jewish Family: outstanding books for 2018. Now in its fourth year, the Identity and Self-Formation at Home. Indiana University Canadian Jewish Literary Awards recognizes and rewards the Press, 2018. finest Canadian Jewish writing.

In Jewish Family: Identity and Self-Formation at Home, Alex Fiction: Natalie Morrill for The Ghost Keeper (HarperCollins Pomson and Randal F. Schnoor advance a new appreciation Patrick Crean Editions). of the deep significance of Jewish family in developing Jewish identity. This book is the result of ten years of research focused Memoir/Biography: Kathy Kacer with Jordana Lebowitz for on a small sample of diverse To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen’s Account of a War Criminal families. Through their work, the Trial (Second Story Press). authors paint an intricate picture of the ecosystem that the family unit Poetry: Rebecca Păpacaru for The Panic Room (Nightwood provides for identity formation over Editions). the life course. They draw upon theories of family development Yiddish: Seymour Mayne for In Your Words: Translations from as well as sociological theories the Yiddish and the Hebrew (Ronald P. Frye & Co). of the transmission of social and cultural capital in their analysis Scholarship: Daniel Kupfert Heller for Jabotinsky’s Children: of the research. They find that Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism (Princeton family networks, which are University Press). often intergenerational, are just as significant as cultural capital, such as knowledge and History: Pierre Anctil for Histoire des Juifs du Québec (Les competence in Judaism, to the formation of Jewish identity. éditions du Boréal). Pomson and Schnoor provide readers with a unique view into the complexity of being Jewish in North America today. Continued on next page Page 6 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

Holocaust Literature: Max Wallace for In the Name of - Conference papers on Sephardic music, Jewish Music Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust (Allen Lane/ Forum, New York City (Humor and Jewish Music) Penguin Random House Canada). July 2018: Lectures and concerts in Portugal, Spain, Poland Children and Youth Fiction: Anne Renaud (author) and and China, including: Richard Rudnicki (illustrator) for Fania’s Heart (Second Story - Krakow: European Association of Jewish Studies; Press). Cervantes - Institute in Krakow; JCC Krakow; Warsaw Ethnographic Museum - Lisbon and Oporto: Concert, Cervantes Institute; conference Judith R. Cohen paper on music among the Crypto-Jews for conference run by Universities of Lisbon and Oporto/Dahan Centre, Israel Judith Cohen is a Canadian ethnomusicologist and singer. - Alliance Française, Beijing, China According to her website, “Judith is known for her work in Sephardic music and related traditions. Her ethnomusicological August 2018: Concerts of Sephardic and related music for work and her life as a performer are intertwined. Village Sephardic Museum, Toledo, Spain, and the Network of Jewish songs of Spain and Portugal, narrative Quarters in León and Calahorra, Spain ballads and stories in English and pan- European traditions, Balkan singing, October 9, “An Introduction to Sephardic Music,” lunch-time songs of French Canada, Yiddish performance-talk presentation for Temple Har Zion and music of Medieval Europe are among her performance and workshop October 16: Kingston Jewish Council: Music in the Three repertoires, and... she is known for her Religions of Medieval Iberia - performance-talk, 5:30 p.m. many years of fieldwork and research on music in the lives of Portuguese October 26: “Portuguese and Jewish Musical Culture among Bnei Anusim, often known as Crypto- Crypto-Jews in Portugal and the Diaspora.” Expressions of Jews, direct descendants of the Jews who maintained their Lusophonia conference, York University identity throughout the centuries of the Inquisition. She is the consultant for the Spanish Recordings (1952) of the legendary October 29: Sephardic and Portuguese songs for author Alan Lomax collection.” Anne Dublin’s launch of “Cage without Bars,” Holy Blossom, 7:30 p.m. Early 2019: Her new web page is www.judithcohen.ca; In press: “Adultery, Conversion and Fires: Shared themes of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judith.cohen.9 Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish ballads,” Acts of the International Ballad Symposium, Palermo, Italy, 2017 Lewis Levendel January 26, 2019. “The King got up one Monday Morning”: Sephardic and pan-European ballads and stories. StoryFusion Lewis Levendel, a reporter-editor-publicist Cabaret, Toronto, 7:30 p.m. who spent thirty years working in and Jan. 30, Feb. 2-3 2019. Pop-up solo concerts, Aga Khan around the organized Jewish community, Museum has donated about 80 cassette tapes, Feb. 23-27, 2019. Invited speaker and workshop leader: notes and documents regarding his book, Music, Expulsion and Memory among Jews and Armenians A Century of the Canadian Jewish Press: conference, University of Hanover 1880s-1980s, to Library and Archives March 16, 2019. Les Femmes Chantent: Concert for Alliance Canada (LAC). He initiated and acted as Française, Toronto consultant to the 1997 exhibit “A Century of the Canadian Jewish Press 1897-1997” 2018: at the National Library. Here is the link to this collection: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pa_archives/ April-May-June 2018: index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_ - Yung Yiddish, Tel Aviv nbr=4849094&rec_nbr_list=4849097,4849094,1716137,2584 - AJCS Montreal: Performance-Talk: A Canadian Jewish 998,2585609,13991,4849156,10096,3385616,3318511. Scholar-Performer Sings and Talks about Canada, Performance and Jewishness Lewish Levendel can be reached at llevendel@rogers. - Alliance Française and Aga Khan Museum, Toronto: com, by telephone at (416) 934-1896 or by mail at #707-70 Sephardic music and the Mediterranean Delisle Avenue, Toronto M4V 1S7. r ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 7

Our Regions Library. In August, JHSSA member Wests.” Professor Menkis contrasted

o m Susan Podlog facilitated a book the acculturationist policies of Rabbi discussion about Ellin Bessner’s Double J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the United F r Threat. Synagogues of the British Empire, and de The fall season will feature a his Winnipeg protegé, Rabbi Herbert number of JHSSA events. Our 28th Samuel, with the more traditional AGM in October featured guest approach of long-time Winnipeg Rabbi nos rÉgions speaker Alberta Minister of Culture and Yeshaye Horowitz. Tourism Ricardo Miranda, who spoke about his life journey as a Sephardic New Student Essay Prize Jew and Nicaraguan refugee and as an The Switzer family and the JHCWC Alberta cabinet minister. JHSSA has invite submissions by students who have provided the JCC with research and not completed their Ph.D. exams for the visual materials for its new Veterans first Switzer-Cooperstock Essay Prize Wall of Honour that was unveiled in Western Canadian Jewish History. before Remembrance Day. JHSSA’s Jay The prize will be awarded in spring Joffe Memorial Program, honouring 2019. For details, see our announcement Jewish Historical Society our founding president, will feature in this bulletin, or contact the Jewish of Southern Alberta “GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World Heritage Centre. War II” at the Beth Tzedec Jewish Film The senior prize will be awarded in A number of successful grant Festival in November. We are thrilled to 2020 as usual. applications have enabled JHSSA to be able to sponsor author and frequent undertake some important projects. ACJS presenter Peter Usher, who will Programs and Exhibits With the support of a multi-year grant talk about his book Joey Jacobson’s War at October 17 and November 12: Two from LAC’s Documentary Heritage the Calgary JCC Jewish Book Festival. teacher training workshops organized Communities Program, our archival by the Holocaust Education Centre of consultant, Roberta Kerr, has completed the JHCWC. The first concentrated the processing and archival descriptions on the use of survivor testimony. A of all our community organizational second day-long workshop featured fonds. An Alberta Canada 150 grant Stephanie McMahon Kaye of the has funded our “Attestations” project, Yad Vashem International School for which features vignettes on our website Holocaust Studies. It offered several about some of our local Jewish veterans. topics, including “Cultural and Spiritual We are excited to embark on our latest Jewish Heritage Centre Resistance during the Holocaust” and an undertaking. “Voices of Experience,” of Western Canada examination of the Righteous Among which has received support from the Nations. the Alberta Historical Resources Special Endowed Lectures Other programs and exhibits Foundation, will involve interviews with In April, Professor Margaret Macmillan included: 1) a program and exhibit 50 members of the Jewish community (Universities of Toronto and Oxford) marking the 30th anniversary of the in Southern Alberta and provide delivered the 2018 Sol and Florence March of the Living organized together written transcripts of these interviews. Kanee Distinguished Lecture, “The with the Rady Centre; 2) an exhibit of A training workshop was held for First World War and the Making of artifacts from the JHCWC archives volunteer interviewers, and the project is the Modern Middle East.” The lecture selected and described by the JHCWC well underway. We continue to benefit marked the 50th anniversary of the staff and members of the Exhibits from smaller local community grants Jewish Historical Society of Western Committee; 3) a travelling exhibit to help digitize and transcribe our oral Canada, which merged with the celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary; 4) a history collection. Holocaust Education Committee and bus tour of the Rosser Jewish farm colony JHSSA partnered again this the Jewish Museum to form the Jewish and the Rock Lake Hutterite Colony, summer with Historic Calgary Week to Heritage Centre. organized jointly with the Manitoba host “A Colourful Life: Morris ‘Two Gun’ In September, Professor Richard Historical Society; 5) a presentation and Cohen and the Chinese Community.” Menkis (UBC) delivered the Switzer- This presentation, by Dr. Don Smith, Cooperstock Prize lecture on “Two was held in the historic Memorial Park Travellers and Two Canadian Jewish Continued on next page Page 8 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 exhibit by Gray Academy student intern 2018 https://lyricismofleonardcohen. and provides professional leadership Sydney Newman on the Holocaust eventbrite.ca. training through workshops with orphans who arrived in 1947; and 6) a community leaders and experts. This program and exhibit of print and web Upcoming Events: year’s ninth cohort (2018-2019) has publications by the JHCWC and the Workshop and symposium together with three senior and six junior interns from Manitoba Historical Society the Faculty of Environmental Studies Carleton University and the University on “The water and energy nexus within a of Ottawa. Participating agencies are the Archives trans-boundary context: Middle Eastern Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, The JHCWC is modernizing and and North American perspectives,” the Rohr Chabad Student Network of preserving its substantial collection November 2018 www.eventbrite. Ottawa, the Embassy of Israel, Hillel through digitization of photographs and ca/e/the-water-and-energy-nexus- Ottawa, Jewish Education through taped oral histories. Other tasks include within-a-trans-boundary-context- Torah ( JET), the Jewish Federation improving conservation and facilities. middle-eastern-and-north-american- of Ottawa, Limmud Ottawa, Ottawa’s tickets-47928857503?_cldee=Y2pz Jewish Home for the Aged (Hillel QHlvcmt1LmNh&recipientid=lead- Lodge), and the Zelikovitz Centre for 72c695cc41c6e8118079000c29b184c1- Jewish Studies. 8846384cb3764d1e99f4a043167a02e CHES: This past June, the 0&esid=f511e671-44c6-e811-8079- Centre for Holocaust Education Israel and Golda Koschitzky 000c29b184c1. and Scholarship (CHES) hosted Centre for Jewish Studies a special event in concert with the A Holocaust Education Week film Azrieli Foundation, “In Conversation The Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre screening of Holding Hands With Ilse with Jeanne Beker.” Entertaining and for Jewish Studies at York University and a talk with the film’s director, Prof. educational, the evening paid tribute to hosted the Canadian Jewish Literary Abraham Ravett, November 2018 Beker’s parents (Holocaust survivors), Awards at York University in October www.holocaustcentre.com/hew-2018/ leaving the audience impressed, moved 2018 http://cjs.yorku.ca/2018/03/2018- holding-hands-with-ilse-film. and inspired by Jeanne. canadian-jewish-literary-awards/; This past year, CHES’s Speakers the 2018 Wolinsky Lectures on Bureau expanded. Through the Bureau, Jews as Refugees http://cjs.yorku. survivors and children of survivors are ca/2018/04/wolinsky-lectures-2018/; invited to visit educational institutions and a panel discussion on antisemitism, to speak about their personal or their jurisprudence and the law http:// parents’ Holocaust survival stories. As cjs.yorku.ca/2018/09/antisemitism- Max and Tessie Zelikovitz a direct result of the 2017 Teachers’ jurisprudence-and-the-law/. Professor Centre for Jewish Studies Workshop (held during HEM 2017), Robert Kenedy held a series of events 16 Ottawa teachers reached out to invite and programs on antisemitism and BDS The Zelikovitz Centre (ZC), located in a survivor to their class, reaching well in Canada in October 2018 http://cjs. Canada’s capital, is able to readily connect over 1,000 students. yorku.ca/2018/09/israel-at-70-and- academics and the broader community, November is Holocaust Education world-jewry-one-people-or-two-a- including parliamentarians, public ser Month (HEM) in Ottawa. A wide lecture-by-prof-sergio-della-pergola/ vants, diplomats, NGOs, international variety of events took place, beginning and http://cjs.yorku.ca/2018/09/from- organizations and the national media, with a Pop-Up Museum at Temple old-and-new-strands-antisemitism-in- through its activities and events (https:// Israel. The Pop-Up Museum displayed italy/. carleton.ca/jewishstudies/). Holocaust artifacts brought in by David S. Koffman received tenure at In addition to its general role as community members. The Museum York University, Department of History, convener of Jewish-studies research, was “live” and open to the public on and now serves as the J. Richard Shiff programming and teaching, the ZC November 4 and 5, and thereafter it will Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry. has four key programs: DFL, CHES, be available online as a virtual museum. The J. Richard Shiff Chair for the the Israel Travel Course, and Limmud On the 5th, the Pop-up Museum Study of Canadian Jewry presented Ottawa. viewing was followed by a public “Listening to the Lyricism of Leonard DFL: The Developing Future lecture by Dr. Ehrenreich of the U.S. Cohen: A Musical Talk with Aubrey Leadership program (DFL) places Glazer, Sundar Viswanathan, Aaron students in paid leadership internship Lightstone, and David Wall” in October roles in Jewish agencies and institutions Continued on next page ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 9

Holocaust Memorial Museum, “Let the informed citizenry. of Ottawa, the Department of English, Artifacts Speak: Returning Humanity to Each year the Zelikovitz Centre Ryerson University, and Library and Holocaust Victims.” Robert Ehrenreich partners with Limmud Ottawa to deliver Archives Canada. Organizers from discussed the enormity of the tragedy of a rich program for this international the Vered Program at the University the Holocaust and how objects allow us adult learning conference. This year of Ottawa and at Ryerson University to remember those who suffered and to Limmud will be March 31, when worked tirelessly for the conference to be learn about victims’ histories by focusing Zelikovitz Centre researchers will join a success, which, based on participants’ on their individual stories. other scholars, researchers, artists and reactions, it certainly was. Ruth On November 6, ZC Associate the community at large to share in this Panofsky, co-organizer and professor Director Susan Landau-Chark day-long celebration of Jewish learning. at Ryerson University, said of the event, presented a review at Kehillot Beth This past May, Deidre Butler and “The conference showed the richness Israel’s (KBI) Malca Pass Book Club Professor Mary Hale of St. Mary’s and diversity of the field of Canadian of David Fishman’s The Book Smugglers: University led 18 undergraduate Holocaust literature. Moreover, the Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save and graduate students for 19 days quality of the conference papers far Jewish Treasures from the Nazis. The (May 2-22) in Israel as part of the RELI surpassed my expectations, which evening of November 7, the 80th 3850-5850 Israel Travel Course. This suggests that there is superior scholarship anniversary of Kristallnacht, included was a very successful learning experience being done in this burgeoning field.” a keynote address by Dr. Michael for the students, and their blogs make On Saturday night at the Soloway Berenbaum on the topic “Kristallnacht: fascinating reading. The course will Jewish Community Centre, the event The End of the Beginning and the again be offered in May 2020. kicked off with an opening panel on Beginning of the End.” Aside from And last but not least, if you will memoir as a genre of Canadian Holo being lecturer, teacher, and consultant in be visiting Ottawa, do come and visit caust literature. The audience of around the conceptual development of museums the ZC in its new space. This past 50 people enjoyed an informative and the development of historical summer the ZC (PA225) moved into discussion by Azrieli Foundation’s films, Dr. Berenbaum is the director a more central and welcoming space in of the Sigi Ziering Institute, which is Paterson Hall (main floor). Our library/ dedicated to Jewish life and the Jewish conference room is now suitable for future. In addition, there was a unique workshops and seminars, and if you performance by classical violinist, soloist happen to be in town December 10, and chamber musician Niv Ashkenazi join us for our annual Open House and (student of Itzhak Perlman and Glenn sufganiot. Dicterow) on one of the “Violins of Hope” that survived the Holocaust and were lovingly restored by Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein. From left to right: Rebecca Margolis, Arielle Berger, Stephanie Corazza, Nate Leipciger. CHES arranged the extremely popular (and now annual event for Ottawa-area teachers) Teachers’ Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program’s Workshop, which this year will host a Canadian Holocaust Literature managing editor Arielle Berger and very timely discussion in cooperation Conference a Success educator Stephanie Corazza, who with Facing History and Ourselves by Kaila Desjardins focused on the process of publishing (FHAO). University of Ottawa survivor memoirs and subsequent These workshops provide peda outreach to schools. gogical materials with guidelines to The weekend of October 27 and 28, They were joined by survivor assist teachers in effectively bringing the 2018, was important not only for author Nate Leipciger, who discussed subject material to their students. This Canadian Jewish studies but also for his personal process with writing his year’s theme was “The 80th Anniversary the Jewish community as a whole. Over experiences. Throughout the panel, of Kristallnacht: What Shards Remain?” the course of two days, scholars and speakers touched upon the subjects of FHAO’s mission is to guide students the public came together in Ottawa memory and trauma and passing on of diverse backgrounds through an for the Canadian Holocaust Literature: legacies. Ultimately, this first discussion examination of racism, prejudice, and Charting the Field conference, antisemitism in order to promote the generously hosted by the Vered Jewish development of a more humane and Canadian Studies Program, University Continued on next page Page 10 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 paved the way for the subsequent panels, (Emily Robins Sharpe, Keene State spilled over into lunch and coffee breaks. which covered a wide range of subjects. College), historical fiction for children Praise was given freely to the organizers Bright and early Sunday morning, and sharing “history with heart” ( Joanna and the panelists throughout the the second round of panels began at Krongold, University of Toronto), and weekend, and many asked if this would Library and Archives Canada, which the representations of Canadian soldiers turn into a recurring event. focused on contemporary Canadian in the Holocaust and the complexity of Seymour Mayne, co-organizer, Holocaust literature. their encounter with its realities (Richard director of the Vered Jewish Canadian The day began with a discussion by Menkis, University of British Columbia, Studies Program and professor in the Norman Ravvin (Concordia University) and co-author Ronnie Tessler, museum University of Ottawa’s Department of on Chava Rosenfarb’s Yiddish consultant). English, said: “We shouldn’t wait for publications and his take on Rosenfarb’s The final two panels of the more than two years to do another one, “In the Boxcar,” exploring how readers conference explored once again the as there is so much more to cover. I’m are transported to past Yiddish genre of memoir, bringing the event pleased we did it. It’s an excellent first communities through Rosenfarb’s full-circle. Beginning this discussion step, but we need to follow it through story. Paired with Ravvin’s discussion was Lesley Simpson (York University), to educate the public on the subject. was Goldie Morgentaler (University of who discussed the cultural transmission, There is a host of important Canadian Lethbridge), Rosenfarb’s daughter, who interpretation and reception of memoirs writers whose works we did not get to delved into the topic of fiction as fact and in this symposium. Charting the Field how an author’s life, such as Rosenfarb’s, is but the first in a series of scholarly may shine through more in fiction than gatherings.” in non-fiction. Rebecca Margolis added: “This Following their discussions, the gathering of scholars and writers with audience was treated to a panel on poetry, diverse perspectives and fields of interest where Tali Voron (Ryerson University) on the topic of Canadian Holocaust and Natalia Vesselova (University of literature produced a rich selection of Ottawa) explored how poetry can be Lesley Simpson’s presentation. used as a way to cope with trauma. Each took the subject from a between survivor grandmothers and different angle, with Voron focusing their grandchildren. Isa Milman then on the dichotomy between language discussed her new memoir on her search being insufficient when describing for poetry written by her aunt, a victim the Holocaust and language as a way of the Holocaust. She ended with the of working through it, and Vesselova first sneak peek of the book. exploring how someone who was not Bernice Einsenstein’s graphic mem- directly affected by the Holocaust would oir I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors still need to work through the horrors it was the focus of the final three panelists. The wonderful display put together by employees caused. Elaine Barron Mendelow (Florida At- of Library and Archives Canada. The left-hand From poetry, the speakers turned lantic University) concentrated on the case included Nate Leipciger’s memoir, The to prose. Brenda Beckman-Long post-memory generation and their jour- Weight of Freedom. The Azrieli Foundation provided copies for conference attendees as well (Briercrest College) looked at the need ney of processing the Holocaust; Ruth as a collection of statements and an education to find a listener and a witness to the Panofsky explored Eisenstein’s attempt guide. Attendees could also grab a copy of Colin trauma of the Holocaust, and Rebecca to understand her parents’ journeys and Upton’s comic, Kicking at the Darkness. Margolis (University of Ottawa, co- the struggle to create a home in a new organizer and Associate Professor in country; and Lucas Wilson (Florida At- lectures on a wide array of topics. This the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies lantic University) delved into the notion points to a field of study that merits Program) discussed the question of of tangible links between survivors and further gatherings of this kind.” representation and who can write about their children through “hand-me-down Based on the papers and comments the Holocaust, placing emphasis on the traumas.” heard over the weekend, there is French-Canadian community. At the end of each panel, audience definitely further discussion to be had Following this, the panel on members had the opportunity to ask on Canadian Holocaust literature. comparing genres featured papers on questions and make comments, inviting the Holocaust from diverse groups and discussion and prompting much thought Continued on next page the overlap in experiences of oppression from everyone in the room, which then ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 11

La Conférence de littérature personnelle. Tout au long du panel, Vered) s’est consacrée à l’enjeu de la canadienne sur l’Holocauste fut des participants ont abordé le sujet de représentation et a posé la question à un succès la mémoire et des traumatismes, ainsi savoir qui peut écrire sur l’Holocauste, Par Kaila Desjardins, que de la transmission de la mémoire. en mettant l’accent sur la communauté Université d’Ottawa Ultimement, cette première discussion canadienne-française. Ensuite, le a ouvert la voie aux panels suivants, qui panel sur la comparaison des genres a La fin de semaine du 27 et 18 octobre ont porté sur un large éventail de sujets. présenté des articles sur l’Holocauste fut importante non seulement pour Dimanche matin, la deuxième de divers groupes et le chevauchement les études juives canadiennes, mais série de panels tenus à Bibliothèque et des expériences d’oppression (Emily également pour la communauté juive Archives Canada était consacrée à la Robins Sharpe, Keene State College), dans son ensemble. Pendant deux jours, littérature canadienne contemporaine de la fiction historique pour enfants les universitaires et le public se sont sur l’Holocauste. La journée a débuté et du partage de « l’histoire avec du réunis à Ottawa pour la conférence par une discussion sur les publications cœur » ( Joanna Krongold, Université de intitulée Canadian Holocaust Literature: en yiddish de Chava Rosenfarb par Toronto), ainsi que les représentations Charting the Field, généreusement Norman Ravvin (Université Concordia) des soldats canadiens dans l’Holocauste organisée par le programme d’études et son interprétation du film « In the et la complexité de leur rencontre avec canadiennes juives Vered, le Départe Boxcar » de Rosenfarb, qui explore ses réalités (Richard Menkis, Université ment d’anglais de l’Université d’Ottawa, comment les lecteurs sont transportés de la Colombie-Britannique; et l’Université Ryerson et Bibliothèque dans les anciennes communautés yiddish coauteur Ronnie Tessler, consultant en et Archives Canada. Les organisateurs à travers l’histoire de Rosenfarb. Goldie muséologie). du programme Vered de l’Université Morgentaler, la fille de Rosenfarb, a Les deux derniers panels de la d’Ottawa et de l’Université Ryerson ont abordé le sujet de la fiction en tant que conférence ont une nouvelle fois exploré tout mis en œuvre pour que la conférence transposition de la vérité, ainsi que les le mémoire comme genre littéraire, soit un succès. À la lumière des réactions moyens par lesquels la vie d’une auteure, clôturant ainsi l’événement. Lesley des participants, c’est mission accomplie. telle que celle de Rosenfarb, peut Simpson (Université York) a commencé Ruth Panofsky, coorganisatrice et rayonner davantage dans la fiction que la discussion en abordant la transmission professeure à la Ryerson University, a dans la non-fiction. culturelle, l’interprétation et la réception déclaré à propos de cet événement : « La À la suite de leurs discussions, les de mémoires entre les grands-mères conférence a démontré la richesse et la participants ont été invités à une table survivantes et leurs petits-enfants. Isa diversité du domaine de la littérature ronde sur la poésie, au cours de laquelle Milman a ensuite abordé son nouveau canadienne sur l’Holocauste. De plus, les conférenciers Tali Voron (Université mémoire sur sa recherche de poésie écrite la qualité des communications de la Ryerson) et Natalia Vesselova (Université par sa tante, victime de l’Holocauste. conférence dépasse mes attentes, ce d’Ottawa) ont expliqué comment la Elle a terminé avec un premier aperçu qui suggère qu’il se trouve des travaux poésie pouvait être utilisée pour traiter du livre. savants du plus grand niveau dans ce les traumatismes. Chacun abordait le Le mémoire graphique de Bernice domaine en plein essor. » sujet sous un angle différent, Voron Einsenstein, intitulé « J’étais un enfant Samedi soir, l’événement a débuté mettant l’emphase sur la dichotomie de survivants de l’Holocauste », a été au Centre communautaire juif de entre le langage insuffisant pour décrire au centre des débats des trois derniers Soloway, avec un panel d’ouverture sur l’Holocauste et le langage comme moyen panélistes. Elaine Barron Mendelow les mémoires en tant que genre de la de le comprendre, et Vesselova explorant (Université de Floride Atlantique) s’est littérature canadienne sur l’Holocauste. la manière dont une personne non concentrée sur la génération postmémoire Une cinquantaine de personnes ont directement touchée par l’Holocauste et son parcours de traitement de assisté à une discussion instructive devrait travailler à travers les horreurs l’Holocauste; Ruth Panofsky a exploré la animée par Arielle Berger, responsable que ce cataclysme a causées. tentative d’Einsenstein de comprendre du programme Mémoires de survivants De la poésie, les orateurs se sont les voyages de ses parents et la lutte pour de l’Holocauste de la Fondation Azrieli, tournés vers la prose. Brenda Beckman- créer une maison dans un nouveau pays. et Stephanie Corazza, éducatrice, qui Long (Briercrest College) s’est penchée Pour sa part, Lucas Wilson (Florida se sont consacrées à la publication de sur la nécessité de trouver un auditeur Atlantic University) a approfondi la mémoires de survivants et à des activités et un témoin du traumatisme de notion de liens tangibles entre les scolaires visant à les faire connaitre. l’Holocauste. Pour sa part, Rebecca survivants et leurs enfants par le biais de Nate Leipciger, auteur d’un Margolis (coorganisatrice de l’Université mémoire et rescapé de l’Holocauste, s’est d’Ottawa et professeure agrégée du joint à eux et a abordé son expérience programme d’études canadiennes juives Suite à la page suivante Page 12 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

« traumatismes simples ». Archives, formerly known as the to repurpose the space, a lengthy and À la fin de chaque table ronde, les Canadian Jewish Congress National exhaustive search was required to find membres de l’auditoire ont eu l’occasion Archives, has now moved to 4810 Jean new premises that combined accessibility de poser des questions et de formuler Talon West, suite 211, in Montreal’s via public transit, adequately sized des commentaires. Les discussions ont Côte-des-Neiges area. Open by appoint and controlled conditions for archival suscité beaucoup de réflexion de la part storage, a pleasant work environment, de toutes les personnes présentes dans la and affordable rent. salle et se sont poursuites lors des repas This massive undertaking would et des pauses café. Tout au long du week- not have been possible without the end, les organisateurs et les panélistes generous financial support of the Azrieli ont reçu de généreuses félicitations pour Foundation, the Alex Dworkin Fund leur travail. Beaucoup ont manifesté leur at the Jewish Community Foundation, désir que cette conférence devienne un Federation CJA Montreal, the Labour événement récurrent. Seymour Mayne, Zionist Alliance and the Bibliothèque coorganisateur, directeur du programme Researchers at the new Alex Dworkin Canadian et Archives nationales du Québec. d’études canadiennes juives Vered et Jewish Archives Housing over 5,000 linear professeur au département d’anglais feet of archival material, the Alex de l’Université d’Ottawa, a déclaré : ment, the archives is located on the Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives « Nous ne devrions pas attendre plus second floor of a large, multi-functional is acknowledged as a treasure trove de deux ans pour organiser une autre commercial building. Two bus lines pass for the Canadian Jewish community conférence, puisqu’il y a tant à couvrir. nearby, and it is a short walk from two and the research community at large. Je suis content que nous l’ayons mise sur subway stations. Archives staff Janice Rosen and Hélène pied. C’est une excellente première étape, The advantages of the new facility Vallée, assisted by occasional student mais nous devons y donner suite pour include accessibility, natural lighting and interns and volunteers, provide direct informer le public sur le sujet. Il y a une improved climate control. Measuring reference assistance in response to foule d’écrivains canadiens importants over 5,000 square feet in size, the space 1,000 inquires per year, welcoming dont nous n’avons pas abordé les œuvres includes a protected room for fragile up to 250 onsite researchers annually lors de cette conférence. Charting the materials, large tables for researcher and directly assisting another 750 via Field n’est que le premier d’une série de use, adequate space for group meetings, mail and phone. The ADCJA has been réunions savantes. » a lounge area, and a handicapped- credited in Canadian Jewish history and Rebecca Margolis ajoute : « Cette accessible washroom. sociology books published since 1980 réunion d’universitaires et d’écrivains Researchers and volunteers appre and frequently supplies materials for ayant des perspectives et des champs ciate the new consultation area, filled exhibits, films and productions. d’intérêt divers sur le sujet de la littérature with light from nearby windows, while To learn more or to make an canadienne sur l’Holocauste a produit a carefully planned and simplified layout appointment, contact Janice Rosen, une riche sélection de conférences sur has made the archival collections better Archives Director, at 514-931-7531, ext. un large éventail de sujets. Cela indique protected yet easier to retrieve. 271, or by email at [email protected]. que ce domaine d’études mérite d’autres This move comes after 40 years rencontres de ce type. » at the Samuel Bronfman House, the D’après les documents et les former CJC headquarters building that commentaires entendus au cours de la fin became part of Concordia University’s de semaine, il est clair que la littérature downtown campus in 1999. After having canadienne sur l’Holocauste fera l’objet received notice that the university wished de nombreuses discussions à l’avenir.

Saint John Jewish Historical Museum

Event - Nazi Occupied Amsterdam: Alex Dworkin Family Fact and Historical Fiction Canadian Jewish Archives

The Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish View from entrance to the new archives Continued on next page ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 13

An author reading by Mary Dingee Nazi army marched into Amsterdam at least thirty local Jewish residents Fillmore and family history presented in 1940, almost three-quarters of and former residents. by Ruth Wolpin were held on Monday, the Dutch Jewish community were This will augment the interviews August 13. The Shaarei Zedek murdered, the highest percentage in that were conducted in the 1980s by Synagogue was filled to capacity by Western Europe. Mary Fillmore’s museum founder Marcia Koven as well over 100 people from the Saint John study of the Holocaust came from as our archival and research collection area. living for a time in Amsterdam in and will build on the knowledge we Vermont author Mary Dingee what had been the Jewish quarter have of the history of Saint John. Fillmore’s roots are in New Brunswick, and in a house where Jews had been These stories will form the basis of but her passion is the Holocaust hidden during the war. future museum exhibits and education and resistance in the Netherlands. After her years of research, she programs. Her 13 years of research resulted in wrote the historical novel An Address the award-winning historical novel in Amsterdam, in which she created We will also digitize 250 to 300 An Address in Amsterdam, about a her heroine, 18-year-old Rachel Klein, colour slides that document the art young Jewish woman who joins the who carried messages for the resistance work of well known Saint John artist underground. Mary has already visited and ensured that Jews could be hidden Herzl Kashetsky. These slides have four countries and 13 states to speak from the Nazis. about “Resistance Then and Now: Ruth Wolpin then shared the story of her paternal family – the Doofs – and her mother’s family – the Moffies. She traced the family through several generations of life in Holland before and during the war and afterwards as those who survived moved to

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been shared with students in the Mary Dingee Fillmore Holocaust Study Group and other programs. These include images Learning from the Dutch.” A Kirkus from Europe and slides depicting his Indie Book of the Month, An Address process of creating the 20 paintings Ruth Wolpin in Amsterdam won the Sarton Women’s in the series “A Prayer for the Dead” Book Award for Historical Fiction. as well as works documenting the Canada, the U.S. and Israel. As part architectural and Jewish history of Ruth Wolpin was born in Holland. of the presentation, she shared audio Saint John. Her parents moved to Canada with recorded before the war of the big- We are very excited to work with their children after surviving the band music played by The Ramblers, Herzl on this project. The Museum Holocaust. Ruth grew up in Halifax. a group that included two members of places great value on telling the story Following university graduation, she the Doof family. of one of its most accomplished artists worked in the field of early childhood and preserving the images of his works education in southern New Brunswick Grant-funded Projects for future generations. until her retirement. Ruth and her With the success of grant applications husband, Carl, prepared educational to the Greater Saint John Community The Dr. Moses I. Polowin kits on Judaism for the Saint John Foundation and the Saint John Memorial Library’s books are being Jewish Historical Museum. She has Community Arts Board, the Museum sorted and reclassified. It is hoped attended and presented at various will be undertaking a number of new that this process will make them conferences on Holocaust studies. and interesting projects. more accessible to the community Amsterdam had been a haven for Over the next few months, we are for programming, including readings, Jewish people for centuries. After the going to conduct video interviews with book clubs, and children’s activities. r Page 14 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

Special Feature: Canadian Jewish Figures

Saint John and Winnipeg

Dr. Eli Boyaner (1893-1966), born in John was published in the Collections those of the Red Cross. Saint John to Don and Kate (Poyas) of the New Brunswick Historical Society. Boyaner, became one of the city’s leading Boyaner was one of the founding Elizabeth Hart Green (1864-1947), optometrists. He founded the New members of the Saint John Rotary Club born in New York, spent her early years B r u n s w i c k in 1914 and helped establish the Boys in Saint John. She lived in England with Optomet and Girls Club in 1955. He served as her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry rical Society, president of the Saint John branch of Levy, for several years. She returned to of which he the Canadian Red Cross Society in Saint John and was president 1944 and 1945 and was named to the married Louis in 1929. In Provincial Council in January 1944. In Green in 1882, June 1950, he 1957, he was elected president of the becoming the city’s was elected New Brunswick Red Cross. first Jewish bride. president of The wedding the Maritime Minnie Goldman (1884-1971), was widely pub Optometrical originally from New York, married lished in local Eli Boyaner Association. Joseph Goldman in 1901. In 1908 they newspapers. The He was the moved to Saint John and opened a dry mayor, members first person to receive an honourary goods store of the provincial doctorate of optometry from the College on Wall legislature and of Optometry of Ontario. Street. She Elizabeth Hart Green the U.S. consul Eli Boyaner was a leader in the Boy was elected attended. A rabbi Scouts for more than 43 years, starting president from Boston performed the ceremony, with the Judaean Boy Scout groups, of the although the couple was actually before serving as District Commissioner, Daughters married the previous evening by a Assistant Provincial Commissioner, of Israel Presbyterian clergyman to make it legal Provincial Commissioner and President in 1920 under New Brunswick law. Elizabeth of the New Brunswick Provincial and again Green succeeded her mother, Alice, as Minnie Goldman Council. He was the second Canadian served from president of the Daughters of Israel. She named to the International Scouting 1934-1939, had five children, one of whom was the Committee. As camp chief for pro after which she became honourary first Jewish lawyer in New Brunswick. It vincial, national and international Scout president. She was a member of the was stated at her funeral that “she was jamborees, he travelled across Canada Local Council of Women, becoming a widely known and highly respected, and and to many other countries. In 1931, he vice-president in 1935 and serving until her many charitable acts endeared her to organized the first Boy Scout Apple Day, being elected president from 1949-1952. all who knew her.” a fundraising endeavour that continues She was the first Jewish woman in the to this day. country to be elected local vice-president Nathan Green (1828-1922), born in He was active in the Young Men’s and provincial vice-president (1941) of Amsterdam, moved to London in 1842 Hebrew Association and was its president the Council of Women. Near the end and learned the cigar-making trade from in 1930. He was also congregation of the First World War, she became the Moses Gompers before leaving for New president from 1932 to 1941. In 1959, local organizer for the Magen David Dr. Boyaner’s paper on the history of Adom organization, which served Jewish the early Jewish community of Saint needs in Palestine with goals similar to Continued on next page ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 15

York in the 1850s with his brothers-in- leftist Yiddish troupe while attending Russian Lithuania to South Africa but law, Solomon Hart and Henry Levy. university and law school. During came to Canada to work the land. A By 1859, he was living with his family World War II, Cherniack trained as family story attributes the family name, in Saint John. In 1873, Nathan Green a Japanese code breaker, rising to the Vickar, to an immigration officer’s purchased a plot of land for the Green- rank of captain in the Canadian forces. translation of the father’s occupation, Hart Cemetery, the burial ground for After the war, he fought for reparations shammas. From farming, Norman moved the original Jewish settlers and their to the Canadian Japanese who had lost on to sell farm equipment and then cars descendants. Green established his property. in nearby Melfort. He was active in Cherniack had a long a distinguished Jewish and community activities such career in public service. He served on the as B’nai Brith, his synagogue board, the Winnipeg School Board, the Winnipeg Rotary Club, the Elks Lodge and the Beach Municipal Council and the Melfort Board of Trade, and he was also Winnipeg City Council before entering president of his synagogue. He stood provincial politics, where he held a seat for the legislative assembly and served in the legislature from 1962 to 1982, two terms for the Melfort District as Minister of Industry and Commerce in the NDP government. After losing the 1982 election, the Vickars moved to Winnipeg, where Nathan Green their children had already relocated. Norman turned to full-time volunteer wholesale, retail and manufacturing work in both the Jewish and the general tobacco business in 1861, the largest in community. He shared a Meals on the city. He was the exclusive distributor Wheels delivery route with two of his for some companies, including the grandsons. American Tobacco Company. Green was Saul Cherniack He was active with the Winnipeg the first Jew in the Maritimes to hold Jewish Community Council and a membership in the Masonic Order representing the North End. He held and at his death was its oldest living the position of Minister of Finance member. He was also the last Saint John throughout much of the Schreyer resident to receive the Freedom of the government. As Urban Affairs minister, City before Confederation. he shepherded the amalgamation of the At the age of 60, he retired and City of Winnipeg with 12 independent joined two of his sisters who had settled suburban communities through the in Chicago. His oldest son, Louis, legislative process. married Solomon Hart’s daughter Following retirement, Cherniack Elizabeth in 1882 in Saint John, making continued public service as chair of Norman Vickar this the first Jewish wedding in the Manitoba Hydro, a member of the Maritime provinces. national Security Intelligence Review president of the Jewish National Fund Committee, and vice-president of the for Saskatchewan and Manitoba and Saul Cherniack (1917-2018) – A Canadian Jewish Congress. Bilingual in the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. Norman crusader for social justice, Saul Yiddish and English, he volunteered in Vickar contributed greatly to the Jewish Cherniack died in March at the age of an ESL program for immigrants. Heritage Centre ( JHCWC) as a long- 101. He came from a prominent socialist In public and private, Saul term member and as vice-president. He and Yiddishist family and continued Cherniack was noted for his intelligence, and his Ukrainian-born wife, Florence, its traditions. His parents had spent friendliness, respect for others, and attended virtually every program that time in Tsarist jails as revolutionaries ability to listen. the Centre produced until he was well before coming to Winnipeg, where they into his 90s. played an important role in establishing Norman Vickar (1917-2015) – Farmer, The Vickar family arranged for the Peretz School, the first Yiddishist businessman, CCF/NDP politician, and a professionally made 90-minute film day school in North America, and in community activist, Norman Vickar was about the life of their parents and supporting the Yiddish theatre. In the born in the Edenbridge Jewish farm grandparents. It can be viewed in the r 1930s, Saul acted in productions of a community. His family emigrated from JHCWC archives. Page 16 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

ACJS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, May 14-15, 2018 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec

Present: Rebecca Margolis (President and Chair), Frank Bialystok, Faye Blum, Christopher Chanco, Judith Cohen, Simcha Fishbane, Adara Goldberg, Simone Grossman, Tirza Harris, Michael Kent, Sarah-Jane Kerr Lapsley, Magdalene Klassen, David Koffman, Daniel Maoz, Richard Menkis, Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein, Ira Robinson, Janice Rosen, Menachem Rotstein, Jonathan Sayer, Randall Schnoor, Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Jesse Toufaxis, Peter Usher, Barbara Weiser

May 14 with a view toward expanding the field Kent moved to approve the motion, of Jewish studies in Canada. Emerging which was seconded by Koffman and The meeting was called to order at scholars should also be encouraged carried. 8:47 a.m., Eastern Time. to take up leadership positions in the Minutes were taken by Christopher organization and to contribute new Motion: To combine the positions of Chanco. initiatives and ideas. Secretary and Nominations into one Margolis thanked Tirza for her role Officer. Call to Order and in managing the membership list and Margolis argued that both positions Approval of 2017 AGM: other aspects of the administration of the currently exist separately: one overseeing On a motion by Schnoor, seconded by ACJS. the appointment and management of Rosen, the 2017 AGM minutes were Schnoor thanked Margolis for her board members and another looking at approved. work as president. the distribution of ACJS awards. It would be more efficient to have one officer Eulogy to Louis Greenspan Margolis called for two motions: responsible for both tasks. Bialystok added an item to the current agenda. He delivered a eulogy for the Motion: To rename the position of Vice- Rosen moved to approve the motion, late Louis Greenspan, Professor of President to VP/External Relations. which was seconded by Koffman and Religion at McMaster University, who Margolis argued that there is a need to carried. recently passed away. clarify and expand the existing mandate of the Vice-President. Currently the Treasurer’s Report Annual Reports VP seems to be a redundant post. The position can be occupied by someone Kent delivered his report as treasurer. President’s Report - tasked with developing networks with ACJS has transferred accounts to Rebecca Margolis other organizations and outreach to Scotiabank, diversified investments, and graduate students. The VP could also enlisted the support of a new financial Margolis delivered her report as current oversee general public relations for manager. Over the past year, ACJS president. She called for rebranding of ACJS. has spent less on scholarships, while the ACJS as part of new outreach efforts. Tesler-Mabé supported the motion membership dues and donations have ACJS has streamlined administrative and but added that all board members, increased. financial processes, including changing not just the VP, should be involved in Koffman asked whether the in-grants banks and investment accounts while external relations and that we should and contributions that ACJS receives making it easier to solicit external also be engaging with undergraduates. from universities (e.g. Concordia, York, donations. Koffman supported the motion, UOttawa, and UofT) are accounted for Under her term, ACJS has prioritized stressing that ACJS should develop as a separate line item in the budget. outreach to graduate students. More stronger relationships with faculty and Robinson clarified that some institutions can be done in the area of professional researchers, even with those who might such as Concordia, tend not to give development for members of ACJS, touch on Canadian Jewish studies only especially in the face of challenging tangentially. ACJS should open the prospects in the academic job market and doors for collaboration with other fields. Continued on next page ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 17 direct financial contributions but to offer Secretary’s Report: determine who will be remaining in each service in kind, i.e. ACJS costs are offset Hernan Tesler-Mabé of the positions and, when necessary, by graduate students whose labour is identifying new individuals to bring into paid for by these institutions but who do Tesler-Mabé delivered the following the structure.” work for ACJS. Koffman stressed that report: if this is the case, monetary and non- Louis Rosenberg Award Committee: This monetary contributions should be clearly “I am pleased to say that the job of ACJS year there was some confusion over the identified as separate line items in the Secretary has been simplified by a very award mandate (that is, whether the administrative budget. active and helpful Membership Chair, award was meant to honour significant Koffman added that ACJS should Simon-Pierre Lacasse, who has largely milestones at the academic or community directly solicit donations from university taken over almost all the work related level) as well as geographic realities departments to complement existing to renewals and membership. As such, versus strongest nominations. As such, institutional memberships (e.g. the my work as ACJS Secretary has been this presents a good time to consider Koschitzky Centre at YorkU) that already limited to posting items to the Listserv whether the award should continue chip in to support the organization. when necessary, helping organize the to prioritize academic contributions Moorhouse-Stein seconded Koff renewal campaign (details to be provided or transform it to be devoted towards man’s point, adding that this should be by Simon-Pierre), shepherding material community achievement. seen as part of relationship-building, and questions to Tirza and/or Elizabeth, On the second point, ACJS awards especially with university departments etc., as needed, and whenever possible should be more fairly distributed even in that might have students who do work in plugging pre-existing gaps (i.e. rewriting non-major cities where Canadian Jewish the field of Jewish studies. the ACJS “About Us” section). scholars are usually found. Bialystok called for a list of the That having been said, there has He suggested new wording for the universities and institutions that are been considerable confusion over who Rosenberg award: “The Committee currently within the network of the ACJS, should be dealing with which duties may give special consideration to those especially those that might offer Jewish at different times throughout the year. suggested names of who are in the city studies courses (Concordia, York, UofT, This has reared its head, for example, where the next AGM will be taking place and possibly McMaster). with maintenance of the email account. to help ensure strong local support for Margolis agreed that the budget On numerous occasions, it has been the presentation and a successful event. should take these various issues into time-consuming and frustrating to deal Individuals from outside that city may consideration. She added that ACJS with the email account - this should also be considered, in particular when currently operates on a shoestring be streamlined. Most emails seem to their home city is not slated to be a site budget and relies strongly on the good concern renewals and/or the Journal, so of a conference within the next year, will of individuals and institutions involved perhaps the Journal editors should be provided that the award recipient is likely in the ACJS. checking on this. The same problem has to be present at the conference.” arisen in respect to Paypal payments – Motion: To appoint Agulnik as this too should be clarified. Bulletin Report: Jason Chalmers auditors for the 2018 fiscal year There has been discussion of removing many of the time-intensive The Bulletin Report written by Jason Bialystok moved to approve the motion, jobs here and transforming these into an Chalmers was delivered in absentia by which was seconded by Tesler-Mabé outreach position; this is especially timely Margolis: and carried. given that Barry Stiefel may be taking Having consulted with Margolis and over 2018-2019 and he is geographically “I have recently completed my first year Ken, Bialystok added that ACJS has distant. as editor for the Bulletin. Thank you to terminated the relationship with the As in the past, my task here has Rebecca Margolis for helping with the ACJS’s former financial adviser. ACJS been limited to two separate branches: transition. Rebecca began some new currently has roughly CAN$23,000 1. Heading up the Louis Rosenberg initiatives that I have sought to follow in investments (accruing just $85 in Award Committee and determining through, namely the inclusion of French- interest). Margolis stressed that it the winners of the Marcia Koven language content. Simon-Pierre Lacasse was important to leave this amount student award; 2. Dealing with society has been especially helpful providing untouched. continuity by helping the ACJS President translations of content. Thank you to Page 18 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 all who have contributed to the Bulletin Archives Matters section on the theme is with York Libraries because the online or helped with distribution, and special of ‘Uncovering the 60s’; and a feature version of CJS is hosted and open to the thanks to Shirley Muhlstock Brodt for on Vivian Felsen’s translation work in public through the York Libraries OJS production.” French, Yiddish, and English. We expect (Open Journal Systems) platform. to print the journal in June, two months Jason is stepping down from his position ahead of last year’s schedule. This works Membership Report: Simon-Pierre this year and is to be replaced by Adara toward our goal of shifting the journal’s Lacasse, Intercultural Liaison Ad Goldberg. Ideally there would be a annual production up by a few months. Hoc Committee French-language editor as well. Included with this volume, members of ACJS will also receive an English The Membership Report written by Koffman suggested we move to cut translation of Pierre Anctil’s article from Simon-Pierre Lacasse was delivered in out mailing print copies of the Bulletin. Volume 25, called “A Double Standard: absentia by Margolis: Rosen pushed back, saying that hard The Respective Responsibilities of copies are still needed for archival English and French Canada in the “It is with great sadness that I had to purposes. She conceded that even a German Refugee Crisis.” We felt it was miss the conference this year. How fully digital version of the Bulletin might important to disseminate an English ironic that it takes place in my home be acceptable, as recipients, including version of this article so it could reach a town. In any case, here is the summary archivists, could simply print out an wider readership. of the past year in terms of membership attachable PDF, but that a professional- Ira Robinson is concurrently guest- initiatives and results. We are boasting looking Bulletin would still be ideal. editing Volume 26, also in the final stages a total of 96 paid members for the year Margolis called for a new motion to of production. This volume is composed 2018, an increase of six members from eliminate print copies sent to individuals, of essays from the conference “1944, 2017. Among the different subscription with the exception of special requests A Moment in the Life of a Community,” categories, most notable is the increase and copies sent to institutions and held at Concordia in 2016. This volume from 10 to 18 students as members of archives. Tirza added that she regularly is financed by The Azrieli Foundation the Association. We are happy with this mails out between 30-40 print copies of (CAN$5,000 – CAN$500 more than turnout, as young researchers contribute the Bulletin to institutions and individuals average general costs). We plan to remarkably to this year’s conference and (primarily institutions). mail both Volumes 26 and 27 of CJS journal. On a motion by Koffman, seconded to all ACJS members before the new A few initiatives were taken this year by Michael, the motion was approved. academic year in September. to increase membership renewal as well Finally, we are working with York as attracting new members. Thanks to Journal Report: University Libraries to make searchable the coordinated work of Tirza Harris, Elizabeth Moorehouse-Stein all articles previously published in Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Rebecca Margolis Canadian Jewish Studies for those and me, the membership drive seems Managing Editor Moorhouse-Stein university libraries that have CJS in their to have been a success. “We miss you” delivered the following report about the holdings. David and I will also meet with a renewal forms were mailed to former Journal for Canadian Jewish Studies: librarian at York who specializes in online members who were not registered in journal management to learn how to 2017, and emails with a similar content “The editors of Canadian Jewish Studies improve the indexing and discoverability were sent to past members up to five are wrapping up an excellent Volume of the journal and its management and years back. These strategies allowed 27, with several authors new to the promotion in general.” us to secure 2018 membership from 22 journal. Several articles focused on Koffman announced a new “soft” former members. In addition, 60 people architecture and museology, which is policy that the journal requires published renewed their membership from 2017 new for the journal; two sociological and authors to be members of the ACJS through the regular renewal appeal sent anthropological articles, which is rare for (student rate of $25 for new members). through email. the journal; a subsection of short articles He is encouraging peer reviewers We have developed networks among from Israeli and Canadian authors on and book reviewers to join as well. He students working on Jewish topics, the tension between the Jewish Pavilion added that there is a need to improve notably le Collectif Judéité(s) organized and the Israeli Pavilion at the Expo ‘67 the online visibility of articles published by graduate students Ashley Mayer- World’s Fair in Montreal; an excellent in the journal. This forthcoming meeting Thibault and Valentina Gaddi from the ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 19 sociology department at UdeM, some Graduate Student Liaison Report by Pierre Lacasse of whom have become members of the Sarah-Jane Kerr Lapsley Honorary Officer ACJS and participate in its activities. Jerry Silver Thanks to the help of Jesse Toufexis Lapsley delivered her report as Graduate at graphic design, a great-looking flyer Student Liaison. Over the past year, New Board Members for 2018-2020 was printed to promote the activities Lapsley has made the most of her Christopher Chanco (QC, 2018-2020) of the ACJS. They should be available new mandate to reach out to graduate Judith Cohen (ON, 2018-2020) at this AGM, and I would be grateful if students. During the preparation of the Ruth Panofsky (ON, 2018-2020) you could distribute them among the Conference, there were also efforts to SJ Kerr-Lapsley (AB, 2018-2020) executives and interested members to reach out to the Jewish community of Randall Schnoor (ON, 2018-2020) spread the word across the country. I am Montreal. She added that we should Mark Celinscak (U.S., 2018-2020) looking forward to working with you in think about organizing more public book Existing Board Members the next year.” launches. Allie Cuperfain (ON, 2017-2019) Lapsley is to step down from this Bernie Katz (ON, 2017-2019) Conference Report: Jesse Toufexis current position. Lindsey Jackson Deidre Butler (ON, 2017-2018) and Simon-Pierre Lacasse, also Janice Rosen (QC, 2017-2018) As co-organizer of this year’s Conference, the intercultural liaison with French- Susan Landau-Chark (ON, 2017-2018) Toufexis delivered the following report: Canadians, will take over some of these Jonathan Sarna (MA, 2017-2018) responsibilities. “Planning for the conference has gone Tesler-Mabé moved to approve the slate. well for Jessica and me, with welcome Election of New Slate: Nominations The motion was seconded by Koffman, help and guidance from a number of Rosen and others, and was carried. parties, including Rebecca Margolis and Officers Ira Robinson. Hopefully, when this is President: Rebecca Margolis New Business read at the meeting, the first day of the Vice-President External Affairs: Hernan conference (community day, reception Tesler-Mabé Varia and concert) will have gone extremely Treasurer: Michael Kent Postponed to May 15 meeting. well. We were very excited to be able Secretary/Nominations: Barry Stiefel to put the conference on in Montreal Past President: Barry Stiefel The meeting was adjourned at and make use of the enormous amount 10:11 a.m. of resources at our disposal. As such, Executive Committee Chairs we were able to feature three excellent Journal Editors: David Koffman, venues: Concordia University, McGill Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein May 15 University, and the McCord Museum. Bulletin Editor: Adara Goldberg These prestigious venues afforded us Chair, Communities and Archives: Dara The meeting was called to order at higher visibility in the greater community, Solomon, Janice Rosen 9:12 a.m., Eastern Time. There were no and our partnership with the McCord Chair, Membership: Simon-Pierre La minutes to approve. has proven to be an exciting opportunity. casse Jessica took care of everything regarding Chair, Conference: Jesse Toufexis New Business the McCord and McGill (venue availability, Chair, Programs: Lindsey Jackson, planning the concert and roundtable, Simon-Pierre Lacasse Archives Report: Janice Rosen etc.), while Ira took care of everything Book Review Editor: Michael Rom regarding Concordia. I took care of Chair, Academic Committee: Ira Rosen delivered updates on the ACJS and the academic side of things, including Robinson its relationship with Jewish archives. She scheduling, disseminating proposals for Chair, Finance: Frank Bialystok reported on the section of the Canadian review, and keeping participants updated Chair, Nominations: Barry Stiefel Jewish Studies Journal called “The on conference items. Special thanks to Chairs, Graduate Student Liaison: Archives Matter,” a collaborative series Rebecca, who was more than willing to Lindsey Jackson, Simon-Pierre Lacasse of articles by Jewish collection archivists offer guidance to both of us whenever Chairs, Intercultural Liaison Ad Hoc across Canada. The Canadian Jewish we required it throughout the process.” Committee: Christopher Chanco, Simon- Archives will be moving from its current Page 20 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 location in July or August, as Concordia might want to create a durable platform local Jewish communities. University is to be repurposed. for students to share and discuss their However, Menkis said that there is Margolis expressed appreciation for research. Tesler-Mabé added that the a lot to be gained from participating in the work that archivists do alongside committee should first consider whether Congress if the location is a good fit. Jewish historians. there is interest for such an initiative, Margolis added that the ACJS might citing an experience at the UOttawa want to consider participating in next Graduate Student Liaison Report: where graduate students felt it more of a year’s Congress in Vancouver. Since Lindsey Jackson burden than an aid to their research. Menkis is at UBC, it would also be easier Jackson raised concerns about the for him to tap into his networks there. Jackson expressed some ideas for mandate of the committee. Margolis Steven commented that ACJS should her new position as Graduate Student responded by saying that graduate feel free to participate in Congress Liaison. There is a need for more students involved in the committee in some years and to withdraw from outreach to university departments and should feel free to do whatever was others. He added that other academic local Jewish communities. She hopes of interest to them and within realistic associations, e.g. the Canadian that ACJS can continue and expand limits. Association of Geographers (CAG), do the work it has done, especially through the same thing. It can be a year-by-year local, community-based events. Tulchinsky Award or case-by-case decision. Participating In addition, Jackson suggested in next year’s Congress in Vancouver that ACJS take part in “public history” Margolis mentioned that ACJS has would probably help to attract more initiatives, such as renaming streets officially launched a new award, in people or build our public profile despite in Montreal (after local Jewish figures) honour of Gerald Tulchinsky, to offset the financial challenges. or being active in discussions around travel expenses for graduate students to In years that we opt out of Congress, LGBTQ issues. This could build a more participate in ACJS conferences. Menkis added, it would be important to public presence for the ACJS while choose locations where there is a local bringing local communities on board. Election of a New Member to the Jewish community to be involved (e.g. Finances, however, continue to be a ACJS Board: Christopher Chanco Winnipeg). problem. Koffman, however, wondered whether Margolis expressed appreciation Margolis introduced Christopher Chanco there would be any consequences in for the efforts of the Graduate Student for nomination to the ACJS Board. terms of maintaining membership or Committee. She suggested that the Christopher has expressed interest in paying dues to Congress if this model committee prepare a budget for the participating in the Intercultural Liaison were applied. activities it had in mind. The ACJS Ad Hoc Committee and has done some Margolis suggested that there may leadership could find ways to raise work for the Journal. be a lot at stake in staying in, mentioning funds and support the graduate students Koffman moved to approve the issues like BDS and the reality that the involved as best they can. She added nomination. The motion was seconded ACJS, as a small organization, could be that while the ACJS is probably not in a by Toufexis, Moorhouse-Stein and elbowed out by the others in Congress. position to undertake anything quite as others, and was carried. Margolis called for a motion on ambitious as taking part in government attending the Congress in Vancouver. efforts to rename streets, this is Venue for Next ACJS Conference The motion was carried by unanimous something to think about in the future. decision. The ACJS could perhaps organize a This year, the ACJS opted not to Jewish studies week or weekend (around participate in the Canadian Federation Changes in the Library and Archives November or December) that could be for the Humanities and Social Sciences Canada Database hosted across different cities. (CFHSS) Congress in Regina. Logistics Margolis reaffirmed that the ACJS’s and funding continue to be the primary Kent added an item to the agenda priority was to recruit graduate students issues hindering the ACJS’s participation concerning a recent change to the and encourage them to become more in the Congress. Not participating has search database of Library and Archives involved in the organization. also allowed for more administrative Canada, which is transitioning into a new Along these lines, Koffman suggested autonomy and allows conference online system (OCLC). While it operates that the Graduate Student Committee organizers to build better networks with with a high degree of accuracy when ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 21 searching material in languages based archival records in non-Latin scripts. Chinese. Koffman and others expressed on Latin script, the OCLC is difficult Margolis suggested that ACJS willingness to assist with this campaign; to access for researchers looking up create a campaign out of this issue; it could be flagged as a “discrimination” material that is available only in Hebrew for starters, by circulating a letter to issue. or other non-Latin scripts. Jewish studies departments across The ACJS should push for Library Canada. Koffman noted that this is likely There being no further business, and Archives Canada (Ottawa) to revise a problem for people working in other the meeting was adjourned at its database to allow for cataloguing languages too, such as Farsi, Arabic or 10:12 a.m. r

Expenditures Canadian Jewish Studies Journal (editorial assistant and copy editor, translation, layout and design, image usage fees, printing, and mailing) Note: Two volumes, standard and special issue $9,000 ACJS Bulletin (2 issues per year: editing, publishing, printing, and mailing) $1,100 ACJS/AÉJC Annual Conference Expenditures (student or unwaged travel subsidies, A/V rental, award plaque, CFHSS membership, Proposed Budget student paper awards, coffee break, and banquet) $3,500 January–December Donations from ACJS $200 2019 Advertising $0 Bank Charges $60 Submitted by Michael Kent, Treasurer Filing Corporate Fees (Quebec and Canada) $74 Office & General Expenses (Student Administrative Assistant and other misc. costs) (Figure reflects the maximum cost of the Student Administrative Assistant. This cost may be lower, pending restructuring of duties.) $1,200

Postage $200 Website (maintenance, file backup hosting, and domain name renewal) $500 Accountant $250 Total $16,084

Revenue Membership Dues $6,500 Private Individual Donations $1,200 Interest on Investments $50 Sale of Back Issues of Journal $59 Conference $700 Sale of Bulletin Advertising $0 Copyright Fees $25 Grants $9,000 TOTAL $16,500 PROJECTED SURPLUS (DEFICIT) FISCAL 2018 $416 Page 22 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

Marcia Koven Award for Best Student Paper / Prix Marcia Koven pour la meilleure communication par un(e) étudiant(e) 2018

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS) is pleased to announce Magdalene Klassen as the recipient of the 2018 Marcia Koven Award for Best Student Paper presented at the 2018 ACJS conference, held at the McCord Museum and Concordia University in Montreal on May 12-14, 2018. Vardit Lightstone and Christopher Chanco also received honourable mention. This award is sponsored by friends and relatives of Marcia Koven.

L’Association d’études juives canadiennes (AÉJC) est heureuse d’annoncer que Magdalene Klassen a reçu le Prix Marcia Koven 2018 pour la meilleure communication par un(e) étudiant(e) présentée à la conférence annuelle de l’AÉJC, tenue au Musée McCord et à l’Université Concordia à Montréal du 12 au 14 mai 2018. Vardit Lightstone et Christopher Chanco ont également reçu une mention honorable. Ce prix est commandité par les amis et la famille de Marcia Koven.

Winner of the 2018 Marcia Koven Award for Best Student Paper / Gagnante du prix Marcia Koven 2018 pour la meilleure communication par un(e) étudiant(e)

Magdalene Klassen (McGill University) Going Out into the World: Humanitarianism, Assimilation, and Gender among Jewish members of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, 1900-1939

Honourable Mention / Mention honorable

Vardit Lightstone (University of Toronto/Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Traditional Innovation: An Analysis of the Folk Literature of Yiddish Speaking Immigrants Christopher Chanco (York University) “Through the Eye of a Needle”: Post-war DPs and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 23

Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Conference Vancouver, June 2-4, 2019 Call for Papers

The ACJS is pleased to announce it will contribute to existing scholarship membership. Please attach the receipt our 2019 conference, which will take in the field of Canadian Jewish from your 2019 membership to your place June 2-4 at the University studies, including a short bibliography proposal. of British Columbia, with Sunday’s of relevant sources; (2) a biography of Partial financial support to defray community day at Vancouver’s Peretz 50-75 words. travel and accommodations costs Institute for Secular Jewish Culture. Please submit your proposal by is available for presenters who are The conference will provide a platform email, as a .doc or .rtf attachment, students or underwaged and live more for exciting and original research on to the ACJS Co-chair, Jesse Toufexis than 100 km from Vancouver. In all Canadian Jewish life, past, present ([email protected]). Because cases, because the ACJS support and future. proposals undergo blind review, funds are limited, all applicants for We welcome paper proposals on please do not include any personal, financial support are expected to any topic relating to the Canadian identifiable information in your apply first to any host institutions for Jewish experience. Given this year’s proposal attachment. Instead, please travel and accommodations support. centennial of the formation of the first indicate your name, affiliation, address, Applications for financial support, Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), telephone number, and email address which will be sent to eligible presenters we particularly welcome proposals in the body of the email. along with the notice of acceptance of on the theme of Jewish communal their paper proposal, will be due on organizations, past and present, Paper proposals are due on March 4, with results communicated including studies of the CJC and other January 14, 2019. After an anony by March 25. Canadian Jewish institutions. mous peer-review process, presenters Individuals are invited to submit will be contacted by February 12. The best student paper presented at proposals for paper presentations 20 All presenters must be paid the conference will be given the Marcia minutes in length. All submissions members of the ACJS for the year of Koven Award, which is accompanied must include (1) an abstract of 250-400 the conference (2019) at the time that by a cash prize. The award is granted words formulated to clearly and proposals are submitted. Membership based on the scholarly quality of the concisely state the main argument of information for the ACJS can be found paper and its contribution to the field the scholarly paper and indicate how on our website: http://acjs-aejc.ca/ of Canadian Jewish studies.

Conférence annuelle de l’Association d’études juives canadiennes Vancouver, 2-4 Juin 2019 Appel à communications

L’AÉJC est heureuse d’annoncer que fascinantes et novatrices sur la vie favorablement les propositions portant la conférence annuelle pour 2019, qui juive canadienne du passé, du présent sur le thème des organisations aura lieu du 2 au 4 juin à l’Université et du futur. communautaires juives, passées et de la Colombie-Britannique, ainsi que Nous acceptons les propositions présentes, notamment des études sur la journée d’activités communautaires d’articles sur tout sujet lié à l’expérience le CJC et d’autres institutions juives du dimanche qui se tiendra à l’Institut juive canadienne. Étant donné que canadiennes. Peretz pour la culture juive séculière cette année souligne le centenaire de Vancouver. La conférence offre une de la création du premier Congrès plateforme pour toutes recherches juif canadien (CJC), nous accueillons Suite à la page suivante Page 24 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

Les chercheuses et chercheurs votre nom, affiliation, adresse, numéro participant(e)s n’ayant pas d’emploi sont invité.e.s à soumettre des de téléphone et adresse courriel dans à temps plein, habitant à plus de 100 propositions de présentations d’une le corps de votre courriel. kilomètres de Vancouver et nécessitant durée de 20 minutes. Toutes les donc un soutien financier. Puisque les soumissions doivent inclure (1) un La date limite pour nous faire fonds de l’AÉJC sont limités, tous les résumé de 250 à 400 mots formulés de parvenir une proposition est le 14 conférenciers sont tenus de s’adresser manière à énoncer de manière claire janvier 2019. Suivant la procédure en premier lieu à leurs institutions et concise l’argument principal de la d’évaluation à l’aveugle par des pairs, respectives. Les demandes d’appui communication et la manière dont il les candidat(e)s retenu(e)s seront financier, qui seront acheminé(e) contribuera à la recherche existante contacté(e)s au plus tard le 12 février s aux candidat(e)s éligibles dont les dans le domaine des études juives 2019. propositions auront été retenues, canadiennes, ainsi qu’une une brève Tous les candidat(e)s doivent être doivent nous être renvoyées au plus bibliographie des sources pertinentes; membres de l’AÉJC pour l’année de tard le 4 mars 2019 et feront l’objet (2) une biographie de 50 à 75 mots. la conférence (2019) au moment de d’une réponse au plus tard le 25 mars Veuillez soumettre votre proposition la soumission de leurs propositions, 2019. par courriel, jointe en fichier .doc faute de quoi celles-ci ne seront pas ou .rtf, au coprésident du comité évaluées. Des informations sur les La meilleure présentation faite par organisateur de la conférence de modalités d’inscription à l’AÉJC sont un(e) étudiant(e) sera soulignée par l’AÉJC, Jesse Toufexis (jtouf007@ disponibles sur notre page web : http:// la remise du prix Marcia Koven, qui uottawa.ca). Puisque les propositions acjs-aejc.ca/membership. Veuillez est accompagné d’une récompense sont soumises à une procédure joindre le reçu de votre adhésion 2019 en argent. La ou le lauréat(e) sera d’évaluation à l’aveugle, nous vous à votre proposition. sélectionné(e) en fonction de la prions de ne pas y inclure d’informations Un appui financier partiel est qualité de sa recherche et de sa personnelles nous permettant de vous disponible pour pallier à une partie contribution au champ des études identifier. À la place, veuillez indiquer des coûts des étudiant(e)s et juives canadiennes.

Notes from the ACJS bia (JMABC). There will be some public programming by the centre and the JMABC, to be announced. We’d like to offer Conference Organizers / our thanks to the JMABC for coordinating between the ACJS Message des co-organisateurs and the Peretz Centre. de la conférence annuelle Nous sommes forts enthousiastes face à la conférence de l’AÉJC : de cette année prévue à Vancouver. Comme il s’agit du centième anniversaire du premier Congrès juif canadien, Jesse Toufexis & Richard Menkis nous avons pensé qu’une exploration des organisations communautaires juives canadiennes serait un thème approprié et fascinant. Nous accueilleront avec un intérêt We are extremely excited about this year’s conference in particulier les communications qui explorent l’inclusivité et Vancouver. Given that it’s the 100th anniversary of the first l’exclusivité des organisations communautaires juives. Nous Canadian Jewish Congress, we thought that an exploration sommes impatients d’entendre des groupes d’experts sur ce of Canadian Jewish communal organizations would be an sujet, ainsi que tous.tes les chercheurs.ses qui illustrent la appropriate and fascinating theme. We especially welcome diversité dont nous jouissons dans le domaine des études papers that explore the inclusivity and exclusivity of Jewish juives canadiennes. communal organizations. We’re very much looking forward La journée communautaire aura lieu dans le bâtiment du to hearing panels on this topic as well as a great range of Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture de Vancouver. Le other panels that illustrate the variety we enjoy in the field of Centre Peretz (anciennement la Peretz Shule) est une voix Canadian Jewish studies. unique et souvent controversée dans la communauté juive The community day will take place in the building of the de Vancouver et constitue donc un bon endroit pour explorer Vancouver Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. The les questions d’inclusion et d’exclusion dans la communauté Peretz Centre (formerly the Peretz Shule) has been a unique juive. Le bâtiment abrite également le Jewish Museum and and frequently controversial voice in Vancouver’s Jewry and Archives of British Columbia (JMABC). Une programmation thus a good place to explore questions of inclusivity and ex- ouverte au public en partenariat avec le Centre Peretz et clusivity in the Jewish community. The building is also the de la JMABC sera annoncée. Nous voudrions remercier le home of the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Colum- JMABC pour la coordination entre l’ACJS et le Peretz. r ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 25

Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies

Autumn 2018 Semester News Judaism and Confucianism”; Eli Mason (Religions and Cultures), “Monsters on the • The Institute, in partnership with Margins: Minority Identification with Monsters Concordia’s Judaic Studies Program and the Monstrous”; Stefanos Singelakis (Religions and Cultures Department) (Religions and Cultures), “Morality and Nazi and Department of History, has become Masculinity”; Sean Remz (History), “Variables an Associate Institutional Member of in Accounting for Different Reactions to the Association for Jewish Studies. the Ghettoization and Deportation of the Jews of Hungary and Its Borderlands.” • The Institute, in partnership with Jewish studies programs at McGill University, • October 25: “A Conversation in Memory ofD r. Université de Montréal, and the State Joseph Kage.” Participants: Rivka Augenfeld, University of New York at Plattsburgh Dr. Allen Kagedan and Rabbi Lila Kagedan. has received a grant from the American Academy for Jewish Research designed • November 6: Two Lectures on the Early to help the Jewish studies graduate Modern Jews of Suriname, South America, student experience in Montreal. by Aviva Ben-Ur, Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts • The Institute has appointed Dr. Aviva Amherst. Lecture I: “Jodensavanne: A Atlani as its latest Research Associate. Jewish Village in a Slave Society”; Lecture II: “Jewish Autonomy in a Slave Society: Autumn 2018 Semester Programs The Eurafrican Jews of Suriname.” The lectures are presented in partnership with • October 11: Canadian Jewish Studies the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research. Forum: The Institute-Administered Fellowship Winners for 2018-2019: Lucas • November 15: A Conversation with Allan Cober (Religions and Cultures), “Reframing Levine, author of the newly published book Characters with Disabilities in Biblical Seeking the Fabled City: the Canadian Jewish Narrative”; Minghui Pan (Religions and Experience. Presented in partnership with Cultures), “Education of Sages in Rabbinic the Museum of Jewish Montreal.

For further information: Telephone: 514-848-2424, ext. 2074 Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/CUcdnJewishStudies/ Website: www.concordia.ca/artsci/research/jewish-studies.html Page 26 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes Volume 26, 2018

https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs

• Harold Troper - A Tale of Two Pavilions: Jewish Participation in Expo 67

Translation / Traduction

• Vivian Felsen - Introduction

• Selected Poems by J. I. Segal, Translated by Vivian Felsen

The Archives Matter / Les Archives importent Edited by Janice Rosen Articles • Janice Rosen - Introduction: Reflecting on the 60s / Réfléchir • Mark Celinscak - The Holocaust and the Canadian War aux années 1960 Museum Controversy • Jessica Zimmerman - Jewish Public Library Archives: • Amanda Kelly Train - Negotiating New Territory: Indian Relevant Resources of the 1960s Jewish Women and Families in Toronto • Andrea Shaulis et Marie-Blanche Fourcade - Commémorer, • Emily Robins Sharpe - “The heart above the ruins”: Miriam faire valoir ses droits, sensibiliser les décideurs : plongée Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish dans les archives des années 1960 du Musée de l’Holocauste Canadian Literature Montréal

• Dina Roginsky and Rina Cohen - Trading Jerusalem: Jewish- • Janice Rosen - Traces of the 1960s in the Alex Dworkin Arab Encounters in a Middle Eastern Restaurant in Toronto Canadian Jewish Archives

Special Sub-Section: “Faces of Israel at Expo 67” / • Katherine Biggs-Craft - The End of the “Golden Years”: Sous-section spéciale : Jewish Life in Saint John in the 1960s « Les visages d’Israël à l’Expo 67 » Edited by Csaba Nikolenyi Book Reviews / Comptes rendus • Csaba Nikolenyi - Introduction • Anctil, Pierre. Histoire des Juifs du Québec (Montréal: Les • Eran Neuman - The Israel Pavilion for the 1967 International Éditions du Boréal, 2017). Reviewed by Antoine Burgard. and Universal Exposition in Montreal • Usher, Peter. Joey Jacobson’s War: A Jewish-Canadian Air- • Tal-Or Ben-Choreen - Photographic Boxes – Art Installations: man in the Second World War (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier A Study of the Role of Photography in the Israel Pavilion at University Press, 2018), and Bessner, Ellin. Double Threat: Expo 67 Canadian Jews, the Military, and World (Toronto: New Jew- ish Press, 2018). Reviewed by Jennifer Shaw. • Loren Lerner - The Canadian Jewish Connection to the Visual Narrative of Nationhood at the Jewish • Vipond, Robert. Making a Global City: How One Toronto Palestine Pavilion in New York (1939) and the Israel School Embraced Diversity (Toronto: University of Toronto Pavilion and Pavilion of Judaism in Montreal (1967) Press, 2017). Reviewed by Franklin Bialystok. r ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 27

The Switzer-Cooperstock Student Prize in Western Canadian Jewish History for 2019 / Prix étudiant Switzer-Cooperstock d’histoire juive de l’Ouest canadien pour 2019

The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Ce prix, créé par la famille Switzer pour honorer leurs invites applications for the 2019 Switzer-Cooperstock parents et grands-parents, sera attribué au meilleur Prize in Western Canadian Jewish History. This prize, étudiant sur l’histoire juive dans l’Ouest canadien, established by the Switzer family to honour parents avec une préférence pour les essais sur les écoles and grandparents, will be awarded for the best student juives laïques de l’Ouest canadien, les colons, les essay on Jewish history in Western Canada with some agriculteurs et les commerçants en milieu rural, ainsi preference for essays on secular Jewish schools in que l’expérience d’immigration vécue par les Juifs Western Canada, Jewish settlers, farmers, and traders dans l’Ouest canadien. La préférence sera donnée in rural areas of Western Canada, and the immigration à la recherche spécifique à l’expérience juive dans experience of Jews to Western Canada. Preference will les centres urbains et les communautés rurales des be given to research specific to the Jewish experience provinces des Prairies canadiennes. in the urban centres and rural communities of the La recherche peut faire usage de sources originales Canadian Prairie provinces. ou bien constituer une synthèse d’autres documents The research may use original sources or it may be publiés. a synthesis of other published material. Admissibilité : Tous les étudiants qui n’ont pas encore Eligibility: All students who have not yet taken their passé leur examen de doctorat et qui ont été inscrits Ph.D. examinations and who have been enrolled in a dans un établissement d’enseignement postsecondaire post-secondary educational institution during academic au cours des années universitaires Automne 2017— years fall 2017 to winter 2019. Their essays may have Hiver 2019. Leurs essais peuvent avoir été écrits dans been written in connection with course work, thesis or le cadre de travaux de cours, de thèses ou de thèses dissertation research, or for presentation at scholarly de doctorat, ou pour être présentés à des réunions meetings, etc. Submissions should be no longer than savantes, etc. Les soumissions de devraient ne pas 35 pages double-spaced and should be accompanied faire plus de 35 pages à double interligne et doivent by a letter of nomination from a faculty member involved être accompagnées d’une lettre de nomination d’un with the student’s supervision. Electronic submissions membre du corps professoral chargé de la supervision are encouraged. de l’étudiant. Les soumissions électroniques sont To apply or request further information, contact Mr. encouragées. Stanislao Carbone, Director of Programs and Exhibits, Pour postuler ou pour demander de plus amples Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada; 123 informations, contactez M. Stanislao Carbone, directeur Doncaster Street; Winnipeg Canada, R3N 2B2. Email: des programmes et des expositions, Jewish Heritage [email protected]. The deadline for applications Centre of Western Canada, 123 rue Doncaster; is May 1, 2019. Applications will be considered by an Winnipeg Canada, R3N 2B2. Courriel: scarbone@ academic panel, and the results will be announced jhcwc.org. La date limite de candidature est le 1er mai about June 15, 2019. 2019. Les candidatures seront examinées par un panel The winner will receive $1,000. Students enrolled académique et les résultats seront annoncés vers le 15 in Manitoba institutions will be required to present their juin 2019. findings at a public lecture in Winnipeg in autumn 2019, Le gagnant recevra 1 000 $. Les étudiants inscrits preferably in September. Students from other institutions dans des établissements du Manitoba seront tenus are invited. Some additional funding is available for de présenter leurs conclusions lors d’une conférence travel to make a public presentation. publique à Winnipeg, à l’automne 2019, de préférence en septembre. Les étudiants d’autres institutions y seront invités, mais leur présence ne sera pas obligatoire. Le Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Un financement supplémentaire est disponible pour lance un appel à candidatures pour le prix Switzer- les déplacements afin de faire une présentation Cooperstock 2019 en histoire juive de l’Ouest canadien. publique. r Page 28 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018

CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions are invited for

WOMEN IN JUDAISM: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL

The journal is published exclusively on the Internet. Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal is a forum for scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism. It is particularly intended to promote critical analysis of gender inequalities within Jewish religion, culture and society, both ancient and modern. The journal does not promote a fixed ideology and welcomes a variety of approaches. The material may be cross-methodological or interdisciplinary.

Articles, book and film reviews, review essays, short notes and bibliographies from all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are welcomed. Submissions should be made to:

Dr. Dina Ripsman Eylon, Publisher and Editor Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal Email: [email protected]

Condensed Guidelines for Contributors

We prefer email submissions. Articles should be typed and double-spaced. Notes should follow the article. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a brief biographical note and a brief abstract (up to 100 words). Citations should be in the parenthetical reference style, with reference lists, as recommended in the latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (or see a recent edition of Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Articles are submitted to a blind-review process. The journal reserves the right to edit manuscripts with respect to length and content; however, any substantial changes will be made in consultation with the author. For further details, please visit us at www.womeninjudaism.org. ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2018 Page 29

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ACJS Affiliated Societies & Institutions (2018-2019) (Asterisks denote institutional members)

Sociétés et institutions affiliées à l’AÉJC (2018-2019) (les astérisques indiquent les membres institutionnels)

Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives Jewish Archives and Historical Email: [email protected] Dr. Norma Joseph, Chair Society of Edmonton Website: http://carleton.ca/jewishstudies Janice Rosen, Director & Northern Alberta 4810 Jean-Talon West, Suite 211 Judy Goldsand/Howard Davidow, Ontario Jewish Archives, Montreal, QC H4P 2N5 Co-Presidents Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre Phone: 514-931-7531 ext. 2 Colleen Paull, Archivist Eric W. Slavens, Chair Fax: 514-931-0548 10220-156 Street, Suite 200 Dara Solomon, Director Email: [email protected] Edmonton, AB T5P 2R1 UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Websites: www.cjarchives.ca; www.cjhn.ca Phone: 780-489-2809; Fax: 780-481-1854 4600 Bathurst Street Toronto, ON M2R 3V2 Email: [email protected] Phone: 416-635-2883 ext. 5170 Canadian Society for Jewish Studies * Website: www.jahsena.ca Fax: 416-849-1006 Professor Ira Robinson, President Email: [email protected] c/o Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Website: www.ontariojewisharchives.org Concordia University Mark Kantor, President 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West Andrew Morrison, Archivist Ottawa Jewish Archives Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 Suite C140 – 123 Doncaster Street Saara Mortensen, Archivist Phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2074 Winnipeg MB R3N 2B2 21 Nadolny Sachs Private Fax: 514-848-8776 Phone: 204-477-7460; Fax: 204-477-7465 Ottawa, ON K2A1R9 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 613-798-4696 ext. 260 Website: www.csjs.ca Website: www.jhcwc.org Fax: 613-798-4695 Email: [email protected] Concordia Institute for Jewish Historical Society of Website: http://jewishottawa.com/ottawa- Canadian Jewish Studies * Southern Alberta jewish-archives Professor Ira Robinson, Director Saundra Lipton, President Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies Agi Romer Segal, Librarian and Archivist Saint John Jewish Historical Museum Concordia University 1607 - 90th Avenue S.W. Dr. Elizabeth McGahan, President FA-101, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West Calgary, AB T2V 4V7 Katherine Biggs-Kraft, Curator Montreal, QC H3G 1M8 Phone: 403-444-3171; Fax: 403-253-7915 91 Leinster Street, Saint John, NB E2L 1J2 Phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 2074 Email: [email protected] Phone: 506-633-1833; Fax: 506-642-9926 Fax: 514-848-8776 Website: www.jhssa.org Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.jewishmuseumsj.com Website: http://cjs.concordia.ca Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia/Jewish Historical Society of Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program * Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for British Columbia Professor Seymour Mayne, Program Coordinator Jewish Studies * Alysa Routtenberg, Archivist University of Ottawa, Arts Building Professor Carl S. Ehrlich, Director 6184 Ash Street 70 Laurier Avenue East, Room 354 763 Kaneff Tower Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9 Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 York University Phone: 604-257-5199 (Skype-friendly) Phone: 613-562-5800 ext. 1148 4700 Keele Street Fax: 604-257-5198 Fax: 613-562-5990 Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]; Phone: 416-736-5823; Fax: 416-736-5344 Website: www.jewishmuseum.ca [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/en/ Website: http://cjs.blog.yorku.ca Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre programs/vered for Jewish Studies * Deidre Butler, Director Assistant Professor, Religion/ College of the Humanities Carleton University 2A49 Paterson Hall 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Tel: 613-520-2600, ext. 1320