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Autumn /Automne 2016/ 5777 BulletinVolume 30:2

President’s Message

Dear members and friends of the ACJS,

This past conference at the University of Calgary was a great success. Most significantly, the winner of the Marcia Koven Award was Lindsay Jackson, of Concordia University (Bloodless Bris: Intactivism and brit shalom in the Montreal Barry L. Stiefel Jewish Community). Honourable mentions went to Yosef Robinson of Concordia University (Rewritten Bibles in Modern Canadian Literature) and Daniel Simeone of McGill University (In Prison for Debt: Jewish Debtors in the Montreal District Prison Between 1865 and 1900). Congratulations to the recipients! We also thank Gary Davis and the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum for their very generous support of this award.

Our conference in Calgary could not have happened and Randal Schnoor are co-organizing this event, which without the incredible assistance of SJ Kerr-Lapsley, the is shaping up to be a spectacular one as it will be our conference chair. We are very grateful for all that she 41th annual conference. did for this conference, as well as the community day The year 2017 will also soon be upon us, and July 1 we had with the Calgary Jewish Community Centre. marks the special sesquicentennial of Canada. Part of At this event, we also had our second Canadian Jewish ACJS’s mission statement is to study and record the role Studies Educators’ Roundtable, where we discussed, that Jews have played and continue to play in Canada’s debated and reflected upon how we teach Holocaust past and present. While any moment can be used for education in Canada. Janice Rosen of the Canadian reflection, anniversaries can serve as a special catalyst. Jewish Congress Charities Committee National This closing year, 2016, also celebrated ACJS’s 40th Archives was also presented with our distinguished anniversary. As our organization takes the first steps into Louis Rosenberg Service Award, and we had the book its fifth decade, perhaps we — both as individuals as well launch of Ira Robinson’s A History of Antisemitism in as a group — could contemplate how to better fulfill our Canada. This was a fantastic event, celebrating our 40th objectives as stewards of Canadian Jewish studies in all annual conference! its facets. Between conferences our organization is maintained Our upcoming Inside this issue / DANS CE NUMÉRO by the valuable volunteer work of our members, especially conference in Editor`s Message...... 3 History of Toronto Society Doctors...... 4 those who serve as officers, committee chairs, and board Toronto will serve On the Bookshelf / Sur les rayons...... 5 members (their names are listed on the following page). as the place where From Our Regions...... 6 ACJS Conference Call for Papers...... 10 I am incredibly grateful for all that you do in assisting we can share these Conférence de l’AÉJC 2017 the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, from ideas with one Appel à communications...... 11 Globe : Appel à communications...... 12 our intellectually stimulating journal to managing our another for the Victor Goldbloom Obituary...... 12 website and membership. Planning for our next annual future. Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies Events...... 13 conference is underway, which will be held at Ryerson Annual General Meeting Minutes...... 14 University in Toronto. SJ Kerr-Lapsley, Janice Rosen, Affiliated Societies and Institutions...... 20 Page 2 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

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Stay up to date with The Association for Canadian Jewish the latest call for papers, L’association d’études juives Studies was founded in 1976 as the news items and events in canadiennes fut créée en 1976 Canadian Jewish Historical Society. Canadian Jewish studies: sous le titre de Société d’histoire Its goal is to encourage scholarly https://twitter.com/ACJSaejc. juive canadienne. Son mandat est d’encourager la recherche sur l’histoire, research on Canadian Jewish history, Follow us and share la vie et la culture juive canadienne life and culture through academic with your networks! par une approche pluridisciplinaire. disciplines. Il s’agit d’une association nationale It is a national association with dont les quartiers généraux situés à headquarters in Montreal and is Montréal assurent le contact avec affiliated with historical organizations différentes sociétés d’histoires et and institutions throughout Canada. organisations à l’échelle du pays. This newsletter is written for AÉJC sur twitter! Ce bulletin est dirigé à l’endroit de tout individu ou organisation organizations and individuals with a Restez à jour sur les appels à manifestant un intérêt pour les études particular interest in Canadian Jewish communications, les nouvelles juives canadiennes. studies. et les évènements d’intérêt Nous vous invitons à nous faire Comments, news, announcements à propos des parvenir vos commentaires, des and reviews can be emailed to jason études juives canadiennes: nouvelles d’intérêt ou des comptes- chalmers at [email protected]. https://twitter.com/ACJSaejc. rendus à [email protected].

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President / Président Barry Stiefel NOTICE TO MEMBERS / AVIS AUX MEMBRES Vice-President / Vice-présidente Steven Lapidus All membership renewals to the Association can now be made online using Paypal. Simply Treasurer / Trésorière go to www.acjs-aejc.ca to renew. Also, if you have a change of address, email or phone Emily-Rose Lam number, please let us know by emailing the secretary at [email protected]. Secretary / Secrétaire Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein / Le renouvellement de votre abonnement à l’association peut à présent s’opérer en ligne Rebecca Margolis via le service PayPal. À cet effet, veuillez visiter le www.acjs-aejc.ca. Pour signaler un Past President / Ancien président changement d’adresse, d’adresse courriel ou de numéro de téléphone, veuillez contacter le/la secrétaire au [email protected]. Randal Schnoor

Bulletin Editor / Rédacteur en chef du bulletin Thank you to the following institutions for their support of the Association for jason chalmers Canadian Jewish Studies / L’association d’études juives canadiennes tient à remercier les institutions suivantes pour leur support: Bulletin Production / Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies; Israel and Golda Koschitzky Mise en page du bulletin Shirley Muhlstock Brodt Centre for Jewish Studies (York University); Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies (Carleton University); and Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program (University of Ottawa). The ACJS Bulletin is published biannually for members of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the ACJS. Please send all correspondence to ACJS/AEJC, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8. For membership details and rates, log on to www.acjs-aejc.ca.

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Editor’s Message / Message du rédacteur en chef

have heard many people speak of 2016 as an especially challenging year with I its many gains and losses. And I have just learnt of another loss as I put the finishing touches on this edition of the Bulletin. Leonard Cohen was a legendary poet and songwriter who sprouted from the Jewish community in Montreal but touched many people beyond it. He explored love and loss, sex and death, and also considered what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. So long, Leonard. Leonard’s poetic exploration of Jewish identity is an important reminder to those of us in the field of Canadian Jewish studies. He reminds us that our study is not just an intellectual affair but one of beauty — the beauty of language, debate, tradition. This message is important as we enter a new and uncertain future and as the visibility of hate crimes increases south of the border. When confronted with especially challenging pasts, presents and futures, the best response may very well be one of beauty and love. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this issue of the Bulletin, et merci à Simon-Pierre Lacasse pour la traduction. Thank you particularly to Shirley Muhlstock Brodt for all her work on layout and editing.

our plusieurs, 2016 fut une année particulièrement difficile, avec ses gains et ses pertes. D’ailleurs, au moment où je finalise la rédaction de ce bulletin, nous apprenonsP le départ d’une grande personnalité. Leonard Cohen, poète et musicien légendaire, émergea du milieu montréalais pour toucher le monde entier. Dans son œuvre, il explora l’amour et la douleur, le sexe et la mort, et il offrit aussi une réflexion profonde sur le fait d’être juif à l’époque moderne. Salut, Leonard! L’exploration poétique de l’identité juive que propose Leonard est un important rappel pour nous, acteurs du champ des études juives canadiennes. Il nous rappelle que nos travaux ne sont pas seulement matière intellectuelle, mais aussi de beauté — la beauté de la langue, du débat et de la tradition. Ce message est crucial, au moment où l’avenir semble incertain, et lorsque les crimes haineux se font plus visibles au sud de la frontière. En effet, lorsque nous nous trouvons confrontés à un passé, présent et futur difficiles, la meilleure réponse se compose surement de beauté et d’amour. Merci à tous ceux qui ont contribué à ce numéro du bulletin, and thank you to Simon-Pierre Lacasse for translation. Un merci particulier à Shirley Muhlstock Brodt pour tout son travail de mise en page et d’édition.

Sincerely / Sincèrement,

jason chalmers Page 4 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Toronto Society Doctors in the History of Toronto’s Jewish Community

Irving B. Rosen, M.D.

oronto Society doctors flourished the membership of Toronto’s Society lodge doctor.” Dr. David Eisen stated from the 1900s to the 1950s and doctors along with the outpatient in A Diary of a Medical Student that lookedT after the working class members services of Toronto’s General and Sick “aside from a low rate of remuneration, of Jewish Mutual Benefit Societies, Children’s Hospitals, which provided there were certain indignities... with which numbered about a hundred. the medical needs of Toronto’s Jewish the position.” Dr. Izzy Tepperman These societies, or lodges, were formed community. This capitation scheme wrote that “one could not make a by immigrant groups to provide loans, witnessed critical and demanding living from a lodge practice... and burial, sickness and unemployment patients who looked down on their when I heard a yenta refer to us as benefits, as well as socialization in the Society doctors, who were in fact their little petty ignorant doctors, I sent days when the English-illiterate and progeny. Aware of their tenuous status in a letter of resignation.” Mrs. Jenny untrained immigrants were barely in medical society, Society patients Klotz described how her physician tolerated and government social welfare would occasionally demand specialist father’s being awakened by a patient in programs were in development. The care. I was personally witness to this as the middle of the night for a chronic Jewish Mutual Benefit Societies were a febrile eight-year-old whose Society complaint earned him threatened distinguished by a medical scheme that doctors’ reassurance was ignored by discharge for non-compliance. emphasized low capitation payments parents but duplicated by an elevated By the 1950s, Canadian society to doctors (e.g. $1 per member per non-Jewish pediatrician whose fee was became more prosperous, which year) for unlimited service at any benefitted Society doctors and time, presumably a carry-over from a patients. The advent of low-cost group European experience. and government medical insurance Eastern European Jews were part defined the end of Society medicine. of the flood of immigration to North The Society doctors had concurrently American in the early 1900s and located supported the establishment of themselves in “the Ward,” which was Toronto’s Mt. Sinai Hospital and its Toronto’s central slum. Its 1905 critical progression as an essential unit of depiction by health officer Dr. Charles the University of Toronto Medical The Ward, 1910. Hastings led to its rehabilitation and School. Their respectful behaviour the emergence of a still modern city inspired a myriad of young patients to hall. The new graduate M.D.s — unquestioned by my factory-worker follow them into medicine and even to characteristically of Jewish immigrant father. Society doctors felt chronically occupy a current place in the Medical origins — overcame university quotas, exploited and under-appreciated. Hall of Fame. denial of post-graduate university Conflicts abounded but all continued Toronto’s Society doctors overcame training as well as subsequent hospital reasonably well. much adversity and a unique reward affiliation to emerge inexperienced Historians, whether Jewish, system to provide unstinting care that and lacking confidence in their medical, or economic, ignored all, but calls for their recognition in Toronto’s appeal to the non-Jewish population. some physicians and relatives bore Jewish and medical history. r They were easy targets for the Jewish testimony. Dr. A.I. Willinsky started Societies executives, who, conscious his practice by horse and buggy and Dr. Irving B. Rosen is a professor in the of their purchasing power, decreed in his A Doctor’s Memoirs described the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and has been a long-standing member M.D. acceptance only by competition. low recompense and stated that “[we in the Department of General Surgery at the The neophyte doctors vied for the were] like a first aid man... people Mt. Sinai Hospital and University Health positions by putting on “katshke” would demand a real doctor, a big Network, as well as a consultant emeritus at the parties to ingratiate themselves with man, and for all my bulk I was only the Princess Margaret Hospital. ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 5

On the Bookshelf Sur les rayons

Matthew B. Hoffman and as it was inspired by the Bolshevik Henry F. Srebrnik, editors. A Revolution. Vanished Ideology: Essays on the Jewish Communist Movement in The Yiddish-language groups the English-Speaking World in the especially were interconnected Twentieth Century. Albany: SUNY through international movements Press, 2016. such as the World Jewish Cultural Union. Jewish Communists were Political science professor Henry able to communicate, disseminate Srebrnik of the University of Prince information and debate issues such Edward Island has co-edited A as Jewish nationality and statehood Vanished Ideology: Essays on the independently of other Communists, Jewish Communist Movement in and Jewish Communism remained a the English-Speaking World in the significant force in Jewish life until the Twentieth Century with Matthew mid-1950s. Hoffman of Franklin and Marshall College. Written by scholars in each of the five countries, the articles in A Vanished Published by the State University of Ideology place the movement within New York Press, it is the first book its historical context in the Jewish to examine comprehensively the rise world of the twentieth century. and decline of the Jewish Communist movement in the English-speaking Articles world. Mayne, Seymour. “Carmella from Making extensive use of Yiddish- Tel Aviv” and “Carmella de Tel language books, newspapers, Aviv.” Translated into Spanish periodicals, pamphlets and other by Elena Sánchez Hernández. materials, the anthology analyzes Canadaria: Revista Canaria de the relative political strengths and Estudios Canadienses 12 (2014-15): weaknesses of this largely Yiddish- 63-70. speaking, immigrant movement and its various pro-Soviet organizations Mayne, Seymour. “Three Poems: in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, ‘Perfume,’ ‘Sancho’s Plaint,’ and South Africa and the United States. ‘The Charlatans’.” The Jerusalem Review 9 (2015): 193-195. Though officially part of the larger world Communist movement, it developed Mayne, Seymour. “Yiddish.” Prism: An its own specific ideology, which was Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust infused as much by Jewish sources Educators 8 (2016): 57. r Page 6 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

Our Regions Community Archives. Essays of up to aware of the conference by way of a

o m 10,000 words will be considered by photo exhibit featuring local Jewish an anonymous evaluation committee, history that was mounted at the F r and the $500 award will be given to JCC. Visiting scholars had ample de a deserving undergraduate or graduate opportunity to hear directly from student or a faculty member. The second local residents about their family nos rÉgions is the Krieger Annual Photography roots in the area. This personal Prize. Details are to be announced contact has hopefully created a greater soon. Check the JMABC website at appreciation for the work of historians jewishmuseum.ca for updates. and archivists. It was a special privilege Contact the Archives at to participate in the presentation of the 604-257-5199 or email archives@ Louis Rosenberg Award to archivist jewishmuseum.ca for more details. Janice Rosen. Once again, JHSSA was a partner in Historic Calgary Week this summer. This year involved our sponsorship of the week’s closing concert on Heritage The Jewish Museum and Archives of Day, featuring Paul Finkleman, local BC has had an incredibly busy 2016, musician and a JHSSA director, who and it looks set to continue into 2017. performed his own musical accounts of Public programming has seen the Calgary history. His repertoire includes launch of six successful online exhibits, material about Jewish personalities. a fascinating historical fashion show Jewish Historical Society This year has been declared to celebrate the launch of 2016’s The of Southern Alberta Calgary’s Year of Music, so our AGM Scribe: Focus on the Clothing Industry, program on October 31 featured as well as the continued popularity Members of the Calgary Jewish “Music, Music, Music: A Journey of the Intersections speaker series. community were thrilled to be part Back Through the Jewish Music Scene The JMABC will also be launching the 40th anniversary celebration at in Calgary.” It highlighted Jewish a podcast all about Jewish food in the May 29 Community Day during performers, impresarios and musical 2017 thanks to the hard work of the 2016 ACJS Conference. Local programs both in the wider community two Young Canada Works-funded participants were impressed by the and within Jewish organizations. The interns. With the recent success of breadth of information presented by evening also included live performances online exhibits featuring handwritten of four Yiddish and Hebrew melodies letters, A Transcontinental Love and from events in the 1930s. Letters Home, the archives has seen JHSSA has been fortunate to have some exciting new donations in been awarded a number of grants this recent months and looks forward to year. Through the Shapiro Community presenting them to the public in the Enrichment Grant (matching new year. The archives has recently funds), JHSSA was able to invest in begun, among other exciting projects, new archival storage equipment to the initial processing of the Canadian protect historical material. Funding Jewish Congress, Pacific Region, fonds, Calgary Hebrew School Kindergarten Band, from Library and Archives Canada the archives’ single largest collection, c. 1947 JHSSA #1134. Documentary Heritage Communities with untold research potential. Program is going towards creating The JMABC is pleased to the visiting scholars and were proud detailed descriptions of our holdings. announce two new annual prizes. The to share their local history, especially A grant from the Veterans Affairs JMABC Annual Essay Prize will be the preserved Montefiore Institute in Community Engagement Partnership awarded to new scholarly work that Heritage Park. Fund is enabling continued work on makes substantial use of the BC Jewish The wider community was made the JHSSA Southern Alberta Jewish ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 7

Veterans of the World Wars database. acquired collections, such as the Adele Visitors are invited to add This year’s Jay Joffe Memorial Wiseman papers and papers on Jews information about the doctors listed Program will be a screening of the film of the Dauphin, Manitoba, area. at http://medheritage.lib.umanitoba. “Aida’s Secrets” at the Beth Tzedec The entire collection continues to be ca/?page_id=1842. Jewish Film Festival. As the film deals utilized by professional and family A second vignette evening was held with a man’s search for the truth about historians. on November 10 with papers on the his family history after the Holocaust, Genealogy: The Genealogical Institute medical school’s past discriminatory local genealogist and JHSSA director continues to update and expand quota, on polio and personal care Ken Drabinsky will be at the screening its comprehensive photographic and on Jewish immigrant doctors. A with advice about and resources for collection of Jewish tombstones in website update was also presented. gathering family information. Our Manitoba and adjacent areas. The The goal is to publish a book. winter program will also focus on collection now includes Jewish burials Synagogues: The synagogues exhibit genealogy, with a presentation about outside specifically Jewish cemeteries. that opened in March will remain one Calgarian’s exhaustive search for Switzer-Cooperstock Prize open until the end of 2016. Programs the detailed history of his family’s Lecture on Western Canadian related to it included an evening Holocaust experience. Jewish History: The winner of of cantorial singing and personal this biennial prize, Professor Esyllt reflections, a history of the Chesed Shel Jones of the University of Manitoba, Emes as a synagogue and community presented her paper on “Mindel funeral chapel, and a discussion of Cherniack Sheps and the Founding Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, of Medicare in Canada.” Dr. Sheps concentrating on his years in Winnipeg attended the University of Manitoba (upcoming). Medical School during the period of Holocaust Education: Researchers discriminatory quotas, practiced and in Winnipeg will soon be able to Jewish Heritage Centre of won election to the School Board, access the 54,000 survivor testimonies Western Canada and went to Saskatchewan in 1944 to collected by the Shoah Foundation work on the new legislation. The essay in conjunction with the Montreal Database now accessible online: developed from Professor Jones’ work Holocaust Memorial Centre. This We have loaded our searchable on alternative, more radical models of will be the sole access point between database onto the website at jhcwc. medicare that were advanced before Toronto and Calgary. org with listings of over 50,000 Saskatchewan chose the present Belle Jarniewski, chair of the documents, 12,000 photographs, system. Freeman Family Holocaust Education and 1,500 artifacts as well as tens of Century of Manitoba Jewish Centre, serves on the Academic thousands of newspaper articles going Physicians: A committee of Jewish Working Group of the International back to earliest days of the Jewish doctors chaired by Dr. Arnold Naimark, Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, press in Winnipeg. The database has former Dean of the Medical School which, among other issues, is been compiled for almost fifty years by and President of the University of examining the endangerment of volunteers. Click on “archives,” then Manitoba, and Dr. Nathan Wiseman Holocaust memory through actions “database search,” enter your terms, is working with the Jewish Heritage such as the proposed law in Poland to and remember to scroll down past the Centre. A first “Vignette Evening” amend the statutes of the Institute of cute kid photo to use it. in June presented papers on Jewish National Remembrance. As a member Archives: The archives of oncologists and the Mall Medical of the Committee on Antisemitism the JHCWC have suffered from Clinic, a multi-specialty clinic formed and Holocaust Denial, she helped intermittent professional supervision. by doctors returning from military draft the definitions that were adopted The Archives Committee is leading service in World War II. The archivist by the May 2016 plenary conference. a drive to correct past deficiencies of the University of Manitoba Medical and professionalize the operations, School Library also demonstrated his and recent grants have allowed us to website designed to crowd-source catalogue and make accessible newly information. Continued on page 8 Page 8 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

between the two world wars to help research, teaching and community family and friends escape Europe by outreach. As Butler states, “The ZC convincing authorities that they were has thrived because, from its inception, farmers. Farming was both an ideal and The Untold Past and Present we have seen each challenge as an a source of livelihood for many Ontario of Jewish Farming in Ontario opportunity to broaden the community Jews and continues to be a vocation of learners.” for families and environmental groups The Ontario Jewish Archives (OJA), today, such as Shoresh. Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish and Shoresh co-sponsored the exhibition environmental organization working “The Corners of our Fields: Jewish to inspire our community to act as Farming in Ontario” from October 6 responsible stewards of the earth to 30. The exhibition, with photographs by nurturing a and documents, explored the untold sense of awe and Dr. Deidre Butler, Director, Zelikovitz story of Jewish farming in Ontario, connection through Centre (left) and Dr. Susan Landau- linking the history of Jewish farming Jewish experiential Chark, Associate Director. with contemporary rural and urban education and action (http://shoresh. agricultural practice through the work ca/). Under the ZC umbrella is the of Shoresh and other farmers outside For over forty years the OJA has Developing Future Leaders (DFL) Toronto. been collecting, preserving and making program. Initially conceived and accessible the material of Ontario’s supported by Minto Group Executive vibrant Jewish community. Our Chair Roger Greenberg as a five- collection is searchable online at www. year pilot project, the DFL provides ontariojewisharchives.org. leadership training and places students in internships with Jewish community partners. This program 10th Anniversary of the is unique in North America in that Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Mendel and Alex Silbert on their farm, ca. 1919. it is university-based and produces Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Centre for Jewish Studies research on leadership training and Heritage Centre, item 4975. at Carleton University skills development. Its high-level internships are made available to both On view were photographs of Established in 2006, the Max and Jewish and non-Jewish communal family farms and various Jewish Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish organizations, and its strong agriculture training schools stretching Studies (ZC) promotes faculty, professional development component from northern Ontario to the Niagara student and affiliate research on topics is provided through the mandatory Peninsula, accompanied by stories of related to Jewish history, culture training sessions held year-round. individuals and groups that thwarted and texts and the dissemination of A recent addition to the ZC is the Canada’s strict immigration policies research outcomes to the community. Centre for Holocaust Education and The ZC hosts an array of lectures, Scholarship (CHES). courses and workshops. The Centre Headed by has flourished under the directorship Director Mina of Professor Deidre Butler, joined this Cohn, CHES year by scholar and community leader is a new driving Dr. Susan Landau-Chark as Associate force in Holocaust Director. education, now Currently celebrating its 10th celebrating its first anniversary.

Youth on Hechalutz farm, 1946. Ontario Jewish anniversary, the ZC (https://carleton. Its success was immediate, with Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, ca/jewishstudies/) has grown into a community members rallying to raise item 233. flourishing centre for Jewish studies money for a series of videos of local ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 9

Holocaust survivors’ testimonies. a conference on the same topic in Sunday featured a full day of lectures More information can be found on 2018 (if interested, please contact us). about Yiddish language and culture, the Centre’s website. Looking ahead to 2018, the Zelikovitz including researchers from Canada, November was Holocaust Centre will be offering its second Israel the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Israel Education Month, and CHES/ZC Travel Course (https://carleton.ca/ presenting sessions on Yiddish- hosted a variety of events (http:// jewishstudies/israel-travel-course/). language learning, Yiddish in the carleton.ca/ches/events/), such as the Join us on our virtual venture: Haredi world, Yiddish digitization, event launch with keynote speaker “Like” us on Facebook at facebook. contemporary Yiddish literature and Dr. Michael Marrus, the second- com/ZelikovitzCentre and follow us film, translation, and new Yiddish generation symposium featuring Dr. on Twitter @ZelikovitzC, or send an performance. The events attracted over Diane F. Afoumado (United States email to [email protected]. one hundred people and will produce Holocaust Memorial Museum), and an edited volume. in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy, actor Mr. Shingo Misawa 2. Ottawa Yiddish Summer Institute performed his one act play, “Decision: May 1-June 16, 2017 Visa of Life about Chiune ‘Sempo’ Sugihara,” the Japanese diplomat who Learn Yiddish in six weeks for six issued 6,000 transit visas while serving university credits. After a hiatus of as Vice-Consul of Japan in Kaunas, Vered Jewish Canadian Studies several years, the Vered Jewish Canadian Lithuania, at the outbreak of World Program, University of Ottawa: Studies Program is offerings its intensive War II. New Yiddish Initiatives beginner Yiddish program (Introduction to Yiddish Language and Culture, YDD The Vered Jewish Canadian Studies 1901 and 1902) this coming May and Program is pleased to present two new June. initiatives in the area of Yiddish in the The intensive course runs from 2016-2017 academic year: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. every day from Mondays to Thursdays plus a 90-minute culture 1. Yiddish in the New Millennium: class on Monday and Thursday A Symposium on New Yiddish afternoons; students can expect two to Language and Culture three hours of homework per day as well November 5-6, 2016 as online assignments on the weekends. The course integrates language learning Yiddish is far from “dead” or “dying,” with singing, conversation and games. with many exciting new developments By the end of the course, students will in the Yiddish language and culture be able to hold a basic conversation like since the beginning of the new a native speaker, write about a variety millennium. of topics, read a Yiddish newspaper, be In November, the Vered Jewish familiar with many aspects of Yiddish Canadian Studies Program organized culture from Eastern Europe through A law and religion colloquium an international symposium to bring present-day Canada, including music, is planned for February 2017. On together scholars to present their literature, theatre and film. The program March 30, 2017, Ruth Gavison, Haim research on areas of innovation in is open to university students across H. Cohn Professor of Human Rights Yiddish since the year 2000. Saturday Canada and abroad as well as to non- Law at Hebrew University Law evening opened with a performance- university students. Faculty, will be speaking on “Religion talk on Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish For more information, including and Public Life in Israel.” Plans are folksongs by Dr. Judith Cohen of application materials, please visit www. in progress for a research colloquium York University, held in conjunction YiddishOttawa.com or contact the in autumn 2017 on Jewish art and with the Jacob M. Lowy Collection course instructor, Prof. Rebecca Margolis material culture in preparation for at Library and Archives Canada. [email protected]. r Page 10 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

2017 ACJS Conference Call for Papers

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies will be All presenters must be paid 2017 members of the ACJS holding its 41th annual conference from Sunday, May 28, at the time that proposals are submitted. Proposals from through Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at Ryerson University in individuals who are not 2017 members of the ACJS will not Toronto, as part of the Congress of the Humanities and be reviewed. Membership information for the ACJS can be Social Sciences. The conference provides a platform for found on our website (http://acjs-aejc.ca/membership). original scholarly research on Canadian Jewish history, life and culture. As the ACJS conference is part of a larger, national conference body – Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Individuals are invited to submit proposals for learned – ACJS conference participants must register in advance paper presentations, 20 minutes in length. All submissions by paying the required fees for both Congress registration must be in Times New Roman and must include: and ACJS conference registration. Early-bird registration rates are available until March 31. Participants will receive (1) a double-spaced, 400-word abstract formulated to clearly registration details from the Conference and Programs and concisely state the main argument of the scholarly paper Chairs and are also invited to consult the Congress website and indicate how it will contribute to existing scholarship (http://congress2017.ca/register) for more information. in the field of Canadian Jewish studies, and (2) a single-spaced bibliography of relevant sources. Partial financial support to defray travel and accommodations costs is available for presenters who live more than 100 km Given that proposals undergo blind review, please do not from Toronto and have been members of the ACJS for include any personal, identifiable information in your at least one full calendar year prior to January 2017 (i.e. proposal. presenters must be in good standing for both 2016 and 2017 to be eligible for support). University students are Please submit your proposal by email, as a .doc or .rtf exempt from the 2016 membership requirement and are attachment, to the ACJS Conference and Programs Co- also eligible for additional top-up support. In all cases, Chair, Janice Rosen ([email protected]). In the body of because the ACJS support funds are limited, all presenters, the email, please indicate your name, affiliation, address, including students, are expected to apply first to their host telephone number and email address. institutions for travel and accommodations support.

Because the holiday of Shavuot starts immediately after Applications for financial support, which will be sent to the conference, we will try to arrange a Sunday or Monday eligible presenters along with the notice of acceptance presentation date for those who need to leave the conference of their paper proposal, are due March 6, with results early in order to travel home for the holiday. If this applies communicated by March 27. to you, please indicate so in the email that accompanies your proposal submission. The best student paper presented at the conference will receive the Marcia Koven Award, which is accompanied Paper proposals are due by January 9, 2017. After the by a cash prize and granted based on the scholarly quality process of anonymous peer review, presenters will be of the paper and its contribution to the field of Canadian contacted by February 17, 2017. Jewish studies. ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 11

Conférence de l’AÉJC 2017 Appel à communications

L’Association des études juives canadiennes tiendra sa 41e moment de la soumission de leurs propositions, faute de conférence annuelle à l’Université Ryerson à Toronto, à partir quoi celles-ci ne seront pas évaluées. Des informations sur les du dimanche 28 mai jusqu’au mardi 30 mai 2017, dans le modalités d’inscription à l’AÉJC sont disponibles en anglais cadre du Congrès des sciences humaines. La conférence sur notre page web (http://acjs-aejc.ca/membership). offre une plateforme pour disséminer la recherche savante originale ayant pour objets l’histoire, la vie et la culture juives La conférence annuelle de l’AÉJC est présentée dans le canadiennes. cadre plus large d’une conférence à l’échelle nationale — le Congrès des sciences humaines — à laquelle les participants- Vous êtes invités à soumettre des propositions de es doivent s’inscrire en payant à la fois les frais d’inscription communications pour des présentations individuelles de vingt du Congrès et de la conférence de l’AÉJC. Des tarifs minutes. Toutes les propositions doivent être rédigées en police d’inscription préférentiels sont offerts jusqu’au 31 mars. Times New Roman et devraient inclure : Les candidats-es retenus-es seront informés-es des procédures (1) un résumé de 400 mots, à interlignes doubles, rédigé dans précises d’inscription par les co-présidentes du programme un style clair, comprenant une problématique explicite ainsi de la conférence. En attendant, nous invitons les candidats- qu’une explication justifiant la contribution de la recherche es à visiter la page web du Congrès (http://congres2017.ca/ au champ des études juives canadiennes, et inscriptions) pour plus d’informations. (2) une bibliographie à interlignes simples présentant des sources pertinentes. Puisque les propositions sont soumises à Un appui financier est disponible pour palier à une partie une procédure d’évaluation à l’aveugle, nous vous prions de ne des coûts de transport et d’hébergement des participants-es pas y inclure d’informations personnelles nous permettant qui habitent à plus de 100 kilomètres de Toronto, et qui sont de vous identifier. membres de l’AÉJC depuis au moins une année complète précédant janvier 2017. En d’autres mots, les participants- Veuillez soumettre votre proposition par courriel, joint en es doivent être membres en règle de l’association pour fichier .doc ou .rtf, à la co-présidente du programme dela les années 2016 et 2017 afin d’être admissibles à l’appui conférence de l’AÉJC, Janice Rosen ([email protected]). financier. Cependant, les étudiants-es universitaires n’ont pas Dans votre courriel, veuillez indiquer votre nom, affiliation, à avoir été membres pour l’année 2016 et sont éligibles à un adresse, numéro de téléphone et adresse courriel. appui financier supplémentaire. Dans tous les cas, puisque les fonds de l’AÉJC sont limités, tous les présentatrices et Puisque Shavuot débute immédiatement après la conférence, présentateurs — incluant les étudiants-es — sont tenus-es de nous tenterons d’organiser la présentation soit le dimanche ou souscrire d’abord aux fonds de leurs institutions respectives le lundi afin d’allouer suffisamment de temps à ceux qui doivent en vue de contribuer aux frais de transport et d’hébergement. entreprendre le chemin du retour pour les célébrations. Si cela Les demandes d’appui financier, qui seront acheminées aux vous concerne, veuillez nous en faire part dans le courriel qui candidats-es éligibles dont les propositions auront été retenues, accompagnera votre proposition de communication. doivent nous être renvoyées au plus tard le 6 mars et feront l’objet d’une réponse au plus tard le 27 mars. La date butoir pour nous faire parvenir une proposition est le 9 janvier 2017. Suivant la procédure d’évaluation anonyme La meilleure présentation faite par un-e étudiant-e sera par des pairs, les candidats-es retenus-es seront contactés-es soulignée par la remise du prix Marcia Koven, qui est au plus tard le 17 février 2017. accompagné d’une récompense en argent. La ou le lauréat-e sera sélectionné-e en fonction de la qualité de sa recherche et Tous les candidats-es doivent être membres de l’AÉJC au de sa contribution au champ des études juives canadiennes. Page 12 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

Appel à Victor Goldbloom ” communications

Victor Goldbloom, C.C., O.Q., M.D., LL.D., passed away February 15, 2016, in Montreal at the age of 92. Victor practiced pediatrics after graduating from McGill University’s medical school. He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1966 and held several ministerial positions under the Liberal government. Victor was the first

member of the Jewish community to serve in the Quebec cabinet. From 1980 to 1987, he was president and CEO of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. He was a member of the ACJS for the past decade. Le prochain numéro de la Revue internationale Victor was appointed a Companion of the d’études québécoise Globe (vol. 18, no. 1), qui sera Order of Canada and an Officer of l’Ordre national publié en novembre 2016, présentera un aperçu des du Québec, and he received honorary degrees nouvelles recherches menées en français au sujet from McGill University, Concordia University, the de l’antisémitisme au Québec. Intitulé ‘Nouveaux University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa regards sur le phénomène de l’antisémitisme dans and l’Université Sainte Anne. l’histoire du Québec,’ le numéro offre des articles au In 2015, he published his memoirs, entitled sujet du journal Le Devoir, de la grève de l’hôpital Building Bridges. Fluent in French, he also wrote Notre-Dame en 1934 et des notions véhiculées par the French version, entitled Les Ponts du dialogue. l’Église catholique avant le concile du Vatican. On y The Gazette’s Marian Scott wrote of him in an trouve aussi des études portant sur Adrien Arcand, obituary: “A pediatrician and politician, a Jew who les stratégies adoptées par le Congrès juif canadien was honoured by the Catholic Church for his efforts à Montréal et l’attitude de René Lévesque. Plusieurs to build interfaith dialogue and an anglophone with des auteurs de ce numéro sont de jeunes chercheurs deep roots in francophone Quebec, Goldbloom qui avancent des interprétations inédites d’un was the quintessential Montrealer, Quebecer and phénomène jusqu’ici peu exploré à partir des sources Canadian.” de langue française. (www.revueglobe.ca.)  May his memory be a blessing.  ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 13

Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies

The Concordia University Institute for Canadian November 21, 2016: Professor Stephen Ross (Concordia Jewish Studies announces its program of events for University) spoke on “Mikhl Likht’s Modernist Yiddish the 2016/2017 Academic Year: Poetry, the Lower East Side, and Others.”

September 12, 2016: Professor Deborah Dash Moore November 29, 2016: The Institute, in partnership with the (University of Michigan) spoke on “The Urban Origins Azrieli Foundation and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial of American Judaism” in the series of lectures on Centre, held a symposium entitled “1944: A Moment in “Jews in Urban Environments,” supported by a grant the Life of a Community” at Concordia in honour of the from the American Academy for Jewish Research in publication of the English translation of Rabbi Pinchas association with the Institute, l’Université de Montréal, Hirschprung’s memoir of his escape from the Nazis in Microprogramme en études juives and the Jewish 1944. Rabbi Hirschprung’s memoir evokes a moment Studies Program at SUNY Plattsburgh. of transition when the magnitude of the Holocaust was becoming known, though still shrouded in the fog of war, November 7, 2016: Lancement de deux publications and when the North American Jewish community was appuyées par la Chaire de l’Université Concordia en beginning to understand the challenges confronting it. The études juives canadiennes : symposium examined three major aspects of the life of the North American Jewish community in 1944: Orthodox • Globe : Revue internationale d’études québécoises Judaism, Yiddish culture and press, and refugees from Numéro spéciale sur « Nouveaux regards sur le Nazi persecution. phénomène d’antisémitisme dans l’histoire du Québec » March 7, 2017: Professor David Koffman, (York • Les révolutions de Leonard Cohen. Sous la direction University) will present a public lecture on “Canadian de Chantal Ringuet et Gérard Rabinovitch, Presse Jews’ Interest in First Nations,” supported by the Marvin de l’Université du Québec A. Drimer Foundation.

November 9, 2016: Professor Lee Shai Weissbach March 20, 2017: Professor Allan Nadler (Drew University) (University of Louisville) spoke on “Jews in Smaller will present a public lecture on “An Appraisal of the Work Urban Places: The History of America’s Small-Town of Rabbi Nachum L. Rabinovitch,” supported by the Jewish Communities” at SUNY Plattsburgh in the series Marvin A. Drimer Foundation. on “Jews in Urban Environments.” Contact the Institute: November 10, 2016: Professor Weissbach spoke at Email: [email protected] the Museum of Jewish Montreal on “Synagogues in the Telephone: 514-848-2424, x2074 Urban Environment: What These Buildings Tell Us” in Website: http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/research/jewish- the series on “Jews in Urban Environments.” studies.html Page 14 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

2016 ACJS/AEJC Annual General Meeting May 30, 2016 University of Calgary MacEwan Hall, Room 234

Present: Adara Goldberg, Bernie Katz, SJ Kerr-Lapsley, Richard Menkis, Ira Robinson, Janice Rosen, Irving Rosen, Daniel Simeone, Barry Stiefel (via Skype), Peter Usher

The meeting was called to order at Rebecca noted that the Bulletin Matter, featuring “Small Communities,” 9:10 a.m. MT. appeared with some new features, with contributions from archivists in including an increase in the amount of Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and President’s Report: Barry Stiefel French content, and thanked Simon- Saint John. The Volume 24 special Barry welcomed everyone to the 40th Pierre Lacasse for doing the translating. edition revisiting None Is Too Many will annual conference and thanked SJ for She also extended thanks to Shirley be co-edited by Rebecca Margolis and making it possible. He discussed his Muhlstock Brodt for her help with the Antoine Burgard and is shaping up to be work over the last year, which centered layout, design and editing and noted that a substantial issue, with an increased around planting seeds that would benefit jason chalmers had assumed editorship number of French articles and a special the ACJS in the long term. This included for the spring edition. section in Archives Matter, edited by the educators’ roundtable, which is Janice Rosen. Volume 25 is an open coordinated by Barry, Ira Robinson and Canadian Jewish Studies call, but in honour of Canada’s 150th, other colleagues and serves as a forum 2019 Special Issue the editors are suggesting a Canadian for improving the quantity and quality of Janice brought up the centenary of the Confederation and/or sesquicentennial Canadian Jewish studies subjects taught Canadian Jewish Congress, and while theme, for which they have already at the primary, secondary and university it officially no longer exists, Janice and received interest from several authors. levels, as well as strengthening the field the Chair of the Archives Committee David has organized an event co- and connecting educators across the wanted to propose that the work of CJC sponsored by the ACJS called “Trudeau: country. This year, the second annual and its influence be approached by Good for the Jews?” that will be taking roundtable will focus on Holocaust ACJS scholars for a special theme issue place on May 15, 2016, at York University. education in Canada and will be of the Journal in 2019. Richard, Bernie, The texts and debates will be published moderated by our Academic Committee Peter, SJ and Ira agreed that it was in either Volume 25 or 26 and posted to Chair, Ira Robinson. Barry also noted not too early to start planning. Bernie the ACJS website. that he had been working with Frank noted that the demise story in particular Stephanie, David, and Rebecca have Bialystok to manage our finances, and should be discussed, and he referenced been mentoring three student members he was glad to report that our financial Frank Bialystok’s op-ed in the Canadian of the ACJS, training them in a variety situation should stabilize in the long Jewish News. Richard suggested that of Journal and ACJS positions. Antoine term. the Conference and Programs Chair Burgard is co-editing CJS Volume 24, think about having a session on CJC in Meghan Leane Cavanaugh is training as Treasurer’s Report: Barry Stiefel, on 2017 (Toronto) or 2018 (Regina). social media coordinator, and Elizabeth behalf of Emily Lam Moorhouse-Stein is assistant editor, Barry presented Emily’s report, which is Journal Report: Barry Stiefel, on which position includes communicating available upon request. The motion to behalf of Stephanie Schwartz (Co- with authors, uploading the online version accept the Treasurer’s Report and the Editor), David Koffman (Co-Editor) of the Journal and, for the forthcoming motion to reappoint Silver & Goren were and Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein volume, coordinating with the Journal postponed to the afternoon, once there (Assistant Editor) printers, managing the Editor email was a quorum. The 23rd volume of the journal was account and rejuvenating the Journal published on schedule in November website. Under Elizabeth’s leadership, Bulletin Report: Barry Stiefel, on 2015 and included four essays, one missing website information, such as the behalf of jason chalmers and Rebecca letter to the editor, eight book reviews Book Review section, has been added Margolis and the second installment of Archives to the website, and dated and redundant ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 15 content has been removed. CJS has was that the Journal had invested in the other on the Little Synagogue on begun adding multimedia content to the paying students to assume journalistic the Prairie project, were very interesting online version of the Journal and now roles, which funding comes from David’s and well received, the book launch invites authors to include multimedia grant from York for Journal activities. went well, and all those who went on content with their submissions. The The editors were open to returning to the tour at Heritage Park seemed to first CJS multimedia content appears in a discussion or motion to have a digital enjoy themselves. At least a dozen the latest volume, as a series of audio version only – to save money – but they community members ensured that the clips accompanying Zelda Abramson’s were not necessarily advocating it. ACJS had their addresses so that they article “From Rags to Comfort: Women They wished to thank Volume 24 would receive their introductory copy Holocaust Survivors Rebuilding Lives in Guest Editors Rebecca Margolis and of Canadian Jewish Studies. At lunch Montreal 1947-1958.” The CJS editors Antoine Burgard, Book Review Editor there were twelve senior speakers who were also in the process of redesigning Michael Rom, Archives Matter Editor grew up in rural areas or small towns in the home page, with the help of the Open Janice Rosen, copy editor Elizabeth Western Canada and sat at each lunch Journal System staff at York, as well as Moorhouse-Stein, administrative support table chatting about what it was like to Shannon Hodge at JPL, Agi Romer- from Cimminee Holt, Georgia Carter and grow up in a small Jewish community in Segal at the Jewish Historical Society Ira Robinson at the Concordia Institute the early 20th century. The event went of Southern Alberta in Calgary and Ava for Canadian Jewish Studies, the staff of better than had been expected. Block Super at the Jewish Heritage Hignell Printing, graphic designer Derek The JHSSA put together two great Centre of Western Canada in Winnipeg, Broad, and ongoing support from Emily exhibits that were on display throughout who are donating images from their Lam, Allie Cuperfain and Barry Stiefel Community Day – a photo exhibit of collections. in the production of Canadian Jewish communities in Southern Alberta in the Given that David is at York University Studies. early 20th century and a time line of for the long term and Stephanie is Jewish life in Southern Alberta from the completing her post-doctorate in Membership Report: Barry Stiefel, on 1880s until Alberta’s centennial in 2005 Montreal, the question of long-term behalf of Steven Lapidus – and participants had the opportunity to infrastructure needs to be addressed, Steven reported 59 paid members in examine both exhibits during the day and and the editors were contemplating February 2016, which increased to during the appetizer and wine reception relocating all Journal-related activities 100 paid members in May 2016. that preceded the banquet. from Concordia to York. This would mean The response from both community changing the Journal’s mailing address Conference Report: members and ACJS/CSJS members and potentially finding storage for the SJ Kerr-Lapsley had been really positive, and SJ was journals at York. One of the primary SJ reflected on this year’s Community pleased with how everything went. She reasons this was under consideration Day, which had a fantastic turnout of could not have done any of it without was that Hignell Printing gets confused 52 people (40 community members and the help of Katie Baker, Roberta Kerr, when asked to send proofs to an address 12 ACJS/CSJS) during the day, and and Agi Romer-Segal at JHSSA, who that is different from what they have on 34 people (21 community members and were the feet on the ground in Calgary, record, and tracking down the proofs 13 ACJS/CSJS) at the 40th anniversary working tirelessly to iron out details, sometimes causes delays. banquet. It was a special experience process registration, coordinate set-up The Journal has clarified its Book for her to plan a Community Day in and help to ensure that everything went Review policy, which is now available her own community, and it was made smoothly. It also would not have been on the website. The Journal will accept even more special because it was a possible without this year’s sponsors reviews of 1500-2000 words on scholarly quadruple simcha: the 25th anniversary and partners: the Institute for Canadian works that address, analyze, compare of the JHSSA, the 30th anniversary of Jewish Studies at Concordia University, or substantially include the Canadian Janice working for the Canadian Jewish the JHSSA, the Koschitzky Centre for Jewish experience in any discipline or Archives/CJCC Archives, the 40th Jewish Studies at York University, Vered field. Authors and publishers who wish anniversary of the ACJS, and the 100th Jewish Canadian Studies Program at to have their book reviewed should write anniversary of the Little Synagogue on the University of Ottawa, the ACJS, to Book Review Editor Michael Rom. the Prairie. The budget remained roughly the The two Community Day panels, one same as 2014-2015. The major change on Southern Alberta Jewish history and Continued on page 16 Page 16 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

Wilfred Laurier University Press, might not go forward, and she was glad and mailing Bulletins and Journals. Heritage Park, Calgary JCC, the Calgary that she did. Though it was challenging This year Allie also oversaw the Jewish Free Press, and the Calgary at times to balance planning her first online vote for a change to the ACJS Jewish Federation. The Calgary Jewish academic conference while finishing her membership structure, which appeared community was enthusiastic in the lead- master’s thesis, acting as a teaching in the minutes of last year’s Board up to Community Day and during the assistant and training as a museum meeting. Though she did not know who day itself, which helped make the event fellow, it all turned out well, and she would be assuming her position, she as special as it was. was glad that this year’s conference would ensure a smooth transition. She SJ secured nearly $4,000 of in-kind went forward. She thanked the ACJS thanked the Board and ACJS for her year donations and funding for the conference Executive and Board of Directors for of service and wished them success in this year, which enabled us to reduce the entrusting her with this job. She looked the future. overall cost of Community Day tickets forward to coordinating with Janice and provide subsidies for our ACJS Rosen and Randal Schnoor next year, Nominations Report: Barry Stiefel, participants and partial subsidies for when Congress will be at Ryerson. on behalf of Hernan Tesler-Mabe our CSJS participants. She also started Peter, Richard, Janice, Ira and Hernan was happy to serve as the Shabbat billeting initiative, where Bernie were impressed with this year’s Nominations Chair this year and looked local community members hosted ACJS Community Day and how well received forward to continuing in this role. Over and CSJS members over the Shabbat it was. Bernie noted that this year’s the last year he was involved in three preceding the conference. This year, matched Vancouver’s in terms of main activities. He determined the five ACJS/CSJS members and family volume and quality. A discussion of next winners of the 2015 Marcia Koven Award members took part, and she hoped to year’s Community Day centered around for Best Student Paper, ensuring that the continue and expand this initiative in possibilities for partnership, including results were posted to the website and future years. OJA, Kulanu and the Neuberger, and that the winners had sent their thanks SJ thanked Rebecca Margolis, Barry suggested partnering with PJ and papers to Gary Davis. He thanked Donna Lelievre (Congress), Richard Library to do a family event. Lillooet Nordlinger for uploading the Menkis, Stephanie Schwartz, Ira award winners. Robinson and Daniel Maoz for their Secretary Report: Barry Stiefel, He oversaw the Louis Rosenberg guidance throughout the planning of on behalf of Allie Cuperfain Award, which included the call for the conference and to our Intercultural Allie reported that the transition from nominations, organizing incoming Liaison Chair, Simon-Pierre Lacasse, the previous secretary, Janice Rosen, nominations material, organizing a for translating to French our Call for went smoothly and that Janice was a committee to oversee the vote and Papers and our conference program. valuable resource for information about announcing the winner. Hernan Many thanks as well to our reviewers the ACJS, methods and templates. The congratulated the 2016 Louis Rosenberg for taking the time to review this year’s membership database has been moved Award winner, Janice Rosen, the 2015 proposals, which resulted in some very online to Google Drive, which will allow Marcia Koven Award winners, Antoine interesting panels. Thank you to Ira Board members to access the database Burgard (UQÀM/Université Lumière Lyon Robinson, Daniel Maoz, Barry Stiefel and remotely. Throughout the year Allie kept 2) and Meghan Cavanaugh (University of Howard Gontovnik for coordinating the the database updated with membership Ottawa), and the Honourable Mention to second annual Educators’ Roundtable, renewals sent from Emily Lam (online Yosef Robinson (Concordia University). to Saundra Lipton for coordinating a payments) and Georgia Carter and He was also in charge of ensuring tour of the Glenbow Museum archives Cimminnee Holt (mailed renewals). that the Executive and Chair positions and to Peter Usher for initiating and This year marked the transition from a were filled for the upcoming year. He coordinating the Canadian Jews and secretary who was in the same city as thanked both those who were remaining World War II program, which included a the ACJS office. Having a secretary who in their roles for their continued service keynote speech by Dr. David Bercuson, lived outside Montreal was only possible to the ACJS, and those who would not a panel discussion, and an extended because of Georgia’s and Cimminnee’s be continuing for all of the work that they brown-bag lunch discussion. support. It would not have been possible did, and he looked forward to working SJ assumed the position of Programs to hold the position in Toronto without their with the new Executive and Chairs. and Conference Chair for this year when assistance in organizing membership There were four presenters who were it looked like the conference in Calgary payments, responding to email inquiries, eligible for the 2016 Marcia Koven Award ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 17 for Best Student Paper: Yosef Robinson, and a French-language column), Election: New Slate Scarlett Andes, Lindsey Jackson Hall translating key website content and and Daniel Simeone. sending the translated Call for Papers Executive Barry and Hernan proposed that to more than fifty associations within the those present would be the informal network of major French universities in Officers committee determining the recipient, Quebec, including different branches of President: Barry Stiefel and everyone at the Annual General the Université du Québec, Université de Vice-President: Steven Lapidus Meeting agreed. (This was later limited Montréal, and Université Laval, as well Treasurer: Emily-Rose Lam to the conference participants who were as other institutions across the country, Secretary: Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein/ present for all four papers.) such as Université de Moncton, Collège Rebecca Margolis Saint-Boniface, and Collège Saint-Jean Past President: Randal Schnoor Intercultural Liaison Committee at the University of Calgary. Report: Barry Stiefel, on behalf of In addition to the work that had Executive Committee Chairs Simon-Pierre Lacasse already been done, Simon-Pierre Journal Editors: David Koffman and Simon-Pierre reflected on the importance suggested the following projects for the Stephanie Schwartz of the formation of the Intercultural upcoming year: holding a conference in Bulletin Editor: Jason Chalmers Liaison Committee last year and its role Montreal to promote the special issue of Chair, Communities and Archives: Dara in increasing diversity and representation the CJS Journal “None Is Too Many and Solomon in the field of Canadian Jewish studies, Beyond: New Research on Canada and Chair, Membership: Rebecca Margolis/ with a focus on promoting Canadian the Jews During the 1930s and 1940s” Elizabeth Moorhouse-Stein Jewish studies in the French-speaking and including francophone researchers, Chair, Programs & Conference: SJ Kerr- academic community. He noted that this completing the process of making the Lapsley, Janice Rosen, and Randal was particularly important, given that a website bilingual and inviting more Schnoor large segment of the Canadian Jewish French contributions to the Bulletin. Book Review Editor: Michael Rom population resides in Montreal and its He also noted that while the Chair, Academic Committee: Ira role in the development of Quebec and current focus was on language duality, Robinson Canada as a whole. there was room within the mandate Chair, Finance: Frank Bialystok In particular, he noted the importance of Intercultural Liaison to expand its Chair, Nominations: Hernan Tesler- of historical material from the Jewish objectives, particularly to an interfaith Mabe community in helping to expand French approach that seeks to promote better Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Yiddish in Canadian understanding of their own understanding among different religions. Canada: Bernie Katz history. Saundra Lipton’s initiative in promoting Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on By-laws Additionally, he discussed the need the Glenbow Museum archives tour to Update: Bernie Katz to promote better language duality, given the Canadian Society of Church History Chair, Intercultural Ad-Hoc Committee: the lack of French-language sources that was a fine example of that type of Simon-Pierre Lacasse are considered in research on Montreal partnership. Website Manger: Lillooet Nordlinger and Quebec Jewry, and how problematic Simon-Pierre was sorry to miss this that was, particularly when addressing year’s conference and wished that he Honorary Officer sensitive political issues and periods could have presented, but he could not Jerry Silver of tension between Jews and French pass up the opportunity to travel to Israel Canadians. for the first time for another conference. Board of Directors With the broader goal of engaging He thanked the Chairs and everyone with the French-speaking academic present at the Annual General Meeting New Board Members for 2016-2019 community, steps were taken to make for supporting this endeavour and for Meghan Leane Cavanaugh ACJS publications and activities entrusting him with the Committee Chair (ON, 2016-2019) available and accessible to French- again next year. Allie Cuperfain (ON, 2016-2019) speaking academics. This included Barry noted how fantastic the Bernie Katz (ON, 2016-2019) increasing the amount of bilingual and Committee was because it contained a French content in the Bulletin (including whole other part of Canada to engage general information, the Call for Papers, with. Continued on page 18 Page 18 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

Existing Board Members member for eight years, but the ACJS Ad-hoc Committee on Yiddish Report: Deidre Butler (ON, 2016-2018) had never reached out to or engaged Bernie Katz Janice Rosen (QC, 2016-2018) her. (Adara was interested in being more Bernie began by acknowledging Gilda Susan Landau-Chark (ON, 2016-2018) involved and taking on a leadership Katz’s work as founding treasurer for Jonathan Sarna (MA, 2015-2018) position, but next year she would be in what is now the Canadian Association Israel so it would have to be after that). for Applied Literature (formerly CABAL) Pierre Anctil (QC, 2016-2017) Peter then raised the issue of and spoke a bit about her health issues, SJ Kerr-Lapsley (AB, 2016-2017) retention, noting that fewer and fewer which had been very serious over the last people were attending each year. Barry year and a half. He noted that things had Barry confirmed his support of the referred to the survey he had done last since settled down, and he would have slate but postponed the vote until there year, which revealed that we had only more time now to carry his Committee was a quorum. Bernie raised the point around 35 or 36 active members. plans forward. that if the Constitution had not been Peter clarified that that was not what The Committee still had strong amended, then we were not meeting he was asking, that he was wondering support from Vivien Felson, Sylvia the requirements of our Constitution – about people who were already involved Lustgarten, Kalman Weiser, Rebecca minimum and maximum numbers, from but not attending the conference. Barry Margolis and a few others who were particular provinces, etc. He stated that said that it was a matter of money. SJ prepared to be members or adjunct we were incorporated at the provincial suggested that it would be worthwhile members of the Committee. and federal levels and that we needed to ask people why they were not Bernie was excited about going to either change the Constitution or coming, because for some members it forward with a national survey to ensure that the board met the by-laws. did come down to the expense but for determine exactly what was happening Changing by-laws was difficult because others there were other reasons. The in Yiddish in Canada and was looking one had to formulate the changes, wait Brock conference was a good example forward to an active year for the a year, and so on, so Bernie suggested because it was so close to Toronto, but Committee in 2016-2017. adhering to our existing by-laws. of our last four conferences it was the He also noted that the President had most poorly attended. “Proposal for Multiple Membership the ability to call for an ad-hoc committee Richard noted that it was not a Levels” Motion: Barry Stiefel to review the Constitution. Barry noted ridiculous expenditure to guarantee that Barry proposed the following motion: that there was a “Catch 22” of needing the President be fully covered to attend a quorum to change the quorum, which conferences, to which Barry replied Whereas many organizations have would make it impossible this year. that there was no room in the budget multiple membership levels, including SJ suggested that we make a two- because we were losing money. Richard other Jewish Studies, for purposes year plan for the Constitution, since we emphasized that it was important to of extra revenue generation and would have a quorum next year, and ensure that we were budgeting to bring participation, the ACJS should consider that we could plan ahead to review the the President to the conferences. having similar opportunities for voluntary Constitution and by-laws and propose Bernie agreed with Richard and asked donations above the already existing changes that would be a better fit for our how much the President’s expenditure membership rate. The following are the association. was and whether it should be increased. proposed categories: Bernie then raised the issue of more Barry said that the amount was $250 active succession planning – to go ahead CAD, and Bernie noted that that meant Canada – All except student with amending the Constitution and that it had not changed in 15 years. He memberships are for individual simultaneously brainstorm who could fill also suggested that this be something and/or family different executive and chair positions the board should discuss at next year’s in the future as well as recruiting people Annual General Meeting. Seniors, students, unwaged to do book reviews and be involved with Richard then asked about the or member of affiliated society C$25.00 different panels and projects. possibility of donating airline points Individuals C$60.00 This led to a discussion of the issues towards the President’s airfare. No one Historical societies, libraries, the ACJS often has with reaching people. was sure how this worked, but everyone archives, etc. C$60.00 Adara was a prime example of someone thought it was a good idea, so Richard University or college programs who had been active in the field and a will look into it. or departments C$180.00 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016 Page 19

(Rates listed are all the current rates we kept the trees (as he was a Jewish Annual General Meeting Reconvened from the ACJS website) Canadian woodlot manager), sycamores 3:10pm MT were very difficult to find, so birch might New Voluntary Levels be a better replacement. Present: Scarlett Andes, Lindsay He also stated that he was a member Jackson, Bernie Katz, SJ Patron* C$120 of several organizations that had Kerr-Lapsley, Saundra Lipton, Canada’s Sesquicentennial* C$150 different membership levels and that Richard Menkis, Goldie Cedar* C$500 these were a bit steep. Barry asked what Morgentaler, Ira Robinson, Silver Birch* C$1000 levels would be more appropriate, and Yosef Robinson, Irving Rosen, Maple* C$2500 Ira suggested that they be determined Janice Rosen, Jonathan by a committee. Selwin, Barry Stiefel *International equivalents would be Peter stated that he bought a life plus US$10 in all new voluntarily levels, membership in the Arctic Institute when Motions conforming to the standards already he was younger, which amount was great established for the Canadian rates, i.e. at the time but made a big difference On a motion by Irving Rosen, seconded Individuals: US$70.00, etc. now. Bernie agreed that the proposed by Bernie Katz, the Treasurer’s report amounts were a bit too high and noted was passed. +Minus the value of membership for tax that Frank, as the Financial Committee deduction with Revenue Canada. Chair, was eminently qualified to figure On a motion by Richard Menkis, out these details, so the Committee seconded by Adara Goldberg, the Discussion ought to look at the motion. Barry said resolution to reappoint accountants Ira noted that it would be difficult to that they saw it and that it was fine. Silver and Goren was passed. implement unless there was an individual Bernie asked for clarification about or committee in charge of soliciting taxes: whether we could give income tax On a motion by Richard Menkis to thank donors. Barry said that we would need to receipts as long as no part of it brought the accountants, seconded by Daniel set up the infrastructure first. Ira asked specific benefits to the membership fee, Maoz, the resolution was passed. Thank about the possibility of a Life Member and that this shouod be made clear to you, Silver and Goren! category, which Barry said would have donors, i.e. if we had a category that to come under a by-law review. was $150, it had to be clear that the On a motion by Richard Menkis, seconded The idea of publicly acknowledging tax receipt would be for $100 not $150 by Goldie Morgentaler, the resolution to donors (on the website or elsewhere) (if the membership fee was $50, only accept the slate of Executive and Board was raised, but Bernie noted that while “x” amount would be tax-deductible). members was passed. other organizations do this kind of thing Revenue Canada would have to be very successfully, such as at the Toronto contacted to clarify these details. Regarding Barry’s motion concerning film festival, where the screen rolls Ira suggested that as we were donor categories, Ira proposed an donors, it was “comparing apples and still short of a quorum, we adjourn the amendment that the President appoint a oranges.” Annual General Meeting, to be reopened committee to work out/clarify the details. In the past when there were at 3:00 p.m. after the Educators’ The amendment was as follows: That significant donors, they were given Roundtable, and we could ask at least the President appoint a committee to recognition from the Treasurer and twelve people to remain and vote on the consider new categories and report to through the President’s letters, and resolutions. the new Annual General Meeting. where appropriate with institutional or This was mandatory for the corporate donations it would be made Treasurer’s Report, the election and On a motion by Ira, seconded by Bernie public through such mechanisms as Ira’s proposed motion. Barry seconded Katz, the resolution with amendment putting donor logos on Community Day the motion. Bernie noted that it was not was passed. or conference materials. a motion but the President’s prerogative Barry suggested the option of to call for an adjournment. Barry stated Adjournment donating anonymously. Bernie was that the Annual General Meeting would There being no further business, the hesitant about whether the trees were reconvene at 3:00 p.m., with Ira as the 2016 Annual General Meeting was the right categories. Peter said that if designated active president. adjourned at 3:29 p.m. MT. r Page 20 ACJS Bulletin / bulletin de l’AÉJC | Autumn / Automne 2016

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