A Reluctant Welcome for Jewish People : Voices in Le Devoir's Editorials, 1910-1947 /
Pierre Anctil ; translated by Tönu Onu.
- Ottawa, ON : University of Ottawa Press, 2019.
- xvi, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Canadian studies .
Available in electronic format on Project MUSE.
This book is published in English, translated from the original "À chacun ses Juifs".
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-364).
Translator's Note -- Preface -- Introduction IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1913-1930) 1. The Perils of Immigration -- 2. The Gazette and Immigration -- 3. We Pay Attention Finally, But Very Late
JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1910-1929) 4. An Anti-national Policy -- 5. What Is Most Important -- 6. Twenty Years Too Many
JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1933-1943) 7. Mr. Jacobs Also -- 8. A New Jewish Immigration? -- 9. Is Canada Building a Tower of Babel? -- 10. Post-war Problems and Decline in Anglo-Saxon Birth Rate -- 11. The Problem of Immigration and Anti-Quebec Animosity?
NAZI GERMANY (1933-1937) 12. As Dispatches Keep Arriving -- 13. Events in Germany -- 14. The Pope and Germany -- 15. In Hitler's Germany
ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE (1937-1938) 16. Anti-Semitism, a Growing Danger -- 17. Anti-Semitism in Central Europe -- 18.The Astonishment of Mr.Glass, Member from Toronto of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Organizer of the Jewish Boycott of German Merchandise
KRISTALLNACHT (1938) 19. Demonstrations Against Hitler -- 20. The Enduring Questions of Jewish Refugees -- 21. In the Case of the German Jews, the Star Talks Nonsense -- 22. To Everyone Their Own Eyes
THE HOLOCAUST (1943-1945) 23. We have Our Own Victims and Refugees of the War -- 24. A Judeo-American Brief at the Quebec Conference -- 25. The Campaign to Admit Refugees to Canada -- 26. Inhumane Dictatorships
ANTI-SEMITISM IN CANADA (1931-1933) 27. Lessons and Reflections -- 28. Only to Satisfy Mr. Bercovitch? No -- 29. The Brawls in Toronto
LE DEVOIR AND THE CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS (1934) 30. The Status of the Jewish Documents - The Responsibility of the Canadian Jewish Congress -- 31. The Father of Yellow Journalism Was the Jew Joseph Pulitzer -- 32. The Advertising Boycott and Jews
''BUY FROM YOUR OWN'' (1934-1939) 33. Mr. Joseph Cohen and the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste -- 34. Life Is in Disarray -- 35. We Need to Be Logical: Label the Merchant Just Like the Merchandise
THE ''DETRIMENTAL'' INFLUENCE OF JEWS IN MONTREAL (1926-1936) 36. A New ''Scheme'' : Fairgrounds in Parc Maisonneuve -- 37. If That Is ''French Art'' -- 38. Cheating Does Return to Haunt Its Master - with Double Consequences
THE JEWS AND MONTREAL SCHOOLS (1914-1930) 39. Jews and Protestants at the Dissentient School Board -- 40. Montreal Schools -- 41. Under the Government's Thumb -- 42. Why Not a Postponement?
OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY (1933-1934) 43. The Observance of Sunday -- 44. Dotting the I's
THE SUCCESS OF JEWS IN MONTREAL (1930-1946) 45. Do Not Blame the Jews: Imitate Them -- 46. The Saint-Denis Speeches -- 47. The Jews as a Model -- 48. The Jews as a Model -- 49. The Fédérations des Oeuvres de Charité Must Exceed Its Goal
THE SUCCESS OF JEWS IN MONTREAL (1925-1927) 50. Why Our Children Are Dying -- 51. Infant Mortality among Jews and among Christians
PERSECUTION OF JEWS, PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS (1929-1933) 52. Silence on Mexico, Protests for Palestine -- 53. The Attention Paid to Spanish Catholics and to Jews
PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE (1929-1930) 54. On Top of a Powder Keg -- 55. From Bombay to Jerusalem -- 56. The Palestine Question
A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PALESTINE (1937-1939) 57. Jews, Arabs and the English -- 58. The Protestant Pastors of Lachine and Mr. Neville Chamberlain -- 59. ''We Should Tend to Our Own Affairs!'' -- 60. The Palestine Question
Appendix 1 - List of editorials in Le Devoir on Jewish subjects, 1910-1947 Appendix 2 - List of editorialists who wrote on the subject of Judaism on Le Devoir's pages and the Jewish presence in Canada, 1910-1947 Bibliography
''Noted historian Pierre Anctil takes a deep dive into editorials devoted to Jews and Judaism in Quebec's daily Le Devoir in the first half of the 20th century. Long one of the most discussed historiographical issues in Canadian Jewish history, these editorials are of great significance as they are representative of the reaction of the nationalist Francophone elite to the Jewish presence in Montreal, to German Nazi State anti-Semitism and to the Shoah. Pierre Anctil proposes a new reading of the editorials published in the pages of Le Devoir from 1910-1947 - from the founding of the newspaper by Henri Bourassa until the death of its second director, Georges Pelletier. During that time, some two hundred editorials were devoted to Jews and Judaism, of which Anctil has selected sixty for inclusion in this volume. Although many of the editorials conveyed the clearly anti-Semitic views of Le Devoir's editorialists and of Quebec society at large, a number of the editorials did express positive views of Jewish activities and accomplishments in Quebec society. Readers will find this to be an in-depth analysis and nuanced treatment of an important aspect of Canadian Jewish history.'' (Book Cover)
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Devoir (Montréal, Québec)
Antisemitism in the press--History--Québec (Province)--20th century. Editorials--Québec (Province) Jews--Québec (Province)--Montréal.