 | Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil: Yiddish Cultural Life in Montreal, 1905-1945 Subjects: Jews -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Yiddish language -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century; Jews -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Identity; Jews -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -; In 1931, ninety-nine percent of Montreal's sixty thousand Jews reported that Yiddish was their mother tongue. In the succeeding decades, Yiddish culture has continued to have a prominent place in Montreal's social landscape. In Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil Margolis Rebecca : Rebecca Margolis is director and Pratt Foundation Chair of Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, Australia.Rebecca Margolis is an associate professor in the Vered Jewish Canadian Studies Program at the University of Ottawa. |
