A Reluctant Welcome for Jewish People
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 twentieth 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 to 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.
Published in English, translated from the original "À chacun ses juifs".
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Pierre Anctil proposes a new reading of the editorials published in the pages of Le Devoir from 1910 to 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.
Published in English, translated from the original "À chacun ses juifs".
Pierre Anctil
**Pierre Anctil** est un historien et anthropologue québécois, spécialiste reconnu de la **communauté juive de Montréal** et de la littérature yiddish. Professeur à l’Université d’Ottawa, il a consacré sa carrière à l’étude de la présence juive au Québec, en s’appuyant sur une maîtrise rare du yiddish et de l’hébreu. Auteur de nombreux ouvrages, il a aussi traduit des œuvres majeures du yiddish vers le français, contribuant ainsi à faire connaître des pans méconnus de l’histoire culturelle québécoise. Son travail est salué pour sa rigueur et son approche interculturelle.
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