Uncovering the Historical Consolidation of Montreal’s Contemporary Jewish Polity (1882-1948)

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Author/collaborator
Title
Uncovering the Historical Consolidation of Montreal’s Contemporary Jewish Polity (1882-1948)
Abstract
The author examines the Montreal Jewish polity which began at the end of the nineteenth century in reaction to the inhospitable external environment (Catholic anti-Semitism) to which Jewish institutions were forced to respond and evolved over a fifty-year span into self-sustained institutions. The author’s essay sets out to: “1) uncover the developmental processes that have framed Montreal’s Jewish polity, and 2) to question whether this institutional body has remained socially relevant according to administrative practices that differ from Catholic parish politics. The historical juncture spanning from 1882 to 1948 will be of primary importance throughout this analysis. This epoch may be seen as the polity consolidation period, during which Montreal’s Jewish community transitioned from resembling a shtetl-like community, bound by informal methods of congregation, into a relatively institutionally complete pseudo-state.”
Publication
DOROT: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies
Volume
Vol. 19
Pages
61-78
Date
2020-2021
Language
en
URL
Citation
Cohen, Gilli. “Uncovering the Historical Consolidation of Montreal’s Contemporary Jewish Polity (1882-1948).” DOROT: The McGill Undergraduate Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 19 (2021 2020): 61–78. https://www.mcgill.ca/jewishstudies/files/jewishstudies/dorot_journal_2021__2.pdf.
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