Vilna on the Saint Lawrence: Montreal as the Would-be Haven for Yiddish Culture

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Title
Vilna on the Saint Lawrence: Montreal as the Would-be Haven for Yiddish Culture
Abstract
The author explores how and why Eastern European Jewish intellectuals fashioned an image of Montreal as a "reincarnation" of Vilna, and what it tells us about their hopes and anxieties for Yiddish language and culture in the first half of the twentieth century.
Book Title
No Better Home?: Canada, Its Jews, and the Question of Home
Place
Toronto, ON
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Date
2021
Pages
56-69
Language
en
ISBN
978-1-4875-0489-2
Citation
Weiser, Kalman. “Vilna on the Saint Lawrence: Montreal as the Would-Be Haven for Yiddish Culture.” In No Better Home?: Canada, Its Jews, and the Question of Home, edited by David H. Koffman, 56–69. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2021.
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