A reluctant welcome for Jewish people : voices in Le Devoir's editorials, 1910-1947 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Anctil, Pierre, author.
Uniform title:	Chacun ses Juifs. English
Imprint:	Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Canadian studies Canadian studies (Ottawa, Ontario)
Subject:	Devoir (Montréal, Québec) Devoir (Montréal, Québec) Jews -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal. Editorials -- Québec (Province) Antisemitism in the press -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 20th century. Antisemitism in the press. Editorials. Jews. Social conditions. Québec (Province) -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Québec. Québec -- Montréal. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12485309

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Other uniform titles:	Container of (work): Devoir (Montréal, Québec). Selections.
ISBN:	0776627961 9780776627977 077662797X 9780776627984 0776627988 9780776627960
Notes:	Translation of: À chacun ses Juifs. Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 17, 2019).
Summary:	"Le Devoir's position with respect to the Montreal Jewish community and Judaism more broadly has been one of the most discussed historiographical issues in Canadian Jewish history. Indeed, the editorials published by Le Devoir are of great historiographical 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. A number of works written by English-speaking authors describe Le Devoir as a typical example of French Canada's ideological stance of defensiveness during the 1930s and its inclination to adopt a hostile position towards Jews. However, until now, no serious study has been carried out to support or refute this thesis. 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, approximately 200 editorials--or two percent of the total number of editorials--were devoted to Jews and Judaism. Anctil selected 60 of these for inclusion in this book and provides insightful commentary on each one. From this collection of editorials and accompanying in-depth analysis, it is finally possible to obtain a clearer idea of what anti-Semitism looked like in Le Devoir and by extension in Quebec society."--
Other form:	Print version: Anctil, Pierre. Chacun ses Juifs. English. Reluctant welcome for Jewish people. Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2019 0776627953 9780776627953

Pelletier determined that it was now time to consider Canada as a country of Christian tradition that could not support the acceptance of immigrants "impossible to assimilate", when alien to its fundamental values.

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A reluctant welcome for Jewish people : voices in Le Devoir's editorials, 1910-1947 /

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