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.
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- Translation of: À chacun ses Juifs Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Table of Contents 6
- Translator’s Note 10
- Preface 12
- Introduction 18
- IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1913–1930) 92
- 1. The Perils of Immigration 95
- 2. The Gazette and Immigration 99
- 3. We Pay Attention Finally, But Very Late 103
- JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1910–1929) 106
- 4. An Anti-national Policy 107
- 5. What Is Most Important 110
- 6. Twenty Years Too Many 113
- JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO CANADA (1933–1943) 116
- 7. Mr. Jacobs Also 119
- 8. A New Jewish Immigration? 121
- 9. Is Canada Building a Tower of Babel? 124
- 10. Post-war Problems and Decline in Anglo-Saxon Birth Rate 129
- 11. The Problem of Immigration and Anti-Quebec Animosity? 132
- NAZI GERMANY (1933–1937) 136
- 12. As Dispatches Keep Arriving 139
- 13. Events in Germany 142
- 14. The Pope and Germany 145
- 15. In Hitler’s Germany 148
- ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE (1937–1938) 154
- 16. Anti-Semitism, a Growing Danger 156
- 17. Anti-Semitism in Central Europe 162
- 18. The Astonishment of Mr. Glass, Member from Toronto of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Organizer of the Jewish Boycott of German Merchandise 168
- KRISTALLNACHT (1938) 172
- 19. Demonstrations Against Hitler 174
- 20. The Enduring Question of Jewish Refugees 178
- 21. In the Case of the German Jews, the Star Talks Nonsense 182
- 22. To Everyone Their Own Jews 188
- THE HOLOCAUST (1943–1945) 192
- 23. We Have Our Own Victims and Refugees of the War 194
- 24. A Judeo-American Brief at the Quebec Conference 198
- 25. The Campaign to Admit Refugees to Canada 202
- 26. Inhumane Dictatorships 206
- ANTI-SEMITISM IN CANADA (1931–1933) 212
- 27. Lessons and Reflections 214
- 28. Only to Satisfy Mr. Bercovitch? No 218
- 29. The Brawls in Toronto 222
- LE DEVOIR AND THE CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS (1934) 226
- 30. The Status of the Jewish Documents — The Responsibility of the Canadian Jewish Congress 228
- 31. The Father of Yellow Journalism Was the Jew Joseph Pulitzer 231
- 32. The Advertising Boycott and Jews 236
- “BUY FROM YOUR OWN” (1934–1939) 240
- 33. Mr. Joseph Cohen and the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste 243
- 34. Life Is in Disarray 247
- 35. We Need to Be Logical: Label the Merchant Just Like the Merchandise 250
- THE “DETRIMENTAL” INFLUENCE OF JEWS IN MONTREAL (1926–1936) 254
- 36. A New “Scheme”: Fairgrounds in Parc Maisonneuve 256
- 37. If That Is “French Art” 259
- 38. Cheating Does Return to Haunt Its Master — With Double Consequences 262
- THE JEWS AND MONTREAL SCHOOLS (1914–1930) 266
- 39. Jews and Protestants at the Dissentient School Board 269
- 40. Montreal Schools 273
- 41. Under the Government’s Thumb 277
- 42. Why Not a Postponement? 279
- OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY (1933–1934) 282
- 43. The Observance of Sunday 284
- 44. Dotting the I’s 287
- THE SUCCESS OF JEWS IN MONTREAL (1930–1946) 290
- 45. Do Not Blame the Jews: Imitate Them 292
- 46. The Saint-Denis Speeches 296
- 47. The Jews as a Model 300
- 48. The Jews as a Model 304
- 49. The Fédération des Œuvres de Charité Must Exceed Its Goal 307
- PUBLIC HEALTH IN MONTREAL (1925–1927) 312
- 50. Why Our Children Are Dying 314
- 51. Infant Mortality among Jews and among Christians 317
- PERSECUTION OF JEWS, PERSECUTION OF CATHOLICS (1929–1933) 322
- 52. Silence on Mexico, Protests for Palestine 324
- 53. The Attention Paid to Spanish Catholics and to Jews 327
- PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE (1929–1930) 332
- 54. On Top of a Powder Keg 334
- 55. From Bombay to Jerusalem 337
- 56. The Palestine Question 340
- A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PALESTINE (1937–1939) 344
- 57. Jews, Arabs and the English 346
- 58. The Protestant Pastors of Lachine and Mr. Neville Chamberlain 350
- 59. “We Should Tend to Our Own Affairs!” 354
- 60. The Palestine Question 358
- Appendix 1 — List of editorials in Le Devoir on Jewish subjects, 1910–1947 362
- Appendix 2 — List of editorialists who wrote on the subject of Judaism on Le Devoir’s pages and the Jewish presence in Canada, 1910–1947 376
- Bibliography 378
- Back Cover Page 390
