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Like Everyone Else but Different

The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

By: Morton Weinfeld

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Like Everyone Else but Different

The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

By: Morton Weinfeld

Liberal democratic societies with diverse populations generally offer minorities two usually contradictory objectives: the first is equal integration and participation; the second is an opportunity, within limits, to retain their culture. Yet Canadian Jews are successfully integrated into all domains of Canadian life, while at the same time they also seem able to retain their distinct identities by blending traditional religious values and rituals with contemporary cultural options. Like Everyone Else but Different illustrates how Canadian Jews have created a space within Canada’s multicultural environment that paradoxically overcomes the potential dangers of assimilation and diversity. At the same time, this comprehensive and data-driven study documents and interprets new trends and challenges including rising rates of intermarriage, newer progressive religious options, finding equal space for women and LGBTQ Jews, tensions between non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews, and new forms of real and perceived anti-Semitism often related to Israel or Zionism, on campus and elsewhere. The striking feature of the Canadian Jewish community is its diversity. While this diversity can lead to cases of internal conflict, it also offers opportunities for adaptation and survival. Seventeen years after its first publication, this new edition of Like Everyone Else but Different provides definitive updates that blend research studies, survey and census data, newspaper accounts and articles, and the author’s personal observations and experiences to provide an informative, provocative, and fascinating account of Jewish life and multiculturalism in contemporary Canada.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773553096

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Still Moving

Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective

By: Morton Weinfeld

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Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective

By: Morton Weinfeld

The aftermath of World War II was a period of massive Jewish migration. More than a million Jews came to settle in the new state of Israel; hundreds of thousands moved to North America, Australia, and France, while tens of thousands resettled themselves elsewhere in Europe and the world. Emigration was, in turn, paralled by large-scale movement among second-generation Jews from the great urban centers to the suburbs. Until recently it has seemed as though the Jewish people had, in the words of the Bible, reached a situation of rest and landed inheritance. However, there is considerable evidence that Jews are still moving: from the former Soviet Union, to and from Israel, and within nations where they have been long resident. Still Moving examines the causes and character of contemporary migration in Israel and throughout the Diaspora.The contributors to this volume adopt a cross-cultural comparative approach. Part 1 establishes the context of the new migration globally with specific concentration on its effects on the institutions of Israeli democracy. Part 2 surveys immigration to Israel in the 1990s with particular emphasis on the wave of Russian emigres since the fall of the Soviet Union. Internal migration from rural to urban centers is also explored. Migration to the Diaspora is covered in part 3. The Jewish identity of Soviet Jews is compared to their American and Canadian counterparts. Economic performance and problems of multigenerational families among emigres are also treated, as are the controversies surrounding politically motivated emigration from Israel. Part 4 focuses on the changing nature of the Diaspora and its relations with Israel. Beyond its grounding in Jewish culture and history, Still Moving frames questions that are central to understanding contemporary migration in general: Does immigration accelerate or retard the abilities of host countries to restructure economically? How does greater ethnic diversity affect the social and cultural life of cities? What factors help immigrants integrate into the wider community? Does immigration contribute to the creation of a marginalized underclass? Still Moving will be essential reading for historians, sociologists, Jewish studies specialists, and policy analysts.

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Routledge

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1351289462

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9781351289467

Commercial Contracts

Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating

By: Vladimir R. Rossman,Morton Moskin

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Commercial Contracts

Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating

By: Vladimir R. Rossman,Morton Moskin

In two comprehensive volumes, Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating, Second Edition presents the insights and guidance of over 30 leading specialists, all experts in their fields. These noted authorities examine the growing influence of New York law on multi-jurisdictional transactions, discuss the general expectations of parties to commercial transactions, and identify critical issues that drafters and litigators need to consider when dealing with different types of agreements, from joint ventures and strategic alliances to government contracts, from employment agreements to shareholder agreements, and many others. By putting the expert analysis, practice tips and illustrative forms needed to draft or negotiate a contract in just hours within easy reach, Commercial Contracts: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating makes laboring over voluminous contract law references a thing of the past. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of contract law or a particular kind of commercial agreement. The reference provides an extensive array of time-saving drafting tools for preparing transaction documents or closing the deal more quickly and with less effort, including: In-depth drafting suggestions and sample documents Practical guidance from seasoned experts in each area of the law Quotes from rulings, citations to cases, law reviews and other works Detailed checklists and forms Extracts from relevant laws and regulations Case and statutory references And much more

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Wolters Kluwer

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145483109X

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9781454831099

Studies in the Cult of Yahweh

Volume 1. Studies in Historical Method, Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism

By: Morton Smith

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Studies in the Cult of Yahweh

Volume 1. Studies in Historical Method, Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism

By: Morton Smith

These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in unfamiliar ways, to re-open old questions, to pose new questions, and to demolish received truths. He practiced the "hermeneutics of suspicion" to devastating effect. His answers are not always convincing but his questions cannot be ignored. The essays of Volume I center on the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament"), Ancient Israel and Ancient Judaism, of Volume II on the Christian Bible ("New Testament"), Early Christianity and Ancient Magic. Volume II also contains an assessment of Smith's scholarly achievement and a complete list of his publications.

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BRILL

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9004295879

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9789004295872

Paying the Piper

Productivity, Incentives, and Financing in U.S. Higher Education

By: Michael S. McPherson,Morton Owen Schapiro,Gordon C. Winston

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Paying the Piper

Productivity, Incentives, and Financing in U.S. Higher Education

By: Michael S. McPherson,Morton Owen Schapiro,Gordon C. Winston

Examines the successes and problems of U.S. higher education

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University of Michigan Press

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0472104047

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9780472104048

Critical Care Nursing

A Holistic Approach

By: Patricia Gonce Morton,Paul Thurman

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Critical Care Nursing

A Holistic Approach

By: Patricia Gonce Morton,Paul Thurman

Comprehensive, evidence-based, and expertly written, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, 12th Edition, helps you confidently prepare today’s students for the highly specialized and complex challenges of critical care nursing practice. This trusted, must-have text integrates clear, concise writing, engaging resources, and a proven holistic approach to instill the clinical competence students need to care for patients who are critically ill and their families. More efficiently organized and easier to use than ever, the 12th Edition presents theory and principles within the context of practical application to streamline students’ transition to successful critical care practice.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975174461

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Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: Studies in the New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica

By: Morton Smith

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9004104771

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Like Everyone Else But Different

The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

By: Morton Weinfeld,Randal F. Schnoor,Michelle Shames

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Like Everyone Else But Different

The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

By: Morton Weinfeld,Randal F. Schnoor,Michelle Shames

A timely analysis of the possibilities and challenges of multiculturalism as seen in the iconic case of Canada's Jewish community.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773552812

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9780773552814

Still Moving

Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective

By: Morton Weinfeld

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Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective

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Routledge

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1351289462

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Canada's Jews

A Social and Economic Study of Jews in Canada in the 1930s

By: Louis Rosenberg,Morton Weinfeld

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Canada's Jews

A Social and Economic Study of Jews in Canada in the 1930s

By: Louis Rosenberg,Morton Weinfeld

Rosenberg drew his information from the Canadian census of 1931 and previous census records, statistical material from other studies collected by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, and international data sources. His comparative approach, with Canadian Jews compared wherever possible to other ethnic or religious groups in Canada and to diaspora Jewish communities elsewhere, is a major strength of the work. This new edition is a facsimile which faithfully reproduces Rosenberg's meticulous compilation of statistics. It includes a new introductory essay by Morton Weinfeld, who focuses on Rosenberg's life, the era, and the relevance of the book for today's readers. Weinfeld has also prepared a detailed bibliography of Rosenberg's social scientific works on Canadian Jewish life. CONTENTS: Comparative Jewish Statistics * Estimates and Censuses * Growth of Canada's Jewish Population * Geographical Distribution of Jews in Canadian Provinces * Comparative Density of Jewish Population of Canada * Age and Sex Distribution * Conjugal Condition * Place of Birth * Vital Statistics * Intermarriage * Conversion and Apostasy * Immigration * Jewish Immigration * Analysis of Increase in Jewish Population of Canada * The Economic Structure of Canadian Jewry * Social-Economic Stratification of Jews in Canada * Occupational Trends * Jews in Industry * Jews in Trade * Jews in the Professions * Jews in Service Occupations * Jews in Finance * Jews in Agriculture * Jewish Farm Statistics * Citizenship * Jews in Canadian Defence Forces * Languages and Literacy * Education * Morbidity * Criminal Statistics * Anti-Semitism

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Like Everyone Else but Different

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Still Moving

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Studies in the Cult of Yahweh

Studies in the Cult of Yahweh

Paying the Piper

Paying the Piper

Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing

Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: Studies in the New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica

Studies in the Cult of Yahweh: Studies in the New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica

Like Everyone Else But Different

Like Everyone Else But Different

Still Moving

Still Moving

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Canada's Jews

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