Jews of Windsor, 1790-1990

Beginning with the first Jewish settler, Moses David, the important role that Windsor Jews played in the development of Ontario's south is mirrored in this 200-year chronicle. The founding pioneer families transformed their Eastern European shtetl into a North American settlement; many individuals were involved in establishing synagogues, schools, and an organised communal structure in spite of divergent religious, political, and economic interests. Modernity and the growing influences of Zionism and Conservative/Reform Judaism challenged the traditional and leftist leanings of the community's founders. From the outset, Jews were represented in city council, actively involved in communal organisations, and appointed to judicial posts. While its Jewish population was small, Windsor boasted Canada's first Jewish Cabinet members, provincially and federally, in David Croll and Herb Gray. As the new millennium approached, Jews faced shrinking numbers, forcing major consolidations in order to ensure their survival.

ISBN 1550027069   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781550027068 (What's this?)   Pages 320 Publisher Dundurn Group Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint Dundurn Group Ltd   Weight (grammes) 903 Format Paperback   Published in Toronto Publication date 01 Apr 2007   Height (mm) 230 Writer of foreword Larry Kulisek   Width (mm) 230 Library of Congress F   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 971.332004924   Academic level General

Ch. 1		Moses David : Windsor's first Jewish settler		19
Ch. 2		Earliest Jews who choose Windsor		38
Ch. 3		A community takes root		53
Ch. 4		Widening the horizon		67
Ch. 5		Good times / bad times		84
Ch. 6		The honourable David A. Croll : profile of a public servant		99
Ch. 7		War and peace		110
Ch. 8		The Stollman era		138
Ch. 9		Reform Judaism arrives		163
Ch. 10		Consolidation and realignment		191
Ch. 11		The right Honourable Herb Gray : Windsor's prime statesman		215
Ch. 12		The bicentennial of Windsor Jewish life		238
Ch. 13		Toward the twenty-first century and beyond		256

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