Faces in the Crowd: The Jews of Canada

"The book, with its well-organized structure, numerous chapter subheadings, and wealth of background historical information, deserves to be the primary text in introductory courses on Canadian Jewish life at the university level…Bialystok should be commended for authoring a book that will add much knowledge about Canada’s Jews to what will hopefully be a wide audience."

Jack Lipinsky, PhD, Canadian Jewish Studies

"This is the first full-scale, synthetic history of Canadian Jewry, spanning the 18th century to the present, since Gerald Tulchinsky’s masterful Canada’s Jews: A People’s Journey. Bialystok enumerates historical factors and introduces a wide range of personages, from movers and shakers to criminals. A welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.” J.D. Sarna, Brandeis University, CHOICE

“Faces in the Crowd is a welcome addition to the Canadian Jewish bookshelf.” J.D. Sarna, Brandeis University, CHOICE

"With Faces in the Crowd, Franklin Bialystok offers his readers an artfully thoughtful and thorough retelling of the Canadian Jewish story from the colonial era to our own day."

Harold Troper, University of Toronto

"Bialystok weaves cogent historical analysis and master storytelling to offer a fresh and engaging account of the Canadian Jewish experience from its roots to the present day. Faces in the Crowd elegantly speaks equally to the student, scholar, and general reader interested in the immigrant experience."

Rebecca Margolis, Monash University

"No one has yet offered such a vibrant and well-informed narrative of Canadian Jewish history, from the very beginning to the present. Faces in the Crowd is a pleasure to read, follows a clear path, and contains much material that has remained to this day unexplored. Bialystok’s study will do much to open the gates to a better understanding of one of the country’s most significant minorities."

Pierre Anctil, University of Ottawa

"Bialystok has written a highly informative, engaging, and insightful history of the Canadian Jewish experience. It will be useful to students and scholars alike, and easily accessible to a broader Canadian public."

Morton Weinfeld, McGill University