Jewish Studies / Jewish History

One of the most important books in Canadian history, None Is Too Many conclusively lays to rest the comfortable notion that Canada has always been an accepting and welcoming society.

Generations of Empire rethinks modern Mediterranean history through changing generational dynamics and representations of youth.

Justice in Lyon is a comprehensive history of the trial for crimes against humanity of the Nazi Klaus Barbie.

Faces in the Crowd is an exploration of the lives and contributions of Jews to Canada.

In this powerful book, three graphic novelists tell the stories of Holocaust survivors, bringing their testimonies to life and seamlessly connecting the past with the present.

Kingdom of Night tells the stories of Canadians – in their own voices – during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Fighter, Worker, and Family Man explores how German-Jewish men tried to maintain their understandings of masculinity under Nazi rule.

The Eichmann Trial Reconsidered explores the legacy and consequences of the trial of Adolf Eichmann.

Exploring notions of justice and morality, this book offers a new interpretation of everyday life in the ghettos during the Second World War.

The Soul of Things is a deeply reflective, evocative, and beautifully written memoir. A bestseller in Hungary, where it has been compared to the works of Primo Levi, it marks an important female contribution to the canon of Holocaust writing.

The New Spice Box brings together contemporary short stories, creative non-fiction, and poetry by a mix of authors offering a window onto new and exciting Jewish writing.

This unique collection of historical documents on intolerance and persecution in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean provides for a more diverse and inclusive vision of the Middle Ages.

The first biography of the Jewish poet and polemicist Sarra Copia Sulam situates her in the tradition of women’s writing in Venice and explores her rise and fall as a public intellectual in the tumultuous world of the city’s presses.

This second edition of Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging builds upon Habib’s groundbreaking research and reflects on the changes to scholarship since the book’s publication in 2004.

Bessner conducted hundreds of interviews and extensive archival research to paint a complex picture of the role of Canadian Jews in the war effort.

Justice behind the Iron Curtain is the first work to showcase communist Poland’s judicial confrontation with the legacy of the Nazi occupation and its oppressive regime.