The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies is proud to announce that Professor Emeritus Robert Brym, recently retired from his role as SD Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, is the recipient of the 2025 Louis Rosenberg Award for outstanding contributions to Canadian Jewish Studies.
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“If you have not been to Łódź you cannot imagine its texture, the strange uniqueness of its streetscape….”
In this episode we speak with Norman Ravvin, writer, literary scholar, Concordia University professor, and contributor to the fall 2024 volume of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes. Norm discusses with host Jonathan Slater his essay, “City, Writer, Conference: A Chava Rosenfarb Conference in Łódź, Poland, October 2023,” a moving on-the-ground report from Łódź, where he attended a centennial conference devoted to the Canadian Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, who was born in the city.
Click here to read Norm’s essay. The entire volume is free to read on our website.
A preliminary version of the program for the upcoming ACJS conference in Ottawa this May is now available! Please see below. To register for the conference, please use the Eventbrite links that follow. Please note that registration ends May 20th.
For the Entire Conference, click here.
For the Community Day, click here.
If you wish to attend both the Sunday Community Day at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre and days two and three of the conference at the University of Ottawa, register for the “Entire Conference” event on Eventbrite, and add the Community Day ticket to your registration there.
If you plan only to be present for Community Day, then register, free of charge, solely for the “Community Day” event.
If you experience any difficulties with the registration process, please contact ACJS-2025@cjarchives.ca.
In this episode we speak with Daniel Held, co-editor of the special summer 2024 volume of Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes, which dives into the many varieties of Jewish education in Canada, past, present, and future. Dan, the chief program officer for the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto and executive director of the Julia and Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education, discusses current trends challenging Jewish educational institutions and programs and shares his vision for how Jewish education can continue to flourish in Canada.
To listen on Apple Podcasts, click here.