Book description
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…
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1 author picked Like Everyone Else but Different as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book’s sprawling effort to answer all sorts of basic questions about the living, vibrant Jews of Canada.
The book was so solid and sold so well when it originally came out with a trade publisher it was re-issued. It uses good social science and approachable theories.
I found it highly informative, intuitive, and curiosity-provoking. What’s more, it’s really funny. If you’re a Canadian Jew, you’ll learn something about yourself or some part of the Jewish world of which you’re a part of. And if you’re not both Canadian and Jewish, you’ll get a very good grounding in…
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