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Encyclopedia > List of Jewish Canadians
This page is a list of Jews.
For more on who is considered Jewish, see Who is a Jew?.
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The Jewish population of Canada is approximately 360,000, with a majority living in either Toronto (175,000) or Montreal (100,000). Following the end of World War II, some 40,000 Holocaust survivors, stemming mainly from Eastern Europe, resettled in Canada (third in number behind Israel and the United States).[1] The following is a list of some prominent Canadian Jews (Jewish Canadians). Image File history File links Star_of_David. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Who is a Jew? (Hebrew: ) is a religious, social and political debate on the exact definition of which persons can be considered Jewish. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Main article: List of Jews. ... Until the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population of Eastern Europe. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... Here is a list of some prominent (non Latin-) Caribbean Jews, arranged by country of origin. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... This page is a list of Jews. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Selection at the Auschwitz camp in 1944, where the Nazis chose whom to kill immediately and whom to use as slave labor or for medical experimentation. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...

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Academics

Natural scientists

Sidney Altman (born May 7, 1939) is a Canadian-born molecular biologist, who is currently the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. ... Ursula Martius Franklin (born September 16, 1921 in Munich, Germany) is a German-Canadian metallurgist and research physicist. ... Calvin Carl Kelly Gotlieb (born March 27, 1921) is a Canadian professor and computer scientist who has been called the Father of Computing in Canada. ... Charles H. Hollenberg, O.C., M.D., D.Sc. ... William Velvel Kahan (born June 5, 1933, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an eminent mathematician and computer scientist. ... Martin David Kamen (1913 - 2002), was co-discoverer (with Sam Ruben) of the isotope carbon-14 on February 27th, 1940, at the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley. ... Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917) is a Canada mathematician. ... David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. ... Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems. ... Henry Morgentaler, M.D., LL.D. honourary (born March 19, 1923, in Lodz, Poland) is a Canadian medical doctor and long time abortion activist from Montreal. ... Louis Nirenberg (born 28 February 1925) is a Canadian-born mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations. ... John Charles Polanyi (born January 23, 1929) is a German/Canadian chemist. ... Raymond Reiter (June 12, 1939, – September 16, 2002) was a Canadian computer scientist and logician. ... Judah Hirsch Quastel, British-Canadian biochemist and Companion of the Order of Canada Juda Hirsch Quastel (1899-1987), a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cell metabolism, and cancer. ... Louis (Lou) Siminovitch (born May 15, 1920) is a Canadian molecular biologist. ... A sketch used by doctors to determine the amount of radiation to which each person in the room had been exposed during the excursion. ... Mark A. Wainberg (born April 21, 1945) is a Canadian scientist and AIDS researcher. ...

Social scientists

Irving M. Abella, born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian writer, historian and academic. ... Professor Anne Bayefsky is a preeminent human rights scholar and activist. ... Eric Berne (May 10, 1910-July 15, 1970) was an American psychiatrist best known as the creator of Transactional analysis. ... Norman F. Cantor (born in Winnipeg, Canada on November 19, 1929, died in Miami, Florida, United States on September 18, 2004) was a historian who specialized in the medieval period. ... E.GOFFMAN Erving Goffman (June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982), was a Jewish Canadian sociologist and writer. ... Jack Lawrence Granatstein (born 1939) is a prolific and renowned Canadian historian who specializes in political and military history. ... Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC , O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist. ... Raymond Klibansky (born October 15, 1905) is a Canadian professor of philosophy. ... James Laxer (b. ... Michael Robert Marrus (born February 3, 1941) is a Canadian historian of France, the Holocaust and Jewish history. ... Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954, in Montreal, Canada) is a prominent American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist and popular science writer known for his spirited and wide-ranging defence of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. ... Myron S. Scholes (born July 1, 1941) is one of the authors of the famous Black-Scholes equation. ... Jacob Viner (May 3, 1892 - September 12, 1970) was a noted economist. ...

Artists

Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1923 births | 2001 deaths | Canadian painters | Members of the Order of Canada ... Sam Borenstein was a well-known Canadian painter. ... Sorel Etrog (born August 29, 1933) is a Canadian sculptor. ... Albert Al Gilbert (born November 18, 1922) is a Canadian photographer. ... Philip Guston ([Montreal, Canada [July 27]], 1913 - [Woodstock, N.Y.[June 7]], 1980) was one of the most important painters of the New York School, which also numbered many of the Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... Jack Goldstein, born September 27, 1945 in Montreal, Canada, moved as a boy to Los Angeles, California and attended high school there in the 1960s. ... Behind Bonsecours Market, Montreal. ... Moshe Safdie, CC, B.Arch, LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C., FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an architect and urban designer. ... Yechiel (Eli) Shainblum was a Montreal painter, sculptor and teacher. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Superman is a fictional character and the staple superhero of DC Comics. ...

Business and philanthropy

Israel Harold Izzy Asper, OC , OM , QC , LL.M , Ph. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... David Joshua Azrieli, C.M., C.Q., B.A., M.Arch. ... Jenny Belzberg Jenny Belzberg (born 1928, Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian philanthropist. ... Samuel Belzberg (born June 26, 1928) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. ... Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. ... The Seagram Company Ltd. ... Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929) is a Canadian businessman and a member of the Bronfman dynasty, and the father of Edgar Bronfman, Jr. ... Edgar Miles Bronfman, Jr. ... Edward Maurice Bronfman (November 1, 1927 – April 4, 2005) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. ... Charles Rosner Bronfman, PC , CC (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. ... H. Reuben Cohen is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and the third Chancellor of Dalhousie University. ... George A. Cohon, O.C., O.Ont. ... McDonalds Sekime national route store (Osaka, Japan) McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is one of the worlds largest chains of fast-food restaurants. ... Maxwell Cummings (April 19, 1898 - May 23, 2001) was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist. ... Leslie Lewis Dan, CM , MBA , LL.D , B.Sc (born November 26, 1929) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. ... Jack Diamond, CC , OBC (1909 - March 25, 2001) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. ... Milton E. Harris (July 26, 1927—March 26, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and founder of Harris Steel Group. ... Michal Hornstein (born September 17, 1920) is a Canadian businessman, art collector and philanthropist. ... Avrom Isaacs (born 1926) is a Canadian art dealer. ... The Toronto-Dominion Centre. ... The Canadian Centre for Architecture is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal, Canada. ... David Mirvish wearing his Order of Ontario. ... Edwin Honest Ed Mirvish, OC , CBE , O.Ont , LL.D (born July 25, 1914) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Just for Laughs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Paul Reichmann (born 1930) is a Canadian businessman best known for his leadership of the Olympia & York property development company. ... Sarah Reitman is a Canadian businesswoman and co-founder of Reitmans with her husband Herman Reitman. ... Herman Reitman is a Canadian businessman and co-founder of Reitmans with his wife Sarah Reitman. ... Reitmans Canada Limited is a Canadian retailing company, specializing in womens apparel and was founded in 1926 by Herman and Sarah Reitman, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Owner and founder of the Canadian menswear store which bears his name. ... Joseph L. Rotman, OC (born January 6, 1935) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. ... Seymour Schulich (born January 6, 1940) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. ... Gerald Schwartz, born c. ... Onex Corporation is a Toronto based investment firm. ... Apotex is a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation. ... Alex Shnaider (b. ... The Midland Group is an international trading and investment holding company. ... Jeffrey Skoll (born 1965) is a Canadian born businessman who lives in San Jose, California. ... eBay eBay Inc. ... Isadore Issy Sharp (born October 8, 1931) is a Canadian businessman and founder, president and CEO of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. ... Dr. Max Stern (1904-1987) was a Canadian arts benefactor, art historian, and owner of Montreals Dominion Gallery. ... Moses Znaimer (born 1942) is the founder and was the driving creative force behind Torontos first independent television station, Citytv. ...

Film, TV and stage

Actors and performers

Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and television personality. ... Harvey Atkin (born January 1, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor who has worked in feature films and television. ... Matt Austin is a Jewish Canadian who plays Bridge Carson on Power Rangers SPD. He also writes, sings, and directs. ... Jay Baruchel (born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1982) is a Canadian actor who got his start on the local childrens series My Hometown then co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids. ... Ben Blue (Benjamin Bernstein) (September 12, 1901 – March 7, 1975) was a Canadian actor and comedian. ... Actor Lloyd Bochner in Point Blank (1967) Lloyd Bochner (July 29, 1924 - October 29, 2005), born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Jewish Canadian leading man, usually playing the role of cool, suave, rich men. ... Campbell with co-stars in Three to Tango Neve Adrianne Campbell (born on October 3, 1973) is a Canadian film and television actress. ... Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui (born December 10, 1977) is a Montreal-born Canadian actress with a long list of acting credits on both television and the big screen. ... Lauren Collins Lauren Felice Collins (born 29 August 1986 in Thornhill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian television actress best known for playing Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation. ... Paulo Costanzo in Joey Paulo Costanzo (born September 21, 1978 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian comedic actor. ... Erica Ehm (Erica Miechowsky, born September 30, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is best known as a pioneering video jockey at the Canadian cable television station MuchMusic. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Stacey Farber Stacey Anne Farber (born August 25, 1987) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Eleanor Ellie Nash (since 2002) in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation, airing on CTV in Canada and on The N programming block on Noggin in the United States. ... Victor Joseph Garber, born March 16, 1949, in London, Ontario, Canada, is a film, stage, and television actor of Russian Jewish descent. ... Jessalyn Gilsig (born in 1971 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Jewish-Canadian actress who is most famous for her role in the TV series Nip/Tuck. ... Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba), is a Canadian-born actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage. ... Jake Goldsbie (born August 8, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. ... Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian actor. ... Lorne Greene in his role as Ben Cartwright in Bonanza Lorne Greene as Commander Adama in Battlestar Galactica Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television. ... A screenshot of a young Corey Haim in the 1988 film Watchers Corey Ian Haim (born December 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor, best known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. ... Monty Hall, born August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as Maurice Halprin, is a Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster, but is best known for being the MC of popular American television game shows. ... Melissa Hayden is a Canadian dancer. ... Lou Jacobi (born December 28, 1913 in Toronto, Canada) is a character actor. ... Shane Kippel (born June 4, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Jewish-Canadian television actor. ... Mia Kirshner as The L Words Jennifer Schecter. ... Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Jewish-Canadian actor, television director, producer and writer who is best known for his work in Canadian television series and American movies and television series. ... Jaclyn Linetsky (January 8, 1986 - September 8, 2003) was a Canadian actress. ... Howie Michael Mandel II (born November 29, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born Jewish comedian and actor who came to national attention in the United States during a six-year stint on St. ... Rick Moranis as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs. ... Saul Rubinek is a German-born Canadian film actor, often cast as a shady professional. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born Jewish-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer. ... It has been suggested that William Shatner SciFi DVD of the Month Club be merged into this article or section. ... David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, director, and writer who has appeared on Johnny Carsons Tonight Show 140 times, and directed episodes of Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mad About You and Friends. ... Kyle Switzer (born October 10, 1985) is a Canadian actor, better known as Rick Geddes in TV show 15/Love. ... Tara Strong Tara Strong (born Tara Lyn Charendoff February 12, 1973) is a Canadian voice actress. ... Al Waxman Albert Samuel Al Waxman, C.M., O.Ont (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor born in Toronto. ... Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1918 births | Canadian actors | James Bond actors ...

Directors and producers

Mark Achbar is a Canadian documentary film director, focusing mainly on progressive political issues. ... Sidney M. Cohen is a Canadian television director and program creator. ... David Cronenberg at Cannes 2002 David Paul Cronenberg OC (born March 15, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian film director and occasional actor. ... Garth Howard Drabinsky, OC , LL.B , LL.D (born October 27, 1949) is a Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur. ... The career of Canadian filmmaker Sidney J. Furie, born February 28, 1933, perfectly demonstrates how a reputation for workmanlike efficiency can keep a director regularly employed, despite a dearth of critical acclaim. ... Harold Greenberg (January 11, 1930 - July 1, 1996) was a Canadian film producer. ... Arthur Hiller (born November 22, Canadian film maker. ... John Steohen Hirsch (born 1930, Hungary) was an Hungarian-Canadian theater director. ... Louis Burt Mayer (July 4, 1882 – October 29, 1957) was an early film producer, generally cited as the creator of the star system within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in its golden years. ... Lorne Michaels Lorne Michaels CM , LL.D (born November 17, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television producer and writer best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it. ... Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946 in Komárno in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised Jewish film actor, producer, and director. ... Albert S. Ruddy (Born: March 28, 1930) is a Canadian filmmaker. ... Peter Wintonick (born 1953, Trenton, Canada) is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada. ... Moses Znaimer (born 1942) is the founder and was the driving creative force behind Torontos first independent television station, Citytv. ...

Historical figures

Politicians

Israel Izzy Harold Asper (August 11, 1932 - October 7, 2003), Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate, was the founder of CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... David Barrett, O.C. (born 2 October 1930 in Vancouver, British Columbia), commonly known as Dave Barrett, was a politician and social worker in British Columbia, Canada. ... Lawrence S. Bergman (born December 6, 1940) is a Quebec politician. ... Sidney (Sid) Labe Buckwold (November 3, 1916 - June 27, 2001), O.C., B.Comm. ... David Caplan (born November 15, 1964) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Hon. ... Saul Mark Cherniack (born January 10, 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a lawyer and politician. ... Erminie Joy Cohen (born July 23, 1926) was a Canadian senator. ... David Croll as an Ontario Cabinet minister The Honourable David Arnold Croll (born Davud Avrum Croll March 12, 1900 - June 11, 1991) was a Canadian politician. ... Barnett Jerome (Barney) Danson (born February 8, 1921) is a former Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. ... Howard Epstein is a Canadian politician, lawyer and part-time law professor. ... Mike Feldman (born 1928?) is a councillor (Ward 10, York Centre) and Deputy Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Sheila Finestone (born January 28, 1927) is a retired Canadian politician. ... Raymonde Folco (née Goldgrav) (born March 16, 1940) is a Canadian politician. ... Her Honour the Honourable Myra Freeman (born May 17, 1949) is a Canadian philanthropist, teacher, and the first female and Jewish Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. ... The Honourable Ronald D. Ghitter (born August 22, 1935) is a Canadian lawyer and former Senator. ... Victor Charles Goldbloom (born July 31, 1923), C.C., O.Q., M.D., LL.D. is a Canadian pediatrician, lecturer, and politician. ... H. Carl Goldenberg (October 20, 1907 - July 22, 1996), O.C., O.B.E., Q.C., M.A., B.C.L., LL.D. was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, and senator who is best known for his work as an arbitrator in major labour management disputes. ... The Honourable Yoine J. Goldstein, LLD (born May 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer, academic, and Senator. ... The Right Honourable Herbert Eser (Herb) Gray PC, CC, QC, B.Comm , LL.D (born May 25, 1931, Windsor, Ontario) was a Canadian politician. ... Sidney Green (August 1, 1929-) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... Allan Grossman LLD (1910-1991) was a member of the Ontario legislature for 20 years, a provincial cabinet minister and the father of the late former leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, Larry Grossman. ... Lawrence Larry Sheldon Grossman (born December 2, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario; died June 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, and a noted baseball fan. ... Charles A. Harnick (born October 14, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Anthony Housefather, was born in Montreal in 1971 and is the Mayor of the City of Cote Saint-Luc, a city on the island of Montreal. ... Susan Kadis (born January 11, 1953) is an associate critic in the Official Opposition of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Robert E. Bob Kaplan, MHA is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of NCQA, the National Committee for Quality Assurance. ... Samuel (Sam) Michael Katz, OM , BA (born Rehovot, Israel, 1951) is the 42nd mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... Leonard Arthur Kitz (born April 9, 1916) was the first Jewish mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia (1955-1957). ... The Honourable E. Leo Kolber (born January 18, 1929) is a Canadian businessman, company director, philanthropist and former Senator. ... Monte Kwinter (born March 22, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Saul Laskin (born 1918) is a retired Canadian politician. ... Official Photograph of Mel Lastman Melvin Douglas (Mel) Lastman (born March 9, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), was the mayor of the former city of North York from 1972 until 1997. ... David Lewis, CC , MA (June 23, 1909-May 23, 1981) was a Russian-born Canadian labour lawyer and politician. ... Steven Lewis, speaking at the University of Alberta, January 30, 2006 Disambiguation: This article is about the Canadian politician and broadcaster. ... Robert Libman (born November 8, 1960) was a Quebec politician. ... Richard Marceau (born August 25, 1970 in Charlesbourg, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... Nathan Phillips (1892-1976) was a Canadian politician and popular Mayor of Toronto. ... Stephen Mandel (born July 18, 1945) is a Canadian politician and the current mayor of Edmonton, Alberta. ... Henry Nathan Henry Nathan, Jr. ... Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC , OC, O.Ont , QC , LL.B , LL.D (born August 2, 1948, in Ottawa, Ontario) was the 21st Premier of Ontario, and the first leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) to serve in that capacity. ... Scott Jeffrey Reid (born January 25, 1964 in Hull, Quebec) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Categories: 1907 births | 1983 deaths | Canadian historical figures | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Canadian communist politicians | Soviet spies | People from Quebec | People stubs ... Harvey Rosen is the current mayor of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ... The Honourable Jacques Saada, PC , MP (born November 22, 1947) is a Canadian Cabinet minister and politician. ... Joseph Baruch (J. B.) Salsberg (1903-1998) was a Canadian politician, long time Communist and activist in the Jewish community. ... Dr. Morton Shulman (1925 - 2000) was a Canadian politician, businessman, broadcaster, columnist, coroner and physician. ... Mira Spivak (born July 12, 1934) is a member of the Canadian Senate representing the Province of Manitoba. ... Sidney Spivak (May 23, 1928-July 8, 2002) was a Manitoba politician. ... The Honourable Gerard Gerry Weiner, PC , BA , B.Sc (born June 26, 1933) is a Canadian politician. ...

Jurists and public servants

The Hon. ... Alfred Alan Borovovy (born 1932) is a Canadian lawyer best known as the general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA). ... Harold Buchwald, C.M., Q.C., LL.M., LL.D., (born 1928) is a Canadian lawyer. ... Hon. ... Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997) was a Canadian Jew who became a war hero for his efforts in World War II, when he enlisted with the Queens Own Rifles and fought on some of the worst battlefields of the war during the allied Operation Overlord, including Caen, Falaise, and the... The Honourable Morris Fish, B.A., B.C.L., LL.D. (2005) The Honourable Justice Morris J. Fish, BA , BCL , LL.D , QC (born November 16, 1938) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. ... Samuel Freedman, O.C., LL.B., LL.D., Q.C. (1908-1993), Manitoba lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Province of Manitoba (Canada) (1971-1983). ... Alan Bernard Gold (1917-May 15, 2005) was the chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992. ... Klaus Goldschlag is a former Canadian ambassador. ... Allan Ezra Gotlieb (born February 28, Canadian public servant and author. ... Edward L. Greenspan (born February 28, 1944, Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer. ... Sol Kanee (born 1909) is a Canadian lawyer, former President of Canadian Jewish Congress from 1971 to 1974, former Chairman of the World Jewish Congress Board of Governors, and the longest serving member, for 17 years, of the board of governors of the Bank of Canada. ... The Right Honourable Bora Laskin, PC , CC , LL.M. , LL.B. , MA , FRSC (October 5, 1912 – March 17, 1984) was a Canadian jurist, who served on the Supreme Court of Canada for fourteen years, including a decade as its Chief Justice. ... The Honourable Nathaniel Theodore Nemetz, CC , OBC , QC , BA , LL.D (1913 - October 21, 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. ... Louis Rasminsky (February 1, 1908, Montreal - September 15, 1998, Ottawa) was the third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973, succeeding James Coyne. ... The Bank of Canada Building in Ottawa The Bank of Canada is Canadas central bank. ... The Hon. ... Clayton Charles Ruby, LL.M , LL.B , BA is a Canadian lawyer, specializing in constitutional and criminal law and civil rights. ... Bernard J. Shapiro (born June 8, 1935) is a Canadian academic, civil servant, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from 1994 to 2002, and the first Ethics Commissioner of Canada in May, 2004. ... Morris Cyril Shumy Shumiatcher (1917 – September 23, 2004) was a Canadian lawyer best known for his contribution to the field of human rights and civil liberties. ...

Religious figures

  • Aviel Barclay, blog author and first certified Soferet (female Torah scribe) in Jewish history
  • Neil Gillman, Conservative Rabbi (Canadian-born)
  • Ernest Klein, Rabbi and author
  • Gunther Plaut, Reform Rabbi

Neil Gillman is an American rabbi, an adherent of Conservative Judaism, and a philosopher. ... Ernest Klein (1899 - February 4, 1983) was a Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi. ... W. Gunther Plaut (born November 1, 1912) is a Rabbi of Reform Judaism and author. ...

Musicians

Popular musicians

Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, and television personality. ... Natalie Appleton Natalie Jane Appleton (born May 14, 1973, Mississauga, Ontario) is a female pop singer and a member of Appleton. ... Nicole Appleton Nicole Marie Appleton (born December 7, 1974) is a pop singer and a member of Appleton and a former member of All Saints. ... All Saints (note: not The All Saints) are a British/Canadian pop music girl group that enjoyed considerable critical and commercial success. ... Steve Bays Steve Aaron Bays (born May 2, 1978) is a Jewish-Canadian musician and the lead singer and keyboardist of the Victoria based band Hot Hot Heat. ... Hot Hot Heat is an Dance-punk band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ... Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a band-leader, orchestrator and composer, known for his arrangements of standard tunes with lush string sections and wordless female chorus. ... Daniel Greaves is a Canadian rock vocalist and songwriter. ... Joey Serlin is a Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter. ... See also Alan Moores comic book series, The Watchmen. ... Moe Koffman (December 28, 1928-March 28, 2001) was a Canadian jazz musician and composer. ... Mountain is an American rock band mainly active in the early 1970s. ... Geddy Lee in concert with Rush. ... Rush is a Canadian progressive rock band comprising bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart (IPA: ). Rush formed in the summer of 1968, in Willowdale, Ontario (a northern suburb of Toronto) by Lifeson, Lee, and John Rutsey. ... Ben Mink (born 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and long-time collaborator with k. ... k. ... Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page, often called Steve (born June 22, 1970), is a Canadian musician. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Fatherfucker, a Peaches release Merrill Nisker (born 1968 in Toronto), better known as Peaches, is a female electroclash artist. ... Jaime Robert Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band. ... The Band on the cover of their second album: Manuel, Helm, Danko, Hudson, Robertson The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Lhasa de Sela, better known as Lhasa, is a Canadian singer of Mexican and Jewish descent. ... David Usher (born on April 24, 1966) is an British-born rock singer-songwriter, and renowned humanist, who lived for a number of years in Montreal, but recently moved to East Side Village, Manhattan, New York City. ... Zack Werner (born June 27, 19??) has had an extensive career in the music industry as an artist, producer, entertainment lawyer and manager. ... Canadian Idol is a reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show Pop Idol and its American counterpart American Idol. ... Zalman Yanovsky (December 19, 1944 - December 13, 2002) was a founder with John Sebastian of The Lovin Spoonful rock band in 1964. ... Lovin Spoonful album cover The Lovin Spoonful was an American pop-rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. ...

Classical musicians

Harry Adaskin (October 6, 1901 - April 7, 1994) was a Canadian violinist, academic, and radio broadcaster. ... Murray Adaskin (March 28, 1906 - May 6, 2002) was a Canadian violinist and composer. ... Louis Applebaum, CC (April 3, 1918 - April 19, 2000) was a Canadian composer, administrator, and conductor. ... Henry Brant (born September 15, 1913) is a highly significant California-based composer of art music based on spatialization and limited aleatory. ... Alexander Brott (March 14, 1915 - April 1, 2005), was a Canadian conductor, composer, violinist and music teacher. ... Victor Feldbrill (born April 4, 1924) is a Canadian conductor and violinist. ... Harry Freedman (born April 5, 1922) is a Canadian composer and musician. ... Srul Irving Glick, 1934-2002 Srul Irving Glick, composer, radio producer, conductor, teacher, was born in Toronto September 8, 1934, and died in Toronto April 17, 2002. ... Nicholas Goldschmidt (December 6, 1908 - February 8, 2004) was a Canadian conductor, administrator, teacher, performer, music festival entrepreneur and artistic director. ... Ofra Harnoy (born January 31, 1965, Hadera, Israel) is a Canadian cellist. ... David Leon Kaplan (born December 12, 1923) is a Canadian professor, performer and conductor. ... George London (May 30, 1919–March 24, 1985) was a Canadian-born concert and operatic baritone. ... Howard Shore Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian film composer, best known for composing the score to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. ... John Weinzweig (born March 11, 1913) is a Canadian composer of classical music. ... Maurice Zbriger (born July 10, 1896, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Ukraine; died April 5, 1981, Montreal, Canada) was a Jewish violinist, composer and conductor. ...

Writers

Authors

Irving M. Abella, born 1940 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian writer, historian and academic. ... Joel Bakan is a Canadian lawyer and writer. ... Bellow as depicted in his Nobel diploma. ... David Bezmozgis (born 1973) is a Canadian writer and documentary filmmaker. ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ... Matt Cohen Matt Cohen (1942-1999) was a Canadian writer. ... Cory Doctorow at the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Cory Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a blogger, journalist and science fiction author in favor of liberalizing copyright laws, and a proponent of Creative Commons. ... Howard Engel (born April 2, 1931) is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer. ... Martin L. Friedland is a Canadian lawyer, academic and author. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Phyllis Fay Gotlieb (born May 26, 1926) is a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Sondra Gotlieb (born 1936) is a Canadian journalist and novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Charles Yale Harrison was an American-Canadian novelist and journalist, best known for his 1930 anti-war novel Generals Die in Bed. ... Karen Irving is an Ottawa, Ontario Jewish author of the Katy Klein mystery novel series. ... Naïm Kattan (born August 26, 1928) is a Canadian novelist, essayist and critic. ... Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs, OC , O.Ont (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-born Canadian writer and activist. ... A.M. Klein (February 14, 1909-August 20, 1972) was a Canadian author. ... Henry Kreisel was a Canadian writer. ... Irving Layton OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Canadian poet. ... Norman Levine (October 22, 1923-June 14, 2005) was a Canadian short story writer. ... Seymour Mayne (born 1944) is a Canadian poet and literary translator. ... Anne Michaels (born 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist. ... Edeet Ravel is an Israeli-Canadian novelist. ... Mordecai Richler Mordecai Richler, CC (January 27, 1931 - July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author, scriptwriter and essayist. ... Régine Robin (born to Jewish-Polish parents in Paris, 1939) is a novelist, writer, translator and professor of sociology. ... Rick Salutin (born August 30, 1942) is a Canadian novelist, playwright and critic. ... Mark Shainblum (born 1963, the son of Max and Eva Shainblum) is a Canadian writer who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Canadian Playwright. ... Joseph Sherman (1945-2006) is a Canadian poet and visual arts editor who lived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. ... Mark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American poet, born in Canada. ... Karen X. Tulchinsky is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Miriam Waddington (1917-March 3, 2004) was a poet, writer and translator in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... Tom Wayman (born August 13, 1945) is a Canadian poet. ... Best known for his long association with Canadas National Film Board, William Weintraub is a Canadian journalist, author, filmmaker and lecturer. ... Adele Wiseman (1928-1992) was a Canadian author. ...

Journalists

Baroness Black of Crossharbour (born Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK on 4 December 1940), is an British-Canadian journalist and writer. ... Steven Cojocaru (born on January 5, 1965 in Montreal, Canada) is a fashion expert. ... Barbara Frum Barbara Frum, OC , BA , LL.D (September 8, 1937 – March 26, 1992) was one of Canadas most respected and influential journalists, a legendary news anchor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... David Frum (born 1960) is a Canadian-American poltical advisor. ... Jamie Glazov (born 1966, in Moscow, Russia) is the managing editor of Frontpage Magazine[1], the online publication founded by David Horowitz. ... Naomi Klein Naomi Klein (born 1970) is a Canadian journalist, author and activist. ... One of the best-known personalities in the world of Canadian broadcasting, Michael Landsberg is a cross between Bill Maher and Bob Costas. ... Michele Landsberg is an award-winning Canadian writer, social activist and feminist who wrote a major column for the Toronto Star newspaper. ... Ezra Levant (born 1972) is a Canadian publisher, columnist, lawyer and political activist. ... Avi Lewis is a Canadian television journalist and documentary filmmaker. ... Eric Margolis is a journalist born in New York City and holding degrees from Georgetown and New York Universities. ... Peter Charles Newman (born May 10, 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian journalist who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to Canada in 1940 as a Jewish refugee. ... M. J. Nurenberger Meyer Joshua Nurenberger (1911 - 2001) was a Jewish journalist, author and publisher. ... The Canadian Jewish News is a weekly, English_language tabloid-sized newspaper serving Canadas Jewish community. ... Steve Paikin is a journalist, film producer and author, best known for hosting TV Ontarios newsmagazines Studio 2 and Diplomatic Immunity. ... Joe Schlesinger (born 1928) is a Canadian television journalist and author. ... Ellie Tesher is a Canadian journalist and advice columnist. ... Marc Weisblott (born 1971) is a Canadian writer, music journalist, radio broadcaster and industry critic and blogger. ...

Sports

Samuel Berger (1900 - July 24, 1992) was a Canadian owner of the Canadian Football Leagues Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes and president of the CFL. He was President and Director of the Ottawa team, which won the Grey Cup Championship on four times. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... Cecil Hart (born November 28, 1883 in Bedford, Quebec - 1940) was a head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. ... The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team, the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, and one of the most successful clubs in all of North American sports history. ... Gerald Sydney Halter (April 18, 1904 – October 24, 1990) was a Canadian lawyer and the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League. ... The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football. ... The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Montreal Alouettes (French, Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. ... Ab Hoffman Abigail Abby Hoffman (born February 11, 1947) is a Canadian track and field athlete. ... Fanny Bobbie Rosenfeld (July 5 or December 28, 1903, 1904, or 1905—November 14, 1969) was a Canadian athlete, who earned a gold medal for the 400 meter relay and a silver medal for the 100 meter at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. ... Ben Weider (born February 1, Canadian businessman from sports and Napoleonic history. ... Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (March 25, 1925- March 5, 2000) was Canadas first chess grandmaster and an eight-time national champion. ...

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Franklin Bialystok, Delayed Impact: The Holocaust and the Canadian Jewish Community, 1945-1985 (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000). (as cited in http://www.bnaibrith.ca/institute/millennium/millennium01.html)

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