Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

‮מאה שנות יישוב יהודי במערב קנדה‬‎ A Century of Jewish Settlement in Western Canada
(146 words)

Editor

Hava Katz.

Curator

David Gafni.

Imprint

Tel Aviv, Israel, 1980. 19 pp., 10 pp. (illus.), 19 pp.*, illustrations: 65 b&w, 22 × 23.5 cm. Hebrew and English.

Location

Beit Hatfutsot (1980–1981)

Description

A photographic exhibition about the Jews of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Historical essay includes two photographs of synagogues. No itemized listing.

Description

The exhibition was originally presented in Winnipeg, Canada in 1972–1973 under the name “Journey Into Our Heritage”. After touring Canada it was adapted for its current showing at Beit Hatfutsot. The present catalog is based both on the original exhibition and on Harry Gutkin’s book Journey Into Our Heritage (Toronto, 1980). See #457 and #546.

main keywords

CANADA
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS

minor keywords

Antisemitic images/objects
Portraits
Portraits, husband-wife pendants
Portraits, rabbis
Synagogues, Canada
World War I
Yiddish theater
Zionism

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 4 pp., no illustrations, 22 × 9.4 cm.

Cite this page
“‮מאה שנות יישוב יהודי במערב קנדה‬‎ A Century of Jewish Settlement in Western Canada”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0655>
First published online: 2019



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