Promised Lands North and South: Jewish Canada and Jewish Argentina in Conversation

David S. Koffman & David M.K. Sheinin
Year of Publication: 2024
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David S. Koffman, the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry and Associate Professor in the Department of History, co-edited and contributed to a new publication, Promised Lands North and South: Jewish Canada and Jewish Argentina in Conversation, which spotlights a conversation between two of the most significant Jewish Diaspora communities outside of the U.S.

Contributors compare and juxtapose the unique aspects of two Jewish histories, politics and cultures. Explored topics include poetry, theatre, sport and literature, as well as immigration and antisemitism. The book shines a light on the modern Jewish global experience.

David S. Koffman is the J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry, an Associate Professor of History at York University, and the editor-in-chief of the journal Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes. His most recent book is No Better Home? Jews, Canada and the Sense of Belonging (University of Toronto Press, 2021).

David M. K. Sheinin is Professor of History at Trent University and Académico Correspondiente of the Academia Nacional de la Historia de la República Argentina. His most recent book is Recasting the Nation in Twentieth-Century Argentina (Routledge, 2023), co-edited with Benjamin Bryce.