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'' in 1966, to become the '' Chronicle Review''. The ''Chronicle Review'' ceased publication in 1976.

History

The ''Canadian Jewish Review'' was founded in 1921 in

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by George and Florence Cohen (née Freelander) as a

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, publishing in

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. An office in

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was opened in 1929 and a Montreal edition commenced publication, also in English. The motivation to establish a Montreal edition was

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permitted the commercial advertising of liquor, while

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did not.Ben Keyfetz
Recollections and experiences with the Jewish press in Toronto
. ''Polyphony'', Summer, 1984, 228-231; as reprinted by ''Tiny Giant'' Webzine; www.tgmag.ca. The paper was initially regarded as being more of a review of social events than a paper containing serious social and political commentary. This social focus is now regarded as making The ''Canadian Jewish Review'' an important

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source. Much of its social and political commentary was by Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath (1902–1973), spiritual leader of Toronto's

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and assistant contributing editor of the paper. Rabbi Eisendrath, who came to Holy Blossom Temple in 1929, contributed a weekly column to The ''Canadian Jewish Review''. His views, opposing

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and his use of his weekly column in The ''Canadian Jewish Review'' to express these views, were a source of controversy. Rose Dunkelman (1889–1949), wife of David Dunkelman (1880–1978), one of Canada's most successful industrialists and retailers, co-founded a competing newspaper, The ''

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'', with a specific objective of countering the views of Eisendrath. A substantially complete collection of the ''Canadian Jewish Review'', donated by

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, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, the

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. Supporting agencies and individuals included the

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, the Sien Lok Society of Calgary, Library and Archives Canada,

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and Warren Gill, among others. List of Multicultural Canada Partners

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20101009151229/http://multiculturalcanada.ca/Partners * https://web.archive.org/web/20120504020748/http://multiculturalcanada.ca/ Newspapers published in Toronto Jewish newspapers published in Canada Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Publications established in 1921 Publications disestablished in 1966 1921 establishments in Ontario 1966 disestablishments in Ontario