David S. Koffman

Canadian Jewish Studies's entire print run, 1993-2023, now on sale for $15/vol until Labour Day (Monday, September 4, 2023). Published in our pages? Library expansion? Boosters of the field?amazon.ca/dp/B0BCJWSH6B?…. ($20/vol after Tuesday, September 5, 2023).

@mohashim To the "hide me" test, I'd also add scanning new rooms for exits, attraction/repulsion:relief/heartbreak at the sight of security guards, and an impulse to be loud and activated when panic arises.

@mohashim Mohammed, you capture something profound about Jewish social psychology here that's mostly missed in public discourse and handwringing about antisemitism. Thank you! There really are deep emotional-psychological patterns that different peoples share, carry with them, and inherit.

A few years ago, I helped bring some community members together and a really prominent and successful Jewish woman made a comment that struck me very deeply. She roughly said, ‘for me to truly have trust, I would need to believe that you would hide me’. thread 1/10

Welcome to the #YorkU History Department! We are excited to see new and continuing students in September! Meet some of our wonderful professors and the courses they teach: youtube.com/watch?v=CDykXo… | @stephenjbrooke @YorkULAPS @yorkustudents @YorkUnews @YorkUIntlStdnts

Here it is!The Role of Storytelling Traditions in Canadian Life Writing about the Holocaust (discussing Pinchas Blitt’s A Promise of Sweet Tea): youtube.com/watch?v=X2tIl7… @ACJSaejc

6/6 Harry S. Crowe Memorial Prize: Emily Masci for AP/HIST 4850 6.0 History of Me: Genealogy Seminar (Prof. David Koffman) @david_koffman

La communauté juive est pleine de diversité ! L'exposition des Archives juives de l'Ontario, Periphery, se penche sur les expériences vécues par les Juifs multiethniques et multiraciaux. ✡️ Pour en savoir plus : peripheryexhibit.org #MoisDuPatrimoineJuif

✡️ With today marking the end of #JewishHeritageMonth, and tomorrow marking the first day of #IndigenousHistoryMonth, here’s an opportunity to learn about the unique relationship and allyship between both communities: thecjn.ca/podcasts/the-s… #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

✡️ Alors qu'aujourd'hui marque la fin du #Moisdupatrimoine juif et que demain marque le premier jour du Mois de l'histoire indigène, voici l'occasion de découvrir la relation unique et l'allié des deux communautés : thecjn.ca/podcasts/the-s…. #MoisDuPatrimoineJuifCanadien

@CRRF @TheCJN @oja_toronto @UJAFederation merci, @CRRF

The Jewish community is full of diversity! The @oja_toronto exhibit, Periphery, looks at the lived experiences of multiethnic/multiracial Jews. ✡️ Check it out here: peripheryexhibit.org #JewishHeritageMonth #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth

In honour of #JewishHeritageMonth, here are some wonderful books that UTP has published in the past few years that would be ideal to read during this time: bit.ly/3PEm3ub #JewishStudies

#DYK who Sammy Luftspring was? 🥊 Learn about the story of Sammy, a #JewishCanadian boxer who served as a visible role model and was a source of pride for Canada’s Jewish community! #JewishHeritageMonth #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth #CelebratingJewishCanadianHistory

Performing the Canadian Jewish Archive research fellowship opportunity: concordia.ca/artsci/about/j…. Intriguing!

The sad and harrowing experiences of Jews in Soviet Russia, the fascinating movement to help them escape in the 70s+, and the impacts and aftermaths of activation and migration this #JewishHeritageMonth, #JewishHeritageMonth, #CanadianJewishHeritageMonth: jewishtoronto.com/wendyspeech

May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. In recognition of this month, here's a reading list of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Canadians of Jewish descent. cbc.ca/books/14-canad…

#PlusJamais encourage l’humanité à découvrir, à rendre hommage et à commémorer les victimes et les survivants de l’Holocauste. Découvrir certains des musées de l’Holocauste au Canada. 👇 #MoisDuPatrimoineJuif #MoisDuPatrimoineJuifCanadien

In honour of #JewishHeritageMonth, here are some wonderful books that UTP has published in the past few years that would be ideal to read during this time: bit.ly/3PEm3ub #JewishStudies