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Morton Irwin Weinfeld

もーとん・あいうぃん・わいんふぇるど

Mōton Aiwin Wainferudo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Career

Occupations
sociologist
Active Years
1977-2024
Affiliations
McGill University
Influenced By
Nathan Glazer

Education

Harvard University
Graduate School of Education / Sociology
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: United States
Thesis: Determinants of Ethnic Identification of Slavs, Jews, and Italians in Toronto. Doctoral advisor: Nathan Glazer.

Awards

Canadian Jewish Book Award
1990
Organization: Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Canadian Jewish Book Award
2002
Organization: Canadian Jewish Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Marshall Sklare Award
2013
Organization: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Like Everyone Else... but Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews

2001 Sociology

A sociological study on the paradoxical success of Canadian Jews.

Canadian JewryEthnic identityParadox of success

The Canadian Jewish Mosaic

1981 Sociology

Explores the mosaic of Canadian Jewish society.

Canadian JewryMulticulturalism

Bibliography

  • Like Everyone Else... but Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews (2001)
  • Still Moving: Recent Jewish Migration in Comparative Perspective (2000)
  • Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy (1999)
  • Who Speaks for Canada (1998)
  • The Jews in Canada (1993)
  • Trauma and Rebirth: Intergenerational Effects of the Holocaust (1989)
  • Old Wounds: Jews, Ukrainians and the Hunt for Nazi War Criminals in Canada (1988)
  • The Canadian Jewish Mosaic (1981)

Legacy

Renowned Canadian sociologist specializing in the study of Canadian Jewry, holding the chair in Canadian ethnic studies at McGill University.