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ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CANABA
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Vifith this it seems possible to conclude the history of the Jews in Canada under the French.
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The v/hole history of the Jews may "be placed in two divisions 2 their history in Palestine until the destruction of the second Temple and their history since that time as a nation scattered all ovel*
the world.
/Old of especial interest to u^ as Canadian Jov/s, should be our history here in Canada.
In general the life of our
The second period under lish rule is really glorious, m.any historical docum.ents testify.
The name of an English Jew, Aaron Hart is closely connected with this period.The next article, will deal with him. It will appear in an earlv issue of the Bulletin.!
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people in Canada always was and is dependent on the development and general political growth of the country.So in Canada,in our historical life,we havG gone through j five different periods: i 1.      The Jews in Canada under Pr-I ench rule I
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The organised settlom.ont ■ of
Sfardini" under English :rule;
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;ho period of irmigratioh by ilnglish and Gorman Jews;
4. The neviT iriinigration from East'-orn Eu-ropoj and
5. Canadian Born Jewry. There is little to be said
about the first period. There was at that time,no place for the dev-j elopm.ent of a Jewish SettleriOnt 1 under French Rule. The policy of France was influenced by the Catholic    Church and the Jesuits.  It ib possible that an.ong the missionaries sent out       the French Government to Canada were "a few Jews ¥/]:io traced their origin to the'^Morenos.
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A few historians suggest De Levis,the French Royal Representative for Canada in the XVII Cen-tur7/ was of Jewish descent. There
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another Jew who lived in
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welfare of Canada at that time.Ills nmo v/as David Gradis and in 1748 he established the'^Socioto
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In the "Report on Canadian Archives,1886a very interesting storv is told of a Jov/ish Girl
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story is told of a jov/ish Girl named Esther Brandau who,possi was the first Jewish woman to .ar .r ±V£i. ..±a- ..ilanada*___