This work, now translated into English, represents the viewpoints of two friends from differing cultural and religious traditions. One is a French Quebecer and a Christian; the other is Jewish and also calls Quebec his home. Both men are bilingual.

Table of Contents for Jews and French Quebecers: Two Hundred Years of Shared History , by Jacques Langlais and David Rome, translated by Barbara Young Foreword Preface to the English Translation The Ultramontane Influence Confederation The Quiet Revolution Preface to the Original French Version Relatives, Partners and Neighbours Decades of Rupture Post-War Liberations I. Early Jewish Presence in Quebec, 1627â1882 Travel in New France Prohibited The First Jewish Families The First English Sephardic Community Early Contributions to Political History The Jews and the War in Quebec Growth of the First Congregation: The de Solas The 1882 Reform The Associations: Emergence of a New Judaism II. The Great Yiddish Migration, 1880â1940 From Shtetl to America Insertion into Quebec Early Challenges III. The Reaction of French Quebec, 1880â1945 A New Phenomenon: Anti-Semitism Precursors in Quebec Jewish Schools Anti-Semitism in the 1930s IV. The Quiet Revolution of Jewish Quebecers, 1945â76 Cultural Revolution Economic Emancipation Church and Synagogue in Quebec Religious Crisis Arrival of the French-Speaking Jews The 1976 Crisis New Community Spirit V. Where Is the Jewish Community Headed? The Challenge of Continuity Quebec Today The Ambivalence of Nationalism in the 1970s Exodus of Jewish Youth? From Ethnocentric to Cultural Nationalism The Future Belongs to Quebecers Chronology: The Jews in Quebec Notes Bibliography