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The Jewish population of Canada is approximately 385,000, with a majority living in either Toronto (200,000) or Montreal (100,000). Following the end of World War II, some 40,000 Holocaust survivors, stemming mainly from Eastern Europe, resettled in Canada (third in number behind Israel and the United States).^[1] The following is a list of some prominent Canadian Jews (Jewish Canadians).

[edit] Academics

[edit] Natural scientists

Sidney Altman, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize (1989)
Ursula Franklin, metallurgist
Calvin Gotlieb, computer scientist^[2]
Charles Hollenberg, physician
William Kahan, computer scientist, Turing Award (1989)
Martin Kamen, chemist
Irving Kaplansky, mathematician
Rachmiel Levine, physician
David H. Levy, astronomer
Rudolph Marcus, chemist, Nobel Prize (1992)
Henry Morgentaler, doctor & abortion activist^[3]
Louis Nirenberg, mathematician
Abraham Peliowski, Physician, Neonatologist
John Polanyi, chemist, Nobel Prize (1986) (Jewish father)
Martin Raff, cell biologist
Anatol Rapoport, mathematical psychologist
Ray Reiter, computer scientist
Juda Quastel, biochemist
Louis Siminovitch, molecular biologist
Louis Slotin, physicist & radiation victim
Rudolf Vrba, pharmacologist
Mark Wainberg, AIDS researcher

[edit] Social scientists

Irving Abella, historian
Anne Bayefsky, human rights scholar
Eric Berne, psychiatrist (Canadian-born)
Norman Cantor, historian
Erving Goffman, sociologist
J. L. Granatstein, historian
Gad Horowitz, political scientist
Raymond Klibansky, philosopher
James Laxer, political economist (Jewish father)
Michael Marrus, historian.
Leo Panitch, political scientist
Steven Pinker, psychologist (Canadian-born)
David Roskies, Author & Professor of Yiddish Literature (Canadian-born)
Myron Scholes, economist, Nobel Prize (1997)
Lionel Tiger, anthropologist
Jacob Viner, economist (Canadian-born)

[edit] Artists

Aba Bayefsky, painter
Arnold Belkin, paiter
Joyce Borenstein, animator, filmmaker & cartoonist
Sam Borenstein, painter
Sorel Etrog, sculptor
Frank Gehry, architect
Albert Gilbert, photographer^{[citation needed]}
Gerald Gladstone, sculptor
Eric Goldberg (artist), painter
Jack Goldstein, multimedia artist
Philip Guston, abstract expressionist
William Raphael, painter
Moshe Safdie, architect
Yechiel (Eli) Shainblum, painter, sculptor and Montreal Jewish day-school teacher
Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman
Max Stern, art dealer

[edit] Business and philanthropy

Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest Global Communications
David Azrieli, businessman & philanthropist
Jenny Belzberg, philanthropist
Samuel Belzberg, businessman & philanthropist
Garner Bornstein, founder of Generation Net and Airborne Entertainment
Samuel Bronfman, founder of Seagram, Bronfman family dynasty
Edgar, Sr., Edgar, Jr., Edward & Charles Bronfman, businessmen & philanthropists
Reuben Cohen, businessman
George Cohon, founder of McDonald's of Canada
Maxwell Cummings, businessman & philanthropist
Leslie Dan, businessman & philanthropist
Jack Diamond, businessman & philanthropist
Jacob Ghermezian & sons, real estate owners & developers
Milton Harris, businessman
Michal Hornstein, businessman & philanthropist
Avrom Isaacs, art dealer
Phyllis Lambert, architect and founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture
Nelson Millman, Program director and VP of Fan 590
David Mirvish, Theatre producer and son of Ed Mirvish
Ed Mirvish, businessman & philanthropist
Andy Nulman, co-founder of the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and Airborne Entertainment
Paul Reichmann & family, real estate owners & developers
Sarah & Herman Reitman, founders of Reitmans
Harry Rosen, businessman
Joseph Rotman, businessman & philanthropist
Seymour Schulich, businessman & philanthropist
Gerald Schwartz, founder of Onex Corporation
Barry Sherman, bilionaire, founder of Apotex
Alex Shnaider, billionaire, co-founder of Midland Group
Jeffrey Skoll, billionaire, co-founder of eBay, philanthropist
Isadore Sharp, businessman
Ida Steinberg, businessman founder of now bankrupt Steinberg's
Max Stern, arts benefactor
Jack Tietolman, radio pioneer
Moses Znaimer, Founder of CityTV, media philosopher

[edit] Film, TV and stage

[edit] Actors and performers

Harvey Atkin, actor
Matt Austin, actor
Liane Balaban, actress (Jewish father)
Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (1988 - ) television actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)^[4]
Jay Baruchel, actor
Lani Billard (1979 - ) television actress (Ready or Not)^[5]
Ben Blue, actor and comedian
Lloyd Bochner, actor
Rick Bronson, comedian and TV travel show host
Neve Campbell (1973 - ) film and television actress (Scream)^[7]
Emmanuelle Chriqui, actress
Lauren Collins (1986 - ) television actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation)^[8]^[6]
Paulo Costanzo, actor
Erica Ehm, video jockey
Jamie Elman, actor, Student Bodies, American Dreams
Jake Epstein (1987 - ) teen idol/TV actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)^[9]^[10]
Stacey Farber (1987 - ) television actress (Degrassi: the Next Generation)^[11]^[12]
Victor Garber, actor
Jessalyn Gilsig, TV actress (Jewish father)
Joanna Gleason, actor
Jake Goldsbie (1988 - ) television actor (Degrassi: the Next Generation)^[13]
Aubrey Graham (1986 - ) television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)^[4]^[14]
Lorne Greene, actor
Corey Haim, actor
Monty Hall, TV host
Melissa Hayden, ballet dancer (unconfirmed)
Kenny Hotz - filmmaker, actor, producer, director, journalist, photographer and writer^[7]
Lou Jacobi, actor
Shane Kippel (1986 - ) television actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation)^[4]^[15]
Mia Kirshner, actress
Wes Kovarik, (1987 - ) Teen Jeopardy Superstar and 2nd Place Winner, 2005
Eugene Levy (1946 - ) actor, television director, producer and writer^[8]
Jaclyn Linetsky (1986 - 2003) television actress (15/Love)^[9]
Howie Mandel, actor & comedian^[10]
Lorne Michaels, (born Lorne Lipowitz), creator of Saturday Night Live
Rick Moranis, actor & comedian
Jesse Paikin, actor & playwright
Spencer Rice - writer, director and performer^[7]
Seth Rogen (1982 - ) film/television actor (Freaks & Greeks)^[11]
Saul Rubinek, actor
Mort Sahl, comedian
Paul Shaffer, TV comedian
Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's musical group
William Shatner, actor
David Steinberg, comedian
Shyla Stylez (1982 - ), pornographic actress
Kyle Switzer (1985 - ) television actor (15/Love)^[12]
Tara Strong (née Charendoff), voice actress
Al Waxman, actor^[13]
Wayne and Shuster, comedy duo
Joseph Wiseman, actor

[edit] Directors and producers

Mark Achbar, director
Sidney M. Cohen director-producer
David Cronenberg, director
Garth Drabinsky, theatre impressario
Sidney J. Furie, director
Evan Goldberg, producer,director,writer
Harold Greenberg, producer
Arthur Hiller, director
John Hirsch, theatre director
Kenny Hotz - filmmaker, actor, producer, director, journalist, photographer and writer^[7]
Sharon Hyman, filmmaker, film producer
Robert Lantos, producer
Louis B. Mayer, film producer
Lorne Michaels, TV producer
Ivan Reitman, director
Spencer Rice - writer, director and performer^[7]
Albert S. Ruddy, director
Mark Slutsky, writer-director and bon vivant
Moses Znaimer, TV producer

[edit] Historical figures

[edit] Politicians

Israel Asper, Manitoba MLA, leader of provincial Liberals
Jack Austin, senator and former cabinet minister, married to Natalie Veiner Freeman.^[14]
Dave Barrett, former premier of British Columbia (Jewish father)^[15]
Peter Bercovitch, Quebec MNA and MP^[16]
Lawrence Bergman, Quebec MNA and cabinet minister^[17]
Sidney Buckwold, senator and mayor of Saskatoon
David Caplan, Ontario MPP
Elinor Caplan, MP
Saul Mark Cherniack, Manitoba MLA^[18]
David Chudnovsky, British Columbia MLA
David L. Cohen, municipal councillor in Richmond Hill, Ontario
Erminie Cohen, senator
David Croll, senator^[19]
Barnett Jerome Danson, cabinet minister
Howard Epstein, Nova Scotia MLA
Mike Feldman, deputy mayor of Toronto
Sheila Finestone, MP and senator^[20]
Raymonde Folco, MP^[21]
Myra Freeman, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia^[22]
Ron Ghitter, senator
Victor Goldbloom, Quebec MNA and doctor^[23]
Carl Goldenberg, senator
Yoine Goldstein, senator^[24]
Cy Gonick, Manitoba MLA
Herb Gray, deputy prime minister^[25]
Sidney Green, Manitoba MLA
Allan Grossman, Ontario MPP
Larry Grossman, Ontario MPP
Charles Harnick, Ontario MPP, Attorney General of Ontario
Ezekiel Hart, the first Jew elected to the Canadian Parliament^[26]
Anthony Housefather, Mayor of Cote Saint-Luc (suburb of Montreal)^[27]
Susan Kadis, MP
Bob Kaplan, solicitor general
Sam Katz, mayor of Winnipeg
Leonard Arthur Kitz, mayor of Halifax
Leo Kolber, senator
Monte Kwinter, Ontario MPP^[28]
Saul Laskin, mayor of Thunder Bay
Mel Lastman, mayor of Toronto
David Lewis, NDP leader
Stephen Lewis, Ontario NDP leader
Robert Libman, Quebec MNA and mayor
Richard Marceau, MP
Herbert Marx, Quebec MNA and Minister of Justice
Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto^[29]
Stephen Mandel, mayor of Edmonton^[30]
Howard Moscoe, municipal politician in Toronto
Henry Nathan, Jr., 1st Jewish Canadian in House of Commons
Bob Rae, premier of Ontario (Jewish paternal grandfather; practicing Anglican)
Scott Reid, MP (Jewish mother)
Fred Rose, MP
Harvey Rosen, mayor of Kingston
Jacques Saada, MP^[31]
J.B. Salsberg, Ontario MPP
Morton Shulman, Ontario NDP MPP, Doctor, Coroner, Journalist, Businessman
Mira Spivak, senator^[32]
Sidney Spivak, Manitoba MLA^[33]
Harry Veiner, Mayor of Medicine Hat, brother of Sam Veiner
Gerry Weiner, MP^[34]

[edit] Jurists and public servants

Rosalie Abella, Supreme Court justice
Alan Borovoy, lawyer
Harold Buchwald, lawyer
Irwin Cotler, justice minister^[35]
Ben Dunkelman, soldier
Morris Fish, Supreme Court justice
Samuel Freedman, Manitoba chief justice
Alan B. Gold, Quebec chief justice
Klaus Goldschlag, ambassador
Allan Gotlieb, ambassador
Edward Greenspan, lawyer
Sol Kanee, lawyer
Bora Laskin, chief Supreme Court justice
Nathaniel Nemetz, British Columbia chief justice
Louis Rasminsky, governor of the Bank of Canada
Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court justice
Clayton Ruby, lawyer
Bernard Shapiro, Ethics Commissioner of Canada
Morris Shumiatcher, lawyer

[edit] Religious figures

Aviel Barclay, blog author and first certified Soferet (female Torah scribe) in Jewish history
Neil Gillman, Conservative Rabbi (Canadian-born)
Ernest Klein, Rabbi and author
Gunther Plaut, Reform Rabbi

[edit] Musicians

[edit] Popular musicians

Natalie & Nicole Appleton, members of All Saints (Jewish mother)
Jesse Barksdale, jazz guitarist (Jewish mother)

Steve Bays, member of Hot Hot Heat
David Buchbinder, jazz and klezmer trumpeter and composer
Leonard Cohen, songwriter & poet
Percy Faith, bandleader, composer and conductor
Chilly Gonzales, electronica
Daniel Greaves, Joey Serlin, Sammy Kohn, members of The Watchmen
Shai Haddad, rapper
Moe Koffman, jazz musician
Corky Laing, member of Mountain
Steve Lederman, musician, music historian, drummer
Geddy Lee, frontman of Rush
Marilyn Lerner, jazz pianist
Sophie Milman (1983 - ) jazz musician^[36]
Ben Mink, collaborator of k.d. lang (who herself claims remote Jewish ancestry)
Steven Page, member of Barenaked Ladies
Peaches, electrothrash artist
Robbie Robertson, member of The Band (Jewish father)^[37]
Lindsay Robins (1986 - ) singer/songwriter^[38]
Lhasa de Sela, singer/songwriter (Jewish mother)
Jake Shamash, drummer from popular band Transcend/good friend of Jer :)
David Usher, singer/songwriter (Jewish father)
Zack Werner, judge on Canadian Idol
Zal Yanovsky, member of The Lovin' Spoonful

[edit] Classical musicians

Harry Adaskin, violinist
Murray Adaskin, violinist & composer
Louis Applebaum, composer
Henry Brant, composer
Alexander Brott, composer, violinist & conductor
Victor Feldbrill, conductor
Maureen Forrester, opera singer
Harry Freedman, composer
Srul Irving Glick, composer
Nicholas Goldschmidt, conductor (Jewish father)
Leo Grinhauz, cellist
Luis Grinhauz, violinist
Ofra Harnoy, cellist
David L. Kaplan, professor and conductor
George London, operatic baritone
Berta Rosenohl, pianist
Howard Shore, film composer
Victoria Taranova, opera singer
John Weinzweig, composer
Maurice Zbriger, violinist

[edit] Writers

[edit] Authors

Irving Abella, historian
Pierre Anctil, non-Jewish translator of Yiddish writing into French
Joel Bakan, author
Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel Prize (1976) (Canadian-born)
David Bezmozgis, author^[39]
Leonard Cohen, poet and songwriter
Matt Cohen, writer
Cory Doctorow, author, blogger
Howard Engel, mystery writer
Martin Friedland, author, professor & lawyer
Matt Friedman, journalist & author
Mavis Gallant, author
Jonathan Goldstein, author, radio producer
Phyllis Gotlieb, science fiction writer & poet
Sondra Gotlieb, writer
Charles Yale Harrison, novelist and biographer
Anna Heilman, memoirist
Karen Irving, novelist
Naïm Kattan, writer
A.M. Klein, poet
Rachel Korn, poet
Henry Kreisel, novelist
Irving Layton, poet
Norman Levine, writer
Jack Ludwig, writer
Eli Mandel, poet^[40]
Seymour Mayne, poet
Anne Michaels, poet and novelist^[41]
Edeet Ravel, novelist
Mordecai Richler, author
Régine Robin, author
Rick Salutin, playwright & critic
Mark Shainblum, author & comic book creator
Jason Sherman, playwright
Joseph Sherman, poet
Mark Strand, poet
Morley Torgov, author
Karen X. Tulchinsky, author & screenwriter
Miriam Waddington, poet^[42]
Tom Wayman, poet
William Weintraub, author
Adele Wiseman, writer^[43]

[edit] Journalists

Barbara Amiel, journalist^[44]
Steven Cojocaru, fashion critic
Red Fisher, sports journalist^[45]
Barbara Frum, journalist^[46]
David Frum, political advisor and columnist
Jamie Glazov, cyberjournalist (Jewish father & maternal grandfather; identifies as Christian Jew)
Lorrie Goldstein, journalist and editor
Martin Himel, journalist
Naomi Klein, journalist, author and activist
Michael Landsberg, sports broadcaster
Michele Landsberg, columnist and social activist
Ezra Levant, journalist
Avi Lewis, broadcaster
Eric Margolis, journalist (Margolis has a Jewish father)
Peter C. Newman, journalist^[47]
M.J. Nurenberger, founder of Canadian Jewish News
Steve Paikin, broadcaster
Joe Schlesinger, journalist
Ellie Tesher, advice columnist
Marc Weisblott, music and media journalist and blogger
Larry Zolf, journalist^[48]

[edit] Sports

Samuel Berger, CFL teams owner
Mike Cammalleri, NHL player
Noah Cantor, CFL player^[49]
Sherman Greenfeld, racquetball world champion
Cecil Hart, Montreal Canadiens coach^[50]
Sydney Halter, first commissioner of the Canadian Football League
Lew Hayman, Toronto Argonauts & Montreal Alouettes coach^[51]
Corey Hirsch, NHL goalie
Abigail Hoffman, track and field athlete
Mark Laskin, International Show Jumper
Joey Richman,Montreal Alouette
Goodwin Rosen, MLB outfielder
Bobbie Rosenfeld, all-round female athlete^[52]
Louis Rubenstein, world figure skating champion^[53]
Albert Schneider, Olympic boxing champion
Adam Stern, Baltimore Orioles (Jewish father)
Ben Weider, physical fitness
Daniel Yanofsky, Chess Grandmaster

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

^ Franklin Bialystok, Delayed Impact: The Holocaust and the Canadian Jewish Community, 1945-1985 (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2000). (as cited in http://www.bnaibrith.ca/institute/millennium/millennium01.html)
^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Henry Morgentaler. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jones, Jen (12/06). "School's In for Degrassi". JV!be. ISSN. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
^ Billard - [1] "Lani Billard (Busy) in real life - who is Jewish"
^ Collins - [2] "She's currently trekking across Israel on a 10-day kibbutz and chatting about her career while surrounded by a busload of other young adults... When she returns from the tour — a trip called Birthright that offers free treks to the country for Jews in their late teens and early twenties — filming will begin almost immediately..."
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pascoe, Bryon, Telner, Paul. "Comedians Kenny and Spenny revel in their ‘Heb-i-ness’", The Canadian Jewish News, 2006-12-07. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
^ Rosen, Steven (2006-11-16). "Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles 21 (39). Retrieved on 2006-11-16.
^ Linetsky - [3] "A year ago, life could not have been much better for Jaclyn Linetsky. The beautiful young Jewish actress from the Montreal suburb of Hampstead had just scored a starring role in a new YTV tween comedy-drama 15/Love."
^ Howie Mandel to headline ICRF gala. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Rogen - [4]
^ Switzer - [5] "Another Jewish member of the cast is Ottawa’s Kyle Switzer who plays campus newspaper editor Rick Geddes."
^ Al Waxman dies at 65. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Martin names cabinet. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Hillary, Stock, and anti-Semitism. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Possible loss of 'Jewish' riding deplored. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Bergman named to Charest cabinet. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Jewish candidates defeated in Manitoba. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ David Arnold Croll. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Finestone to retire from Senate. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Montreal remains faithful to Liberals. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Q Lt.-Gov. succeeds in blending responsibilities. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Possible loss of 'Jewish' riding deplored. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Montreal Jewish lawyer named to the Senate. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Hillary, Stock, and anti-Semitism. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Hart. JewishEnyclopedia.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Jews nearly 10% of megacity councillors. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Ottawa rabbi adds Jewish touch to Dalton McGuinty’s big day. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Cornwall shul closes its doors on an 80-year history. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Edmonton elects first Jewish mayor. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Martin names cabinet. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Manitoba's Sidney Spivak remembered as a gentleman. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Manitoba's Sidney Spivak remembered as a gentleman. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Quebec Jews will stick with the Liberals. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
^ Martin names cabinet. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Milman - [6] "“In Canada, I’m Jewish first, Israeli second. When people start on the Jews, that’s when I get very Jewish. Obviously I’m Israeli whenever I turn on the news. I’m Canadian when I’m in the United States. I am a collection of all these things,” Milman says with an air of defiance."
^ Robbie Robertson. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Levy-Ajzenkopf, Andy. "Montreal singer scores with VJ Search’s theme song", The Canadian Jewish News, 2006-11-29. Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
^ "Bright light, big city", The Globe and Mail, June 3, 2004.
^ Eli Mandel. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Anne Michaels. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Miriam Waddington. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Adele Wiseman. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ RED FISHER. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Alanna Mitchell. "Barbara Frum Journalistic icon had her feet firmly on the ground", The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1992.
^ Peter Charles Newman. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified. Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ Noah Cantor. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ CECIL "CECE" HART. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ LEW HAYMAN. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LewHayman.htm. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ FANNY "BOBBIE" ROSENFELD. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
^ LOUIS RUBENSTEIN. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.

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