<p>This paper argues that Canadian Jews benefited strongly from multiculturalism as policy and ideology but have faced recent setbacks, especially since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and an ensuing rash of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish actions in Canada. Many Canadian Jews no longer feel accepted in Canadian society. A review of recent public opinion polls adds substance to these claims. While the overwhelming majority of Canadians hold positive attitudes toward Jews, the same cannot be said for racialized and Muslim university students and Muslims in the general population. And among all population groups, negative attitudes toward Israel, perceived by many Jews as antisemitic, are much more widespread than are negative attitudes toward Jews. At the same time, Jews seem to have become much less empathic toward Muslims. Despite these challenges to multicultural ideals, the paper concludes by noting that roughly half the Muslim and Jewish populations of Canada agree on key issues in the Israel-Palestine conflict, leaving considerable room for discussion and perhaps even reconciliation.</p>

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The Decline of Canadian Multiculturalism and the Rebirth of the Jewish Question

  • Robert Brym

摘要

This paper argues that Canadian Jews benefited strongly from multiculturalism as policy and ideology but have faced recent setbacks, especially since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and an ensuing rash of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish actions in Canada. Many Canadian Jews no longer feel accepted in Canadian society. A review of recent public opinion polls adds substance to these claims. While the overwhelming majority of Canadians hold positive attitudes toward Jews, the same cannot be said for racialized and Muslim university students and Muslims in the general population. And among all population groups, negative attitudes toward Israel, perceived by many Jews as antisemitic, are much more widespread than are negative attitudes toward Jews. At the same time, Jews seem to have become much less empathic toward Muslims. Despite these challenges to multicultural ideals, the paper concludes by noting that roughly half the Muslim and Jewish populations of Canada agree on key issues in the Israel-Palestine conflict, leaving considerable room for discussion and perhaps even reconciliation.