Arthur Ross was born and raised in Winnipeg's North End, the historic centre of Jewish, communal solidarity. He is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Ryerson University.
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Introduction Ch. 1 Jewish Life in the Pale of Settlement Ch. 2 Social Welfare and Communal Governance Ch. 3 Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Winnipeg Ch. 4 Government Charitable Assistance and the Emergence of Jewish Social Welfare Ch. 5 Communal Charity, Mutual Aid, and International Relief Ch. 6 Winnipeg's Jewish Social Welfare Institutions Ch. 7 "Opening the Door": The Western Division of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society
"An important addition to the literature and achieves its purpose of linking the experience of communal organization in Winnipeg to the larger networks of Canadian Jewry and to position these institutions as pioneers in the struggle against the Canadian government for a more humane immigration legislation. Moreover, by opposing the political doctrines of individual responsibility and social welfare in a dialectic, Ross demonstrates how an immigrant community achieved synthesis to ensure the welfare of its members by relying on internal resources within the Canadian context."--Simon-Pierre Lacasse "Histoire sociale/Social history"