Memoirs of a Refugee: The Travels and Travails of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung

In October of 1941, twenty-nine rabbis and rabbinical students left Shanghai and eventually arrived in Montreal, under an unusual Canadian government visa program to help Orthodox rabbis. Among these refugees were the future chief rabbi of Montreal, Pinchas Hirschprung, as well as nine shlichim of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steven Lapidus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/York University Libraries 2019-06-01
Series:Canadian Jewish Studies
Online Access:https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40103