YOYSEF KAZHDAN (JOSEPH KAGE) (September 21, 1918-1996)
He was
born in Minsk. He moved to Montreal in
1930. He studied history, philosophy, and
social science, and he received his doctoral degree from McGill University and the
Université de Montréal. From 1943 he
published a great number of articles on social and political issues and Jewish
history in Canada in: Keneder odler
(Canadian eagle) in Montreal, Der idisher
zhurnal (The Jewish journal) in Toronto, Dos yidishe vort (The Yiddish word) in Winnipeg, and elsewhere. Some of his writings were included in the
anthology Kanadish (Canadish) (Buenos
Aires, 1974). His works include: Tvey hundert yor yidishe emigratsye keyn
kanade (Two hundred years of emigration to Canada) (Montreal, 1960)—also published
in English and French; Mir zaynen do,
antologye fun yidisher literatur (We are here, anthology of Yiddish
literature) (Montreal, 1973), 200 pp. Of
his English-language writings, note should be made of Chapter One: Sketches of Canadian Life under the French Regime (Montreal,
1962), 280 pp., which was used as a textbook in some Canadian schools
Sources: N. Y. Gotlib, in Keneder odler (Montreal) (May 31, 1964); M. Ginzburg, in Keneder odler (July 4, 1965); Meylekh
Ravitsh, in Pinkes (New York) (1965).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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