Creating the Chupah assesses the role of Canadian Zionist organizations
in the drive for communal unity within Canadian Jewry in the first two
decades of the twentieth century. Two strands of Zionism, represented
respectively by the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada and Poale
Zion, were often in conflicts that reflected greater disputes. The book
also describes Zionist activities within the larger spectrum of Canadian
Jewish life. Montreal was at the time the "capital" of Canadian Jewry,
but the Jewish communities of Toronto and Winnipeg also played a
significant role in these events. Srebrnik here makes a substantial
contribution to our understanding of Zionism and twentieth-century
Jewish life in Canada.