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Klaus Schadenfreude
Oct 2, 2021, 3:34:33 PM10/2/21
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q; What do you call a flying jew?
a; smoke
q: What do you call a million jews at the bottom of the ocean?
a: good start
q: Why isn't Hitler allowed to cook at the family barbecue?
a: He always burn all the Franks
q: How do you get a jewish girls number
a: Roll up her sleeve
q: What's the worst part about raping a dead jewish five year old?
a: Hearing the pelvis crack! What's even worse? There's six million
more to go!
q: What happens when a naked jew with a three inch erection runs into
a wall?
a: He breaks his nose!
q: Why did the jews wander in the desert for 40 years?
a: Somebody dropped a shekel!
q: What's the difference between a Catholic wife and a jewish wife?
a: A Catholic wife has real orgasms and fake jewellery!
q: What candy did Hitler hate the most?
a: jew jew beans.....although I heard he enjoyed them 'roasted!'
q: Why don't jews eat pork?
a: jews may be a lot of things but cannibals they are not!
a; smoke
q: What do you call a million jews at the bottom of the ocean?
a: good start
q: Why isn't Hitler allowed to cook at the family barbecue?
a: He always burn all the Franks
q: How do you get a jewish girls number
a: Roll up her sleeve
q: What's the worst part about raping a dead jewish five year old?
a: Hearing the pelvis crack! What's even worse? There's six million
more to go!
q: What happens when a naked jew with a three inch erection runs into
a wall?
a: He breaks his nose!
q: Why did the jews wander in the desert for 40 years?
a: Somebody dropped a shekel!
q: What's the difference between a Catholic wife and a jewish wife?
a: A Catholic wife has real orgasms and fake jewellery!
q: What candy did Hitler hate the most?
a: jew jew beans.....although I heard he enjoyed them 'roasted!'
q: Why don't jews eat pork?
a: jews may be a lot of things but cannibals they are not!
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Gregory Carr
Oct 2, 2021, 11:08:06 PM10/2/21
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On Saturday, 2 October 2021 at 15:57:57 UTC-7, NEMO wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2021 15:34:29 -0400, grubby incajonic genitally
> mutilated anti-American neo-kapo non-white inferiorisht jew oven
> dodger Klaun Scheisseziegelsteine b'leated:
>
> <jew shite b'risshed>
>
> Ya'll shut your dirty fucking cockshucking jew mouth, jewboi!
>
> Did you shit a jew b'rick at the thought of a White Supermacist rally,
> non-white inferiorist jew asshole?
>
> #me joo LOL!
>
> --
>
> "SHPAMMERSH ARE CROOKSH
> DON'T DO BUSINESSH VITH CROOKSH!"
> - jew paedophile shpammer Barry Z. Shein (world.std.com home page)
List of famous nazis in Canada and America: zero
List of famous Jews in Canada. Lots.
Academic figures
Biology and medicine
Eric Berne
Henry Morgentaler
Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist[1]
John Bienenstock (1936– ), immunologist[2]
Daniel Borsuk OQ (1978– ), plastic surgeon[3]
Éric Cohen (1958– ), molecular virologist[4]
Max Cynader CM (1947– ), ophthalmologist and neuroscientist[5]
Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
William Feindel OC (1918–2014), neurosurgeon[6]
Samuel Freedman OC (1928– ), clinical immunologist[7]
Phil Gold CC (1936– ), medical researcher[7]
Larry Goldenberg CM (1953– ), medical researcher
Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996), physician and scientist[8]
Michael Hayden CM (1951– ), geneticist[9]
Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1918–2017), physiologist[10]
Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), physician and psychiatrist[11]
Charles Hollenberg OC (1930–2003), physician and medical researcher
Harold Kaplan (1928–1998), psychiatrist[12]
George Karpati OC (1934–2009), neurologist[13]
Gideon Koren (1947– ), pediatrician
Gabor Maté CM (1944– ), physician[14]
Harry Medovy OC (1904–1995), paediatrician[15]
Henry Morgentaler CM (1923–2013), doctor and abortion activist[16]
Richard Goldbloom CM (1924– ), paediatrician[17]
Mel Rosenberg (1951– ), microbiologist
Sydney Segal CM (1920–1997), pediatrician and neonatologist[18]
Louis Siminovitch CC (1920– ), molecular biologist[19]
Nahum Sonenberg CM (1946– ), microbiologist and biochemist[20]
Ralph Steinman (1943–2011), medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011)[21]
Karl Stern (1906–1975), neurologist and psychiatrist[22]
Mark Wainberg OC (1945–2017), HIV/AIDS researcher[4]
Zena Werb (1945– ), cell biologist[23]
Computing and mathematics
William Kahan
Louis Nirenberg
Irving Kaplansky
Dror Bar-Natan (1966– ), topologist[24]
Yoshua Bengio (1964– ), computer scientist
David Borwein (1924– ), mathematician[25]
Jonathan Borwein (1951–2016), mathematician[25]
Peter Borwein (1953– ), mathematician[25]
Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), mathematician and chess master[26]
Ian Goldberg (1973– ), cryptographer
Calvin Gotlieb CM (1921–2016), computer scientist[27]
Michael Gurstein (1944–2017), computer scientist[28]
Israel Halperin CM (1911–2007), algebraist[29]
Hans Heilbronn (1908–1975), mathematician[30]
William Kahan (1933– ), computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award (1989)[31]
Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician[32]
Yael Karshon (1964– ), symplectic geometer
Cecilia Krieger (1894–1974), mathematician[33]
Nathan Mendelsohn CM (1917–2006), combinatorialist and group theorist[34]
Pierre Milman (1945– ), algebraic and differential geometer[35]
Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), analyst; Abel Prize (2015)[36]
Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), applied mathematician[37]
Robert Steinberg (1922–2014), algebraist[38]
George Zames (1934–1997), control theorist[39]
Engineering
Gregory Chamitoff
Norbert Berkowitz CM (1924–2001), engineering researcher[40]
Gregory Chamitoff (1962– ), NASA astronaut and engineer[41]
Valery Fabrikant (1940– ), mechanical engineer and convicted murderer[42]
Charles Hershfield (1910–1990), structural engineer
Josef Kates (1921–2018), engineer[43]
Leon Katz (1924-2015), biomedical engineer[44]
Cyril Leonoff (1925–2016), geotechnical engineer[45]
History
Irving Abella CM (1940– ), historian[46]
Norman Cantor (1929–2004), historian[47]
Natalie Zemon Davis CC (1928– ), historian[48]
David Feuerwerker (1912–1980), historian
Jan Grabowski (1962– ), historian and writer[49]
Jack Granatstein OC (1939– ), political and military historian[50]
Ronald Hamowy (1937–2012), historian and political theorist[51]
Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian[52]
Michael Marrus CM (1941– ), historian
David Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology
Derek Penslar (1958– ), historian
Harold Troper (1942– ), historian
Daniel Woolf (1958– ), historian[53]
Humanities
Gregory Baum (1923–2017), priest and theologian
Leon Edel (1907–1997), literary critic; Pulitzer Prize (1963)[54]
Archie Green (1917–2009), folklorist[55]
Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), professor of Yiddish language
Norma Joseph (1944– ), professor of Jewish Studies[46]
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1942– ), scholar of Jewish studies[56]
Allan Nadler (1954– ), professor of Jewish studies
Adele Reinhartz (1953– ), professor of Biblical literature[46]
David Roskies (1948– ), literary scholar
Abraham de Sola (1825–1882), professor of Semitic languages and literature[57]
Ruth Wisse (1936– ), professor of Yiddish literature[58]
Philosophy
Howard Adelman CM (1938– ), philosopher
Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), political philosopher[59]
S. Morris Engel (1931– ), philosopher
Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003), philosopher and theologian[60]
Raymond Klibansky CC (1905–2005), historian of philosophy[61]
Lou Marinoff (1951– ), philosopher
Roger Nash (1946– ), philosopher
Michael Neumann (1946– ), philosopher[62]
Jay Newman (1948–2007), philosopher[63]
Leonard Peikoff (1933– ), philosopher[64]
Hillel Steiner (1942– ), political philosopher
Physics and chemistry
Sidney Altman
Louis Slotin
Rudolph A. Marcus
Isaac Abella (1934–2016), physicist[65]
Sidney Altman (1939– ), molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)
Alfred Bader CBE (1924–2018), chemist[66]
Myer Bloom (1928–2016), physicist[67]
Jacques Distler (1961– ), physicist
Ursula Franklin CC (1921–2016) metallurgist and physicist[68]
Helen Freedhoff (1940–2017), theoretical physicist
Stanton Friedman (1934–2019 ), nuclear physicist and ufologist[69]
Jack Halpern (1925–2018), inorganic chemist
Shlomo Hestrin (1914–1962), biochemist[70]
Leopold Infeld (1898–1958), physicist[71]
Werner Israel OC (1931– ), physicist[72]
Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist[73]
Leon Katz OC (1909–2004), physicist[74]
Victoria Kaspi CC (1967– ), astrophysicist[75]
Lawrence Krauss (1954– ), theoretical physicist[76]
David Levy (1948– ), astronomer[77]
Rudolph Marcus (1923– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997)[78]
Maya Paczuski (1963– ), physicist
John Polanyi CC (1929– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)[79]
Juda Hirsch Quastel CC (1899–1987), biochemist[80]
Sara Seager (1971– ), astronomer[81]
Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013), chemist and physicist[82]
David Shugar (1915–2015), physicist[83]
Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist[84]
Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist[85]
Theodore Sourkes OC (1919–2015), biochemist[86]
Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), biochemist[87]
Leo Yaffe OC (1916–1997), nuclear chemist and university administrator[88]
Social sciences
Myron Scholes
Steven Pinker
Ronald Melzack
Bernard Avishai (1949– ), professor of business[89]
Ellen Bialystok OC (1948– ), psychologist[48]
Paul Bloom (1963– ), psychologist[90]
Reuven Brenner (1947– ), economist
Michel Chossudovsky (1946– ), economist[91]
Stanley Coren (1942– ), psychologist
Kurt Freund (1914–1996), sexologist[92]
Rochel Gelman (1942– ), psychologist[93]
Reva Gerstein CC (1917–2020), psychologist[94]
Erving Goffman (1922–1982), sociologist[95]
Myrna Gopnik, (1935–), linguist
Ida Halpern CM (1910–1987), ethnomusicologist[96]
Samuel Hollander OC (1937– ), economist[97]
Gad Horowitz (1936– ), political scientist[98]
Helmut Kallmann CM (1922–2012), musicologist[99]
Ivan Kalmar (1948– ), anthropologist
James Laxer (1941–2018), political economist[100]
Daniel Levitin (1957– ), cognitive psychologist[101]
Ronald Melzack OC (1929–2019), psychologist[102]
Henry Mintzberg OC (1939– ), business theorist[103]
Sylvia Ostry CC (1927– ), economist[104]
Leo Panitch (1945– ), political scientist[105]
Norman Penner (1921–2009), political scientist and historian[106]
Steven Pinker (1954– ), cognitive psychologist and linguist[107]
Susan Pinker (1957– ), psychologist and writer[108]
Frances Fox Piven (1932– ), political scientist[109]
Gad Saad (1964– ), evolutionary psychologist[110]
Myron Scholes (1941– ), financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics (1997)[111]
Vera Shlakman (1909–2017), economist[112]
Lionel Tiger, anthropologist[113]
Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist[114]
Kenneth Zucker (1950– ), psychologist and sexologist[115]
Shlomo Weber (1949– ), economist
University administration
Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario[116]
Myer Horowitz OC (1932– ), president of the University of Alberta
Max Wyman (1916–1991), president of the University of Alberta
Sheldon Levy (1949– ), president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University[117]
Frederick Lowy OC (1933– ), president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University[118]
Arnold Naimark OC (1933– ), president of the University of Manitoba[119]
Mordechai Rozanski (1946– ), president of the University of Guelph
Bernard Shapiro OC (1935– ), principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University[120]
Harold Shapiro (1935– ), president of Princeton University[121]
Daniel Woolf (1958– ), principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University[122]
Activists
Léa Roback
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian activists
Manuel Batshaw (1915–2016), social worker[123]
Marjorie Blankstein CM, community activist[6]
Judy Feld Carr CM (1938– ), human rights activist[46]
Sabina Citron (1928– ), activist and author[124]
Martha Cohen CM (1920–2015), community activist[125]
Betty Dubiner (1912–2008), disabilities activist[126]
Bernie Farber (1951– ), Jewish community leader and social activist[127]
Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), human rights activist.[128]
Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), radical feminist[129]
Ruth Frankel CC (1903–1989), activist[48]
Howard Galganov (1950– ), political activist[130]
Saul Hayes OC (1906–1980), activist[131]: 207
Goldie Hershon (1941– ), activist and Jewish community leader[132]
Kalmen Kaplansky CM (1912–1997), human rights activist[133]
Hillel Neuer (1969– ), executive director of UN Watch[134]
Judy Rebick (1945– ), political activist[135]
Dorothy Reitman CM (1932– ), activist[136]
Léa Roback (1903–2000), social activist and feminist[137]
Irv Rubin (1945–2002), Kahanist activist[138]
David Shentow (1925–2017), Holocaust educator[139]
Artists
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian artists
Architects and designers
Moshe Safdie
Frank Gehry
Hans Blumenfeld OC (1892–1988), architect and city planner[140]
Benjamin Brown (1890–1974), architect[141]
Jack Diamond OC (1932– ), architect[142]
Frank Gehry CC (1929– ), architect[143]
Phyllis Lambert CC (1927– ), architect and philanthropist[141]
Cornelia Oberlander CC (1921– ), landscape architect[144]
Peter Oberlander OC (1922–2008), architect[145]
Moshe Safdie CC (1938– ), architect[141]
Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), fashion designer[146]
Fine arts
Joe Shuster
Sarah Jackson
Omer Arbel (1976– ), sculptor and designer
Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001), artist[147]
Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter[148]
Barry Blitt (1958– ), illustrator[149]
Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter[150]
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), artist[151]
Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography[152]
Yehouda Chaki (1938– ), artist[153]
Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), sculptor[154]
Albert Gilbert CM (1922– ), photographer[155]
Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor[156]
Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), multimedia artist[157]
Pnina Granirer (1935– ), painter[158]
Philip Guston (1913–1980), abstract expressionist[159]
Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944– ), artist[160]
Eli Ilan (1928–1982), sculptor[161]
Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), artist[162]
Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), artist[163]
Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009), painter[164]
Sylvia Lefkovitz (1924–1987), painter and sculptor[165]
Stanley Lewis (1930–2006), sculptor[166]
Harry Mayerovitch (1910–2004), artist and architect[167]
Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001), painter[168]
Henry Orenstein (1918–2008), painter
Alfred Pinsky (1921–1999), painter
David Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor[169]
Royden Rabinowitch OC (1943– ), sculptor[169]
William Raphael (1833–1914), painter[170]
Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), artist[171]
Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter[172]
Yechiel Shainblum, (died 1987), painter and sculptor[173]
Joe Shuster (1914–1992), co-creator of Superman[174]
Erik Slutsky (1953– ), painter
Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer[4]
Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), cartoonist
Business
Finance
Mitch Garber (1964–), investor and business executive[175]
Sol Kanee OC (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader
Alvin Libin OC (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment
Lazarus Phillips OBE (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator[176]
Louis Rasminsky CC (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada[177]
Jeff Rubin (1954– ), chief economist of CIBC World Markets
Gerry Schwartz OC (1941– ), CEO of Onex Corporation
Alex Shnaider (1968– ), co-founder of the Midland Group[178]
Lawrence Stroll (1959– ), investor[179]
Mark Wiseman (1970– ) CEO of the CPP Investment Board[180]
Media
Jack L. Warner
Ezra Levant
Mortimer Zuckerman
Izzy Asper OC (1932–2003), chairman of Canwest Global Communications[181]
Leonard Asper (1964– ), president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications[181]
Avie Bennett CC (1928–2017), chairman of McClelland & Stewart[182]
Jacques Bensimon CM (1943–2012), director of the National Film Board of Canada[183]
Mark Breslin CM (1952– ), co-founder of Yuk Yuk's
Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955– ), CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group[48]
Paul Godfrey CM (1939– ), president and CEO of Postmedia Network[184]
Michael Goldbloom CM (1953– ), president of Star Media Group[185]
Ian Greenberg (1942– ), co-founder and CEO of Astral Media[186]
Michael Hirsh (1948– ), co-founder of Nelvana
Mel Hurtig OC (1932–2016), publisher[187]
Jonathan Kay (1968– ), editor-in-chief of The Walrus[188]
Ezra Levant (1972– ), political commentator and founder of Rebel News[189][190]
David Margolese (1957– ), founder of Sirius XM Radio[191]
Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios[192]
Andy Nulman OC (1959– ), co-founder of Just for Laughs[193]
M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News[194]
Bernard Ostry CC (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario
Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[195]
A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960)[196]
Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing
Jay Switzer CM (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited
Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios[197]
Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv
Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor[198]
Natural resources
Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines[199]
Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist[200]
Peter Munk CC (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold[201]
Joseph Rotman OC (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist[202]
Seymour Schulich OC (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist[203]
Irving Schwartz OC (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist[204]
Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader[205]
Philanthropists
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian philanthropists
Bluma Appel OC (1919–2007), philanthropist[206]
Jenny Belzberg CM (1928– ), philanthropist
Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist[207]
Lillian Bilsky Freiman OBE (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader[46]
Ruth Goldbloom OC (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21
Real estate
David Azrieli
Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor[208]
Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor[208]
David Azrieli CM (1922–2014), real estate magnate[209]
Samuel Belzberg OC (1928–2018), businessman[210]
The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers
Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
Michal Hornstein CM (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist[211]
The Reichmann family, real estate magnates
Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate
Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate
Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer
Allan Zeman GBM (1949– ), developer[212]
Retail
Jeffrey Skoll
Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Daryl Katz
Ed Mirvish
Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group[213]
The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists
Charles Bronfman CC (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's[48]
Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress[48]
Samuel Bronfman CC (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's
Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel[48]
Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist[214]
George Cohon OC (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada[48]
Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods[215]
Leslie Dan CM (1929– ), founder of Novopharm
Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive[216]
Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans[217]
Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star
Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
Murray Koffler OC (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart[218]
Ed Mirvish OC (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's[219]
Jack Rabinovitch CC (1930–2017), philanthropist[48]
Heather Reisman CM (1948– ), founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music[220]
Dani Reiss CM (1973– ), president and CEO of Canada Goose[221]
Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins[222]
Bruce Rockowitz (1958– ), CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group[223]
Harry Rosen CM (1931– ), founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
Larry Rosen (1956– ), chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
Calin Rovinescu CM (1955– ), president and CEO of Air Canada[224]
Isai Scheinberg (1946– ), co-founder of PokerStars
Mark Scheinberg (1973– ), co-founder of PokerStars
Isadore Sharp OC (1931– ), founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts[225]
Barry Sherman CM (1942–2017), chairman and CEO of Apotex[226]
Jeffrey Skoll OC (1965– ), president of eBay[227]
Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), president of Steinberg's[228]
Larry Tanenbaum OC (1945– ), chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment[141]
Law
Jurists
Rosalie Abella
Rosalie Abella (1946– ), Supreme Court Justice[229]
Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Quebec Superior Court Justice[230]
Charles Dubin OC (1921–2008), Chief Justice of Ontario[230]
Morris Fish CC (1938– ), Supreme Court Justice[231]
Samuel Freedman OC (1908–1993), Chief Justice of Manitoba[232]
Constance Glube OC (1931–2016), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia[233]
Alan Gold OC (1917–2005), Chief Justice of Quebec[230]
Sydney Harris (1917–2009), judge[234]
Bora Laskin CC (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of Canada[230]
Herbert Marx (1932– ), Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice
Michael Moldaver (1947– ), Supreme Court Justice[235]
Nathaniel Nemetz CC (1913–1997), Chief Justice of British Columbia[48]
Marshall Rothstein CC (1940– ), Supreme Court Justice[236]
Tillie Taylor (1922–2011), Saskatchewan's first female magistrate[237]
Richard Wagner (1957– ), 18th Chief Justice of Canada[238]
Lawyers
Edward Greenspan
Morris Shumiatcher
Monroe Abbey CM (1904–1993), lawyer[239]
Maurice Alexander (1889–1945), barrister[240]
Louis Bloomfield (1906–1984), lawyer and businessman
Alan Borovoy OC (1932–2015), lawyer and human rights activist[241]
Harold Buchwald CM (1928–2008), lawyer[242]
Reuben Cohen CC (1921–2014), lawyer and businessman[48]
Martin Friedland CC (1932– ), lawyer[243]
Rocco Galati (1959– ), constitutional lawyer[244]
Edward Greenspan (1944–2014), lawyer
Adolphus Hart (1814–1879), lawyer and activist[245]
David Matas CM (1943– ), human rights lawyer[246]
Ed Morgan (1955– ), international lawyer
Harry Rankin (1920–2002), lawyer[247]
William Schabas OC (1950– ), professor of international law[248]
Morris Shumiatcher OC (1917–2004), lawyer and human rights activist[249]
Harvey Strosberg (1944– ), lawyer[250]
Harry Walsh OC (1913–2011), criminal lawyer[251]
Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), justice of the peace[252]
Military
Morris Cohen (1887–1970), Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer
Eleazar David David (1811–1887), cavalry officer[253]
Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), World War II and 1948 Arab–Israeli War soldier[254]
Moe Hurwitz DCM (1919–1944), World War II soldier[255]
Maxwell Kogon DFC (1920–1980), World War II bomber pilot
Yank Levy (1897–1965), soldier and military instructor[256]
Gill Rosenberg (1983– ), member of the Women's Protection Units[257]
Sydney Shulemson DFC (1915–2007), World War II fighter pilot[258]
Peter Stevens (RAF officer) (1919–1979), German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes
Performing arts
Actors and performers
Norma Shearer
Seth Rogen
Eugene Levy
Pauline Donalda
Rick Moranis
Mort Sahl
William Shatner
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian actors and Category:Jewish Canadian comedians
Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), actor and voice actor[259]
Liane Balaban (1980– ), actress[260]
Jay Baruchel (1982– ), actor, comedian, and screenwriter[261]
Frances Bay (1919–2011), character actress[262]
Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress[263]
Lionel Blair (1928– ), actor and choreographer[264]
Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor and comedian[265]
Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor[266]
Bobby Breen (1927–2016), actor and singer[267]
Howard Busgang, comedian[268]
Neve Campbell (1973– ), film and television actress[269]
Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), actor[270]
Boris Cherniak (1964– ), hypnotist[271]
Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975– ), actress
Lauren Collins (1986– ), television actress[272]
Pauline Donalda OC (1882–1970), operatic soprano[273]
Barbara Dunkelman (1989– ), actress and internet personality
Ophira Eisenberg (1972– ), comedian[274]
Jake Epstein (1987– ), television actor[272]
Stacey Farber (1987– ), television actress[272]
Maureen Forrester CC (1930–2010), operatic contralto[275]
Celia Franca CC (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada[276]
Victor Garber (1949– ), actor
Jessalyn Gilsig (1971– ), television actress[277]
Joanna Gleason (1950– ), actress[278]
Jake Goldsbie (1988– ), television actor[272]
Anais Granofsky (1973– ), actress[279]
Lorne Greene (1915–1987), actor[280]
Nathan Fielder (1983– ), actor and comedian[281]
Corey Haim (1971–2010), actor[282]
Monty Hall (1921–2017), game show host[278]
Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), ballerina[283]
Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), actor[284]
Jonathan Keltz (1988– ), actor[285]
Shane Kippel (1986– ), television actor[272]
Mia Kirshner (1975– ), actress
Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), character actor
Paul Kligman (1923–1985), actor[266]
Rachelle Lefevre (1979– ), actress[286]
Sylvia Lennick (1915–2009), actress[287]
Caissie Levy (1981– ), stage actress and singer
Eugene Levy CM (1946– ), actor and director[288]
Jaclyn Linetsky (1986–2003), television actress[289]
Mary Livingstone (1905–1983), radio comedian and actress[290]
Howie Mandel (1955– ), actor and comedian[291]
Rick Moranis (1953– ), actor and comedian[292]
Harley Morenstein (1985–), actor and Internet personality
Gloria Reuben (1964– ), television actress[293]
Spencer Rice (1963– ), writer, director and performer[294]
Seth Rogen (1982– ), film and television actor[295]
Sasha Roiz (1973– ), actor[296]
Saul Rubinek (1948– ), actor, director, producer and playwright[297]
Jonathan Sagall (1959– ), actor
Mort Sahl (1927– ), stand-up comedian[298]
William Shatner OC (1931– ), actor, director, and writer[299]
Norma Shearer (1902–1983), actress and Hollywood star[300]
Frank Shuster OC (1916–2002), comedian[301]
Anna Silk (1974– ), actress[302]
David Steinberg CM (1942– ), comedian and director[303]
Stuart Stone (1980– ), actor[304]
Tara Strong (1973– ), actress
Kyle Switzer (1985– ), television actor[305]
Theresa Tova (1955– ), actress and playwright
Al Waxman CM (1935–2001), actor[306]
Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedian[273]
Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), theatre and film actor[307]
Finn Wolfhard (2002– ), actor[308]
Directors and producers
David Cronenberg
Arthur Hiller
Shawn Levy
Barry Avrich (1963– ), television producer and film director[309]
Laszlo Barna (1948– ), television producer[310]
Murray Cohl CM (1929–2008), film director
David Cronenberg CC (1943– ), filmmaker and screenwriter[311]
Garth Drabinsky (1949– ), film and theatrical producer[312]
Bob Ezrin (1949– ), music producer
Ken Finkleman (1946– ), television producer
Jay Firestone (1956– ), film and television producer
Sidney Furie (1933– ), film director[313]
Herman Geiger-Torel OC (1907–1976), opera director[314]
Jake Gold (1958– ), musician manager
Harold Greenberg CM (1930–1996), film producer
Al Guest (1933– ), animation producer and director
Arthur Hiller OC (1923–2016), director[315]
John Hirsch OC (1930–1989), theatre director[273]
Kenny Hotz (1967– ), producer and entertainer[294]
Simcha Jacobovici (1953– ), film director
Estelle Klein (1930–2004), artistic director[316]
Franz Kraemer OC (1914–1999), radio producer[317]
Shawn Levy (1968– ), film director and producer[318]
Avi Lewis (1968– ), documentary filmmaker and television host
Benjamin Lumley (1811–1875), opera director[319]
Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), director[320]
Lorne Michaels CC (1944– ), television producer[321]
David Mirvish CM (1944– ), theatre producer[219]
Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997), producer[322]
Jeremy Podeswa (1962– ), film and television director[323]
Ivan Reitman OC (1946– ), film producer and director[324]
Jason Reitman (1977– ), film director[325]
J.R. Rotem (1975– ), record producer[326]
Albert Ruddy (1930– ), film director[327]
Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), film producer[328]
Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), playwright and theater director[329]
Composers
Percy Faith
Howard Shore
Boris Brott
Murray Adaskin OC (1906–2002), composer[330]
Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor[317]
István Anhalt OC (1919–2012), composer[331]
Louis Applebaum OC (1918–2000), film score composer[273]
Milton Barnes (1931–2001), composer and conductor[273]
Boris Berlin OC (1907–2001), musical instructor and composer[317]
David Botwinik (1920– ), composer[332]
Alexander Brott CM (1915–2005), conductor and composer[333]
Boris Brott OC (1944– ), conductor[333]
Percy Faith (1908–1976), bandleader[317]
Harry Freedman OC (1922–2005), composer[273]
Lewis Furey (1949– ), composer
Srul Glick CM (1934–2002), composer[273]
Helmut Kallmann (1918–1985), composer[317]
Uri Mayer (1946– ), conductor and violinist[334]
Oskar Morawetz CM (1917–2007), composer[273]
Albert Pratz (1914–1995), conductor and violinist[317]
Paul Shaffer CM (1949– ), bandleader
Howard Shore OC (1946– ), composer[335]
Ben Steinberg (1930– ), composer and conductor[336]
Heinz Unger (1895–1965), conductor[317]
Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981), composer and violinist[337]
Musicians
Ethel Stark
Geddy Lee
Robbie Robertson
Steven Page
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian musicians
Classical
Frances Adaskin CM (1900–2001), pianist[338]
Harry Adaskin CM (1901–1994), violinist[339]
Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), pianist[317]
Denis Brott CM (1950– ), cellist[333]
Rivka Golani (1946– ), viola player[334]
Moshe Hammer (1946– ), violinist[334]
Ofra Harnoy CM (1965– ), cellist[334]
Jacques Israelievitch CM (1948–2015), violinist[340]
Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist[341]
Anton Kuerti OC (1938– ), pianist[342]
Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist[317]
Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), pianist and composer[343]
Ezra Schabas CM (1924– ), musician[317]
Harold Sumberg (1905–1994), violinist[317]
Ethel Stark CM (1910–2012), violinist and conductor[317]
John Weinzweig OC (1913–2006), composer[273]
George Zukerman OC (1927– ), bassoonist and impresario[317]
Jazz
Paul Bley CM (1932–2016), pianist[344]
Jim Gelcer (1961– ), jazz musician[345]
James Gelfand (1959– ), jazz pianist
Moe Koffman OC (1928–2001), jazz musician[346]
Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician[347]
Nikki Yanofsky (1994– ), jazz-pop singer[348]
Popular
A-Trak (1982– ), DJ[349]
Oscar Brand (1920–2016), folk singer[350]
Drake (1986– ), rapper and actor[351][352]
Corey Hart (1962– ), singer[353]
Paul Hoffert CM (1943– ), founding member of Lighthouse[317]
Geddy Lee OC (1953– ), lead singer of Rush[354]
Efrim Menuck (1971– ), musician
Ben Mink (1951– ), songwriter and musician
Steven Page (1970– ), founding member of Barenaked Ladies
Peaches (1966– ), electronic musician[355]
Robbie Robertson OC (1943– ), lead guitarist of The Band[356]
Eddie Schwartz CM (1949– ), songwriter and music producer[357]
Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group[358][359]
Amy Sky (1960– ), singer-songwriter[360]
Socalled, rapper and producer
Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer
Vanity (1959–2016), singer and songwriter[361]
David Usher (1966– ), frontman for Moist
Bob Wiseman (1962– ), composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo[362]
Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist[363]
Alissa White-Gluz (1985– ), death metal vocalist[364]
Politics
Diplomats
Klaus Goldschlag OC (1922–2012), ambassador[365]
Allan Gotlieb CC (1928– ), ambassador[6]
Saul Rae (1914–1999), diplomat[366]
Norman Spector (1949– ), diplomat and journalist[367]
Mayors
Mel Lastman
Michael Applebaum
See also: Category:Jewish mayors of places in Canada
Michael Applebaum (1963– ), mayor of Montreal[368]
Sidney Buckwold OC (1916–2001), mayor of Saskatoon[369]
Martin Dobkin (1942– ), first mayor of Mississauga
Lumley Franklin (1808–1873), mayor of Victoria[370]
Philip Givens (1922–1995), mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP[371]
Lorry Greenberg (1933–1999), mayor of Ottawa[372]
Sam Katz (1951– ), mayor of Winnipeg[373]
Leonard Arthur Kitz (1916–2006), mayor of Halifax[374]
Mel Lastman (1933– ), mayor of Toronto[375]
Saul Laskin (1918–2008), mayor of Thunder Bay[374]
Stephen Mandel (1945– ), mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party[376]
Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia[377]
David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), mayor of Vancouver[378]
Nathan Phillips (1892–1976), mayor of Toronto[379]
Harvey Rosen (1949– ), mayor of Kingston[380]
Morley Rosenberg (1937– ), mayor of Kitchener[381]
Politicians
Tony Clement
Irwin Cotler
David Lewis
Bob Rae
Herb Gray
Dov Yosef
See also: List of Jewish Canadian politicians and Category:Jewish Canadian politicians
Jack Austin CM (1932– ), senator and cabinet minister[382]
Dave Barrett OC (1930–2018), 26th Premier of British Columbia[383]
George Benjamin (1799–1864), Conservative MP[384]
Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942), Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA[385]
Lawrence Bergman (1940– ), Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister[386]
Harry Blank (1925– ), Quebec Liberal MPP[387]
Annie Buller (1895–1973), co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada[388]
Elinor Caplan (1944– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister[389]
Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources[390]
Leon Crestohl (1900–1963), Liberal MP[391]
Saul Cherniack CM (1917–2018), Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister[392]
Tony Clement (1961– ), Minister of Industry and Minister of Health[393]
Irwin Cotler OC (1940– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Justice[46]
David Croll (1900–1991), senator and Liberal MP[394]
Julie Dabrusin (1971– ), Liberal MP[390]
Barney Danson CC (1921–2011), Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence[395]
Samuel Factor (1892–1962), first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
Sheila Finestone (1927–2009), Liberal MP and senator[396]
Myra Freeman CM (1949– ), 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia[397]
Linda Frum (1963– ), senator[398]
Irving Gerstein CM (1941– ), senator and businessman[399]
Marc Gold (1950– ), senator and law professor[400]
Carl Goldenberg OC OBE (1907–1996), senator[266]
Victor Goldbloom CC (1923–2016), Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor[385]
Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), senator[401]
Karina Gould (1987– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions[390]
Herb Gray CC (1931–2014), Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister[383]
Larry Grossman (1943–1997), leader of the Ontario PC Party[402]
Ezekiel Hart (1770–1843), first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament[403]
Solomon Hart Green (1885–1969), first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature[46]
Stanley Hartt OC (1937–2018), Chief of Staff[367]
Sharren Haskel (1984– ), Likud MK[404]
Chaviva Hošek OC (1946– ), academic and politician[405]
Anthony Housefather (1971– ), Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc[406]
Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Liberal MP and Jewish community leader[131]
Monte Kwinter (1931– ), Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister[407]
Michael Levitt, Liberal MP[390]
David Lewis CC (1909–1981), NDP leader and MP[408]
Stephen Lewis CC (1937– ), Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador[408]
Jack Marshall CM (1919–2004), PC MP and senator
Tom Marshall (1946– ), 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador[409]
Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party[410]
Marty Morantz (1962– ), Conservative MP[411]
Nicolas Muzin, political strategist[412]
Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), first Jew elected to the House of Commons[413]
Joe Oliver (1940– ), Conservative MP and Minister of Finance[414]
Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada[415]
Bob Rae (1948–), Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario[416]
Simon Reisman OC (1991–2008), civil servant[220]
Fred Rose (1907–1983), Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy[273]
Jacques Saada (1947– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister[382]
Hugh Segal OC (1950– ), senator[417]
Morton Shulman OC (1925–2000), Ontario PC and NDP MPP[418]
Peter Shurman (1947– ), Ontario PC MPP
Mira Spivak (1934– ), senator[419]
Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), leader of the Manitoba PC Party[419]
Maitland Steinkopf OC (1912–1970), first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba[420]
Hunter Tootoo (1963– ), Liberal MP[421]
Gerry Weiner (1933– ), PC MP[422]
Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli minister[423]
Religious leaders
See also: Category:Canadian rabbis
Reuven Bulka CM (1944–2021), rabbi and writer[424]
Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), rabbi[425]
Solomon Frank (1900–1982), synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal[426]
Simon Glazer (1876–1938), rabbi[427]
Elyse Goldstein, Reform rabbi[428]
Joan Friedman, first female rabbi in Canada[429]
Yitzchak Hendel (1916–2007), Lubavitch rabbi[430]
Sheea Herschorn (1893–1969), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Pinhas Hirschprung (1912–1998), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), rabbi[431]
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg[432]
Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Tosher Rebbe[433]
Gunther Plaut CC (1912–2012), rabbi and author[273]
Avraham Aharon Price (1900–1994), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), rabbi and posek
Eli Rubenstein (1959– ), rabbi and Holocaust educator
Erwin Schild CM (1920– ), rabbi[434]
Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), rabbi and scholar[435]
Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe[436]
Joseph Weinreb (1869–1943), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
Writers
See also: Jewish-Canadian authors and Category:Jewish Canadian writers
Authors
Mordecai Richler
Naomi Klein
Anne Michaels
Gordon Korman
David Albahari (1948– ), novelist[437]
Sue Ann Alderson (1940– ), children's novelist[438]
Lisa Appignanesi OBE (1946– ), writer and novelist[439]
Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1914), novelist and poet[440]
Saul Bellow (1915–2005), writer; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976)[441]
David Berman, (1962–), graphic designer, author
David Bezmozgis (1973– ), author[442]
Martha Blum (1913–2007), writer[443]
Matt Cohen (1942–1999), novelist and children's writer[444]
Cory Doctorow (1971– ), science fiction author and blogger[445]
Sheila Fischman CM (1937– ), translator[446]
Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), children's author
Adam Gopnik (1956– ), writer and essayist[447]
Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist[448]
Charles Yale Harrison (1898–1954), novelist[449]
Sheila Heti (1976– ), novelist[444]
George Jonas CM (1935–2016), writer and journalist[450]
Guy Gavriel Kay CM (1954– ), fantasy writer[451]
Naïm Kattan OC (1921– ), novelist and essayist[273]
Naomi Klein (1970– ), author and filmmaker[4]
Eric Koch (1919–2018), author, broadcaster and academic
Gordon Korman (1963– ), children's and young adult fiction writer[438]
Henry Kreisel OC (1922–1991), writer and novelist[273]
Allan Levine (1956– ), historian and novelist[444]
Norman Levine (1923–2005), writer and poet[452]
Shar Levine CM (1953– ), children's author
Jack Ludwig (1922–2018), novelist and sportswriter[4]
Seymour Mayne (1944– ), author and poet[444]
Judith Merril (1923–1997), science fiction writer[453]
Anne Michaels (1958– ), poet and novelist[454]
Sarah Mlynowski (1977– ), writer[455]
Alison Pick (1975– ), novelist[456]
David Rakoff (1964–2012), author[457]
Edeet Ravel (1955– ), novelist[444]
Mordecai Richler CC (1931–2001), author and essayist[444]
Nancy Richler (1957–2018), novelist[458]
Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), science fiction author
Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), author and poet[444]
Gail Simmons (1976– ), food writer[459]
Mariko Tamaki (1975– ), graphic novelist[460]
Morley Torgov CM (1927– ), novelist[461]
Aren X. Tulchinsky (1958– ), author and screenwriter
Eleanor Wachtel OC (1947– ), writer and broadcaster[48]
William Weintraub (1926–2017), author
Michael Wex (1954– ), novelist[462]
Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), author[463]
Hirsch Wolofsky (1878–1949), Yiddish author[464]
Shulamis Yelin (1913–2002), writer and teacher[465]
Journalists and broadcasters
Barbara Amiel
Morley Safer
Barbara Amiel (1940– ), journalist[466]
Sonia Benezra (1960– ), television and radio interviewer[467]
David Brooks (1961– ), political commentator[468]
Andrew Cohen (1955– ), journalist[4]
Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), theatre critic, broadcaster[469]
Michael Coren (1959– ), columnist and talk show host[470]
Red Fisher CM (1926–2018), sports journalist[471]
Josh Freed, columnist[472]
Barbara Frum OC (1937–1992), journalist[473]
David Frum (1960– ), political commentator[474]
Ian Halperin (1964– ), investigative journalist
Ken Hechtman (1967– ), journalist[475]
Ariel Helwani (1982– ), mixed martial arts journalist[476]
Simma Holt CM (1922–2015), journalist and politician[46]
Barbara Kay (1943– ), columnist[188]
Jonah Keri (1974– ), sports writer[477]
Karin Kloosterman, journalist[478]
Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist[479]
Michele Landsberg OC (1939– ), journalist and feminist activist[480]
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate[481]
Jonathan Mann (1960– ), journalist[482]
Peter Newman CC (1920– ), journalist[483]
Hal Niedzviecki (1971– ), writer[484]
Steve Paikin OC (1960– ), journalist and author[485]
Abraham Rhinewine (1887–1932), journalist[486]
Carol Rosenberg, journalist
Morley Safer (1931–2016), broadcast journalist and reporter[487]
Percy Saltzman CM (1915–2007), weather forecaster[266]
Joe Schlesinger CM (1928– ), journalist[488]
Lionel Shapiro (1908–1958), journalist and novelist[489]
Dan Shulman (1967– ), sportscaster[490]
Evan Solomon (1968– ), journalist[491]
Larry Zolf (1934–2011), journalist[492]
Poets
Rachel Korn
Leonard Cohen
A. M. Klein
Elizabeth Brewster CM (1922–2012), poet[456]
Leonard Cohen OC (1934–2016), poet and singer-songwriter[46]
Adeena Karasick (1965– ), poet
A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet and novelist[444]
Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet and author[493]
Irving Layton OC (1912–2006), poet[444]
Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet[494]
Ida Maze (1893–1962), Yiddish poet[495]
Melech Ravitch, (1893–1976), Yiddish poet[496]
Joe Rosenblatt (1933– ), poet[273]
Gregory Scofield (1966– ), poet[497]
Esther Segal (1895–1974), Yiddish poet[498]
J. I. Segal (1896–1954), Yiddish poet[499]
Joseph Sherman OC (1945–2006), poet
Sholem Shtern (1907–1990), Yiddish poet[500]
Mark Strand (1934–2014), poet and essayist[501]
Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet[502]
Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet
Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet[503]
Screenwriters and playwrights
Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright[4]
Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter
Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter[504]
Joel H. Cohen, television writer[505]
Robert Cohen, comedy writer[506]
Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer[507]
Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter[508]
Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter[509]
Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright[510]
Sharon Pollock OC (1936–2021), playwright[448]
Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright[511]
Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright[448]
Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright[512]
David Shore (1959– ), television writer
Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright[513]
Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter
Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer[514]
Sports
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Athletics
Bobbie Rosenfeld
Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner[515]
Abby Hoffman OC (1947– ), track and field athlete[516]
Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904—1969), runner and long jumper[517]
Baseball
Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star[518]
Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder
Basketball
Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player[519]
Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player[520]
Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player[519]
Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player[521]: 227
Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player[519]
Cy Strulovitch (1925– ), basketball player[519]
Sol Tolchinsky (1929– ), basketball[519]
Murray Waxman (1925– ), basketball[519]
Canadian football
Mark Cohon
Sam Berger CM (1900–1992), president of the CFL[522]
Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player[523]
Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner[524]
Sydney Halter OC (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner[524]
Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach[525]
Chess
Sofia Polgar
Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master
Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster
Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master[526]
Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master[527]
Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster[528]
Daniel Yanofsky OC (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster
Combat sports
Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)
Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer[529]
Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager[530]
Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer[531]
Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist[532]
Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[533]
Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion[534]
Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler[535]
Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager[520]
David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler[536]
Figure skating
Petra Burka
Ellen Burka CM (1921–2016), figure skater[520]
Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater[520]
Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater[537]
Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion[538]
Hockey
Michael Cammalleri
Zach Hyman
Mike Veisor
Cory Pecker
Trevor Smith
Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Ross Brooks (1937– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
Michael Cammalleri (1982– ), ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)[539]
Jason Demers (1988– ), ice hockey defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)[540]
Steve Dubinsky (1970– ), ice hockey, centre (NHL)
Oren Eizenman (1985– ), ice hockey centre[539]
Kaleigh Fratkin (1992– ), ice hockey defenseman (Metropolitan Riveters) [541][542]
Mark Friedman (1995– ), ice hockey, NHL
Cecil Hart (1883–1940), Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy[543]
Adam Henrich (1984– ), ice hockey, left wing/centre (Serie A)
Michael Henrich (1980– ), ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL[544]
Eric Himelfarb (1983– ), ice hockey centre (HC Thurgau)
Corey Hirsch (1972– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Josh Ho-Sang (1996– ), ice hockey forward (New York Islanders)[545]
Zach Hyman (1992– ), ice hockey left wing/centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), ice hockey goaltender (NHL)[546]
Max Labovitch (1924–2018), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)[547]
Brendan Leipsic (1994– ), ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks)[548]
Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)
Jacob Micflikier (1984– ), ice hockey forward (EHC Biel)[549]
David Nemirovsky (1976– ), ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
Bob Nystrom (1952– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
Eric Nystrom (1983– ), ice hockey, left wing (NHL)[521]: 174
Cory Pecker (1981– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL, Nationalliga B)[550]
Bob Plager (1943– ), ice hockey defense (NHL)[551]
Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), ice hockey left wing (NHL)[546]
Eliezer Sherbatov (1991– ), ice hockey, left wing (KHL)[552]
Max Silverman (1900–1966), ice hockey manager
Trevor Smith (1985– ), ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)[553]
Ronnie Stern (1967– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
Josh Tordjman (1985– ), ice hockey goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)
Mike Veisor (1952– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)[554]
Stephen Weiss (1983– ), ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)[555]
Ethan Werek (1991– ), ice hockey, forward (OHL, NHL)
Bernie Wolfe (1951– ), ice hockey, goaltender[556]
Larry Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey defenceman (NHL)
Racing
Tanya Dubnicoff (1969– ), track cyclist[521]: 239
Leah Goldstein (1969– ), road racing cyclist
Yonnie Starr (1905–1990), racehorse trainer
Lance Stroll (1998– ), Formula One driver[179]
Racket sports
Sharon Fichman
Jesse Levine
Sharon Fichman (1990– ), tennis player[557]
Sherman Greenfeld (1962– ), racquetball player[520]
Jesse Levine (1987– ), Canadian-American tennis player[558]
Denis Shapovalov (1999– ), tennis player[559]
Andrew Sznajder (1967– ), tennis player[521]: 258
Soccer
Adam Braz (1981– ), former professional soccer player[560]
Tomer Chencinski (1984– ), Israeli-Canadian soccer player[561]
Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), soccer (German national team)[562]
Daniel Haber (1992– ), soccer player[563]
Samuel Hazan (1983– ), soccer player
Frederick Stambrook (1929–2005), president of the Canadian Soccer Association[564]
Other
Josh Binstock (1981– ), beach volleyball player[565]
Sam Schachter (1990– ), beach volleyball player[565]
Ben Weider OC (1923–2008), bodybuilder and entrepreneur[566]
Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder and entrepreneur[566]
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List of famous nazis in Canada and America: zero
List of famous Jews in Canada. Lots.
Academic figures
Biology and medicine
Eric Berne
Henry Morgentaler
Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist[1]
John Bienenstock (1936– ), immunologist[2]
Daniel Borsuk OQ (1978– ), plastic surgeon[3]
Éric Cohen (1958– ), molecular virologist[4]
Max Cynader CM (1947– ), ophthalmologist and neuroscientist[5]
Dorothy Dworkin (1889–1976), nurse and founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
William Feindel OC (1918–2014), neurosurgeon[6]
Samuel Freedman OC (1928– ), clinical immunologist[7]
Phil Gold CC (1936– ), medical researcher[7]
Larry Goldenberg CM (1953– ), medical researcher
Carl Goresky OC (1932–1996), physician and scientist[8]
Michael Hayden CM (1951– ), geneticist[9]
Sara Hestrin-Lerner (1918–2017), physiologist[10]
Abram Hoffer (1917–2009), physician and psychiatrist[11]
Charles Hollenberg OC (1930–2003), physician and medical researcher
Harold Kaplan (1928–1998), psychiatrist[12]
George Karpati OC (1934–2009), neurologist[13]
Gideon Koren (1947– ), pediatrician
Gabor Maté CM (1944– ), physician[14]
Harry Medovy OC (1904–1995), paediatrician[15]
Henry Morgentaler CM (1923–2013), doctor and abortion activist[16]
Richard Goldbloom CM (1924– ), paediatrician[17]
Mel Rosenberg (1951– ), microbiologist
Sydney Segal CM (1920–1997), pediatrician and neonatologist[18]
Louis Siminovitch CC (1920– ), molecular biologist[19]
Nahum Sonenberg CM (1946– ), microbiologist and biochemist[20]
Ralph Steinman (1943–2011), medical researcher; Nobel Prize in Medicine (2011)[21]
Karl Stern (1906–1975), neurologist and psychiatrist[22]
Mark Wainberg OC (1945–2017), HIV/AIDS researcher[4]
Zena Werb (1945– ), cell biologist[23]
Computing and mathematics
William Kahan
Louis Nirenberg
Irving Kaplansky
Dror Bar-Natan (1966– ), topologist[24]
Yoshua Bengio (1964– ), computer scientist
David Borwein (1924– ), mathematician[25]
Jonathan Borwein (1951–2016), mathematician[25]
Peter Borwein (1953– ), mathematician[25]
Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), mathematician and chess master[26]
Ian Goldberg (1973– ), cryptographer
Calvin Gotlieb CM (1921–2016), computer scientist[27]
Michael Gurstein (1944–2017), computer scientist[28]
Israel Halperin CM (1911–2007), algebraist[29]
Hans Heilbronn (1908–1975), mathematician[30]
William Kahan (1933– ), computer scientist and mathematician; Turing Award (1989)[31]
Irving Kaplansky (1917–2006), mathematician[32]
Yael Karshon (1964– ), symplectic geometer
Cecilia Krieger (1894–1974), mathematician[33]
Nathan Mendelsohn CM (1917–2006), combinatorialist and group theorist[34]
Pierre Milman (1945– ), algebraic and differential geometer[35]
Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020), analyst; Abel Prize (2015)[36]
Anatol Rapoport (1911–2007), applied mathematician[37]
Robert Steinberg (1922–2014), algebraist[38]
George Zames (1934–1997), control theorist[39]
Engineering
Gregory Chamitoff
Norbert Berkowitz CM (1924–2001), engineering researcher[40]
Gregory Chamitoff (1962– ), NASA astronaut and engineer[41]
Valery Fabrikant (1940– ), mechanical engineer and convicted murderer[42]
Charles Hershfield (1910–1990), structural engineer
Josef Kates (1921–2018), engineer[43]
Leon Katz (1924-2015), biomedical engineer[44]
Cyril Leonoff (1925–2016), geotechnical engineer[45]
History
Irving Abella CM (1940– ), historian[46]
Norman Cantor (1929–2004), historian[47]
Natalie Zemon Davis CC (1928– ), historian[48]
David Feuerwerker (1912–1980), historian
Jan Grabowski (1962– ), historian and writer[49]
Jack Granatstein OC (1939– ), political and military historian[50]
Ronald Hamowy (1937–2012), historian and political theorist[51]
Gabriel Kolko (1932–2014), historian[52]
Michael Marrus CM (1941– ), historian
David Noble (1945–2010), historian of technology
Derek Penslar (1958– ), historian
Harold Troper (1942– ), historian
Daniel Woolf (1958– ), historian[53]
Humanities
Gregory Baum (1923–2017), priest and theologian
Leon Edel (1907–1997), literary critic; Pulitzer Prize (1963)[54]
Archie Green (1917–2009), folklorist[55]
Marvin Herzog (1927–2013), professor of Yiddish language
Norma Joseph (1944– ), professor of Jewish Studies[46]
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (1942– ), scholar of Jewish studies[56]
Allan Nadler (1954– ), professor of Jewish studies
Adele Reinhartz (1953– ), professor of Biblical literature[46]
David Roskies (1948– ), literary scholar
Abraham de Sola (1825–1882), professor of Semitic languages and literature[57]
Ruth Wisse (1936– ), professor of Yiddish literature[58]
Philosophy
Howard Adelman CM (1938– ), philosopher
Gerald Cohen (1941–2009), political philosopher[59]
S. Morris Engel (1931– ), philosopher
Emil Fackenheim (1916–2003), philosopher and theologian[60]
Raymond Klibansky CC (1905–2005), historian of philosophy[61]
Lou Marinoff (1951– ), philosopher
Roger Nash (1946– ), philosopher
Michael Neumann (1946– ), philosopher[62]
Jay Newman (1948–2007), philosopher[63]
Leonard Peikoff (1933– ), philosopher[64]
Hillel Steiner (1942– ), political philosopher
Physics and chemistry
Sidney Altman
Louis Slotin
Rudolph A. Marcus
Isaac Abella (1934–2016), physicist[65]
Sidney Altman (1939– ), molecular biologist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)
Alfred Bader CBE (1924–2018), chemist[66]
Myer Bloom (1928–2016), physicist[67]
Jacques Distler (1961– ), physicist
Ursula Franklin CC (1921–2016) metallurgist and physicist[68]
Helen Freedhoff (1940–2017), theoretical physicist
Stanton Friedman (1934–2019 ), nuclear physicist and ufologist[69]
Jack Halpern (1925–2018), inorganic chemist
Shlomo Hestrin (1914–1962), biochemist[70]
Leopold Infeld (1898–1958), physicist[71]
Werner Israel OC (1931– ), physicist[72]
Martin Kamen (1913–2002), chemist[73]
Leon Katz OC (1909–2004), physicist[74]
Victoria Kaspi CC (1967– ), astrophysicist[75]
Lawrence Krauss (1954– ), theoretical physicist[76]
David Levy (1948– ), astronomer[77]
Rudolph Marcus (1923– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1997)[78]
Maya Paczuski (1963– ), physicist
John Polanyi CC (1929– ), chemist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)[79]
Juda Hirsch Quastel CC (1899–1987), biochemist[80]
Sara Seager (1971– ), astronomer[81]
Moshe Shapiro (1944–2013), chemist and physicist[82]
David Shugar (1915–2015), physicist[83]
Louis Slotin (1910–1946), physicist and chemist[84]
Joe Schwarcz, science writer and chemist[85]
Theodore Sourkes OC (1919–2015), biochemist[86]
Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), biochemist[87]
Leo Yaffe OC (1916–1997), nuclear chemist and university administrator[88]
Social sciences
Myron Scholes
Steven Pinker
Ronald Melzack
Bernard Avishai (1949– ), professor of business[89]
Ellen Bialystok OC (1948– ), psychologist[48]
Paul Bloom (1963– ), psychologist[90]
Reuven Brenner (1947– ), economist
Michel Chossudovsky (1946– ), economist[91]
Stanley Coren (1942– ), psychologist
Kurt Freund (1914–1996), sexologist[92]
Rochel Gelman (1942– ), psychologist[93]
Reva Gerstein CC (1917–2020), psychologist[94]
Erving Goffman (1922–1982), sociologist[95]
Myrna Gopnik, (1935–), linguist
Ida Halpern CM (1910–1987), ethnomusicologist[96]
Samuel Hollander OC (1937– ), economist[97]
Gad Horowitz (1936– ), political scientist[98]
Helmut Kallmann CM (1922–2012), musicologist[99]
Ivan Kalmar (1948– ), anthropologist
James Laxer (1941–2018), political economist[100]
Daniel Levitin (1957– ), cognitive psychologist[101]
Ronald Melzack OC (1929–2019), psychologist[102]
Henry Mintzberg OC (1939– ), business theorist[103]
Sylvia Ostry CC (1927– ), economist[104]
Leo Panitch (1945– ), political scientist[105]
Norman Penner (1921–2009), political scientist and historian[106]
Steven Pinker (1954– ), cognitive psychologist and linguist[107]
Susan Pinker (1957– ), psychologist and writer[108]
Frances Fox Piven (1932– ), political scientist[109]
Gad Saad (1964– ), evolutionary psychologist[110]
Myron Scholes (1941– ), financial economist; Nobel Prize in Economics (1997)[111]
Vera Shlakman (1909–2017), economist[112]
Lionel Tiger, anthropologist[113]
Jacob Viner (1892–1970), economist[114]
Kenneth Zucker (1950– ), psychologist and sexologist[115]
Shlomo Weber (1949– ), economist
University administration
Isaac Hellmuth (1819–1901), founder of the University of Western Ontario[116]
Myer Horowitz OC (1932– ), president of the University of Alberta
Max Wyman (1916–1991), president of the University of Alberta
Sheldon Levy (1949– ), president and vice-chancellor of Ryerson University[117]
Frederick Lowy OC (1933– ), president and vice-chancellor of Concordia University[118]
Arnold Naimark OC (1933– ), president of the University of Manitoba[119]
Mordechai Rozanski (1946– ), president of the University of Guelph
Bernard Shapiro OC (1935– ), principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University[120]
Harold Shapiro (1935– ), president of Princeton University[121]
Daniel Woolf (1958– ), principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University[122]
Activists
Léa Roback
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian activists
Manuel Batshaw (1915–2016), social worker[123]
Marjorie Blankstein CM, community activist[6]
Judy Feld Carr CM (1938– ), human rights activist[46]
Sabina Citron (1928– ), activist and author[124]
Martha Cohen CM (1920–2015), community activist[125]
Betty Dubiner (1912–2008), disabilities activist[126]
Bernie Farber (1951– ), Jewish community leader and social activist[127]
Abraham Feinberg (1899–1986), human rights activist.[128]
Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), radical feminist[129]
Ruth Frankel CC (1903–1989), activist[48]
Howard Galganov (1950– ), political activist[130]
Saul Hayes OC (1906–1980), activist[131]: 207
Goldie Hershon (1941– ), activist and Jewish community leader[132]
Kalmen Kaplansky CM (1912–1997), human rights activist[133]
Hillel Neuer (1969– ), executive director of UN Watch[134]
Judy Rebick (1945– ), political activist[135]
Dorothy Reitman CM (1932– ), activist[136]
Léa Roback (1903–2000), social activist and feminist[137]
Irv Rubin (1945–2002), Kahanist activist[138]
David Shentow (1925–2017), Holocaust educator[139]
Artists
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian artists
Architects and designers
Moshe Safdie
Frank Gehry
Hans Blumenfeld OC (1892–1988), architect and city planner[140]
Benjamin Brown (1890–1974), architect[141]
Jack Diamond OC (1932– ), architect[142]
Frank Gehry CC (1929– ), architect[143]
Phyllis Lambert CC (1927– ), architect and philanthropist[141]
Cornelia Oberlander CC (1921– ), landscape architect[144]
Peter Oberlander OC (1922–2008), architect[145]
Moshe Safdie CC (1938– ), architect[141]
Arnold Scaasi (1930–2015), fashion designer[146]
Fine arts
Joe Shuster
Sarah Jackson
Omer Arbel (1976– ), sculptor and designer
Aba Bayefsky (1923–2001), artist[147]
Arnold Belkin (1930–1992), painter[148]
Barry Blitt (1958– ), illustrator[149]
Sam Borenstein (1908–1969), painter[150]
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), artist[151]
Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography[152]
Yehouda Chaki (1938– ), artist[153]
Sorel Etrog (1933–2014), sculptor[154]
Albert Gilbert CM (1922– ), photographer[155]
Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor[156]
Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), multimedia artist[157]
Pnina Granirer (1935– ), painter[158]
Philip Guston (1913–1980), abstract expressionist[159]
Gilah Yelin Hirsch (1944– ), artist[160]
Eli Ilan (1928–1982), sculptor[161]
Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), artist[162]
Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), artist[163]
Mayer Kirshenblatt (1916–2009), painter[164]
Sylvia Lefkovitz (1924–1987), painter and sculptor[165]
Stanley Lewis (1930–2006), sculptor[166]
Harry Mayerovitch (1910–2004), artist and architect[167]
Louis Muhlstock (1904–2001), painter[168]
Henry Orenstein (1918–2008), painter
Alfred Pinsky (1921–1999), painter
David Rabinowitch (1943– ), sculptor[169]
Royden Rabinowitch OC (1943– ), sculptor[169]
William Raphael (1833–1914), painter[170]
Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), artist[171]
Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter[172]
Yechiel Shainblum, (died 1987), painter and sculptor[173]
Joe Shuster (1914–1992), co-creator of Superman[174]
Erik Slutsky (1953– ), painter
Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer[4]
Avrom Yanovsky (1911–1979), cartoonist
Business
Finance
Mitch Garber (1964–), investor and business executive[175]
Sol Kanee OC (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader
Alvin Libin OC (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment
Lazarus Phillips OBE (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator[176]
Louis Rasminsky CC (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada[177]
Jeff Rubin (1954– ), chief economist of CIBC World Markets
Gerry Schwartz OC (1941– ), CEO of Onex Corporation
Alex Shnaider (1968– ), co-founder of the Midland Group[178]
Lawrence Stroll (1959– ), investor[179]
Mark Wiseman (1970– ) CEO of the CPP Investment Board[180]
Media
Jack L. Warner
Ezra Levant
Mortimer Zuckerman
Izzy Asper OC (1932–2003), chairman of Canwest Global Communications[181]
Leonard Asper (1964– ), president and CEO of Canwest Global Communications[181]
Avie Bennett CC (1928–2017), chairman of McClelland & Stewart[182]
Jacques Bensimon CM (1943–2012), director of the National Film Board of Canada[183]
Mark Breslin CM (1952– ), co-founder of Yuk Yuk's
Edgar Bronfman Jr. (1955– ), CEO and chairman of Warner Music Group[48]
Paul Godfrey CM (1939– ), president and CEO of Postmedia Network[184]
Michael Goldbloom CM (1953– ), president of Star Media Group[185]
Ian Greenberg (1942– ), co-founder and CEO of Astral Media[186]
Michael Hirsh (1948– ), co-founder of Nelvana
Mel Hurtig OC (1932–2016), publisher[187]
Jonathan Kay (1968– ), editor-in-chief of The Walrus[188]
Ezra Levant (1972– ), political commentator and founder of Rebel News[189][190]
David Margolese (1957– ), founder of Sirius XM Radio[191]
Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957), co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios[192]
Andy Nulman OC (1959– ), co-founder of Just for Laughs[193]
M. J. Nurenberger (1911–2001), founder of the Canadian Jewish News[194]
Bernard Ostry CC (1927–2006), chair and CEO of TVOntario
Robert Rabinovitch (1943– ), president and CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[195]
A. M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), executive editor of The New York Times; Pulitzer Prize (1960)[196]
Brian Segal (1943– ), president and CEO of Rogers Publishing
Jay Switzer CM (1956–2018), president and CEO of CHUM Limited
Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), president of Warner Bros. Studios[197]
Moses Znaimer (1942– ), co-founder and head of Citytv
Mortimer Zuckerman (1937– ), co-founder of Boston Properties and media proprietor[198]
Natural resources
Robert Friedland (1950– ), founder of Ivanhoe Mines[199]
Leon Joseph Koerner (1892–1972), philanthropist and industrialist[200]
Peter Munk CC (1927–2018), founder of Barrick Gold[201]
Joseph Rotman OC (1935–2015), businessman and philanthropist[202]
Seymour Schulich OC (1940– ), mining businessman and philanthropist[203]
Irving Schwartz OC (1929–2010), entrepreneur and philanthropist[204]
Levy Solomons (1730–1792), merchant and fur trader[205]
Philanthropists
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian philanthropists
Bluma Appel OC (1919–2007), philanthropist[206]
Jenny Belzberg CM (1928– ), philanthropist
Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist[207]
Lillian Bilsky Freiman OBE (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader[46]
Ruth Goldbloom OC (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21
Real estate
David Azrieli
Marcel Adams (1920–2020), real estate investor[208]
Sylvan Adams (1958– ), real estate investor[208]
David Azrieli CM (1922–2014), real estate magnate[209]
Samuel Belzberg OC (1928–2018), businessman[210]
The Ghermezian family, shopping mall developers
Mitchell Goldhar (1962– ), founder of SmartCentres and owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
Michal Hornstein CM (1920–2016), businessman and philanthropist[211]
The Reichmann family, real estate magnates
Edward Reichmann (1925–2005), real estate magnate
Paul Reichmann (1930–2013), real estate magnate
Jack Singer (1917–2013), real estate developer
Allan Zeman GBM (1949– ), developer[212]
Retail
Jeffrey Skoll
Edgar Bronfman Sr.
Daryl Katz
Ed Mirvish
Aldo Bensadoun (1939– ), founder of the Aldo Group[213]
The Bronfman family, businesspeople and philanthropists
Charles Bronfman CC (1931– ), co-chairman of Seagram's[48]
Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), head of Seagram's and president of the World Jewish Congress[48]
Samuel Bronfman CC (1889–1971), founder of Seagram's
Dov Charney (1969– ), founder of American Apparel[48]
Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), businessman and philanthropist[214]
George Cohon OC (1937– ), founder of McDonald's Canada[48]
Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), co-founder of Consolidated Foods[215]
Leslie Dan CM (1929– ), founder of Novopharm
Sir Mortimer Davis (1866–1928), tobacco industry executive[216]
Archibald Jacob Freiman (1880–1944), founder of Freimans[217]
Hershey Friedman (1950– ), owner of Agri Star
Daniel Friedmann (1956– ), CEO of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
Daryl Katz (1961– ), founder of Katz Group of Companies and owner of the Edmonton Oilers
Murray Koffler OC (1924–2017), founder of Shoppers Drug Mart[218]
Ed Mirvish OC (1914–2007), founder of Honest Ed's[219]
Jack Rabinovitch CC (1930–2017), philanthropist[48]
Heather Reisman CM (1948– ), founder and CEO of Indigo Books and Music[220]
Dani Reiss CM (1973– ), president and CEO of Canada Goose[221]
Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins[222]
Bruce Rockowitz (1958– ), CEO and vice-chairman of Global Brands Group[223]
Harry Rosen CM (1931– ), founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
Larry Rosen (1956– ), chairman and CEO of Harry Rosen Inc.
Calin Rovinescu CM (1955– ), president and CEO of Air Canada[224]
Isai Scheinberg (1946– ), co-founder of PokerStars
Mark Scheinberg (1973– ), co-founder of PokerStars
Isadore Sharp OC (1931– ), founder and chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts[225]
Barry Sherman CM (1942–2017), chairman and CEO of Apotex[226]
Jeffrey Skoll OC (1965– ), president of eBay[227]
Sam Steinberg (1905–1978), president of Steinberg's[228]
Larry Tanenbaum OC (1945– ), chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment[141]
Law
Jurists
Rosalie Abella
Rosalie Abella (1946– ), Supreme Court Justice[229]
Harry Batshaw (1902–1984), Quebec Superior Court Justice[230]
Charles Dubin OC (1921–2008), Chief Justice of Ontario[230]
Morris Fish CC (1938– ), Supreme Court Justice[231]
Samuel Freedman OC (1908–1993), Chief Justice of Manitoba[232]
Constance Glube OC (1931–2016), Chief Justice of Nova Scotia[233]
Alan Gold OC (1917–2005), Chief Justice of Quebec[230]
Sydney Harris (1917–2009), judge[234]
Bora Laskin CC (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of Canada[230]
Herbert Marx (1932– ), Quebec Superior Court Justice and Minister of Justice
Michael Moldaver (1947– ), Supreme Court Justice[235]
Nathaniel Nemetz CC (1913–1997), Chief Justice of British Columbia[48]
Marshall Rothstein CC (1940– ), Supreme Court Justice[236]
Tillie Taylor (1922–2011), Saskatchewan's first female magistrate[237]
Richard Wagner (1957– ), 18th Chief Justice of Canada[238]
Lawyers
Edward Greenspan
Morris Shumiatcher
Monroe Abbey CM (1904–1993), lawyer[239]
Maurice Alexander (1889–1945), barrister[240]
Louis Bloomfield (1906–1984), lawyer and businessman
Alan Borovoy OC (1932–2015), lawyer and human rights activist[241]
Harold Buchwald CM (1928–2008), lawyer[242]
Reuben Cohen CC (1921–2014), lawyer and businessman[48]
Martin Friedland CC (1932– ), lawyer[243]
Rocco Galati (1959– ), constitutional lawyer[244]
Edward Greenspan (1944–2014), lawyer
Adolphus Hart (1814–1879), lawyer and activist[245]
David Matas CM (1943– ), human rights lawyer[246]
Ed Morgan (1955– ), international lawyer
Harry Rankin (1920–2002), lawyer[247]
William Schabas OC (1950– ), professor of international law[248]
Morris Shumiatcher OC (1917–2004), lawyer and human rights activist[249]
Harvey Strosberg (1944– ), lawyer[250]
Harry Walsh OC (1913–2011), criminal lawyer[251]
Benjamin Zimmerman (1862–1923), justice of the peace[252]
Military
Morris Cohen (1887–1970), Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and adventurer
Eleazar David David (1811–1887), cavalry officer[253]
Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), World War II and 1948 Arab–Israeli War soldier[254]
Moe Hurwitz DCM (1919–1944), World War II soldier[255]
Maxwell Kogon DFC (1920–1980), World War II bomber pilot
Yank Levy (1897–1965), soldier and military instructor[256]
Gill Rosenberg (1983– ), member of the Women's Protection Units[257]
Sydney Shulemson DFC (1915–2007), World War II fighter pilot[258]
Peter Stevens (RAF officer) (1919–1979), German born WWII RAF officer, and RCAF post-war, best known for multiple POW escapes
Performing arts
Actors and performers
Norma Shearer
Seth Rogen
Eugene Levy
Pauline Donalda
Rick Moranis
Mort Sahl
William Shatner
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian actors and Category:Jewish Canadian comedians
Harvey Atkin (1942–2017), actor and voice actor[259]
Liane Balaban (1980– ), actress[260]
Jay Baruchel (1982– ), actor, comedian, and screenwriter[261]
Frances Bay (1919–2011), character actress[262]
Lani Billard (1979– ), television actress[263]
Lionel Blair (1928– ), actor and choreographer[264]
Ben Blue (1901–1975), actor and comedian[265]
Lloyd Bochner (1924–2005), actor[266]
Bobby Breen (1927–2016), actor and singer[267]
Howard Busgang, comedian[268]
Neve Campbell (1973– ), film and television actress[269]
Maury Chaykin (1949–2010), actor[270]
Boris Cherniak (1964– ), hypnotist[271]
Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975– ), actress
Lauren Collins (1986– ), television actress[272]
Pauline Donalda OC (1882–1970), operatic soprano[273]
Barbara Dunkelman (1989– ), actress and internet personality
Ophira Eisenberg (1972– ), comedian[274]
Jake Epstein (1987– ), television actor[272]
Stacey Farber (1987– ), television actress[272]
Maureen Forrester CC (1930–2010), operatic contralto[275]
Celia Franca CC (1921–2007), founder of the National Ballet of Canada[276]
Victor Garber (1949– ), actor
Jessalyn Gilsig (1971– ), television actress[277]
Joanna Gleason (1950– ), actress[278]
Jake Goldsbie (1988– ), television actor[272]
Anais Granofsky (1973– ), actress[279]
Lorne Greene (1915–1987), actor[280]
Nathan Fielder (1983– ), actor and comedian[281]
Corey Haim (1971–2010), actor[282]
Monty Hall (1921–2017), game show host[278]
Melissa Hayden (1923–2006), ballerina[283]
Lou Jacobi (1913–2009), actor[284]
Jonathan Keltz (1988– ), actor[285]
Shane Kippel (1986– ), television actor[272]
Mia Kirshner (1975– ), actress
Jack Kruschen (1922–2002), character actor
Paul Kligman (1923–1985), actor[266]
Rachelle Lefevre (1979– ), actress[286]
Sylvia Lennick (1915–2009), actress[287]
Caissie Levy (1981– ), stage actress and singer
Eugene Levy CM (1946– ), actor and director[288]
Jaclyn Linetsky (1986–2003), television actress[289]
Mary Livingstone (1905–1983), radio comedian and actress[290]
Howie Mandel (1955– ), actor and comedian[291]
Rick Moranis (1953– ), actor and comedian[292]
Harley Morenstein (1985–), actor and Internet personality
Gloria Reuben (1964– ), television actress[293]
Spencer Rice (1963– ), writer, director and performer[294]
Seth Rogen (1982– ), film and television actor[295]
Sasha Roiz (1973– ), actor[296]
Saul Rubinek (1948– ), actor, director, producer and playwright[297]
Jonathan Sagall (1959– ), actor
Mort Sahl (1927– ), stand-up comedian[298]
William Shatner OC (1931– ), actor, director, and writer[299]
Norma Shearer (1902–1983), actress and Hollywood star[300]
Frank Shuster OC (1916–2002), comedian[301]
Anna Silk (1974– ), actress[302]
David Steinberg CM (1942– ), comedian and director[303]
Stuart Stone (1980– ), actor[304]
Tara Strong (1973– ), actress
Kyle Switzer (1985– ), television actor[305]
Theresa Tova (1955– ), actress and playwright
Al Waxman CM (1935–2001), actor[306]
Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedian[273]
Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009), theatre and film actor[307]
Finn Wolfhard (2002– ), actor[308]
Directors and producers
David Cronenberg
Arthur Hiller
Shawn Levy
Barry Avrich (1963– ), television producer and film director[309]
Laszlo Barna (1948– ), television producer[310]
Murray Cohl CM (1929–2008), film director
David Cronenberg CC (1943– ), filmmaker and screenwriter[311]
Garth Drabinsky (1949– ), film and theatrical producer[312]
Bob Ezrin (1949– ), music producer
Ken Finkleman (1946– ), television producer
Jay Firestone (1956– ), film and television producer
Sidney Furie (1933– ), film director[313]
Herman Geiger-Torel OC (1907–1976), opera director[314]
Jake Gold (1958– ), musician manager
Harold Greenberg CM (1930–1996), film producer
Al Guest (1933– ), animation producer and director
Arthur Hiller OC (1923–2016), director[315]
John Hirsch OC (1930–1989), theatre director[273]
Kenny Hotz (1967– ), producer and entertainer[294]
Simcha Jacobovici (1953– ), film director
Estelle Klein (1930–2004), artistic director[316]
Franz Kraemer OC (1914–1999), radio producer[317]
Shawn Levy (1968– ), film director and producer[318]
Avi Lewis (1968– ), documentary filmmaker and television host
Benjamin Lumley (1811–1875), opera director[319]
Francis Mankiewicz (1944–1993), director[320]
Lorne Michaels CC (1944– ), television producer[321]
David Mirvish CM (1944– ), theatre producer[219]
Sydney Newman OC (1917–1997), producer[322]
Jeremy Podeswa (1962– ), film and television director[323]
Ivan Reitman OC (1946– ), film producer and director[324]
Jason Reitman (1977– ), film director[325]
J.R. Rotem (1975– ), record producer[326]
Albert Ruddy (1930– ), film director[327]
Harry Saltzman (1915–1994), film producer[328]
Dora Wasserman (1919–2003), playwright and theater director[329]
Composers
Percy Faith
Howard Shore
Boris Brott
Murray Adaskin OC (1906–2002), composer[330]
Karel Ančerl (1908–1973), conductor[317]
István Anhalt OC (1919–2012), composer[331]
Louis Applebaum OC (1918–2000), film score composer[273]
Milton Barnes (1931–2001), composer and conductor[273]
Boris Berlin OC (1907–2001), musical instructor and composer[317]
David Botwinik (1920– ), composer[332]
Alexander Brott CM (1915–2005), conductor and composer[333]
Boris Brott OC (1944– ), conductor[333]
Percy Faith (1908–1976), bandleader[317]
Harry Freedman OC (1922–2005), composer[273]
Lewis Furey (1949– ), composer
Srul Glick CM (1934–2002), composer[273]
Helmut Kallmann (1918–1985), composer[317]
Uri Mayer (1946– ), conductor and violinist[334]
Oskar Morawetz CM (1917–2007), composer[273]
Albert Pratz (1914–1995), conductor and violinist[317]
Paul Shaffer CM (1949– ), bandleader
Howard Shore OC (1946– ), composer[335]
Ben Steinberg (1930– ), composer and conductor[336]
Heinz Unger (1895–1965), conductor[317]
Maurice Zbriger (1896–1981), composer and violinist[337]
Musicians
Ethel Stark
Geddy Lee
Robbie Robertson
Steven Page
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian musicians
Classical
Frances Adaskin CM (1900–2001), pianist[338]
Harry Adaskin CM (1901–1994), violinist[339]
Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), pianist[317]
Denis Brott CM (1950– ), cellist[333]
Rivka Golani (1946– ), viola player[334]
Moshe Hammer (1946– ), violinist[334]
Ofra Harnoy CM (1965– ), cellist[334]
Jacques Israelievitch CM (1948–2015), violinist[340]
Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist[341]
Anton Kuerti OC (1938– ), pianist[342]
Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), cellist[317]
Isidor Philipp (1863–1958), pianist and composer[343]
Ezra Schabas CM (1924– ), musician[317]
Harold Sumberg (1905–1994), violinist[317]
Ethel Stark CM (1910–2012), violinist and conductor[317]
John Weinzweig OC (1913–2006), composer[273]
George Zukerman OC (1927– ), bassoonist and impresario[317]
Jazz
Paul Bley CM (1932–2016), pianist[344]
Jim Gelcer (1961– ), jazz musician[345]
James Gelfand (1959– ), jazz pianist
Moe Koffman OC (1928–2001), jazz musician[346]
Sophie Milman (1983– ), jazz musician[347]
Nikki Yanofsky (1994– ), jazz-pop singer[348]
Popular
A-Trak (1982– ), DJ[349]
Oscar Brand (1920–2016), folk singer[350]
Drake (1986– ), rapper and actor[351][352]
Corey Hart (1962– ), singer[353]
Paul Hoffert CM (1943– ), founding member of Lighthouse[317]
Geddy Lee OC (1953– ), lead singer of Rush[354]
Efrim Menuck (1971– ), musician
Ben Mink (1951– ), songwriter and musician
Steven Page (1970– ), founding member of Barenaked Ladies
Peaches (1966– ), electronic musician[355]
Robbie Robertson OC (1943– ), lead guitarist of The Band[356]
Eddie Schwartz CM (1949– ), songwriter and music producer[357]
Sharon, Lois & Bram, children's music group[358][359]
Amy Sky (1960– ), singer-songwriter[360]
Socalled, rapper and producer
Chaim Tannenbaum, folk singer
Vanity (1959–2016), singer and songwriter[361]
David Usher (1966– ), frontman for Moist
Bob Wiseman (1962– ), composer and founding member of Blue Rodeo[362]
Zal Yanovsky (1944–2002), rock musician, the Lovin' Spoonful guitarist[363]
Alissa White-Gluz (1985– ), death metal vocalist[364]
Politics
Diplomats
Klaus Goldschlag OC (1922–2012), ambassador[365]
Allan Gotlieb CC (1928– ), ambassador[6]
Saul Rae (1914–1999), diplomat[366]
Norman Spector (1949– ), diplomat and journalist[367]
Mayors
Mel Lastman
Michael Applebaum
See also: Category:Jewish mayors of places in Canada
Michael Applebaum (1963– ), mayor of Montreal[368]
Sidney Buckwold OC (1916–2001), mayor of Saskatoon[369]
Martin Dobkin (1942– ), first mayor of Mississauga
Lumley Franklin (1808–1873), mayor of Victoria[370]
Philip Givens (1922–1995), mayor of Toronto and Liberal MP[371]
Lorry Greenberg (1933–1999), mayor of Ottawa[372]
Sam Katz (1951– ), mayor of Winnipeg[373]
Leonard Arthur Kitz (1916–2006), mayor of Halifax[374]
Mel Lastman (1933– ), mayor of Toronto[375]
Saul Laskin (1918–2008), mayor of Thunder Bay[374]
Stephen Mandel (1945– ), mayor of Edmonton and leader of the Alberta Party[376]
Danny Nathanson, mayor of New Waterford, Nova Scotia[377]
David Oppenheimer (1834–1897), mayor of Vancouver[378]
Nathan Phillips (1892–1976), mayor of Toronto[379]
Harvey Rosen (1949– ), mayor of Kingston[380]
Morley Rosenberg (1937– ), mayor of Kitchener[381]
Politicians
Tony Clement
Irwin Cotler
David Lewis
Bob Rae
Herb Gray
Dov Yosef
See also: List of Jewish Canadian politicians and Category:Jewish Canadian politicians
Jack Austin CM (1932– ), senator and cabinet minister[382]
Dave Barrett OC (1930–2018), 26th Premier of British Columbia[383]
George Benjamin (1799–1864), Conservative MP[384]
Peter Bercovitch (1879–1942), Liberal MP and Quebec Liberal MNA[385]
Lawrence Bergman (1940– ), Quebec Liberal MNA and cabinet minister[386]
Harry Blank (1925– ), Quebec Liberal MPP[387]
Annie Buller (1895–1973), co-founder of the Communist Party of Canada[388]
Elinor Caplan (1944– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister[389]
Jim Carr, Liberal MP and Minister of Natural Resources[390]
Leon Crestohl (1900–1963), Liberal MP[391]
Saul Cherniack CM (1917–2018), Manitoba NDP MP and cabinet minister[392]
Tony Clement (1961– ), Minister of Industry and Minister of Health[393]
Irwin Cotler OC (1940– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Justice[46]
David Croll (1900–1991), senator and Liberal MP[394]
Julie Dabrusin (1971– ), Liberal MP[390]
Barney Danson CC (1921–2011), Liberal MP and Minister of National Defence[395]
Samuel Factor (1892–1962), first Jewish MP elected in Ontario
Sheila Finestone (1927–2009), Liberal MP and senator[396]
Myra Freeman CM (1949– ), 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia[397]
Linda Frum (1963– ), senator[398]
Irving Gerstein CM (1941– ), senator and businessman[399]
Marc Gold (1950– ), senator and law professor[400]
Carl Goldenberg OC OBE (1907–1996), senator[266]
Victor Goldbloom CC (1923–2016), Quebec Liberal MNA and doctor[385]
Yoine Goldstein (1934–2020), senator[401]
Karina Gould (1987– ), Liberal MP and Minister of Democratic Institutions[390]
Herb Gray CC (1931–2014), Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister[383]
Larry Grossman (1943–1997), leader of the Ontario PC Party[402]
Ezekiel Hart (1770–1843), first Jew elected to a Canadian Parliament[403]
Solomon Hart Green (1885–1969), first Jew to sit in a provincial legislature[46]
Stanley Hartt OC (1937–2018), Chief of Staff[367]
Sharren Haskel (1984– ), Likud MK[404]
Chaviva Hošek OC (1946– ), academic and politician[405]
Anthony Housefather (1971– ), Liberal MP and mayor of Côte Saint-Luc[406]
Samuel William Jacobs (1871–1938), Liberal MP and Jewish community leader[131]
Monte Kwinter (1931– ), Ontario Liberal MPP and cabinet minister[407]
Michael Levitt, Liberal MP[390]
David Lewis CC (1909–1981), NDP leader and MP[408]
Stephen Lewis CC (1937– ), Ontario NDP leader, MP and ambassador[408]
Jack Marshall CM (1919–2004), PC MP and senator
Tom Marshall (1946– ), 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador[409]
Arthur Mitchell, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party[410]
Marty Morantz (1962– ), Conservative MP[411]
Nicolas Muzin, political strategist[412]
Henry Nathan Jr. (1842–1914), first Jew elected to the House of Commons[413]
Joe Oliver (1940– ), Conservative MP and Minister of Finance[414]
Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada[415]
Bob Rae (1948–), Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and 21st Premier of Ontario[416]
Simon Reisman OC (1991–2008), civil servant[220]
Fred Rose (1907–1983), Labour–Progressive MP and Soviet spy[273]
Jacques Saada (1947– ), Liberal MP and cabinet minister[382]
Hugh Segal OC (1950– ), senator[417]
Morton Shulman OC (1925–2000), Ontario PC and NDP MPP[418]
Peter Shurman (1947– ), Ontario PC MPP
Mira Spivak (1934– ), senator[419]
Sidney Spivak (1928–2002), leader of the Manitoba PC Party[419]
Maitland Steinkopf OC (1912–1970), first Jewish cabinet minister in Manitoba[420]
Hunter Tootoo (1963– ), Liberal MP[421]
Gerry Weiner (1933– ), PC MP[422]
Dov Yosef (1899–1980), Israeli minister[423]
Religious leaders
See also: Category:Canadian rabbis
Reuven Bulka CM (1944–2021), rabbi and writer[424]
Jacob Raphael Cohen (1738–1811), rabbi[425]
Solomon Frank (1900–1982), synagogue rabbinical leader in Winnipeg and Montreal[426]
Simon Glazer (1876–1938), rabbi[427]
Elyse Goldstein, Reform rabbi[428]
Joan Friedman, first female rabbi in Canada[429]
Yitzchak Hendel (1916–2007), Lubavitch rabbi[430]
Sheea Herschorn (1893–1969), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Pinhas Hirschprung (1912–1998), Chief Rabbi of Montreal
Solomon Jacobs (1861–1920), rabbi[431]
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg[432]
Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Tosher Rebbe[433]
Gunther Plaut CC (1912–2012), rabbi and author[273]
Avraham Aharon Price (1900–1994), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
Nahum Rabinovitch (1928–2020), rabbi and posek
Eli Rubenstein (1959– ), rabbi and Holocaust educator
Erwin Schild CM (1920– ), rabbi[434]
Jacob Immanuel Schochet (1935–2013), rabbi and scholar[435]
Shmuel Abba Twersky (1872–1947), Makarover Rebbe[436]
Joseph Weinreb (1869–1943), Chief Rabbi of Toronto
Writers
See also: Jewish-Canadian authors and Category:Jewish Canadian writers
Authors
Mordecai Richler
Naomi Klein
Anne Michaels
Gordon Korman
David Albahari (1948– ), novelist[437]
Sue Ann Alderson (1940– ), children's novelist[438]
Lisa Appignanesi OBE (1946– ), writer and novelist[439]
Isidore Gordon Ascher (1835–1914), novelist and poet[440]
Saul Bellow (1915–2005), writer; Nobel Prize in Literature (1976), Pulitzer Prize (1976)[441]
David Berman, (1962–), graphic designer, author
David Bezmozgis (1973– ), author[442]
Martha Blum (1913–2007), writer[443]
Matt Cohen (1942–1999), novelist and children's writer[444]
Cory Doctorow (1971– ), science fiction author and blogger[445]
Sheila Fischman CM (1937– ), translator[446]
Phoebe Gilman (1940–2002), children's author
Adam Gopnik (1956– ), writer and essayist[447]
Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009), science fiction novelist[448]
Charles Yale Harrison (1898–1954), novelist[449]
Sheila Heti (1976– ), novelist[444]
George Jonas CM (1935–2016), writer and journalist[450]
Guy Gavriel Kay CM (1954– ), fantasy writer[451]
Naïm Kattan OC (1921– ), novelist and essayist[273]
Naomi Klein (1970– ), author and filmmaker[4]
Eric Koch (1919–2018), author, broadcaster and academic
Gordon Korman (1963– ), children's and young adult fiction writer[438]
Henry Kreisel OC (1922–1991), writer and novelist[273]
Allan Levine (1956– ), historian and novelist[444]
Norman Levine (1923–2005), writer and poet[452]
Shar Levine CM (1953– ), children's author
Jack Ludwig (1922–2018), novelist and sportswriter[4]
Seymour Mayne (1944– ), author and poet[444]
Judith Merril (1923–1997), science fiction writer[453]
Anne Michaels (1958– ), poet and novelist[454]
Sarah Mlynowski (1977– ), writer[455]
Alison Pick (1975– ), novelist[456]
David Rakoff (1964–2012), author[457]
Edeet Ravel (1955– ), novelist[444]
Mordecai Richler CC (1931–2001), author and essayist[444]
Nancy Richler (1957–2018), novelist[458]
Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011), science fiction author
Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011), author and poet[444]
Gail Simmons (1976– ), food writer[459]
Mariko Tamaki (1975– ), graphic novelist[460]
Morley Torgov CM (1927– ), novelist[461]
Aren X. Tulchinsky (1958– ), author and screenwriter
Eleanor Wachtel OC (1947– ), writer and broadcaster[48]
William Weintraub (1926–2017), author
Michael Wex (1954– ), novelist[462]
Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), author[463]
Hirsch Wolofsky (1878–1949), Yiddish author[464]
Shulamis Yelin (1913–2002), writer and teacher[465]
Journalists and broadcasters
Barbara Amiel
Morley Safer
Barbara Amiel (1940– ), journalist[466]
Sonia Benezra (1960– ), television and radio interviewer[467]
David Brooks (1961– ), political commentator[468]
Andrew Cohen (1955– ), journalist[4]
Nathan Cohen (1923–1971), theatre critic, broadcaster[469]
Michael Coren (1959– ), columnist and talk show host[470]
Red Fisher CM (1926–2018), sports journalist[471]
Josh Freed, columnist[472]
Barbara Frum OC (1937–1992), journalist[473]
David Frum (1960– ), political commentator[474]
Ian Halperin (1964– ), investigative journalist
Ken Hechtman (1967– ), journalist[475]
Ariel Helwani (1982– ), mixed martial arts journalist[476]
Simma Holt CM (1922–2015), journalist and politician[46]
Barbara Kay (1943– ), columnist[188]
Jonah Keri (1974– ), sports writer[477]
Karin Kloosterman, journalist[478]
Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018), columnist[479]
Michele Landsberg OC (1939– ), journalist and feminist activist[480]
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate[481]
Jonathan Mann (1960– ), journalist[482]
Peter Newman CC (1920– ), journalist[483]
Hal Niedzviecki (1971– ), writer[484]
Steve Paikin OC (1960– ), journalist and author[485]
Abraham Rhinewine (1887–1932), journalist[486]
Carol Rosenberg, journalist
Morley Safer (1931–2016), broadcast journalist and reporter[487]
Percy Saltzman CM (1915–2007), weather forecaster[266]
Joe Schlesinger CM (1928– ), journalist[488]
Lionel Shapiro (1908–1958), journalist and novelist[489]
Dan Shulman (1967– ), sportscaster[490]
Evan Solomon (1968– ), journalist[491]
Larry Zolf (1934–2011), journalist[492]
Poets
Rachel Korn
Leonard Cohen
A. M. Klein
Elizabeth Brewster CM (1922–2012), poet[456]
Leonard Cohen OC (1934–2016), poet and singer-songwriter[46]
Adeena Karasick (1965– ), poet
A. M. Klein (1909–1972), poet and novelist[444]
Rachel Korn (1898–1982), poet and author[493]
Irving Layton OC (1912–2006), poet[444]
Eli Mandel (1922–1992), poet[494]
Ida Maze (1893–1962), Yiddish poet[495]
Melech Ravitch, (1893–1976), Yiddish poet[496]
Joe Rosenblatt (1933– ), poet[273]
Gregory Scofield (1966– ), poet[497]
Esther Segal (1895–1974), Yiddish poet[498]
J. I. Segal (1896–1954), Yiddish poet[499]
Joseph Sherman OC (1945–2006), poet
Sholem Shtern (1907–1990), Yiddish poet[500]
Mark Strand (1934–2014), poet and essayist[501]
Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), poet[502]
Tom Wayman (1945– ), poet
Yudika (1898–1988), Yiddish poet[503]
Screenwriters and playwrights
Ted Allan (1916–1995), screenwriter and playwright[4]
Ben Barzman (1910–1989), screenwriter
Len Blum (1951– ), screenwriter[504]
Joel H. Cohen, television writer[505]
Robert Cohen, comedy writer[506]
Stan Daniels (1934–2007), screenwriter, director, and producer[507]
Evan Goldberg (1982– ), screenwriter[508]
Elan Mastai (1974– ), screenwriter[509]
Hannah Moscovitch (1978– ), playwright[510]
Sharon Pollock OC (1936–2021), playwright[448]
Oren Safdie (1965– ), playwright[511]
Rick Salutin (1942– ), playwright[448]
Adam Seelig (1975– ), playwright[512]
David Shore (1959– ), television writer
Beverley Simons (1938– ), playwright[513]
Sandor Stern (1936– ), screenwriter
Mel Tolkin (1913–2007), television comedy writer[514]
Sports
See also: Category:Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Athletics
Bobbie Rosenfeld
Sasha Gollish (1981– ), competitive runner[515]
Abby Hoffman OC (1947– ), track and field athlete[516]
Bobbie Rosenfeld (1904—1969), runner and long jumper[517]
Baseball
Goody Rosen (1912–1994), baseball player, outfielder, All-Star[518]
Adam Stern (1980– ), baseball player, outfielder
Basketball
Doodie Bloomfield (1918–1950), basketball player[519]
Julius Goldman (1910–2001), basketball player[520]
Bennie Lands (1921–2014), basketball player[519]
Irving Meretsky (1912–2006), basketball player[521]: 227
Mendy Morein (1926–2003), basketball player[519]
Cy Strulovitch (1925– ), basketball player[519]
Sol Tolchinsky (1929– ), basketball[519]
Murray Waxman (1925– ), basketball[519]
Canadian football
Mark Cohon
Sam Berger CM (1900–1992), president of the CFL[522]
Noah Cantor (1971– ), CFL player[523]
Mark Cohon (1966– ), CFL Commissioner[524]
Sydney Halter OC (1905–1990), CFL Commissioner[524]
Lew Hayman (1908–1984), Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes coach[525]
Chess
Sofia Polgar
Jacob Ascher (1841–1912), chess master
Mark Bluvshtein (1988– ), chess grandmaster
Nathan Divinsky (1925–2012), chess master[526]
Selim Franklin (1814–1885), chess master[527]
Sofia Polgar (1974– ), chess grandmaster[528]
Daniel Yanofsky OC (1925–2000), Canada's first chess grandmaster
Combat sports
Mark Berger (1954– ), judoka, Olympic silver & bronze (heavyweight)
Maxie Berger (1917–2000), boxer[529]
Eddie Creatchman (1928–1994), wrestler and manager[530]
Al Foreman (1904–1954), boxer[531]
Sarah Kaufman (1985– ), mixed martial artist[532]
Sammy Luftspring (1916–2000), boxer, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[533]
Fred Oberlander (1911–1996), wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion[534]
Lanny Poffo (1954– ), wrestler[535]
Irving Ungerman (1923–2015), boxing promoter and manager[520]
David Zilberman (1982– ), freestyle wrestler[536]
Figure skating
Petra Burka
Ellen Burka CM (1921–2016), figure skater[520]
Petra Burka (1946– ), figure skater[520]
Dylan Moscovitch (1984– ), pairs skater[537]
Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931), world figure skating champion[538]
Hockey
Michael Cammalleri
Zach Hyman
Mike Veisor
Cory Pecker
Trevor Smith
Murray Bannerman (1957– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Ross Brooks (1937– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Hy Buller (1926–1968), ice hockey, All-Star defenceman (NHL)
Michael Cammalleri (1982– ), ice hockey, left wing (New Jersey Devils)[539]
Jason Demers (1988– ), ice hockey defenseman (Arizona Coyotes)[540]
Steve Dubinsky (1970– ), ice hockey, centre (NHL)
Oren Eizenman (1985– ), ice hockey centre[539]
Kaleigh Fratkin (1992– ), ice hockey defenseman (Metropolitan Riveters) [541][542]
Mark Friedman (1995– ), ice hockey, NHL
Cecil Hart (1883–1940), Montreal Canadiens coach and namesake of the Hart Memorial Trophy[543]
Adam Henrich (1984– ), ice hockey, left wing/centre (Serie A)
Michael Henrich (1980– ), ice hockey, right wing, first Jewish player drafted in first round to the NHL[544]
Eric Himelfarb (1983– ), ice hockey centre (HC Thurgau)
Corey Hirsch (1972– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)
Josh Ho-Sang (1996– ), ice hockey forward (New York Islanders)[545]
Zach Hyman (1992– ), ice hockey left wing/centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Joe Ironstone (1898–1972), ice hockey goaltender (NHL)[546]
Max Labovitch (1924–2018), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)[547]
Brendan Leipsic (1994– ), ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks)[548]
Alex Levinsky (1910–1990), ice hockey, defenceman (NHL)
Jacob Micflikier (1984– ), ice hockey forward (EHC Biel)[549]
David Nemirovsky (1976– ), ice hockey, right wing (CSKA Moscow)
Bob Nystrom (1952– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
Eric Nystrom (1983– ), ice hockey, left wing (NHL)[521]: 174
Cory Pecker (1981– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL, Nationalliga B)[550]
Bob Plager (1943– ), ice hockey defense (NHL)[551]
Samuel Rothschild (1899–1987), ice hockey left wing (NHL)[546]
Eliezer Sherbatov (1991– ), ice hockey, left wing (KHL)[552]
Max Silverman (1900–1966), ice hockey manager
Trevor Smith (1985– ), ice hockey, centre (Toronto Maple Leafs)[553]
Ronnie Stern (1967– ), ice hockey, right wing (NHL)
Josh Tordjman (1985– ), ice hockey goaltender (EC Red Bull Salzburg)
Mike Veisor (1952– ), ice hockey, goaltender (NHL)[554]
Stephen Weiss (1983– ), ice hockey, forward (Detroit Red Wings, NHL)[555]
Ethan Werek (1991– ), ice hockey, forward (OHL, NHL)
Bernie Wolfe (1951– ), ice hockey, goaltender[556]
Larry Zeidel (1928–2014), ice hockey defenceman (NHL)
Racing
Tanya Dubnicoff (1969– ), track cyclist[521]: 239
Leah Goldstein (1969– ), road racing cyclist
Yonnie Starr (1905–1990), racehorse trainer
Lance Stroll (1998– ), Formula One driver[179]
Racket sports
Sharon Fichman
Jesse Levine
Sharon Fichman (1990– ), tennis player[557]
Sherman Greenfeld (1962– ), racquetball player[520]
Jesse Levine (1987– ), Canadian-American tennis player[558]
Denis Shapovalov (1999– ), tennis player[559]
Andrew Sznajder (1967– ), tennis player[521]: 258
Soccer
Adam Braz (1981– ), former professional soccer player[560]
Tomer Chencinski (1984– ), Israeli-Canadian soccer player[561]
Gottfried Fuchs (1889–1972), soccer (German national team)[562]
Daniel Haber (1992– ), soccer player[563]
Samuel Hazan (1983– ), soccer player
Frederick Stambrook (1929–2005), president of the Canadian Soccer Association[564]
Other
Josh Binstock (1981– ), beach volleyball player[565]
Sam Schachter (1990– ), beach volleyball player[565]
Ben Weider OC (1923–2008), bodybuilder and entrepreneur[566]
Joe Weider (1919–2013), bodybuilder and entrepreneur[566]
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