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Abstract:Although Australia is home to a mid-sized Jewish community with a rich cultural life, the study of Australian Jewish literature lags far behind scholarship by historians and sociologists. In this paper, we begin to think about what might constitute a canon of Australian Jewish writing, focusing particularly on writing since the turn of the new century. We examine five texts by some of Australia’s most celebrated Jewish authors. In examining these works, we show the centrality of the Holocaust to Australian Jewish literature. This is not surprising, given that the Holocaust, as scholars have long established, serves as a kind of foundational narrative for the local Jewish community. The writers we examine—second- and third-generation authors whose works are consistent with many of the major features of second- and third-generation writing—clearly situate the Holocaust as the most defining experience in shaping what Australian Jewry has become.

The collective threat to physician well-being is a complex issue with no clear solution. Even before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, physicians suffered from widespread burnout and moral injury, with negative consequences for patient care, physician health, and the health care system. Initial clinician well-being efforts leaned heavily on individual-focused interventions. However, workplace culture and environment are key factors that affect burnout, and therefore clinician well-being efforts require both individual-focused and systems-level interventions. A sustainable culture of support in medicine is necessary to foster physician well-being.

Yiddish theatre in Canada and abroad consists primarily of amateur community groups. One of these groups, Die Folkshpieler (the People's Players, founded 2002) is housed in Canada's capital city. Although most of the group's members and audiences are not fluent Yiddish speakers, these events have come to occupy an important role in the cultural life of the local Jewish community. This study examines the production of Yiddish theatre in Ottawa through the lens of 'postvernacular Yiddish,' where the symbolic value of the language exceeds its communicative functions. The performativity of Yiddish theatre allows for participants to engage with a language that resonates deeply with them as well as to explore new parts of themselves. Using interviews with Die Folkshpieler writer-director, Shirley Steinberg, and one of its long-time participants and occasional writer, Rubin Friedman, the study suggests that Yiddish theatre functions as a means of negotiating Canadian Jewish identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article covers information related to the Olympic weightlifting scene in Canada. It provides a selection of English-language resources on Olympic weightlifting from Canada and the U.S., including the Web sites of the Semi Weightlifting Club and the Ontario Weightlifting Association. It also describes an outreach effort made by an Olympic weightlifter in an English-speaking community in Montreal, Quebec.