@article{523, keywords = {Siegel Ida, Toronto, Jews, Acculturation}, author = {Luigi Pennacchio}, title = {The Defence of Identity: Ida Siegel and the Jews of Toronto Versus the Assimilation Attempts of the Public School and its Allies, 1900-1920}, abstract = {Discusses the history of Ida Siegel's struggle to protect the cultural and religious identity of Toronto's Jews during a time when the Canadian majority in Toronto saw the public schools as a means to force assimilation on minorities.}, year = {1985}, journal = {Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal}, volume = {9}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {41-60, }, isbn = {07063547}, language = {English}, }