The author and historian Allan Levine discusses his recent book Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience (McClelland & Stewart, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience by Allan Levine (McClelland & Stewart, 2018). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Seeking the Fabled City

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

Allan Levine joins me again. The award-winning author and historian recently published Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience. It’s an engaging book with history through three centuries, chronicling the achievements and struggles of the Jewish communities that developed in the large urban centres of Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg, but also throughout the prairies and elsewhere. There are unforgettable people that Mr. Levine writes about, as well as the darker experiences of antisemitism and prejudice. Allan Levine has written thirteen books including Toronto: Biography of a City, and William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny, books he has previously appeared on the program on. Among his many awards include the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year, and the Best History Book Award from the Canadian Jewish Book Awards. This book, published by McClelland & Stewart, was longlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize. Visit www.allanlevinebooks.com. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Allan Levine; Mr. Levine, good morning.

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