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Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid growing discontent with the political climate in the United States, a segment of American Jews are choosing to relocate to Canada. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityTrump AdministrationPolitical ClimateAmerican JewsCanadaEmigrationU.S. PoliticsWinnipegHolocaust TraumaAcademic Migration

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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"She gave all that up to move to Winnipeg, a city where she knew nobody, in a country where she was not a citizen, in a climate whose extremes she was not used to."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"The Winnipeg Jewish Federation has a program specifically to encourage Jews to immigrate there. And JIAS, the Canadian equivalent to the Jewish refugee aid group HIAS, was established in 1922 to help Jewish refugees settle in Toronto but now primarily works with other populations."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Rabbi Yehoshua Ellis, a member of the clergy at the Montreal-area liberal Orthodox synagogue Shaar Hashomayim, also knows a thing or two about fleeing danger zones."
New York, United States
"In New York she had attended a traditional egalitarian synagogue; in Winnipeg she alternates between the Conservative and Modern Orthodox congregations, depending on her mood."

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