List of Canadian Jews

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The Jewish population of Canada is approximately 350,000, with a majority living in either Toronto or Montreal. The following is a list of some prominent Canadian Jews.

Politicians

Dave Barrett premier of British Columbia
David Croll, senator
Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister
Sam Katz, mayor of Winnipeg
Mel Lastman, mayor of Toronto
David Lewis, NDP leader
Stephen Lewis, politician & diplomat
Bob Rae, premier of Ontario (Jewish father)

Jurists

Rosalie Abella, Supreme Court justice
Irwin Cotler, justice minister
Morris Fish, Supreme Court justice
Alan B. Gold, Quebec chief justice
Bora Laskin, Chief Justice

Academics

Irving Abella, historian
Sidney Altman, molecular biologist, Nobel Prize (1989)
Eric Berne, psychiatrist
Erving Goffman, sociologist
William Kahan, computer scientist, Turing Award (1989)
Martin Kamen, chemist
James Laxer, political economist (half Jewish)
Rachmiel Levine, physician
Rudolph Marcus, chemist, Nobel Prize (1992)
Steven Pinker, psychologist
John von Polanyi, chemist, Nobel Prize (1986) (half Jewish)
Myron Scholes, economist, Nobel Prize (1997)
Lionel Tiger, anthropologist
Jacob Viner, economist (Canadian-born)

Film, TV & Stage

Mark Achbar, director (unconfirmed)
Paulo Costanzo, actor (half Jewish)
David Cronenberg, director
Sidney J. Furie, director
Victor Garber, actor
Harold Greenberg, producer
Lorne Greene, actor
Monty Hall, tv host
Arthur Hiller, director
Mia Kirshner, actress
Robert Lantos, producer
Eugene Levy, actor
Avi Lewis, tv journalist
Howie Mandel, actor & comedian
Louis B. Mayer, film producer
Lorne Michaels, tv producer
Rick Moranis, actor & comedian
Ivan Reitman, director
Mort Sahl, comedian
Paul Shaffer, tv comedian
William Shatner, actor
David Steinberg, comedian
Warner Brothers, film producers
Al Waxman, actor
Wayne and Shuster, comedy duo
Peter Wintonick, director (unconfirmed)
Moses Znaimer, tv producer

Musicians

Steve Bays, member of Hot Hot Heat
Henry Brant, composer
Natalie & Nicole Appleton, members of All Saints
Leonard Cohen, songwriter & poet
Percy Faith, bandleader
Chilly Gonzales, electronica
Ofra Harnoy, cellist
Moe Koffman, jazz musician
Corky Laing, member of Mountain
Geddy Lee, member of Rush
Marilyn Lerner, jazz pianist
Ben Mink, collaborator of k.d. lang (who claims remote Jewish ancestry)
Steven Page, member of Barenaked Ladies
Peaches, electrothrash artist
Robbie Robertson, member of The Band (half Jewish)
Howard Shore, film composer
David Usher, singer/songwriter (half Jewish)
Zal Yanovsky, member of Lovin' Spoonful
Maurice Zbriger, violinist, composer & conductor

Writers & Poets

Joel Bakan, author
Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel Prize (1976) (Canadian-born)
Matt Cohen, writer
Howard Engel, mystery writer
Naomi Klein, author & activist
Irving Layton, poet
Mordecai Richler, author
Rick Salutin, playwright & critic
Jason Sherman, playwright
Mark Strand, poet (unconfirmed)
Karen X. Tulchinsky, author & screenwriter

Journalists

Barbara Amiel, journalist
Barbara Frum, journalist
Michele Landsberg, columnist & social activist
Eric Margolis, journalist (half Jewish, half Albanian Muslim)
Peter C. Newman, journalist
Ellie Tesher, advice columnist

Artists

Aislin, caricaturist
Sorel Etrog, sculptor
Philip Guston, abstract expressionist
Frank Gehry, architect
Moshe Safdie, architect
Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman

Business

Izzy Asper, founder of CanWest Global Communications
Ed Mirvish, businessman & philanthropist
Jeffrey Skoll, co-founder of eBay
Samuel Bronfman, founder of Seagram
Paul Reichmann, real estate magnate
Gerald Schwartz, businessman

Sports

Sherman Greenfeld, racquetball world champion
Cecil Hart, Montreal Canadiens coach
Lew Heyman, Toronto Argonauts & Montreal Alouettes coach
Bobbie Rosenfeld, all-round female athlete
Louis Rubenstein, world figure skating champion
Albert Schneider, Olympic boxing champion

See also: List of Jews, List of Canadians