Defining decadeDefining decade The 1960s witnessed a radical transformation in the Canadian Jewish community. The erosion of longstanding barriers of anti Semitism resulted in increased access for Jews to the economic, political, and social Canadian mainstream. Arguing paradoxically that even as Canada became more accepting, Canadian Jews became more focused on Jewish identity, The Defining Decadeem examines how the 1960s redefined what it meant to be a Canadian Jew