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Irving Abella (Irving Martin Abella) was born on 2 July, 1940 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian historian (1940–2022). Discover Irving Abella's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?
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His wife is Rosalie Abella (m. 1968)
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Irving Abella Net Worth
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He stated that the latter – which detailed the Canadian government's immigration policy during the 1930s that led it to accept only 5,000 Jewish refugees during World War II – was not intended to be more than an academic text.
However, it ultimately impacted the immigration policy of the government at the time.
Irving Martin Abella (July 2, 1940 – July 3, 2022) was a Canadian historian who served as a professor at York University from 1968 to 2013.
He specialized in the history of the Jews in Canada and the Canadian labour movement.
Abella was born in Toronto on July 2, 1940.
His parents were Esther (Shiff) and Louis Abella.
He studied at the University of Toronto, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1963 and a Master of Arts the following year.
Abella first taught at York University in 1968, specializing in labour and Jewish history.
Abella married Rosalie Silberman Abella in 1968.
They met while studying at the University of Toronto together, and remained married until his death.
He commenced his doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, before returning to the University of Toronto and being awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 1969.
He wrote his thesis on Canadian labour history.
During the early 1970s, he started the first university course in Canadian Jewish studies at Glendon College, which he considered his greatest achievement.
After Ron Atkey, the minister of immigration, read a draft copy of the manuscript, the Canadian government welcomed 50,000 Vietnamese boat people by the end of 1980 (up from the original goal of 8,000 refugees per year).
He was conferred the National Jewish Book Award in 1983 under the Holocaust category for None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933–1948.
Abella's books include Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada (1990) and None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933–1948 (1982).
He served as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1992 to 1995.
He was also chair of Vision TV, a religious broadcaster.
He was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in October 1993 and invested four months later in February of the following year.
He was president of the Canadian Historical Association for the year 1999-2000.
He was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012).
She was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in August 2004.
Together, they have two children, Jacob and Zachary.
Abella died on July 3, 2022, one day after his 82nd birthday.
He suffered from an unspecified long illness prior to his death.
Abella was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
He continued teaching at that institution until 2013.
Abella later received the Order of Ontario in 2014 "for his contribution to documenting the story of Jewish Canadians, and his commitment to the principles of social justice and tolerance."