Gerald K. Stone received his M.L.S. from McGill University. In 1983 he joined the National Archives of Canada, providing expertise and leadership in improving access through resource description standards and systems. He retired in 2009 as Director of Planning and Research of Library and Archives Canada's Documentary Heritage Collection Sector.

Gerald K. Stone received his M.L.S. from McGill University. In 1983 he joined the National Archives of Canada, providing expertise and leadership in improving access to archival and published material through resource description standards and systems. He retired in 2009 as Director of Planning and Research of Library and Archives Canada's Documentary Heritage Collection Sector.

"Organizing and classifying the recorded evidence of 250 years of a genre which is still unfolding is a monumental feat. One should be aware, however, that Stone makes it clear that this is a catalog and not a bibliography. The fact that this book represents one person’s collection is a testament to the importance of collecting as an activity that limns the chaos of memories and plants a marker in the ground to remember those memories that are vulnerable to being forgotten. Stone’s catalogue will be invaluable to researchers in the field and joins bibliographical works... as a portal into the growing body of scholarly work on Jews and Judaism in Canada."

—Eddie Paul (Senior Director, Library & Learning Services, Jewish Public Library, Montreal), Canadian Jewish Studies (2021)

“This remarkable bibliography unlocks a treasure-trove of scholarship in Canadian Jewish Studies, including many long-forgotten or previously inaccessible items. It represents the accomplishment of a lifetime.”

—Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish Studies, Brandeis University

“Stone’s Catalog is an unparalleled resource for students and scholars of Canadian Jewish studies from a delightfully wide range of fields—social sciences and demographics, literature and the arts, history, religion, culture, language, politics, education, and more. Its well-organized, easy to master logic, makes it as usable as an electronic database, with the added pleasure of being able to hold it, to turn its pages on Jewish life, and to find not only what you’re looking for, but myriad surprises. With citations in English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish and a host of other languages, this compendium of some 6,000 helpfully concise annotated entries—primary and secondary sources, analogue and digital—the Catalog is a must-have volume for anyone interested in Canadian Jewish life.”

—David S. Koffman, J. Richard Shiff Chair for the Study of Canadian Jewry, Associate Professor of History, York University