Scenes and personalities in Anglo-Jewry, 1800-2000 / Israel Finestein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finestein, I.

Series:

Parkes-Wiener series on Jewish studies 1368-5449

Parkes-Wiener series on Jewish studies, 1368-5449

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Jews.

Jews--Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Jewish leadership--Great Britain.

Jewish leadership.

Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2002.

Contents:

1. The Changing Governance of Anglo-Jewry, 1950-2000 1

2. Anglo-Jewish Attitudes to Jewish Day-School Education, 1850-1950 52

3. The Estrangement of Anglo-Jewish Intellectuals 96

4. Israel Jacobs (1775-1853), Bethel Jacobs (1812-69), and the Jewish Community of Hull 112

5. Sir Moses Montefiore: A Modern Appreciation 164

6. The Lay Leadership of the United Synagogue from Lionel Cohen to Sir Robert Waley Cohen 178

7. Israel Zangwill in His Day, 1864-1926 196

8. Lucien Wolf (1857-1930): A Study in Ambivalence 203

9. Selig Brodetsky (1888-1954): The Prodigy from Fashion Street 224

10. Sir Arthur Goodhart, QC (1891-1978): Jewish Lawyer of the Common Law 233

11. Vivian David Lipman (1921-90) 244

12. Professor Sir Isaiah Berlin OM (1909-97) 249

13. The Board and the Jewish Community 252

14. The Group System at the Board of Deputies 256

15. The Board of Deputies of British Jews 261

16. I.L. Goldsmid and the Beverley Election of 1847 267

17. The Jewish National Idea: Polemics in Britain, 1847-97 272

18. Adler and Salomons: Two Ages 279

19. Jewish Emancipation and Nationality Debated 284

20. Jewish National Identity: The Ubiquity of Jewish Assimilation and the Permanence of Jewish Peoplehood 291

21. Special Features of Jewish History 304.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0853034435

0853034427

OCLC:

50123510