Studies and profiles in Anglo-Jewish history : from Picciotto to Bermant / Israel Finestein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finestein, I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Great Britain--Biography.

Jews.

Judaism.

History.

Great Britain.

Jews--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Jews--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Judaism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Judaism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2008.

Contents:

1 Educational Minimalism in the Ascendant, 1850-1914: Profile of Jewish Leadership at Bay 1

2 James Picciotto, 1830-97: Pioneer Anglo-Jewish Historian 30

3 A Dynasty for its Times, 1760-1905: The Van Ovens of England 47

4 Lionel Louis Cohen MP, 1832-87: Aspects of the Establishment 61

5 Sir John Simon QC, MP, 1818-97: Visionary in Politics 98

6 Albert Henry Jessel QC, 1864-1917: The President Who Never Was 121

7 Step Forward Ladies! Some Highlights of a Victorian Velvet Revolution 161

8 Dr Schneier Levenberg, 1907-97: Pragmatic Idealist 188

9 London and the Regions, 1850-1914: A Case of Cordial Unease 209

10 Salmond Solomon Levin, 1905-99: Reveller in Controversy 239

11 Victor Lucas, 1916-97: The Passing of the Silk Hat 250

12 Frederic Moses Landau, 1905-99: Independent Cavalier 259

13 Chaim Bermant, 1929-98: A Modern Zangwill at Large in the Suburb 269

14 Harold Fisch, 1922-2001: Oxford to Jerusalem via the Arctic 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780853035770

0853035776

OCLC:

226281032