Controversy and crisis : studies in the history of the Jews in modern Britain / Geoffrey Alderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alderman, Geoffrey.

Series:

Judaism and Jewish life.

Judaism and Jewish life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jews.

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

Jews--Great Britain--Social life and customs.

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

Judaism.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professor Geoffrey Alderman is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain. During an academic career spanning forty years he has produced some of the most authoritative and controversial studies in this field, lighting up the dark corners of the Jewish existence in Great Britain and revealing secrets the Anglo-Jewish communities would rather have kept from public view. In Controversy and Crisis, Alderman presents sixteen of these essays, covering fields as disparate as the history of the Jewish vote in the UK, the true story of the British Chief Rabbinate, and the uneasy tenure of Sir Jonathan Sacks in that office. He also considers the role of the historian in Anglo-Jewish life, and the troubled careers of some of its leaders and scholars.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

I. Anglo-Jewry: A Suitable Case for Treatment

II. Academic Duty and Communal Obligation: Some Thoughts on the Writing of Anglo-Jewish History

III. The Jew as Scapegoat? The Settlement and Reception of Jews in South Wales before 1914

IV. The Anti-Jewish Riots of August 1911 in South Wales: A Response

V. The British Chief Rabbinate: a Most Peculiar Practice

VI. Power, Authority and Status in British Jewry: The Chief Rabbinate and Shechita

VII. The defence of shechita: Anglo-Jewry and the 'humane conditions' regulations of 1990

VIII. Jewish Political Attitudes and Voting Patterns in England 1945 - 1987

IX. London Jewry and London Politics, 1889 -1934

X. Jews in the Economy of London (1850 - 1940)

XI. M. H. Davis: The Rise and Fall of a Communal Upstart

XII. English Jews or Jews of the English Persuasion: Reflections on the Emancipation of Anglo-Jewry

XIII. British Jewry: The Disintegration of a Community

XIV. That Letter ....... Rabbinical Politics and Jewish Management

XV. Kosher Sex and Leadership Lubrication

XVI. Cecil Roth: A Personal Appraisal

Guide to Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-057-8

OCLC:

637153418