Jewish orthodoxy in Scotland : Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and religious leadership / Hannah Holtschneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holtschneider, K. Hannah, 1971- author.

Series:

Scottish religious cultures. Historical perspectives.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Scottish religious cultures. Historical perspectives

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Judaism--Scotland.

Orthodox Judaism.

Jews--Scotland--Social life and customs.

Jews.

Daiches, Salis, 1880-1945.

Daiches, Salis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Jews acculturated to Scotland within one generation and quickly inflected Jewish culture in a Scottish idiom. This text analyses the religious aspects of this transition through a transnational perspective on migration in the first three decades of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Portrait and Ideology

2 The Chief Rabbi, the London Beth Din and the Battle for Leadership in the ‘Provinces’

3 Scotland: Local Leaders, Local Communities

4 Traces and Spaces: Jews and/in the City of Edinburgh

Epilogue

Glossary

References and Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

ISBN:

1-4744-7655-4

1-4744-5261-2

OCLC:

1306542062