Fraser Leeds and its Jewish community

A history
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2309-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 360 Seiten

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of Leeds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: The context
1 National: Jews in Britain: an historical overview – Geoffrey Alderman
2 Local: Leeds in the age of great cities – Derek Fraser
3 Demographic: The Jewish population of Leeds: how many Jews? – Nigel Grizzard

Part II: The chronology
4 Jews as Yorkshiremen: Jewish identity in late-Victorian Leeds – James Appell
5 Britishness and Jewishness: integration and separation – Aaron Kent
6 Pragmatism or politics: Leeds Jewish tailors and Leeds Jewish tailoring trade unions, 1876–1915 – Anne J. Kershen
7 The Edwardian Jewish community and the First World War – Nigel Grizzard
8 Zionism in Leeds 1892–1939 – Janet Douglas
9 The unwalled ghetto: mobility and anti-semitism in the interwar period – Amanda Bergen

10 The Second World War – Ian Vellins
Part III: The contours of the Leeds Jewish community
11 Jewish heritage in Leeds – Sharman Kadish
12 Fellowship and philanthropy – Derek Fraser

13 At rest and play: leisure and sporting activities – Phil Goldstone
14 The influence of personalities – Michael Meadowcroft
15 Spaces of Jewish belonging – Irina Kudenko
16 The community today and its recent history – Derek Fraser

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Derek Fraser is Emeritus Professor of History at Teesside University