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Jews --- Judaism --- Juifs --- History --- Cultural assimilation --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Ethnic relations. --- Relations interethniques --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Ethnic relations --- History.
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Jews --- Juifs --- History. --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Ethnic relations. --- Relations interethniques --- History
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A landmark study of the rise of Anglo-Jewish society in eighteenth century England
Jews --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- History --- Great Britain --- Ethnic relations. --- Grande-Bretagne --- Relations interethniques --- Histoire
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In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. Their story, less dramatic perhaps than that of other Jewish communities, is no less deserving of this comprehensive and finely balanced analytical account. Even though Jews were never completely absent from Britain after the expulsion of 1290, it was not until the mid- seventeenth century that a permanent community took root. Endelman devotes chapters to the resettlement; to the integration and acculturation that took place, more intensively than in other European states, during the eighteenth century; to the remarkable economic transformation of Anglo-Jewry between 1800 and 1870; to the tide of immigration from Eastern Europe between 1870 and 1914 and the emergence of unprecedented hostility to Jews; to the effects of World War I and the turbulent events up to and including the Holocaust; and to the contradictory currents propelling Jewish life in Britain from 1948 to the end of the twentieth century. We discover not only the many ways in which the Anglo-Jewish experience was unique but also what it had in common with those of other Western Jewish communities.
Jews --- History. --- Great Britain --- Ethnic relations. --- 17th century. --- academic. --- anglo jewish. --- belief. --- britain. --- british empire. --- british jews. --- community. --- european history. --- faith. --- great britain. --- israel. --- jewish history. --- jewish studies. --- jewish. --- judaism. --- modern jewry. --- modern jews. --- modern judaism. --- modern religion. --- political. --- politics. --- religion. --- religious studies. --- scholarly. --- settlement. --- state of israel. --- western jewish. --- world war 1. --- wwi.
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The enigmatic kabbalist Samuel Falk, known as the Ba'al Shem of London, has piqued the curiosity of scholars for generations. Eighteenth-century London was fascinated by Jews, and as a miracle-worker and adventurer, well connected and well read, Falk had much to offer. Interest in the man was further aroused by rumours of his dealings with European aristocrats and other famous characters, as well as with scholars, Freemasons, and Shabbateans, but evidence was scanty. Michal Oron has now brought together all the known source material on the man, and her detailed annotations of his diary and that of his assistant give us rich insights into his activities over several years. We learn of his meetings and his travels; his finances; his disputes, his dreams, and his remedies; and lists of his books. We see London's social life and commerce, its landed gentry and its prisons, and what people ate, wore, and possessed. The burgeoning Jewish community of London and its religious practices, as well as its communal divisiveness, is depicted especially colourfully. The scholarly introductions by Oron and by Todd Endelman and the informative appendices help contextualize the diaries and offer an intriguing glimpse of Jewish involvement in little-known aspects of London life at the threshold of the modern era.
Mystics --- Judaism --- History --- De Falk, Samuel Hayyim,
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