Britain's Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety by Harry Freedman Paperback Book

Description: Britain's Jews by Harry Freedman Britains Jews is a challenging look at Jewish life in the UK today and what it is like to be Jewish in 21st-century Britain. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Jews in Britain have risen to the top of nearly every profession, they run major companies, sit at the top tables in politics and are prominent in science, arts and media. Of course there is poverty and disadvantage, just as there is in any community, but objectively, British Jews have done well. Particularly when we consider where they came from: the impoverished, often oppressed lives that many Jews lived in Eastern Europe and the Ottoman Empire less than 200 years ago.British Jews have lived safely and continuously in Britain longer than any other modern Jewish community has lived anywhere else in the world. Jews are so ingrained into the national fabric of Britain that they are often not considered to be a minority at all.They have organised themselves in a way that serves as a model both to more recent immigrant communities in Britain and to Jewish communities elsewhere. Being British, they wear their distinctions lightly, they dont trumpet their achievements. But they give back quietly: Jewish organisations help more recently arrived minorities, charities draw on the Jewish experience of persecution to help oppressed people in the developing world, philanthropists support causes far beyond their own communities boundaries.Based on conversations with Jews from all walks of life, Britains Jews depicts what it is like to be Jewish in 21st century Britain and why Jewish life is still a subject of fascination. Author Biography Harry Freedman is Britains leading author of popular works of Jewish culture and history. He has published several books with Bloomsbury Continuum, including Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius and Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, which was particularly successful in the USA. His other titles include The Talmud: A Biography and The Murderous History of Bible Translations. He has written for the Guardian, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Judaism Today and contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Modern Jewish Culture. Table of Contents 1. Introduction2. The New Confidence3. Life4. Religion5. Conformity and Dissent6. Community and Cohesion7. Not Just London8. Giving and Caring9. Education10. Migrations11. Glossary Review [Freedmans] survey is detailed and fair … For non-Jews, this explains us as well as is possible outside fiction. * The Spectator *Freedman, a prolific author of books on Jewish subjects, has produced something that could fairly lay claim to becoming the definitive guide to British Jewry…And as a portrait of a community at a particular moment, it is an exhaustive, impressive achievement. * The Tablet *The book is a great primer as an introduction to what makes Jews tick today. * Jewish News *[Freedman] writes clearly and knows the community inside and out. * New Humanist *Freedmans insider account of Britain Jewry...tells a story of "confidence", "maturity", even relative cohesion. * Times Literary Supplement * Promotional Britains Jews is a challenging look at Jewish life in the UK today and what it is like to be Jewish in 21st-century Britain. Details ISBN1472987233 Author Harry Freedman Pages 368 Year 2023 ISBN-10 1472987233 ISBN-13 9781472987235 Publication Date 2023-11-09 UK Release Date 2023-11-09 Format Paperback Imprint Bloomsbury Continuum Subtitle Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-11-09 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DEWEY 305.8924041 Audience General AU Release Date 2024-04-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151570021;

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