Introduction by Geoffrey Alderman. I. Between Daydream and Nightmare: Fin de Siècle Jewish Journeys and the British Imagination by Hannah Ewence … 1 II. The Jews of Leeds: Immigrant Identity in the Provinces 1800-1920 by James Appell 25. III. “Good Jews and Civilized, Self-Reliant Englishment:” Crafting Anglo-Jewish Education in the 19th Century By Sara Abosch 49. IV. What’s in a Name? The Changing Titles of Norwood, the Jewish Children’s Orphanage by Lawrence Cohen 73. V. “The True Art Makes for the Integration of the Race:” Israel Zangwill and the Varieties of the Jewish Normalization Discourse in Fin de Siècle Britain by Arie M. Dubnov 101. VI. “Some Lesser Known Aspects:” The Anti-Fascist Campaign of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1936-40 by Daniel Tilles 135. VII. “The Dark Alien Executive:” Jewish Producers, Émigrés and the British Film Industry in the 1930s by Edward Marshall 163. Notes on Contributors 188. Index 191.
Geoffrey Alderman (Ph.D. University of Oxford, 1969) is the Michael Gross Professor of Politics & Contemporary History at the University of Buckingham and is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain. In 2006, Oxford conferred on him with the degree of Doctor of Letters in respect of his work in this field.
“The essays in this neatly-edited volume provide exciting new
insights into Anglo-Jewish history. They represent the second
generation of critical scholarship on the subject matter and are
united in their innovative and subtle nature. Topics as varied as
literature, film and orphanages are explored in essays that range
in chronology from the mid-Victorian era through to the eve of the
Second World War. They break through barriers of history from above
and below, of history and culture, and of Jewish and non-Jewish
responses, providing critical perspectives on new and old topics
alike. Taken together they represent the coming of age of the study
of Anglo-Jewry, a subject matter until recently sadly ignored in
British as well as Jewish historiography.”
*Professor Tony Kushner, Parkes Institute, University of
Southampton*
“This excellent collection is the advance guard of the second wave
of scholarly research into the Jewish experience in Britain since
the predominance of gifted amateurs ended in the 1980s. It is
multi-disciplinary, wide-ranging, conceptually sophisticated, full
of irony and frequently witty. There are no apologetics here. With
these mainly young scholars, who hail from a variety of
backgrounds, British Jewish history has reached maturity. The
results are fascinating, sometimes shocking, but always
illuminating."
*David Cesarani is research professor in History at Royal Holloway,
University of London*
"Studies of Anglo-Jewry have changed dramatically since 1960 and
Lloyd Gartner’s important work, The Jewish Immigrant in England.
The essays in New Directions in Anglo-Jewish History take this
progress a stage further. There is work on migrants, those who
became “houseless, homeless, friendless in a strange place.” There
is a welcome awareness Anglo-Jewish history needs to break away
from a London-centric approach. New perspectives are offered on the
elite responses to fascist anti-Semitism in the 1930s. The
important role of Jews in the British film industry pushes the
boundaries further still. Such essays and the other contributions
to this volume, bear witness to the greater academic recognition
recently accorded to Anglo-Jewish history. Moreover, all the texts
carry insights which remain relevant in an age of globalization
when migration continues apace and other immigrants and refugees
continue to confront that mixture of “dream and nightmare” such
uprooting invariably entails."
*Colin Holmes, Emeritus Professor of History, University of
Sheffield*
"This valuable collection of essays by new scholars in the field of
Anglo-Jewish history is a welcome addition. The essays introduce
topics that have received little attention hitherto - such as
immigrant identity in the provices at the turn of the century and
émigré Jews in the British film industry in the 1930s - as well as
question conventional historical views - such as the belief that
the response of the Board of Deputies to British fascism was weak
and ineffective."
*Todd M. Endelman, William Haber Professor of Modern Jewish
History, University of Michigan*
“'New Directions in Anglo-Jewish History' presents a collection of
seven essays on diverse aspects of modern Anglo-Jewish history. The
introduction to the volume by its editor, Geoffrey Alderman,
prepares the reader for something dynamic and original. . . .
Considering the prominence of Alderman as a scholar in the field of
Anglo-Jewish history and his deserved reputation as a witty and
insightful ‘communal gadfly,’ we should expect an exciting,
provocative and controversial collection of essays. The essays are
indeed well researched, stimulating, and of an excellent standard.
. . . [T]his volume contains something for anyone interested in
Anglo-Jewish history.”
*Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, vol. 12, issue 3 (December
2013)*
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