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- ISBN 9780747812302
- Weight: 168g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 10 May 2013
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain’s Jewish community, the country’s oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive periods of acceptance and toleration.
Some Jews came as wealthy traders, others as desperate refugees; some had to lead secret lives, and others in different times stood shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the nation against threats to the British way of life, which included the Nazis.
The impact of Jewish culture on daily life – on language, on food, on religion, art and business – has been inestimable, and this book is a fully illustrated introduction and fitting tribute.
Michael Leventhal, journalist and publisher, is the founder of Gefiltefest – an annual festival of Jewish food in Britain.
Richard Goldstein, former Director of the London Jewish Cultural Centre’s Holocaust and Anti-Racism and International Tours Departments, is a Jewish History educator and tour guide.
