Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland

Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and Religious Leadership

Hannah Holtschneider (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2021
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474452601 (ISBN)

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Kosher haggis, tartan kippot, and Jewish Burns’ Suppers: Jews acculturated to Scotland within one generation and quickly inflected Jewish culture in a Scottish idiom. This book analyses the religious aspects of this transition through a transnational perspective on migration in the first three decades of the twentieth century. As immigrants began to outnumber the established Jewish community, and Eastern European rabbis challenged the British Jewish leadership in London, Scottish Jewry underwent momentous changes. The book examines this tumultuous period through a thematic biography of Salis Daiches, Scotland’s most significant rabbi. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, including Rabbi Daiches’ personal correspondence, the book provides a window into the dynamics of Jewish religious life and power relations.

Hannah Holtschneider is a cultural historian at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests span early twentieth century Jewish history in Britain, Jewish migration history, the impact of the Holocaust on individuals and communities, Holocaust memorialisation, and the representation of history in museums.

Abbreviations, Preface, AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Portrait and ideology2. The Chief Rabbi, the London Beth Din, and the battle for leadership in the ‘provinces’3. Scotland: local leaders, local communities4. Traces and spaces: Jews and / in the city of EdinburghEpilogue, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, References, Notes

Erscheinungsdatum	16.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	Scottish Religious Cultures: Historical Perspectives
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	253 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9781474452601 / 9781474452601
Zustand	Neuware