Tag: Anglo-Jewry

Tell It In Gath, British Jewry & Clause 43, The Inside Story, by Abba Bornstein and Bernard Home, London 1972.

One of the great Anglo-Jewish controversies of the early 1970s was the struggle over Clause 43 of the constitution of the Board of Deputies.  I remember it well – for full disclosure I was briefly a member of the Board of Deputies in 1971-72.  Being young and anti-establishment, I remember regarding the President of the … Continue reading Tell It In Gath, British Jewry & Clause 43, The Inside Story, by Abba Bornstein and Bernard Home, London 1972. →

Three Hundred Years. A volume to commemorate the Tercentenary of the Resettlement of the Jews in Great Britain 1656-1956, London 1956.

This was a celebratory book to mark a celebratory year - 300 years since the Jews had officially been allowed to live in the United Kingdom in 1656 - after the expulsion of 1290. We will leave aside the questions of whether the resettlement was official and the fact that there were unofficial Jews living … Continue reading Three Hundred Years. A volume to commemorate the Tercentenary of the Resettlement of the Jews in Great Britain 1656-1956, London 1956. →