The Jewish chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991 / David Cesarani

Author:: Cesarani, David
Additional Titles:: Jewish Chronicle & Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991
Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xiv, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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1. Origins and pioneers, 1841-1855. Jacob Franklin and Isaac Vallentine, 1841-1844. Joseph Mitchell and Marcus Bresslau, 1844-1855. Foreign intelligence, 1841-1855 -- 2. Defining an identity: the Jewish Chronicle and mid-Victorian Anglo-Jewry, 1855-1878. Abraham Benisch, 1855-1868. Foreign coverage, the Mortara Affair and Palestine, 1855-1868. Jews, religion and culture in mid-Victorian Britain. Michael Henry and the perils of Liberalism, 1868-1875. Benisch redivivus and the Eastern Question, 1875-1878 -- 3. The era of Asher Myers and Israel Davis, 1878-1906. Asher Myers, the Russian Crisis and the immigration debate. Anglo-Jewry and the immigrants. The rise of modern anti-Semitism and Zionism. The high noon of Anglo-Jewry. Israel Davis and the struggle over the Aliens Act, 1902-1906 -- 4. The hegemony of Leopold Greenberg, 1907-1931. The new Jewish journalism, 1907-1914. Doing its bit: the Jewish Chronicle in the First World War.

Summary:

Founded in 1841, The Jewish Chronicle is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world. A force for change, a forum for debate and a shaper of Jewish identity, it has played a central part in the development of modern Anglo-Jewry. More than just a mirror of Anglo-Jewish mores, registering waves of immigration and social change, The Jewish Chronicle has been an active player in historical events. Its editors have intervened decisively in communal history and debated with British statesmen. No historian can understand the inner life of British Jews without looking at the social reports, the sports column, the arts and cultural coverage and the advertising that the paper has carried. This book, written by a noted historian of Jewish social affairs, gives an insight into the working of a newspaper, the struggles between editors and directors, and the boardroom politics. It is the story of a publishing adventure that became an institution and helped to shape the destiny of an entire community.

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9780511470509 (ebook)
9780521434348 (hardback)
9780521019132 (paperback)

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