Tagged: Manchester University Press

May 9, 2025

An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945 by Gavin Schaffer

A bold, new history of British Jewish life since the Second World War. Historian Gavin Schaffer wrestles Jewish history away from the question of what others have thought about Jews, focusing instead on the...

Leeds and its Jewish community: A history by Derek Fraser

New Books

May 27, 2019

Leeds and its Jewish community: A history by Derek Fraser

The book provides a comprehensive history of the third largest Jewish community in Britain and fills an acknowledged gap in both Jewish and Urban historiography. Bringing together the latest research and building on earlier...