Defenders of the Faith: The History of Jews' College and the London School of Jewish Studies

by Derek Taylor

Although Jews were readmitted to England in 1661, nearly 200 years later there was an election for Chief Rabbi where the short list of candidates were all German. Today the community takes its British spiritual leadership for granted, but the whole structure had to be created from scratch; Jews' College has played a major part in this for over 150 years. This is the story of those who did the work and fought against the general indifference of a community...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910383120
• ISBN13: 9781910383124
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Vallentine Mitchell
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"