Turbulent Times

by Ben Gidley and Keith Kahn-Harris

Book Overview

The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry, Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990.

Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a strategy of insecurity, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a 'Jewish renaissance' in Britain.

Addressing key questions on the transitions in the history of Anglo-Jewish community and leadership, and tackling the concept of the 'new antisemitism', this important and timely study addresses the question: how has UK Jewry adapted from a shift from monoculturalism to multiculturalism?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847144764
• ISBN13: 9781847144768
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"