Controversy and Crisis: Studies in the History of the Jews in Modern Britain

During an academic career spanning forty years, Professor Geoffrey Alderman has produced some of the most authoritative and controversial studies in the field of Jewish history in modern Britain, lighting up the dark corners of the Jewish existence in Great Britain and revealing secrets the Anglo-Jewish communities would rather have kept from public view. In Controversy and Crisis, Alderman presents sixteen of his essays, covering fields as disparate as the history of the Jewish vote in the UK, the true story of the British Chief Rabbinate, and the uneasy tenure of Sir Jonathan Sacks in that office. He also considers the role of the historian in Anglo-Jewish life, and the troubled careers of some of its leaders and scholars.