British Jewry and the Holocaust

by Richard Bolchover

Overview

This is the first book to examine the response of the British Jewish community to the destruction of the Jewish community of mainland Europe in World War II. Richard Bolchover charts the reponse of leading Jews and of Jewish organizations to the unfolding tragedy. In the process he raises controversial questions about the Anglo-Jewish community's priorities, and the way in which it organized itself. This study of Jewish political thought and culture marks a serious and provocative departure from the traditionally dominant trend in Anglo-Jewish historiography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521432344
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/29/1993
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Richard Bolchover studied at University College London and at St Antony's College, Oxford, and was a Rotary International Foundation Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder & director of Close Fund Management Ltd and is now a Partner at Nimrod Capital LLP.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Knowing and Believing; Part II. The Institutions: Introduction: The Anglo-Jewish Community; 1. Communal priorities; 2. The institutional response to the Holocaust; Part III. The Ideologies: Introduction: social and political philosophies; 3. The politics of hope; 4. The politics of fear; 5. The Jewish fighting model; Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"A comprehensive though succinct work." The Canadian Jewish News

"Bolchover joins an interesting and active generation of scholars who have been revising the whig interpretation of Jewish history as the story of the triumph of liberalism and toleration. ... Bolchover is a sohisticated analyst." Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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