In My Time: A Personal Journey

by Colin Lang

Overview

Bringing together a career's worth of professional expertise in law and commerce and a lifetime's worth of personal experience in traditional Judaism, Colin Lang meditates on the role this ancient ethic continues to play in our lives. While narrating everything from his family history to important changes in Britain's legal system that occurred during his tenure, Lang skilfully weaves in a spiritual lesson about justice as conceived of in the Hebrew Bible.

Lang is particularly well situated to tell this story, growing up as a member of the Jewish community in England, where he attended Oxford, and, following National Service, practiced law for some fifty years, in which he served as a judge for two decades. In addition, as an elected member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, he is well qualified to describe the deep divisions within the Jewish world and to ponder what a future Jewish identity might look like.

The inevitable collision of the author's secular and religious experiences has resulted in compromise, alienation, and guilt, all of which he acknowledges and thoughtfully invites readers to consider. Although his story is bookended by the appeasement of tyrants, Lang's faith ultimately transcends worldly transgressions, ending on a note of hope that the biblical imperative of justice may still prevail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789657041468
Publisher:	Colin Lang
Publication date:	04/26/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	346
File size:	788 KB

About the Author

PPE Oxford University, Solicitor and member of the English Law Society.He retired as a Consultant with one of the largest practices in the Midlands. He has served as a part-time Chairman of the Social Security Appeal Tribunal, and for 15 years was a Deputy District Judge in the County Court. He has lectured on the Human Rights Act 1998.He represents the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation at the Board of Deputies. He is a member of the Jewish Historical Society of England and a friend of the Jewish Museum.
PPE Oxford University, Solicitor and member of the English Law Society. He retired as a Consultant with one of the largest practices in the Midlands. He has served as a part-time Chairman of the Social Security Appeal Tribunal, and for 15 years was a Deputy District Judge in the County Court. He has lectured on the Human Rights Act 1998. He represents the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation at the Board of Deputies. He is a member of the Jewish Historical Society of England and a friend of the Jewish Museum.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations.................................................................................viii

Preface............................................................................................ix

Acknowledgements. ..................................................................... xiii

1. Wandering Jews.................................................................... 1
2. 1935 and All That..................................................................16
3. Paradise Lost........................................................................31
4. Hamlyn Avenue.....................................................................46
5. Gaudeamus Igitur..................................................................60
6. Fields in the Valley.................................................................76
7. Tzahalah................................................................................92
8. Woodbourne........................................................................107
9. The Seventies......................................................................123
10. Iron Ladies...........................................................................139
11. Welfare.................................................................................155
12. Coming of Age......................................................................170
13. Justice...................................................................................185
14. Hail and Farewell..................................................................200
15. Millennium.............................................................................215
16. Reunions...............................................................................231
17. Pater Familias.......................................................................242
18. The Board.............................................................................258
19. Brexit.....................................................................................272
20. Peoplehood...........................................................................289
21. Finally....................................................................................304

Glossary...........................................................................................319

Bibliography......................................................................................321

Index.................................................................................................325