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A child in war-torn Europe, Amelie Munk fled for her life with her mother, grandmother and younger siblings on a packed train from Paris bound for the south of France. Eking out a tough daily existence, Amelie quickly matured into a young woman whose spirited beauty saved her from several sticky encounters. Life changed for Amelie after the war, when, still a teenager, she married the man destined to become the Chief Rabbi. Amelie transformed into that rare combination - sophisticated woman-of-the-world and Jewish revivalist - rubbing shoulders with royalty and the political elite. Her husband, Chief Rabbi Jakobovits, was an adviser to the Thatcher government: chosen neither for politics nor faith, but for his earthier sense of personal and social responsibility. In her own right Amelie became a luminary of many charities and a speaker and educator on the talmudic and moral issues close to her heart. A deep spiritual connection with her faith and her belief of the sanctity of the family guided her.When Lord Jakobovits was created a Peer of the Realm by then prime minister Thatcher, Amelie Jakobovits became an icon of another kind, and is now regarded with general affection as Lady J.
Contents
Grandfather Goldberger;the French connection; searching for father; escape from the killing fields; sun, bread and sawdust; compassion and collaboration; the Swiss role; the return; the Paris match; the mother-in-law elect; under the veil; rite of passage; of wives and mothers; unto the breach; baby blues; the Jewish world - and beyond; Jakobovitz joins the Founding Fathers; the new world; to boldly grow; the sisterhood; Amelie's ten commandments; sous la belle etoile; rabbi on the hoof; the reconstruction of Anglo-Jewry; Amelie's view; kitchen cabinet; a call to arms; Jewish education on the map; entertaining Amelie; the Chief Rabbi and the Tory party; Diana and the royals; Amelie's universe; Amelie - the family; the bread of affliction; Jakobovits becomes a peer of the realm; the politics of retirement; a seismic split; the women's review; the Lord's view; in the time to come.
