Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland : Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and Religious Leadership (Scottish Religious Cultures: Historical Perspectives)

Holtschneider, Hannah

Edinburgh University Press（2021/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474452601
• DDC分類 296.83209411

Full Description

Kosher haggis, tartan kippot, and Jewish Burns' Suppers: Jews acculturated to Scotland within one generation and quickly inflected Jewish culture in a Scottish idiom. This book analyses the religious aspects of this transition through a transnational perspective on migration in the first three decades of the twentieth century. As immigrants began to outnumber the established Jewish community, and Eastern European rabbis challenged the British Jewish leadership in London, Scottish Jewry underwent momentous changes. The book examines this tumultuous period through a thematic biography of Salis Daiches, Scotland's most significant rabbi. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, including Rabbi Daiches' personal correspondence, the book provides a window into the dynamics of Jewish religious life and power relations.

Contents

Abbreviations, Preface, AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Portrait and ideology2. The Chief Rabbi, the London Beth Din, and the battle for leadership in the 'provinces'3. Scotland: local leaders, local communities4. Traces and spaces: Jews and / in the city of EdinburghEpilogue, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, References, Notes