British Jewry and the Holocaust
How did British Jewry respond to the Holocaust, and how prominent was it on the communal agenda? What does this tell us about the values, politics, and fears of the Anglo-Jewish community? This book studies the priorities of that community, as well as the reactions of prominent Jews acting outside any institutional framework, and thereby seeks to analyze the attitudes and philosophies which informed action. The picture Richard Bolchover paints of how Anglo-Jewry framed its response to events...
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The first book to examine the response of the British Jewish community to the destruction of the European Jewish community during World War II.
Preface to the first editionPreface to the paperback editionIntroduction1Pt. IKnowing and Believing5Pt. IIThe Institutions21Introduction: the Anglo-Jewish community231Communal priorities: conflict and domestic anti-semtism312The institutional response to the Holocaust54Pt. IIIThe Ideologies75Introduction: social and political philosophies773The politics of hope834The politics of fear1035The Jewish fighting model121Conclusion144Notes157Bibliography188Index205
