The Jews in Britain: A Chronology

I had already warmed to this book before reading the compiler's introduction in which he (a retired actuary) admits this book was a labour of love, compiled when he got bored with doing his PhD! First, it was a slim book, easily held in the hand – a rare pleasure for a Reference Reviews reviewer! Second, instead of browsing with a critical mind‐set, I kept reading the text! “How interesting!”, “I never knew that!” Having only a patchy knowledge of UK Jewish history, I was hooked. I was fascinated, for example, by the six fold division into which the compiler...