The Jews Of South West England
The Rise and Decline of their Medieval and Modern Communities
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Exeter Press
Published:1st Sep '93
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The definitive study of the once-important Jewish communities of Devon and Cornwall, providing an in-depth study of the demography and economic activity as well as the political, cultural, religious and social life of South-Western Jewry.
"This well-documented account of the communities of Plymouth, Exeter, Falmouth and Penzance during the medieval and modern eras offers an affectionate account of provincial Jewish life in an overwhelmingly gentile environment, which led inexorably to a process of assimilation and eventual decline… The author, who was for many years the minister of Plymouth Hebrew Congregation . . . augments what is an essentially scholarly work with a wealth of anecdotes." (Jewish Chronicle)
ISBN: 9780859893664
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383 pages