Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland : : Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches and Religious Leadership / / Hannah Holtschneider.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Holtschneider, Hannah,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Scottish Religious Cultures : SRC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

A transnational, biographical perspective on Jewish religious leadership in early twentieth-century ScotlandKosher haggis, tartan kippot, and Jewish Burns’ Night 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.The book utilises a range of archival sources:Correspondence between the Chief Rabbi’s office, Scottish congregations, and Salis DaichesRecords relating to the Conference of Anglo-Jewish Ministers/Preachers from 1909 until 1948Minute books of synagogues in Edinburgh and Glasgow; as well as Rabbi Daiches’ personal correspondence

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Portrait and Ideology -- 2 The Chief Rabbi, the London Beth Din and the Battle for Leadership in the ‘Provinces’ -- 3 Scotland: Local Leaders, Local Communities -- 4 Traces and Spaces: Jews and/in the City of Edinburgh -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- References and Notes -- Bibliography -- Index