The historiography of Anglo-Jewry, 1892-1992

Two pleasurable duties incumbent on an incoming president of a society such as ours are to pay tribute to one’s predecessor, and to give some sort of explanation or justification of one’s own particular role. Firstly, therefore, in Dr Stefan Reif the Society has had a president who has served it very well indeed. He is a scholar of the first order, an expositor of his subject second to none, and an administrator of the highest level. In all of these he has graced the Society and has pointed it in the directions he feels we ought to be going if we are to survive for a further hundred years. His work as head of the Geniza Unit of Cambridge University Library is exemplary, showing that it is not sufficient merely to be aware of the academic importance of one’s subject, but essential also to raise public awareness of scholarly

Written by

Aubrey Newman

Published in

Volume 33

1992

Other articles within the volume

• The establishment of the Reform Beth Din in 1948 – a barometer of religious trends in Anglo-Jewry
• References to the Holocaust in English Law Reports
• The foundation of the Jewish Historical Society of England, 1893
• The historiography of Anglo-Jewry, 1892-1992
• The politics of immigration, 1881-1905
• Popular politics’ and the Jewish question in the Russian Empire, 1881-2
• No ordinary tradesmen: the Green family in 19th-century Whitechapel
• The Jewish friendly societies of London, 1793-1993
• An Ipswich worthy portrayed by John Constable
• The Jews of Essex before 1900
• A collection of Anglo-Jewish ephemera
• The Jewish presence in the London theatre, 1660-1800
• The role of Jews in the British colonies of the Western Mediterranean
• The London Jewry: William I to John
• In Memoriam: A Memorial Tribute
• In Memoriam: Elie Kedourie (1926-1992)
• Preface