Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today

by Keith Kahn-Harris, Keith Kahn-Harris

<div>The first book-length study of contemporary British Jewry , <em>Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today</em> examines the changing nature of the British Jewish community and its leadership since 1990. <br/><br/>Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley contend that there has been a shift within Jewish communal discourse from a strategy of security, which emphasized Anglo-Jewry's secure British belonging and citizenship, to a <em>strategy of insecurity</em>, which emphasizes the dangers and threats Jews face individually and communally. This shift is part of a process of renewal in the community that has led to something of a ‘Jewish renaissance' in Britain. <br/><br/>Addressing key questions on the transitions in the history of Anglo-Jewish community and leadership, and tackling the concept of the ‘new antisemitism', this important and timely study addresses the question: how has UK Jewry adapted from a shift from monoculturalism to multiculturalism? </div>>

248 pages, Hardcover

First published July 22, 2010

About the author

I am a sociologist and writer, based in London. An author of seven books, editor of several collections and many articles and reviews, my career bridges academia and multiple other worlds. I've written about denial, Jews, antisemitism, metal - and the multilingual warning messages inside Kinder Surprise Eggs.

Reviews

[Danny]

Good overview of recent developments within the British Jewish community. Largely an analysis of the key institutions within Anglo-Jewry and the tensions within and between them, but also has a useful chapter on the discourse of 'new antisemitism'.

[Lynne]

A good survey of organisations and ideas in recent years. A helpful addition to the detailed study of religion in Britain.