An unorthodox history

<p><b>A bold new history of British Jewish life since the Second World War.</b><br><br> Historian Gavin Schaffer wrestles Jewish history away from the question of what others have thought about Jews focusing instead on the experiences of Jewish people themselves. <br><br>Exploring the complexities of inclusion and exclusion he shines a light on groups that have been marginalised within Jewish history and culture such as queer Jews Jews married to non-Jews Israel-critical Jews and even Messianic Jews while offering a fresh look at Jewish activism Jewish religiosity and Zionism.<br><br> Weaving these stories together Schaffer argues that there are good reasons to consider Jewish Britons as a unitary whole even as debates rage about who is entitled to call themselves a Jew. Challenging the idea that British Jewish life is in terminal decline <i>An unorthodox history </i>demonstrates that Jewish Britain is thriving and that Jewishness is deeply embedded in the country's history and culture.</p>