Controversy and crisis: studies in the history of the Jews in modern Britain

Professor Geoffrey Alderman is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain.

During an academic career spanning forty years he has produced some of the most authoritative and controversial studies in this field.

This presents sixteen of these essays, covering fields as disparate as the history of the Jewish vote in the UK, the true story of the British Chief Rabbinate, and the uneasy tenure of Sir Jonathan Sacks in that office.