Synopses & Reviews
A history of an important newspaper and of Jewish communal life, interpreted through its most vibrant public voice.
Review
'Future historians, Jewish and non-Jewish, will be grateful to Cesarani for the mass of source material he has diligently assembled and succesfully arranged.' Sam Goldsmith, Hampstead and Highgate Gazette
Synopsis
In telling the story of The Jewish Chronicle, the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world, this book throws light on the history of the Anglo-Jewish community and the life of a community newspaper.
Table of Contents
Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Origins and pioneers, 1841-55; 2. Defining an identity: The Jewish Chronicle and mid-Victorian Anglo-Jewry, 1855-1878; 3. The era of Asher Myers and Israel Davis, 1878-1906; 4. The hegemony of Leopold Greenberg, 1907-31; 5. Discordant interlude: J. M. Rich and Mortimer Epstein, 1932-36; 6. Ivan Greenberg and the crisis years, 1937-1946; 7. The post-war Era: J. M. Shaftesley and David Kessler, 1946-58; 8. The Jewish Chronicle under William Frankel, 1958-77; 9. The Jewish press in a divided community: Geoffrey Paul, 1977-91; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.