Jews in Britain

By Michael Leventhal

This book tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain's Jewish community, the country's oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive periods of acceptance and toleration. Some Jews came as wealthy traders, others as desperate refugees; some had to lead secret lives, and others in different times stood shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the nation against threats to the British way of life, which included the Nazis.

The impact of Jewish culture on daily life - on language, on food, on religion, art and business - has been inestimable, and this book is a fully illustrated introduction and fitting tribute.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing Ltd
• Release date: May 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9780747813606

Michael Leventhal

Michael Leventhal is the publisher of Greenhill Books and Green Bean Books. TheChocolate King is his first book for children and won a PJ Library Author Incentive Award. Previously he founded Gefiltefest, a Jewish food charity which organized Europe's biggest Jewish food festival. He is co-author of Jews in Britain and edited The Hand of History (illustrated by Chris Riddell). You can see more of his work atwww.michaelleventhal.co.uk