Jewish Responses to Fascism and Antisemitism in Edinburgh, 1933–1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12899161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Gilfillan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-239 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Scottish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-538X • E-ISSN: 1755-1749 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/jshs.2015.0155 |
| OpenAlex | W2112439981 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Despite the weaknesses of domestic fascist movements, in the context of the rise of Nazi Germany and the presence of antisemitic propaganda of diverse origin Edinburgh's Jewish leaders took the threat seriously. Their response to the fascist threat was influenced by the fact that Edinburgh's Jewish community was a small, integrated, and middle-class population, without links to leftist groups or trade unions. The Edinburgh community closely followed the approach of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in relation to the development of fascism in Britain, the most significant aspect of which was a counter-propaganda initiative. Another important aspect of the response in Edinburgh was the deliberate cultivation of closer ties to the Christian churches and other elite spheres of Scottish society. Despite some unique elements, none of the responses of Edinburgh Jewry, or indeed the Board of Deputies, were particularly novel, and all borrowed heavily from established traditions of post-emancipation Jewish defensive strategies
Antisemitism · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Elite · Emancipation · Judaism · Left-wing politics · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
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Protestant Missions to the Jews 1810–1980
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Jewish and Catholic Irish Relations
Whatever Happened to British Jewish Studies? In Search of Contexts
The Jews and Irish in Modern Scotland
A Hussite in Scotland
Anglo.Jewish Responses to Nazi Germany 1933—39
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |