Sport and British Jewry Integration, ethnicity and anti-Semitism, 1890-1970

by Dee, David

• ISBN13: 9780719087608
• ISBN10: 0719087600
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-05
• Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

Sport and British Jewry provides the first wide-ranging examination of the importance of sport in the history of the British-Jewish community. Covering the period from 1890 through to 1970, it examines the peak era of Jewish involvement and interest in sport and physical recreation in Britain in recent times.The book tackles three main themes. First, the author examines the relationship between sport and the integration of the Jewish migrant community of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Secondly, the study looks at how sport impacted on Jewish ethnicity. Thirdly, it addresses how sport became linked to expressions of anti-Semitism and Jewish responses to racial discrimination. Sport and British Jewry not only demonstrates the significant impact that Jews had on British sport during this time frame, but also shows the considerable effect that sport had on the lives, experiences and identities of Jews within British society.

Author Biography

David Dee is Lecturer in History at De Montfort University, Leicester.

Table of Contents

Introduction1 – Integration and 'Anglicisation'I. 'Anglicisation' through sport: The Jewish youth movement, 1895-1914II. Competitive sport and immigrant integration, 1899-1939III. 'Too Semitic' or 'thoroughly Anglicised'? The life and career of Harold Abrahams2 – Religion and EthnicityI. 'All on the side of the more athletic form of Sabbatarianism' - Physical recreation and the Jewish SabbathII. The 'new' golden age of Jewish professional boxingIII. Creating a 'new Jew'? Sport and Maccabi Great Britain, 1934-19703 – Anti-SemitismI. The British Union of Fascists and the 'sporting Jew', 1935-1939II. 'There is no discrimination here, but the committee never elects Jews': anti-Semitism and GolfIII. Kicking discrimination into touch? Sport as a response to anti-SemitismConclusionBibliography