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'A brave and important book that presents post-war British Jewry in a new light. Taking the attention away from the centre, Gavin Scahffer presents the vibrant, rooted but diverse nature of Britain’s oldest minority with a generosity of spirit, revealing a dynamism rarely acknowledged.' Tony Kushner, author of Anglo-Jewry since 1066 'Gavin Schaffer has written a lucid and readable account of an “unorthodox” British-Jewish community made up of disparate groups of Jewish people who are queer, non-Zionist, converts to Judaism and Christianity and émigrés to Israel. In doing so he has radically changed our perspective of a so-called model minority.' Bryan Cheyette, author of The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction 'Gavin Shaffer’s excellent new book demonstrates that the most insightful way to tell the story of a community is from its margins. In doing so he illuminates the vibrant debates about belief, politics and national identity that have reshaped what it means to be a Jew in postwar Britain.' Nadia Valman, Professor of Urban Literature, Queen Mary University of London -- .

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Gavin Schaffer is Professor of Modern British History at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on race, ethnicity and immigrant histories and regularly contributes to television and radio.

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