Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland

Kosher haggis, tartan kippot, and Jewish Burns' Suppers: Jews acculturated to Scotland within one generation and quickly inflected Jewish culture in a Scottish idiom. This book analyses the religious aspects of this transition through a transnational perspective on migration in the first three decades of the twentieth century. As immigrants began to outnumber the established Jewish community, and Eastern European rabbis challenged the British Jewish leadership in London, Scottish Jewry underwent momentous changes. The book examines this tumultuous period through a thematic biography of Salis Daiches, Scotland's most significant rabbi. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, including Rabbi Daiches' personal correspondence, the book provides a window into the dynamics of Jewish religious life and power relations.

“Hannah Holtschneider skilfully contextualises Rabbi Salis Daiches's career in Edinburgh and his emergence as the rabbinic spokesman for Scottish Jewry in the first half of the twentieth century.? She reveals him to be a canny opponent of Britain's chief rabbi, Joseph Hertz, and a relentless defender of the independence of Scotland's Jewish communities.”

Hannah Holtschneider skilfully contextualises Rabbi Salis Daiches's career in Edinburgh and his emergence as the rabbinic spokesman for Scottish Jewry in the first half of the twentieth century. She reveals him to be a canny opponent of Britain's chief rabbi, Joseph Hertz, and a relentless defender of the independence of Scotland's Jewish communities.-- "Todd M. Endelman, University of Michigan"

Hannah Holtschneider is a cultural historian at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests span early twentieth century Jewish history in Britain, Jewish migration history, the impact of the Holocaust on individuals and communities, Holocaust memorialisation, and the representation of history in museums.

A transnational, biographical perspective on Jewish religious leadership in early 20th-century Scotland Kosher haggis, tartan kippot, and Jewish Burns Night Suppers: Jews acculturated to Scotland within one generation and quickly inflected Jewish culture in a Scottish idiom. This book approaches the momentous changes within early 20th-century British Jewry through a thematic biography of Salis Daiches, Scotland's most significant rabbi. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, including Rabbi Daiches's personal correspondence, the book provides a window into the dynamics of Jewish religious life and power relations. Hannah Holtschneider is Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

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