The definitive study of the once-important Jewish communities of Devon and Cornwall, providing an in-depth study of the demography and economic activity as well as the political, cultural, religious and social life of South-Western Jewry.
The late
Rabbi Susserwas a historian of Jews in the South West of England.
Acknowledgements
Glossary
List of Abbreviations
List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Preface
1 Early Settlement
Part 1: Ancient traces
Part 2: The Medieval Jewry
2 Immigration and Emigration: The Jewish Communities after 1656
Part 1: Composition and Growth
Part 2: Town of Minor Jewish Settlement
Part 3: Area of Town Occupied by Jews
Part 4: Movement of Jews Within and Without the South West
3 Demographic Structure
Part 1: the Immigrants
Part 2: Births, Marriages and Deaths
4 Occupations
5 Cemeteries and Synagogues
6 Communal Organization
Part 1: Lay and Religious Leadership
Part 2: Synagogal finances
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