Jews in Pre-Victorian Britain
- The History of Jews in the United Kingdom: The Middle Ages until Expulsion (1290)
- The Reformation, Cromwell, the Commonwealth, and Readmission of the Jews
- The Restoration, Glorious Revolution, and Enlightenment
- Francisco Lopez Suasso of The Hague funds William of Orange (William III) and the Glorious Revolution
- The growth of the Jewish community in England
- The Ashkenazi Jews Arrive from Germany and Eastern Europe
- Solomon de Medina knighted by William III
- Relative integration of Jews into English society occurs without any special legislation
The Social and Political History of Jews in Victorian Britain
- Judaism in Nineteenth-Century England: A Chronology
- British Liberal Judaism: Montefiore, Montagu, and Reforming Reform
- The Rothschild Dynasty
- “The Jewish Question:” The Illustrated London News defends the right of Rothchild and other Jews to serve in Parliament
- Moses Angel and the Jew's Free School
- The Protestant Fight for Jewish Civil Liberties in Victorian England
- “The Jews in London” from The Graphic (1889)
- The Government, Institutions, and Charities of London Jews
- David Cesarani on Benjamin Disraeli's Jewishness [excerpts]
Semitism and Antisemitism
- Antisemitic portrayals of Jewish lawyers
- Nineteenth-century European Anti-Semitism
- Henry Melvill on the “Infidelity of the Jews”
- Thomas Babington Macaulay Urges Granting Jews Civil Rights (1829)
- Thomas Arnold against the “Jew Bill” that would give Jews the civil rights of other citizens
- Benjamin Disraeli’s Pro-Semitism in Coningsby and Endymion
- Linley Sambourne's cartoon, The Russian Wolf and the Hebrew Lamb, and its background
Issues
- Jewish Nationalism (or Particularism)
- Judaism and Broadchurch or Liberal Christianity
- Is Judaism a Race or a Religion?
- Proselytism and Conversion
Religious Holidays and Observances
- Jewish Wedding — Under the “Chupah”
- Feast of Tabernacles — in the “Succah"
- Palm Procession — Feast of Tabernacles
- Day of Atonement — Concluding Service
- Feast of Passover Eve — The “Seder” Service
- Removing Scrolls of the Law from the Ark, West London Synagogue
- Jewish Burial
- Putting on the Phylacteries and the Garb of Prayer
Authors
- Abraham Benisch (1811-1878)
- Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881
- Amy Levy, 1861-99
- Lily Montagu, 1873-1963
- Moses Montefiore, 1858-1938
- Oswald John Simon, 1855-1932
- Israel Zangwill, 1864-1926
Architects
- George Basevi,1794-1845
- Delissa Joseph, 1859-1927
- David Mocatta, 1806-1882
- Nathan Solomon Joseph, 1834-1909
- Edward Salomons, 1828-1906
Painters
- Solomon Alexander Hart, 1806-1881
- Abraham Solomon, 1824-1862
- Rebecca Solomon, 1832-1886
- Simeon Solomon, 1840-1905
- Solomon J. Solomon, 1860-1927
Miscellaneous
Representations of Jews in Victorian Fiction, Book Illustration, and Painting
- Antisemitism in Trollope and Punch
- Antisemitism in Punch and Dickens's Great Expectations
- Dickens's positive example of Judaism in Our Mutual Friend
- Walter Besant's Sympathetic Discussion of Judaism
- Anti-semitism in fin de siècle paintings of Salome and Judith
- Fagin in Dickens's Oliver Twist
- Dickens's Great Expectations
- Sol Eytinge's noble Jew Riah and his unscrupulous Christian employer, Fascination Fledgeby (Dickens's Our Mutual Friend)
- "The Jew went down upon his knees, and began to flay his victim." (Harry Furniss)
- "The excitable Jew had already raised the skirts of Mr. Jaggers' coat to his lips several times." (Harry Furniss)
- The Problem of the Jewish Manager in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
- George Du Maurier's Trilby
- A Jewish Synagogue by Solomon Hart, RA
- The Procession of the Law by Solomon Hart, RA
Jewish Synagogues, Institutions, & Cemeteries
- The Bevis Marks Synagogue (1700), London
- Montefiore Synagogue, Ramsgate
- The New West End Synagogue, London
- West London Synagogue
- The New London Synagogue
- The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue (now the Manchester Jewish Museum),
- Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery, London Borough of Brent NW10 2JE
- [Studies of the Interior of] Plymouth Synagogue
- Great Hall in the Jews’ Free School, Bell Lane
- Jews Orphan Asylum, Norwood
Book Reviews
- [A Review of] John Cooper's The Unexpected Story of Nathaniel Rothschild
- [A Review of] David Cesarani's Disraeli: The Novel Politician by Joe Pilling
- [A Review of] David Cesarani's Disraeli: The Novel Politician by Michel Pharand
Resources
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