The Last Anglo-Jewish Gentleman

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<p>Redcliffe Salaman (18741955) was an English Jew of many facets: a country gentleman, a physician, a biologist who pioneered the breeding of blight-free strains of potatoes, a Jewish nationalist, and a race scientist. A well-known figure in his own time,<i>The Last Anglo-Jewish</i><i>Gentleman</i>restores him to his place in the history of British science and the British Jewish community.<br><i> <br></i>Redcliffe Salaman was also a leading figure in the Anglo-Jewish community in the 20th century. At the same time, he was also an incisive critic of the changing character of that community. His groundbreaking book,<i> The History and Social Influence of the Potato</i>, first published in 1949 and in print ever since, is a classic in social history. His wife Nina was a feminist, poet, essayist, and translator of medieval Hebrew poetry. She was the first (and to this day, only) woman to deliver a sermon in an Orthodox synagogue in Britain.<br> <br><i>The Last-Anglo Jewish Gentleman</i>offers a compelling biography of a unique individual. It also provides insights into the life of English Jews during the late-19th and early-20th centuries and brings to light largely unknown controversies and tensions in Jewish life.</p>

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<p>Todd Endelman is Professor Emeritus of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. His many books include<i>Radical Assimilation in English Jewish History, 16561945</i> (IUP, 1990),<i>The Jews of Britain, 16562000</i>,<i>Broadening Jewish History: Toward a Social History of Ordinary Jews</i>, and<i>Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversion and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History</i>.</p>

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