@sangiusto,
Quote:McTag-I think you would indeed enjoy Johnson's History of the Jews.
Thank you, I'll check it out. But I have done a good deal of reading on this already.
Arising from Foofie's comment, it may be of interest to point out that when the mass emigration of jews from northern europe was taking place in the late 19th century, many took the sea route from the Baltic and north German ports to seaports in the north-east of England, travelled accross the country heading for Liverpool in the west, and set out for America from there.
Many of those, maybe for a variety of reasons, decided not to leave and settled here. It's nice here, after all. According to my pal, whose great-grandparents did this, some even believed that had reached America when they got here. They became busy in a lot of textile trades principally, cottons, woollens, tailoring, all sorts of things.
Anyway Foofie, for goodness sake. The Rothschilds, whose bank helped Napoleon, were busy here in London. Disraeli, heard of him? Think of your Shakespeare.... jews have been here for ever. Woolfson was a great benefactor in Glasgow and elsewhere. Even Andre Previn was here for years.