List of British Jews
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List of British Jews is a list that includes Jewish people from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
Although the first Jews may have arrived on the island of Great Britain with the Romans
, it was not until the Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror in 1066 that organised Jewish communities first appeared in England. These existed until 1290 when the Jewish population of England was expelled by King Edward I of England
.
There was never a corresponding expulsion from Scotland
. The eminent scholar David Daiches
states in his autobiographical Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood that there are grounds for saying that Scotland is the only European country with no history of state persecution of Jews.
Jews were re-admitted to England and Wales
in 1656 by Oliver Cromwell
. Slightly more than 200 years later, in 1858 they were emancipated
, that is, accepted as full citizens. In the late 19th century, there was mass Jewish immigration
to England from Russia due to Russian domestic policy. In the 1930s, the country accepted many refugees from Nazism
. The Jewish population peaked at 450,000, but has since declined due to low birth-rate, intermarriage and emigration
, mainly of the younger generation to Israel
. According to the 2001 census
, the current population is around 295,000, most of whom live in London.
The following is a list of some prominent British Jewish people.
Sam Couch- Chief beak experimenter from Oakfield, 2011.
Although the first Jews may have arrived on the island of Great Britain with the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, it was not until the Norman Conquest of William the Conqueror in 1066 that organised Jewish communities first appeared in England. These existed until 1290 when the Jewish population of England was expelled by King Edward I of England
Edward I of England
Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...
.
There was never a corresponding expulsion from Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The eminent scholar David Daiches
David Daiches
David Daiches was a Scottish literary historian and literary critic, scholar and writer. He wrote extensively on English literature, Scottish literature and Scottish culture.-Early life:...
states in his autobiographical Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood that there are grounds for saying that Scotland is the only European country with no history of state persecution of Jews.
Jews were re-admitted to England and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
in 1656 by Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
. Slightly more than 200 years later, in 1858 they were emancipated
Jewish Emancipation
Jewish emancipation was the external and internal process of freeing the Jewish people of Europe, including recognition of their rights as equal citizens, and the formal granting of citizenship as individuals; it occurred gradually between the late 18th century and the early 20th century...
, that is, accepted as full citizens. In the late 19th century, there was mass Jewish immigration
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
to England from Russia due to Russian domestic policy. In the 1930s, the country accepted many refugees from Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
. The Jewish population peaked at 450,000, but has since declined due to low birth-rate, intermarriage and emigration
Emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving one's country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. Human movement before the establishment of political boundaries or within one state is termed migration. There are many reasons why people...
, mainly of the younger generation to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. According to the 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
, the current population is around 295,000, most of whom live in London.
The following is a list of some prominent British Jewish people.
Scientists
See List of British Jewish scientists, which includes economists.Sam Couch- Chief beak experimenter from Oakfield, 2011.
Historians
- David AbulafiaDavid AbulafiaDavid Samuel Harvard Abulafia is an influential English historian with a particular interest in Italy, Spain and the rest of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He has been Professor of Mediterranean History at the University of Cambridge since 2000 and a Fellow of Gonville...
, Professor of history, University of Cambridge (JYB 2005 p218) - Geoffrey AldermanGeoffrey AldermanGeoffrey Alderman is a British historian, especially of the Jewish community in England in the 19th and 20th centuries, and also an academic, political adviser and award-winning journalist.-Life:...
, historian - Richard David Barnett, museum curator and archaeologist (JYB 1985 p187)
- Max Beloff, Lord Beloff, historian (Encyclopaedia JudaicaEncyclopaedia JudaicaThe Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 26-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and their faith, Judaism. It covers diverse areas of the Jewish world and civilization, including Jewish history of all eras, culture, holidays, language, scripture, and religious teachings...
, art. Historians) - David CesaraniDavid CesaraniDavid Cesarani OBE is an English historian who specialises in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust. He has also written several biographies, notably Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind.-Early life:...
, Historian - Norman CohnNorman CohnNorman Rufus Colin Cohn FBA was a British academic, historian and writer who spent fourteen years as a professorial fellow and as Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex.-Life:...
, historian (JYB 2005 p215) - Isaac DeutscherIsaac DeutscherIsaac Deutscher was a Polish-born Jewish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin and as a commentator on Soviet affairs...
http://www.deutscherprize.org.uk/Isaac%20&%20Tamara%20Deutscher.htm, historian - Geoffrey Rudolph EltonGeoffrey Rudolph EltonSir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was a German-born British historian, who specialized in the Tudor period.- Upbringing :...
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cgjs/1-2-2.html, historian - Samuel FinerSamuel FinerProfessor Samuel Edward Finer was a political scientist and historian who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, pioneering the study of UK political institutions...
- Sir Moses I. FinleyMoses I. FinleySir Moses I. Finley CBE, FBA was an American and English classical scholar. His most notable work is The Ancient Economy , where he argued that status and civic ideology governed the economy in antiquity rather than rational economic motivations.-Early life and career:He was born in 1912 in New...
, historian and sociologist - Sir Martin GilbertMartin GilbertSir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of over eighty books, including works on the Holocaust and Jewish history...
, historian - Sir Ernst GombrichErnst GombrichSir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE was an Austrian-born art historian who became naturalized British citizen in 1947. He spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom...
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/arts/story/0,9848,587946,00.html, art historian - Martin Goodman (historian)Martin Goodman (historian)Martin David Goodman is a historian and writer on Roman history and the history and literature of the Jews in the Roman period....
(JYB 2005 p215) - Philip GuedallaPhilip GuedallaPhilip Guedalla was a British barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. His wit and epigrams are well-known, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface," another being "History repeats itself...
, biographer - Eric HobsbawmEric HobsbawmEric John Ernest Hobsbawm , CH, FBA, is a British Marxist historian, public intellectual, and author...
, historian & communist theoretician - Albert Montefiore HyamsonAlbert Montefiore HyamsonAlbert Montefiore Hyamson OBE was a British zionist and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934....
, zionist and historian - Jonathan IsraelJonathan IsraelProfessor Jonathan Irvine Israel is a British writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry. Israel was appointed the Modern European History Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S...
, historian (JYB 2005 p215) - Joseph JacobsJoseph JacobsJoseph Jacobs was a folklorist, literary critic and historian. His works included contributions to the Jewish Encyclopaedia, translations of European works, and critical editions of early English literature...
http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/jacobs.htm, editor of the Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901... - Lisa JardineLisa JardineLisa Anne Jardine CBE , née Lisa Anne Bronowski, is a British historian of the early modern period. She is professor of Renaissance Studies and Director of the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters at Queen Mary, University of London, and is Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
, historian - Tony JudtTony JudtTony Robert Judt FBA was a British historian, essayist, and university professor who specialized in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University, and Director of NYU's Erich Maria Remarque Institute...
http://as.nyu.edu/object/tonyjudt.html Director of the Erich Maria Remarque Institute at New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. - Elie KedourieElie KedourieElie Kedourie C.B.E., FBA was a British historian of the Middle East. He wrote from a conservative perspective, dissenting from many points of view taken as orthodox in the field...
, historian and political scientist - Otto KurzOtto KurzOtto Kurz FBA was a historian and Slade Professor of Fine Arts, University of Oxford.-Career:...
, historian (JYB 1975 p214) - Bernard LewisBernard LewisBernard Lewis, FBA is a British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator. He is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University...
http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/Bernard_Lewis_Unplugged.asp, historian - David Malcolm LewisDavid Malcolm LewisDr. David Malcolm Lewis FBA was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford.-Biography:...
, professor of history, University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
(JYB 1995 p. 193) - Hyam MaccobyHyam MaccobyHyam Maccoby was a British Jewish scholar and dramatist specializing in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious tradition. His grandfather and namesake was Rabbi Hyam Maccoby , better known as the "Kamenitzer Maggid," a passionate religious Zionist and advocate of vegetarianism and animal...
, professor of history http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040504/ai_n12778519 - Sir Philip Magnus, 1st Baronet, educationalist and politician
- Sir Philip Magnus-Allcroft, 2nd Baronet, biographer
- Shula MarksShula MarksShula Eta Marks, OBE, FBA is emeritus professor of history at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London....
, expert on African history (JYB 2005 p. 215) - Arnaldo MomiglianoArnaldo MomiglianoArnaldo Dante Momigliano KBE was an Italian historian known for his work in historiography, characterized by Donald Kagan as the "world’s leading student of the writing of history in the ancient world." He became Professor of Roman history at the University of Turin in 1936, but as a Jew soon lost...
, professor of history, University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
(JYB 1985 p188) - Lewis Bernstein NamierLewis Bernstein NamierSir Lewis Bernstein Namier was an English historian. He was born Ludwik Niemirowski in Wola Okrzejska in what was then part of the Russian Empire and is today in Poland.-Life:...
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0834786.html, historian (converted to Anglicanism) - Sir Francis PalgraveFrancis PalgraveSir Francis Palgrave FRS, born Francis Ephraim Cohen, was an English historian.- Early life :He was born in London, the son of Meyer Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker by his wife Rachel Levien Cohen . He was initially articled as a clerk to a London solicitor's firm, and remained there as chief clerk...
(born CohenCohen (surname)Cohen is a Jewish surname of biblical origins . It is a very common Jewish surname, comparable to 'Smith' in an English-language context....
) (1768–1861) http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/p/palgravesirfrancis.html, UK historian - Sir Michael Postan, historian (JYB 1985 p188)
- Cecil RothCecil RothCecil Roth , was a British Jewish historian.He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and returned to Oxford as reader in Jewish Studies from 1939 to 1964...
http://www.jhom.com/personalities/dona_gracia/roth.htm, historian and editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica - Donald Sassoon, historian
- Simon SchamaSimon SchamaSimon Michael Schama, CBE is a British historian and art historian. He is a University Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University. He is best known for writing and hosting the 15-part BBC documentary series A History of Britain...
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/historian/Simon_Schama.html, historian - Leonard SchapiroLeonard SchapiroLeonard Bertram Naman Schapiro was a British academic and scholar of Russian politics. He taught for many years at the London School of Economics, where he was Professor of Political Science with Special Reference to Russian Studies...
, historian - Simon Sebag MontefioreSimon Sebag MontefioreSimon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore is a British historian and writer.-Family history:Simon's father, a doctor, is descended from a famous line of wealthy Sephardic Jews who became diplomats and bankers all over Europe...
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400076789&view=qa, historian - Charles SingerCharles SingerCharles Joseph Singer was a British historian of science, technology, and medicine.-Early years:Singer was born in Camberwell in London, where his father Simeon Singer was a minister and Hebraist. He was educated at City of London School, University College London, and Magdalen College, Oxford...
, historian of science - Sir Aurel Stein http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0295977302, archeologist
- Barry SuppleBarry SuppleBarry Emanuel Supple, CBE, FBA , is Emeritus Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge, and a former Director of the Leverhulme Trust...
, British economic historian (Jewish Year Book, 2005, p. 215) - Geza VermesGeza VermesGéza Vermes or Vermès is a British scholar of Jewish Hungarian origin and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a noted authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient works in Aramaic, and on the life and religion of Jesus...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/spirit/stories/s47729.htm
- "Five years or so later, I decided to define publicly my identity as belonging to the Jewish community by becoming a member of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue."
Medical
- Sir George AlbertiGeorge AlbertiSir Kurt George Matthew Mayer Alberti was the British Government's National Clinical Director for Emergency Access...
, President, Royal College of PhysiciansRoyal College of PhysiciansThe Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter... - Asher AsherAsher AsherAsher Asher , born in Glasgow, was the first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession. The only book he published was The Jewish Rite of Circumcision . He died in London, England-Life:...
, first Scottish Jewish doctor - Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of BirkenheadHenry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of BirkenheadHenry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead CH, FRCP was a British physician, doctor and lecturer. He was famous for his Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians in 1970, on the motion of blood in the veins....
, President of the Royal Society of Medicine - Julius DreschfeldJulius DreschfeldJulius Dreschfeld FRCP was a leading British physician and pathologist.Born in Bavaria of Jewish parents, he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and Manchester Royal School of Medicine....
, medical researcher - Sir Ian GainsfordIan GainsfordSir Ian Derek Gainsford was Dean of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, King's College London and Vice-Principal of King’s College London . He is President of the Maccabaeans.- Early life :...
, dentist (JYB 2007 p. 197, 222) - Sir Abraham GoldbergAbraham GoldbergProfessor Sir Abraham Goldberg was Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and Edinburgh University.-Early life:...
, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow, 1923–2007, Times Obituary, 17 October 2007 - Max HamiltonMax HamiltonProfessor Max Hamilton was born on 9 February 1912 at Offenbach am Main, Germany. In 1915, his family emigrated to England. He was educated at the Foundation School in Cowper Street and went on to study medicine at University College Hospital, London. He served from 1939 to 1946 in the Royal Air...
, psychiatrist - Rodrigo Lopez (physician)Rodrigo Lopez (physician)Rodrigo Lopez was physician to Queen Elizabeth, and may have been an inspiration for Shakespeare's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.He was born in Crato, Portugal and raised as a New Christian...
- John Henry MarksJohn Henry MarksJohn Henry Marks Known universally as Dr. John Marks John Henry Marks Known universally as Dr. John Marks John Henry Marks Known universally as Dr. John Marks (born 30 May 1925, London, was the Chairman of the British Medical Association, 1984-90. His six year term is unique - at the time he was...
Guardian, Saturday October 23, 1999, chairman of the British Medical AssociationBritish Medical AssociationThe British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
. - Sir Jonathan MillerJonathan MillerSir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE is a British theatre and opera director, author, physician, television presenter, humorist and sculptor. Trained as a physician in the late 1950s, he first came to prominence in the 1960s with his role in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with fellow writers and...
http://www.granta.com/extracts/159, physician and theatre director - Leslie Turnberg, Baron TurnbergLeslie Turnberg, Baron TurnbergLeslie Arnold Turnberg, Baron Turnberg, Kt, is British medical professional and an author of many publications and books related to the medical and health services fields. His experience extends to areas of research in these fields, and maintaining a clinical practice...
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:Fr_qNxEwfMsJ:usajewish.com/scripts/usaj/paper/Article.asp%3FArticleID%3D787+%22Leslie+Turnberg%22+Jewish&hl=en, Professor: FMedSci - Oliver ZangwillOliver ZangwillOliver Louis Zangwill FRS was an influential British neuropsychologist. He was Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1952-81, then Professor Emeritus. He was the son of Israel Zangwill and the grandson of William Edward Ayrton...
, Professor of psychology (JYB 1980 p182) - Lord Robert WinstonRobert WinstonRobert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
, Medical doctor, politician, and television personality
Philosophers
- Samuel AlexanderSamuel AlexanderSamuel Alexander OM was an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college.-Early life:...
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/RELTHEOL/JEWISH/EXHIBITION/11Alexander.html, professor of philosophy at Manchester, born in Australia, the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college - Sir Alfred AyerAlfred AyerSir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic and The Problem of Knowledge ....
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/terrnochangeEngl.html, philosopher, populariser of logical positivism (Jewish mother) - Sir Isaiah BerlinIsaiah BerlinSir Isaiah Berlin OM, FBA was a British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas of Russian-Jewish origin, regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century and a dominant liberal scholar of his generation...
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/historian/Isaiah_Berlin.html, political philosopher - Max BlackMax BlackMax Black was a British-American philosopher, who was a leading influential figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies...
, philosopher - Alain de BottonAlain de BottonAlain de Botton is a Swiss writer, television presenter, and entrepreneur, resident in the UK.His books and television programs discuss various contemporary subjects and themes in a philosophical style, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. In August 2008, he was a founding member...
, Swiss-British Jewish philosopher. - Gerald CohenGerald CohenGerald Allan "Jerry" Cohen was a Marxist political philosopher, formerly Visiting Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College, London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford...
, Oxford professor of philosophy (JYB 2005 p215) - Laurence Jonathan CohenLaurence Jonathan CohenJonathan Cohen FBA was a British philosopher. He was Fellow and Praelector in Philosophy, 1957–90 and Senior Tutor, 1985–90 at The Queen's College, Oxford and British Academy Reader in Humanities, University of Oxford, 1982–84.Education: St...
, Oxford professor of philosophy (JYB 2005 p215) - Ernest GellnerErnest GellnerErnest André Gellner was a philosopher and social anthropologist, described by The Daily Telegraph when he died as one of the world's most vigorous intellectuals and by The Independent as a "one-man crusade for critical rationalism."His first book, Words and Things —famously, and uniquely...
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Gellner/CHann.html, philosopher, social scientist - H. L. A. HartH. L. A. HartHerbert Lionel Adolphus Hart was an influential legal philosopher of the 20th century. He was Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University and the Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. He authored The Concept of Law....
http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-927497-5?view=lawview, legal philosopher - Brian KlugBrian KlugBrian Klug is Senior Research Fellow & Tutor in Philosophy at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford and a member of the philosophy faculty at Oxford University...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/05/njews105.xml, historian & communist theoretician - Stephan KornerStephan KörnerStephan Körner, FBA was a British philosopher, who specialised in the work of Kant, the study of concepts, and in the philosophy of mathematics...
, Bristol professor of philosophy (JYB 2005 p215) - Imre LakatosImre LakatosImre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its 'methodology of proofs and refutations' in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and also for introducing the concept of the 'research programme' in his...
, Hungarian-born philosopher - Alexander PiatigorskyAlexander PiatigorskyAlexander Piatigorsky was a Russian philosopher, scholar of South Asian philosophy and culture, historian, philologist, semiotician, and writer. Well-versed in the study of language, he knew Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, Tibetan, German, Russian, French, Italian and English...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/05/alexander-piatigorsky-obituary, philosopher, Buddhologist, writer. - Sir Karl PopperKarl PopperSir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FRS FBA was an Austro-British philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics...
http://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/src/popper/part1.html, philosopher of science (family became Lutheran) - Jonathan RomainJonathan RomainJonathan Anidjar Romain is a rabbi, writer and broadcaster, minister of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire. He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry. He writes for The Times, The Guardian and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio or television...
, minister of maindenhead Jewish community and leader of the British reform movement - Richard Rudolf WalzerRichard Rudolf WalzerRichard Rudolf Walzer was a German-born British expert on Greek philosophy.Education: Werner-Siemens-Realgymnasium, Berlin-Schöneberg; Frederick William University of Berlin.-Career:...
(JYB 1975 p214) - Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
, philosopher – Jewish grandparents on both sides of the family who had converted to Christianity in the 19th century. He was christened, raised and eventually buried as a Catholic. - Richard WollheimRichard WollheimRichard Arthur Wollheim was a British philosopher noted for original work on mind and emotions, especially as related to the visual arts, specifically, painting...
http://www.waywiser-press.com/wollheim.html
- "Wollheim was an outstanding representative of a generation of Central European Jewish intellectuals"
Social scientists
See List of British Jewish scientists- Roy Clive AbrahamRoy Clive AbrahamRoy Clive Abraham was a key figure in African language scholarship during the twentieth century...
, linguist - Michael BalintMichael BalintMichael Balint or Bálint Mihály was a Hungarian psychoanalyst and proponent of the Object Relations school.-Life:...
http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1298.html, psychoanalyst (converted to Unitarianism) - Zygmunt BaumanZygmunt BaumanZygmunt Bauman is a Polish sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven out of Poland by an anti-Semitic campaign, engineered by the Communist government which he had previously supported...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,929598,00.html, sociologist - Basil BernsteinBasil BernsteinBasil Bernstein was a British sociologist and linguist, known for his work in the sociology of education.-Biography:...
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/index/DR7JQQP6UTXFG2CK.pdf, linguist - Vernon BogdanorVernon BogdanorVernon Bogdanor, CBE, FBA is Research Professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at King's College London, and a Fellow of Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He is one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and has written extensively on political and constitutional issues...
, professor of politics (JYB 2005 pp215,223) - Georgina BornGeorgina BornGeorgina Born is a British academic, anthropologist and musician. As a musician she is known as Georgie Born, but in academic circles she does not use the diminutive form.-Background:...
, anthropologist (daughter of Gustav Victor Rudolf Born) - Gerald CohenGerald CohenGerald Allan "Jerry" Cohen was a Marxist political philosopher, formerly Visiting Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College, London and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, All Souls College, Oxford...
, Professor of Social and Political Theory (JYB 2005 p215) - Norbert EliasNorbert EliasNorbert Elias was a German sociologist of Jewish descent, who later became a British citizen.-Biography:...
, sociologist - Herman FinerHerman FinerHerman Finer was a Bessarabian-born British political scientist and Fabian socialist. He taught for many years at the University of Chicago...
, political scientist - Samuel FinerSamuel FinerProfessor Samuel Edward Finer was a political scientist and historian who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, pioneering the study of UK political institutions...
, political scientist - Sir Moses I. FinleyMoses I. FinleySir Moses I. Finley CBE, FBA was an American and English classical scholar. His most notable work is The Ancient Economy , where he argued that status and civic ideology governed the economy in antiquity rather than rational economic motivations.-Early life and career:He was born in 1912 in New...
, historian and sociologist - Meyer FortesMeyer FortesMeyer Fortes was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana.Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard...
, anthropologist (JYB 1980 p183) - Eduard FraenkelEduard FraenkelEduard David Mortier Fraenkel was a German-English philologist.-Background and early life:Eduard Fraenkel was born to Jewish parents in Berlin. His father was a wine dealer, and his mother the daughter of an important publishing family...
, philologist - Anna FreudAnna FreudAnna Freud was the sixth and last child of Sigmund and Martha Freud. Born in Vienna, she followed the path of her father and contributed to the newly born field of psychoanalysis...
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/annafreud.html, child psychoanalyst - Norman GerasNorman GerasNorman Geras is Professor Emeritus of Government at the University of Manchester. In a long academic career, he has contributed substantially to the analysis of the works of Karl Marx, particularly in his book Marx and Human Nature and the article 'The Controversy About Marx and Justice', which...
http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/imprints/normangerasinterview.html, professor of Government
- "You are a Jewish, Zimbabwean, Mancunian philosopher... I have lived in Manchester more than half my life and am very much at home here."
- Morris GinsbergMorris GinsbergMorris Ginsberg was a UK sociologist. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1942 to 1943. Ginsberg helped draft the UNESCO 1950 statement titled The Race Question...
http://library-2.lse.ac.uk/archives/handlists/Ginsberg/m.html - Max GluckmanMax GluckmanMax Gluckman was a South African and British social anthropologist.He grew up in South Africa, working later under the British Administration in Northern Rhodesia...
, anthropologist (JYB 1975 p213) - Theodor GoldstückerTheodor GoldstückerTheodor Goldstücker was a German Sanskrit scholar. He was born of Jewish parents in Königsberg. After attending the gymnasium of that town, he entered its university in 1836 as a student of Sanskrit....
, orientalist - Jean GottmannJean GottmannJean Gottmann FRS was a French geographer who was most widely known for his seminal study on the urban region of the Northeast Megalopolis. His main contributions to human geography were in the sub-fields of urban, political, economic, historical and regional geography...
, professor of geography, Oxford University - Julius GouldJulius GouldJulius Gould is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham.Education: University of Oxford .- Career :* 1956-1964 Reader in Social Institutions, London School of Economics...
, sociologist (JYB 2005 p249) - David GrahamDavid GrahamDavid Graham may refer to:*David Graham , American photographer*David Graham , pen name of British writer Robert Hale*David Graham , Scottish footballer...
, demographer - Frank H. Hahn, economist
- Paul HirstPaul HirstPaul Hirst was a British sociologist and political theorist. He became Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,981060,00.html, social theorist (Jewish mother) - Marie JahodaMarie JahodaMarie Jahoda was an Austrian- British social psychologist.-Biography:Jahoda was born in Vienna, Austria to a Jewish family, and like many other psychologists of her time, grew up in Austria where political oppression against socialists was rampant henceforward Dollfuß claimed power...
http://www.jinfo.org/Sociologists.html, psychology of discrimination - Melanie KleinMelanie KleinMelanie Reizes Klein was an Austrian-born British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children that had an impact on child psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis...
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/klein2.html, psychotherapist - Paul KlempererPaul KlempererPaul David Klemperer, FBA, is an economist and the Edgeworth Professor of Economics at Oxford University. He is a member of the prominent Klemperer family...
, economist - Geoffrey Lewis Lewis, professor of Turkish (JYB 2005 p215)
- Steven LukesSteven LukesSteven Michael Lukes is a political and social theorist. Currently he is a professor of politics and sociology at New York University...
, political scientist (JYB 2005 p215) - Ashley MontaguAshley MontaguMontague Francis Ashley Montagu was a British-American anthropologist and humanist, of Jewish ancestry, who popularized topics such as race and gender and their relation to politics and development...
http://montagunocircpetition.org/montagu-bio.pg, anthropologist & humanist - Nikolas RoseNikolas RoseNikolas Rose is a prominent British sociologist and social theorist. He is currently the James Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and acting director of LSE's BIOS Centre for the Study of Bioscience, Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Society.-Life and work:Before...
, Martin White Professor Sociology, LSELondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. - Isaac SchaperaIsaac SchaperaIsaac Schapera, FBA, FRSSAf was Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and regarded as one of the world's leading experts in the anthropology of South African tribesmen....
, anthropologist (JYB 2005 p215) - Roger Silverstone, first professor of Media Sociology, LSELondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. - Edward UllendorffEdward UllendorffEdward Ullendorff FBA was a British scholar and historian, especially in Semitic languages and Ethiopia.-Biography:...
, linguist (JYB 2005 p215)
- Morris Ginsberg
Theologians and Hebraists
- Isaac AbendanaIsaac AbendanaIsaac Abendana was the younger brother of Jacob Abendana, and became hakam of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in London after his brother died....
, Hebraist - Chimen AbramskyChimen AbramskyChimen Abramsky was emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies at University College London. His first name is pronounced Shimon....
http://www.nybooks.com/authors/5049, Professor of Hebrew - Michael Solomon AlexanderMichael Solomon AlexanderMichael Solomon Alexander was the first Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.-Life:...
, first Anglican bishop of Jerusalem (born Jewish; see Dictionary of National BiographyDictionary of National BiographyThe Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
) - Lionel BarnettLionel BarnettLionel David Barnett CB FBA was an English orientalist.The son of a Liverpool banker, Barnett was educated at Liverpool High School, Liverpool Institute, University College, Liverpool and Trinity College, Cambridge....
, orientalist - Abraham BenischAbraham BenischAbraham Benisch was a Hebraist and journalist.He studied medicine at Vienna but abandoned his studies and moved to England in 1841. He was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, 1854-69 and 1875-8 and zealously promoted the cause of his fellow Jews...
, Hebraist and editor of the Jewish Chronicle - Immanuel Oscar Menahem DeutschImmanuel Oscar Menahem DeutschImmanuel Oscar Menahem Deutsch was a German oriental scholar of Jewish extraction. He was born in Neisse, Prussian Silesia ....
, Semitic scholar and orientalist - Alfred EdersheimAlfred EdersheimAlfred Edersheim was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar known especially for his book The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah .- Early life and education :...
, Bible scholar - Philip FerdinandPhilip FerdinandPhilip Ferdinand was an English Hebraist.Born in Poland to Polish Jewish parents, he converted first to Roman Catholicism and then to Protestantism. He was a poor student at Oxford University, where he taught Hebrew. He matriculated at Cambridge University in 1596. He became professor of Hebrew...
, Professor of Hebrew - Christian David GinsburgChristian David GinsburgChristian David Ginsburg was a Polish-born, British Bible scholar and student of the masoretic tradition in Judaism....
, expert on the Masoretic textMasoretic TextThe Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible and is regarded as Judaism's official version of the Tanakh. While the Masoretic Text defines the books of the Jewish canon, it also defines the precise letter-text of these biblical books, with their vocalization and... - Ridley Haim HerschellRidley Haim HerschellRidley Haim Herschell was an Anglo-Polish minister who converted from Judaism to evangelical Christianity...
, missionary - Marcus KalischMarcus KalischMarcus Kalisch was a Jewish scholar born in Treptow, Pomerania, and died in Derbyshire, England.He was educated at Berlin University, where he studied classics, philology, and the Semitic languages, and at the Rabbinical College of Berlin...
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Marcus_Kalisch, Hebraist and Biblical commentator - David LeviDavid Levi (scholar)David Levi was an English-Jewish writer, Hebraist, Jewish apologist, translator, and poet.Levi was born to poor immigrant parents who could not afford to educate him. He worked as a shoemaker, then as a hatter, then as a printer...
, Jewish scholar - Hugh MontefioreHugh MontefioreHugh William Montefiore was Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987.He was a member of a famous Jewish family. His father was Charles Sebag-Montefiore . He was educated at Rugby School , St John's College, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge...
, bishop - David Samuel MargoliouthDavid Samuel MargoliouthDavid Samuel Margoliouth was an orientalist. He was briefly active as a priest in the Church of England...
, orientalist (family converted to Anglicanism) - Adolf NeubauerAdolf NeubauerAdolf Neubauer was sublibrarian at the Bodleian Library and reader in Rabbinic Hebrew at Oxford University....
, Hebraist - Stefan ReifStefan ReifStefan Reif is professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge. He was born in Edinburgh on January 21, 1944.He has a PhD from University College London and a Doctor of Literature from Cambridge. He held the following positions at Cambridge:...
http://www.mucjs.org/jhrylands.htm, Cambridge academic - Judah SegalJudah SegalJudah Benzion Segal MC, FBA, often known as Ben was Professor of Semitic Languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies....
, professor of Semitic languages (JYB 2005 p215) - Joseph WolffJoseph WolffJoseph Wolff , Jewish Christian missionary, was born at Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany. He travelled widely, and was known as the Eccentric Missionary, according to Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches...
, missionary
Fine arts
- Frank AuerbachFrank AuerbachFrank Helmut Auerbach is a painter born in Germany although he has been a naturalised British citizen since 1947.-Biography:Auerbach was born in Berlin, the son of Max Auerbach, a patent lawyer, and Charlotte Nora Burchardt, who had trained as an artist...
http://www.artguide.org/uk/AG.pl?Action=15163A&Axis=AllArtists, painter - David BombergDavid BombergDavid Garshen Bomberg was an English painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks, and which included Mark Gertler, Stanley Spencer, C.R.W. Nevinson and Dora Carrington...
http://www.modernbritishartists.co.uk/bomberg_biog.htm, painter - Sir Anthony CaroAnthony CaroSir Anthony Alfred Caro, OM, CBE is an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'found' industrial objects.-Background and early life:...
http://www.kunst.wuerth.com/en/kh/kh-caro1.html, sculptor - Benno ElkanBenno ElkanBenno Elkan OBE was a German-born British sculptor and medallist. Married to Hedwig Einstein, sister of Carl Einstein and a concert pianist in her own right...
, sculptor - Sir Jacob EpsteinJacob EpsteinSir Jacob Epstein KBE was an American-born British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British citizen in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged taboos on what was appropriate subject matter...
, sculptor (UK-based) - Hannah FrankHannah FrankHannah Frank was an artist and sculptor from Glasgow, Scotland.Hannah was the daughter of a Jewish Russian refugee, Charles Frank, a notable camera maker, and grew up in the Laurieston district of the Gorbals. She studied art at the University of Glasgow...
http://www.hannahfrank.org.uk/, artist & sculptor - Barnett FreedmanBarnett FreedmanBarnett Freedman CBE was a British artist, commercial designer, book illustrator, typographer, and lithographer.Freedman, the son of East-End Russian-Jewish immigrants, was self-educated during four years in hospitals, between the ages of nine and thirteen, because of asthma that was to trouble...
, artist - Lucian FreudLucian FreudLucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
http://www.leninimports.com/lucian_freud_bio.html, painter - Abram GamesAbram GamesAbram Games OBE, RDI was a British graphic designer.Born Abraham Gamse in Whitechapel, London on the day World War I began in 1914, he was the son of Joseph Gamse, a Latvian photographer, and Sarah, a seamstress born on the border of Russia and Poland. His father anglicized the family name to...
- Mark Gertler http://web311.pavilion.net/ARTgertler.htm, painter
- Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein)Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein)Gluck was a British painter.-Biography:Gluck was born into a wealthy Jewish family, the child of Joseph Gluckstein, whose brothers Isidore and Montague had founded J. Lyons and Co., a British coffee house and catering empire. Gluck's American-born mother, Francesca Halle, was an opera singer...
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/gluck.html, artist - Walter GoodmanWalter GoodmanWalter Goodman was a British painter, illustrator and author.The son of British portrait painter Julia Salaman and London linen draper and town councillor, Louis Goodman , he studied with J. M. Leigh and at the Royal Academy in London, where he was admitted as a student in 1851...
, painter - Mark Lautman, artist
- Dora GordineDora GordineDora Gordine, FRBS aka La Gordine, was a British sculptress.-Early career to 1939:Dora Gordine's childhood has not been well documented. There is confusion over her date of birth with various dates 1895 , 1898 and 1906 mentioned...
, artist & sculptor - Solomon Alexander HartSolomon Alexander HartSolomon Alexander Hart was a British painter and engraver. He was the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy in London and was probably the most important Jewish artist working in England in the 19th century....
, painter - Gerry JudahGerry JudahGerry Judah is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces...
artist & designer - Anish KapoorAnish KapoorAnish Kapoor CBE RA is a British sculptor of Indian birth. Born in Mumbai , Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,950561,00.html, sculptor (Jewish mother) - R. B. KitajR. B. KitajRonald Brooks Kitaj was an American artist who spent much of his life in England.-Life:Born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, near Cleveland, United States, his Hungarian father, Sigmund Benway, left his mother, Jeanne Brooks, shortly after he was born and they were divorced in 1934. His mother was the...
, US-born painter - Jacob KramerJacob KramerJacob Kramer was a Ukrainian-born painter who spent all of his working life in England.-Life and work:...
, painter - Lennie LeeLennie LeeLennie Lee is a South African conceptual artist who lives and works in London.-Life and career:Lennie Lee is a British artist born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to the UK in 1960. He was educated at Dulwich college in London before winning a scholarship to study philosophy at Christ...
http://www.lennielee.com/index2.html, Young British Artist/mixed media - Linda McCartneyLinda McCartneyLinda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/mcCartneystella.html, photographer - Ruth RixRuth RixRuth Rix is an artist based in Brighton, England who works across the visual arts, with a particular interest in painting. Her work is in private collections.-Early life:...
http://my.name-services.com/76905/page99.htm, painter - Sir William RothensteinWilliam RothensteinSir William Rothenstein was an English painter, draughtsman and writer on art.-Life and work:William Rothenstein was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry...
http://www.chrisbeetles.com/pictures/artists/Rothenstein_William/Rothenstein_William.htm - Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonAntony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of SnowdonAntony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, GCVO, RDI is an English photographer and film maker. He was married to Princess Margaret, younger daughter of King George VI and younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II....
- Turlough Ryan, artist
- Isaac SnowmanIsaac SnowmanIsaac Snowman was an English artist.He was educated at the City of London School. In 1890 he entered the Royal Academy School, where he gained a free medal, and afterward a scholarship in the Institution of British Artists...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=305&letter=P, painter - Solomon Joseph SolomonSolomon Joseph SolomonSolomon Joseph Solomon, RA, was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter, of no relation to Simeon Solomon...
http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Solo_SJ.htm, painter - Tolleck WinnerTolleck WinnerTolleck Winner is a UK-based sculptor. Born 30 July 1959 in the former Soviet Union, he has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1980.He works in a variety of media and is an Associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors....
, mixed media - Alfred WolmarkAlfred WolmarkAlfred Wolmark was a painter and decorative artist. He was a pioneer of the New Movement in Art.Wolmark was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw...
, painter
Designers and Architects
- Nicole FarhiNicole FarhiNicole Farhi, Lady Hare, CBE is a French fashion designer and sculptor born in Nice, France, of Turkish descent.She started her career as a freelance in Paris, before moving to London in the 1970s to work with Stephen Marks on his French Connection label. Their professional relationship resulted...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1998/1948/396_via.htm, fashion designer - John FriedaJohn FriedaJohn Frieda is an English celebrity hairstylist and founder of hair salon and hair product businesses. The hair product business was acquired in 2002 by Kao Corporation, Japan. The hair products he created are widely available in the United States and many other countries.-Early life:Frieda was...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316861693, hair-stylist; father of actor Jordan FriedaJordan FriedaJordan Frieda is a British actor who is the son of Scottish singer Lulu and celebrity hair stylist John Frieda. He was born on 17 June 1977 and was educated at Eton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University.He had a small part in Steven Spielberg's TV mini series Band of... - Ray KelvinRay KelvinDr Raymond Stuart Kelvin CBE started off working in his uncle's hosiery store in Enfield at the age of eleven and founded the Ted Baker brand in 1988, when he opened up a men's shirt shop called Ted Baker in Glasgow. He has continued to expand his business and Ted Baker is now a worldwide...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,851194,00.html, fashion designer, founder of Ted BakerTed BakerTed Baker is a British clothing retail company, known for applying twists to its products, and has become a UK designer label through word of mouth rather than advertising.-History:... - Arthur KornArthur Korn (architect)Arthur Korn was a German Jewish architect and urban planner who was a proponent of modernism in Germany and the UK.-Life and career:...
– Architect and urban planner - Denys LasdunDenys LasdunSir Denys Lasdun CH was an eminent English architect. Probably his best known work is the Royal National Theatre, on London's South Bank of the Thames, which is a Grade II* listed building and one of the most notable examples of Brutalist design in the United Kingdom.Lasdun studied at the...
, architect - Stella McCartneyStella McCartneyStella Nina McCartney is an English fashion designer. She is the daughter of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney and the late photographer and animal rights activist, Linda McCartney.-Early life:...
, fashion designer (Jewish Mother) - Erich MendelsohnErich MendelsohnErich Mendelsohn was a Jewish German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.-Early life:...
, architect - Janet RegerJanet RegerJanet Reger was an English lingerie designer who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s for her opulent lingerie designs.-External links:* Daily Telegraph * BBC News...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4349445.stm, lingerie designer - Vidal SassoonVidal SassoonVidal Sassoon, CBE is a widely recognised British hairdresser, credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hair style, also called the bob...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-07-07-vidal_x.htm, hair stylist - Richard SeifertRichard SeifertReubin Seifert - normally known as Richard Seifert was a British architect, best known for designing the Centrepoint tower and Tower 42 , once the tallest building in the City of London...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,582430,00.html, architect
Arts and literature
- Simon GoldhillSimon GoldhillSimon Goldhill is a professor of Greek literature and culture at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He is also Director of CRASSH, the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at the University of Cambridge...
, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally... - Sir Israel GollanczIsrael GollanczSir Israel Gollancz was a scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare. He was Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College, London, from 1903 to 1930....
http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/Book/Cohen/gencul.html, Shakespeare expert - Sir Ernst GombrichErnst GombrichSir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE was an Austrian-born art historian who became naturalized British citizen in 1947. He spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom...
http://www.jewishbookweek.com/2006/010306f.php, art historian (JYB 2000 p211) - Sir Sidney LeeSidney LeeSir Sidney Lee was an English biographer and critic.He was born Solomon Lazarus Lee at 12 Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London and educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in modern history in 1882. In the next year he became assistant-editor of the...
http://www.ibiblio.org/yiddish/Book/Cohen/gencul.html, editor of the Dictionary of National BiographyDictionary of National BiographyThe Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
and Shakespeare expert - Siegbert Salomon PrawerSiegbert Salomon PrawerSiegbert Salomon Prawer is Taylor Emeritus Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford...
, professor of German (JYB 2005 p215) - Sir Nicholas SerotaNicholas SerotaSir Nicholas Andrew Serota is a British art curator. Serota was director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, before becoming director of the Tate, the United Kingdom's national gallery of modern and British art in 1988. He was awarded a knighthood in 1999. He...
, Director of the Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
, 1987- - Ernest SimonErnest SimonErnest Simon may refer to:* Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe , English industrialist and politician* Ernest Julius Walter Simon , Berlin-born sinologist and librarian* Ernest Simon , Nigerian footballer...
, professor of Chinese (JYB 1980 p183) - Arthur WaleyArthur WaleyArthur David Waley CH, CBE was an English orientalist and sinologist.-Life:Waley was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, as Arthur David Schloss, son of the economist David Frederick Schloss...
(Poet, translator of Chinese and Japanese literature)
Musicians
See List of British Jewish entertainers (includes Classical musicians and actors as "entertainers.")Civil service
- Abraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie AdelsteinAbraham Manie "Abe" Adelstein was a South African born doctor who became the United Kingdom's Chief Medical Statistician.-Career:...
, Government statistician - Sir Hermann BondiHermann BondiSir Hermann Bondi, KCB, FRS was an Anglo-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist. He is best known for developing the steady-state theory of the universe with Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold as an alternative to the Big Bang theory, but his most lasting legacy will probably be his important...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2005/09/13/db1301.xml, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Energy - Sir Andrew CohenAndrew Cohen (statesman)Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen KCMG KCVO OBE was Governor of Uganda from 1952 to 1957.- Early life and education :...
, colonial administrator - Eugene GrebenikEugene GrebenikEugene Grebenik CB, known as "Grebby" was a central figure in the development of demography in Britain and the first director of the British Civil Service College.- Early life :...
http://www.ehrcweb.org/jobs/Press-Eugene-Grebenik-17668.htm, first head of the Civil Service College - Hans Kronberger (physicist)Hans Kronberger (physicist)Hans Kronberger CBE, FRS was a British physicist.- Education :* King's College, University of Durham; BSc 1944* University of Birmingham; Ph.D 1948- Career :Escaping from Austria he studied in Durham...
, nuclear physicist - Sir Alan MarreAlan MarreSir Alan Samuel Marre CB KCB was a civil servant, serving most notably as Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and as the first Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales....
http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/Vol_92__1992.pdf, Second Permanent Secretary, Health; later Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration - Sir Claus Moser http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/previewsandreviews/content_objectid=13939784_method=full_siteid=50061_page=5_headline=-A-brush-withour-darkest-hour-name_page.html, Lord Moser, Government Statistician
- Ivor Tiefenbrun, Hi Fi manufacturer
Finance
- Sir Ernest CasselErnest CasselSir Ernest Joseph Cassel, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was a German-born British merchant banker and capitalist.-Biography:...
, banker - Sir Ronald Cohenhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1452226,00.html, Egypt-born businessman and Labour party supporter
- Moses da CostaMoses da CostaMoses Mendes da Costa , also called Anthony da Costa, was an 18th century English banker.He was so successful as a banker, that he has sometimes been said to have been on the board of the Bank of England; however, although he held shares in the bank, he was not in fact ever a director.In 1727, he...
, also called Anthony da Costa; Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...
IV p. 289 - Abraham and Benjamin GoldsmidGoldsmidGoldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid , a Dutch merchant who settled in England about 1763. Two of his sons, Benjamin Goldsmid and Abraham Goldsmid Goldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid (died 1782),...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=322&letter=G, brothers, leading financiers and philanthropists - Sir Isaac Lyon GoldsmidIsaac Lyon GoldsmidSir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Baronet was a financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom....
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037280, financier, a leading figure in Jewish emancipation and in the foundation of University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
. - Dudley JoelDudley JoelDudley Jack Barnato Joel was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Part of the wealthy and prominent Joel family, he was the son of businessman Solomon Barnato Joel and his wife Ellen Ridley and was married to Esme Oldham.Heavily involved in Thoroughbred horse racing,...
, financier - Solomon JoelSolomon JoelSolomon Barnato Joel was a South African financier and mining, brewing and railway magnate.-Career:Known as "Solly", he was born into a Jewish family, being one of three sons of Joel Joel , and Kate Isaacs, who was a sister of Barnett Isaacs, later to be called Barney Barnato...
, financier - Peter Keith Levene, chairman of Lloyds of London, Lord Mayor of London (1998–1999) (JYB 2005 212)
- Aaron of LincolnAaron of LincolnAaron of Lincoln was an English Jewish financier . He is believed to have been the wealthiest man in 12th century Britain; it is estimated that his wealth exceeded that of the King. He is first mentioned in the English pipe-roll of 1166 as creditor of King Henry II for sums amounting to £616 12s...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=66&letter=A, 12th century financier - Moses Haim Montefiore http://82.1911encyclopedia.org/M/MO/MONTEFIORE_SIR_MOSES_HAIM.htm, financier & philanthropist
- Michael MoritzMichael MoritzMichael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google Inc.-Life and career:...
, venture capitalist - N M Rothschild & SonsN M Rothschild & SonsN M Rothschild & Sons is a private investment banking company, belonging to the Rothschild family...
- Nathan Mayer RothschildNathan Mayer RothschildNathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild , known as Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a London financier and one of the founders of the international Rothschild family banking dynasty...
, financier & banker
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild
- Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron SwaythlingSamuel Montagu, 1st Baron SwaythlingSamuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling was a British banker who founded the bank of Samuel Montagu & Co.. He was a philanthropist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900, and was later raised to the peerage.Montagu was born in Liverpool as Montagu Samuel, the second...
http://www.montaguemillennium.com/familyresearch/h_1911_samuel.htm - Joseph SalvadorJoseph SalvadorJoseph Salvador was a British-Jewish businessman, perhaps most notable for being the first and only Jew to have become a director of the British East India Company. He was descended from Portuguese Jews who had escaped persecution at home during the Portuguese Inquisition and had left for the...
http://www.shpltd.co.uk/rousseau-jewofcrancourt.pdf, first Jewish director of the British East India CompanyBritish East India CompanyThe East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China... - Barons SwaythlingBaron SwaythlingBaron Swaythling, of Swaythling in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1907 for the prominent Jewish banker, Liberal politician and philanthropist, Sir Samuel Montagu, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Swaythling in the...
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm, bankers
Law
- Sir John BalcombeJohn BalcombeSir John Balcombe was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1985-95.-Career:He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1950 ; he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951-77. He was appointed a QC in 1969. He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Family Division, 1977-85...
, Lord Justice of Appeal (The Guardian (Manchester); 04/07/00; Sir Maurice Drake; p. 20) - Judah P. BenjaminJudah P. BenjaminJudah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. Born a British subject in the West Indies, he moved to the United States with his parents and became a citizen. He later became a citizen of the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, Benjamin moved to...
, American exile, lawyer - Herbert Bentwitch, lawyer and Zionist leader
- Norman Bentwitch, lawyer and Attorney-General of Palestine; son of Herbert Bentwitch
- His Honour Gerald ButlerGerald ButlerHis Honour Gerald Norman Butler, QC was an English judge, who was the senior judge at Southwark Crown Court. He was born in Hackney, London.-Education:...
, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, judge (The Times (London); 13/06/00; Frances Gibb; p. Law. 3) - Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of BerriewAlex Carlile, Baron Carlile of BerriewAlexander Charles Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew, QC is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.-Early life and career:...
, Liberal Democrats: Jewish Chronicle
- 5/7/1996 p7: "The Liberal Democrats' sole Jewish MP, Alex Carlile"
- 25/6/1999 p10: "Alex Carlile is on his way back to Westminster as one of four Jews among the 36 working peers"
- Arthur CohenArthur CohenArthur Cohen KC was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.After three years' study at the gymnasium in Frankfort-on-the-Main, he entered as a student at University College London. Thence he proceeded to Cambridge University at a time when it was almost impossible for a Jew to gain...
, QC and politician - Lionel Cohen, Baron CohenLionel Cohen, Baron CohenLionel Leonard Cohen, Baron Cohen PC , was a British judge.Invested to the privy council in 1946, Cohen was Lord Justice of Appeal from 1946 to 1951. On 12 November 1951, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and made additionally a life peer with the title Baron Cohen, of Walmer in the...
, Lord of Appeal - Myrella CohenMyrella CohenMyrella Cohen was one of the first female judges in Great Britain. She was born into a Jewish family in Manchester in 1927 and her parents, Sam and Sarah Cohen wanted to name her after their mothers who were called Myra and Ella, so they came up with the combination of Myrella.She was educated at...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article822650.ece, prominent Judge, QC and agunah campaigner - Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- Hazel Cosgrove, Lady CosgroveHazel Cosgrove, Lady CosgroveThe Right Honourable Hazel Josephine Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, CBE , is a Scottish lawyer, and was the first woman to be appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts....
http://www.culham.ac.uk/tvr/Feature/f980917_rh.html, Scottish Queen's CounselQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
and sheriff - David DaubeDavid DaubeDavid Daube DCL, FBA was the twentieth century's preeminent scholar of ancient law. He combined a familiarity with many legal systems, particularly Roman law and biblical law, with an expertise in Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian literature, and used literary, religious, and legal texts to...
, Professor of Law (JYB 1995, p193) - Sir Morris FinerMorris FinerSir Morris Finer QC was a lawyer and judge.As a young barrister Morris Finer also wrote leaders for the London Evening Standard...
, judge - Dame Hazel GennHazel GennDame Hazel Gillian Genn, DBE, QC , FBA is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world, and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London.- Public service :Professor Genn is a...
(JYB 2005 p215) - Sir Francis Henry GoldsmidGoldsmidGoldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid , a Dutch merchant who settled in England about 1763. Two of his sons, Benjamin Goldsmid and Abraham Goldsmid Goldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid (died 1782),...
http://www.rothschildarchive.org/ib/?doc=/ib/articles/BW3bGoldsmid, MP for Reading, first Jewish barrister (Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
1858) - Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-SalomonsDavid Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-SalomonsSir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, 2nd Baronet was a scientific author and barrister.The son of Philip Salomons of Brighton, and Emma, daughter of Jacob Montefiore of Sydney, he succeeded to the Baronetcy originally granted to his uncle David Salomons in 1873...
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/salomons-museum/tree/d-lionel-salomons.asp, barrister - Peter Goldsmith, Baron GoldsmithPeter Goldsmith, Baron GoldsmithPeter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, PC, QC , is a former Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland. On 22 June 2007, Goldsmith announced his resignation which took effect on 27 June 2007, the same day that prime minister, Tony Blair, stepped down. Goldsmith was the longest...
http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1100147299159&p=1006953080001, http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11674035&method=full&siteid=50061, Attorney GeneralAttorney GeneralIn most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person... - Arthur Lehman GoodhartArthur Lehman GoodhartArthur Lehman Goodhart, KBE, KC was an American-born British academic jurist and lawyer; he was professor of jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1931–51, when he was also a Fellow of University College, Oxford...
, jurist - William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, human rights lawyer and politician (son of Arthur Goodhart)
- Arnold Goodman, Baron GoodmanArnold Goodman, Baron GoodmanArnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman, CH, QC, was a British lawyer and political advisor.-Life:Lord Goodman was educated at University College London and Downing College, Cambridge. He became a leading London lawyer as Senior Partner in the law firm Goodman, Derrick & Co...
, solicitor - Brian Green http://www.halfjew.com/html/october/4_being.html Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- Alexis Grower, Prominent Entertainment Lawyer, Magrath & Co, London
- Dame Rose HeilbronRose HeilbronDame Rose Heilbron, DBE, QC was one of the outstanding barristers of the post-war period in the United Kingdom, whose career included many 'firsts' for a woman - she was the first woman to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, the first woman to be appointed King's Counsel in England, the first to lead...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1665683,00.html, Britain's first female Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, judge - Rosalyn HigginsRosalyn HigginsDame Rosalyn Higgins, DBE, QC is the former President of the International Court of Justice. Higgins was the first female judge to be appointed to the ICJ, and was elected President in 2006. Her term of office expired on 6 February 2009...
, President of the International Court of JusticeInternational Court of JusticeThe International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands... - Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of ReadingRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of ReadingRufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC , was an English lawyer, jurist and politician...
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/jewish.htm, lawyer and politician - Sir George JesselGeorge Jessel (jurist)Sir George Jessel , a British judge, was born in London. He was one of the most influential commercial law and equity judges of his time, and served as the Master of the Rolls.-Early life and education:...
http://24.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JE/JESSEL_SIR_GEORGE.htm, Solicitor General for England and WalesSolicitor General for England and WalesHer Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law...
, later Master of the RollsMaster of the RollsThe Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal... - Anthony JuliusAnthony JuliusAnthony Julius is a prominent British lawyer and academic, best known for his actions on behalf of Diana, Princess of Wales, Deborah Lipstadt and more recently Heather Mills...
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/reviews/010513.13wheatct.html, prominent Lawyer for Princess Diana, and against David IrvingDavid IrvingDavid John Cawdell Irving is an English writer,best known for his denial of the Holocaust, who specialises in the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany...
. - Sir Otto Kahn-FreundOtto Kahn-FreundSir Otto Kahn-Freund was professor of comparative law, University of Oxford, and a path breaking scholar in labour law.-Biography:...
, Professor of Law (Dictionary of National BiographyDictionary of National BiographyThe Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
) - Neville LaskiNeville LaskiNeville Jonas Laski, QC was an English judge and leader of Anglo-Jewry.- Family :He came from a distinguished family. His younger brother was Harold Laski...
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/RELTHEOL/JEWISH/EXHIBITION/16zion1930s.html, judge - Hersch LauterpachtHersch LauterpachtSir Hersch Lauterpacht was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to 1954 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1955 to 1960. In the words of former ICJ President Stephen M...
http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vol8/No2/art6.html - Leone LeviLeone LeviLeone Levi was an English jurist and statistician.Born to a Jewish family in Ancona, Italy, he worked in commerce there before emigrating to Liverpool in 1844. There he obtained British citizenship and joined the Presbyterian church....
, barrister and statistician: Jewish EncyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaThe Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...
, VIII, 34 - George Henry LewisGeorge Henry LewisSir George Henry Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer of Jewish extraction.-Solicitor:Lewis was born at 10 Ely Place, Holborn in London and educated at University College, London. In 1850 he was articled to his father, James Graham Lewis , founder of Lewis & Lewis, one of the best-known firms...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6DD1239F93BA25750C0A962948260, solicitor - Gavin LightmanGavin LightmanSir Gavin Anthony Lightman , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Lightman, has been a judge of the English High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 1994...
http://www.cjc.org.uk/people.officers.html, judge; son of Harold Lightman - Harold LightmanHarold LightmanHarold Lightman QC was an English barrister, who was awarded the unique honour of a dinner at Lincoln's Inn to celebrate his 90th birthday.- Early life :...
, barrister, father of Gavin LightmanGavin LightmanSir Gavin Anthony Lightman , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Lightman, has been a judge of the English High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, since 1994...
and Stafford LightmanStafford LightmanStafford Louis Lightman has been Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol, since 1993.He is the son of Harold Lightman, QC and the brother of Sir Gavin Lightman, QC.- Education :* Repton School... - Alan MocattaAlan MocattaSir Alan Abraham Mocatta was an English judge, an expert on restrictive practices and a leader of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain.-Legal and military career:...
http://www.trivia-library.com/a/templeton-foundation-prize-for-religious-progress-history-and-award-winners.htm: "Sir Alan Mocatta, Jewish" - Victor Mishcon, Baron MishconVictor Mishcon, Baron MishconVictor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, QC, DL was a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician. His firm acted for Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1697708,00.html, solicitor. - David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom; son of Albert NeubergerAlbert NeubergerAlbert Neuberger CBE FRS FRCP was Professor of Chemical Pathology, St Mary's Hospital, University of London, 1955–1973, and later Emeritus Professor.-Education in Germany:...
, brother of James NeubergerJames NeubergerJames Max Neuberger is a consultant physician, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and professor of medicine at the University of Birmingham...
and Michael NeubergerMichael NeubergerMichael Samuel Neuberger FRS is a British biochemist and immunologist.-Education:He was educated at Westminster School, and then read Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge as a scholar where he obtained a Master of Arts; he then obtained a PhD at Imperial College, London.-Career:He has...
, and brother-in-law of Julia Neuberger (Jewish Year Book 2005:212 & 214) - David PearlDavid PearlDavid Stephen Pearl is a British lawyer and member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. He is the son of Rabbi Chaim Pearl....
, judge - Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth MatraversNicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth MatraversNicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, KG PC is the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Before 1 October 2009 his title was Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was Master of the Rolls from 2000 to 2005 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2005...
, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - Sir Bernard RixBernard RixSir Bernard Anthony Rix , styled The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Rix, is an English judge, who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2000.-Family:...
, Lord Justice of Appeal (2000-) (JYB 2005:212 & 214) - Bernard Rudden, emeritus Professor of Comparative Law, Oxford University
- Leonard SainerLeonard SainerLeonard Sainer, British, enjoyed two very successful careers, as a solicitor and a retailer.He was born 12 October 1909 and died 30 September 1991. After education at University College London, he became a solicitor in 1933....
https://www.jewishcare.org/news/?disp_feature=DPUFgl, solicitor and retailer - Fiona ShackletonFiona ShackletonFiona Shackleton, Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia LVO is an English solicitor, who has represented members of the British Royal Family and celebrities, including Sir Paul McCartney and The Duke of York...
Solicitor who has acted for the Royal Family and Paul McCartney - Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron SilkinLewis Silkin, 1st Baron SilkinLewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin CH , was a British Labour Party politician.Silkin worked as a solicitor, before becoming a member of the London County Council in 1925. He chaired the LCC Town Planning and the Housing and Public Health Committees and was a member of the Central Housing Advisory...
, solicitor - Linda Joy SternLinda Joy SternLinda Joy Stern, née Hart was an English judge.-Family and Education:Her father was Lionel Hart, brother of Sidney Hart; he worked as a scientist during World War 2 and died in a laboratory incident; sabotage was suspected. Her mother was Lily Rachel Gold. She was educated at St...
Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, prosecutor and judge (Jewish Chronicle 15/9/06 p31: death notices) - Julius StoneJulius StoneJulius Stone was Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Sydney from 1942 to 1972, and thereafter a visiting Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales and concurrently Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the Hastings...
http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/jurisprudence/juliusstone.shtml - Eldred TabachnikEldred TabachnikEldred Tabachnik, QC is a South African-born English barrister, recorder and a former president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. He is currently President of the British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem....
, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, former president of the Board of Deputies of British JewsBoard of Deputies of British JewsThe Board of Deputies of British Jews is the main representative body of British Jews. Founded in 1760 as a joint committee of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities in London, it has since become a widely recognised forum for the views of the different sectors of the UK Jewish...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/619244.stm. - Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of GosforthPeter Taylor, Baron Taylor of GosforthPeter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth PC was the Lord Chief Justice of England from 1992 until his premature retirement in 1996, due to poor health which led to his death the following year.-Family:...
http://www.jewishdutchess.org/recipes_books/book_review.php3, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, former Lord Chief Justice - Harry Woolf, Baron WoolfHarry Woolf, Baron WoolfHarry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC, FBA, , born 2 May 1933, was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2669719.stm, former Lord Chief Justice, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, former Master of the RollsMaster of the RollsThe Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...
- Arthur Cohen
Manufacturing
- Sir Leon BagritLeon BagritSir Leon Bagrit was a leading British industrialist and pioneer of automation.Born to Russian-Jewish parents in Kiev, Ukraine , Sir Leon studied law at Birkbeck College in the University of London, formed his own company in 1935, and for many years headed the revamped firm of Elliott-Automation...
Time magazine, pioneer of automation - Manny CussinsManny CussinsManny Cussins was an English businessman. He made his fortune in the furniture retail business, becoming chairman of Waring & Gillow....
, furniture manufacturer and Chairman of Leeds United A.F.C.Leeds United A.F.C.Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system... - Sir Monty FinnistonMonty FinnistonSir Harold Montague "Monty" Finniston was a British industrialist born in Glasgow, Scotland.Monty Finniston read metallurgical chemistry at Glasgow University, where he gained his PhD and then lectured in metallurgy. He spent the years of the Second World War in the Royal Naval Scientific Service...
, industrialist (JYB 1977 p206–7) - David GestetnerDavid GestetnerDavid Gestetner was the inventor of the Gestetner stencil duplicator, the first piece of office equipment that allowed production of numerous copies of documents quickly and inexpensively. He was awarded the John Scott Medal of The Franklin Institute in 1888...
, inventor - Joseph Kagan, Baron KaganJoseph Kagan, Baron KaganJoseph Kagan, Baron Kagan was a British industrialist and the founder of Kagan Textiles, of Elland, which made raincoats from the waterproof Gannex fabric he had invented. Gannex raincoats were most famously worn by Harold Wilson...
http://www.ajr.org.uk/pastjournal61.htm clothes manufacturer and disgraced friend of Prime Minister Harold WilsonHarold WilsonJames Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...
. - Sir Emmanuel Kaye, industrialist and philanthropist
- Lord Alan SugarAlan SugarAlan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £770m , and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011...
, founder and chairman of Amstrad (1968 – 2007) - Sir Robert Waley-Cohen, industrialist
- Arnold WeinstockArnold WeinstockArnold Weinstock, Baron Weinstock was an English businessman whom The Guardian newspaper called "Britain's premier post-second-world-war industrialist."...
, Lord Weinstock, Chairman of GEC – JYB 2002, p211
Media
- Sacha Baron CohenSacha Baron CohenSacha Noam Baron Cohen is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He is most widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat, and Brüno...
, comedian; creator of Ali GAli GAli G is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Originally appearing on Channel 4's Eleven O'Clock show, Ali G is the title character of Channel 4's Da Ali G Show, original episodes of which aired in 2000 and on HBO in 2003–2004, and is the...
, Borat and BrünoBruno (character)Brüno Gehard , sometimes written as Bruno and Brueno, is a fictional character portrayed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. The character, a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter, first appeared during short sketches on The Paramount Comedy Channel in 1998, before reappearing on Da Ali G... - Rachel BeerRachel BeerRachel Beer was an Indian-born British newspaper editor. She was editor-in-chief of The Observer and The Sunday Times.-Biography:...
, newspaper editor - Sidney Bernstein, cinema owner
- Benjamin Cohen http://www.channel4.com/news/about_us/meet-the-team/benjamin-cohen.html, Channel 4 NewsChannel 4 NewsChannel 4 News is the news division of British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since the broadcaster's launch in 1982.-Channel 4 News:...
reporter and presenter - Danny CohenDanny CohenDanny Cohen is the current Controller of BBC One, the BBC's flagship television channel in the United Kingdom. He is the youngest person to be appointed as Controller of the channel.- Education :...
, Controller of BBC ThreeBBC ThreeBBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent... - David BaddielDavid BaddielDavid Lionel Baddiel is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter.-Early life:Baddiel was born in New York, and moved to England when he was four months old. His father, Colin Brian Baddiel, was a Welsh research chemist with Unilever before being made redundant in the 1980s, after...
, comedian, writer, journalist and broadcaster - Nigella LawsonNigella LawsonNigella Lucy Lawson is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Lawson is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa Salmon, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. empire...
, television chef, daughter of Nigel LawsonNigel LawsonNigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...
. - Simon CowellSimon CowellSimon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
, TV personality and producer, executive and entrepreneur - Richard DesmondRichard DesmondRichard Clive Desmond is an English publisher and businessman. He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder in 1974 of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as OK! and New!, and British national newspapers Daily Star and Daily Express...
http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/859_sj_super_7.htm, publisher, Chairman of the Daily ExpressDaily ExpressThe Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
Group - André DeutschAndré DeutschAndré Deutsch was a British publisher.After having learned the business of publishing working for Francis Aldor with whom he was interned in the Isle of Man during the Second World War and who had introduced him to the industry, André Deutsch left Aldor's employment after a few months to continue...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,158496,00.html - Ed DoolanEd DoolanEdwin Myer Doolan is an Australian born naturalised British radio presenter who is a twenty-eight year veteran of the BBC and was awarded the MBE in 1998...
, Australian-born broadcaster - Vanessa FeltzVanessa FeltzVanessa Jane Feltz is an English television personality, broadcaster and journalist. She currently presents an early morning radio show on BBC Radio 2, a mid morning phone-in show on BBC London 94.9. In 2011, she started hosting The Vanessa Show on Channel 5. The first series ended on June 24th...
, journalist and broadcaster - Jonathan FreedlandJonathan FreedlandJonathan Saul Freedland is a British journalist, who writes a weekly column for The Guardian and a monthly piece for the Jewish Chronicle. He is also a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New York Review of Books, and presents BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series,...
, columnist the The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... - Lew GradeLew GradeLew Grade, Baron Grade , born Lev Winogradsky, was an influential Russian-born English impresario and media mogul.-Early years:...
http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/main/crguide/vcp.html, founder of ATVAssociated TeleVisionAssociated Television, often referred to as ATV, was a British television company, holder of various licences to broadcast on the ITV network from 24 September 1955 until 00:34 on 1 January 1982... - Michael GradeMichael GradeMichael Ian Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth CBE is a British broadcast executive and businessman. He was BBC chairman from 2004 to 2006 and executive chairman of ITV plc from 2007 to 2009.-Early life:...
http://www.itvplc.com/itv/news/releases/pr2006/2006-11-28/, Chairman of ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK... - Michael GreenMichael Green (television magnate)Michael Philip Green is a British businessman.He attended Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree, Hertfordshire on a scholarship and left, aged 17, with four O-Levels....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3206880.stm, founder of Carlton TelevisionCarlton TelevisionCarlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,... - Sydney Jacobson, newspaper editor
- Ian Katz, Deputy Editor the The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Joseph Moses LevyJoseph Moses LevyJoseph Moses Levy was a newspaper editor and publisher.The son of Moses Levy and Helena Moses, he was educated at Bruce Castle School, after which he was sent to Germany to learn the printing trade. When he returned to England he established a printing company in Shoe Lane, Fleet Street...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048000, owner of the Daily Telegraph - Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron BurnhamEdward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron BurnhamEdward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham KCVO , known as Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baronet, from 1892 to 1903, was a British newspaper proprietor....
http://books.google.com/books?id=NagdhSUgB9oC&pg=PA356&lpg=PA356&dq=%22edward+levy+lawson%22+jewish&source=web&ots=BMO6L_MzJA&sig=P3EZkn3LWLlAI6AWO9Rmw1Y5jxQ, newspaper proprietor - Robert MaxwellRobert MaxwellIan Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786710780, publisher - Suzy MenkesSuzy MenkesSuzy Menkes, OBE has been head fashion reporter and Editor for the International Herald Tribune since 1988. In that time she has written over 1.7 million words in the paper....
http://www.booknoise.net/johnseabrook/stories/design/menkes/index.html, fashion journalist - Melanie PhillipsMelanie PhillipsMelanie Phillips is a British journalist and author. She began her career on the left of the political spectrum, writing for such publications as The Guardian and New Statesman. In the 1990s she moved to the right, and she now writes for the Daily Mail newspaper, covering political and social...
, journalist and author - Eve PollardEve PollardEvelyn "Eve" Pollard, Lady Lloyd, OBE is an English author, journalist and a former editor of several tabloid newspapers.-Career:...
former editor of the Daily Express - Esther RantzenEsther RantzenEsther Louise Rantzen CBE is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, and also advocates the work of the Burma...
, television presenter and journalist - Paul ReuterPaul ReuterPaul Julius Freiherr von Reuter was a German entrepreneur and later naturalized British citizen...
http://www.ejpress.org/article/in_depth/on_anglo_jewry/3810, founder of ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data... - Gaby RoslinGaby RoslinGaby Roslin is an English television presenter and actress. She rose to fame while co-presenting The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996, and also presented the BBC's Children in Need charity appeal from 1994 to 2004....
, television presenter and actress - Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron RothschildJacob Rothschild, 4th Baron RothschildNathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, Bt, OM, GBE, FBA is a British investment banker and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of bankers...
, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board, British SKY Broadcasting Group PLC - Maurice Saatchi, Baron SaatchiMaurice Saatchi, Baron SaatchiMaurice Nathan Saatchi, Baron Saatchi is the co-founder, with his brother Charles, of the advertising agencies Saatchi and Saatchi and M&C Saatchi, where he currently serves as Executive Director.- Early life :...
& Charles SaatchiCharles SaatchiCharles Saatchi is the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and led that business - the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s - until they were forced out in 1995. In the same year the Saatchi brothers formed a new agency called M&C...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559703636, founders of Saatchi and Saatchi - Martin SorrellMartin SorrellSir Martin Sorrell is an English businessman and the chief executive officer of WPP Group. He has served in that role since he started the company.-Biography:...
http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/553_top_jewish_earners.htm, founder of the WPP GroupWPP GroupWPP plc is a global media communications services company with its main management office in London, United Kingdom and its executive office in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest advertising group by revenues, and employs over 150,000 people in 2,400 offices in 107 countries... - Claudia WinklemanClaudia WinklemanClaudia Anne I. Winkleman is an English television presenter, film critic, radio personality and journalist.- Early life and family :...
Television presenter, columnist, radio host - George WeidenfeldGeorge WeidenfeldArthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, GBE is a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was born in Vienna, Austria.Weidenfeld attended the University of Vienna and the city's Diplomatic College...
http://www.ajr.org.uk/exhibit.htm, publisher - Natasha KaplinskyNatasha KaplinskyNatasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/bbc/series-four/natasha-kaplinsky.asp, Newsreader, TV presenter - Guy Zitter http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article-299115/Contact-Daily-Mail-Mail-Sunday.html, Daily Mail Managing Director
Military
- Sir Edward Brampton – godson of King Edward IV, a knight and commander during the War of the Roses
- Frank Alexander de PassFrank Alexander de PassFrank Alexander de Pass VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
http://www.sephardim.com/html/lore.html, World War I British Indian ArmyBritish Indian ArmyThe British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
Victoria Cross recipient - John EdwardsJohn Edwards (sailor)John Edwards formerly Emanuel Moses, was a boy sailor at the Battle of Trafalgar and is believed to be the last survivor of that battle. Settling in Portsmouth after leaving the Royal Navy, he became a city councillor and warden of the synagogue.- References :* The Independent: 2 Nov 2005...
, sailor at the Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
(The Independent (London); 02/11/05; Martin Sugarman; p. 34) - Robert GeeRobert GeeCaptain Robert Gee VC MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/jewish/service/service.htm, World War I British Army Victoria Cross recipient - Albert GoldsmidAlbert GoldsmidColonel Albert Edward Williamson Goldsmid, MVO was a British officer. He was the founder of the Jewish Lads' Brigade and the Maccabaeans.-Personal life:...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=322&letter=G#1091, colonel - Frederick John GoldsmidGoldsmidGoldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid , a Dutch merchant who settled in England about 1763. Two of his sons, Benjamin Goldsmid and Abraham Goldsmid Goldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid (died 1782),...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=322&letter=G#1107, general - Thomas William GouldThomas William GouldThomas William Gould VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:fqT0Pvw_wVUJ:www.dictionaryofeverything.com/explore/947/Thomas_William_Gould.html+%22Thomas+William+Gould%22+Jewish&hl=en, World War II Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
Victoria Cross recipient - John Patrick KenneallyJohn Patrick KenneallyJohn Patrick Kenneally VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:John Patrick Kenneally was born as Leslie Jackson at 104 Alexandra Road,...
http://www.mishalov.com/Kenneally.html, World War II British Army Victoria Cross recipient (Jewish father) - Issy SmithIssy SmithIssy Smith VC was a British-Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to eligible forces of the Commonwealth and United Kingdom...
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:hKEcbdSjg2sJ:au.geocities.com/digger_history_youngest_vc/pages/smith-vc.htm+%22Issy+Smith%22+Jewish&hl=en, World War I British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
Victoria Cross recipient - Jack White, World War I British Army Victoria Cross recipient (JYB 2005 p215)
Property
- Jack CottonJack CottonJack Cotton was a British property developer. He became the dominant figure in the world of property development in Britain. His methods of operation were a model for others involved in the property boom in the years following World War II.Jack Cotton was educated at King Edward VI Grammar...
, property developer - Lewis HammersonLewis HammersonLewis W. Hammerson was the founder of Hammerson plc, one the United Kingdom's largest property businesses and a FTSE 100 company.-Career:Lewis Hammerson initially joined the family garment business, Amagamated Weatherware, in the 1930s...
, Founder Hammerson Property Group - Peter RachmanPeter RachmanPeter Rachman was a London landlord in the Notting Hill area in the 1950s and 1960s. He became so notorious for his exploitation of tenants that the word "Rachmanism" entered the OED as a synonym for any greedy, unscrupulous landlord.-Career:Rachman was born Perec Rachman in Lvov, Poland in 1919,...
, London landlord - Arnold Silverstone Lord Ashdown of Chelwood, Property developer built Ashdown House on Victoria Street, London
Retail
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance, businessman & Liberal Democrat politician (JYB 2005 212)
- Sir Victor BlankVictor BlankSir Maurice Victor Blank, FRCOG is a prominent British businessman.-Background:Born in 1942, he was educated at Stockport Grammar School and then studied Modern History at St. Catherine's College, Oxford....
, Chairman of GUSGUS (retailer)GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the United Kingdom. GUS is an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's former name before 2001... - Sir Montague BurtonMontague BurtonSir Montague Maurice Burton founded Burton, one of Great Britain's largest chains of clothes shops....
, retailer - Sir Charles CloreCharles CloreSir Charles Clore was a British financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist.-Career:Charles Clore owned, through Sears Holdings, the British Shoe Corporation and Selfridges department store, as well as investing heavily in property.He owned Jowett Cars Ltd from 1945-1947 where he was...
http://www.chox.org.uk/generic/default.asp?pageid=84, owner of SelfridgesSelfridgesSelfridges, AKA Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK and was opened on 15 March 1909.More recently, three other stores have been... - Jack CohenJack Cohen (Tesco)Sir John Edward Cohen , born Jacob Edward Kohen and commonly known as Jack Cohen, was a British businessman who founded the Tesco supermarket chain.-Career:...
http://www.mytowerhamlets.co.uk/towerhamlets/celebs&gossip-jack_cohen.htm, founder of TescoTescoTesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits... - Ralph and David Gold, founders of Ann SummersAnn SummersAnn Summers is a United Kingdom-based retailer specialising in sex toys and lingerie, with over 140 high street stores in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Spain. In 2000, Ann Summers acquired the Knickerbox brand, a label with an emphasis on more comfortable and feminine underwear, while...
and co-owners of Birmingham CityBirmingham City F.C.Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
football club (Financial Times (London); 13/07/04; Jonathon Guthrie; p. 15) - Sir Philip GreenPhilip GreenSir Philip Green is a British businessman. Green was born into a Jewish family in 1952, beginning as a businessman at the age of 15. The first and last quoted company Green took lead of was "Amber Day", from which he stepped down as CEO and Chairman in 1992...
http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1008_green_donation.htm, owner of BhsBhsBHS Limited is a British department store chain with branches mainly located in high street locations, primarily selling clothing and household items such as bedlinen, cutlery, crockery and lighting. The company has 187 stores throughout the United Kingdom...
, Arcadia GroupArcadia GroupThe Arcadia Group Limited a British company that owns the high street clothing retailers Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop, Wallis and BHS, and the out of town chain Outfit, which sells lines from the other group chains... - Irene HowardIrene HowardIrene Mary Stainer Howard was an English casting director. Her brothers Leslie Howard and Arthur Howard, and nephew, Alan Howard, became successful actors...
, English costume designer and sister of actor Leslie HowardLeslie Howard (actor)Leslie Howard was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Among his best-known roles was Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind and roles in Berkeley Square , Of Human Bondage , The Scarlet Pimpernel , The Petrified Forest , Pygmalion , Intermezzo , Pimpernel Smith...
. - Stanley Kalms http://www.jpr.org.uk/Press_releases/Kalms_Leigh.htm, now Baron Kalms of Edgware, life president of Dixons Group PLC.
- Bernard LewisBernard Lewis (entrepreneur)Bernard Lewis is the English entrepreneur behind the River Island fashion brand and clothing chain. He was born in February 1926 and opened his first shop aged 20 selling fruit and veg in the North London area ....
, founder of River IslandRiver IslandRiver Island is one of Britain's best known high street fashion brands and can be found in most cities across the UK. The brand also has stores in Singapore, Turkey, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the Middle East.-History:... - David LewisDavid Lewis (English merchant)David Lewis , was an English merchant and philanthropist of Jewish origin.He was born in London. Settling in Liverpool in 1840, he had by 1856 accumulated enough capital to start his own business as a boys' clothier in Bold street...
http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/archive/index.php/index.php?t-1238.html, department store founder - Michael MarksMichael MarksMichael Marks, , was one of the two co-founders of the retail chain Marks & Spencer.-Biography:...
http://www.bh.org.il/NAMES/POW/Marks.asp, co-founder of Marks & SpencerMarks & SpencerMarks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products...
(born in Poland) - Simon MarksSimon MarksSimon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton , was a British Jewish businessman.Marks was born in Leeds and educated at The Manchester Grammar School. In 1907 he inherited a number of "penny bazaars" from his father, Michael Marks, which had been established with Thomas Spencer...
, chairman of Marks & SpencerMarks & SpencerMarks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products... - Gerald RonsonGerald RonsonGerald Maurice Ronson is a British business tycoon and philanthropist.-Career:Aged 15, Ronson left school and joined his father in the family furniture business, named Heron after his father Henry. The company expanded into other activities; in the mid-1960s Ronson brought the first self-service...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1268356,00.html, business tycoon and philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
. - Marcus SamuelMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount BearstedMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP , known as Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.-Career:Samuel was born into a Jewish family in...
, founder of the "Shell" Transport and Trading CompanyRoyal Dutch ShellRoyal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
(Birmingham Post (Birmingham); 08/11/03; Chris Upton; p. 44) - Israel SieffIsrael SieffIsrael Moses Sieff, Baron Sieff was a British businessman.He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University. One of the theatres at the Manchester Grammar School is named in his honour....
, chairman of Marks & SpencerMarks & SpencerMarks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products... - LordLordLord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'...
Alan SugarAlan SugarAlan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £770m , and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011...
http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/TJ_gold/?content_id=301, founder of AmstradAmstradAmstrad is a British electronics company, now wholly owned by BSkyB. As of 2006, Amstrad's main business is manufacturing Sky Digital interactive boxes....
and star of The Apprentice (UK) - Isaac WolfsonIsaac WolfsonSir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet FRS was a businessman and philanthropist. He was managing director of Great Universal Stores 1932-1947 and chairman 1947-1987. He established the Wolfson Foundation to distribute most of his fortune to good causes. Great Universal Stores was a mail order business...
http://act.org.nz/news-article.aspx?id=24112, founder of GUS plcGUS (retailer)GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the United Kingdom. GUS is an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's former name before 2001...
& philanthropist
Police
- Henry SolomonHenry SolomonChief Constable Henry Solomon was a police officer who became the first Chief Constable of Brighton Borough Police in East Sussex, England....
http://www.sussex.police.uk/about_us/aboutus_museum.asp http://www.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/633hs.htm http://www.gmjpa.org.uk Chief Constable of Brighton Borough 1838 to 1844
Religious and communal leaders
- Jacob AbendanaJacob AbendanaJacob Abendana was hakham of London from 1680 until his death. Jacob was eldest the son of Joseph Abendana and brother to Isaac Abendana....
, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese JewsSpanish and Portuguese JewsSpanish and Portuguese Jews are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardim who have their main ethnic origins within the Jewish communities of the Iberian peninsula and who shaped communities mainly in Western Europe and the Americas from the late 16th century on... - Barnett AbrahamsBarnett AbrahamsBarnett Abrahams was the Principal of Jews' College.His father emigrated to England in 1839; his wife and son arrived in 1841, and two more sons were born in 1843 and 1844.- Education :...
, Dayan, Principal of Jews' CollegeJews' College-Origins and Remit Today:Jews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies , was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had conceived the idea for such a venture as early as... - Israel AbrahamsIsrael AbrahamsIsrael Abrahams was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages ....
, scholar and educator - Yehezkel AbramskyYehezkel AbramskyYehezkel Abramsky , also affectionately referred to as 'Reb Chatzkel Abramsky', was a prominent and influential Orthodox rabbi and scholar, born and raised in Russia who later headed the London Beth Din for 17 years....
, RabbiRabbiIn Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
and dayan - Hermann AdlerHermann AdlerRabbi Hermann Adler CVO was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to 1911. The son of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he "raised the position [of Chief Rabbi] to one of much dignity and importance."Born in Hanover, like his father, he had both a...
, Chief Rabbi - Nathan Marcus AdlerNathan Marcus AdlerRabbi Nathan Marcus Adler was the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1845 until his death, probably the most prominent 19th century rabbi in the English-speaking world.-Life:...
, Chief Rabbi - Benjamin ArtomBenjamin ArtomRabbi Benjamin Artom was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain. He was born in Asti, Piedmont, Italy.He was the first person to hold the post of rabbi of Naples...
, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews - Jon BenjaminJon Benjamin (Jewish leader)Marc Jonathan Benjamin has been the Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 2005.Born in Croydon, South London, he attended Park Hill Junior School, Dulwich College and Manchester University where he read law...
, Chief Executive, Board of Deputies of British JewsBoard of Deputies of British JewsThe Board of Deputies of British Jews is the main representative body of British Jews. Founded in 1760 as a joint committee of the Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish communities in London, it has since become a widely recognised forum for the views of the different sectors of the UK Jewish... - Lionel BlueLionel BlueLionel Blue is a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality. Born in the East End of London, he was the son of a master tailor....
, Reform rabbi and broadcaster - Levi BrackmanLevi BrackmanLevi Brackman is a Judaic scholar, rabbi, teacher, writer, and religious leader who has been active in both England and the United States, and whose writings are featured regularly in publications internationally, including in Yedioth Ahronoth and The Guardian.-Upbringing and education:A native of...
, Rabbi - Rabbi Dr. Tony BayfieldTony BayfieldRabbi Dr Tony Bayfield CBE is a Reform rabbi and President of the Movement for Reform Judaism.He was born in Ilford, Essex UK in 1946. Educated at the Royal Liberty Grammar School in Romford and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He read law, had a doctoral place at the Cambridge Institute for...
, Head of the Movement for Reform JudaismMovement for Reform JudaismMovement for Reform Judaism is the main organizational body of the Jewish Reform community in Great Britain.... - Sir Israel BrodieIsrael BrodieSir Israel Brodie KBE was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth 1948–1965.He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He served as a Rabbi of Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Australia from 1923-1937, was evacuated from Dunkirk, and finished the War as Senior Jewish Chaplain...
, Chief Rabbi - Felix CarlebachFelix CarlebachFelix Falk Carlebach was a German-born British Rabbi in Manchester, England.He was an honorary citizen of the city of Lübeck and had both German and British citizenship.-Life:...
, German born Rabbi - Isidore EpsteinIsidore EpsteinThis article is about the distinguished rabbinical scholar. For the noted astronomer of a similar name see: Isadore Epstein Rabbi Dr. Isidore Epstein , was an Orthodox rabbi and rabbinical scholar in England, who served as the longtime principal of Jews' College, London. Ezekiel Isidore Epstein...
, Rabbi, Principal of Jews' College - Moses GasterMoses GasterMoses Gaster was a Romanian-born Jewish-British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, London, and a Hebrew linguist. He was also the son-in-law of Michael Friedländer, principal of Jews' College. The surname Gaster is taken from Spanish Castro, indicating his Sephardic...
, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews - Sir Hermann GollanczHermann GollanczSir Hermann Gollancz was a British rabbi and Hebrew scholar. Gollancz was the first Jew to earn a doctor of literature degree from London University and the first holder of the degree to be ordained as a rabbi...
, Rabbi and educator - Aaron Hart, Chief Rabbi http://bible.tmtm.com/wiki/HART%2C_AARON_%28Jewish_Encyclopedia%29
- Joseph H. HertzJoseph H. Hertz----Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz, CH was a Jewish Hungarian-born Rabbi and Bible scholar. He is most notable for holding the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946, in a period encompassing both world wars and The Holocaust.- Early life :Hertz was born in the...
, Chief Rabbi - Shmuel Yitzchak HillmanShmuel Yitzchak HillmanRabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman was a renowned Orthodox Jewish Talmudic scholar, Posek and rabbi and served as a Dayan of the London Beth Din....
, Rabbi and dayan - Solomon HirschellSolomon HirschellRabbi Solomon Hirschell was the Chief rabbi of Great Britain, 1802-42. He is best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to stop the spread of Reform Judaism in Britain by excommunicating its leaders....
, Chief Rabbi - Moses HyamsonMoses HyamsonRabbi Dr. Moses Hyamson was an Orthodox rabbi, former head Dayan of the London Beth Din and between 1911 and 1913, acting Chief Rabbi of the British Empire...
, acting Chief Rabbi - Louis JacobsLouis JacobsRabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs was a Masorti rabbi, the first leader of Masorti Judaism in the United Kingdom, and a leading writer and thinker on Judaism...
, Rabbi and educator - Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron JakobovitsImmanuel JakobovitsImmanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Kt was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. His successor is the present Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks.-Biography:...
, Chief Rabbi - Nathan S. JosephNathan S. JosephNathan Solomon Joseph a British philanthropist, social reformer, architect, and Jewish communal leader.Joseph collaborated on the design of a number of important synagogues, including the Garnethill Synagogue, New West End Synagogue, and Hampstead Synagogue.He was also noted for his work...
- Casriel Dovid KaplinCasriel Dovid KaplinCasriel Dovid Kaplin, , was a rabbi and a dayan in the London Beth Din. He lived for much of his life in London, England. He published three volumes of his responsa as well as numerous scholarly articles, besides having many unpublished writings....
, rabbi and dayan - James KennardJames KennardRabbi James Kennard is an educationalist in the Australian Jewish community. He was previously Headteacher of King Solomon High School in Barkingside, London.He was educated at St Paul's School in London and read Mathematics at New College, Oxford...
, Rabbi and Educationalist - Hart Lyon, Chief Rabbi
- Frederick de Sola MendesFrederick de Sola MendesFrederick de Sola Mendes was a rabbi, author, and editor.He was the son of R. Abraham Pereira Mendes. He was educated at Northwick College and at University College School, London, and at the University of London...
, rabbi - Ewen MontaguEwen MontaguCaptain The Hon. Ewen Edward Samuel Montagu, CBE, QC, DL, RNR was a British judge, writer and Naval intelligence officer....
, President of the United SynagogueUnited SynagogueUnited Synagogue is an organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an Act of Parliament, in 1870. , it remains the largest religious grouping within the British Jewish community and indeed in Europe, covering 62 Orthodox Jewish communities... - Claude MontefioreClaude MontefioreClaude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore was son of Nathaniel Montefiore, and the great nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore. Some identify him as a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics.-Education:He was educated at...
, Lay synagogue leader - Julia Neuberger, Reform Rabbi
- David NietoDavid NietoDavid Nieto was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London, later succeeded in this capacity by his son, Isaac Nieto....
, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews - Isaac NietoIsaac NietoIsaac Nieto was Haham of the Portuguese congregation Sha'are Hashamayim, Bevis Marks, London, and the son of David Nieto. He was officially appointed as "ḥakham ha-shalem" in 1733, but gave up the post in 1741 and went abroad...
, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews - Michael PlaskowMichael PlaskowRev. Michael Lionel Plaskow MBE .He was Minister at Woodside Park Synagogue, 1956-2000, the only man ever to serve for over 40 years in the same synagogue in the United Synagogue. He was Chaplain to the Mayor of Barnet, 1999-2000. He was an Honorary Grand Chaplain of the Freemasons, and received...
, Minister - Jonathan RomainJonathan RomainJonathan Anidjar Romain is a rabbi, writer and broadcaster, minister of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire. He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry. He writes for The Times, The Guardian and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio or television...
, Rabbi - Sir Anthony Rothschild, first president of the United SynagogueUnited SynagogueUnited Synagogue is an organisation of London Jews that was founded with the sanction of an Act of Parliament, in 1870. , it remains the largest religious grouping within the British Jewish community and indeed in Europe, covering 62 Orthodox Jewish communities...
- Lord Jonathan SacksJonathan SacksJonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks, Kt is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. His Hebrew name is Yaakov Zvi...
, Chief Rabbi - Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick, rabbi
- Solomon Marcus Schiller-SzinessySolomon Marcus Schiller-SzinessySolomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, sometimes Solomon Mayer Schiller-Szinessy was a Hungarian rabbi and academic...
, rabbi and first Jewish professor in Cambridge - Simeon SingerSimeon SingerSimeon Singer was a Jewish preacher, lecturer and public worker.He was born in London, and after a short stay at a Hungarian school, became a student at Jews' College, of which he was subsequently for a time the principal....
, Rabbi - Andrew ShawAndrew ShawAndrew Shaw may refer to:*Andrew Shaw , President & CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra*Andrew Shaw , former professional golfer*Andrew Shaw , Canadian ice hockey player...
, Rabbi - Simon Waley WaleySimon Waley WaleySimon Waley Waley was one of the leading members of Anglo-Jewry in the 19th century.He was a leading broker on the London Stock Exchange and a prominent amateur musician...
, Lay leader - Chaim WeizmannChaim WeizmannChaim Azriel Weizmann, , was a Zionist leader, President of the Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was elected on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952....
, Zionist leader - Jonathan WittenbergJonathan WittenbergRabbi Jonathan Wittenberg is a Masorti rabbi, the Senior Rabbi of The Assembly of Masorti Synagogues UK. He is a leading writer and thinker on Judaism. He is Rabbi of the New North London Synagogue, with approximately 2400 members.-Personal life:He moved to London in 1963...
, Massorti Rabbi
Boxing
- Barney AaronBarney AaronBarney Aaron was an English bare-knuckle boxer.The father of Hall of Famer Young Barney Aaron began boxing in 1819 and became a Lightweight Champion in the 1820s. Called The Star of the East, Aaron got victories over William Connelly, Ned Stockton, Lenney, Frank Redmond and Peter Warren...
(Young), English-born US lightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
, Hall of Fame - Jackie Kid Berg http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/JackieBerg.htm, Junior Welterweight Champion (IBHOF), wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Roman GreenbergRoman GreenbergRoman Greenberg is a British-based Israeli heavyweight boxer, currently International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental heavyweight champion, with a 27–1 record. Greenberg has been nicknamed the "Lion from Zion."-Biography:...
, IBO intercontinental heavyweight champion - Gary JacobsGary Jacobs (boxer)Gary "The Kid" Jacobs is a former professional Scottish boxer.Jacobs at various points in his career held the British, Commonwealth, and European welterweight titles, as well as unsuccessfully challenging Pernell Whitaker for his WBC crown. Jacobs wore a Star of David on his trunks...
, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight - Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), world welterweight champion 1915-16, 1917-19
- Daniel MendozaDaniel MendozaDaniel Mendoza was an English prizefighter, who was boxing champion of England 1792–95.-Success:...
http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/DanielMendoza.htm, 18th century Heavyweight World Champion (IBHOF), ancestor of actor Peter SellersPeter SellersRichard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...
and Mike Mendoza (talksport) Radio & Television Presenter
Chess
- Gerald AbrahamsGerald AbrahamsGerald Abrahams was an English chess player, author and barrister.He is best known for the "Abrahams Defence" of the Semi-Slav, also known as the Abrahams-Noteboom variation:...
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=120, British chess player - Aaron AlexandreAaron AlexandreAaron Alexandre was a Jewish German–French–English chess player and writer.Aaron Alexandre, a Bavarian trained as a rabbi, arrived in France in 1793. Encouraged by the French Republic's policy of religious toleration, he became a French citizen. At first, he worked as a German teacher and as...
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, German/French/British chess player - Victor BergerVictor BuergerVictor Buerger was a Ukrainian–British chess player.Victor Berger was a member of London Chess Club....
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Ukrainian/British chess player - Stephan FazekasIstván FazekasIstván Fazekas was a Hungarian–British chess master....
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Hungarian/British chess player - David FriedgoodDavid FriedgoodDavid Friedgood is a South African–British chess master.He won South African Chess Championship in 1967, 1971 and 1973. He shared 7th at Caorle 1972 ....
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, South African/British chess player - Harry GolombekHarry GolombekHarry Golombek OBE , was a British chess International Master and honorary grandmaster, chess arbiter, and chess author. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948. He became a grandmaster in 1985.He was the chess correspondent of The Times...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, British chess player - Isidor GunsbergIsidor GunsbergIsidor Arthur Gunsberg began his career as the player operating the remote-controlled chess automaton Mephisto, but later became a chess professional....
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Hungarian/British chess player - William HartstonWilliam HartstonWilliam Roland Hartston is an English chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2515...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, British chess player - Leopold HofferLeopold HofferLeopold Hoffer was an English chess player and journalist.He left Budapest for Switzerland. From 1867, he lived in Paris, where he won matches against, among others, Ignatz von Kolisch, Samuel Rosenthal and Jules Arnous de Rivière...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Hungarian/British chess player - Bernhard HorwitzBernhard HorwitzBernhard Horwitz was a German English chess master and chess writer.Horwitz was born in Neustrelitz, and went to school in Berlin, where he studied art. From 1837 to 1843, he was part of a group of German chess players known as "The Pleiades".He moved to London in 1845...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, German/British chess player - Ernest KleinErnest Klein (chess player)Ernest Ludwig Klein was an Austrian-British chess master and author.Born in Vienna into a Jewish family, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1930s...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Austrian/British chess player - Imre KönigImre KönigImre König aka Mirko Kenig was a Hungarian chess master.He was born in Gyula, Hungary, and also lived in Austria, England and the USA during the troubled times between the two world wars.In 1921, he took 2nd in Celje...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Hungarian/British chess player - David LevyDavid Levy (chess player)David Neil Laurence Levy , is a Scottish International Master of chess, a businessman noted for his involvement with computer chess and artificial intelligence, and the founder of the Computer Olympiads and the Mind Sports Olympiads. He has written more than 40 books on chess and computers.- Life...
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, British chess player - Paul ListPaul ListPaul M. List was a Ukrainian–German–British chess player.He was born in Odessa, Ukraine . He had a separate chess career in each of the 3 countries he lived in – Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom....
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, Ukrainian/British chess player - Edward LöweEdward LöweEdward Löwe was an English chess master.In 1847, he won a match with Howard Staunton but his opponent gave odds of pawn and two moves...
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, British chess player - Johann LöwenthalJohann LöwenthalJohann Jacob Löwenthal was a professional chess master.Löwenthal was born in Budapest, the son of a Jewish merchant. He was educated at the gymnasium of his native city. In 1846, he won a match against Carl Hamppe in Vienna...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Hungarian/British chess player - Jacques MiesesJacques Mieses----Jacques Mieses was a German-born Jewish chess Grandmaster and writer. He became a naturalized British citizen after World War II.p258-Chess career:...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, German/British chess player - Raaphi PersitzRaaphi PersitzRaaphi Joseph Arie Persitz was an English–Israeli–Swiss chess master, financial analyst, financial journalist, and chess writer. Persitz was Israeli Junior Champion in 1951...
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, Israeli/British chess player - Jon SpeelmanJon SpeelmanJonathan Simon "Jon" Speelman is an English Grandmaster chess player, mathematician and chess writer.-Early life and education:He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he studied mathematics, earning a doctorate.-Career:...
http://jewish-books.net/findBy_AuthName/find_Speelman_chess.html, British chess player - Michael SteanMichael SteanMichael Francis Stean is an English chess grandmaster and author.-Junior career:He learned to play chess before the age of five, developing a promising talent that led to junior honours, including the London under-14 and British under-16 titles.There was more progress in 1971, when he placed third...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, British chess player - Victor WahltuchVictor WahltuchVictor Lionel Wahltuch was an English chess master.He shared 1st with George Shories at Blackpool 1907, won at Blackpool 1908, tied for 3rd-4th at Blackpool 1910 , and tied for 9-10th at Richmond 1912 .After World War I, he tied for 5-6th at Hastings 1919 Victor Lionel Wahltuch (24 May 1875,...
http://www.foonews.net/it-hobby-scacchi/4213857-articoli-enciclopedie-sugli-scacchi.html, British chess player - Baruch Harold WoodBaruch Harold WoodBaruch Harold Wood MSc OBE was an English chess player, editor and author. He was born in Sheffield, England.-Playing career:...
http://www.anusha.com/alekhine.htm British chess player - Johannes ZukertortJohannes ZukertortJohannes Hermann Zukertort was a leading chess master of German-Polish-Jewish origin. He was one of the leading world players for most of the 1870s and 1880s, and lost to Wilhelm Steinitz in the World Chess Championship 1886, which is generally seen as the first World Chess Championship match, he...
http://www.jinfo.org/Chess_Players.html, Polish/German/British chess player
Cricket
- Mike BarnardMike BarnardHenry Michael Barnard is an English former cricketer and professional footballer.-Biography:As a cricketer, he played for Hampshire as a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler...
, England, cricketer - Mark BottMark Bott- Playing career :In 2008, Bott was named along with Jason Molins and Darren Gerard to the Maccabi GB cricket team to represent the United Kingdom at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.- References :...
, England, cricketer - Percy FenderPercy FenderPercy George Herbert Fender was an English all-round cricketer who played 13 Tests for England. He was a middle order batsman and bowled mainly leg spin.-Biography:...
, England, cricketer - Darren GerardDarren GerardDarren Charles Gerard is an English cricketer who represented the Oxford University in University matches against Cambridge University in 2004 and 2006. In the 2004 contest at Lord's he took 5/29 as Oxford won by eight wickets...
, England, cricketer - Steven HerzbergSteven HerzbergSteven Herzberg is a former English-born Australian cricketer.Herzberg played for Kent County Cricket Club, Somerset County Cricket Club, the Tasmanian Tigers, the Western Warriors and Worcestershire County Cricket Club.-Biography:Born in Carshalton, Surrey, Herzberg has lived in Australia since...
, English-born Australian, cricketer - Bev Lyon, England, cricketer
- Dar LyonDar LyonMalcolm Douglas Lyon , generally known as Dar Lyon was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club through the 1920s...
, England, cricketer (brother of Bev) - John RaphaelJohn Raphael (sportsman)John Edward Raphael was a Belgian born English sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey.-Biography:...
, England, batsman - Fred TruemanFred TruemanFrederick Sewards Trueman OBE was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he retired in 1968...
, cricketer (Jewish ancestry) (Jewish Chronicle 7 July 2006 p40: "T'fastest Jewish bowler ever")
Fencing
- Allan JayAllan JayAllan Louis Neville Jay MBE was a British foil and épée fencer.One of the greatest fencers in British history, Jay competed in five Olympiads in both épée and foil, winning two medals.-National championships:...
, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2x silver, world champion - Edgar SeligmanEdgar Seligman-External links:****...
, British (épée, foil, and sabre), Olympic 2x silver (épée), 2x British champion in each weapon
Football (association; soccer)
- Joe JacobsonJoe JacobsonJoseph Mark "Joe" Jacobson is a Welsh footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town. He is the former captain of the Wales U21 team, and is also a former captain of the Cardiff City reserve team.- Cardiff City :...
, Wales, left back (Shrewsbury TownShrewsbury Town F.C.Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...
& U21 national team) - Josh KennetJosh Kennet-Early life:Kennet was born to a Jewish family in England, his father Eilon was born in Israel. Josh grew up in North London, and attended JFS school in Kingsbury. He showed early signs of ability in most sports particularly in football. He represented London schools in football and athletics...
, England, midfielder/right back (Maccabi Herzliya) - Mark LazarusMark LazarusMark Lazarus is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.-Biography:Lazarus was born on 5 December 1938 in Stepney, London, into a Jewish family...
, England, right winger
Rugby union
- Aaron LiffchakAaron LiffchakAaron Liffchak , London is a rugby union footballer who plays at prop for London Welsh. He has also represented England Students and played for England at Under 18 and Under 16 levels.-Early life:...
, England, prop, English national team - Alan MenterAlan MenterProfessor Alan Menter MD is an English-born dermatologist, and former flyhalf rugby union player for .-Rugby union:Menter played his first international game on the South African tour of France in 1968. The Springboks won both games...
, England/South Africa, national team - John RaphaelJohn Raphael (sportsman)John Edward Raphael was a Belgian born English sportsman who was capped nine times for England at rugby union and played first-class cricket with Surrey.-Biography:...
, Belgium/England, national team
Sailing
- Tony BullimoreTony BullimoreTony Bullimore is a British sailor from Bristol.He is most famous for being rescued during the 1996 Vendee Globe single handed around the world race. The race was marked by a number of incidents including the death of another contestant, Gerry Roufs...
, British, yachtsman - Peter JaffePeter JaffeJames Peter "Peter" Jaffe was a British competitive sailor and Olympic medalist....
, Great Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
Table tennis
- Viktor BarnaViktor BarnaViktor Győző Barna was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player.-Personal life:...
(born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22x world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame ("ITTFHoF") - Richard BergmannRichard BergmannRichard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...
, Austria/Britain, 7x world champion, ITTFHoF - Ivor MontaguIvor MontaguThe Honorable Ivor Goldsmid Samuel Montagu was a British filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, film critic, writer, table tennis player and apparent Soviet spy...
, Britain, national team
Tennis
- Angela BuxtonAngela BuxtonAngela Buxton is an English tennis player. She won the women's doubles title at both the French Championships and Wimbledon in 1956 with Althea Gibson.-Tennis accomplishments:...
, England, won 1956 French Women's Doubles (w/Althea GibsonAlthea GibsonAlthea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking #9 - Daniel PrennDaniel PrennDr. Daniel Prenn was a German and British tennis player. Prenn was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981.-External links:**...
, Germany & Britain, highest world ranking #6
Track and field
- Harold AbrahamsHarold AbrahamsHarold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, was a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres sprint, a feat depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.-Early life:...
, Britain, sprinterSprinterSprinter can refer to:in sport:* a person who participates in Sprint running* a cycling sprinter* Open-wheeled Sprint car racingmotor vehicles:* the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter , a cargo van...
, Olympic champion (100 metre sprint) and silver (4x100-m relay) who was immortalized in the film Chariots of Firehttp://the-internet-eye.com/r-404274/m-VHS/b-169798/a-6300271498/Default.aspx - Sir Sidney AbrahamsSidney AbrahamsSir Sidney Solomon Abrahams , nicknamed Solly, was a British Olympic athlete and Chief Justice of Ceylon . He was the older brother of famed Olympian Harold Abrahams....
, Britain, Olympic long jumper - Jo AnkierJo AnkierJoanna Ankier is a current television and radio broadcaster and a former British track athlete whose main event was the 3000 metres Steeplechase...
, Britain, record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechaseSteeplechaseSteeplechase may refer to:* Steeplechase, an event in horse racing* SteepleChase, a Danish jazz label* Steeplechase , a 1975 arcade game released by Atari...
)
Weightlifting
- Ben HelfgottBen HelfgottBen Helfgott is a British Holocaust survivor and former champion weightlifter.He was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs programme on 1 April 2007...
, Polish-born British, 3x British champion (lightweight), 3x Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration campTheresienstadt concentration campTheresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín , located in what is now the Czech Republic.-History:The fortress of Terezín was constructed between the years 1780 and 1790 by the orders...
s, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis - Edward Lawrence LevyEdward Lawrence LevyEdward Lawrence Levy was a British weightlifter.-Career:Levy, who was Jewish, was born in London, England. He was a member of the Birmingham Athletic Club....
, Great Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records
Wrestling
- Fred OberlanderFred OberlanderFred Oberlander was an Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler.-Wrestling career:Between 1930 and 1950 he won two Austrian Junior wrestling titles, five French Heavyweight Championships, seven British Heavyweight Championships , and the 1950 Canadian Heavyweight crown.He also won the 1935 World...
, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion - Samuel RabinSamuel Rabin (artist)Samuel Rabin, originally Samuel Rabinovitch, was an English sculptor, artist, teacher, singer, wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist.-Family and early life:...
, Great Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)
Other sports
- David Triesman http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20080205132101/www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front%3Fpagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1115141149593, Former Chairman of the Football Association
- Ludwig GuttmannLudwig GuttmannSir Ludwig "Poppa" Guttmann CBE, FRS was a German neurologist who founded the Paralympic Games while living in England, and is considered one of the founding fathers of organized physical activities for people with a disability....
http://www.jewishsports.net/historical_view.htm, founder of the Paralympics - David PleatDavid PleatDavid John Pleat is an English football player turned manager and sports commentator.He is remembered by his contemporaries primarily for his career as manager of Tottenham Hotspur and Luton Town football clubs, and for an oft-televised clip of him running onto the pitch in 1983 to celebrate after...
, former football manager http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=128 - Barry SilkmanBarry SilkmanBarry Silkman, is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer one at Leyton Orient .-Playing career:...
, Footballer and Agent
Philanthropists
- Bernhard BaronBernhard BaronBernhard Baron was a Jewish cigarette-manufacturer and philanthropist. He was born at Brest-Litovsk , in poor circumstances, and brought up among the Don Cossacks at Rostov. His father took him to the United States when young; and there, after working at a tobacco factory, he began making the...
, cigarette maker and philanthropist http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/Brightonh.htm - Sir Clive BourneClive BourneSir Clive Bourne was a British businessman and philanthropist, particularly known for his work on city academies.- Early life :...
, philanthropist - Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen of MillbankJoseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen of MillbankJoseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen , known as Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt, between 1927 and 1933, was a British art dealer, considered one of the most influential art dealers of all time.-Life and career:...
- Dame Vivien DuffieldVivien DuffieldDame Vivien Duffield, DBE , is an English philanthropist.-Career:The daughter of millionaire businessman Sir Charles Clore and his wife, Lady Francine, Vivien Louise Duffield was educated at the Lycée Français, Heathfield School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University where she read languages...
, philanthropist, daughter of Sir Charles CloreCharles CloreSir Charles Clore was a British financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist.-Career:Charles Clore owned, through Sears Holdings, the British Shoe Corporation and Selfridges department store, as well as investing heavily in property.He owned Jowett Cars Ltd from 1945-1947 where he was...
(JYB 2005 p214) - Lord Gavron of Highgate, philanthropist and Labour politician
- Anna Maria GoldsmidAnna Maria GoldsmidAnna Maria Goldsmid , benefactor and translator, was the eldest child of Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and the sister of Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid....
, philanthropist - Sir Basil HenriquesBasil HenriquesSir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques was a Jewish philanthropist of Portuguese origins, concentrating his work in the East End of London during the first half of the 20th century....
, philanthropist - Maurice de HirschMaurice de HirschMaurice de Hirsch was a German-Jewish philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. He was the founder of the Jewish Colonization Association which sponsored large-scale Jewish immigration to Argentina...
, banker and philanthropist - Samuel Lewis http://www.tymsder.co.uk/lender.htm, financier and philanthropist
- Sir Robert Mayer http://ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1987_7_WestEurope.pdf, philanthropist
- Frederic David Mocatta, philanthropist
- Melville Perkins Manufacturer and philanthropist.
Miscellaneous
- Barney BarnatoBarney BarnatoBarney Barnato , born Barnet Isaacs, was a British Randlord, one of the entrepreneurs who gained control of diamond mining, and later gold mining, in South Africa from the 1870s.-Background:...
, diamond miner - Jack BeddingtonJack BeddingtonJohn Louis "Jack" Beddington was a United Kingdom advertising executive, best known for his work as publicity director for Shell in the 1930s and as head of the Ministry of Information Films Division during the Second World War.-Early life:...
, advertising executive - Antonio Fernandez CarvajalAntonio Fernandez CarvajalAntonio Fernandez Carvajal —in —was a Portuguese-Jewish merchant, who became the first endenizened English Jew.He was born about 1590, probably at Fundão, Portugal...
, merchant, first Jew to be naturalised as a British citizen - Jeremiah DugganJeremiah DugganJeremiah Duggan was a British student at the Sorbonne who died on 27 March 2003 in Wiesbaden, Germany, while attending a youth cadre school organized by the LaRouche movement, an international network led by the American political activist Lyndon LaRouche....
Possible murder victim - Elizabeth BakerElizabeth BakerElizabeth Baker was an English playwright. She earned her living primarily as a typist, and was a spinster until the age of 39 when she married James Allaway, a widower, in June 1915. By then, she had already written several plays...
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cgjs/1-2-2.html, A Wireless Specialist - Stuart Paton.
- Alexander GoldbergAlexander GoldbergAlexander Goldberg, b. Guildford in 1974 is a barrister, chaplain and human rights activist. He founded and chaired the CCJO René Cassin human rights group and is the Chief Executive of the London Jewish Forum and the Chaplain to the University of Surrey....
, human rights activist, chaplain and barrister - Henry Edward GoldsmidGoldsmidGoldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid , a Dutch merchant who settled in England about 1763. Two of his sons, Benjamin Goldsmid and Abraham Goldsmid Goldsmid is the name of a family of Anglo-Jewish bankers who sprang from Aaron Goldsmid (died 1782),...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=322&letter=G#1107, East India Company servant - Kurt HahnKurt HahnKurt Martin Hahn was a German educator whose philosophies are considered internationally influential.-Biography:...
, educationalist - Nathaniel IsaacsNathaniel IsaacsNathaniel Isaacs was an English adventurer who played a part in the history of Natal, South Africa. He wrote a book spread over two volumes called "Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa"...
,http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=256&letter=I&search=ISAACS,%20NATHANIEL explorer - Gottlieb Wilhelm LeitnerGottlieb Wilhelm LeitnerGottlieb Wilhelm Leitner or Gottlieb William Leitner M.A.,Ph.D.,L.L.D.,D.O.L. was an Anglo-Hungarian orientalist.-Early life and education:...
(1840–1899), educationist and orientalist - Roger LyonsRoger LyonsRoger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus in 2002 he subsequently became one of the Joint General Secretaries of Amicus.Lyons studied...
Trade Union leader - Mark Ablett Designed the national flag of Tanzania
- Sir Solomon de MedinaSolomon de MedinaSir Solomon de Medina was an army contractor for William III and the first Jew to be knighted in England.-Career:...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=328&letter=M, army contractor, first English Jew to be knighted - Chava MondChava MondChava Mond is an Israeli model. She is Israel's first shomer Shabbos and shomer kashrut model ....
, http://www.eonline.co.il/content.asp?id=14439&sid=7 model - Don PacificoDon PacificoDavid Pacifico was of Portuguese Jewish descent and born in Gibraltar. He is best known to history as "Don Pacifico".In 1850, Don Pacifico was a key figure in the international crisis known as the Don Pacifico Affair...
, cause of the Pacifico incidentPacifico incidentThe Don Pacifico Affair concerned a Portuguese Jew, named David Pacifico , who was a trader and the Portuguese consul in Athens during the reign of King Otto. Pacifico was born in Gibraltar, a British possession. He was therefore a British subject... - Krystyna SkarbekKrystyna SkarbekKrystyna Skarbek, GM, OBE, Croix de guerre was a Polish Special Operations Executive agent. She became celebrated especially for her daring exploits in intelligence and irregular-warfare missions in Nazi-occupied Poland and France....
, spy - Sir Bernard Waley-CohenBernard Waley-CohenSir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1960. He was educated at Clifton College where he was a member of Polacks....
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/Summaries/V38I4P62-1.htm, Lord Mayor of London
See also
- History of the Jews in EnglandHistory of the Jews in EnglandThe history of the Jews in England goes back to the reign of William I. The first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070, although Jews may have lived there since Roman times...
- History of the Jews in ScotlandHistory of the Jews in ScotlandThe earliest date at which Jews arrived in Scotland is not known. It is possible that some arrived, or at least visited, as a result of the Roman Empire's conquest of southern Great Britain, but there is no direct evidence for this...
- History of the Jews in IrelandHistory of the Jews in IrelandThe history of the Jews in Ireland extends back nearly a thousand years. Although the Jewish community has always been small in numbers , it is well established and has generally been well-accepted into Irish life.-Early history:The earliest reference to the Jews in Ireland was in the year 1079...
- Lists of Jews
- List of Britons