The Jewish Historical Society of England (JHSE) was founded in 1893 by several
Anglo-Jewish
British Jews (often referred to collectively as British Jewry or Anglo-Jewry) are British people, British citizens who are Jews, Jewish. The number of people who identified as Jews in the United Kingdom rose by just under 4% between 2001 and 202 ...
scholars, including
Lucien Wolf
Lucien Wolf (20 January 1857 in London23 August 1930) was an English Jewish journalist, diplomat, historian, and advocate of rights for Jews and other minorities. While Wolf was devoted to minority rights, he opposed Jewish nationalism as expres ...
, who became the society's first president. Early presidents of the JHSE included
Hermann Adler
Hermann Adler HaKohen CVO (30 May 1839 – 18 July 1911; Hebrew: נפתלי צבי הירש הכהן אדלר) was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to 1911. The son (and successor as Chief Rabbi) of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 ...
,
Michael Adler
Michael Adler DSO, SCF (27 July 1868 – 30 September 1944) was an English Orthodox rabbi, an Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the Bri ...
,
Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was an Australian-born folklorist, literary critic and historian who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore.
Born in Sydney to a Jewish family, his work went on to popula ...
,
Frederick David Mocatta, and
Sir Isidore Spielmann.
The current President (as of 2020) is
Miri Rubin
Miri Rubin (; born 1956) is a historian and professor of medieval and early modern history at Queen Mary University of London. She was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Cambridge, where she gained her doctorate a ...
. The society continues to promote research and education about the history of
Judaism
Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...
and Jewish life in England. Since 1982 it has published a journal entitled ''Jewish Historical Studies: A Journal of English-Speaking Jewry'' (originally entitled ''Transactions and Miscellanies'' which began in 1893).
Former Presidents
Former presidents include
Edgar Samuel.
See also
*
Anglo-Jewish studies
References
*Jacobs, Joseph:
Jewish Historical Society of England in ''
Jewish Encyclopedia
''The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'' is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the ...
''. Retrieved April 11, 2006.
External links
Official website''Jewish Historical Studies''
journal
1893 establishments in England
Jewish English history
Jewish organisations based in the United Kingdom
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