Jewish Year Book 2005

Edited by: Massil, Stephen W.The Jewish Year Book 2005 provides a comprehensive directory of the communal institutions and organizations that make up the fabric of British Jewish society. It is a guide to the structures and networks of the religious, social, educational, cultural and welfare organizations of the Jewish community across the British Isles and reports the ever-changing pattern of websites, now such a pervasive feature of communal management and presentation. It also offers an extensive guide to the primary organizations of the Jewish communities of the world and a substantial survey of Israel and its organizations that have associations with British Jewry, including a comprehensive list of Israel's overseas embassies and missions. It sets out the basic facts of the history of Jewish settlement in Britain and an up-to-date statement of UK legislation specifically concerned with the place of the Jews and Jewish identity in Britain. Updated annually and edited to provide th