This fascinating book has two aims. The first is to draw attention to the existence of a persisting and virtually unrecognised tradition of 'philosemitism' which manifested itself in Britain and elsewhere in the English-speaking world during every significant international outbreak of antisemitism during the century after 1840. The second is to offer a typology of philosemitism, distinguishing between varieties of support for the Jewish people.

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WILLIAM D. RUBENSTEIN has been Professor of Modern History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth since 1995. His recent publications include Capitalism, Culture, and Decline in Britain, 1750-1990*, A History of the Jews in the English-Speaking World: Great Britain* and The Myth of Rescue: Why the Democracies Could Not Have Saved More Jews from The Nazis. HILARY L. RUBENSTEIN holds a doctorate in history from the Australian National University and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. For several years Australian contributor to the American Jewish Year Book, she has written widely on Australian Jewry. Her publications include The Jews in Victoria: 1835-1985, Chosen: the Jews in Australia, and The Jews in Australia: a Thematic History ,Volume One.

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Preface PART ONE: PHILOSEMITIC REACTIONS TO JEWISH CRISIS 'Barbarism and Bigotry': Philosemitism from the Damascus Affair of 1840 to the Moroccan Crisis of 1859 'The Sympathies of All Good Men'; Philosemitism from the Mortara Affair of 1858-9 to Roumanian Persecution in the 1870s 'An Unspeakable Injustice': Philosemitism during the Dreyfuss, Beilis, and Frank Affairs, 1894-1913 'The Inmost Heart of Hell'; Philosemitism from the First World War to the Holocaust, 1914-45 PART TWO: A TYPOLOGY OF PHILOSEMITISM 'The Spirit of the Age': Liberal and Progressive Philosemitism 'The Greatest Debt': Christian Philosemitism 'The Age-Long Dream': Zionist Philosemitism 'The Glorious Inheritance': Conservative and Elitist Philosemitism EPILOGUE 'The Jewish Emergence from Powerlessness': Philosemitism in the Contemporary World, 1945 to the Present