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Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? Anthony Clavane

Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? By Anthony Clavane

Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? by Anthony Clavane


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Summary

The largely underappreciated - and often hidden - history of Jewish involvement in English football.

Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? Summary

Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe by Anthony Clavane

Ever since the children of penniless immigrants caught the train from Whitechapel to White Hart Lane - to be greeted with the refrain: 'Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?' - this forgotten tribe have helped to shape the Beautiful Game. In telling the fascinating lives of these largely unsung trailblazers, Clavane uncovers a hidden history of Jewish involvement in English football. From Louis Bookman, the first Jew to play in England's top division, to the pugnacious winger Mark Lazarus, whose last-gasp goal won the 1967 League Cup for QPR, to shady figures like One-Armed Lou, a ticket tout who never told the story of his missing limb the same way twice, through to the businessmen who helped form the breakaway Premier League, and in the process changed the English game for ever.

Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? Reviews

'[A] thought-provoking, absorbing exploration of what he terms 'English football's forgotten tribe'' Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
'A splendid, warmly written slice of untold social history' New Statesman. * New Statesman *
'Enthralling' Patrick Barclay. * Patrick Barclay *

About Anthony Clavane

Anthony Clavane was born in Leeds in 1960. He started life as a history teacher and is now chief sports writer for the Sunday Mirror. He has won Press Gazette Feature Writer of the Year and BT Regional Sportswriter of the Year awards. His previous book Promised Land: A Northern Love Story was named both Football Book of the Year and Sports Book of the Year by the National Sporting Club, Sports Book of the Year by The Radio 2 Book Club, and won the award for Football Book of the Year at the 2011 British Sports Book Awards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction: The Myth of Absence; Becoming English; Staying Jewish. THE FIRST AGE - To Be an Englishman. The Outsiders: When Abraham Made the Sacrifice. Louis Bookman: The Lithuanian-Jewish-Irishman. A Somebody in a Small Place. The Disappeared: When Goldberg Became Gaunt. Leslie Goldberg: The Insentient Viking. The Backlash. The Europeans: When Big Moses Attacked Little England. Willy Meisl: The British Foreigner. The European Englishman. When the Swastika Flew above White Hart Lane. The Limbs of Jacob. THE GOLDEN AGE - We Were and We Weren't. The Fans: When Morry Changed His Religion. Morris Keston: The Superfan. From the Swastika to the Star of David. From the Rebbe to the Revie. The Showmen: When Harry Took Orient to the Ball. Harry Zussman: The Fairy Godfather. From the East End to the West End. The Lord-Cussins Spat. The Fighters: When Marky Tried to Lap Wembley. Mark Lazarus: The Tough Jew. From Wingate to Maccabi. From Under-the-counter to Over-the-top. The Thinkers: When Pleaty Got the Platz. David Pleat: The Invisible Jew. From Cohen to Lorimer: Is He or Isn't He? THE NEW AGE - Being English. The Israelis: When a Cohen Flew to the Moon. Avi Cohen: The Great New Hope. From Avi to Avram. The Revolutionaries: When Dein Bought Some Worthless Shares. David Dein: The Mad Optimist. From Silver to Gold. The Money Men: When Roman Captured the Holy Grail. Roman Abramovich: The Accidental Pioneer. From the Maven to the Mystic. The Insiders: When Bernstein Came of Age. David Bernstein: The New Englishman. The New Jews. Conclusion: The Forgotten. Select Bibliography. Glossary. Picture Credits. Index.

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GOR005462351
9780857388148
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Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe by Anthony Clavane
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Quercus Publishing
2013-08-01
320
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