'Throughout the ages, it has been the gentile who has identified the Jew. At a time when so many drift away through ignorance, indifference or intermarriage, can we continue to ignore those whom the world considers Jews and who want to belong? Emma Klein poses a question that now deserves an answer.' - Lord Young of Graffham 'Emma Klein's sympathy for Jews on the fringe is the heart of this book. She understands and champions them, but because she herself is close to the mainstream, she can act as a bridge. So this is a ...
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'Throughout the ages, it has been the gentile who has identified the Jew. At a time when so many drift away through ignorance, indifference or intermarriage, can we continue to ignore those whom the world considers Jews and who want to belong? Emma Klein poses a question that now deserves an answer.' - Lord Young of Graffham 'Emma Klein's sympathy for Jews on the fringe is the heart of this book. She understands and champions them, but because she herself is close to the mainstream, she can act as a bridge. So this is a text for the Jewish establishment, as well as for the lost Jews of the title. For the non-Jew, there are fascinating and unique insights here into the Jewish people and the fissures in the Jewish soul.' - John Wilkins, The Tablet 'Many people with some Jewish blood in them will find her book a revelation of themselves to themselves and an invitation to draw nearer to the core. Many without such ancestry will find their respect and admiration for this ancient faith redoubled, even if its ways can only be fully understood from within.' - Clifford Longley, Daily Telegraph Against a background of continuing erosion of Jewish numbers, the book investigates the many facets of Jewish identity by throwing the spotlight on people of part-Jewish descent, on born Jews on the fringes of Jewish life and those who have sought alternative affiliations. Emma Klein also calls for a response from religious and lay leaders to parochial communal attitudes and the anomaly of the definition of Jewish status in Jewish law which may be seen to contribute to the erosion.
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