Jewish migration

• How many Jewish people In Britain, 18-early 19th century

  65000
• From 1880-1900 How many came to Britain

  Over 100,000
• Why did so many come to Britain

  Jewish people were prosperous so it was attractive, restriction were being lifted
• How did pre existing Jewish people reacted

  They were not happy that they were poor and ruining their reputation, chief rabbi wrote encouraging Eastern European rabbis to dissuade Jewish refugees
• How are the poor Jewish community helped

  Poor Jews temporary shelter
• What were the terms of the poor Jews temporary shelter

  14 days accommodation, 2 meals a day
• When did Nathan Rothschild found the London branch of Rothschild’s bank

  1798
• Who was Britain chief rabbi

  Solomon Hirschell, 1802
• how many students in what year attended the Jewish free school

  107 students, 1822
• When were they allowed to be lawyers, serve on juries

  1833
• When and who was the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London

  1855, David Solomon
• When were they allow to study at Cambridge

  1856
• when were they allowed to study at Oxford

  1871
• How was the living standard

  Bad
• What was the average number of people per house

  9 in 1871, 14 in 1901
• How were they working conditions

  bad
• why were the working conditions bad

  many were in sweatshops: poor conditions, long hours
• from 1881-1914 what were the three main sectors that two thirds of jewish people working in

  clothing, shoe-making, furniture making
• Anti-Semitism

  People did not like them because of stereotypes: greedy moneylenders, morality affected by the case of Jack the Ripper
• Successful Jewish people

  • Paul Reauter
  • Moses Moss
  • Montagu Burton
  • Michae Marks
• What did Paul Reuter do?

  • set up telegraph system between Aachen and Brussels to get news around quickly
  • 1851: set up Reuters News Agency
  • used today by most major news outlets
• What did Moses Moss form

  Moss Bros
• What did Montagu Burton found

  Burton's menswear
• Who was Michael Marks and why did he come?

  Russian Jew, fleeing persecution
• What did Michael Marks do and why was it successful?

  Marks and Spencers, got the products straight from the manufacturers