The Jews and Irish in Modern Scotland: Anti-Semitism, Sectarianism and Social Mobility

摘要: This article explores the experience of Scotland's largest Jewish community in Glasgow, as part a larger comparison relationships between Jews, Catholic Irish and host Scotland. More specifically, this study seeks to explain why Jews Gorbals area Glasgow by mid-twentieth century ‘broke free’ their ‘Glasgow ghetto’ before who had settled district full generation earlier than Jews. remarkably speedy integration suggests that settlement relationship with were more positive certainly less problematic those immigrant Irish. Above all, argues there was strong link successful social mobility limited anti-Semitism evident across Scotland, marked contrast Christian sectarianism largely defined Protestant twen...