Alan Spier

Transcript

Main themes covered/keywords: Anti-Semitism, community, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, population, religion, secularism

00:00 – 00:50 Introduction

Early Life – Teenage Years

00:50 – 01:25 Teenage years in Sheffield and the size of the Jewish community (1960s)

01:25 – 02:15 Jewish Sunday school – religious education and Bah Mitzva

02:15 - 02:41 Jewish community in Sheffield during the 1960s

02:41 – 03:50 Cultural organisations, community life and recreation during the 1960s

03:50 - 04:56 Jewish Immigration from Eastern and Central Europe, kosher foods and supplies

04:56 – 05:15 Moving to London and Birmingham

05:15 - 06:37 Parents, grandparents, their work and businesses in Sheffield

06:37 – 07:28 Employment and cultural trades/professions

The Jewish Community

07:28 - 08:35 Comparison between London and Birmingham’s Jewish community to Sheffield’s

08:35 – 09:49 Synagogues and forms of Judaism

09:49 - 10:18 Growing popularity of Ultra-Orthodox Judaism

10:18 – 10:42 Growing Jewish community in Manchester

10:42 – 11:00 Modern Orthodox and Reform Judaism Orthodox (Liberal Judaism) populations

11:00 – 11:50 Returning to Sheffield 26 years later and changes in Sheffield’s Jewish community/population

11:50 - 12:33 Synagogues in Sheffield and communal populations

12:33 – 12:45 Closing trades and transportation of kosher meat

12:45 – 13:20 Linked Jewish communities in the UK

13:20 - 14:33 Alan’s role in Sheffield’s community council and previous responsibilities in London and Birmingham’s Jewish communities

14:33 - 16:09 Movement of the Jewish community in Sheffield

16:09 – 16:28 Reasons for moving back to Sheffield

Anti-Semitism

16:28 - 17:49 Displaying public signs of faith

17:49 – 18:18 Experiences of anti-Semitism

18:18 - 18:40 Media coverage of anti-Semitism

18:40 - 19:16 Anti-Semitism in Sheffield (minor)

Jewish Religion

19:16 – 21:19 Form of worship (Orthodox Judaism), core beliefs and ethics

21:19 – 22:33 Changing attitudes towards the Jewish community in Sheffield and community integration

22:33 – 25:21 Secularism in the Jewish community

25:21 - 25:50 Changes in religious education and upbringing

25:50 – 27:47 Fond memories of Jewish holidays

27:47 - 28:50 Future of the Jewish community in Sheffield

28:50 – 29:19 Closing