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Examines legal cases related to Jews in Britain in the 20th century and the 21st. Following the introduction (ch. 1), presents a discussion on various issues. Ch. 2 focuses on the relationship between race, character, nation, class, and English law. In the early 20th century, judicial assessments of "character" were often dependent on notions of race and nationality. In the latter part of the century, the concern with nationality disappeared but Jews continue to be viewed as un-English. Ch. 3 deals with the law of trusts. Notes that at the turn of the 20th century judges saw as valid clauses in wills requiring progeny to "marry in" in order to inherit; by the early 1940s this had changed. Ca. 1950, judges developed an understanding of Jews and Judaism that relied on theological and racial assumptions, while at the same time claiming total ignorance about anything Jewish. Ch. 4 deals with how judges consider the cultural upbringing of children in cases of parental disputes or adoption. Statements against minority persons and practices as being harmful to children can involve racializing and "orientalizing" processes, as well as conversionary ones (e.g. judges may authorize conversion of Jewish children to Christianity). Ch. 5 explores judicial references to the Holocaust. Ch. 6 reviews race relations in England, and mentions of Jews and Jewishness in race relation laws. Ch. 7 discusses a discrimination case which concerned the JFS's policy of denying entry to pupils who are not Jews. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)