Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 Amsterdam: The social status of Jewish workers in Amsterdam; Relations between Jews and non-Jews in the early labour movement; A Jewish social-democratic club and the first Jewish members of the SDB; Jewish workers see the light; A new Jewish trade union and the rise of Jewish membership in general organizations; Joint organization, but what about integration?; Jewish interests in the general movement and justification for specifically Jewish labour organizations. Part 2 London: From greeners to settlers: arrival, reception and everyday life in the East End; The first Jewish socialist organization in the world; Two newspapers, a club and several trade unions: the rise of the Jewish labour movement; Reactions to the arrival and presence of the Jewish immigrants; The first major campaigns, and the first efforts to join forces; The English trade unions demand immigration restrictions; The Boer War, nationalism, anti-semitism and the adoption of the Aliens Act; The rise of the Jewish labour movement: the start of integration; Working together proves difficult; Integration put to the test and consolidated; Part 3 Paris: 'Lebn vi got in Frankraykh': arrival, reception and everyday life in Paris; Responses to the arrival and presence of the Jewish immigrants; Political discussions at the café; the origins of the Jewish labour movement; The Dreyfus affair and relations between the Jewish and French labour movements; The joint struggle against anti-semitism and the first Jewish unions; The establishment of Jewish branches of French trade unions; The Intersektsionen Byuro is established; Jewish branches and trade unions and their interaction with French unions. Amsterdam, London and Paris: a comparison; Bibliography; Index.