Chaim Bermant
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Chaim Icyk Bermant was a prominent Anglo-Jewish journalist, author and wit. Born in Breslev, Latvia
, he spent much of his childhood in Scotland. He was educated at Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow
, Glasgow University, where he graduated in economics, and the London School of Economics
.
He contributed regularly to The Jewish Chronicle
and occasionally to the national press, particularly The Observer
. An Orthodox Jew
and supporter of Israel
, he was freely critical of both. He wrote several novels and non-fiction works, mostly on the quirks of British Jewish society.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, he spent much of his childhood in Scotland. He was educated at Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Glasgow University, where he graduated in economics, and the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
He contributed regularly to The Jewish Chronicle
The Jewish Chronicle
The Jewish Chronicle is a London-based Jewish newspaper. Founded in 1841, it is the oldest continuously published Jewish newspaper in the world.-Publication data and readership figures:...
and occasionally to the national press, particularly The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
. An Orthodox Jew
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...
and supporter of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, he was freely critical of both. He wrote several novels and non-fiction works, mostly on the quirks of British Jewish society.
Fiction
- Belshazzar
- Ben Preserve Us
- Berl Make Tea
- The Companion
- Dancing Bear
- Diary Of An Old Man
- Here Endeth The Lesson
- House Of Women
- Jericho Sleep Alone
- The Last Supper
- Now Dowager
- Now Newman Was Old
- The Patriach
- Roses are Blooming in Picardy
- The Squire Of Bor Shachor
- The Second Mrs Whitberg
- Swinging In The Rain
- Titch
- The Walled Garden
Non-fiction
- The Cousinhood
- Ebla
- Israel
- Murmurings of A Licensed Heretic
- On The Other Hand
- The Jews
- London's East End: Point of Arrival
- Lord Jacobovits: an Authorised Biography of the Chief Rabbi
- Troubled Eden: An Anatomy of British Jewry
- What's the Joke: A Study of Jewish Humour through the Ages