jewish Flashcards
Changing names
Changed names to sound “less foreign”
Goldschmidt to goldsmith
resentment
Faced discrimination and prejudice for religion: bowling clubs refused them as members
Anti-semitic stereotypes persisted-money lender at high interest
settlements
Settled in gorbals and when successful moved to garnethill
assimilation-helping
–jewish board of guardians to relieve and assist poor, accusation of “jews being a burden” was false
political assimilation
Easy assimilation as involved in socialist politics and trade unions to improve workers rights
language
Over years, jews lost yiddish language and spoke english, jew newspapers closed: no longer needed
jobs
Tailoring trade
Good for little to no english
Working conditions
Tu complained factories used “sweated labour”-low wage, long hour, insanitary
Reality:better than those run by scot
assimilation-impact
Small numbers-scots not worried
Jews owned own businesses-scots not worried about competition
Businesses offered valuable amenities to area
other jobs
Jewellers bakers cigarette makers
Little communication needed and were already skilled in the area
