Yoel Sheridan was born and educated in London, England and immigrated to Israel in 1973. He is the author of From Here to Obscurity published in 2001, an historical novel that deals with the now lost vibrant Yiddish-speaking community of the East End of London. and Gold Ducats and Devilry Afoot, An Historical Narrative of The Trials and Tribulations of Henry Simons, A Polish Jew in Mid-eighteenth Century England. published in 2012. His Essay on Jews, Feudalism and the Magna Carta Mediaeval Myth Management and Modern Mismanagement was published in November 2017. Curiosity has been and remains his driving force.
Why did the very same British parliamentarians pass the “Jew Law” in June of 1753 and then repeal it within six short months? Why would such a law threaten the existence of a legitimately elected democratic government? What forces were at work? Yoel Sheridan has shone a wide-beamed searchlight ...
