This is a major, ground-breaking study of the Jewish community from the Middle Ages -- at Jacob's Well, Bristol can claim to have the oldest mikveh (ritual bath) in Europe -- to the present day.
The author discusses the foundation of the competing synagogues in the city and plots the story of individual Jewish families, touching on the Jewish contribution to the arts and crafts, including glass-makers Lazarus and Isaac Jacobs.

Other topics include press attitudes to the Jews, Jewish education at Clifton College and, through interview, the experiences of the Holocaust survivors who settled in Bristol.