England, Interrupted: The Interregnum and Restoration, 1650-1685
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The Cromwell Regime Allows the Settlement of Jews in England
From 16 56 onward, the cromwell regime allows jews to settle and live in england. There are no openly established public synagogues because there's still too much popular hostility towards judaism. So it remains mainly in private homes but jews are able to practise. They are able to profess their identity as jews, and they are able to bury their dead in jewish cemeteries which is important to them. But you could say this policy of allowing the settlement of jews in england is another instance of this growing acceptance and tolerance of different views and religious commitments in interregnum england.
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