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He hugs me close with a big, meaty fist; a pugilists fist. He is older, to me hes old; he looks at the camera full on, pale staring eyes above a bushy grey beard. His face is impassive; but he appears to be smiling too, a Mona Lisa smile; ambiguous [] The mans name is The Hat of Chicago. Or Mac the Hat. Or Dan the Hat. Or Dan MacKenzie. Or simply The Hat. He hails from Yorkshire, but he claims to have been a gangster working for Al Capone; a gun-runner, a bootlegger, a smuggler, a racketeer; a prisoner at Alcatraz in the 1930s.

More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture (or what is perceived as Jewish culture) have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a visible and growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? Ruth Ellen Gruber explores this phenomenon, traveling through Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, and elsewhere to observe firsthand the many facets of a remarkable trend. Across the continent, Jewish festivals,...