her ambitions. Secondly, the respect and friendship she showed to her black partner, at a time when few else would do the same. Thirdly, the fact that she was a winner. A holder, with Althea Gibson, of two Grand Slam doubles titles but also of many other championship titles as well as being a Wimbledon singles finalist. As a Jewish woman in the 1950s this was no small achievement and Angela set a tone for sporting behaviour that has inspired many others in more recent years In 1981 Angela was admitted to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and in 2015 to the Black Tennis Hall of Fame. In later years, living between Manchester and Florida, she enjoyed tennis journalism and mentoring young players as well as giving talks on countering prejudice within sport. Angela was never shy of voicing her views and calling out fault as and when she saw it. This frequently did not endear her to the establishment, not least that of the tennis world. However, she contained a level of self-belief and inner strength that propelled her to being the champion that she was and enabled her to overcome many hardships, not least the predeceasing of her two sons. Angela was a loyal friend to many and a great ambassador for her sport. She will be missed, especially by her surviving daughter Rebecca Djanogly and grandchildren Tara, Kelly, Joseph, and Beth.
The evil of banality Julian Landy Please forgive me messing with Arendt’s famous phrase. All will become clear, or at least, clearer. At present our city is devoid of visitors and has few visible students. Some things, however, never change, wherever there are a few Jews. Our wider community, throughout the globe, is still preyed upon, not just by anti-Semites, but by those seeking to convert us to the joys of Yoshua ben Yosef. Page 22
