10/07/2024
Jewish Chronicle lists the many new Jewish MPs in Parliament, mostly from Labour
Just one Jewish Conservative candidate was returned as an MP
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This is the Community page for people interested in the history of Jewish people in London.
See Untold Jewish London website (listed below) for articles. UJL is edited by Lawrence Joffe and we welcome all tips, ideas and news.. A museum website about the historical roots of London's diverse population. This site tells you where to look for the history of all of London's races and faiths. Our search centres on museums, but also includes libraries, archives, galleries and the work of commu
nity groups. We are gradually building up an online compass - so you can easily find the events, objects and the histories of many London cultural groups, and decide what you want to visit for yourself. London has been a meeting place for many cultures since it was first described by the Romans. But until recently, histories connected with London's cultural groups were hard to find. Now some museums are showing a greater commitment to telling all of London's stories. Meanwhile many communities are raising their voices to tell their own histories. The huge success of Black History Month over the last decade is the most prominent example of that
09/07/2024
Fascinating though poignant story of portrait slashed by N**i guards, soon to be displayed at Holt Festival, and owned by Stephen Fry's mother, refugee from Austria to UK in 1938
" Holt Festival in Norfolk, 13-27 July explores Hitler's purge on modernist culture; for more see https://holtfestival.org/
1920s canvas of Dutch woman, to be shown for first time at Holt festival, has slit from border guards’ bayonets
02/07/2024
Tonight at French Institute's Cine Lumiere, London, showing of Agnieszka Holland's 'Europa, Europa', a film with strong WWII and Jewish themes
As World War II ravages Europe, Salomon (Marco Hofschneider) gets separated from his family after fleeing with them from Germany to Poland and finds himself reluctantly assuming various identities in order to hide his Jewishness, eventually masquerading as a N**i German. Based on the real-life exper...
20/06/2024
Finchley Reform Synagogue hosting World Refugee Day events this evening
20/06/2024
Jewish Museum London celebrates link with King Charles, and appointment of new CEO Sara Angel
We are delighted to announce the renewed Patronage from HM King Charles and the appointment of our new CEO Sally Angel, marking the start of an exciting new chapter for the Jewish Museum London. https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/2024/06/18/his-majesty-the-king-renews-patronage-of-jewish-museum-london-as-new-chief-executive-is-announced/
11/06/2024
Wishing friends celebrating the festival of Shavuot
חג שבועות שמח!
In 2024, Shavuot begins at sunset on Tuesday, June 11 and ends at sundown on Thursday, June 13.What is Shavuot?Shavuot, the feast ...
29/05/2024
Outgoing Communities Minister Michael Gove speaks out against antisemitism
Speech by Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
28/05/2024
Mazel tov to JW3 for this recognition of their excellent footbank work
22/05/2024
From Jewish Literary Foundation news of programme for emerging writers
The programme is open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.
26/04/2024
On Thur 2 May, a free Zoom event from Jewish Literary Foundation with Hadley Freeman on her new book, Blindness: October 7 and the Left
In her new book, Blindness: October 7 and the Left, author and columnist Hadley Freeman explores the willingness of many progressives to abandon values they purport to represent.
22/04/2024
Wishing friends celebrating first night seder for Passover חַג שָׂמֵחַ
Passover is full of ritual symbols that retell the Exodus story. Many of these displayed on the seder plate — the centerpiece of the seder table.
18/04/2024
Andrew Whitehead (see previous post) is also an authority on Anglo-Jewish writer Alexander Baron
In recent years, many of Alexander Baron's novels - both his gripping accounts of the Second World War and his commanding London fictions - have been republished. From the City, From the Plough has...
18/04/2024
Just released - Andrew Whitehead's A Devilish Kind of Courage, book about the Siege of Sidney Street, 1911, and the characters involved. Many of whom were Jewish.
* Published by Reaktion Books
* Scroll down page below for more on Andrew's 35 years at the BBC
Andrew Whitehead, Journalist, Historian, Collector
18/04/2024
Positive review of London-based author Linda Grant's novel, The Story of the Forest - based on her Jewish family's life in Latvia and then Liverpool
The writer’s lively ninth novel, tracing a family’s journey from Latvia to Liverpool, explores the making of myth and history
18/04/2024
UK premiere of Resistance, about Jews who fought N**is, Thur 2 May, 8.15 pm, Everyman Belsize Park
09/04/2024
Office of Chief Rabbi Mirvis is seeking an external affairs and education officer
05/04/2024
Tribute to the brave individuals who rescued Jews during WWII
* Wishing you a relaxing weekend and Shabbat Shalom - שַׁבַּת שָׁלוֹם
As persecution of Jews in Europe mounted in the years prior to and during World War II, many people desperately sought visas and other ways to escape the N**i regime. With that, heroes emerged to stand up to the terror. Many fought quietly, like a Swiss diplomat who took advantage of N**i officers'....
02/04/2024
Chance to buy advance tickets for Ot Azoy in late August this yer
Book Now for the JMI Summer Schools in Yiddish, Yiddish Song and Klezmer. THREE courses to choose from in only ONE week.
Come join the UK's best, longest running, total immersion in Yiddishkeit.
Ot Azoy 24 - Learn Yiddish!, Golden Peacock - Sing in Yiddish & Klezfest 24 - Learn, Play, Perform Klezmer
Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd August
https://www.jmi.org.uk/events
01/04/2024
Positive review of journalist Julian Borger's family memoir, I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts That Helped Them Escape the Holocaust
When he was growing up, recalls Julian Borger, it felt as if his family “had painted layer after layer of tasteful off-white over the top of something garish, more visceral and unsettling”. His difficult and dissatisfied psychologist father Robert had never managed to overcome “the refugee’s...
30/03/2024
Police separate large groups of protesters in London
Police barrier forms between protesters in London.
15/03/2024
Bevis Marks Synagogue justifiably angry over building plans
Developer Welput had its previous application for a 48-storey office block rejected by the City of London Corporation on grounds including the impact on Bevis Marks Synagogue
11/03/2024
On Wed 13 Jan, free entry event at JW3 to welcome winner of the Wingate Literary Prize
JW3 are proud to present an evening celebrating the winner of the 47th Wingate Prize for Literature, a cornerstone of the International Jewish Literary landscape. Join Emily Kasriel, Trustee of the Wingate Foundation, who will host an evening of conversation and celebration. We will be hearing from....
09/03/2024
Laura Marks CBE, co-director of Nisa-Nashim Muslim Jewish Women's Network, among many honours, will speak at this event tomorrow, Sun 10 March 2-5 pm
* Bridging Hope: Women Uniting in the Middle East and Britain
* Meretz UK and Insaan Culture Club hosts, in-hall and Zoom; women's panel discussion with music – all genders welcome in audience!
* At The Highgate Society, 10A South Grove N6 6BS, with Jewish and Muslim, Israeli and Palestinian speakers.
* Quick link www.tinyurl.com/bridginghope
03/03/2024
Lots of great events at Jewish Book Week which starts today, Sun 3 March, which starts today at Kings Place, hosted by Jewish Literary Foundation
Book Week 24 is the upcoming annual literary festival from the Jewish Literary Foundation, to be held at King's Place in March 2024.
01/03/2024
Two choirs performing festival services at Kenton United Synagogue and South Hampstead Synagogue (pic below), Shabbat, Sat 2 Feb - more via www.cantors.eu
01/03/2024
Tribute to Bernard Kops, outstanding playwright born in the Jewish East End, who died on 25 Feb
He shot to fame in the ‘kitchen sink’ era but his work was more eccentric and surreal than that of Pinter, Wesker or Osborne
01/03/2024
Daily Mail video coverage of Prince William visiting Western Marble Arch Synagogue and pledging to counter rising antisemitism. More reporting here https://people.com/prince-william-kate-middleton-concerned-antisemitism-synagogue-visit-8601621
The Prince of Wales has condemned the rise in hatred directed against the country's Jewish community, saying "antisemitism has no place in society". William visited a London synagogue to meet young people representing Jewish students and others helping to combat antisemitism among the next generatio...
27/02/2024
Tribute to Lord Jacob Rothschild, who has died aged 87
Financier and member of the Rothschild banking family, Lord Jacob Rothschild, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.
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