#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Shannon and Yasmin
Shannon Shannon has been volunteering for under a year. She first thought of volunteering because she wanted to gain new experiences. “I’m going to study history at university so it seemed the perfect fit. It’s interesting to know what happened in the past and to learn about different cultures. I didn’t know much about Jewish […]
#VolunteersWeek – Q&A with Emma Davies, Head of Volunteering
How long have you worked at the museum? For four and a half years. I’ve always had a passion for museums and wanted to work in the sector. Like a lot of people I first started working in Front of House and in this establishment FOH means working with volunteers and I fell into volunteer management. […]
#VolunteersWeek – introducing Shirley
Shirley has been a volunteer since the re-opening of the museum. “I had moved to London and stopped work, and was looking for something to do. You’ve got to do something in life.” Before retiring Shirley worked as a GP. “I find the most interesting thing about being here is the people you meet, the […]
#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Nita
Nita was runner up in the Going The Extra Mile award for volunteers across the heritage sector who have gone the extra mile, as the London Volunteers in Museum Awards in 2012. Nita has volunteered since the museum re-opening in 2010. She decided to start volunteering after she retired from teaching. “It’s the worst thing […]
#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Ruth
Ruth has been a volunteer at the museum since the re-opening in 2010. After retiring Ruth studied a fine arts degree. “I had recently completed a Fine Art degree and was looking for a weekly commitment. I have always been interested in Jewish history and with the prospect of temporary art exhibitions as well it […]
#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Lionel
Lionel has volunteered for two years. “My daughter saw the Judah Passow photography exhibition and suggested I start volunteering here. That’s how I got interested in it.” Before retiring Lionel worked as a precious metals assayer in Hatton Gardens.“What really attracted me was the fact that I grew up in the East End and I […]
#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Jack
This week is Volunteers Week, giving us a chance to celebrate our wonderful volunteers, without whom the museum would not be able to run. As part of this we will be posting daily blogs from volunteers, starting today with Jack… Jack has been a volunteer since March 2010 when the museum re-opened in Camden Town. […]
Exercising my democratic right
by Roz Currie, Curator of Blackguards in Bonnets Today, as I voted for my candidate to lead the country, I had to thank those suffragettes who threw themselves into the fight for votes for women. Imagine being Dora Montefiore who in 1900 found her tax paying for a war that she had no say in […]
Jewish EastEnders – developing a school workshop
by Maya Makker, Learning Team Intern Last year, I had the opportunity to work with the Jewish Museum London’s learning team to re-invent Jewish EastEnders, a school workshop about the Great Migration, in which around 150,000 Jewish people settled in Britain from Eastern Europe between the years of 1881 and 1914. While the workshop was […]
Your Jewish Museum – Intrigue and Inspiration
by Lauren Hart, MA Student at King’s College London Curious, devotional, intriguing and inspiring are all words that spring to mind when I think of Your Jewish Museum: Love, which is coming to an end at the Jewish Museum London. This crowd-sourced exhibition carries the innately sensitive narrative of love in many of its forms, from […]
