The Tsenerene
Discover more about the Tsenerene, one of the most popular and influential Yiddish literary works to emerge in the Middle Ages
The Windermere Children
In this blogpost for International Children's Day Jewish Museum Intern , Mona, shares her research revealing the story of the Windermere Children.
Jews in Jamaica
In this blogpost Jewish Museum Intern , Rebecca, shares her research revealing the history of Jews in Jamaica as we celebrate Black History and the connection between Black and Jewish communities this month and beyond.
World Photography Day
19 August is World Photography Day. Our ARSP intern Hannah has written a blog post exploring photographs from our collection all about the Perkoff family.
World Population Day – a Day to Honour Women in Health Care
11th July is World Population Day- a time to honour women in health care. Our ARSP intern Hannah has written a blog post exploring objects from our collection relating to Alice Model- an inspirational woman who contributed lots to health care.
Refugee Week: Learning from the Past
This week is Refugee Week: a week to celebrate the coming together and communication of different communities and create a culture of welcome. Our ARSP intern Hannah has written a blog inspired by Refugee Week.
75 years of VE Day – a look back at the festivities of 1945
May 2020 marks 27 years since VE Day. In honour of this our ARSP intern Hannah shares photographs from our collection of Street Parties held to celebrate VE Day 75 years ago.
The Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda
In October the Jewish Museum London celebrated Black History Month. In honour of this, one of the Museum’s Learning Officers, Shereen Hunte, led tours around the museum looking at the black Jewish community. The Ugandan Jews have had a prominent part in these tours as we currently have a temporary exhibition on their community, the Abayudaya. The exhibition consists of photographs taken by one of the museum’s volunteers, Daniel, and professional photographer, Rena Pearl.
Exploring the anti-trafficking movement in twentieth century London
This post will look into one of the artifacts in the museum archive that links to the history of the anti-trafficking movement in London, Jewish women’s history and the complexities of these at the turn of the 20th century.
Memento Mori and the Dutch and Jewish Involvement in Transatlantic Slavery
For Black History Month 2019, the Jewish Museum London hosted an exhibition on the Jewish Abayudaya community in Uganda and organised tours exploring ways in which race is portrayed through religion. One of the objects in the museum’s collection discussed in the Black History Tour is a painting with the title “A Memento Mori”.