Yiddish Classes at the Museum
by Peter Walton, Guest Blogger Greetings! This is a new blog about an informal Yiddish class that is now meeting in the Jewish Museum London every Tuesday at 7-8.30pm. I […]
A Spitalfields Walking Tour with Israel Zangwill
by Dr Nadia Valman, Reader in English Literature at Queen Mary University, London As a scholar of the literary history of east London, I’ve long been fascinated by Israel Zangwill’s […]
Fashion Forward – Young Filmmakers project blog post
by Bella Millon, Participant and MA Student IOE From creating our own imaginary exhibitions to learning filmmaking techniques, talking with the museum curator and researcher to time-lapsing the streets of […]
Uncovering Solomon Lever
by Jason Lever, Guest Blogger The most wonderful sight in the Jewish Museum London is the huge banner of the London Jewish Bakers Union (below) in the main foyer. Alright, […]
Walking in the footsteps of Vrba and Wetzler, Part 3
by Zoe Hilton-Webb and Max Martel, Vrba-Wetzler memorial march participants In August 2015, a group of people from all over the world gathered to walk from Auschwitz to Zilina, in memory of […]
Walking in the footsteps of Vrba and Wetzler, Part 2
by Radek Hejret, organiser of the Vrba-Wetzler memorial march As we stood at the edge of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, approximately at the place where on 7 April 1944 two Slovak Jews, […]
Walking in the footsteps of Vrba and Wetzler, Part 1
by Zoe Hilton-Webb In March 2015 Gerta Vrbova spoke at the Jewish Museum London about her first husband, Rudolf Vrba, and his escape from Auschwitz concentration camp. This talk 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 […]
Your Jewish Museum – Exhibiting Love and Journeys
by Carolyn Rosen, Project Manager for Your Jewish Museum It has been a delight and a privilege to manage the Your Jewish Museum exhibitions thus far. I’m very pleased with the reception […]
From Generation to Generation (L’DOR V’DOR)
by Gideon Summerfield, Artist To mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2015 the Jewish Museum, in conjunction with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, is exhibiting 10 portraits of Holocaust Survivors by young […]