Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Library Day
JGSGB are back for another Library day at the Jewish Museum London. Discover more about your Jewish Story and Family History by registering with them to attend.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Library Day
JGSGB are back for another Library day at the Jewish Museum London. Discover more about your Jewish Story and Family History by registering with them to attend.
POSTPONED: Chocolate and the Jews: A Bittersweet History with Judi Rose and Michael Leventhal
Join us for the full tale of chocolate - complete with recipes and live cooking! For more than 500 years the Jewish community has played a key role in the global chocolate trade. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the modern day, there has been Jewish involvement in the export and manufacture of cocoa. Delicious chocolate treats are devoured at festivals too. Is any Chanukah table complete without a showering of chocolate gelt? Or a Shabbat without chocolate babka or rugelach? Or, more oddly, did you know that every bris/brit milah in Curacao includes a celebratory hot chocolate?
The Last Anglo-Jewish Gentleman- Talk by Todd Endelman
Join us for an insightful talk by Todd Endelman on his latest book: The Last Anglo-Jewish Gentleman.
Private Event for Friends and Volunteers: 90th Anniversary Talk
An exclusive event for Friends and Volunteers celebrating 90 years of the Jewish Museum London.
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.
Yiddish theatre, Franz Kafka and art movements of the 20th century
by Charlotte Hafner, ARSP Volunteer Yiddish theatre groups have been touring through Eastern Europe between about 1890 and 1933. However, the heightened discrimination and antisemitism in Eastern Europe at the […]
Orientalism in the Alfred Rubens Collection
by Dr Kathrin Pieren, Collections Manager and Curator The museum’s Rubens Collection of 1,600 drawings, prints, etchings, and lithographs from the 17th to the 20th century encompasses scenes from Jewish […]
Sephardi Dress
by Miriam Phelan, Assistant Curator Sephardi Voices, currently on display in the museum’s Welcome Gallery, explores the stories of Jewish immigrants to the UK from across the Islamic world through […]
