End of Year Report
by Judith Vandervelde, Senior Educator Now the school year has come to an end, we are looking back at all the amazing workshops we have shared with over 14,000 students from schools across the country (and even further afield). This wordle illustrates the words most often used by teachers on feedback forms to describe our […]
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 […]
Purim – hiding in the museum
by Judith Vandervelde, Senior Educator Purim, like many Jewish festivals is based on a story. During Purim, Jewish people read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of Esther’s role in saving the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of the Ancient King Ahasuerus and his adviser Haman. Jewish people celebrate the joyful […]
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 artist Gideon Summerfield. Each survivor is captured in biro pen in Gideon’s beautiful detailed style and they are shown holding an object that is important to […]
Do Jewish people eat lunch, Miss?
Or: What two months at the Jewish Museum taught meby Natasha Isaac, Learning Team Intern Natasha joined the Learning Team on our internship placement scheme in September 2014. Volunteering 4/5 days a week for 2 months, Natasha was a key part of our team from working with over 3700 students in our school workshops to helping […]
Sukkot at the Museum
by Judith Vandervelde, Senior Educator We recently reached the end of the harvest festival of Sukkot, which reminds us of the forty years the Jewish people spent wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. During this festival meals are eaten in the Sukkah, an outdoor temporary hut that is covered with greenery. To […]
