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Circling Around: JR Artists’ Development Scheme Exhibition
Nov
19
to Nov 26
Walks

Circling Around: JR Artists’ Development Scheme Exhibition

  • Wed, Nov 19, 2025 7:00 PM 19:00 Wed, Nov 26, 2025 5:30 PM 17:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Over the last year, JR has been working with six up-and-coming artists, who’ve been exploring their connections to their Jewishness. Now see their work in a joint exhibition…

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The Future of Jewish Art
Dec
10
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

The Future of Jewish Art

  • Wednesday, December 10, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
  • Google Calendar ICS

How do contemporary visual creatives engage with Jewishness in their practice? Join our panel discussion to find out…

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The Lines We Draw: The Journalist, the Jew and an Argument About Identity
Nov
12
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

The Lines We Draw: The Journalist, the Jew and an Argument About Identity

  • Wednesday, November 12, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
  • Google Calendar ICS

An exclusive conversation with journalist Tim Franks, who spent years as the BBC's Middle East Correspondent, covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories…

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Autumn Issue Launch: Jewish Ferrara
Oct
28
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

Autumn Issue Launch: Jewish Ferrara

  • Tuesday, October 28, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
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The beautiful north Italian city of Ferrara has been a hub of Jewish life and culture for centuries. Join us to hear about its fascinating medieval and Renaissance history…

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The Remarkable Peggy Guggenheim
Sep
15
8:00 PM20:00
Talks, Magazine

The Remarkable Peggy Guggenheim

  • Monday, September 15, 2025
  • 8:00 PM 9:15 PM 20:00 21:15
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore the colourful life and remarkable legacy of renowned American heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim…

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Summer Issue Launch: Jewish South Africa
Jul
21
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

Summer Issue Launch: Jewish South Africa

  • Monday, July 21, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
  • Google Calendar ICS

Waves of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania arrived in South Africa at the end of the 19th century and built thriving communities across the country. Join us as we find out more about past and present Jewish life in the African country…

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Walking Tour: Medieval England and The Jewish Square Mile
Jul
15
2:30 PM14:30
Walks

Walking Tour: Medieval England and The Jewish Square Mile

  • Tuesday, July 15, 2025
  • 2:30 PM 4:30 PM 14:30 16:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Jewish Renaissance and The Jewish Square Mile Project for a guided walk…

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Andrew Porwancher: Roosevelt and the Jews
Jun
10
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

Andrew Porwancher: Roosevelt and the Jews

  • Tuesday, June 10, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Trace Theodore Roosevelt’s deep connection and complex relationship with Jews in this talk by professor and author Andrew Porwancher…

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Portraits of Jewishness
Jun
5
to Jun 26
Art

Portraits of Jewishness

  • Thu, Jun 5, 2025 2:00 PM 14:00 Thu, Jun 26, 2025 2:00 PM 14:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

An exclusive guided tour of pieces by – and about – Jews at the newly reopened and redesigned National Portrait Gallery…

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The Jewishness of Modern Israeli Art
May
20
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

The Jewishness of Modern Israeli Art

  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Award-winning Tel Aviv-based artist and educator Shirel Horovitz takes us on a journey of Jewishness in Israeli art from the early 20th century to today…

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Spring Issue Launch: Wagner
May
7
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

Spring Issue Launch: Wagner

  • Wednesday, May 7, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
  • Google Calendar ICS

Wagner is one of musical history’s great storytellers, but he’s also one of its most contentious figures. Join us as we explore the composer’s life and a new opera about his controversial legacy…

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Theresa
Apr
28
7:00 PM19:00
Theatre

Theresa

  • Monday, April 28, 2025
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM 19:00 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Having previously been banned, Julia Pascal’s play about a Jewish woman deported from the Channel Islands to Auschwitz during World War II is being performed for the first time in Guernsey…

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Shoreditch: A Jewish Journey Through Time
Apr
6
11:00 AM11:00
Walks

Shoreditch: A Jewish Journey Through Time

  • Sunday, April 6, 2025
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
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Join us for a walking tour around one of the most vibrant areas of London, with Blue Badge guide and Jewish social historian Isabelle Seddon…

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The Channel Islands: A New View
Apr
1
to Apr 22
Talks

The Channel Islands: A New View

  • Tue, Apr 1, 2025 7:30 PM 19:30 Tue, Apr 22, 2025 9:00 PM 21:00
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We look to the Channel Islands to uncover the story of the Nazi Occupation on British soil, the effect this had on the small island communities and the reverberations it has left today…

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Britten Sinfonia: 1945 – A Kind of Haunting
Mar
25
7:30 PM19:30
Music

Britten Sinfonia: 1945 – A Kind of Haunting

  • Tuesday, March 25, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 10:30 PM 19:30 22:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Britten Sinfonia spotlight three works from past and present to mark 80 years since the end of World War II. Join us in the best seats in the house to watch the performance and enjoy an exclusive talk…

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The Art of Maurice Sendak
Feb
25
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

The Art of Maurice Sendak

  • Tuesday, February 25, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Irene Wise to trace the diverse influences of American Jewish author and illustrator Maurice Sendak in his own words…

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European Jewish Country Houses
Feb
18
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

European Jewish Country Houses

  • Tuesday, February 18, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, the editors of a recently published landmark book, for an evening exploring the world of Jewish country houses…

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Winter Issue Launch: Jewish Iceland
Feb
5
7:30 PM19:30
Talks, Magazine

Winter Issue Launch: Jewish Iceland

  • Wednesday, February 5, 2025
  • 7:30 PM 8:45 PM 19:30 20:45
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us (virtually) to explore the unique Jewish community currently in Iceland, as well as the remarkable musical émigrés who settled there in the 1930s…

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Why is Judith a Hanukkah Heroine?
Dec
16
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

Why is Judith a Hanukkah Heroine?

  • Monday, December 16, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join award-winning artist Jacqueline Nicholls in this session about the a-historic tale of Judith in visual art and Jewish text, featuring a mix of art history, Jewish study and drawing prompts…

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Women & Freud Exhibition Visit
Nov
17
11:00 AM11:00
Art

Women & Freud Exhibition Visit

  • Sunday, November 17, 2024
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an exclusive private tour of Women & Freud, a new exhibition showcasing the enormous impact that women had on the life and work of Sigmund Freud…

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Giant
Nov
12
7:30 PM19:30
Theatre

Giant

  • Tuesday, November 12, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 10:30 PM 19:30 22:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

See the explosive new play about Roald Dahl by Mark Rosenblatt, starring Golden Globe-winner John Lithgow, plus a post-show discussion with special guests…

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Oct
29
7:30 PM19:30
Theatre

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

  • Tuesday, October 29, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 10:30 PM 19:30 22:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

See the darkly witty new play about race, religion, sex and the Holocaust, starring West Wing and Big Bang Theory actor Joshua Malina, plus a, exclusive post-show discussion…

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This American Jewish Life
Oct
22
to Dec 3
Courses

This American Jewish Life

  • Tue, Oct 22, 2024 7:00 PM 19:00 Tue, Dec 3, 2024 7:30 PM 19:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

At this pivotal moment in US politics, we deliver a series to explore perspectives on Jewish life in the States…

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East End Rebels Walking Tour
Sep
29
11:00 AM11:00
Walks

East End Rebels Walking Tour

  • Sunday, September 29, 2024
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM 11:00 13:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

From Angel Alley, home to Jewish anarchist tradition, to Gardiner’s Corner, where East Enders blocked the path to Mosley’s fascists, this walk provides an insight into the heritage of Jewish protest and rebellion in east London…

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The Girl from Kyiv and Other East End Radicals
Sep
18
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

The Girl from Kyiv and Other East End Radicals

  • Wednesday, September 18, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Garner an insight into Jewish radicals – past, present and fictional – in this online talk with author Sue Stern, tour guide David Rosenberg and performer Tamara Micner…

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West End Fashion Walking Tour
Sep
15
11:00 AM11:00
Walks

West End Fashion Walking Tour

  • Sunday, September 15, 2024
  • 11:00 AM 1:30 PM 11:00 13:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

From individual dressmakers to couture designers, London’s West End was home to a wide range of Jewish fashion makers throughout the 20th century. Come with us on a tour of the area to get to know these designers and hear about the ways they transcended stereotypes and defied expectations…

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Summer Issue Launch: Jewish Singapore
Jul
22
1:00 PM13:00
Talks, Magazine

Summer Issue Launch: Jewish Singapore

  • Monday, July 22, 2024
  • 1:00 PM 2:30 PM 13:00 14:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us (virtually) in the tropical climes of southeast Asia to celebrate our new issue, in which we explore Jewish Singapore…

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Let there be Sculpture: The Life and Work of Jacob Epstein
Jul
8
1:00 PM13:00
Talks

Let there be Sculpture: The Life and Work of Jacob Epstein

  • Monday, July 8, 2024
  • 1:00 PM 2:30 PM 13:00 14:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an insight into the life and work of pioneering – and often controversial – American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein…

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From Dreyfus to Vichy: Parisian Jewish Arts and Culture in Turbulent Times
Jun
3
to Jul 15
Courses

From Dreyfus to Vichy: Parisian Jewish Arts and Culture in Turbulent Times

  • Mon, Jun 3, 2024 7:30 PM 19:30 Mon, Jul 15, 2024 9:00 PM 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

How did Jews shape Parisian arts and culture in the fin de siècle period of the 1800s and beyond? This summer, find out about the Jewish artists, performers, collectors and dealers who flourished in spite of surges in antisemitism…

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Judaism in an Age of Doubt
May
23
7:30 PM19:30
Talks

Judaism in an Age of Doubt

  • Thursday, May 23, 2024
  • 7:30 PM 9:00 PM 19:30 21:00
  • Google Calendar ICS

Can traditional Jewish practice help us create meaning in an unapologetic world? Rabbi Dr Rafi Zarum and Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg seem to think so…

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Spring Issue Launch: The Jews of Argentina
May
13
7:00 PM19:00
Talks, Magazine

Spring Issue Launch: The Jews of Argentina

  • Monday, May 13, 2024
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM 19:00 20:30
  • Google Calendar ICS

To tie in with our special Argentina focus in the latest issue of JR, we'll be looking at the Jewish heritage of this vibrant South American country…

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Chaos Dragon and the Light
May
5
7:15 PM19:15
Talks

Chaos Dragon and the Light

  • Sunday, May 5, 2024
  • 7:15 PM 9:00 PM 19:15 21:00
  • West London Synagogue (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

As a young girl, Marika Henriques was hidden from the Nazis in a cellar in Budapest. Now in her 80s, she tells her story for the first time in a new documentary…

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