Festival of Britain Walking Tour
Retrace the steps of the Jewish émigré designers who contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain with tour guide Marilyn Greene…
Retrace the steps of the Jewish émigré designers who contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain with tour guide Marilyn Greene…
Retrace the steps of the Jewish émigré designers who contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain with tour guide Marilyn Greene…
Pink and Blue is one of Renoir's most celebrated works, yet beneath the glittering surface was a surging current of resentment. Discover more at our Zoom event…
When Yiddish-speaking immigrants came to England from Eastern Europe, they embraced their new British identities. Discover the art, poetry, pop songs and more that they contributed to culture in this online discussion…
Find out how the political, professional and personal opinions of Yiddish Londoners from the 1880s to the 1950s helped shape the capital as we know it today on this walking tour…
Discover the exciting, engaging and sometimes tragic history of London’s East End Yiddish theatre scene on this guided tour…
Join Susannah Cohen for Jewish Stories in the Square Mile, a guided walk exploring the rich Jewish history and heritage of the City of London…
Thanks to the talented, predominantly Jewish, refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe who settled in Hampstead in the 1930s, the area became a unique place in the story of British art and architecture. Learn more about this walking tour…
Explore the history of Jewish East London’s vanished streets through photographs by Shloimy Alman…
Celebrate and learn about the Jewish refugees who helped shape the marvel that was the Festival of Britain to mark its 75th anniversary…
Join Susannah Cohen for Jewish Stories in the Square Mile, a guided walk exploring the rich Jewish history and heritage of the City of London…
Thanks to the talented, predominantly Jewish, refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe who settled in Hampstead in the 1930s, the area became a unique place in the story of British art and architecture. Learn more on this walking tour…
Join Susannah Cohen for Jewish Stories in the Square Mile, a guided walk exploring the rich Jewish history and heritage of the City of London…
Thanks to the talented, predominantly Jewish, refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe who settled in Hampstead in the 1930s, the area became a unique place in the story of British art and architecture. Learn more on this walking tour…
Following the dramatic political upheavals in Venezuela in January, which saw the deposing of the country's President Nicholás Maduro, we explore the history of Jewish life in this turbulent Latin American nation…
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the trailblazing Yiddish feminist film, Hester Street, with Dr Julia Wagner…
In light of her new visual memoir, artist Carole Berman joins us for a retrospective look at her life and work.…
Join us for a theatrical outing to the show that sold-out Sydney Opera House, including pre- and post-show discussions with the director, members of the cast and special guests…
Hear about Jordan Salama’s family roots, which he traced from Syria to South America and documented in a JR article that won the second Peter Gilbert Prize…
We’ve teamed up with Jewish Book Week on a series of events this year, find out what we’ve got going on…
Meet the artist behind the UK’s first new illuminated Haggadah in decades…
The most famous pop group in the world was managed by a Liverpudlian Jew, Brian Epstein. Now, a new play tells his story in Please Please Me. Find out more in our online event with the playwright and more…
As Bevis Marks Synagogue prepares to open its new heritage centre in the City of London, delve into the history of Jewish life in the Square Mile…
How do contemporary visual creatives engage with Jewishness in their practice? Join our panel discussion to find out…
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…
An exclusive conversation with journalist Tim Franks, who spent years as the BBC's Middle East Correspondent, covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories…
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…
Explore the colourful life and remarkable legacy of renowned American heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim…
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…
Join Jewish Renaissance and The Jewish Square Mile Project for a guided walk…
Trace Theodore Roosevelt’s deep connection and complex relationship with Jews in this talk by professor and author Andrew Porwancher…
An exclusive guided tour of pieces by – and about – Jews at the newly reopened and redesigned National Portrait Gallery…
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…
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…
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…
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…