Sunday 9 March

The 43 Group and their Fight Against Britain’s Fascists (1946-50)

In the wake of World War II, antisemitism was still rife. Jeffrey Hamm’s British League of Ex-Servicemen were parading the streets and a new fascist party, the Union Movement, was forming under Oswald Mosley. The 43 Group, set up by Jewish veterans who’d just returned from the war, confronted them head on in the streets, often violently. They fought for a decade until finally, in 1950, they deemed the threat over and voluntarily disbanded. Historian Daniel Sonabend discusses the militant Jewish organisation, as detailed in his book We Fight Fascists: The 43 Group and Their Forgotten Battle for Post-War Britain.

7.30pm. £5. Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society, EH16 5AB. www.scojec.org

Sunday 27 April

Daughter of the Waves: Memoirs of Growing Up in Pre-War Palestine

Ruth Jordan’s poignant memoir follows her upbringing in British Mandate Palestine, as well as her career as a journalist – she was the first female news presenter on the BBC World Service Hebrew Section – and beyond. Jordan’s daughter Sharon Kivity shares her mother’s journey 40 years after the book’s first launch and remembers her life and work.

7.30pm. £5. Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society, EH16 5AB. www.ejls.org