For almost 400 years the Danish royal family has supported and protected the small but influential Jewish community. Charlotte Thalmay will be speaking live from Denmark and telling the amazing story of Danish Jewry from when the first Jews were invited by King Christian in 1622 to the present day, starting at 2:30 pm
As we approach Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, Eyal Roth will be looking at how the Holocaust is commemorated in different countries with a focus on the differences between Eastern and Western Europe, starting at 2:30 pm
Keith Simons visits Jewish prisoners all over England. He will be talking about their experience of being Jewish in a prison and how he is able to support them, starting at 2:30 pm
Tony Weiss will be talking about jewellery and precious stones and describing how he came to work in the trade that he has been in for most of his working life.
This JACS event will be on-line using a Zoom meeting, starting at 2:30 pm
Join us at 2.30 to hear Jonathan Braude talk about, “Journalism; It’s not all fake news, sensationalism or biased reporting! …….At least: not unless the proprietor has an axe to grind (or money to make).
Jonathan, a business writer and former daily newspaper reporter, will be presenting anecdotes and sober judgements from behind the computer screen.
This JACS event will be on-line using a Zoom meeting, starting at 2:30 pm
Join Viv Bellos, MBE, at 2.30 pm for an overview of music in Synagogues, concert halls and the home before, during and after WW2 with musical illustrations
This JACS event will be on-line using a Zoom meeting, starting at 2:30 pm
Join Eyal Roth at 2.30 pm for this virtual walking tour.
We will visit the site of the women’s protest in the Rosenstraße, have a look at an old cemetery (1672) where the father of the Jewish enlightenment movement, Mozes Mendelssohn, is buried and have a look at the Neue synagogue (built 1866) with its impressive Morish design complete with pipe organ and mixed choir. Between the sites Eyal will weave in the story of Berlin’s Jews during the period of the third Reich.
This JACS event will be on-line using a Zoom meeting, starting at 2:30 pm
Churchill and the Jews – Richard Cohen, lawyer and Chair of the Jewish historical society, Essex.
Richard is a London lawyer specialising in commercial and residential property, wills and probate and Powers of Attorney. He also chairs the Essex branch of the Jewish Historical Society of England. He is an expert on the life of Winston Churchill and conducted research for Andrew Roberts’ acclaimed book, “Churchill Walking with Destiny”.
This JACS event will be on-line using a Zoom meeting, starting at 2:30 pm