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Events of Jewish East End Celebration Society
For further details on all JEECS events contact Chairman of JEECS:
Clive Bettington, mobile:
07941 367882,
e.mail:
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
Sunday 18th July
Walk:
Jewish Women of the East End
Philip
Walker (www.jewisheastend.com)
introduces you to Liberal Jews, less Liberal Jews, Zionists,
Philanthropists, Socialists, the Great and the Good, the
Downtrodden and the poor. Meet them all as we discover
Jewish women of the East End...and maybe a few of their menfolk...then
join me afterwards for a curry in one of my favourite Brick Lane
restaurants (cost not included!).
10.30am
Aldgate Tube. £9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday
8 August
Walk:
Jewish Musicians of the East End
Clive Bettington
discusses the musicians of the East End-Lionel Bart , Solomon, Joe
Loss, Alma Cogan etc
11am Liverpool
Street Station (next to Kindertransport monument)
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Wednesday 18 August
Walk: The Literary Ghetto
Clive Bettington
discusses the literary history of the Jewish east End –Zangwill
, Rosenberg, Wesker , Kops. Litvinoff etc
11am Aldgate Tube
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday 29 August
Walk: Churchill and the Anarchists
Clive Bettington
looks at the Houndsditch Murders (1910) and the Siege of
Sidney Street (1911) and how these events impacted on the Jewish
community
11am Aldgate tube
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday 5 September
Walk: Jewish artists of the
East End.
Clive Bettington looks at the Jewish
artists who had links with the East End including David Bomberg,
Mark Gertler, etc
11am Meet Whitechapel Art Gallery
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday 12 September
Walk: The Battle of Cable Street 1936
Clive Bettington examines the details of this iconic battle, and
tries to separate facts from myth
11am-Tower Hill Tube station
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Tuesday 14 September
Walk: Churchill
and the Anarchists
Clive Bettington
looks at the Houndsditch murders (1910)and the Siege of Sidney
Street (1911) and discusses how they impacted on the Jewish
community
11am Aldgate tube
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday 19 September
Walk: Pickles Pimps and the Palais
Clive Bettington look at the Jewish heritage of
the Commercial road area-Yiddsh theatre, synagogues and Hessel
Street etc
11am Tower Hill tube
£9 (£7 Jeecs members)
Sunday 19 September
AGM of the Jewish East End Celebration Society
3pm East London Central Synagogue-30-40 Nelson
Street London E1 (closest tube-Aldgate East or Whitechapel)
Music and refreshments to follow. AGM free
(Donations of £ 7 suggested for food and entertainment)
Thursday 16 December
Unveiling of memorial to three policemen murdered in Houndsditch
during attempted jewellery shop robbery by east European s 100
years ago. Full details later
Monday 3 January 2011
Unveiling of plaque at 100 Sidney Street to fireman who died as
a result of injuries received in Siege. Full details later
December-March, 2011
Siege of Sidney Street Exhibition, Museum of Docklands
Includes a seminar and films of the siege. Full details later.
January-March 2011
Boxing Exhibition, Hackney Museum
Full details later.
October 2011
Events relating to the International Brigade and the 75
anniversary of the Siege of Cable Street. Full details later.
Except where shown, all events can be booked on 07941 367882 or
email
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
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