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FUTURE
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
For further details on all JEECS events contact Chairman of JEECS:
Clive Bettington, mobile:
07941 367 882,
e.mail:
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
2009
JEECS and JEWISH EAST END FORTHCOMING EVENTS
(Events
marked with a * are not JEECS events but they may be of
interest to members of JEECS)
6 September
Walk-Artists of the Jewish East End
To commemorate the reopening of the
Whitechapel Art Gallery, Clive Bettington will be discussing
the famous artists of the Jewish East End including Bomberg,
Rosenberg Gertler, Simeon Solomon and Epstein
11am Front of Whitechapel Art Gallery
(closest tube Aldgate East)
£8/£6 (Members of JEECS)
Walk-The Jewish East End and the Rise of
Zionism
Clive Bettington will be discussing these
highly topical subject and looking at the
famous Zionists and anti-Zionists who had
East End links . Among the people discussed will be Herzl,
Jabotinsky, Ben Gurion, Montefiore , Montagu and Adler
2pm Front of Bevis Marks Synagogue
£8/£6
10 September
Walk-The Literary Ghetto
To commemorate the event mentioned below
Clive Bettington will be leading a walk looking at the
work of the great literary figures of the Jewish East End.
Writers discussed include Rosenberg, Zangwill, Wesker,
Mankowitz , Kops and Avram Stencl
11am Aldgate Tube
£8/£6 (members of JEECS)
Tribute to the Writers associated with the
old Whitechapel Library
The Whitechapel Art gallery, in association
with JEECS, will be paying tribute to the writers associated
with the so-called “University of the Ghetto”. Among the
famous writers attending will be Sir Arnold Wesker, Steven
Berkoff , Emanuel Litvinoff and Bernard Kops. The event will
be chaired by Prof. Lisa Jardine , the daughter of Dr. Jacob
Bronwoski. There will be a reception and the unveiling of a
plaque containing the last stanza of the poem on the library
by Bernard Kops
7pm-Old Whitechapel Library (part of
Whitechapel Gallery now)
£7/£5. Early booking advised as there are
very few seats available. Book at Whitechapel Gallery
tel-0207 522 7888 or
e-mail-info@whitechapelgallery.org
or www.whitechapleartgallery.org
13 September
Walk-Pimps Pickles and the Palais
Clive Bettington will be discussing the
Jewish history of the Commercial Road area including the
Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, the Yiddish theatre, Jewish
prostitution the Oxford and St. Georges Club, the Troxy
cinema etc etc
11am Tower Hill tube exit
£8/£6 (JEECS members)
JEECS AGM
3 pm East London Central Synagogue, 30-40
Nelson Street E1 2DE
followed by:
Talk by Dr. Jean Moorcroft Wilson-Celebrating
the Life of poet /painter Isaac Rosenberg
Traditional Yiddish songs of the East End by Vivi Lachs and her band
£10/£8 (members of JEECS) Advance booking
recommended
18 September-30 October
Fermin Rocker-Exhibtion of Paintings
The paintings of Fermin Rocker, son of
Rudolf Rocker will be featured in an exhibition of
paintings by American social realists
Chambers Art Gallery,23 Long Lane London EC1A
9HL
Open on Mondays to Fridays 10 am to 6pm
*4
October
Walk-The Battle of Cable Street
The writer Ed Glinert will be looking at one
of the most important political events in he history of the
Jewish East End, the Battle of Cable Street
12 Midday Tower Hill tube £8 /£6
If you have any queries or wish to book
tickets please telephone Clive Bettington-07941 367 882 or
e-mail him at c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
If you have any queries or wish to book tickets
please telephone Clive Bettington-07941 367 882 or e-mail him at
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
2010
Special events to celebrate life and works of Israel
Zangwill
2011
Year dedicated to discussing the radical political history of
the Jewish End – anarchists, socialists, Communists etc. The
year marks the 100th anniversary of the Siege of Sidney Street
and the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
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