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
2008
August10:
Walk
-Jewish
Musicians of the East End.
Led by Clive Bettington.
10.30 am from Liverpool Street (next to Kindertransport monument and
McDonald’s ). £8 (JEECS members £6). This walk is dedicated to the
memory of Solomon, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century,
whose birthday was on August 9. No need to book.
September 1:
Walk
-Jewish
Musicians of the East End.
Details as above.
September 3:
Walk
-The
history of Jewish Boxing in the East End.
Led by Clive Bettington.
10.30 am from Aldgate Tube. £8 (JEECS members £6). No need to book.
Unveiling of plaque to
Daniel Mendoza at the Novo Sephardic Cemetery in Mile End Road.
2.30 pm. Further details on JEECS website and in JEECS News Update in
this issue.
September 7:
Walk
-Jewish
Musicians of the East End.
See details for August 10.
Walk –Brick Lane, Mecca of
the East. Led by
Ed Glinert. 10.30am from Aldgate East Tube (Commercial Street
exit). £8 (JEECS members £6). This walk looks at the Jewish influence
in the area. The characters discussed include Lew Grade, Bud Flanagan,
Barney Barnato etc. No need to book.
JEECS agm. 2.30pm, Nelson
Street synagogue, Nelson Street, London E1 2DE.
The afternoon will include musical entertainment; details will be on the
website.
September 13 and 14:
Walks and other events
organised to celebrate the entire heritage of the East End back to the
Romans and covering more than just the built heritage.
JEECS has arranged for both the Velho and Novo Sephardic cemeteries to
be opened on both days. There will also be a small exhibition at Queen
Mary’s College on both cemeteries and on the history of the Peoples
Palace. See website for details and JEECS News Update in this issue.
September 21:
Walk
-Rudolf
Rocker and the Radical History of the Jewish East End.
10.30 am from Aldgate Tube.
£8 (JEECS members £6). No need to book.
Commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the death of the anarchist Rudolf Rocker and the 100th
anniversary of his son Fermin Rocker, the artist.
2.30pm. Toynbee Hall.
Speakers include Dr Ben Gidley, Prof Bill Fishman, Prof Seidle, and
Julia Weiner. Tickets £10 for members of JEECS to include light
refreshments
September 28:
Walk –Old Jewry: the First
Jewish Ghetto.
Led by Ed Glinert. 11.00am from St Paul’s Tube (Cathedral exit). This
walk will look at the Biblical patterns followed in key London
landmarks, the medieval Jews in the City and the Resettlement of the
Jews under Oliver Cromwell. Tickets £8 (JEECS members £6)
Walk –Jewish Bloomsbury.
Led by Clive Bettington. 2.30pm from Russell Square tube. Clive
discusses the famous Jews associated with this fascinating area of
London including the Woolfs, Amy Levy, Melanie Klein, Sir Percival
David, Benjamin Disraeli, Abby Warburg and many other intriguing people.
Tickets £8 (JEECS members £6)
October 5:
Walk –The dark side of the
Stepney Ghetto.
Led by Ed Glinert. 2pm from Tower Hill Tube. In this walk Ed looks at
the more sinister aspects of life in the East End – the poverty. Jack
the Ripper, the Battle of Cable Street etc. Tickets £8 (JEECS
members £6). No need to book.
October 12:
Walk –The Jewish Emigrés of
Hampstead. Led
by Clive Bettington. 11am from the ticket hall of Swiss Cottage Tube.
Clive discusses the Jewish émigrés who gravitated to this most
intellectual of suburbs over the years, and particularly the German and
Austrian Jews who fled Nazi Europe. They include Sigmund Freud, Elias
Canetti, Erno Goldfinger, and many other distinguished writers,
musicians and painters. Tickets £8 (JEECS members £6)
October 19:
Walk – The Jewish East End
and the Rise of Zionism.
Led by Clive Bettington.
10.30am from Bevis Marks synagogue. This walk looks at the famous
Zionists who had links with the East End including Herzl, Moses Gaister,
Zangwill, Rabbi Kook, Naftali Imber, Ben Gurion etc. The anti-Zionists
including Claude Montefiore, Sir Samuel Montagu and Dr.Herman Adler will
also be discussed. Tickets £8 (JEECS members £6). No need to book
October 26:
Seminar – The Jewish East
End and the Rise of Zionism. 10.30am.
Toynbee Hall. This all-day seminar will feature talks on the East End
and Zionism in the period 1890-1948. Among the speakers will be Dr Colin
Shindler, Prof. Michael Berkowitz and Dr.Brian Klug. The full programme
will be on the website shortly. Tickets (to include a beigel lunch) £30
(JEECS members £25). Booking essential via Clive Bettington (07941
367882 or c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk).
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.
