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JEECS Events: January to March 2012

Jeecs' members and friends may also be interested in the Boxing Exhibition at Hackney Museum

To book any event (other than free events)  call 07941 367 882 or email  Clive Bettington 

Sunday 22January
Walk - Radicals of the Jewish East End
Clive Bettington discusses the famous radical groups  which flourished in the East End which will be discussed in his forthcoming walks booklet on the subject
11am Aldgate Tube 
£10 (JEECS members £8)
07941 367882, contact Clive Bettington
 
Thursday 26 January
Speak Up, Speak Out Film Programme
A special programme of short films based around the theme of Holocaust
Memorial Day 2012
6.30pm, Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
Free; 020 7613 7498 
www.richmix.org.uk
 
Sunday 29 January
Walk-The Jewish East End -WWII and the Holocaust
Tower Hamlets Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration Event
A walk led by walking guide, Clive Bettington on sites of significance
related to the Holocaust and WWII in the East End
Midday, Entrance of Aldgate Tube
Free; 07941 367 882
 
Sunday 29 January
Tower Hamlets Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration Event
A special commemoration featuring music, poetry, drama and reflections on
Speak Up, Speak Out for HMD 2012
2.30pm, East London Central Synagogue, 30-40 Nelson Street, E1 2DE
Free; No booking required
www.faithintowerhamlets.com
  
Sunday 5 February
Walk-The Rise of Zionism in the East End
Clive Bettington discusses the various Zionists and anti- Zionists who had East End links and places emphasis on the formation of the Jewish Legion
2pm Outside Bevis Marks Synagogue
£10 (JEECS members £8)
07941 367 882, contact Clive Bettington Booking recommended
 
Sunday 12 February
Walk-Radicals of the Jewish East End
Clive Bettington discusses the various radical groups who flourished in the Jewish East End as featured in his forthcoming walks booklet on the subject
11am Aldgate tube
£10 (JEECS members £8)
07941 367882, contact Clive Bettington
 
Sunday19 February
Walk - Jewish Bloomsbury
Clive Bettington looks at the Jewish influence in London’;s most intellectual suburb. Among the people he discusses is Melanie Klein, Pevsner, Lord Duveen, Amy Levy etc
11am Russell Square tube
£10 ( JEECS members £8)
07941 367882, contact Clive Bettington
 
Sunday 11 March
Walk-The Literary Ghetto
Clive Bettington looks at the great literary figures produced in the East End such as Litvinoff, Wesker, Kops, Rosenberg and Zangwill
2pm Aldgate tube
£10 (JEECS members £8)
07941 367882, contact Clive Bettington
 
Tuesday 13 March
Fund raising evening event at the Troxy cinema organized by the Cinema Organ Society
By invitation only
 
Sunday 15 April
Walk - Soho and its links with the Jewish East End
Clive Bettington will look at the Jewish history of Soho and in its links to the Jewish East End- gangsters, spielers impresarios, tailors etc
11am Soho Square
£10 (JEECS members £8) www.jeecs.org.uk
 
Sunday 22 April (provisional)
All day film show of the Jewish East  End
Details to be supplied shortly
 
If anyone wants further information on any of the above events contact Clive Bettington or tel. 07941 367 882
 
Members may also be interested to consult the following East End Calendar of events from time to time.  Jeecs do not maintain it so cannot vouch for its accuracy: Calendar