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FUTURE
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
For further details on all JEECS events contact Chairman of JEECS:
Clive Bettington, mobile:
07941 367882,
e.mail:
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
Sunday 10 January
Walk: Highway 2012 – The Roadway to Radicalism
Clive Bettington will be looking at the various radical
religious and political movements that evolved in the East End
2pm Aldgate Tube.
£9 /JEECS members £7
Thursday 14
January
Dramatised
reading of play Whitechapel Dreams by Bernard Kops
The play
tells the story of a Jewish librarian at Whitechapel Library.
Warren Mitchell stars.
7pm
Whitechapel Art Gallery
£6/Concessions £4. Book on 0207 522 7888 or info@whitechapelgallery.org
Sunday 24 January
Walk: Jewish Musicians of the East End
Clive Bettington discusses the Jewish musicians of the East End
including Lionel Bart, Alma Cogan, Joe Loss etc
11am Liverpool Street Station (next to Kindertransport Monument
next to McDonald’s)
£9 / JEECS members £7
Monday 25 January
Holocaust Memorial Day event: And Then They Came For Me,
Remembering the World of Anne Frank
This multimedia play weaves videotaped interviews of Holocaust
survivors
7pm. Brady Arts Centre, Hanbury Street, London E1 5HU.
Refreshments from 6pm.
Free. Book at
artsandevents@towerhamlets.gov.uk or phone
020 7364 7900
Sunday 31 January
Holocaust Memorial Day Event
Walk: The Jewish East End: World War Two and the Holocaust.
Meet 10.00am Aldgate Tube. Free
Film: Escape from Sobibor
This brilliant film tells a true story of bravery and
determination during World War II. Directed by Jack Gold, the
film won two Golden Globe awards and won or was nominated for
several other top awards.
12.30 pm. Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel,
London E1 4UJ.
Free Interfaith Commemoration with music, readings and
contemplation, based on this year's theme, 'The Legacy of Hope'.
Followed by refreshments.
3.30pm. East London Central Synagogue, 30-40 Nelson Street,
London E1 2DE. (closest tube Whitechapel). Free
Sunday 7 February
Walk: The East End and Zionism
Clive Bettington examines the lives of people in the East End
who played a vital part in the history of Zionism
11am Bevis Marks Synagogue
£9/ JEECS members £7
Sunday 28 February
Walk: Jewish Bloomsbury
Clive Bettington looks at the famous Jews with Bloomsbury
connections: Leonard Woolf, Amy Levy, Alfred Ayers, the Warburgs,
Disraeli, etc
11am Courtyard of Royal National Hotel,
38-51
Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DG.
£9/ JEECS members £7
Sunday 7 March
Walk: Jewish Bloomsbury
Clive Bettington looks at the famous Jews with Bloomsbury
connections: Leonard Woolf, Amy Levy, Alfred Ayers, the Warburgs,
Disraeli, etc
11am Courtyard of Royal National Hotel,
38-51
Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DG.
£9/ JEECS members £7
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.
Except where shown, all events can be booked on 07941 367882 or
email
c.bettington@jeecs.org.uk
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