JEECS - OUR AIMS: 

The purpose of the Jewish East End Celebration Society is to:
focus attention on Jewish life and culture in the East End of London; disseminate information about the Jewish East End
act as a social forum for those living and working in the Jewish East End; establish relationships with other cultures presently living in the area; encourage knowledge of local history; re-establish roots and interest in the Jewish East End; preserve and document past Jewish life; reinvigorate and support current Jewish life; create new structures for future Jewish life ; promote events in, around and about the East End of London; raise appropriate funds for East End related projects;

What JEECS will do:
Organise walks, talks and events in and pertaining to the Jewish East End; Identify buildings and organisations in danger of sale or neglect; Create, publish and distribute a Newsletter about the Jewish East End; Help to document in print and on video the architecture, music, literature, theatre and religious practices and daily lives of the Jewish community in the East End and place in the appropriate collections; Publish details of Jewish Walks and the Jewish history in the area; Encourage blue plaques to be erected at appropriate sites; Compile a list of literary works with reference to the Jewish East End; Keep an eye out for artefacts and memorabilia; Establish relationships with the local authority and local Institutions; Establish relationships with other Institutes that have interests in the area;

How you can help
To achieve these aims and carry out these activities, we invite everyone who has an interest in this heritage to join the Jewish East End Celebration Society (JEECS).

Members will be kept informed of progress and activities, be invited to special activities, have advance information about and be entitled to discounts on some events.

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Above is the entrance to the former East London Synagogue in Rectory Square, Stepney.  Many of the original decorations/inscriptions are preserved inside the building (now know as Temple Court). Persuade a resident to let you have a look around!

photo courtesy of Phil Walker