Churchill and the Jews
WEDNESDAY, 8TH MAY 2019
by Richard Cohen
Archives
Harry Kessler: My accidental life, from Vienna to Southport
WEDNESDAY, 8TH MAY 2019
Harry Kessler: My accidental life, from Vienna to Southport by Harry Kessler Picture: Ed Horwich
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Jews and Jewish Life in Medieval Germany
WEDNESDAY, 8TH MAY 2019
by Vivien Hacker Aspects of the Jewish presence in the Middle Ages in Germany; especially in the Frankfurt area.
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BFI archive material relating to Yorkshire & North England
THURSDAY, 21ST FEBRUARY 2019
by Isabel Taube Join us for this Jewish History Month event. For the full programme please see www.jewishhistories.com.
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The Amazing Life of Dona Gracia Nasi
THURSDAY, 4TH OCTOBER 2018
Andree Aelion Brooks, a US-based award winning journalist, author and lecturer will give an illustrated talk on this 16th century ...
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The Jews of Holland
THURSDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY 2018
Rabbi Dr. Martin van den Bergh, Minister of Liverpool’s Childwall Hebrew Congregation is Dutch born but grew up in Rhodesia ...
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The Jews of Japan
THURSDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY 2018
Liverpudlian Angela Davies graduated from Sheffield University with a dual honours degree in Japanese and Economic History. She has worked ...
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A History of Jews in Jazz
TUESDAY, 22ND AUGUST 2017
As a special treat we welcome David Fishel, a fine jazz pianist who has spent a lifetime in music and ...
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A History of the Jews of Rome
TUESDAY, 22ND AUGUST 2017
We are delighted that Anna van den Bergh, the wife of Rabbi Martin van den Bergh and an ex-civil servant, ...
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Germanic Jews, Moslems & Christians : 1840-1920
TUESDAY, 22ND AUGUST 2017
Dr. James Hodkinson of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Warwick University who has a particular interest in ...
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The Life and Works of Shalom Aleichem
WEDNESDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2017
Ex-headteacher and now educational consultant, lecturer, and writer, Frank Vigon wowed us last year with his talk about Isaac Bashevis ...
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The Heritage Plaques Project
WEDNESDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2017
by Michael Swerdlow Michael is a well-known local film producer (Chicken Soup & Scouse etc.) and a keen preserver of ...
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Daniel Deronda: The First Zionist Novel
WEDNESDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2017
by YANKY FACHLER The Dundalk-based historian, writer, broadcaster and corporate trainer will treat us to a talk on why, 20 ...
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Members’ Papers Afternoon
TUESDAY, 31ST MAY 2016
To round off the calendar year we are relying on a selection of our own members who have volunteered (or ...
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Klimt’s Jewish Women
TUESDAY, 31ST MAY 2016
by Ian Vellins Ian is a retired lawyer and judge with degrees in law, Holocaust studies and modern history and ...
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From Moravia to Merseyside
TUESDAY, 31ST MAY 2016
by Dr. David Fligg Dr Fligg is a Leeds-based lecturer, author, musician and researcher. He is consultant to, and co-founder ...
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The Cockney-Yiddish Music Hall
MONDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2016
We are especially pleased to welcome ex- Liverpudlian Vivi Lachs who has recently completed a PhD in Anglo-Yiddish popular culture. ...
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Anusim (Crypto-Jews): Returnees or Candidates for Conversion?
MONDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2016
Talk by Rabbi Ariel Abel. Rabbi Abel ministers to two congregations on Merseyside. His Columbian-born wife Shulamit who is from ...
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Musings of a Jewish Genealogist
MONDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2016
Talk by Saul Marks. As well as being a professional genealogist with many featured appearances on the TV show “Heir ...
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Isaac Bashevis Singer: Lost in Translation
WEDNESDAY, 2ND DECEMBER 2015
Frank Vigon, educational consultant and lecturer will speak on Isaac Bashevis Singer: Lost in Translation.
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Hidden in plain sight
THURSDAY, 8TH OCTOBER 2015
Jews & Jewishness in British TV & Film - By Dr Nathan Abrams Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University ...
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