An original exhibition in the Lily Montagu Reading Room at Leo Baeck College, London 26th November 2026 – 22nd October 2027 Curated by Dr Kinga S. Bloch in collaboration with Cassy Sachar and the citizen scientists of Leo Baeck College The Library of Leo Baeck College was among the first partner institutions to host Library of Lost Books search days. It holds a collection of 250 books from the Hochschule, including rare Judaica that were saved from Nazi Germany by courageous

In this inaugural lecture, Professor Gavin Schaffer marks his appointment as Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Manchester Metropolitan University by drawing on his extensive research into modern Jewish history, racial science, and minority experiences in Britain. Professor Schaffer will reflect on the potential of Jewish Studies to support our understanding of the past and present, focusing on religious and ethnic identities, minority/major

Michael Crook, chair of the Sussex branch, and a Trustee, has received an approach from Assistant Professor Benjamin Schvarcz, at Bar Ilan University, about Leon Roth, brother of Cecil Roth, who lived in Brighton at the end of his life. He wrote: "I am currently writing a book on Professor Leon Roth (1896-1963), the British-Jewish philosopher and former Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After leaving Jerusalem, Roth lived in England, and spent th