It’s a long film, but several sections of Jewish interest here. A link to the full film.
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Category: Anglo-Jewish Life
Whitechapel Noise: Sex, Politics, and Religion in London’s Pre-World War I Yiddish Lyrics – A Singing Talk by Vivi Lachs
Happening this Sunday (October 21) in Brookline Whitechapel Noise: Sex, Politics, Gand Religion in London’s Pre-World War I Yiddish Lyrics
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Immigration and Emigration:The world in a city–East End Jews
East End Jews In the late-19th Century, the church at the corner of Brick Lane became a synagogue, as thousands
Continue readingCFP: The Interface Between British Contemporary Black and Jewish Cultures
CFP for a Symposium, co-sponsored by the AHRC BJ:CC Network (Bangor University and the University of Winchester) and ‘Identities’ at
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O Dreamland
A documentary film written and directed by Lindsay Anderson in 1953. It looks at the Dreamland Fun Fair in Margate
Continue readingNewsreel Footage of the Battle of Cable Street
I came across this as I was writing about Bernard Kops’ East End plays.
Continue readingWhich is the Merchant Here?
Look out for Which is the Merchant Here? On the Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender by Julie Mell.
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Check out @Durf’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/Durf/status/602785858836566016?s=09
Continue readingIn Praise of Whitechapel Library
Kops’ poem and stories of the university of the East End.
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