Jews and the Great Exhibition
12 October 2011
On the evening of the opening of the Great Exhibition, the 1st of May 1851, a vote was held in the House of Commons on whether to allow Jews to take a seat in Parliament without reciting the required oath, which included the words ‘on
Light and Promise - the amazing canvas of Ludwig Blum
27 May 2011
Ludwig Blum’s spectacular paintings of Mandate Palestine were last exhibited in London 73 years ago. Happily Londoners now have a last chance to catch a retrospective of his life work, encapsulated in 35 landscapes and panoramic vistas in oil and watercolour, at the Ben Uri
Download Stories of the World Young Londoner Museum Trail For Free
22 March 2011
Follow young Londoners through time at local London museums....
What follows is a text version of the trail, scroll to the bottom for pdf download.
What would life have been like as a teenager or young adult in London across time?
Sometimes filled with freedom
The Jews of Morocco – a compelling pictorial journey into the recent past…
14 March 2011
It is hard to escape news from North Africa these days. Yet fascination with dramatic current events – whether the invigorating struggles for freedom in Tunisia and Egypt, or the tragic bloodletting in Ghaddafi’s Libya – gain a new dimension when we look
Jewish Artefacts inspire outlandish journeys - Stories of the World meets Michael Jackson at the Jewish Museum
08 December 2010
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Jewish history is one of the great stories - a grand narrative perhaps - of life as a minority. What would happen if a group of non-Jewish teenagers made art inspired by it? Answer - some highly original artworks which use historic Jewish objects in
Iraqi Jewish musical delights for festival of lights
05 December 2010
Here's a chance to celebrate Hannukah with a difference! On Sunday 5 December, at 7.30pm, Spiro Ark is hosting a special concert by the acclaimed group, Rivers of Babylon. The band really knows how to capture the holiday spirit with traditional songs and music from the
Museums, volunteering and the Big Society
09 November 2010
Museums are one of the test beds for the big society. 'Vanguard community' Liverpool is to build "a volunteer programme so they can keep museums open longer" - the words of David Cameron in his first major speech on the big society as prime minister.
Shedding Light
21 September 2010
Never has murky subterranean London been so refreshing; never somewhere so dark so illuminating. The contemporary art on display in the winding tunnels of ShoreditchTown Hall’s basement is as diverse in both execution and quality as one might expect from any group show
Priceless Talmud on display at Lambeth Palace
22 July 2010
For nearly 400 years one of the world’s oldest printed sets of that pivotal Jewish text, the Talmud, lay buried in the basement of a venerable English Christian institution. Thanks to a chance discovery at Sion College near London, however, it re-emerged in near
Jewish Museum reopens
08 June 2010
Earlier this year London's Jewish Museum relocated, revamped and decanted itself into several new purpose developed spaces. Kate Smith visited to report back for Untold London.
The long first room of the reopened Jewish museum conveys the UK 's
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