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JGSGB Chilterns RG - Tuesday 6 Apr 2021 7.30pm – Martha Leigh – “Invisible Ink. A Family Memoir”

Coming next in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a meeting from the JGSGB Chilterns Regional Group (RG) by Zoom.
 

Here is the information for this meeting:
 

Date: Tuesday 6 April 2021
Time: 19:30 London (note, 14:30 New York, 11:30 San Francisco, 21:30 Jerusalem)
Title: Invisible Ink: A Family Memoir
Speaker: Martha Leigh
Description: Martha will talk about her Jewish family on both sides: her mother, a concert pianist, came from Czernowitz, a remote town in Austro-Hungary, and her father, the son of a Jewish immigrant from Vilnius, grew up in the East End of London. Martha has investigated a large family archive which enabled her to discover how several family members survived the war in France, Switzerland and Central Europe. Although Martha herself was not brought up as a Jew, she has come to understand more about what being Jewish means to her.
 

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A and discussion on the talk.
 

About Martha Leigh

Martha grew up in Cambridge, where her father became a Professor of French and the world expert on Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She studied English Literature at York University and then trained as a doctor, working as a GP in the East End of London for thirty years. Her first book Couldn’t afford the Eels : Memories of Wapping from 1900–1960 was based on oral histories of East Enders. Martha is a keen amateur musician: she plays the piano and the bassoon. She lives in London with her husband.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself! 

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts. In particular, if you get stuck in a registration loop, you may want to upgrade the version of Zoom on your PC, but please email me and I can help you through this…

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Hazel Atlass is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting:

Topic: JGSGB Chilterns RG - Martha Leigh – “Invisible Ink. A Family Memoir” 

When: Apr 6, 2021 07:30 PM London
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Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkd-2hrzIuHd0Cu-1HY6yzw6f4iA3nntfq 

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

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Leigh Dworkin 

Chairman, JGSGB 



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