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JGSGB Anglo SIG – 21 Nov 2021 2.30pm – with Irina Fridman – “Medway and its Jewish Community”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a speaker meeting from the JGSGB Anglo-Jewish Special Interest Group (Anglo SIG) by Zoom.

Here is the information for this meeting:

• Date: Sunday 21 Nov 2021
• Time: 14:30 London (note, 09:30 New York, 16:30 Jerusalem, 15:30 Switzerland)
• Title: Medway and its Jewish Community
• Speaker: Irina Fridman
• Description: This talk provides a comprehensive history of one of the largest provincial Jewish communities of Victorian Britain and fills in a gap in both Jewish and local historiography.


 



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

Following a quick tea break, we will return for a workshop where we will offer help for any genealogical problems and listen to your genealogical successes. Beginners always welcome.

About Irina Fridman
Irina Fridman is a librarian, local historian and author of Foreigners, Aliens, Citizens: Medway and its Jewish community, 1066–1939. She is the education leader of the Chatham Memorial Synagogue, and a committee member of the local SACRE and Medway Inter-Faith Action Group.

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.

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Doreen Berger is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB Anglo SIG: "Medway and its Jewish Community" by Irina Fridman
When: Nov 21, 2021 02:30 PM London


Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tfuuvpz4pH9yx2N3f3Ku112RV9vDgQMu9



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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