Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

The Memory Map of the Jewish East End is a new digital resource and interactive website that allows users to remotely explore the social and cultural history of the Jewish East End. The project is a collaboration between artist and writer Rachel Lichtenstein and three of The Bartlett’s research units: The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, The Space Syntax Laboratory and The Survey of London. Covering more than 70 significant sites, the Memory Map aims to become a lasting document of the history and memory traces of this vibrant Jewish community. Users are able to listen to the stories, memories and voices of residents from Rachel Lichtenstein’s substantial archive of audio interviews of this rapidly vanishing landscape, testimony from the collection of Sandys Row Synagogue, the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in London, and collaborative research from the Memory Map team, including essays written by the Survey of London. http://www.jewisheastendmemorymap.org/

Our April newsletter is now online and available to members.

"YIVO wants to help keep our spirits lifted and provide content to sustain our minds and soul,” said Jonathan Brent YIVO’s Executive Director & CEO. Delve into the evolution of Yiddish theatre or learn about the rich history of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, Ashkenazi folklore and more. YIVO’s entertaining and enlightening Shine online courses feature an array of leading scholars and include nearly 1,000 archival objects. To register for your free Shine online course, go to yivo.org/shine . Please also take advantage of YIVO’s other free online resources: • Past Public Programs Archives o Watch hundreds of past public programs on our YouTube channel, from lectures and conferences to book talks and concerts, featuring award-winning scholars, writers, and artists. youtube.com/user/yivoinstitute • Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections o Explore YIVO’s prewar library and archival collections. vilnacollections.yivo.org/ • YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Eu...

The April issue of Shemot has now been published online. It contains articles by Leigh Dworkin, Richard Aronowitz, Alan Cohen, Nadia Lipes, Phil Harris and John Minkes. Members can access the issue from the JGSGB website. Log in, then go to the Members tab, and scroll down to Shemot. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Friday 3 January. 10.30–3pm. A Library Session - open for general research. Visitors welcome. (There would be a nominal charge of £5 per person including refreshments, deductible on the day against one year’s membership). Librarians will be on hand to help you use the library. 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA. RSVP : library@jgsgb.org.uk Sunday 5 January. 2.30–5pm. Herts Regional Group. Subject : "Visiting Archives – some members' recent experiences”. Contact : northherts@jgsgb.org.uk for location and further information Thursday 16 January. 7.30–9pm. An Education Evening. “Holocaust Research”. Webinar. For further information, contact Jeanette Rosenberg at education@jgsgb.org.uk Sunday 19 January. 2–5pm. A Library Session. Open for general research. Visitors welcome. Librarians will be on hand to help you use the library.  14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA. RSVP :  library@jgsgb.org.uk Sunday 19...

I am very happy to announce that my good friend and fellow researcher Joshua Marrache from Gibraltar will be coming to London on Sunday 19 January 2020 to give a talk to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. The subject will be the Jewish community of Gibraltar: its foundation, together with its commercial and family links to Morocco, Italy, Amsterdam and London during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The meeting will be held at our usual venue, The Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA and will start at 2.00pm. The closest stations are Barbican and Farringdon. Please arrive for 1.45 at the latest, so we can start promptly. Non-members of JGSGB will be very welcome to join us, for whom there would be a nominal charge of £5 per person, to include refreshments. As you can see from the title of Joshua’s talk, this will cover several areas of genealogical interest so we hope to see as many p...

A day of talks and workshops introducing how you can research the rebels in your family. Sessions will range from a beginners guide to family history, special sessions exploring Afro-Caribbean and Somali family history to writing and publishing your research! We will have stalls from Friends of Island History Trust, The East of London Family History Society, The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain and others. For our younger family historians, we welcome them to join our family history zine workshop. Contact Genova Messiah Heritage Trainee Tower Hamlets Council  Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives 277 Bancroft Road London E1 4DQ Tel: 020 7364 1290 localhistory@towerhamlets.gov. uk

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