Jewish Museum London

We really enjoyed working with the British Red Cross for our Kids in Museums Takeover Day.
Now on display in our auditorium, 'My Home and Me' was created by young refugees who made images based on the theme 'what does home mean to you'. Next to the images are captions which describe what was chosen and why. It's been a genuine pleasure to work with this group of young people and we thank them for this opportunity.
We hope that visitors will enjoy these photographs and images as much as we do and ask them to also consider: what does home mean to you.

Learn more about the legacy of the First World War at our 'The End of World War One and the Aftermath' event on 25/11 led by historian, Paula Kitching.
For more information and bookings, visit http://bit.ly/2FH90bE

Join Philippe Sands and Adam Wager on Monday 10 December at our Jewish Human Rights Heroes event to learn more about the prominent Jewish figures behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights http://bit.ly/2DnDD2Y

On 2 December, we'll be holding our family event for Hanukah. Join us in celebration between 1-4pm.
Enjoy traditional games, object handling, arts and crafts and food tasting to celebrate Hanukah and mark the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport.
There are lots to do on the day including:
... - Creating a clay Hanukah Lamp with Lydia Hardwick - Making your own Hanukah candle - Having a go at playing dreidl (a traditional Hanukah game) - Creating a Hanukah Light Catcher - Get your Arts Award in a Day (get in touch for more details 020 7284 7362) - And more crafts and nibbles available!
Join the Yiddish Choir for traditional songs at 4pm and celebrate the first night of Hanukah with us with a candle lighting ceremony at 4.15pm
This event is free with museum entry. You can book a ticket for the day here: https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/event/hanukah -family-day/
Two BSL interpreters available on the day. You can watch a bit of the action here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5SkgNtJ yw
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We're a little bit excited to be nominated for a @CamdenInspire award!
Voting has begun... if you have a spare minute to please vote for us! We've been nominated under Best Arts and Cultural Venue.
Voting is open until November 20.
... https://camdeninspire.com/vote-now/
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Is your family a home educator family? Then we have an event just for you.
Your family will have the opportunity to take part in a bespoke programme exploring the Kindertransport.
This event falls during the festival of Hanukah which coincides with the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport. All learners will be able to join our museum Hanukah candle lighting ceremony at 4pm and taste sufganiyot (Hanukah doughnuts).
... Ticket includes workshop, food tasting and access to all museum galleries.
Due to the sensitive nature of the topic we recommend that these workshops are for children aged 9 and above.
All attendees should bring a vegetarian packed lunch.
Cost: £8 per child. Free for accompanying adults.
To book onto this event, please contact the museum on 020 7284 7384 or email admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk.
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Enjoy traditional games, object handling, arts and crafts and food tasting to celebrate Hanukah and mark the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport:
- Create a clay Hanukah Lamp with Lydia Hardwick - Make your own Hanukah candle - Have a go at playing dreidl (a traditional Hanukah game)... - Decorate a Hanukah biscuit (Gluten Free and Kosher options available) - Personalise a Hanukah notebook - Create a Hanukah Light Catcher - Two BSL interpreters available on the day - Get your Arts Award in a Day (get in touch for more details) - Join the Yiddish Choir for traditional songs at 4pm - Celebrate the first night of Hanukah with a candle lighting ceremony at 4.15pm
This event is free with museum entry.
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Join us for a discussion with Ruth Barnett, featured in the exhibition, who will talk about how the Kindertransport influenced her work in addressing modern day prejudice.
Ruth was four years old when she arrived in Britain with her brother. Ruth speaks at schools and conferences about her life story and she has written books, articles and speaks at conferences about genocide and prejudice.
This event is free – booking is essential.
... jewishmuseum.org.uk/event/kinder-talk-rut h-barnett/
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Bernd Koschland, one of the Kinder featured in our Remembering the Kindertransport: 80 Years On exhibition - discusses how his experiences as a Kindertransport refugee has impacted on his faith.
Bernd was eight years old when he arrived in Britain on the Kindertransport and how he maintained and developed his Jewish faith during and after the war.
This event is free to attend – booking is essential.

Learn something new this Wednesday evening at our 'The Science of Photography: Jewish Pathways' event. For example, did you know that Edwin Land, founder of Polaroid was Jewish? Find out about this and more tomorrow night!
For info and bookings, visit http://bit.ly/2ReWNvp

On Sunday18 November from 1 – 4pm we welcome all visitors for a special Free Entry Open House afternoon as part of Inter Faith Week (11 – 18 Nov) and Mitzvah Day (18 Nov).
Join us for arts and crafts activities, see and touch some real Jewish objects, participate in bread baking for charity, explore our collections and visit our latest exhibitions Remembering the Kindertransport: 80 years on and Roman Vishniac Rediscovered. On the day you can take part in:
- Making some chall...ah bread (traditional plaited bread) for a local homeless shelter - Making a Friendship Bracelet - Decorating your own Tzedakah (charity) box - Handling some real Jewish objects - Having a go at doing some Hebrew scribing
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Kristallnacht: Leave the Lights on.
On 9-10th November 1938, Nazis burned down and destroyed hundreds of synagogues and Jewish businesses. This night became known as Kristallnacht, or ‘Night of the Broken Glass’.This year marks the 80th anniversary of the pogrom.
To commemorate this tragedy, this Shabbat (Sabbath) we will keep a candle burning.
... Ann Kirk, Kindertransport refugee, remembers Kristallnacht: "My worst memory is of seeing the synagogues aflame on Kristallnacht, seeing an old man sitting in his cart with his books burning around him. No memory could be worse than that - and it still haunts me, in my nightmares, to this day"
We are sharing another quote from Ann who was asked her thoughts on what we ought to remember "We are all human beings, whatever colour or race we are, everybody deserves respect"
We are also sharing an image from our archives shows a man sweeps up after the damage on the streets of Berlin.
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The third in the 'Kindertransport 80 Years on' spotlight series on The Guardian online: Ruth Barnett tells her story as a Kinder refugee.
On December 16, Ruth will be giving a more intimate talk of her experiences at the museum, all are welcome to attend and the event is free.
https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/event/kinder- talk-ruth-barnett/
... https://www.theguardian.com/…/the-kinde rtransport-children-…
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The Wiener Library, in partnership with the Association of Jewish Refugees, German Embassy, Jewish Museum London, and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain will be offering advice on how people can search for German heritage to check eligibility to apply for European citizenship post-Brexit. The workshop will provide general information on family history research resources available, as well as offering the chance to consult with researchers on a one-to-one basis.
This event is at The Wiener Library.
Free. Registration required at wienerlibrary.co.uk.

This extraordinary play, previously shown on Broadway, explores the trauma and hope of the Kindertransport through the lens of mother/daughter relationships. Abigail Morris, Director of the Jewish Museum reprises her role as the play’s first director. The reading is followed by a Q&A with the author Diane Samuels and Abigail Morris. Please see the website for the latest details on the actors involved.
£1 from each ticket will be donated to Safe Passage.

This evening celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the lives of the Jewish Human Rights heroes behind it.
Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide and was the moving force behind the Genocide Convention; René Cassin co-authored the UDHR; and Hersch Lauterpacht brought crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression into modern international law, via the Nuremberg Charter.
Philippe Sands QC, barrister and award-...winning author of ‘East West Street’, and Human Rights Barrister and blogger Adam Wagner, will contextualise the achievements of these human rights heroes, bringing the story up to the modern day.
Doors – 6pm Café – 6-7pm Galleries – 6-7pm and 8:30-9pm Shop – 6-7pm This event is organised in partnership with René Cassin – the Jewish voice for human rights.
For free entry for Friends, please book via our Administrator by emailing admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk or calling 020 7284 7384. We look forward to welcoming you to the event.
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An event to mark the eightieth anniversaries of Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport, held in collaboration with The Wiener Library, the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and the Second Generation Network
Speakers: Professor Mary Fulbrook, University College London; Professor Nicholas Stargardt, University of Oxford; Dr Jennifer Craig Norton, University of Southampton
2018 marks the eightieth anniversary of momentous events in the history of Nazi Germany, the vi...olence of Kristallnacht, the Anschluss (the incorporation of Austria within Germany), the German takeover of the Sudetenland, and the inception of the Kindertransport, all of which took place in 1938. Each of these episodes was a landmark in German, British and Jewish history as Europe moved towards the outbreak of war and as German persecution of Jews developed and culminated in a policy of extermination. Our panel of three experts, Mary Fulbrook, Nicholas Stargardt and Jennifer Craig Norton, will explore how these events unfolded, analyse their historical significance and ask, how we should remember them today?
Speakers:
Mary Fulbrook is Professor of German History at University College London, her most recent publications include: Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice (Oxford University Press, 2018) and the Fraenkel Prize-winning A Small Town near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press, 2012).
Nicholas Stargardt is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Oxford, his publications include: The German War: A Nation under Arms, 1939-45 (Bodley Head, 2015) and Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives under the Nazis (Jonathan Cape, 2005).
Jennifer Craig-Norton is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southampton, her doctoral thesis explored ‘Contesting Memory: New Perspectives on the Kindertransport’.
Chaired by David Feldman, Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck, University of London
This event is free.
Image: The clean-up of Kaliski and Co., Berlin after Kristallnacht, courtesy Wiener Library Collections.
The ‘1938 in Retrospect’ and ‘German Citizenship’ lates are held with the support of the Second Generation Network and the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism.
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Watch our artist-in-residence Tom Berry as he works in the gallery space, weaving the stories of refugees together; including a Kindertransport survivor and their descendant, as well as refugees that have arrived more recently.
Come and watch Tom in action and celebrate what the survival of these individuals has meant.
This event is free.

This conversation with John Dobai’s daughter, artist/ filmmaker, Sarah Dobai will focus on the aspects of John’s account highlighted in the forthcoming film The Donkey Field. The film is centred on his experiences of the Holocaust in Budapest in 1944, which all took place in his home city, and how he survived thanks to the work of Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg.
Photo: Rena Pearl

visited last week, initially for the Amy Winehouse exhibition, which was of course fantastic...however I found the history of the Jewish faith very interesting...Leon Greenman's story is very moving (everyone needs to see this!) my 14 yr old daughter was reluctant to leave, she would've stayed all day if she could. staff very welcoming, friendly and happy to answer any questions we had. we will definately visit again.

loved it , small gallery but Defo worth a visit. really nice staff and cafe at end is worth a visit spent a few very happy hours there

What a fantastic museum ! It just brings everything to life. Lots of sadness but they have gone to great depths to cover every aspect of Judaism. I work for Uniting Friends and I took a group along with me today. They're adults with learning disabilities, but one elderly member was taken back I think to his childhood seeing the Shabbat table laid out and the Seder plate. He started reminiscing and speaking some Hebrew as he remembered it.A great place to go to and the staff were so helpful ! We were offered a room for the 7 of us so that we could eat our packed lunch. How very kind of them I would highly recommend a visit, well worth the cost to get in.A lot was learnt today by the group.

Very relaxed and peaceful space in a busy part of London. Great value for money and lots of interactive stuff for the kids. We had great fun decorating tiles, dressing up and writing about identity. Really good for the wee ones. Totally recommend!

My daughter and I went for the Amy Winehouse exhibition. It was wonderful to see so many personal items from the great lady's life. The Grammy award! Thankyou Alex and Riva for sharing. May she rest in peace.

Loved the rest of the museum. Informative, moving and poignant. Will go again. Even bought myself an Amy lipstick pen and flyer on the way out!

Highly recommend a visit.

My daughter and I planned to spend the day looking around Camden. So I thought it would be important for us, being Jewish, to visit the museum. I thought we would only be there for a very short time, but actually spent just over 2 hours there.

The museum is very peaceful and interactive, which kept my 13 year old busy. The Amy Whinehouse exhibition, which is a temporary exhibit was just right. Very respectful and told the story of an ordinary North London Jewish kid.

The cafe had a limited menu, which was ok for a little

Snack.

All the staff were lovely and welcoming.

I’ve never been before and was just looking for something “different”. Loved it. As a Secondary RE teacher it was super informative for me, but just in general too, so people can understand others identities. Holocaust section was so moving, listening to survivor of camps.

It's a lovely little museum tucked out of sight of busy Camden High Street. A really interesting permanent collection, but the temporary exhibitions keep bringing me back, doing as they do an excellent job of placing Jews and Judaism in the modern world. Nice little cafe for snacks, and a good shop selling normal souvenirs through to more expensive pieces of contemporary and classical Jewish design.

I visited on 5th April with my daughter as being an Amy Winehouse fan I wanted to go on the day when there was a Curator's talk. All the staff were lovely people, very friendly and they were happy to chat to us about Amy. The Amy Winehouse exhibition was very tastefully done and the curator's talk was very informative. I loved the Love Is A Losing Game exhibit. I would like to thank Alex and Riva for sharing Amy's personal belongings with us, I feel privalaged to have been able to see them. I particularly liked the pink ballet shoes as they looked so worn and used that it was obvious she loved wearing them. I even felt a little emotional when I saw them. Of course we also visited the rest of the museum and also found this very informative and quite moving in parts. All in all it was a very enjoyable experience and I would recommend it to anybody. Once again thanks to all the lovely staff, Joanne Rosenthal for her talk, and Alex and Riva Winehouse.

I m So sorry for people from my country. I want to apologise for them... They are dangerous for US, for polish people. Don t worry about them. Remember that rest of Our nation respect you! Best wishes!

I learnt a great deal about the history of Jewish people in Great Britain and in other parts of the world during my visit to this fascinating Museum in which a wealth of information and historic artefacts were clearly and attractively presented. I spent four hours at the Museum and found all the staff extremely helpful and proactive, providing additional information to visitors who they saw studying any of the displays, with one even offering me a chair when he saw me leaning against a wall as I read one of the displays! I had been planning to come up to London to visit the Museum for quite some time having learnt a lot about it from its website and I am very glad that I did.

Great way to learn about an amazing group of people who have impacted all areas of society in a positive and enriching way .... thank you to your volunteers who were happy to answer all questions in an informative way .... congratulations

Fantastic museum! Went for the Amy Winehouse exhibition but found the rest of it just as interesting. While walking round we were approached by one of the volunteers, Martin. A lovely man who was very informative & we enjoyed being told more about the exhibits from a personal perspective as he had met Leon (the man featured in the Holocaust exhibition.) Big thank you to Martin, was lovely to have met you!

Excellent small museum, well arranged and with such friendly staff

Amazing, the history was a real eye opener.

The holocaust exhibit was extremely moving �

A really interesting visit. The setting is very good and lots of answers to questions I have had. The guide on the first floor was brilliant, asked him loads of questions too and he answered them all. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in cultures and religions. Beautiful artifacts on display also.



They have a cafe. All the staff at the Museum were absolutely lovely, friendly and helpful.



If there is one criticism and I have made this observations about other venues/exhibitions, the seats you can carry with you (if standing or slow walking makes your back ache) are not in the area you enter, I didn't see them until we had been there and hour and a half.

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On this occasion I went for the 'Designs On Britain' exhibition which was very informative and educational, with a wide range of exhibits on show. In the past I've visited for exhibitions on blood and Amy Winehouse - those were faultless too. ��

It is an excellent place to go with the family and friends but I think it closes too early compared to the city that it's located which is London. I loved Amy Winehouse exhibition and I think I knew more about Jewish culture and traditions. Definitely a excellent service, people help you if you have doubts and the information of the museum is understandable.