At Boundary Road, off the famous Abbey Road, in St John’s Wood the museum organises 3-4 temporary exhibitions per year, integrating works from our collection with national and international loans. Exhibitions in the past have included works by Freud, Auerbach, Bomberg, Chagall, Epstein, Gertler, Herman, Kitaj, Kossoff, Kramer, Lipchitz, Pissarro, Soutine, Ury, Wolmark amongst many others. A full range of scholarly catalogues are available. It tours its exhibitions nationally and internationally.

]]> http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/ben-uri-the-london-jewish-museum-of-art/feed 0 http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/judgment-at-nuremberg-by-abby-mann http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/judgment-at-nuremberg-by-abby-mann#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:26:08 +0000 Mill Goble http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/?post_type=event&p=5095

“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”

The play is directed by Sally Knyvette. She has directed 5 previous lawyers’ productions at the Tricycle Theatre, all of which were hugely successful. 

Rich Mix, 12 Feb, 7.30pm

£13

For a short while in the late 50s and early 60s, London was home to ‘der shvitz’, the dirtiest most deliriously danceable music of all – a hallucinating mix of surf rock guitar, West Indian calypso, mambo, skiffle and Jewish folk melodies. When it crossed the Atlantic in diluted form as the twist, the music’s roots remained largely forgotten. The Yiddish Twist Orchestra revive this one-off cultural collision, paying homage to the genius of its beatnik founder Willy Bergman, lost hero of the sex n drugs British music revolution, who got the slums – and salons – on both sides of the water dancing to the pounding Yiddish beat. Featuring Europe’s retro king Natty Bo on vocals (Ska Cubano), this all-star East End band’s irresistible, bold and brassy musical fusions guarantee to have us all doing the Yiddish twist.

Tine: 7pm

Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity

Author’s Talk: Eran Rolnik with Stephen Frosh

Few episodes in the history of psychoanalysis are as densely packed with trans-cultural, ideological, institutional and ethical issues as the arrival of psychoanalysis in pre-state Israel in the early 20th century. ‘Freud in Zion’ is the first work to explore this encounter between psychoanalytic expertise, Judaism, Modern Hebrew culture and the Zionist revolution. It offers a look at the relationship between psychoanalysis and a wider community, and follows the life and work of Jewish psychoanalysts during World War II. As such, it makes an important contribution to a central concern of psychoanalytic studies today, the interplay of psychoanalysis, culture, ideology and politics. Can psychoanalysis as a psychological-critical theory and Zionism as an ideology and consciousness really live together? Did historical reality and the new Hebrew culture play a role in shaping local psychoanalytic practice and ethics? The coming of Freudian psychoanalysis to pre-state Israel, where it rapidly penetrated the discourse of pedagogy, literature, medicine, and politics, becoming a popular therapeutic discipline, could thus be regarded as an integral part of a Jewish immigrant society’s struggle to establish its identity in the face of its manifold European pasts and its conflict-ridden Middle Eastern present.

Eran J. Rolnik, MD, PhD. Trained in psychiatry, psychoanalysis and history and is a member of the Israel Psychoanalytic Society. He is the author of several papers on the evolution of Freud’s thought and on the history of psychoanalysis. He is also the Hebrew translator and editor of several volumes of Freud’s papers. He teaches at Tel-Aviv University and works in private practice.

‘Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity’ is published by Karnac Books.

An unforgettable evening of Jewish Music and Soul featuring Rabbi Danny Bergson and Pianist Asaf Flumendorf

]]> http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/talia-trust-for-children-2013-concert/feed 0 http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/welcome-the-el-al-sefer-torah-to-london-in-honour-of-the-chief-rabbi http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/welcome-the-el-al-sefer-torah-to-london-in-honour-of-the-chief-rabbi#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:15:09 +0000 http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/?post_type=event&p=5007 EL AL are currently writing a Sefer Torah which has travelled around the world to many destinations where EL AL fly. It flies with EL AL’s CEO and President Mr Shkedy

EL AL invite the Jewish community around the world to help complete the Torah by writing a letter inscribed in their names. When the Torah is completed, it will sit in Israel. It will be used as an emergency flying Torah to be sent around the world wherever there is a community or need for it, such as in times of distress or a community that needs it

We would like to bring it to London with our President, the Rabbi of EL AL and the Sofer from Israel as EL AL’s way of honoring the Chief Rabbi before he retires next year. The Chief Rabbi himself has describer EL AL’s Sefer Torah as the Jewish Community’s ‘Olympic Torch’, lightening up the Jewish Communities it has been to across the world.

Co-commissioned by the Roundhouse and the JCC, this story by the acclaimed American Jewish writer (A Series of Unfortunate Events) is vividly brought to life in Tall Stories’ (The Gruffalo) unique physical style, complete with live music. Latke Late will be followed by an exclusive behind-the-scenes Q&A with the actors, musicians and producers of the show..

]]> http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/latke-late-latke-who-couldnt-stop-screaming/feed 0 http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/loyal-subjects-a-visit-to-the-national-portrait-gallery http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/events/loyal-subjects-a-visit-to-the-national-portrait-gallery#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:26 +0000 Rachel Dingsdale http://www.visitjewishlondon.com/?post_type=event&p=3663 Join the London Jewish Musem’s, Blue Badge Guide Rachel Kolsky for this fascinating tour of the National Portrait Gallery, where you will discover members of the Jewish community who became distinguished British subjects in the fields of politics, finance, industry and culture.

Their stories and those of the artists reflect the wider story of the development of the Jewish community in the UK.

Food and Drinks included in cover charge