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JEWISH HERITAGE DAYS 1ST SEPTEMBER TO 31ST DECEMBER 2020 OPEN DAYS - DISCUSSIONS WALKS - TALKS - FILMS VIRTUAL & ACTUAL EVENTS VERSION 4 NEW EVENTS! EVERYONE B’NAI B’RITH UK IS WELCOME! Jewish Journeys Fourth Edition - 06 November 20 UK Organisers: B’nai B’rith UK B’nai B’rith UK was established in 1910. It is part of an international organisation founded in 1843, which advocates for global Jewry and champions the cause of human rights. B’nai B’rith is active in 59 countries with representation at the UN, UNESCO and the EU. B’nai B’rith UK is a cross-communal organisation whose aim is to bring Jewish people together to promote tolerance, strengthen the Jewish Community, combat racial and religious prejudice, to help the less fortunate and the disadvantaged. Local groups provide innovative cultural, educational and social programmes. These have, in the past, included speaker events, concerts, theatre outings, quizzes, debates, visits to places of interest, walks and trips abroad. These provide a great social network and the opportunity to participate in and support our humanitarian and heritage projects. This year, due to the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, activities have had to move online and BBUK has been running a hugely successful programme of online talks since the beginning of lockdown in March, which have attracted a huge number of attendees around the world. The European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage (see next page), run by a team of volunteers, is a mainstay of our calendar. In a normal year, B’nai B’rith UK’s London Bureau of International Affairs engages with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and foreign embassies on behalf of Jewish people internationally and to support Israel. More widely, we promote the human rights of minority groups. We sponsor a food aid programme for needy families and after school activities for children in the southern Israeli development town of Qiryat Gat. We also support a humanitarian medical programme for elderly Jews and righteous gentiles in Kiev, Ukraine and a shoe programme for a children’s orphanage in Odessa. Other B’nai B’rith UK activities include providing scholarships for Jewish final year civil engineering or postgraduate students or for those studying other pure or applied sciences and supporting the British Armed Forces Jewish Community Annual Faith Training Weekend. B’NAI B’RITH UK 2 Booklet design: themarketingdepartment.co.uk European Days of Jewish Culture & Heritage 2020 European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage 2020: United Kingdom 2020 has been a year that we never expected, with Covid 19 wreaking havoc across the UK and much of the world for many months. Here at B’nai B’rith UK, like many other organisations and charities, we feared that we would have to completely cancel our heritage activities this year. However, we are delighted to announce that, as we emerge from lockdown, we have decided to go ahead with our European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage (EDJCH) and have put together an online booklet only, which will include both real and virtual events, talks, open days and guided walks. With that in mind, we have extended the period within which our heritage activities fall from 1st September to 31st December 2020. Our participant numbers are of course lower than usual this year, as many sites have taken the decision not to open or are not set up to welcome visitors safely or to run online events. But we are thrilled to have nearly 22 organisations, synagogues and walking guides taking part in our heritage activities this year, with some holding more than one event. Most are virtual events but there are some venues that are now opening up with safety measures and social distancing in place, to welcome back visitors with open arms. Initiated by the B’nai B’rith Lodge in Strasbourg, the EDJCH rapidly spread across Europe and last year celebrated its 20th anniversary. It is organised by a partnership between B’nai B’rith Europe, the European Council of Jewish Communities and the Spanish Jewry Network and is part of the Council of Europe’s project ‘Europe - A Common Heritage’. As a result of the EDJCH, the European Route of Jewish Heritage has evolved and is now one of the major cultural routes of Europe. Our theme for 2020 is ‘Jewish Journeys’, which lends itself to a huge range of potential events. For example, participants can focus on journeys made by Jewish people from where they were born to those places they may have had to call home as refugees before, during or after both World Wars. Others have taken a more light hearted look at Jewish journeys across the years in food, music or arts and culture. All of these interpretations offer a wealth of opportunities for open days, talks, guided walks and exhibitions, both real and virtual. 06/11/20 3 Jewish Journeys Fourth Edition - 06 November 20 Some of this year’s highlights: Willesden Jewish Cemetery: virtual tour of the cemetery on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 13th September. Wiener Library: online exhibition about ‘The Kitchener Camp’, available to view from now. Association of Jewish Refugees: virtual interview with author Deborah Levison in conversation with Marilyn Sinclair on 3rd September. They will discuss Deborah’s book, ‘THE Willesden Jewish Cemetery CRATE: A Story of War, a Murder and Justice’, which is a true crime story with echoes of the Holocaust and has received seven literary awards. Museum of Liverpool: permanent museum trail featuring objects connected to Liverpool’s Jewish community available at the museum. Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation: walking tour of the Deane Road Cemetery on 13th September. B’nai B’rith UK’s First Lodge: fascinating recordings of virtual tours given to members of Athens, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen and Jerusalem. Date tbc. Strawberry Hill House: small virtual exhibition focusing on the Jewish occupants of Strawberry Hill between the 1860s and the 1920s: Lady Frances Waldegrave and the Stern Family. from 31st October to 31st December 2020 Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain: online research workshop on 13th September. In addition, B’nai B’rith UK will be hosting our own series of heritage-related online talks by a range of fascinating speakers including: Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg giving a virtual talk on 2nd September on ‘Walking with the Light’, covering his reflections on walking (with his dog) from Frankfurt to Hoek van Holland, carrying home a flame from the Eternal Light of Frankfurt’s Westend Synagogue, where his grandfather Dr Georg Salzberger had served as rabbi Cheltenham Synagogue until forced to flee by the Nazis in 1939. 4 European Days of Jewish Culture & Heritage 2020 Jeremy Leigh giving a virtual Illustrated talk on the National Library of Israel Exhibition on ‘Jewish Journeys: An intriguing mix of !s and ?s’ on 9th September. Jewish Bradford Air Commodore Philip Lester giving a virtual talk with Nigel Grizzard ‘We are here too: an account of contemporary Jewish military service’’ on 30th September. Award-winning author and journalist Rebecca Abrams giving a talk on ‘The Jewish Treasures of the Ashmolean’ on 12 September and 14th October. Rebbetzen, lecturer and author Ilana Spitz-Epstein giving a talk on ‘The History of Jewish Dress’ on 4th November. British Library: Fascinating real-life exhibition ‘Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the written word’ Jewish Prague with Charles Landau opening on 1st September 2020 to 11th April 2021 In the spirit of interfaith outreach & understanding of Jewish culture, EVERYONE is welcome! As Covid has affected us - like all charities - this year, we would be very grateful for any donations that Donate you are able to make towards our heritage activities Here Charity Number: 1061661 5 Jewish Journeys Fourth Edition - 06 November 20 Listings Tuesday 1st September Tuesday 1st September to Virtual Thursday 31st December B’nai B’rith UK Around the UK Recorded Virtual Tour. Walking guide Nigel Museum of Liverpool Grizzard doing a virtual tour of Bradford. The Museum Trail. Permanent museum trail walk brings to life the story of the people who featuring objects connected to Liverpool’s built the great industrial city of Bradford and the Jewish community. Please check our website for Mills that powered the city’s industry. We see the information on adjustments being made to the magnificent Victorian legacy and visit buildings museum in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.. and heritage sites including: Little Germany – There are six blue badge parking spaces directly Bradford’s historic merchant quarter and the opposite the museum entrance, by the Great City Centre; Manningham and Heaton – the Western Railway building. These are about 30 villas of Bradford’s Victorian Merchants; The metres from the entrance and need to be pre- Mills of Saltaire;. Bradford’s Jewish Heritage; booked. To book a space please call 0151 478 Bradford’s ethnic heritage. Pre-booking essential. 4545. Free entry. Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 1DG. Watch Here Contact: Office Administrator www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/museum-of- [email protected] 020 7446 8660 / liverpool DA L T DT P 07588 087324 www.bnaibrithuk.org Nigel Grizzard gives a virtual tour of Jewish Bradford 6 Key: DA - Disabled Access L - Lift T - Toilets on Site DT - Disabled Toilet P - Parking on Site S - Security European Days of Jewish Culture & Heritage 2020 London hundred collections of family papers, donated by Jewish refugees and their families who came The British Library to Britain in the 1930s and 1940s as refugees Exhibition. ‘Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of fleeing Nazism. Family members of the men the Written Word’. PACCAR2 gallery Book here who were residents at the Kitchener Camp £8 Non-members.