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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures to the crowd in Trafalgar Square during a protest against the visit of US President Donald Trump to the UK, on July 13, 2018. (Niklas HALLEN/AFP)
August 3, 2018, 2:39 am
Labour head Corbyn looking to address anti-Semitism at London Jewish museum
Venue says talks ongoing, but doesn’t want to ‘make things worse’; Jewish community members said to threaten boycott of museum if it hosts embattled party leader
By JTA and TOI staff
Self-portrait at drawing table, René Goscinny, 1948. (© Anne Goscinny)
May 23, 2018, 4:34 pm
The wild adventures of René Goscinny, Jewish inventor of Asterix and Obelix
New exhibit at London’s Jewish Museum explores the life, hardships, and providential escape from Nazi Europe of the world famous cartoonist
By Jenni Frazer
The Jewish Museum London (Wikimedia Commons)
From the WebMarch 17, 2018, 2:14 pm
UK Jewish Museum trolled with 3,000 daily emails by Polish nationalists
CEO Abigail Morris says messages began hours after Warsaw passed new law banning mention of Polish complicity in Holocaust
The Jewish Museum London (Wikimedia Commons)
March 1, 2017, 11:45 pm
Jewish Museum in London evacuated after bomb hoax
Staff and visitors, including school groups, sent out of building; police find no trace of explosives
By JTA
Devised by the Jewish Museum of Hohenems in Austria, the 'Jukebox, Jewkbox' exhibit highlights Jewish contributions to the world of vinyl. (Dietmar Walser)
August 4, 2016, 12:30 pm
On record: Jews were vital to vinyl, London exhibit shows
Now open at the Jewish Museum, ‘Jukebox, Jewkbox’ documents the Chosen People’s contribution to the music world
By Jenni Frazer
Julia Burton, daughter of one of 'The Boys' and memory quilt exhibit organizer. (Courtesy: Jewish Museum London)
December 27, 2015, 3:00 am
Holocaust memories stitched together, one panel at a time
At London’s Jewish Museum, child survivors brought to the UK after World War II tell their stories 70 years later through a patchwork of quilts
By Anne Joseph
Israel Zangwill was an ardent suffragist and worked alongside his wife Edith and her family, helping to establish United Suffragists, one of the later campaign organizations. (courtesy)
May 6, 2015, 3:32 pm
Jewish sister suffragettes on display in new UK exhibition
Ahead of the Jewish Museum’s Blackguards in Bonnets, female descendants describe these formidable matriarchs who ‘ruled with a rod of iron’
By Anne Joseph
Boris Bennett's photo studio gave the illusion of glamour to even the least affluent of London's Jews. (YouTube screenshot)
March 21, 2015, 1:38 am
Vintage blushing brides on show in London’s Jewish Museum
A selection of photographer Boris Bennett’s 150,000 portraits showcases the glamour of vintage East End weddings
By Anne Joseph
The late Amy Winehouse is the subject of Asif Kapadia's emotional documentary "Amy." (Mark Okoh, Camera Press)
July 3, 2013, 2:24 pm
Up close and personal with Amy Winehouse
The London Jewish Museum’s portrait of the late singer and her family reveals a close, boisterous Jewish clique
By Miriam Shaviv
Volunteers arrive at Greenwich Park, the site for the equestrian and modern pentathlon events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in London. (photo credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 31, 2012, 11:33 am
With special prayers and (logo-free) kosher food, Jewish London embraces Olympic spirit
A dozen or so Jewish chaplains of all denominations are part of a 190-strong team of religious leaders
By Miriam Shaviv
'London Klezmer in the Park:' London 2010. Klezmer Fest, Regent's Park (photo credit: Judah Passow)
April 5, 2012, 4:34 pm
British, Jewish, and proud
Photographer Judah Passow captures the Anglo-Jewish community in his new exhibition ‘No Place Like Home’
By Miriam Shaviv
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