Makers’ Day is a free to attend opportunity to see, hear and play violin family instruments and bows. Experience the ancient craft of violin making from our members in Britain and beyond.
A discussion on the importance and art of translation.
Agnes Kaposi, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, with her extraordinary story of struggle, heartbreak, survival and success.
Dr Yoel Finkelman discusses the supernatural and its history in Jewish ideas and practice.
Simon Wiesenthal’s successor on Lithuania and beyond.
Andrew Porwancher on the founding father’s Jewish roots and relationships.
Jeffrey Veidlinger on the pogroms of 1918-1921.
Author, Ronen Steinke, tell the story of how an Arab doctor saved a Jewish girl’s life.
Writers and mentors from the inaugural Genesis JBW Emerging Writers Programme discuss their experience and read from their work.
Artist Emily Marbach presents her unique and stunning Haggadah.
Journalist Jaana Johannsson and author David Lawson on the Jews of Ostrava.
Writer and podcaster Francesca Specter and author and entrepreneur Angelica Malin discuss the joys of being in our own company.
An exploration of one Jewish family’s journeys in 20th century Europe.
For the pre-concert event, young performers will present A Symphony Reimagined: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’, their own creation based on Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’, which will ignite the concert hall with Italian opulence.
Dancer-actors Eleanor Perry and Daniel Hay-Gordon of Thick & Tight discuss the creative process behind their new piece, inspired by the Kyogen tradition.