About Us

The Jewish Historical Society of England, the oldest historical and learned society of its kind in Europe

  • Was founded in 1893 by the foremost Anglo-Jewish scholars and communal leaders of the day. Past presidents have included Lucien Wolf, F.D. Mocatta, Israel Zangwill, Cecil Roth and Sir Isaiah Berlin. The society, based in London, has branches in Birmingham, Essex, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Herts and Middlesex, Sussex and Jerusalem.
  • Holds monthly meetings with lectures on a wide range of subjects relating to Anglo-Jewish history. Topics cover Jewish life in Britain from the middle ages to date, and the aim of the society is to make the results of historical scholarship interesting to both a general and specialist audience.
  • Publishes lectures, book reviews and occasional papers in its annual transactions known as Jewish Historical Studies.
  • Promotes the study of, and encourages research into, Anglo-Jewish history, and of communities connected with it.
  • Responds to enquiries, from members and non-members, about aspects of Anglo-Jewish history.

Officers

President: Dr PIET VAN BOXEL
Honorary Secretary: SHEILA LASSMAN
Honorary Treasurer: Dr. ALAN SWARC

Executive Committee

DAVID JACOBS (Chairman)
Professor MICHAEL BERKOVITZ
Dr. PIET VAN BOXEL
RAPHAEL LANGHAM
SHEILA LASSMAN
Dr. ALAN SWARC

Council

FRANK R. BEIGEL
TITO M. BENADY, MBE, MA, FRHistS
Professor MICHAEL BERKOVITZ, PhD
Professor DAVID CESARANI, OBE
BARRY DAVIS
BRYAN DIAMOND
ANN EBNER, JP
Professor MARTIN GOODMAN, FBA
GODFREY R. GOULD
JEFFREY GREENWOOD, MA, LLM
NIGEL GRIZZARD
Dr MICHAEL JOLLES, FRHistS
RAYMOND KALMAN, MA
Rabbi Professor NICHOLAS DE LANGE, DD
SHEILA LASSMAN
ARNOLD S. LEWIS
Professor ADA RAPOPORT-ALBERT
MARCUS ROBERTS
Rabbi JONATHAN ROMAIN, MBE, PhD
Professor MARC SAPERSTEIN, PhD
Rabbi Dr NORMAN SOLOMON, PhD
Dr BERNARD SPENCER
CHARLES TUCKER


Vice-Presidents

Professor MICHAEL ALPERT, PhD
GERRY BLACK, PhD, FRHistS
PAUL BRAND, DPhil, FBA, FRHistS
MALCOLM BROWN, FSA
Professor BARRIE DOBSON, FBA
JOE HILLABY
Dr ANTHONY JOSEPH
RAPHAEL LANGHAM, FIA
Rabbi ABRAHAM LEVY, OBE, PhD
STEPHEN MASSIL, DipLib, FLA, FRAS
Professor AUBREY NEWMAN, PhD, FRHistS
Professor STEFAN C. REIF, PhD
Professor WILLIAM RUBINSTEIN, PhD, FRHistS
Chief Rabbi LORD SACKS, PhD
EDGAR SAMUEL, MPhil, FRHistS, FRAS
Professor BERNARD WASSERSTEIN, DPhil, DLitt, FRHistS

Head Office

The Jewish Historical Society of England
33 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AP
Registered Charity No. 217331
Email:  info@jhse.org
Tel/Fax: 020 7723 5852

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