This one-day history festival brings London’s medieval Jewish community back to life, just steps away from the City’s original Jewish quarter. The Jewish Square Mile Foundation invites audiences of all ages to explore one of the capital’s lesser-known communities: the Jewish population that settled in the City towards the end of the 11th century and lived there for more than 200 years, until the Expulsion of 1290. A programme of expert talks, a walking tour and family activit

It is pleasing to see the impact of last year’s award winners, including, amongst many outstanding projects, the publication of Nudrat Afza’s powerful photographs of Bradford Jewry, Kehillah, which has featured at Bradford’s City of Culture celebrations, and the Historic Towns Trust map of Jewish Ipswich which is now being widely distributed. It is also pleasing to report that the JHSE oral history project, documenting those who contributed so generously to it, is ongoing wit

I am currently working on a project that explores how Jewish life took shape in provincial England between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Much of Anglo Jewish historiography has understandably focused on places where institutional archives are dense: London, later Manchester, and other urban centres where synagogues, schools, and communal boards generated substantial records. Yet beyond these centres lay smaller towns and ports where Jewish presence was lighter, mo

Apply for a grant of up to £4,000 to facilitate research and publication on topics related to Anglo-Jewry and its wider context. Both individuals and institutions are eligible to apply including professional and lay scholars, PhD students, communal organisations, museums, libraries and archives. A total of £20,000 may be awarded each calendar year. Deadline: April 2026 Please visit:   https://www.jhse.org/jhse-awards

Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Solomon Schonfeld Lecture ‎Zoë Waxman is Professor of Holocaust History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Writing the Holocaust: memory, testimony, representation (2006), Anne Frank (2015), and Women in the Holocaust: A Feminist History (2017), as well as numerous articles relating to the Holocaust and genocide. Visitors to Auschwitz today cannot help but be struck by the sheer range of objects brought there by the vi

JHSE is pleased to announce that we have recently joined the Jewish Small Communities Network, which is a charity registered in 2016,...

An online discussion with Dr Susanna Avery-Quash & Prof. Jeffrey Abt about his recent book 'Too Jewish or Not Jewish Enough: Ritual...

The conference room of the Hartley Library at the University of Southampton brimmed on May 19th, 2025, with excitement for Jewish...

We are delighted to let you know that plans are in hand for restarting branches in Manchester and North West London , and for opening a...

Thank you to all who joined us to hear John Jay talk about his recent book on the 15th May. For members who were unable to attend, you...

The JHSE is having a spring clean of its library and is pleased to offer the following books to interested members. The books are free...

Friends of the JHSE have been offered a generous 30% discount on Tony Kushner's latest book. Add the code ' EVENT30' at checkout on the...

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A conference exploring the power of medieval queens, the history of England’s medieval Jewish community, and expulsion in the Middle...

Dear members of the JHSE, I write to introduce the JHSE's next President, Professor Gavin Schaffer. Gavin has been selected by the Board...

Dear Members, I am delighted to report that last Tuesday, 27 February 2025, I chaired the inaugural meeting of the Jewish History that...

Author Jack Fairweather is partnering with Jewish Book Week to launch  The Prosecutor  at  King's Place in London on Sunday March 2,...

Spiro Ark and New London Synagogue are honoured to invite you to an extraordinary evening in observance of International Holocaust...

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, BBC Radio 3 will broadcast a Sunday feature entitled, 'New Generation Thinkers: Sweden and the...