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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20230112T142356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T142356Z
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SUMMARY:Finding my way through the woods: migration\, family and food
DESCRIPTION:What can food and family history teach us about issues of migration\, gender and family?  From the recipes and stories of one Sephardi family in Greece and Turkey in the late 19th and early 20th century\, as well as a cooking demo and tasting\, Michal takes us on a culinary family history involving messages about contemporary culinary cultures and society. \nDr Michal Nahman is an anthropologist who has written about Israeli society\, reproduction and medicine\, and is now turning her attention to some of the most pressing issues of our time: the food system\, antisemitism\, and intra-Jewish inequality. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/finding-my-way-through-the-woods-migration-family-and-food/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:family,Jewish food,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
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SUMMARY:The Jews of Africa
DESCRIPTION:Many suspect that the 21st century will be Africa’s century\, but for many of us the African continent remains a fairly unknown place. Least known amongst its many unknown features is the emergence of new Jewish communities to join the long-standing ones that have been there for nearly two centuries. Clive Lawton will explore some of these communities\, how they came into existence and the conundrums they throw up for the established Jewish community\, not least\, but not only\, in Israel. \nClive Lawton was made an OBE in 2016 for services to education and the Jewish community. He is CEO of the Commonwealth Jewish Council which draws together and represents about 40 communities around the globe. He was co-founder of Limmud\, is currently scholar-in-residence at JW3\, the large Jewish Community Centre in London\, an NHS tribunal Chair\, a magistrate on the Wiltshire Bench\, and runs his own international education consultancy.  Clive lectures and has published several books in the fields of religion\, moral and ethical matters\, literature\, politics\, and history. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-jews-of-africa/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Identity,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20230112T141852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T141852Z
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SUMMARY:Jews and Jazz: a melting pot of identities
DESCRIPTION:What has Charlie Parker’s classic bebop tune ‘Anthropology’ got to do with George Gershwin? What was the role of Jewish composers in establishing the great American Song Book and how did this establish mainstream jazz standards? How does the Freygish scale found in klezmer music relate to the Phyrgian dominant mode used in minor 2-5-1 Jazz chords? \nJewish composers\, musicians\, producers and club owners played a major role in the establishment of the American Jazz scene. One possible reason for this is that Jews used jazz to construct three identities: to become more American\, to emphasize their minority status\, and to become more Jewish. Today a wealth of Israeli musicians is influencing the modern Jazz scene with their own Sephardic and Mizrachi musical flavours. This talk will provide plenty of musical examples and does not require any knowledge of jazz but a willingness to listen with open-minded ears. \nYoav Ben-Shlomo is a lover of music\, including classical\, jazz and klezmer as well as helping run DAVAR on the side. He is neither a professional musician\, still mastering jazz flute and saxophone\, or a Jazz historian\, but he loves to share his knowledge and passion of music. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/jews-and-jazz-a-melting-pot-of-identities/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20220915T094402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T094402Z
UID:667-1670527800-1670533200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jewish Women's Comics: Bodies and Bibles
DESCRIPTION:Charlotte Salomon\, Aline Kominsky Crumb\, Sharon Rudahl\, and Miriam Libicki\, just some of the names of the maverick Jewish women who have transformed the world of autobiographical graphic narratives. They have challenged the traditional rubrics of comics making\, and found authentic drawing styles and voices on their pages. In this talk I will introduce the artists and artworks that have inspired me as I produced The Book of Sarah\, my autobiographical graphic novel distilled from thousands of diary drawings begun in my parents’ garden shed back in 1996. My book is structured like an alternative bible as I chart my movement away from the religious lifestyle I followed as a teenager and find a feminist Jewish identity. Tracing my experiences of family\, motherhood and mental health\, I also critique the patriarchal cannon of art history and bring forth the sidelined\, silenced women of great master paintings. This talk contains adult material\, and trigger topics including: miscarriages\, mental health and maternity. \nSarah Lightman is an artist and writer and Faculty at The Royal Drawing School\, London.  She attended the Slade School of Art for her BA and MFA\, University of Glasgow for her PhD and was an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck\, University of London (2018-2021). She edited the award-winning Graphic Details: Jewish Women’s Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews (McFarland 2014)\, published The Book of Sarah (Myriad Editions and Penn State UP 2019) and co-edited Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders (Syracuse UP 2022). \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/jewish-womens-comics-bodies-and-bibles/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:art,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221110T210000
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CREATED:20220915T094147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T094147Z
UID:665-1668108600-1668114000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The dilemmas of diversity: How do we show what a Jew looks like?
DESCRIPTION:Earlier this year\, Keith Kahn-Harris published a book called What does a Jew look like?\, a collaboration with the photographer Rob Stothard. The book tries to challenge the use of stock photos of strictly orthodox Jews in the British media\, by presenting portraits that capture the diversity of British Jews. But demonstrating diversity carries its own dilemmas. In this talk Keith Kahn-Harris will explore the challenges in explaining Jewish diversity to the wider world. \nKeith Kahn-Harris is a writer and sociologist. He is a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College and a Fellow of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. What does a Jew look like? is his eighth book. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-dilemmas-of-diversity-how-do-we-show-what-a-jew-looks-like/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Identity,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221013T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20220915T093501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220915T093501Z
UID:659-1665689400-1665694800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jews and the Law in Medieval England
DESCRIPTION:England’s first known Jewish inhabitants came from Normandy soon after the Norman Conquest and by the end of the twelfth century the community in England had been granted a right of residence and a right of free movement plus a substantial degree of autonomy in intra-communal disputes by king Henry II and his sons Richard and John. From the late twelfth century onwards there survives a substantial volume of royal legislation relating to the community. Its main focus was on controlling the money-lending activity of individual Jews both in the interests of the Crown and individual Christian debtors until a statute of 1275 prohibited any future lending at interest. Other legislation echoed contemporary ecclesiastical legislation limiting social contact between Christians and Jews. The end of the medieval community came with the Expulsion of 1290 after which only a handful of Jews remained in England\, those who had converted to Christianity\, many of them living in the House of Converts in Chancery Lane in London. \nPaul Brand is an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford where he was a Senior Research Fellow from 1999 to 2014. He is a medieval legal historian and the author of The Origins of the English Legal Profession and The Making of the Common Law both published in 1992 and Kings\, Barons and Justices: The Making and Enforcement of Legislation in Thirteenth-Century England in 2003. He is editor of four volumes of The Earliest English Law Reports for the Selden Society and volume VI of Plea Rolls of the Exchequer of the Jews. He lives in retirement in rural south Warwickshire. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/jews-and-the-law-in-medieval-england/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20220110T092742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T093546Z
UID:618-1646940600-1646944200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:A Land of Milk and Mufletta: what Israeli food says about Israeli culture
DESCRIPTION:Joel Harber • Jerusalem \nIsraeli chefs have recently conquered the culinary world\, but what about all those foods they left behind at home? What do these dishes say about Israel itself? From falafel to petitim\, meurav Yerushalmi to mufleta\, Joel will reveal the culture behind the distinctive foods that make Israel so deliciously… Israeli. \nJoel Haber researches\, writes about and lectures on the topic of Jewish food history\, with a focus on understanding Jewish culture and history via its foods. His writing appears on his blog (www.tasteofjew.com) along with articles in such publications as The Nosher\, Tradition and The Jewish Journal. He has spoken widely to hundreds of attendees\, in both online and in-person venues in multiple countries.  Joel is currently writing a book that examines Shabbat stews from around the world\, using them as a way of tracing the routes of Jewish migrations throughout history.  Additionally\, Joel has worked as a licensed tour guide in Israel for nearly a decade. His most popular single tour is a culinary tasting and history tour in Jerusalem’s famous outdoor market\, Shuk Machane Yehuda. Joel was born and raised in New Jersey\, lived for many years in both New York City and Los Angeles\, and immigrated to Israel in March 2009. He is proud to live in the special city of Jerusalem. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/a-land-of-milk-and-mufletta-what-israeli-food-says-about-israeli-culture/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Jewish food,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220210T203000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20220110T090045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T093830Z
UID:612-1644521400-1644525000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ernest Bloch: more than a Jewish composer
DESCRIPTION:Yoav Ben-Shlomo • Bristol \nErnest Bloch\, though not a religious Jew\, is probably the most famous Jewish composer of the twentieth century. Born in Geneva in 1880\, he studied in Brussels\, Frankfurt\, Munich and Paris before creating his “Jewish cycle” and ended his life in the USA. However\, he also composed other important musical works including chamber music and symphonic works that were more impressionistic\, influenced by Debussy and other 20th century composers. Whilst\, much of his music has strong Jewish themes\, he always viewed his works as universalistic with a message that “…transports us into another world and makes us think\, feel\, love differently.” This talk will play excerpts from many of his varied works to illustrate the power of this message. \nYoav Ben-Shlomo is a lover of music\, including classical\, jazz and klezmer. He has collected classical pieces inspired by Jewish themes over the years and enjoys sharing his love of music with others. Yoav is an academic at the University of Bristol and Chair of DAVAR. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/ernest-bloch-more-than-a-jewish-composer/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:music,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20210913T083605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T135020Z
UID:542-1639078200-1639083600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Ghetto:  Travelling through history
DESCRIPTION:“Ghetto” is an extraordinarily complex word which is both a noun and an adjective. It has layers of contrasting meanings accrued over five hundred years and a bewildering array of settings across the globe. It refers to medieval and early modern Jewish history; black experience in the great northern cities of America in the twentieth century; nineteenth-century imaginary ghettos; and our contemporary sense of cities and countries segregated by race and class.  What makes “the ghetto” unique is that it is a place full of historical memory. Sometimes memory makes the ghetto “real”; at other times past versions of the ghetto are forgotten. But\, from the beginning\, ghettos have had a variety of histories and connotations. This talk will show how different ghettos (urban\, racial\, colonial) travel across time and space. \n  \nBryan Cheyette is Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Reading\, and a Fellow of the English Association. He has authored or edited eleven books\, most recently The Ghetto: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford UP\, 2020). He loves to travel and has held visiting positions at Dartmouth College\, the University of Michigan\, and the University of Pennsylvania\, and he also holds fellowships at the universities of Leeds\, Southampton and Birkbeck College\, London. He is a past book’s editor of The Jewish Quarterly and writes for the Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish Renaissance. A self-confessed “revieweroholic”\, he reviews fiction for several British newspapers including the Times Literary Supplement and the Times Higher. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-ghetto-travelling-through-history/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,holocaust,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20210913T083242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T081520Z
UID:535-1634239800-1634245200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Willesden Jewish Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:Willesden Cemetery\, which opened in 1873\, is one of London’s most prestigious Jewish cemeteries.  It is run by the United Synagogue who were fortunate to be awarded a £1.7m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to open Willesden Jewish Cemetery as a place of heritage for the public.  The United Synagogue website describes the Cemetery as “a place of great tranquillity\, the cemetery charts the development of London’s Jewish community over nearly 150 years\, with graves and memorials rich in social history and genealogical detail”. Tours and since COVID\, online presentations\, seek to convey this richness to audiences by bringing alive the stories of a sample of those buried in the Cemetery.  This will be a first for Deborah presenting to a live audience outside the Cemetery. \nDeborah Cohen lives close by the Cemetery and became a volunteer tour guide in 2019.  She is a former NHS director\, and has not quite stopped working as she chairs a local safeguarding adults board\, does some consultancy\, and is a Mental Health Act manager.  Deborah describes her experience as a tour guide as being on a voyage of discovery\, as she learns more and more about the “residents” of the Cemetery\, including people who made remarkable contributions to life in the UK and beyond during their lives. \nTo register for attending either in person or virtually please book via eventbrite \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/willesden-jewish-cemetery/
LOCATION:Redland Quaker Meeting House\, 126 Hampton Road \, Bristol\, BS6 6EJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="DAVAR":MAILTO:info@davarbristol.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20200901T110141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T110141Z
UID:450-1607628600-1607634000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Finding 100 Faces: capturing Jewish diversity
DESCRIPTION:In early 2018\, composer and film maker Benjamin Till\, who had only recently discovered he was Jewish\, decided to make the film 100 Faces to find out more about the community he’d been a member of for 43 years without realising.  His mission was to find one UK-based Jewish person born every year from 1918 to 2017 and it became an odyssey of discovery which took him all over the world. His final 100 people include Jewish people from all walks of life. Rabbis and chazans rub shoulders with Dames\, Lords\, holocaust survivors\, kinder-transportees\, well-known actors\, musicians\, writers and presenters and two men who fought at Cable Street. The whole film is set to music. Benjamin wrote an original score which was performed by the Israel Camera Orchestra.  Sit back and enjoy the film (approx 6 mins) and then hear about the bumpy and inspirational ride which led there! \n \nBenjamin Till is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and composer and pioneer in the field of the documentary musical. He grew up in Northamptonshire and describes himself as a fanatical Midlander of Welsh and Jewish extraction! He has many works to his credit including Our Gay Wedding: The Musical (Channel 4\, BAFTA-nominated\, winner\, Rose D’Or\, Grierson and Prix Italia.) This film is considered one of Channel 4’s most successful ever broadcasts. His most recent film\, 100 Faces\, which features the UK Jewish Community\, won the gold award at the Robinson’s International Short Film Competition. Benjamin sings with\, and is Resident Composer for\, the Jewish Male voice choir\, Mosaic Voices at New West End Synagogue\, London. Their most recent recording of Benjamin’s arrangement of Kol Nidrei was played on Radio 3. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/finding-100-faces-capturing-jewish-diversity-2/
LOCATION:Virtual streamed
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20200901T105815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201115T113820Z
UID:442-1605209400-1605214800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Creativity against the odds:  Art and Internment during World War Two
DESCRIPTION:To mark the 80th anniversary of the British government’s controversial decision to ‘collar the lot’\, this illustrated lecture will examine the art produced in the British internment camps\, mostly but not only on the Isle of Man. It will do so in the broader context of art produced in other internment situations\, from the Japanese-American camps in the USA to the Nazi POW and concentration camps. Just what is it that makes human beings feel the urge to create in such adverse and inauspicious circumstances? To hear a recording of this talk please click on the following link which will take you to the Insiders/Outsiders youtube channel \n \nMonica Bohm-Duchen is a London-based art historian. Her book Art and the Second World War was published in 2013. She is the initiator and creative director of the nationwide\, year-long Insiders/Outsiders Festival (https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/)\, which celebrates the huge contribution made to British culture by refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe – many of whom were interned as ‘enemy aliens’ by the British government in 1940. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/creativity-against-the-odds-art-and-internment-during-world-war-two/
LOCATION:Virtual streamed
CATEGORIES:art,history,holocaust,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201008T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20200901T105151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200901T105151Z
UID:434-1602185400-1602190800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Medicine in Ancient Judaism: Why does G-d attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?
DESCRIPTION:Directly after the burning bush scene\, G-d inexplicably tries to kill Moses (Exodus 4:24-26). Fortunately\, Moses’ life is saved by Zipporah’s enigmatic “Bridegroom of Blood” ritual. Commentators both ancient and modern have proposed many solutions by filling in the gaps\, proposing reasons such as Moses’ failing courage or procrastination. But what did this episode mean in its original setting? This talk will look at how G-d’s attempt on Moses’ life is better understood in the broader historical context of ancient medicine. In this talk\, Dr Askin will draw upon recent research from her current project\, Medicine in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism\, to explore how and why the Bible’s portrayals of medicine and healing seems so mysterious and distant to us. \n \nDr Lindsey A. Askin is Lecturer in Jewish Studies\, University of Bristol. She is the author of Scribal Culture in Ben Sira (Brill\, 2018)\, which is based on her doctoral thesis (University of Cambridge\, 2012-16). Her research interests include mental illness and medicine in the Bible and ancient Judaism\, scribal culture and literacy\, Ben Sira\, the Dead Sea Scrolls\, and the Book of Jubilees. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/medicine-in-ancient-judaism-why-does-g-d-attempt-to-kill-moses-in-exodus-4-2/
LOCATION:Virtual streamed
CATEGORIES:Medicine,Talk,Torah
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200402T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200402T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20200113T214613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200323T131641Z
UID:391-1585855800-1585861200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Finding 100 Faces: capturing Jewish diversity
DESCRIPTION:THIS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 \n  \nIn early 2018\, composer and film maker Benjamin Till\, who had only recently discovered he was Jewish\, decided to make the film 100 Faces to find out more about the community he’d been a member of for 43 years without realising.  His mission was to find one UK-based Jewish person born every year from 1918 to 2017 and it became a journey which took him all over the world. His final 100 people include Jewish people from all walks of life. Rabbis and chazans rub shoulders with Holocaust survivors\, kinder-transportees\, well-known actors\, musicians and writers\, and two men who fought at Cable Street. The film is set to an original score performed by the Israel Camera Orchestra.  Sit back and enjoy the film (around 6 mins)\, and then hear about the bumpy and inspirational ride which led there. \n  \nBenjamin Till is an award-winning filmmaker and composer. He grew up in Northamptonshire and describes himself as a fanatical Midlander of Welsh and Jewish extraction. He has many works to his credit including Our Gay Wedding: The Musical\, a Bafta-nominated film is considered one of Channel 4’s most successful broadcasts. His most recent film\, 100 Faces\, won the gold award at the Robinson’s International Short Film Competition. Benjamin sings with\, and is Resident Composer for\, the Jewish male voice choir Mosaic Voices at New West End Synagogue\, London. \n  \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/finding-100-faces-capturing-jewish-diversity/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200311T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200310T125154Z
UID:387-1583955000-1583960400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual?
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE THIS TALK HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED  TO AVOID RISK OF COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS) INFECTION  \nStanley Kubrick is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s great directors. Yet few critics or scholars have considered how he emerged from a unique and vibrant cultural milieu: the New York Jewish intelligentsia. Nathan Abrams reexamines the director’s work in context of his ethnic and cultural origins and focuses on several of Kubrick’s key themes-masculinity\, ethical responsibility\, and the nature of evil.-At the same time\, he will explore Kubrick’s fraught relationship with his Jewish identity and his reluctance to be pegged as an ethnic director. \nNathan Abrams is Professor in Film at Bangor University. He co-convenes the British Jewish Contemporary Cultures network. He lectures\, writes and broadcasts widely on UK and American popular culture\, history film and intellectual culture. He co-founded Jewish Film and New Media and recent books are Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (with Robert Kolker\, Oxford University Press\, 2019)\, Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (Rutgers University Press\, 2018)\, Hidden in Plain Sight: Jews and Jewishness in British Film\, Television\, and Popular Culture (Northwestern University Press\, 2016). \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/stanley-kubrick-new-york-jewish-intellectual/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Cinema,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20200113T214205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200113T214205Z
UID:382-1581622200-1581627600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Henri Tajfel: Explorer of identity and difference
DESCRIPTION:  \nHenri Tajfel was one of the most influential European social psychologists of the 20th century. Rupert Brown will trace his life from his birth in Poland in 1919\, his time as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans in World War II\, his post-war work with Jewish orphans in France and Belgium\, and thence to his short but brilliant career as a social psychologist. Tajfel was interested in how and why groups see and treat each other in negative ways. He conducted a famous set of studies – known as the minimal group experiments – and developed Social Identity Theory\, the heart of which is that people’s identities are often intimately tied up with the groups they belong to and they will work hard to make those groups appear superior to other groups. This theory paved the way for subsequent work which shows how mass-scale human violence\, such as the Holocaust\, might be possible. \nRupert Brown is Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. He obtained his PhD under Tajfel at the University of Bristol and has been an active researcher in the field of intergroup relations and prejudice. He was the recipient of the 2014 Henri Tajfel medal\, awarded by the European Association of Social Psychology and is the author of two widely used student texts\, Group Processes (2019) and Prejudice (2010). His biography of Tajfel is published by Routledge (2019). \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/henri-tajfel-explorer-of-identity-and-difference/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:social psychology,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20190811T143811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T143811Z
UID:363-1576179000-1576184400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Medicine in Ancient Judaism: Why does G-d attempt to kill Moses in Exodus 4?
DESCRIPTION:Directly after the burning bush scene\, G-d inexplicably tries to kill Moses (Exodus 4:24-26). Fortunately\, Moses’ life is saved by Zipporah’s enigmatic “Bridegroom of Blood” ritual. Commentators both ancient and modern have proposed many solutions by filling in the gaps\, proposing reasons such as Moses’ failing courage or procrastination. But what did this episode mean in its original setting? This talk will look at how G-d’s attempt on Moses’ life is better understood in the broader historical context of ancient medicine. In this talk\, Dr Askin will draw upon recent research from her current project\, Medicine in Ancient Israel and Early Judaism\, to explore how and why the Bible’s portrayals of medicine and healing seems so mysterious and distant to us. \nDr Lindsey A. Askin is Lecturer in Jewish Studies\, University of Bristol. She is the author of Scribal Culture in Ben Sira (Brill\, 2018)\, which is based on her doctoral thesis (University of Cambridge\, 2012-16). Her research interests include mental illness and medicine in the Bible and ancient Judaism\, scribal culture and literacy\, Ben Sira\, the Dead Sea Scrolls\, and the Book of Jubilees. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/medicine-in-ancient-judaism-why-does-g-d-attempt-to-kill-moses-in-exodus-4/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20190811T142920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T142920Z
UID:355-1573759800-1573765200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Here I am; Capturing the Stories of the South Wales Jewish Community
DESCRIPTION:There have been two projects in Cardiff over the last 10 years that have used oral history to capture the stories of the Cardiff Jewish community\, as well as preserving written records. The talk will look at how we went about it and some of the advantages of oral history\, and will give some fascinating snippets from the stories people had to tell. It will also look at what we learnt about identity and belonging and the diversity of experience of the community\, from the last Barmitzvah in a synagogue in Cologne ten days before Kristallnacht to the first Jewish wedding in Kidwelly\, a village in West Wales. \nColin Heyman was involved in the Hineni Oral History project which started the work in 2009 and John Minkes of the Jewish History Association of South Wales has continued the work over the last three years. In our other lives\, Colin is a trainer and facilitator\, John a retired criminologist. Our other joint activity is going to see Cardiff City play \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/here-i-am-capturing-the-stories-of-the-south-wales-jewish-community/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191010T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20190811T141839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190811T141839Z
UID:346-1570735800-1570741200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Internment of German Jews on the Isle of Man during World War Two
DESCRIPTION:During the second war German Jews living in Britain were classified as enemy aliens\, and in 1940 many were interned in camps on the Isle of Man. These included  David Memel’s father and father in law\, and David has recently visited the sites of the camps. He will discuss  the historical background to the internments\, and the experiences of internees\, mainly based on the accounts of his family. Despite the loss of freedom\, many interesting experiences resulted\, including living with a famous artist and a lion tamer. \nDavid Memel was chair of Limmud Bristol South West 2018 and is a committee member of Davar. He is a retired GP. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/internment-of-german-jews-on-the-isle-of-man-during-world-war-two/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:history,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190409T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20190105T193204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T193204Z
UID:334-1554838200-1554843600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Saudade: A Sephardic journey
DESCRIPTION:  \n10 years ago\, after a series of seemingly disparate coincidences\, Judy Rodrigues began a journey into 300 years of East End London Jewish history\, which led her back through her grandfather’s Sephardic Marrano Jewish roots to Portugal and Northern Spain As an artist\, the histories and stories became part of ‘life being lived’ as they began to permeate\, enrich and expand the poetic metaphors of experience and place through her work. The journey became as much a search for the sense of a lost community\, as that of an individual identity. \n  \nJudy Rodrigues is an artist working in contemporary contexts with a studio at Spike Island\, Bristol. In 2008 she was awarded a residency grant in Mertola\, Portugal followed by an exhibition in Porto. In 2014 she received an Arts Council grant to work in Isle of Wight and exhibited in Dimbola Lodge\, once home of the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. In 2017 she exhibited in Pico Island\, Azores and then worked on a collaborative publication with Portuguese poet Jose Efe. Their book\, In Pico\, will be launched Jan 2019. \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/saudade-a-sephardic-journey/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:art,family,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20190105T185928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190105T185928Z
UID:316-1549999800-1550005200@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Finding Relly
DESCRIPTION:Rosemary grew up as the daughter of a Czech immigrant in post-war UK and Canada. She was unaware of her father’s Jewish identity and of what really happened to his absent relatives. After her father’s death\, she felt compelled to discover the truth about his family. Tracing her aunt Relly\, who had emigrated to Australia after surviving Auschwitz\, was a significant turning point in her life and her new book Finding Relly is about her journey\, both personal and logistical.Rosemary will also talk about using her book to educate schoolchildren about the Holocaust. \n  \nRosemary Schonfeld toured the world throughout the 1980s with her band Ova.  She is a professional musician and composer based in Devon. She has recorded and produced/co-produced six albums\, co-run a recording studio\, devised a teaching package for percussionists\, and is currently working on a rock opera. She has published an illustrated book of Nonsense Poetry\, Standing on Your Head\, and short stories. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/finding-relly/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:family,holocaust,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181211T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20180828T210639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210639Z
UID:292-1544556600-1544562000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Bagel: past\, present and future
DESCRIPTION:  \nIf smoked salmon and cream cheese bring but one thing to mind\, then you are part of a long and fascinating edible history that has brought the roll with a hole from 17th century Poland to the freezers of the modern Anglo-American home. The talk will give a cultural but light-hearted overview of this modest ring-shaped bread that has gained a place in history. \nClarissa Hyman is an award-winning freelance writer\, specialising in all aspects of food and travel taking in producers\, ingredients\, restaurants\, recipes\, food policy and consumer trends\, and she uses food as a means to explore a wider world of culture and history\, art and agriculture.  She contributes to a wide range of newspapers\, magazines and guides\, and is the author of Cucina Siciliana (Conran Octopus 2001)\, The Jewish Kitchen (2003)\, and The Spanish Kitchen (2005).  She has been shortlisted for all of the major cookery writing awards\, and twice has won the Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year Award.  She contributed the Fruit section of Dorling Kindersley’s Ingredients (2010).  In 2013 Reaktion published her Oranges: A Global History and her next book for Reaktion “Tomatoes: A Global History” will be published in 2019. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-bagel-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181113T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181113T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20180828T205551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T210831Z
UID:281-1542137400-1542142800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Belonging and belongings:  Jewish poetry in the UK today
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a Jewish poet?  Can a non-Jew\, like Micheal O’Siadhail\, write about the Holocaust? (See The Gossamer Wall\, Bloodaxe 2002).  Maybe the Irish and the Jews have enough in common to be able to immerse themselves in each other’s histories.  Does  a writer and in particular a poet have to belong somewhere before they can write?  Who do their poems belong to?  What part do journals like Jewish Renaissance and the Jewish Quarterly play in keeping alive the identity of Jewish poets and poetry. How important are Jewish poets like Aviva Dautch\, Poet in Residence at the Jewish Museum in London\, who also works with refugees getting them to write poetry? \nLiz Cashdan is a poet and teaches Creative Writing for the Open College of the Arts. She is former Chair of the National Association of Writers in Education. She also teaches Creative Writing for the Folk House in Bristol and in schools.  She is Poetry Editor of Jewish Renaissance and in 1996 won the Jewish Quarterly poetry prize with her historical sequence\, The Tyre-Cairo Letters based on a fragment from the Cairo Geneza   She has an MA in History from Oxford and a PhD in Literature from Sheffield Hallam University.  Her latest collection is Things of Substance: New and Selected Poems (Five Leaves Publications 2013). \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/belonging-and-belongings-jewish-poetry-in-the-uk-today/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:poetry,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20180828T204135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T204135Z
UID:275-1539113400-1539118800@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Jews of India
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nDating back to the time of King Solomon\, some of the oldest Jewish communities in the world are to be found in India. In 2016\, Sonia Jackson joined a tour of Indian Jewish sites and synagogues organised by Maidenhead Synagogue and led by Ralphy and Yael Jhirad. She will give an illustrated talk about the synagogues they visited and their social and historical context. \nSonia Jackson is an Emeritus Professor at UCL Institute of Education. She is a past Chair of Davar and continues to have a strong commitment to supporting Jewish cultural life in Bristol and the surrounding area \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/the-jews-of-india/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:India,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180410T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20180114T163537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180114T163537Z
UID:253-1523388600-1523394000@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Painting Exile: R. B. Kitaj\, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff
DESCRIPTION:“The novelty of our time [is] that so many individuals have experienced the uprooting and dislocations that have made them expatriate and exiles.” The words of Edward Said encapsulate the widely-held view that exile was emblematic of the modern world. This talk will focus  upon three artists featured in the exhibition ‘Out of Chaos’ at the Laing Art Gallery in 2016-17: Frank Auerbach\, R.B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. They were loosely grouped under the label the ‘School of London.’ Focusing especially upon the works featured in the exhibition\, this talk will explore the different ways that exile is represented\, imagined or displaced through each artist’s particular vision; and how that vision might have been shaped by their individual historical circumstances. \nStephen Moonie is a Lecturer in Art History in the Department of Fine Art\, School of Arts and Cultures\, Newcastle University. He is an expert on modernist painting and criticism\, especially in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s. He teaches widely across many areas of art history\, and has published on various aspects of modern art and art criticism in recent years. He is currently interested in the legacy of the critical debates of the 1960s and the current role of art criticism. \n  \n  \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/painting-exile-r-b-kitaj-frank-auerbach-and-leon-kossoff/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:art,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20180213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20180114T083704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180211T170945Z
UID:241-1518550200-1518555600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:No poetry after Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:  \nStarting with Theodor Adorno’s much-quoted proposition that ‘After Auschwitz it is barbaric to write poetry’\, this talk will explore the tension between confronting the reality of the Holocaust and responding artistically through the medium of poetry to human experience. By focusing on individual poems by survivors such as Paul Celan and Primo Levi and English-language poets such as Anthony Hecht\, Michael Longley and Carol Ann Duffy\, the talk will tentatively consider how necessary poetry remains in the modern world. Examples of poems will be provided and can be found in the anthology\, “Holocaust Poetry”\, edited by Hilda Schiff. \nPhilip Lyons is a teacher and poet who lives in Bristol. He has taught creative writing and literary studies in a variety of settings\, including universities\, prisons and psychiatric hospitals. Since completing a PhD on Literary and Theological Responses to the Holocaust at the University of Bristol in 1988\, he has also worked in the fields of advice and guidance\, mental health\, and adult education. He is the author of one full-length collection\, “Like It Is” (Poetry Space\, 2011)\, and he has given readings throughout the South West\, including the Wells Festival of Literature and the Thornbury Arts Festival. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/no-poetry-after-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:holocaust,poetry,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20170825T065748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170825T065748Z
UID:211-1513107000-1513112400@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Kabbalah and Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Yoga is one of at least six Hindu religions as old or older than Judaism. It overlaps through serendipity with the concept of “Adam Kadmon” (original man) in Rabbi Moshe de Leon’s Zohar – published in manuscript form in the late 13th century Castile but attributed by some to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai the 2nd century Talmudic sage. The “Asanas”\, yogic postures\, are the sites of tension and muscular exercise which coincidentally are related to the Kabbalistic “sefirot” (emanations). In Jewish Zoharic mysticism\, these emanations interact with one another to express moral and psychological issues. In a parallel way\, the Yoga positions represent objects\, creatures or roles which also have “Being-related” significance. This talk will also include a demonstration of a various yoga positions. \n  \nMichael Picardie was born and brought up in Johannesburg\, South Africa and was a member of the Liberal party and the Congress of Democrats (sister party to the ANC) and was arrested after the Sharpeville shootings in 1960. He is an actor and author of plays about South Africa (Shades of Brown\, Struggle with the Boer\, Shaloma\, The Zulu and the Zeide). His father Louis passed onto him his knowledge of Indian mysticism\, Hatha Yoga\, a love of the poet Tagore and the writings of Mahatma Ghandi. He has a PhD on theatre studies and taught psychology to Social Workers (1968-86). He currently teaches Kabbalah\, Yoga and Meditation at the Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/kabbalah-and-yoga/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:kabbalah,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171011T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171011T210000
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20170824T070841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170824T070841Z
UID:193-1507750200-1507755600@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Social justice\, Jews and the refugee experience in Britain
DESCRIPTION:Vivienne Jackson •  Jewish Council for Racial Equality • London \nRace\, asylum and immigration are visibly high on the UK political agenda. Europe is witnessing the greatest refugee crisis within its boundaries since the Second World War. Anti-immigration arguments are palpable in sections of the national press\, and appear to have lain behind some of the votes for Brexit. As we try to make sense of so called ‘home-grown’ terror attacks\, the experience of many Muslims in everyday life is of overt and subtle forms of discrimination and racism. In such circumstances\, what do Jewish people have to contribute to debates about migration and racial discrimination\, and is it distinctive? This talk will evaluate how Jewish voices have contributed to race and asylum debates in the UK. The talk will invite discussion about what\, if anything\, a future Jewish voice on race and asylum should sound like. \nDr Vivienne Jackson works for the Jewish Council for Racial Equality (JCORE) which is 40 years old this year. JCORE has campaigned for racial equality and building bridges between different minority communities in the UK\, as well as running practical projects to support asylum seekers and refugees. Vivienne is the project coordinator of JUMP (the JCORE Unaccompanied Minors Project)\, which pairs trained befrienders with young asylum-seekers and refugees here on their own. She has worked in NGOs and academia in the field of asylum\, race and migration since 2002. She was youth outreach office for Student Action for Refugees (STAR)\, before completing a PhD about Filipino migrant workers in Israel at the University of Bristol.  She has contributed to research for the Children’s Society on various topics relating to child and young refugees\, and worked for Right Track in Bristol\, a charity aiming to support Black and ethnic minority children at risk of trouble with the law. This talk is part of the Journey to Justice travelling exhibition in Bristol. (see http://journeytojustice.org.uk/projects/bristol/ for more details) \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/social-justice-jews-and-the-refugee-experience-in-britain/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:social justice,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170404T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170404T211500
DTSTAMP:20260617T160233
CREATED:20170107T173540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170107T173839Z
UID:172-1491334200-1491340500@davarbristol.co.uk
SUMMARY:Jews and the Slave Trade
DESCRIPTION:In 1991\, the Nation of Islam first published the Secret Relationships between Jews and Blacks charging Jews with controlling the Atlantic Slave trade. The book has been furiously rebutted by academics but its assertions are still circulating unquestioned on a number of popular Black History sites. How significant is this? How is the Jewish role in slavery- especially in the British Caribbean variously perceived by Black Britons today and by British Jews? What is the present state of historiography relating to Jews and the Atlantic Slave Trade? And to what extent did the controversy so engendered challenge Jewish historiography? This paper begins to consider these questions in the light of Madge’s own experience both as an academic historian (who has published on both slavery and its legacy in Britain and on ethnic identity) and as a public historian who has worked closely with both museums and Black and Jewish community and history groups in Britain. \nMadge Dresser is a Senior Research Fellow and recently retired Associate Professor in History at the University of the West of England\, Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. The author of Slavery Obscured: the Social History of the Slave Trade in Bristol (London: Continuum\, 2001\, reprinted Redcliffe Press 2007) she has a long standing interest in the history of slavery\, questions of national identity and the position of ethnic and religious minorities in British society.. In 2013 she co-authored and co-edited Slavery and the British Country House for Historic England and more recently has co-authored and edited Women and the City: Bristol 1373-2000. (Bristol: Redcliffe Press\, 2016). \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/jews-and-the-slave-trade/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Polack's House and the Jewish Community at Clifton College
DESCRIPTION:  \nPolack’s House at Clifton College\, founded in 1878\, was the first Jewish Boarding House in an English public school. The history of the Jewish Boarding House at Clifton is closely connected to one particular family – the Polack family who provided four housemasters\, over three generations and 89 years. The House\, particularly in the early years\, was also closely connected with the Anglo-Jewish Community. It attracted boys (and later girls) from the principal Jewish communities in Great Britain. Clifton College is the only public school with its own synagogue\, enabling Jewish students to maintain their Jewish identity while being a full participant in a public school \nJo Greenbury will explore the history and traditions of Clifton’s unique relationship with the Jewish Community in this country. Jo has been at Clifton since 1989\, and was the last Housemaster of Polack’s House [1995-2005]. He continued to look after the Jewish pupils at the College until 2016\, when Lauren took up the reins and Jo took the lead as Director of the Old Cliftonian Society. \nLauren Chiren has been a Clifton College parent for eight years and placed her son at Clifton because of its rich Jewish heritage. Lauren has recently been appointed to enrich the Jewish provision and work closely with the school and PHET (Polack’s House Educational Trust)\, to raise awareness of the School’s Jewish heritage more widely. Lauren will share with you Clifton’s current enrichment programme and demonstrate how they are sharing Jewish culture and beliefs within Clifton College and the wider community. \nShare this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)
URL:https://davarbristol.co.uk/event/polacks-house-and-the-jewish-community-at-clifton-college/
LOCATION:Redland Green Bowling Club\, Redland Green Road\, Redland\, BS6 7HE
CATEGORIES:Talk
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