Pinchas Goldschmidt: Moscow Memoirs
From the bleak Soviet Union, to the historic renaissance of Judaism, to the current collapse of Russian society, Moscow’s chief rabbi for almost three decades joins us in London. Now exiled in Israel, Pinchas Goldschmidt’s tenure ended abruptly in 2022 when he spoke out against Putin’s war against Ukraine, resigned, and recommended that all Jews […]
Yiddish Winterreise – A Song Cycle
Vocalist Mark Glanville and pianist Marc Verter present Yiddish Winterreise. First performed in 2007, it is a cycle of mostly traditional Yiddish songs inspired by Schubert’s Winterreise. Described by the former German Ambassador to the Court of St James’s as ‘both a celebration and a cry of anguish’, this extraordinary song cycle reflects the mental […]
Event 18 – Art Monsters
Linda Grant & Rachel Lichtenstein
“Jews live in time, not space…we have, and are, a story, not a plot of territory”. So says Linda Grant’s character Jossel in The Story of the Forest. From Latvia to Liverpool and post-war Soho, she tells the story, based in part on her own family’s experiences, of one Jewish family through the tumultuous 20th […]
Event 4 – What is Jewish History For-
Event 67 – The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century
Event 82 – Being Rina- The Collected Writings of Rina Wolfson-
Event 70 – Shylock’s Venice
Mifleget Hamachshavot Live
Where better to have the first-ever English-language edition of international hit politics podcast Mifleget Hamachshavot: The Great Ideas Behind Israel Politics than at Kings Place, home to the London Podcast Festival, and during Book Week? With 3.5 million downloads, philosopher and bestselling author Micah Goodman and lawyer and broadcaster Efrat Shapira Rosenberg bring one of […]