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Jewish Historical Society. 8pm, UHC, 151 Shadwell Lane LS17 8DW £2 non-members; refreshments after the lecture 0113 268 4117 www.agnesgrunwaldspier.com


Sunday 27 November Jewishgen tutorial With database creator Michael Tobias. 2.30-4.30pm, Sinai, Roman Avenue LS8 2AN £3, JGSGB members free Please book: c.lightman@sky.com 0113 261 1363


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Thursday 27 October elkes Memorial Lecture The 18th Elchanan and Miriam Elkes Memorial Lecture is delivered by Prof. David Cesarani. Leicester University, for further info please call Christian Aware. 0116 254 0770


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Sunday 23 October Shylock, victim or villian? Talk by Dr Rachel Ben-Itzhak about stereotyping the Jew at the Jewish Historical Society. 8pm, Clubhouse of the Liverpool Jewish Tennis Club, 16a Dunbabin Road L15 6XN £2.50 non-members; 0151 722 5021 liverpool@jhse.org


Sunday 20 November the Golden Age of the yiddish press Talk by Philip Canter at the Jewish Historical Society. £2.50 non-members; 0151 722 5021


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from 21 October Reuniting the Rubins New comedy about a secular Jewish man with an eclectic array of children, trying to become a better father. Odeon Printworks, 27Withy Grove Manchester


Thursday 27 October From pico to Jung Talk by Les Lancester on the influence of Jews onWestern psychohistory. Organised by the Centre for Jewish Studies. 4pm, SG1 Lecture Hall, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester


Sunday 30 October Jewish Quarter Heritage trail Walk with Merton Paul around the old Jewish Quarter of Cheetham Hill. Please call Museum for details. Jewish Museum 190 Cheetham Hill M8 8LW £3.65-15; 0161 830 1435


the Bessos Talk by Jacqueline Mesrie. Amoving story of the Besso family whose artifacts were hidden duringWW2 and returned to family relatives after theWar. 8pm, Bowdon Synagogue, The Firs, Bowdon, CheshireWA14 2TE 0161 928 2050


Documents that helped to recreate Israel This lecture by Yanky Fachler will explore new material showing how various events, documents and personalities (including four Christian clergymen) helped to change the course of modern Jewish history. 8pm, Manchester Jewish Museum, 190 Cheetham Hill Road M8 8LW 0161 740 6403 manchester@jhse.org


visit to Jewish Museum The Muslim-Jewish Forum visits the Manchester Jewish Museum. 2pm, 190 Cheetham Hill Road M8 0161 830 1435


Thursday 10 November the Sword and Its Substitutes Talk by Dorothy Peters on pacifism and activism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2pm, Samuel Alexander Building A7, University of Manchester


prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls Talk by Daniel Falk at the Centre for Jewish Studies. 4pm, SG1 Lecture Hall, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester 0161 275 3614 cjs@manchester.ac.uk


old and new Inscriptions found in Herodium Talk by Esther Eshel, organised by the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society. . 7pm, Samuel Alexander Building A7, University of Manchester


Saturday 12 November Gei Oni Film by DanWolman. Having escaped the pogroms, Fanya and her family arrive in Palestine to start a new life. Part of the UK Jewish Film Festival.


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7.30pm, Cineworld ParrsWood See Film Festival the Israel Strand, page 40


Fri-Sun 25-27 November northern Communities’Weekend ‘It Takes a Community to Raise a Child’. Have fun, relax, study and socialise in a beautiful setting. Inspiring workshops. Full children’s programme. Creche provided. Abbot Hall Hotel, Grange-over- Sands, Cumbria £15-135; 01924 376 747 judy.plaut@reformjudaism.org.uk


Saturday 3 December Quattromani in Concert 8pm-10pm, Menorah Synagogue, Altrincham Road M22 4RZ 0161 428 7746 office@menorah.org.uk


Thursday 8 December Literary Structures in the Mekhilta Talk by Hedva Abel on the ancient rabbinic commentary on Exodus. Organised by Centre for Jewish Studies. 4pm, SG1 Lecture Hall, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester 0161 275 3614 cjs@manchester.ac.uk


Sunday 11 December BillWilliams Talk by the historian of Manchester Jewry at the Jewish Historical Society. Topic to be confirmed. 0161 740 6403 manchester@jhse.org


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DAVID PATTERSON SEMINARS All seminars take place at 8pm at Yarnton Manor. Please call in advance to check that a seminar is taking place: 01865 377 946 ext. 126


Wednesday 26 October Moyshe kulbak’s Byronic pilgrimage Professor Siegbert Prawer (Queen’s College) on the creation of a Yiddish masterpiece.


Wednesday 2 November penitence and Supplication in ezra Speaker: Dr Daniel Falk, Oregon


Wednesday 9 November Between Amsterdam and prague Professor Shlomo Berger, Amsterdam, talks about information on the Jews of Cochin.


Wednesday 16 November Regressed, corrupt, hyper-correct? Dr MiriamWagner, Cambridge on the origin and evolution of Judaeo-Arabic.


Wednesday 23 November


AWoman’s Life Professor Chava Turniansky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the memoirs of Glukl of Hameln (1645–1724).


Wednesday 30 November Moyshe Broderzon and the Jewish pierrot Dr Zehavit Stern (OCHJS/Oriental Institute) on the (re)birth of the Purimshpil from the spirit of Russian avant-garde.


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SEMINARS AT THE PARKES INSTITUTE All talks take place at 6pm at Theatre B, Avenue Campus, unless otherwise noted parkes@soton.co.uk 023 8059 2261


Tuesday 26 October Gender, Religion and Communal Identity c. 1900-1914 Talk by Dr Anne Summers about the Jewish League forWoman Suffrage. Room 1177, Avenue Campus


Tuesday 9 November Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the apostate messianic doctrine of Jacob Frank Speaker: Professor Ada Rapoport- Albert.


Tuesday 16 November Antisemitism, Colonialism, Zionism Lecture by Dr Victor Kattan about the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict.


Tuesday 23 November Jewish Communities and Jewish Spaces in the Age of Asemitism Lecture by Dr Diana Pinto. Lecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus


Thursday 8 December From Historiography to tv Professor Renée Poznanski on the representation of the resistance in contemporary France. Lecture Theatre C Avenue Campus


Tuesday 18 January Holocaust historiography and the search for the origins of genocide Lecture by Dr Tom Lawson.


Tuesday 1 February Caledonian Jews Lecture by Dr Nathan Abrams about Scotland’s seven small communities.


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