Jewish Renaissance

Jewish Renaissance presents the best of Jewish culture in a vibrant, intelligent and accessible way.

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Are you a Jewish visual artist looking to engage with Jewishness in your practice?
Join our new Artist Development Scheme, ft.
🧑‍🎓masterclasses
👩‍🎨engagement with artists & curators
💷cash stipend
🖼️final exhibition & more!
Deadline 18 Nov
To apply: https://t.co/MfsYoy7xgV

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The conmen of The Producers return to wreak havoc (and hilarity) with their madcap get-rich-quick scheme in @PMarber's new musical revival of the classic film. Will their script celebrating Hitler flop as planned or fly?
📆 Until 1 Mar📍@MenChocFactory
🎟️https://t.co/HbpjzePM4O

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Calling cantors & synagogue music fans🎤 Join Budapest's European Cantors Convention (@EuroCantorsAssn)! This year's theme is connecting the shaliach (messenger) and tzibbur (congregation), with talks, choral workshops, open mics & concerts.

📅4-8 Dec
➡️https://t.co/ckQyL6WMwO

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🕎🍩@JW3London's Hanukkah Funukah returns! Bring in the festivities with activities for the whole family, inc. cookie decorating, a @Maccabeats dance party, musical candle lighting and, of course, doughnuts!🍩

📅 1 Dec 🕐3pm 🎟️£5, £9 kids, under-2s free
https://t.co/r2S8mj6eeD

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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK 📢 Join us tonight as @_Porwancher (@ASU) uncovers US founding father Alexander Hamilton's possible Jewish heritage.

📅25 Nov 🕐7:30pm 💻Online 🎟️FREE
➡️https://t.co/CWFR6SLVzE

With @LyonsLearning

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Dr Helena Miller & Dr Alex Pomson present their new book, Jewish Lives: School, Family and Society, examining how the next generation have quietly built their Jewish identity & what that means for the wider community.

📅26 Nov🕐8pm🎟️FREE📍@LSJSEducation
➡️https://t.co/zTLBfZycCI

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Frank Auerbach 1931-2024 – The German-British Jewish painter has died at the age of 93.

Art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen (@IOFestival) looks back at his life and vital contribution to European art on the JR blog: https://t.co/tMlI79MX1x

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Join @BnaiBrithUK as Rabbi Baroness @JuliaNeuberger DBE interviews Dr Susie Orbach (@Psychoanalysis). They'll discuss blended families, divorce, supporting people's mental wellbeing, grandparents' roles in childcare and much more…

24 Nov • Online
https://t.co/Uon3wUj73e

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"Bastard, orphan, son of a whore"... and Jewish? Next week, our American Jewish life series continues with @_Porwancher (@ASU), exploring the possible hidden Jewish roots of Alexander Hamilton.

📅25 Nov🎟️FREE💻Online
➡️ https://t.co/CWFR6SLVzE

w/@LyonsLearning

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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK📢 Join us TONIGHT as we delve into this issue's cover star, Philadelphia.

📅19 Nov 🕐8pm 💻Online 🎟️FREE ➡️https://t.co/CWFR6SMtpc

With @LyonsLearning & @WeitzmanMuseum

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Meet 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku (Kenneth Tigar) in @SWKPlay's new play, The Happiest Man on Earth. See Jaku's best-selling memoir come to life, showing how quickly lives can change and the importance of standing up to hate.

📅20 Nov-14 Dec
https://t.co/ybF4TI04DE

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💥🎨 Last chance to apply! Entry for our Artist Development Scheme for early and mid-career visual artists closes TONIGHT at 11.59!
👇👇
https://t.co/LTVFD99nKm

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This week (21 Nov) immerse yourself in the biopic Darkest Hour, about Churchill's (@GaryOldmanWeb) attempts to rally the UK against looming Nazi invasion. See it at @I_W_M's Churchill War Rooms (@CWR_Venue), which features in the film, & meet its creators.
https://t.co/PT3XetvSe0

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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK📢 Join us on Sunday for new exhibition, Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists. Book before 9am on Sunday!

📅 17 Nov 🕐11am 🎟️£18.50 📍@FreudMusLondon ➡️https://t.co/9ZpRykj0JF

With @LyonsLearning

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🇺🇸 Join us next week as we explore the Jewish heritage and culture of Philadelphia, with artist Deborah Zakheim, educator Rabbi Lance Sussman and musician @AmiYaresMusic.

📅19 Nov 🕐8pm 💻Online 🎟️FREE
➡️https://t.co/CWFR6SMtpc

With @LyonsLearning & @WeitzmanMuseum

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What a #Giant treat to visit @RoyalCourt last night. The play was superb! Huge thanks to Mark Rosenblatt, @JohnLithgow and @ElliotLevey_ for their fascinating post-show Q&A with our director @AvivaDautch.

Catch the play until 16 Nov.
https://t.co/UNfD0XVqJU

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Following the sad passing of Austro-American novelist Lore Segal last month, we take a look back at our interview with her from our Summer 2023 issue.

📖 Read it now on the JR blog: https://t.co/BtIfe5M16M

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A Real Pain ★★★★ – @JesseEisenberg's directorial debut offers a captivating take on grief and inherited trauma, says Barney Pell Scholes.

The film comes out in US cinemas on Fri (15 Nov) and UK cinemas on 10 Jan.

Read Barney's review on the JR blog: https://t.co/7OrNJoGdJN

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Explore the role Jewish objects, artists and curators have had at the @V_And_A Museum in a full-day conference. International speakers will discuss the diverse ways Jews have shaped the development of the museum's collections.

📅26 Nov 🕐10am 🎟️From £10
➡️https://t.co/3uzfLHeYZM

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Get acquainted with the life & work of Stanislaw Brunstein in this new retrospective at Oaks Lane Reform Shul, Essex. These paintings by the Polish artist depict life in Eastern European shtetls before they were destroyed in the Holocaust.

📅 18 Nov-8 Dec
https://t.co/ikFGKCJHio

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Join us next Sun to explore the impact of women on the life and work of Sigmund Freud. JR leads a private tour of the new exhibition, Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists.

📅17 Nov 🕐11am 🎟️£18.50 📍@FreudMusLondon ➡️https://t.co/9ZpRykj0JF

With @LyonsLearning