JW3 Autumn/Winter Season Guide

The Ronnie Scott’s Story (Photo by Benjamin Amure)

What’s On Autumn/Winter 2018

Arts & Culture

Cinema

Families

Classes & Courses

Welcome TO JW3 As we kick off our new season and a new academic and Jewish year, I’m delighted to introduce our new season guide, filled with all the winter-warming events and classes you need.

This season also marks our 5th year so I want to thank each and every one of you who have supported our events, come for the classes, and hopefully, learnt something new. We’ll welcome our ONE MILLIONTH visitor over the bridge this season, so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for some special celebrations!

We have packed the next few months with another fantastic range of performances, classes, courses, talks, discussions, concerts, plays, kids’ activities, and much more. Keep a look out for events such as Sunday Night Live Review: Five Years of Jewish Culture (p15); Kristallnacht: Thoughts for the Future with Auschwitz survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (p37); An evening of Jewish Cabaret (p9); Little Angel theatre for families (p49); Churchill and the Jews with Andrew Roberts in conversation with Richard Cohen (p35); and our ever-growing film programme of the best of Jewish and Israeli cinema, the summer’s best new releases, Live Arts on Screen, Special Screenings, and Film Talks – all in our oh-so comfortable boutique Cinema (p18-23).

We’ve also got two stand-out festivals this year which you won’t want to miss out on. The UK Jewish Comedy Festival (p6) returns to JW3 for it’s 5th year, so get ready to have your funny bone well and truly tickled. We’re also delighted to welcome back the Hampstead & Highgate Literature Festival (p10), celebrating literature, London and our little corner of it.

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And as if that wasn’t enough, we’re excited to announce the return of the JW3 Ice Rink this year, so get your skates on and enjoy with a fresh Zest cocktail and sample our new meaty menu from London’s best kosher restaurant.

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CONTENTS Arts & Culture

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Music p3 UK Jewish Comedy Festival

p6

Health & Fitness

p42

Krav Maga

p44

Families & Youth

p47

Performance p8

Family Sundays

Ham & High LitFest

Crafternoon p52

p10

p48

Literature p14

Early Years

p54

Sunday Night Live

p15

Kids’ Zone

p59

Visual Arts

p15

Youth p62

Walks p17

Parenting p65

Cinema UK International Jewish Film Festival

p18

Regular Events for Families

p68

p19

Events by date for Families

p69

Regular events

p71

Live Arts On Screen p20

Events by date

p72

Jewish Britain On Film

p22

Who & Where

p74

Film Talks

p23

Young Professionals

p24

Social Action

p26

Adult Learning

p28

Talks & Discussions

p28

2020 Vision

p31

History & World Affairs

p32

Jewish Identity

p34

Holocaust Education

p36

Languages

Check out our Family section on page 47 Why don’t you?

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HOW TO BOOK

BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS

Online jw3.org.uk

Sunday Monday-Thursday Friday Saturday

By phone

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In person

341-351, Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET

9am - 9pm 9.30am - 9pm 9.30am - Various* Various*

*Opening hours are subject to occasional variation - please check our website for full details.

Modern Sephardi Cooking New Glatt Kosher meaty menu now at JW3, Bevis Marks and your desk in the City The meaty restaurant, milky cafĂŠ and bar at

The meaty restaurant and delivery service at

JW3

Bevis Marks Synagogue

341-351 Finchley Road London NW3 6ET

Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH

For Zest Catering services visit zestatjw3.co.uk To Book: 020 7433 8955 ZESTatJW3

ARTS & CULTURE This season you can catch the Ham & High Lit Fest, UK Jewish Comedy Festival and a whole host of gems in between, including world class artists, cutting edge Jewish culture, and the first outing of a new piece of work exploring Jewish Iraqi heritage.

We’re also investigating the world of monsters, protest music, Weimar-inspired cabaret and, to mark JW3’s 5th birthday, a Sunday Night Live special looking at the past five years of Jewish culture.

Mekella Broomberg Head of Arts & Culture

MUSIC

The Ronnie Scott’s Story ((Photo by Benjamin Amure)

Selichot

The Ronnie Scott’s Story

Sunday 16 September 7.30pm | £12 | Concert

Monday 5 November | 8pm £20 | Concert

In the weeks leading up to Yom Kippur Jews say Selichot, special prayers sung to prepare the heart, mind and soul for repentance. Rabbi Joseph Dweck will speak about and perform these moving and poetic prayers, explore their place in Sephardi culture and his own personal relationship with them.

Rabbi Dweck will be accompanied by musician Daniel Jonas.

Direct from London’s world-famous jazz club, The Ronnie Scott’s Quintet come to JW3. Combining live jazz, narration and rare archive photos and video, this is a musical celebration of how a Jewish East End boy became an international name for jazz. Expect tales of miscreant musicians and police raids.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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Liza Pulman

ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC

Liza Sings Streisand

Bahla & the JMI Youth Big Band

Thursday 8 November | 7.30pm £22 | Concert

Monday 17 December | 7pm £9 | Concert

With her fabulous band, Liza Pulman, singer, comedienne and one third of the satirical trio Fascinating Aida, celebrates Barbra Streisand with her hugely successful and critically acclaimed show. Featuring glorious new arrangements of classic songs, including The Way We Were, Second Hand Rose, People, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers and many more.

A special musical evening featuring the JMI Youth Big Band, a new youth ensemble led by Sam Eastmond and dedicated to contemporary music of Jewish origin. The Big Band will be followed by Bahla, an international mix of young and talented musicians creating their own distinctive brand of contemporary cinematic jazz entangled with Jewish folklore.

‘Such a delightful mix of influences coming together!’ - ESKA

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

Wolf of Baghdad

ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC

The Wolf of Baghdad is an audio-visual journey through a Jewish family’s memories of their lost Iraqi homeland. Projections of the graphic memoir will be accompanied by a live band playing the music of Iraq and its Jews. Led by musician/artist Carol Isaacs AKA The Surreal McCoy and accompanied by the band 3yin.

Wolf of Baghdad + 3yin

Wolf of Baghdad: Artist Night

Wednesday 21 November | 7.30pm £15 | Concert

Thursday 22 November | 7.30pm £15 | Concert

Following the performance, there will be a concert by 3yin who perform the music of the Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa. This evening is presented together with Harif, for the 5th Annual Memorial Day, to remember the Exodus of Jewish Refugees from Arab countries & Iran.

The artists and musicians involved in the Wolf of Baghdad and the band 3yin will be playing a concert and speaking after the performance, talking about the artistic inspirations that have compelled them to create innovative new work based on their personal histories and heritage.

DANGOOR EDUCATION

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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UK JEWISH COMEDY FESTIVAL

29 November - 4 December Whether you’re a fan of stand-up comedy (or more gentle sit-down humour), the UK Jewish Comedy Festival returns to JW3 for a 5th year featuring stellar performers from around the world. From faith leaders doing stand-up to our annual search for the best up-and-coming new Jewish comedian of the year, get ready to have your funny bone well and truly tickled.

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ARTS & CULTURE | UK JEWISH COMEDY FESTIVAL

New Jewish Comedian of the Year Come and watch some of the UK’s finest new Jewish comedians compete for your laughs. In our unique comedy competition, comedians will perform their routines, hoping to win a coveted place in the final. Join us to find out who will win this year’s award and be named 2018’s New Jewish Comedian of the Year.

Final: Hosted by Simon Brodkin

Wednesday 31 October | 7.30pm £5 | Comedy

Tuesday 4 December | 7.30pm £12 | Comedy

World Tour of Jewish Comedy

A rabbi, an imam and a priest walk into a Comedy Club

Simon Brodkin

Heat

Thursday 29 November | 8pm £14 | Comedy Join us for a glimpse into Jewish comedy cultures around the world.

Led by your host and through the wonders of technology, you’ll be whisked off on a world tour of Jewish comedy from the comfort of our Hall.

Discover what tickles funny bones in Budapest, what they find hilarious in Haifa and which jokes are considered side-splitting in Sydney.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

Sunday 2 December | 8pm £12 | Comedy A rabbi, an imam and a priest will each be braving the stage for the first time to perform 10 minutes of stand-up comedy.

Their brand new sets will be followed by a Q&A about the parallels between comedy and clergy, their different faiths and the difference between standing up in front of a congregation vs. stand-up in front of an audience.

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PERFORMANCE

Rendezvous in Bratislava

This season of theatre, dance, cabaret and drag marks the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the Weimar Republic and the art and performance that emerged from it.

Rendezvous in Bratislava

The Prince of West End Avenue

Wednesday 10 October | 7.30pm £12 | Cabaret

Thursday 18 October | 7.30pm £8 | Reading

Miriam and her granddad are making a cabaret together. They’re the perfect double act: he’s got the stories, she loves telling them, and they both have a flair for the theatrical. The only problem is - they’ve never met. And he’s been dead for 36 years.

Adapted from Alan Isler’s novel.

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The octogenarian residents of a New York city retirement home are attempting to rehearse a kosher production of Hamlet when their leading man drops dead. In the ensuing struggle for power, Otto Korner, 83, grasps his final chance to play the Prince - as his hidden past moves to centre stage.

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ARTS & CULTURE | PERFORMANCE

An Evening of Cabaret Thursday 1 November £12 per event £20 for both events Chanukah Lewinsky 7.30pm | Cabaret In their debut solo show, Chanukah Lewinsky is travelling west from Grodno. Expect live art, poetry and a certain blue dress.

Chanukah Lewinsky

Dex Grodner is a Jewish drag artist, queer historian, poet and political activist. Forever twirling on the Northern Line, their work draws on transness and the long 3am journey from Dalston to Edgware.

The Chronicles of Electra Cute

Mosley Must Fall

9pm | Cabaret

Thursday 15 November | 7.30pm £10 | Theatre

A heart-warming and original onewoman drag show about a Jewish girl trying to find her voice. Electra struggles to reconcile conflicting elements of her identity: can she tell her queer friends she’s Jewish and her Jewish friends that she’s queer?

You’re invited to the party she’s throwing to find out.

“Electra Cute, the outfit’s Sporty Spice...with a will-to-power rendition of Rise Like a Phoenix” - Brian Logan, THE GUARDIAN

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

Mosley Must Fall follows the fortunes of the McEnroes, a poor Irish family in the crowded ghettoes of London’s East End in the 1930’s.

Around them is growing discontent and agitation caused by Oswald Mosley.

The increasingly antisemitic party is actively trying to recruit the Irish to its ranks. How can Liam, a disillusioned veteran of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, keep his sons out of the fray?

“McNamara’s dialogue is well–observed, sparklingly comic” - British Theatre Guide 9

HAMPSTEAD & HIGHGATE LITERARY FESTIVAL

4 - 8 October The Hampstead and Highgate Literary Festival returns to JW3 for its tenth birthday this Autumn. With a bounteous harvest of words, art, music and more, we’ll be channelling the ghost of Mary Shelley, embracing the revolutionary spirit of 1968, celebrating London and our little corner of it and showcasing some of the most exciting and cutting edge literary talent around.

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

Mary Shelley’s Future Shocks

ARTS & CULTURE | LITERATURE | HAM & HIGH LIT FEST

33 Revolutions Per Minute Live

Artists and Authors in Abundance: Hampstead

Thursday 4 October | 7.30pm £25 | Concert

Friday 5 October | 11am £15 | Walk

1968 was a year of global revolution. 50 years later, we open the festival with this live concert version of journalist Dorian Lynskey’s exhaustive survey of the genre, 33 Revolutions Per Minute.

A glorious array of artists join compère Kerry Shale to perform a soundtrack of social change from Billie Holiday to Bob Dylan, Billy Bragg to Beyoncé.

In partnership with award-winning independent music venue, Green Note, it’ll be a stirringly special evening.

To celebrate the publication of Women’s London, join its author, Blue Badge guide Rachel Kolsky, as she leads one of the walks from the book.

Writers Daphne du Maurier, Katherine Mansfield and Stella Gibbons and artists Lee Miller, Barbara Hepworth and Gluck all once lived and worked within this leafy Georgian village with its delightful cottages and views across the capital.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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ARTS & CULTURE | LITERATURE | HAM & HIGH LIT FEST

Dinner at the Villa Diodati

Frankenstein

Friday 5 October | 7pm £35 | Friday Night Dinner

Sunday 7 October | 11am - 5pm Free | Audio-visual Experience

1816, the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva. Volcanic ash darkens the atmosphere, thunderstorms roll across the lake. Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont discuss literature late into the night.

Then Byron suggests they tell each other ghost stories and the legend of Frankenstein is born.

This solo audio experience, created

by Pure Expression, takes you on a journey through the life and memories of Victor Frankenstein and allows you to explore his world through a series of extraordinary objects.

We invite you to join us as we recreate the moment of its conception over Friday night dinner. Readings, music, a delicious meal from Zest and a haunting evening of monsters, mystery and magic.

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The experience lasts approximately 45 minutes. Booking essential.

“During the entire performance, I expected Frankenstein’s monster to emerge from the shadows.” – On In London

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ARTS & CULTURE | LITERATURE | HAM & HIGH LIT FEST

London Lit Live

Mary Shelley’s Future Shocks

Sunday 7 October | 8pm £10 | Performance

Monday 8 October | 8.30pm £12 | Performance

Back for a second year, London Lit Live is our platform for some of the capital’s most exciting literary talent.

Compère Bidisha is joined by an array of writers, artists and musicians to pay tribute to our brilliant, beautiful melting-pot of a city.

Cabinet of the Living Cinema bring together the epic words of Frankenstein with Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus in a multimedia work. This unmissable event features illustrations from Julia de Graaf and cinematic interludes from 1920s sci-fi films, all accompanied by a live musical score with harp, strings, percussion and vocal sound effects.

“Lyrical, passionate and searching; impossible to forget” – Times Online

If it’s a light bite you’re after, our Zest café is open with all your favourites – from pizza to salad and – of course – the best rugelach.

Now selling bread on site, you can pick up your challahs when you grab your morning coffee!

LITERATURE Creative Writing with Sylvia Paskin Mondays 8 October - 10 December 7.30 - 9.30pm | Classes £160 for the 10 week course Expand your horizons by writing poetry, fiction, plays and memoirs in a lively and supportive setting. You’ll receive thoughtful and considered critique. Sylvia Paskin is a writer/ lecturer/editor. She has edited various anthologies of new fiction by Jewish writers, Jewish women’s poetry and Yiddish film.

Poetry Circle with Irene Newton

Modern Jewish Literature with Aviva Dautch

Wednesdays 10 October, 7 November, 5 December 2 - 3.30pm | Discussion £6 per session

Thursdays 11 October - 13 December 10.30am - 12.30pm | Classes £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course

If you’re passionate about poetry, here’s a chance to find out more and discuss your appreciation in a friendly and inspiring group.

We will explore the richness of modern Jewish literature through reading Israeli, European and American books including: Nicole Krauss’s Forest Dark; Ruth Gilligan’s Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan and The Diamond Setter by Moshe Sakal, who uses the journey of a famous blue jewel to illuminate diverse facets of sexual and political tensions in Israel and across the Middle East.

Book Circle with Irene Newton Wednesdays 17 October, 14 November, 12 December 2 - 3.30pm | Discussion £6 per session Join us for enriching, thoughtprovoking and lively discussions about classic and contemporary novels.

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

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SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE

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Sunday Night Live Review: Five Years of Jewish Culture Sunday 14 October | 7.30pm £15 | Panel Discussion + Live Music To celebrate JW3’s 5th birthday, we bring together some of the very finest critics, artists and writers to review the last 5 years of contemporary Jewish arts and culture. What excited us and what divided us? Who were our cultural heroes and who were the villains?

What sank and what flew? Titans of each art form talk books, film, music, comedy, art, theatre, the whole gansa megillah. Tim Samuels chairs and singer songwriter Ana Silvera provides live Ladino-inspired musical interludes.

VISUAL ARTS Art Salon The Art Salon is our regular cross-arts platform, exploring Jewish themes and showcasing contemporary talent from across the arts and culture spectrum.

Golems

Satire

Tuesday 30 October | 8pm £10 | Art Salon

Tuesday 27 November | 8pm £10 | Art Salon

We delve into a world of monsters, golems, the undead and the uncanny to find out what they can tell us about our own humanity. Visual artist Ash Fitzgerald presents his golem-inspired work and Alex Davidson introduces a screening of the Quay Brothers’ short film Street of Crocodiles.

50 years since the year of protest which was 1968, and in the lead up to the UK Jewish Comedy Festival, we explore examples of the very sharpest political tool: satire. Visual journalist Martin Rowson and composer and radical Jewish activist Joseph Finlay present.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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ARTS & CULTURE | VISUAL ARTS

Know Before You Go - Klimt & Schiele with Patrick Bade Tuesday 27 November 2 - 3.30pm | Illustrated Talk £16 | £12 Online early bird

Egon Schiele Self Portrait with Physalis,

In 2018, Vienna will celebrate the dark, seductive art of Klimt, Schiele, Moser, and Wagner on the centenary of their deaths. The Royal Academy of Arts, in an extraordinary collaboration with the Albertina Museum in Vienna, marks the centenary of Klimt & Schiele’s deaths.

Art historian Patrick Bade gives a special insight to enable you to get the most out of your visit.

Open Art Studio with Michael Ajerman

The Art of Hebrew Calligraphy with Vetta Alexis

Wednesdays 12 September - 12 December* 10.30am - 1pm | Classes £25 per session £275 for the 12 week course

Tuesdays 9 October - 18 December* 12.15 - 2.15pm | Classes £20 per session £180 for the 10 week course

Develop your own visual arts projects under the experienced guidance of artist Michael Ajerman. These classes offer technical and personal guidance suitable for all levels of experience.

Please bring along your own work and ideas to develop.

Discover the beauty of Hebrew hand lettering. Join artist and Hebrew calligraphy specialist, Vetta Alexis, to work with ink, pencil, paint and gold leaf and create beautiful illuminated Hebrew letters, words, quotations, poetry and more.

Advance booking recommended. *No sessions on 19 September and 24 October.

We recommend this is taken as a course rather than occasional one-off classes. *No session on 23 October.

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

WALKS

Bagels to Brady Street with Rachel Kolsky

Old Jewish Quarter with Stephen Burstin

Tuesday 16 October | 10.30am £15 | Walk

Wednesday 14 November | 10.15am £15 plus £4 entry to Bevis Marks | Walk

Explore east of Brick Lane - from the enticing aroma of bagels, the sights and sounds of the street markets to designer stores. Featuring visits to synagogues, the maternity home, the closed cemetery of Brady Street and Hughes Mansions, whose residents were almost entirely Jewish when tragedy struck in 1945.

Explore the enthralling history of the Jewish community with a visit to the magnificent Bevis Marks Synagogue.

See the Jewish Soup Kitchen, lifesaver to thousands, and visit the first Yiddish theatre. Learn about the terrible living conditions and those notorious clothing sweatshops and the infamous Jewish Catwalk where unsuspecting Jewish immigrant girls were lured into a tragic life of prostitution.

Stepney & Whitechapel with Stephen Burstin Tuesday 23 October | 10.30am £15 | Walk See a Jewish cemetery hidden in an astonishing setting; the pub where a pint and a potato latke were the usual fayre; and a tiny synagogue dwarfed on all sides by a Mosque.

Meet the boxing champion whose finest match was outside the ring; the world renowned hairdresser and his East End apprenticeship and the young synagogue cantor who charmed the world.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

Hackney Downs to the Lowlife: Literary Hackney with Rachel Kolsky Tuesday 20 November | 10.30am £15 | Walk Celebrate the literary heritage of Hackney on this tour which will seek out and discover Jewish writers. From Grace Aguilar in the early 19th century to Pinter at Hackney Downs and Baron’s Lowlife, you will also discover Camberton’s Rain on the Pavements and Rosen’s Elephant.

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Disobedience

CINEMA

Winter is always an exciting time for the cinema at JW3, as the biggest event in the Jewish cinema calendar arrives – the UK International Jewish Film Festival.

Our friends at UK Jewish Film have been working on the programme throughout the year, and after last-year’s record-breaking festival, I can’t wait to see what they’ve chosen this year.

With the launch of our Jewish Britain on Film touring programme, the release of a deluge of potential Oscar contenders, including the long-awaited Disobedience, and some marvellous live screenings of the best operas, ballets and plays, the JW3 cinema is the place to be this winter!

Alex Davidson Film Programmer

Films for a fiver. Sounds crazy, no?

Films for a Fiver at the JW3 Cinema, only on Tuesdays.

Find out more: Jw3.org.uk/filmsforafiver

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

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THE 22ND UK INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

8 - 22 November The Festival returns to JW3, showcasing the best in contemporary Jewish and Israeli cinema including world and UK premières of international feature dramas, documentaries and shorts. In addition to the films, enjoy the chance to meet a wonderful array of filmmakers, actors and commentators for post-screening Q&As and panel discussions.

Visit ukjewishfilm.org for more details.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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LIVE ARTS ON SCREEN Watch live broadcasts and ‘encore’ recordings of outstanding plays, operas and ballets from the UK’s leading companies, all from the comfort of JW3.

Julie (National Theatre) Thursday 6 September | 7pm | £18 A new version of August Strinberg’s play, starring Vanessa Kirby (Princess Margaret in The Crown).

King Lear (National Theatre Encore)

The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre) Tuesday 9 October | 7.15pm | £18 Widely considered one of the funniest plays in English, Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzling displays.

Starring David Suchet as the fearsome Lady Bracknell.

King Lear (National Theatre Encore) Sunday 14 October | 2pm | £18 Sir Ian McKellen takes on one of Shakespeare’s greatest roles in this five star production.

Mayerling (Royal Ballet)

Dangerous desires, family secrets and political intrigues twist through every moment of daring choreography in Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet, inspired by true events.

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Mayerling (Royal Ballet)

Sunday 21 October | 2pm | £18

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

CINEMA | LIVE ARTS ON SCREEN

Die Walküre (Royal Opera) Sunday 28 October | 5pm | £18

The Madness of George III (National Theatre Encore)

Antonio Pappano conducts a great cast including Stuart Skelton, Emily Magee, John Lundgren and Nina Stemme in the second opera in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen.

The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet) Sunday 9 December | 2pm | £18 A festive treat for the whole family, with a special place in the hearts of ballet fans around the world.

The Madness of George III (National Theatre Encore) Sunday 16 December | 2pm | £18 Mark Gatiss stars as the erratic monarch in this performance of Alan Bennett’s witty play.

Berlin Philharmonic Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2018 Monday 31 December | 4pm | £18 Celebrate the end of 2018 with the Berliner Philharmoniker’s glittering New Year’s Eve Gala Concert, broadcast live from Berlin.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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Marriage of Miss Rose Carmel and Mr. Solly Gerschcowit

JEWISH BRITAIN ON FILM

We are proud to announce the launch of Jewish Britain on Film, a major nationwide touring programme in partnership with the British Film Institute.

Jewish Britain on Film contains some extraordinary records of 20th century Jewish life, unearthed in film archives across the nation. These include a vibrant wedding in London’s East End from 1925, the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street, Ben-Gurion’s visit to a Leeds youth centre in 1967 and plenty of joyous archive footage of Bar Mitzvahs, Maccabi clubs and holiday outings from across the UK. Jewish Britain on Film will screen at JW3 and over 100 cinemas, arts centres and community venues across the UK. Visit jw3.org.uk/jewish-britain for more details.

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Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

Greta Garbo

Scene from Singin’ in the rain

FILM TALKS

Garbo - the Ultimate Star with George McGhee

Fashion Shows in the Movies with George McGhee

Wednesday 28 November 2 - 3.30pm | Film & Discussion £20 | £16 Online early bird

Wednesday 5 December 2 - 3.30pm | Film & Discussion £20 | £16 Online early bird

The most revered star from the Golden Age of cinema, the name Garbo still conjures up mystery and majesty. 75 years after her last film, this session will explore her life and career in all its glory.

Many films have featured glamorous gowns by top film designers, including Adrian, Edith Head and Travis Barton.

In this session we’ll take a look at some of the amazing dresses and gowns featured in fashion shows on the big screen over the decades.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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YOUNG

PROFESSIONALS I’m thrilled that our programme of events for Young Professionals is jam packed this season. After our last sell out Friday Night Dinner, we will be holding another event catered by Zest, this time in our new meaty restaurant!

We’ll also be getting into the kitchen this Autumn with a cooking class and a challah baking session for the homeless as part of Mitzvah Day. And we know you won’t want to miss our silent disco on ice! And, if that’s not enough and you would like to get more involved, why not join our Young Professionals Committee?

I hope you’ll be able to join us at one of our upcoming events.

Deborah Tamir Young Adults Programmer

Young Professionals Winter Friday Night Dinner Friday 19 October | 6.30pm £30 | Dinner Join us for a delicious Friday Night Dinner. Enjoy live entertainment with an exquisite 3-course meal, catered by our in-house restaurant, Zest.

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Young Professionals Committee We will be holding Young Professionals committee meetings at the Zest bar where young adults will have the chance to shape our Young Professionals programme.

If you would like to join us, please email: deborah@jw3.org.uk

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

The JW3 Young Professionals programme has been kindly sponsored by The J Isaacs Charitable Trust.

Young Professionals Winter Cooking Class Wednesday 7 November | 7 - 10.30pm £25 | Class Our Young Professionals cooking class is back by popular demand! Join our welcoming and experienced chef to learn how to make hearty meals perfect for the winter months.

Young Professionals Mitzvah Day Challah Baking Sunday 18 November | 11am Free | Social Action Join other Young Professionals on Mitzvah Day to bake challah for the homeless.

Young Professionals Chanukah on Ice Thursday 6 December | 6.30pm £20 | Social Skate the night away with our Silent Disco on Ice. Quite literally everything you could want from a Chanukah party; doughnuts, mulled wine, an ice rink and an incredible silent disco.

North West London’s most popular ice rink returns December – January jw3.org.uk/icerink Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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SOCIAL ACTION

Knitwits

The Melting Pot

Sundays 16 September, 21 October, 18 November & 16 December 2 - 4.30pm | Free | Volunteering

Wednesdays 17 October, 14 & 28 November 6 - 9pm | for ages 18+ | Free

Come and join us for our free knitting community group. All levels and ages welcome.

Thousands of young refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in the UK experience isolation. The Melting Pot uses cookery as a means to bring together the local community and unaccompanied asylum-seekers, refugees and young migrants, over a shared cooked meal.

Challah For Hunger Wednesdays 26 September, 24 October, 21 November & 5 December 6 - 9pm | Free | Volunteering Come and volunteer with Challah for Hunger, which brings people together to make a difference through baking and selling challah.

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This project is funded by Near Neighbours in partnership with JCORE’S JUMP befriending project.

SOCIAL ACTION

Mitzvah Day Thursday 18 November Come and join us at JW3 on Mitzvah Day to volunteer for a variety of incredible causes. From making welcome-booklets for teenage refugees to baking food for a local homeless shelter, there’s something for everyone.

See pages: 25, 49, 53, 63.

Gateways Empowering young people through education Gateways is a vocational development scheme offering young, disadvantaged Jewish people aged 15-25 a way of learning and accessing support outside mainstream education. Every young person deserves the opportunity to achieve their potential and, at Gateways, we offer young people alternative and constructive ways to enhance their skill set, rebuild their self-esteem and instil hope for the future.

You can help us make a real difference in the life of someone in the community who has been let down and needs a chance to succeed.

If you would like to support Gateways, please email Laurence Field at: laurence@jw3.org.uk Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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ADULT LEARNING As we start a new term and a new academic year at JW3, we have a rich variety of classes and courses to suit your appetite. Whether you’re interested in Health or History, Jewish Identity or Languages, why not try something new this season? You can even buy a sheet of vouchers and dip in and out of our fantastic classes to get a taste of everything. This term, I’m especially pleased to be commemorating the centenary of World War One in our two-day 2020 Vision seminar; putting figures from Jewish History on trial and even asking the ultimate question: what does it mean to be a Jew? I very much look forward to seeing you at one of our classes or courses this term.

Judy Trotter Head of Adult Learning

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Current Affairs with Paula Kitching

Israel Current Affairs with Ian Lucas

Mondays 8 October - 10 December 2 - 3.30pm £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course

Mondays 8 October - 5 November 12.15 - 1.45pm £20 per session £80 for the 5 week course

Join Paula for the liveliest discussion group in London. She brilliantly and irreverently tackles new subjects every week. Topics will be generated by you and the issues of the day.

Join Ian Lucas to look at the weekly news and developments in Israel. Find out what is really going on and join the discussion. Ian will share his expertise to help make sense of the sensational headlines and delve into the little known small print.

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Yitzhak Rabin (Photo by Yaakov Saar)

ADULT LEARNING | TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

Abraham Debating Club

Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Ceremony

Thursdays 11 October - 13 December* 1.15 - 2.15pm | £5 per session

Monday 29 October | 6.30 - 8pm | Free

Come and debate with fellow students who organise this ‘Intelligence Squared’ style class. A wide range of controversial subjects will be chosen. *No session on 25 October Let’s Talk about Brothers and Sisters with Bernard Barnett Tuesday 16 October | 2pm | Talk £15 | £12 Online early bird Bernard will discuss the special bond shared between siblings and explore some issues of love, hate and jealousy from a psychoanalytic viewpoint.

As in the tradition of recent years, JW3 will again be hosting a tekes (ceremony) to commemorate the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 23 years ago. The evening is being organised by the Zionist Youth Council, including the Tzofim (Israeli Scouts) and is in partnership with the Israeli House and the Jewish Agency.

Come along to this important and moving evening, and ensure that we don’t forget this tragic event that has impacted Israeli society in so many ways. The ceremony will be in both Hebrew and English.

There will be illustrations with examples from life and from literature.

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ADULT LEARNING | TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

A Celebration of Ludwik Zamenhof, the Creator of Esperanto with Agnieska Kajdanowska

Ludwik Zamenhof

Wednesday 7 November 7.30pm | Talk £15 | £12 Online early bird

Let’s Talk about Parenting with Bernard Barnett

Polish-Jewish linguist Ludwik Zamenhof created Esperanto, so far the most successful artificial language. He grew up fascinated by the idea of a world without war and believed that this could happen with the help of a new international auxiliary language, which he developed in 1873 while still in school.

Tuesday 13 November | 2pm | Talk £15 | £12 Online early bird Bernard will illustrate the ideas of Dr. Donald Winnicott (paediatrician and psychoanalyst) and their significance and relevance for 2018, discussing examples from his psychoanalytic practice.

Let’s Talk about the Importance of Play with Bernard Barnett Tuesday 11 December | 2pm | Talk £15 | £12 Online early bird Bernard will look at playing and playfulness in infancy and throughout life. He will discuss the ideas of Donald Winnicott and their application to modern life, and consider how far the vital capacity to play stimulates the joys of love and living.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: A Time to Celebrate or A Time to Mourn? with Francesca Klug Wednesday 12 December | 7.30 - 9pm £15 | £12 Online early bird The landmark UDHR celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. The genesis and values are intrinsically linked to Jewish experience. As today’s world is marked by increasing volatility, inequality & Nationalism, Francesca asks whether the UDHR has fulfilled its promise as the dawn of a new era.

In partnership with René Cassin.

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

2020 VISION The First World War was the overture for the 20th century. Three of our educators look back at the period and consider where we are now.

Wednesday 5 & Thursday 6 September | Talks & Discussions £35 per day

Jewish Soldiers of the First World War with Trudy Gold

World War I: Marking the Centenary with William Tyler MBE

Wednesday 5 September 11am - 1pm £20 per session

Thursday 6 September 10.45am - 3.45pm

Trudy will focus on the stories of those Jews who fought for the British army and those who fought with the Germans. Loyal to the King - and on the other side to the Tzar, and Kaiser, and Emperor - and to their Country.

Was the First World War Good for the Jews? with Clive Lawton Wednesday 5 September 2 - 4pm £20 per session

100 years on from the end of the First World War, we shall look at its immediate consequences and at its long term legacy for us in Britain.

Described as ‘The war to end all wars’, it proved nothing of the sort, as Europe once again went to war just 21 years later. The images of the dead and dying young men haunt our national memory, and in this Brexit era it forces us once again to examine our relationship with continental Europe.

The League of Nations gave rise to new hopes for ethnic based communities. The Versailles treaty with its vindictive and punitive demands on Germany probably led to the rise of Hitler. The birth of the Soviet Union set up the split across Europe that would last for the next 70 years. All of these are chilling examples of the law of unintended consequences, and bring to mind the adage - be careful what you wish for.

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HISTORY & WORLD AFFAIRS The JW3 History & World Affairs programme has been kindly sponsored by The Bluston Charitable Settlement, in memory of Lily & David Bluston.

Brains At Breakfast: History on Trial with Trudy Gold Wednesdays 10 October - 12 December 8 - 9am £30 per session £250 for the 10 week course Trudy Gold will examine and assess individuals who made a huge impact on either Jewish or world history.

Characters will range from Joshua of Nazareth to Moses Mendelssohn, Napoleon and many more, including non-Jews whose actions altered the history of the Jewish people.

Trials: The Great Court Cases of Jewish History with Trudy Gold Wednesdays 10 October - 12 December 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course Court cases can illuminate little-known areas of Jewish History. This year-long course will examine trials of spies, heroes and villains. Trials covered will include cases such as Shalom Schwarzbard in Paris, Eli Cohen in Syria, Jacob Frank in the US and the Doctors and Poets of the USSR.

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If Britain had fallen in 1940: An Alternative History with William Tyler MBE Thursdays 11 October - 13 December* 10.45am - 12.45pm £20 per session £144 for the 9 week course William will branch into a ‘what if’ of history to explore what would have happened here following a German invasion after the retreat from Dunkirk in 1940. What of Churchill?

What of any Resistance? We shall examine the evidence. *No session 25 October

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ADULT LEARNING | HISTORY & WORLD AFFAIRS

Middle East Update with Hagai Segal Wednesday 5 December 7.30 - 9pm £20 | £16 Online early bird Hagai will explore and explain the latest developments from the evertumultuous Middle-East. He will include Syria, Iraq, Isis/Is/Daesh plus IsraeliPalestinian relations.

The Hohenzollerns: German Imperial House with William Tyler MBE Thursdays 11 October - 13 December* 2.15 - 3.45pm £20 per session £144 for the 9 week course

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Wednesday 14 November 7.30 - 9pm £20 | £16 Online early bird Hagai was one of the first teachers to feature at JW3’s launch 5 years ago. In this session, he’ll look back at how the world, and especially the Middle East, has changed since then.

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John F. Kennedy

The Hohenzollerns were split into two branches: one, Prussian, becoming Protestant, and the other, Swabian, Catholic. William will trace this family from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the establishment of the Kingdom of Prussia. *No session 25 October JFK: American Icon with William Tyler MBE Thursday 20 December | 10.45am £40 | £35 Online early bird Some public events leave an indelible mark on people’s lives: One such event was the assassination of President Kennedy. Was he as successful and charismatic as memory tells us, or is the truth a little different?

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JEWISH IDENTITY The Bible in Bits with Clive Lawton OBE Tuesdays 9 October - 11 December* 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £144 for the 9 week course

Bananas and the Jewish Question with Angela Gluck Mondays 8 October - 10 December* Wednesdays 10 October - 12 December 10am - noon £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course The question ‘who or what is a Jew?’ is a controversial question for the ages.

Angela will explore changing concepts of Jewish identity according to different strands of Jewish observance and experience. *Mondays are only bookable as a course or via Box Office.

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This course in bite sized chunks will give you an overview of the entire Jewish Bible - and even spend a week on the Apocrypha. You will gain perspective and understand how different elements piece together, as well as consider why it’s still thought to be such a big deal. *No session 20 November Modern Jewish History with Trudy Gold Tuesdays 9 October - 11 December 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course The last 200 years have seen extraordinary changes to the history of the Jewish people, incarcerated under the Tsars in Russia and buffeted by the forces of modernity in the West.

This course presents the event filled journey of the Jew in the modern world, from triumphs to catastrophes.

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ADULT LEARNING | EXPLORE JEWISH IDENTITY

Churchill and the Jews with Andrew Roberts in conversation with Richard Cohen Wednesday 17 October | 7.30 - 9pm £20 | £16 Online early bird Despite being born an aristocrat in Victorian Britain, Winston Churchill was a philosemite, a Zionist who played a part in the Balfour Declaration. Yet as Prime Minister during the Second World War, he was unable to initiate the bombing of Auschwitz. Andrew Roberts has written a new biography of Winston Churchill which highlights and explores his relationship with the Jews, and will discuss his findings in conversation with Richard Cohen.

Global Day of Jewish Living Sunday 11 November | 3 - 5pm £15 | £12 Online early bird JW3 is proud to again be taking part in the global day of Jewish living.

The theme for 2018 is ’What are the journeys that matter most to us? From ancient adventures to the modern diaspora, spiritual to physical, experience the journeys of individuals and the Jewish people’. Come and hear some of JW3’s experienced educators joining a worldwide community of learning.

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The Most Remarkable Isaac Rosenberg with Aviva Dautch Tuesday 27 November | 7.30 - 9pm £15 | £12 Online early bird Isaac Rosenberg, who is best known for his many poems written while serving on the Western Front, was also a fine painter (Slade School of Art). To commemorate his birthday, we will discuss his Jewish identity and creative life and ask how an East End Jew became known as “the most remarkable of the British poets killed in the First World War.” Nietzsche, Soloveitchik and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Dr Michael Harris Wednesday 21 November | 8 - 9.30pm £20 | £16 Online early bird You might not think that the philosophy of confirmed atheist Friedrich Nietzsche has anything in common with that of the leading Modern Orthodox thinker Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. But in their new book published by Cambridge University Press, Daniel Rynhold and Rabbi Harris argue that it might be surprisingly fruitful to consider some central aspects of Soloveitchik’s thought through a Nietzschean lens.

Rabbi Michael Harris will present their conclusions in this riveting session, suitable for expert philosophers and novices alike.

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HOLOCAUST EDUCATION In the year of the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport, we are proud to honour and remember these important anniversaries with two key events: A newly composed theatre piece called KinderSang; and Niklas Frank, son of the Governor of German occupied Poland in conversation with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz by playing the cello in the women’s orchestra.

I hope to see you there.

Caroline Melzer and Nurit Stark

Michelle Hyer Holocaust Education Programmer

KinderSang Tuesday 6 November | 7.30pm £12 | Performance KinderSang is a newly composed music theatre piece to commemorate the anniversary of the Kindertransport.

In this 80th anniversary year, composer Deirdre Gribbin will mark the event through the poetry of Kindertransport survivors set to newly composed music.

Internationally acclaimed musicians Nurit Stark (violin) and Caroline Melzer (soprano) will create the narrative of a 1930’s train carriage implied through staging and costumes, portraying the life stories of these survivors.

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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 1938

ADULT LEARNING | HOLOCAUST EDUCATION

Kristallnacht: Thoughts for The Future with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Niklas Frank Monday 12 November | 7.30pm £15 | £12 Online early bird Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, one of the founders of the English Chamber Orchestra, survived Auschwitz as a member of the woman’s orchestra. Niklas Frank’s father was Dr. Hans Frank, Governor of Nazi occupied Poland. He has completely repudiated his father. The two will be in conversation and explore their memories of the past, and hopes for the future, chaired by Trudy Gold.

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Holocaust & Lost Cultural & Urban Spaces in Modern Ukraine with Iryna Starovoyt, Marla Osborn and Asia Gefter Tuesday 18 December | 7.30pm £15 | £12 Online early bird The Post Maidan revolution years shaped a new public discourse on the issue of Ukraine’s incorporating Jewish history into its national narrative. A new trend to uncover Jewish cultural presence in cities is being seized upon

by Ukrainian intellectuals, chaired by Marina Pesenti.

In partnership with The Ukrainian Institute London

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OUR COMMUNITY OUR FUTURE YOUR LEGACY As a registered charity, JW3 needs to raise ÂŁ2 million from voluntary donations per year. A gift in your Will to JW3 will help ensure that JW3 continues to thrive and deliver outstanding arts and culture.

Come along for a free session answering your questions: How can I pass funds to my grandchildren in the most tax effective way?

What do I need to think about if I haven’t reviewed my Will since I married/ divorced/lost my partner?

How do I think about leaving a gift to my favourite charities? What are the tax benefits of leaving a gift to charity in my Will?

17 October

24 October

12.45 - 2pm

12.45 - 2pm

Michael Swaden, expert Probate and Wills Solicitor will answer your questions about ensuring your Will still suits your needs and how to go about leaving a gift in your Will to your favourite charities.

Ed Beaber of NLP Estate Planning and Inheritance Tax experts will discuss effective Estate Planning to mitigate inheritance tax liabilities and how to make effective taxefficient gifts to family.

A free bagel lunch has kindly been donated by our sponsors. Booking essential.

Please reserve your place by emailing: melanie@jw3development.org.uk or call 020 7433 8961.

LANGUAGES

Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to refresh old skills, we’ve got a language course in Hebrew or French that’s just perfect for you. Our tutors are very experienced and will take their time to make sure that you show real improvement in no time.

Haggit Inbar-Littas Head of Languages

A Hebrew book Ivrit Min Ha’Hatchala A or B is required for most Hebrew classes, as well as dictionaries which can be purchased at the JW3 Box Office.

The cost of the books (£29-£35) is not included in the course fee.

To find out which level will be best for you, please visit jw3.org.uk/languages or contact Haggit Inbar-Littas, Head of Languages: haggit@jw3.org.uk | 020 7433 8972

Special Offer with World Zionist Organisation The first 30 people to book onto one of our Hebrew Total Beginners classes will pay just £320 (instead of £540) for 60 hours of expert tuition across 2 ½ terms.

After 30 people, spaces will be available at £187 per term. See website for full details.

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ADULT LEARNING | LANGUAGES

Hebrew Total Beginners If you are not familiar with the block or script Hebrew alphabet, we recommend starting here in order to be able to read without vowels as well as to write and build up basic conversation.

Not Quite Beginners For those who have started to read the Hebrew alphabet both in block and script and have a vocabulary of about 100 words.

Beginners I For those who can read comfortably, form simple sentences, have knowledge of basic verbs in the present tense, infinitives and a vocabulary of 300-400 words.

Beginners II A class for those who converse in Hebrew on basic topics comfortably using the present tense and infinitives.

Learn the past tense and to use 700 to 800 words confidently.

Beginners III Become confident handling the past tense, discussing newspaper headlines and listening to Hebrew recordings.

Intermediate I Finishing the past tense and starting the future tense.

Intermediate II The future tense continues to be taught using newspapers and special TV programmes, there will be more developed conversations.

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Intermediate III This course consolidates previous learning of tenses and introduces the passive tense. Using video and listening clips.

Advanced I We will use a variety of media and elaborate on texts from newspapers to take your Hebrew to the next level.

Advanced III For those who know present, past and future tenses and read more advanced newspaper articles.

Very Advanced Conversation Students will watch news from Israel and converse on leading topics of the day as well as other relevant topics.

French Intermediate II Improve your speaking skills and vocabulary through reading articles in French.

Intermediate III Improve your speaking skills and vocabulary through reading articles in French.

Advanced Conversation Discuss different topics such as French literature, politics or French culture reading and discussing articles or French novels.

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ADULT LEARNING | LANGUAGES

AUTUMN 2018 LANGUAGES TERM DATES Sunday 7 October – Thursday 20 December (There are 11 sessions this term) MONDAYS* 10am - 12noon French Advanced Conversation Patricia Zerah-Randisi £187

TUESDAYS*

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THURSDAYS*

10am - 12noon Hebrew Intermediate I Nurit Gance £187

10am - 12noon Hebrew Intermediate I (Term II) Haggit Inbar-Littas £187

10am - 12noon Hebrew Beginners I Haggit Inbar-Littas £187

10am - 1pm Hebrew Advanced I Haggit Inbar-Littas £280

10am - 12noon French Intermediate II (Term II) Patricia Zerah-Randisi £187

1 - 3pm French Intermediate III (Term II) Patricia Zerah-Randisi £187

10am - 12noon Hebrew Advanced I Hani Gani £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I (Term III) Tami Dayan-Zedek £187

10am - 12.30pm Hebrew Advanced III Haggit Inbar-Littas £234

10am - 12.30pm Hebrew Intermediate II Rina Gurvitz £234

7 - 9pm NEW Hebrew Total Beginners Liat Aharonovitch *See Special Offer

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I Liat Aharonovitch £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners III (Term II) Hani Gani £187

12.30 - 2.30pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners Hani Gani £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I (Term II) Ronit First-Kavisky £187

7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners (Term II) Tami Dayan-Zedek £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners Rina Gurvitz £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners II (Term III) Hani Gani £187

8 - 10pm Hebrew Beginners III (Term III) Osnat Blauer-Rivlin £187

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I (Term II) Liat Aharonovitch £187

7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners (Term II) Kimi (Michal) Waxman £187 8 - 10pm Hebrew Very Advanced Conversation Haggit Inbar-Littas £187

7 - 9pm NEW Hebrew Total Beginners Kimi (Michal) Waxman *See Special Offer

SUNDAYS* 10am - 12noon Hebrew Beginners I Ronit First-Kavisky £187 11am - 1pm Hebrew Beginners II (Term II) Liat Aharonovitch £187 11am - 1pm Hebrew Intermediate III Rina Wolgroh-Zolti £187

7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Intermediate II (Term III) Nurit Gance £187

Want to know more about our GCSE revision classes? Covering Hebrew, French and Spanish, they’re perfect for pupils in Year 11 looking for an extra help.

See page 64 for more details.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Feldenkrais with Orna Dale Eliashev

Feldenkrais Gold with Orna Dale Eliashev

Mondays 8 October - 10 December 10.30 - 11.30am £13 per session £100 for the 10 week course

Wednesdays 10 October - 12 December 10.30 - 11.30am £13 per session £100 for the 10 week course

The Feldenkrais Method is a gentle approach designed to bring about a greater ease, flexibility and range in our movements. By realising more of your capability for movement and comfort, you’ll enjoy greater vitality and health. Reaching deep, the method promotes a sense of wellbeing, relaxation and better focus.

Feldenkrais Gold offers a lighter, more subtle range from the regular Feldenkrais classes at JW3, suitable for people who struggle with pain or restricted mobility. As your body extends the possibilities for mobility, your brain awakens to form new connections between nerve cells, keeping it alert and vital.

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HEALTH & FITNESS

Classical Egyptian Belly Dancing with Frederique Assor

Pilates with Ronelle Solomons

Wednesday 10 October – 12 December 7.10 - 8.10pm | £11 per session Dance workshop

Thursdays 11 October - 13 December 9.30 - 10.30am £13 per session £100 for the 10 week course

This gender neutral hybrid dance form, which emanates from Egypt, has roots across North Africa and the Middle East. The class introduces steps from Egyptian and Tunisian folkloric dance traditions as well as Samba and Tango. Learn shimmies, undulations, camels and hip-rotations all while improving your posture, muscle tone, fitness and rhythm.

Pilates improves posture, enhances muscle tone and body shape, and helps to correct muscle imbalances and weaknesses. A mind/body experience for men and women of all ages that will leave you feeling energised and relaxed. Please bring your own mat or towel to lie on and wear comfortable clothing.

Suitable for all levels.

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KRAV MAGA

Krav Maga is widely recognised as the world’s most effective form of self-defence.

Originating in Israel, it was created in the belief that we all have the right to walk in peace. Our courses will give participants the skills and experience to do just that. It is fun, quick to learn and easy to retain. It is particularly useful in practical situations, and will keep you fit. London Krav Maga was established in 1996 and is affiliated to the official Krav Maga Global (KMG) based in Netanya, Israel. We only use Israeli-trained and registered instructors using a rigorously tested syllabus.

For more information, term dates, registration and payment please visit the London Krav Maga website: londonkravmaga.com/JW3 Any other questions please email info@londonkravmaga.com Please note that all courses are booked per season and cannot be booked on a per session basis.

Kids Foundation

Kids Intermediate

Mondays 8 October - 17 December Ages 11-13: 5 - 6pm Ages 14-16: 6 - 7pm £154 for the 11 week course

Tuesdays 9 October - 18 December Ages 11-13: 5 - 6pm Ages 14-16: 6 - 7pm £40 per month

Krav Maga is easy to learn and retain.

Israeli-trained and registered instructors teach you how to defend yourself against attacks in the street as well as how to fight back. Plus, learn to respond quickly under stress.

The classes will further develop striking and defensive abilities, as well as mental awareness of conflict situations, and provide the opportunity for students to continue to progress through the grades.

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Women Foundation Sundays 9 September - 9 December* 10 - 11.20am £195 for the 13 week course Learn how to defend yourself against common threats and attacks in all sorts of environments and gain the skills to fight back. We only use Israelitrained and registered instructors, specifically qualified to teach women, using gender-appropriate methods and material. Suitable for ages 16+ *No session 2 December

Adult Foundation Sundays 7 October - 23 December 7 - 8.30pm or Thursdays 27 September - 13 December 7 - 8.10pm £195 for the 12 week course Our instructors give beginners the basics of the theory and practice of Krav Maga – teaching you how to defend yourself against all manner of attacks as well as how to fight back.

We simulate the stress of a real attack without compromising your safety.

Practitioner & Graduate Programmes

Women Intermediate Sundays 9 September - 9 December* 11.30am - 12.50pm £45 per month For women over 16 who have completed the Foundation Course.

Learn more skills to defend yourself and fight back with registered Israelitrained instructors. *No session 2 December

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

Sundays to Thursdays, all year For students who have completed our Foundation Course (or who have prior experience) the Practitioner Programme (grades 1-5) is the next step. There are seven sessions per week to choose from split by level.

Fees are payable by month and depend on payment options chosen.

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JW3 Membership

Become a JW3 member and you’ll discover that it’s not just your mother who thinks you’re special.

In addition to a 10% discount on almost all our events, activities, classes and courses (yes, even those 12 week courses) and a 10% discount on all that delicious food and non-alcoholic drink at Zest, we also like to offer our members something extra. From priority booking for sell-out events or an invitation to exclusive, member-only receptions, we love finding new ways to spoil you a little.

To join today (and who can afford to wait until tomorrow?) visit www.jw3.org.uk/become-member or call the Box Office on 020 7433 8988

*Terms and conditions apply.

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FAMILIES & YOUTH Whether you’re looking to learn something new, connect with other families, or offer your children a special experience, our Autumn season has it covered. From our Chanukah celebrations to a winter disco and our 5th birthday party, families can drop in each weekend, enjoy a special time together and meet other families.

For those magical early years we have the much-loved classes and courses where very young children engage with the arts, music, cooking and physical activity. For older children, we are running our fabulous holiday schemes in the winter, as well as our ongoing after school activities.

We look forward to seeing you and your family at our upcoming events.

Elinor Honigstein Head of Youth and Community

Chanukah Light Ups

Families Winter Disco

3, 4, 5 and 6 December 4.30 - 5.30pm | Free

Tuesday 25 December 11.30am - 12.30pm | for ages under 7 £7 per child free for siblings under 6 months £3 per adult

Join us for family-friendly crafts, candle lighting, delicious doughnuts and festive fun. We are joined by our friends JMI, Ilana Banana, PJ Library and more. 4.30 - 5pm Chanukah craft, 5pm candle lighting and music.

Join us for a fun filled, highly interactive disco style party for all the family. Get on down with your kids and boogie to the best of pop and old school kids’ party hits. We will start with wintry craft activities, soft play and games. Then move on to enjoying a disco party with snow, bubbles, lights and lots of props. With kids entertainer Ilana Banana.

Great for all under 7’s and their grown ups who don’t get to go out dancing anymore!

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FAMILY SUNDAYS

Klezmer in the Park

Mini Succah Building Workshop

Sunday 2 September 12.30 - 5.30pm | for ages 2+ | Free

Sunday 23 September 10 - 11am | for ages 4+ £7 per child | Adults free

Sunday 16 September 3 - 4.15pm | for ages 2-6 £5.50 per child | free for siblings under 2 £2.50 per adult An Israeli get-together designed especially for Rosh Hashanah and Succot, with live music and lots of surprises! We’ll celebrate just like at home with Shlomit and her succah, pomegranates, apple and honey and lots of dancing and fun.

Session in Hebrew.

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JW3 5th Birthday for Families

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Let’s build our very own mini succah from different materials in this creative family workshop.

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There will be music, creative work, a stories corner, a mitzvah space, many more surprises and of course - cake!

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Families Classical Concert for Babies and Toddlers

FAMILIES | FAMILY SUNDAYS

Little Angel Theatre: Sleepy Head

Families Classical Concert for Babies and Toddlers

Sunday 14 October 1.30 - 2.30pm and 3.30 - 4.30pm for ages 2-5 £10 per child | £10 per adult £35 per family

Sunday 4 November 11am - noon | for ages under 3 Children free | £10 per adult

Mix in some magic, a pinch of circus and a large dollop of silliness and you have the recipe for a little adventure with a lot of laughs!

The Big Draw for Families Sunday 28 October 3 - 4.30pm | for ages 5+ £6 per child | £2 per adult The Big Draw festival is back. This year’s theme is PLAY! Join us for this creative drawing workshop as we play and experiment with colour to create our Chagall-inspired drawings.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

A family friendly concert performed by professional musicians, where babies and toddlers can wriggle around on soft blankets, while adults sit comfortably and watch them react to the music.

Mitzvah Day Sunday 18 November 2 - 4.30pm | for ages 2+ | Free Come and get involved with all our Mitzvah Day activities - make cards for a nursing home, donate gifts to a children’s ward, come and pack boxes: JW3 will be a hub of activity on Mitzvah Day.

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FAMILIES | FAMILY SUNDAYS

Planet Play with Chickenshed Sunday 25 November 11 - 11.45am | for ages under 3 £7 per child | £7 per adult Free for siblings under 6 months

Tales from the Shed with Chickenshed Sunday 25 November 2 - 3pm | for ages 3-7 £7 per child | £7 per adult Free for siblings under 6 months Tales from the Shed is a vibrant, interactive theatre show for young children, developed by Chickenshed.

Join us for this informal, lively and amazingly engaging show as the performers and audience share the same space - children are always encouraged to make a lot of noise and to help make the story happen.

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Tales from the Shed with Chickenshed

Planet Play has been specifically developed to encourage play and early communication development in young children. This interactive session will encourage young children to develop and explore the world around them through song, music, movement and a truly sensory experience.

Look out for our French and Russian families Get Together...

Coming soon!

Stay tuned for more information on a special Sunday afternoon of awesome activities for French and Russian speaking families.

With arts and crafts, storytelling and fun for all the family in your native language, you won’t want to miss out.

Please see jw3.org.uk for more details.

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FAMILIES | FAMILY SUNDAYS

JW3 celebrates Chanukah at Brent Cross Sunday 2 December noon - 5pm | for ages 2+ | Free JW3 presents Chanukah at Brent Cross, featuring Chanukah themed Crafternoon, live Chanukah music, dreidel games, story telling, nail art, face painting, balloon modelling and candle lighting.

K’mo B’bayit Chanukah

Imahot v’Avot Chanukah

Sunday 2 December 3 - 4.15pm | for ages 2-6 £5.50 per child | £2.50 per adult Free for siblings under 2

Sunday 2 December 3 - 5pm | for ages under 8 Free for kids | £5 per adult

An Israeli get-together designed especially for Chanukah! Join us this Sunday afternoon when we celebrate Chanukah just like at home - we will swirl like svivonim, stand tall as candles, discover the oil and send away the darkness. Live music, Israeli songs and more festival surprises.

Session in Hebrew.

Imahot v’Avot is a social group for families who have one or more parent who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQQ). Join us for a fun and musical Chanukah themed Imahot v’Avot get together. Soft play, Chanukah sing-along, festival craft, refreshments and more. There will be activities suitable for ages under 5’s as well as for ages 5-8.

Chanukah Funukah Sunday 9 December 2 - 4.30pm | for ages 2-8 £7 per child | £3 per adult | £16 per family JW3’s Chanukah Funukah family extravaganza returns with doughnuts, face painting, a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, music and fun!

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CRAFTERNOON Our series of themed craft activities for children and their families on Sunday afternoons. Free entry, donations are welcome.

For ages 2+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Crafternoon: Rosh Hashanah

Crafternoon: Autumn Bookmarks

Sunday 16 September | 2 - 4.30pm

Sunday 21 October | 2 - 4.30pm

Get ready to make loads of noise as we create our own paper shofars.

Now that Autumn is in full swing, let’s make Autumn bookmarks by using leaves that have fallen from the trees.

Crafternoon: Succah Decoration Sunday 23 September 11.30am - 1.30pm Come join in the fun as we create great decorations for our succah.

Crafternoon: Simchat Torah Sunday 30 September 11.30am - 1.30pm Make your own colourful paper Torah scroll as we celebrate Simchat Torah.

Crafternoon: Sleepy Head Puppet Sunday 14 October | 2 - 4.30pm We’ll be creating our very own puppets from the much loved tale Sleepy Head.

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Crafternoon: The Big Draw Sunday 28 October | 2 - 4.30pm The Big Draw is the world’s largest drawing festival. Join crafternoon this week whilst we get creative and draw your very own self portrait.

Crafternoon: Paper Fireworks Sunday 4 November | 2 - 4.30pm Remember, remember the 5th of November! Get ready to make paper rocket fireworks with a sparkle.

Crafternoon: Clay Candle Holders Sunday 11 November | 2 - 4.30pm Enjoy making your very own clay candle holder. We’ll decorate the clay with paint and fun shapes.

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FAMILIES | FAMILY SUNDAYS

Crafternoon: Mitzvah Day Sunday 18 November | 2 - 4.30pm It’s Mitzvah Day so let’s make a difference and get making and designing mini tzedakah boxes.

Crafternoon: Chanukah Menorah Making Sunday 2 December | 2 - 4.30pm Join us to celebrate Chanukah by making your own colourful chanukiah, to keep and take home.

Crafternoon: 3D Paper Dreidel Sunday 25 November | 2 - 4.30pm Let’s start the preparations for Chanukah by making 3D paper dreidels.

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Crafternoon: Sea Life Paper Crafts Sunday 16 December | 2 - 4.30pm Let’s explore under the sea and create our very own paper sea life. We’ll make a mini paper jelly fish, seahorse and octopus.

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EARLY YEARS Activities for children aged 0 - 6 years and the adults they’re responsible for.

French Fun with Club Petit Pierrot Mondays 17 September - 10 December* 10.30 - 11.15am | for ages 1-3 Join us for French Fun with Club Petit Pierrot. Multi-sensory activities include singing, dancing, games, art and craft - all in French. Sessions are led by a native French teacher and are suitable for all levels of French.

To book visit clubpetitpierrot.co.uk, email admincpp@btconnect.com or call 020 7385 5565. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October Baby Yoga with The Baby Yoga Company

Street Dance

Mondays 17 September - 3 December* 1 - 2pm for ages 3 months to walking £10 per session | £40 for 9 weeks

Mondays 17 September 17 December* 3.50 - 4.30pm | for ages 3-5 £93.50 for 11 week course £10 paid trial via Box Office

Stretch, strengthen and relax with your baby, as you do specially-adapted yoga exercises which enhance your bond with your baby and are beneficial for both parent and baby alike. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October

A fun introductory dance class. An excellent way to learn rhythm, improve memory, co-ordination and muscle tone. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October

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Sha’at Sipur Ve’tnua Tuesdays 9 October - 4 December* 4 - 4.45pm | for ages 2-5 £7 per session | Free for adults Each week children will be introduced to a range of new and classic Israeli stories and get to practice their Hebrew in an enjoyable way. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sessions in Hebrew. *No session 23 October

The Creation Station Tuesdays 18 September 11 December* 9.40 - 10.30am or 10.50 - 11.40am for ages 15 months - 5 years £10.50 per drop-in session £42.50 for 5 weeks | £80 for 10 weeks The perfect solution for all your child’s creative needs. Each class is themed around colour, texture and shape.

Children will use a wide range of arts and crafts materials to create something lovely to take home. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 25 September, 2 and 23 October

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Caterpillar Music Tuesdays 9 October 11 December 4 - 4.45pm | for ages under 3 £8.50 per session | Free for adults Unique introduction to music with exciting themes, colourful instruments, nursery rhymes and original puppets.

Each week has a different theme colours, numbers, farm animals and zoo animals. Kids are able to develop language, social skills and co-ordination in a fun and creative way. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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JW3 Puppet Tales Wednesdays 12 September 12 December* 4 - 4.45pm | for ages 2½-6 £7.50 per session | Free for adults

Hartbeeps Happy House Wednesdays 12 September - 12 December* 10 - 10.45am, for walkers to age 4 £9 per drop-in session £48 for 6 weeks | £84 for 12 weeks Our Happy House sessions encourage busy toddlers to explore and interact with fabulous music, colourful, sensory props and puppets. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 19 September and 24 October Hartbeeps Babybeeps Wednesdays 12 September - 12 December* 11 - 11.45am, for sitters to toddlers £9 per drop-in session £48 for 6 weeks | £84 for 12 weeks Designed by experts, fuelled by magic and delivered with love, award-winning Hartbeeps are highly interactive sessions for little ones to learn and have fun. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 19 September and 24 October 56

A magical afternoon full of stories, fun and special hand-made puppets designed for each session. Each week the children will discover a different tale and be encouraged to develop their imagination, enrich their vocabulary and socialise with their friends. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 19 September and 24 October Kick and Play Thursdays 13 September -13 December* 10 - 10.45am | for ages 1-2 £10 per child Kick & Play is a parent-child presoccer and movement programme specifically designed for toddlers between 12 and 24 months. Our experienced instructors along with our puppet friends, Mimi & Pepe, take you and your little one through a world of exciting physical activity. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 25 October

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FAMILIES | EARLY YEARS

JW3 AM Playgroup with Ilana Banana Thursdays 13 September - 13 December* 10 - 11.30am | for ages under 3 £6 per session | Free for adults Join us every Thursday morning for some informal play, songs, games, chat and activities for the little ones.

Each week we will also be holding a mini Shabbat service with fresh challah and Shabbat songs. Our playgroup is ideal for under 2’s and their grown-ups. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 25 October Super Soccer Stars

JW3 Cooking Together

Thursdays 13 September - 13 December* 10.50 - 11.35am | for ages 2-4 £10 per child

Thursdays 13 September - 6 December* 4.15 - 5.15pm | for ages 2-5 £12 per class for drop-in £60 for 6 weeks £108 for 12 week course

At Super Soccer Stars, we use the ball as the vehicle to help children develop self-confidence, improve motor skills, social skills, coordination and stability. Each class includes an introduction to physical activities, rich language exposure, and movements such as running, jumping and changing directions. Come get the ball rolling today! Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 25 October

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Every week children have fun with hands-on recipes inspired by different cultures and traditions, and are encouraged to learn about the vitamins and nutrients in our food as well as practice their fine motor skills and cooking techniques. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 25 October

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Shabbaboom: Music and Baking for Families Fridays 14 September - 7 December* 10 - 11.15am | for ages 1-5 £8.50 per session | Free for adults Everyone is invited to our special Friday morning celebration - we will start by rolling, braiding and baking challah! Then we’ll join together for an interactive sing-along and dance to welcome the Shabbat. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 26 October Amazing Tots Developmental Play Group for Children with Disabilities Fridays 14 September - 21 December* 10am - noon | for ages 0-5 | Free A developmental stay and play session for children who have a disability or developmental delay. The group also provides opportunities for parents and carers to meet one another, find out information and share experiences relevant to their child’s needs.

To book and for more information please contact: isla.simpson@kids.org.uk or 0207 359 3635. Children must be accompanied by an adult. *No session 26 October

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Family Music Time with KangaRooKids Sundays 16 September 16 December 10.15 - 11am | for ages under 4 £8.50 per session | Free for adults Why have a lie-in, go for (another) walk or try to read the paper, when you can easily turn your Sunday morning into an extraordinary musical adventure for all the family? Join us at JW3 for family fun time with KangaRooKids. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

KIDS ZONE Activities for children aged 5 - 13 years

After School Drop-Off Play Time with London Hebrew Gymnasium Mondays 17 September - 17 December* 4.30 - 5.20pm | for ages 5-7 Bringing a new surprise every week: music, science, drama or Israeli culture, led and facilitated in Hebrew. For booking and information visit: hebrewg.com or email: info@hebrewg.com This is a drop-off event. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October

Street Dance Mondays 17 September 17 December* 4.30-5.15pm | for ages 5-8 5.15 - 6pm | for ages 9-13 ÂŁ93.50 for the 11 week course ÂŁ10 paid trial via Box Office Try popping, locking and other hip-hop moves in this inspirational street dance class.

This is a drop-off event. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October

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Safa with London Hebrew Gymnasium Mondays 17 September - 17 December* 5.30 - 6.15pm | for ages 5-7 A friendly setting to familiarise yourself with Hebrew letters, niqqud and take the first steps in reading Hebrew. For booking and information please visit: hebrewg.com or email: info@hebrewg.com Session in Hebrew. *No session 24 September, 1 and 22 October

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Tzofim/Tzofikeff

October Half Term Scheme

Thursdays 20 September 20 December* 4.30 - 6pm Tzofikeff: for ages 2-3 Tzofim: for ages 4-6

22 - 26 October | 10am - 4pm (Friday 10am - 2.30pm) for ages 5-11 £35 per day (£30 Friday) £130 for 5 days £28 early bird until 15 October (£25 Friday)

Come join the Tzofim and Tzofikeff once a week for lively and fun Hebrew activities. For more information and to book, contact: Tzofim.London@gmail.com.

These are drop-off events Session in Hebrew. *No session 27 September and 25 October

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This half term, children will enjoy a mixture of professionally delivered, age-appropriate workshops and hands on activities with our in-house youth leadership team. Lunch is included.

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Looking for a venue to help your simcha sparkle?

At JW3 we can bring all the panache you need with our dedicated events team. From our award-winning in-house Glatt kosher catering, to our 270 seat auditorium, meeting rooms and a 60-seat cinema, we can transform your simcha, or frankly any of your events, into the one that everyone talks about for months afterwards.

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YOUTH Activities for ages 11 - 18

Krav Maga Kids Foundation

Krav Maga Kids Intermediate

Mondays 8 October - 17 December Ages 11-13: 5 - 6pm Ages 14-16: 6 - 7pm ÂŁ154 for the 11 week course

Tuesdays 9 October - 18 December Ages 11-13: 5 - 6pm Ages 14-16: 6 - 7pm ÂŁ40 per month

Krav Maga is easy to learn and retain. Israeli-trained and registered instructors teach you how to defend yourself against attacks in the street as well as how to fight back. Plus, learn to respond quickly under stress.

The classes will further develop striking and defensive abilities, as well as mental awareness of conflict situations, and provide the opportunity for students to continue to progress through the grades.

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FAMILIES | YOUTH

Mitzvah Day: Youth Sunday 18 November 2 - 4.30pm | for ages 12-17 Come and join us at JW3 on Mitzvah Day to volunteer for a variety of incredible causes. From making welcome-booklets for teenage refugees to baking food for a local homeless shelter, join us for a hands-on afternoon of community social action.

For ages 12-17. To sign up and for more information email zara@jw3.org.uk Please note sign-up is essential as spaces are limited.

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Project ImpACT with JW3 Sundays | 6 - 7.30pm for ages 13-16 Want to help make the world a better place? Join Project ImpACT. Volunteering with elderly, interfaith sessions, working with GIFT, Kisharon and many more! Credited for Duke of Edinburgh and Yoni Jesner Award.

Sound good to you?

Contact: info@projectimpact.org.uk

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BBYO Weekly Chapter Meetings Sundays | 7 - 9pm | for ages 12-17 £3 | £1 for BBYO members Mercaz BBYO is a new chapter based at JW3, meeting every Sunday evening for a range of fun and thoughtprovoking activities in a welcoming atmosphere. Turn up any week you want - first time’s free! For more info, including dates, go to their website at bbyo.org.uk

THE OPEN DO R PROJECT After an incredible launch in 2017, The Open Door Project returns to JW3 this winter bringing together Year 10 students from Hasmonean Girls School, Islamia Girls School, and the UCL Academy in a unique interfaith-empowerment personal development experience.

Through a series of eight weekly workshops, students will explore together the themes of identity, leadership, female empowerment and social change.

GCSE Revision: the one word that strikes fear into the heart of students and parents alike. Luckily, our GCSE Language revision classes are here to save the day. Designed for pupils in Year 11 (or taking their exams this academic year), these small sessions of 8-10 students will help everyone get examready for GCSEs in all major exam boards.

GCSE Hebrew Revision

GCSE French Revision

GCSE Spanish Revision

To register your interest for the 2018/2019 academic year, please visit jw3.org.uk/language-revision

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PARENTING

Antenatal Classes with Bump and Baby Club

Hypnobirthing with Bump and Baby Club

5, 12, 17, 26 September and 3 October 17, 24, 31 October, 8 and 14 November 21, 28 November, 5, 12 and 19 December 7.30 - 9.30pm ÂŁ250 per couple for the course

Sundays 16 September, 14 October, 11 November and 16 December 9.30am - 1.30pm

Our invaluable antenatal course for couples covers everything you need to know about your pregnancy, labour, birth and the early days of parenthood, including baby first aid.

Courses run continually throughout the year and sell out quickly. To book please visit: bumpandbabyclub.com or phone: 0207 419 8538.

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Our four-hour complete hypnobirthing course focuses on reducing fear and building confidence surrounding birth, alongside breathing, massage and visualization techniques – to maximise your chances of having a calm, comfortable labour and birth, with as little pain as possible (or no pain at all!). To book please visit: bumpandbabyclub.com or phone: 0207 419 8538.

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Baby and Child First Aid with Riverside Cares Sunday 11 November 1 - 3pm £27 | £50 per couple This essential two-hour session teaches baby and child first aid as well as providing a wonderful opportunity for parents to come together and meet other new parents.

NCT Early Days Postnatal Group Tuesdays 4, 18 September and 16, 30 October or Tuesdays 30 October, 6, 13, 20, 27 November and 4 December 10.30am - 12.30pm Facilitated by Claire Maguire and designed for parents of babies aged 6 weeks to 6 months, NCT Early Days courses give you the opportunity to meet other parents, gain useful information and discuss the rewards and challenges of being a new parent.

Includes a voucher for a hot drink from Zest Cafe at JW3.

J♥ W3

JW3 Membership.

So good you’ll want to tell the whole mishpocha. Even better, take out a JW3 Family Membership and they can enjoy the benefits too. That’s 10% off almost every event and classes. And 10% off all the food at Zest including the orange cupcakes, the chocolate cookies, the banana cake, the rugelach…

To book a place please contact Clare Mallors, at bookings5t@nct.org.uk or on 0208 752 2472.

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FOR PARENTS Babykino Mondays 10.30am | ÂŁ5 Just for parents and carers accompanied by a baby under one.

Enjoy special morning screenings of new releases in our state-of-the-art cinema with your little ones. No need to worry about feeding or crying with our relaxed atmosphere. Plus, show your Babykino ticket at Zest to get a hot drink and a slice of cake for just ÂŁ4!

Mothers Who Make at JW3 Fridays 14 September, 12 October, 16 November and 14 December 10 - 11.30am | Free Mothers Who Make is a peer support group for mothers who are artists, professional and/or passionate. Whether actor, writer, dancer or painter, every kind of artist is welcome and every kind of mother. Feel free to bring your children. This is a space to listen and be heard in your dual roles of mother and maker.

This is part of the national network started by Matilda Leyser.

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REGULAR EVENTS FOR FAMILIES MONDAYS

AGE

TIME

French Fun with Club Petit Pierrot

ages 1-3

10.30am

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Babykino

for parents

10.30am

p67

Baby Yoga

ages 3 months

1pm

p54

to walking Street Dance

ages 3-5

3.50pm

p54

Street Dance

ages 5-13

4.30 or 5.15pm

p59

Play Time with London Hebrew Gymnasium

ages 5-7

4.30pm

p59

Safa with London Hebrew Gymnasium

ages 5-7

5.30pm

p59

Krav Maga Kids Foundation

ages 11-16

5pm or 6pm

p62

The Creation Station

15 months - 5 years

9.40 or 10.50am

p55

NCT Early Days Postnatal Group

for parents

10.30am

p66

Sha’at Sipur Ve’tnua

ages 2-5

4pm

p55

Caterpillar Music

ages under 3

4pm

p55

Krav Maga Kids Intermediate

ages 11-16

5pm or 6pm

p62

Hartbeeps Happy House

walkers to age 4

10am

p56

Hartbeeps Babybeeps

sitters to toddlers

11am

p56

JW3 Puppet Tales

ages 2-6

4pm

p56

Antenatal Classes

for parents

7.30pm

p65

Super Soccer Stars

ages 2-4

10.50am

p57

Kick and Play

ages 1-2

10am

p56

JW3 AM Playgroup

ages under 3

10am

p57

JW3 Cooking Together

ages 2-5

4.15pm

p57

Tzofim/Tzofikeff

ages 2-6

4.30pm

p60

Shabbaboom

ages 1-5

10am

p58

Amazing Tots Developmental Play Group

ages 0-5

10am

p58

Family Music Time

ages under 4

10.15am

p58

Project ImpACT with JW3

ages 13-16

6pm

p63

BBYO Weekly Chapter Meetings

ages 12-17

7pm

p64

TUESDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

THURSDAYS

FRIDAYS

SUNDAYS

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Planet Play with Chickenshed (Photo by Anne-Marie Sanderson)

EVENTS BY DATE FOR FAMILIES

SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Klezmer in the Park (ages 2 +)

SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 12.30pm

p48

Crafternoon: Simchat Torah (ages 2+)

FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER

Mothers Who Make (for parents)

JW3 5th Birthday for Families (ages 2-9)

10am

p67

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Hypnobirthing (for future parents)

11.30am

p52

2.30pm

p48

10am

p67

FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 9.30am

p65

Mothers Who Make (for parents)

Crafternoon: Rosh Hashanah (ages 2+)

2pm

p52

SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER

K’mo B’bayit Chagei Tisheri (ages 2-6)

3pm

p48

Little Angel Theatre: Sleepy Head (ages 2-5) 1.30pm & 3.30pm

p49

Crafternoon: Sleepy Head Puppet (ages 2+)

2pm

p52 p65

SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER Mini Succah Building Workshop (ages 4+)

10am

p48

Hypnobirthing (for future parents) 9.30am

Crafternoon: Succah Decoration (ages 2+)

11.30am

p52

SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER Crafternoon: Autumn Bookmarks (ages 2+)

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EVENTS BY DATE FOR FAMILIES

SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER Crafternoon: The Big Draw (ages 2+) The Big Draw (ages 5+)

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER 2pm 3pm

p52

JW3 celebrates Chanukah at Brent Cross (ages 2+) 12pm

p51

p49

Crafternoon: Chanukah Menorah Making (ages 2+) 2pm

p53

K’mo B’bayit Chanukah (ages 2-6)

3pm

p51

Imahot v’Avot Chanukah (ages under 8)

3pm

p51

Chanukah Light Up (families) 4.30pm

p47

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER Families Classical Concert (ages under 3)

11am

p49

Crafternoon: Paper Fireworks (ages 2+)

2pm

p52

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER

MONDAY 3 DECEMBER

Hypnobirthing (for parents) 9.30am

p65

Baby and Child First Aid (for parents)

1pm

p66

Chanukah Light Up (families) 4.30pm

Crafternoon: Clay Candle Holders (ages 2+)

2pm

p52

WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER Chanukah Light Up (families) 4.30pm

FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER Mothers Who Make (for parents)

TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER

10am

p67

p47

SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER Chanukah Funukah (ages 2-8)

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER

p47

Mitzvah Day (ages 2+)

2pm

p49

FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER

Crafternoon: Mitzvah Day (ages 2+)

2pm

p53

Mothers Who Make (for parents)

Mitzvah Day: Youth (ages 12-17)

2pm

p63

SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER

2pm

p51

10am

p67

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER

Crafternoon: Sea Life Paper Crafts (ages 2+)

2pm

p53

Planet Play with Chickenshed (ages under 3)

p65

11am

p50

Hypnobirthing (for parents) 9.30am

Tales from the Shed with Chickenshed (ages 3-7) 2pm

p50

TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER

Crafternoon: 3D Paper Dreidel (ages 2+)

p53

Families Winter Disco (ages under 7)

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2pm

11.30am

p47

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REGULAR EVENTS

Arts & Culture

Adult Learning

Health & Fitness

MONDAYS

TIME

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Feldenkrais

10.30am

p42

Bananas and the Jewish Question

10am

p34

Israel Current Affairs

12.15pm

p28

Current Affairs

2pm

p28

Krav Maga: Kids Foundation

5pm or 6pm

p44

Creative Writing

7.30pm

p14

The Bible in Bits

10.30am

p34

Modern Jewish History

10.30am

p34

The Art of Hebrew Calligraphy

12.15pm

p16

Krav Maga: Kids Intermediate

5pm or 6pm

p44

Brains At Breakfast: History on Trial

8am

p32

Bananas and the Jewish Question

10am

p34

Open Art Studio

10.30am

p16

Trials: The Great Court Cases of Jewish History

10.30am

p32

Feldenkrais Gold

10.30am

p42

Classical Egyptian Belly Dancing

7.10pm

p43

Pilates

9.30am

p43

Modern Jewish Literature

10.30am

p14

If Britain had fallen in 1940: An Alternative History

10.45am

p32

Abraham Debating Club

1.15pm

p29

The Hohenzollerns: German Imperial House

2.15pm

p33

Krav Maga: Adult Foundation

7pm

p45

Krav Maga: Women Foundation

10am

p45

Krav Maga: Women Intermediate

11.30am

p45

Krav Maga: Adult Foundation

7pm

p45

TUESDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

THURSDAYS

SUNDAYS

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EVENTS BY DATE Arts & Culture Cinema Young Professionals

Social Action

Adult Learning

WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

Jewish Soldiers of the First World War Was the First World War Good

for the Jews?

Holocaust Education

WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER 11am p31

Your Legacy

Book Circle

2pm p31

The Melting Pot

Churchill and the Jews

THURSDAY 6 SEPTEMBER World

War I: Marking the Centenary 10.45am p31

THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER

Julie

(National Theatre)

7pm p20

The Prince of West End Avenue

2pm p26

YP Winter Friday Night Dinner

SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Knitwits Selichot

7.30pm

p3

6pm p26

THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER Revolutions Per Minute Live 33

2pm p20 2pm p26

Artists and Authors in Abundance...

11am

p11

Your Legacy

Dinner at the Villa Diodati

7pm p12

Challah For Hunger

Frankenstein

11am p12

Die Walküre (Royal Opera)

London Lit Live

8pm p13

8.30pm p13

7.15pm p20

2pm p14 7.30pm

p8

SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER 7.30pm p15

TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER

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2pm p29

8pm p15

7.30pm

p7

THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER The Chronicles of Electra Cute

7.30pm

p9

9pm

p9

8pm

p3

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER The Ronnie Scott’s Story

10.30am p17

6.30pm p29

WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER New Jewish Comedian of the Year: Heat

Chanukah Lewinsky 2pm p20

5pm p21

TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER Art Salon: Golems

WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER

Let’s Talk about Brothers and Sisters

6pm p26

MONDAY 29 OCTOBER Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Ceremony

TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER

Bagels to Brady Street

12.45pm p38

SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER

MONDAY 8 OCTOBER

Sunday Night Live Review...

10.30am p17

WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER

SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER

King Lear

6.30pm p24

TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER

FRIDAY 5 OCTOBER

Rendezvous in Bratislava

p8

Knitwits

Stepney & Whitechapel

Poetry Circle

7.30pm

SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER

p11

The Importance of Being Earnest

6pm p26 7.30pm p35

Mayerling

7.30pm

Mary Shelley’s Future Shocks

2pm p14

FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

Challah For Hunger

12.45pm p38

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER KingderSang

7.30pm p36

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

EVENTS BY DATE

WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER Poetry Circle A Celebration of Ludwik Zamenhof, the Creator of Esperanto

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2pm p14 7.30pm p30

YP Winter Cooking Class

7pm p24

World Tour of Jewish Comedy

TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER

Liza Sings Streisand

New Jewish Comedian of the Year: Final

p4

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER Global Day of Jewish Living

3pm p35

p7

8pm

p7

7.30pm

p7

SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER A rabbi, an imam and a pries...

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 7.30pm

8pm

WEDNESDAY 5 DECEMBER Poetry Circle

2pm p14

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER

Fashion Shows in the Movies

2pm p23

Kristallnacht: Thoughts for The Future 7.30pm p37

Challah For Hunger

6pm p26

Middle East Update

7.30pm p33

TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER Let’s Talk about Parenting

2pm p30

WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER Old Jewish Quarter

10.15am p17

Book Circle

2pm p14

The Melting Pot

6pm p26

5 Year Introspective

THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER YP Chanukah on Ice

7.30pm p33

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER

SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER The Nutcracker

11am p25

WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER

Knitwits

2pm p26

Book Circle

Hackney Downs to the Lowlife...

10.30am p17

Wolf of Baghdad + 3yin

6pm p26 7.30pm

Nietzsche, Soloveitchik ...

p5

8pm p35

7.30pm

p5

TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER Know Before You Go - Klimt & Schiele

2pm p14 7.30pm p30

The Madness of George III

2pm p21

Knitwits

2pm p26

MONDAY 17 DECEMBER Bahla & the JMI Youth Big Band

THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER Wolf of Baghdad: Artist Night

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70...

2pm p30

SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER Challah For Hunger

2pm p21

TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER Let’s Talk about the Importance of Play

YP Mitzvah Day Challah Baking

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER

6.30pm p25

2pm p16

p4

TUESDAY 18 DECEMBER Holocaust & Lost Cultural & Urban Spaces in Modern Ukraine

The Most Remarkable Isaac Rosenberg 7.30pm p35

THURSDAY 20 DECEMBER

Art Salon: Satire

8pm p15

JFK: American Icon

WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER

MONDAY 31 DECEMBER

Garbo - the Ultimate Star

2pm p23

The Melting Pot

6pm p26

Berlin Philharmonic Live:

New Year’s Eve Concert 2018

Tickets 020 7433 8988 jw3.org.uk

7pm

7.30pm p37

10.45am p33

4pm p21

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WHO & WHERE Where to find your favourite JW3 teachers’ classes and courses this season:

Patrick Bade p16 Acclaimed cultural historian and former senior lecturer at Christies.

Asia Gefter p37 Photographer, leader of a project on Debora Vogel’s artistic legacy.

Bernard Barnett p29, 30 Psychoanalyst and former director of the Squiggle Foundation, devoted to the promotion of Winnicott’s ideas.

Angela Gluck p34 Teaches across the Jewish community on a wide range of topics and is the author of over 40 books.

Stephen Burstin p17 Award-winning guide, Stephen Burstin shares both the sights and incredible stories of people and places.

Trudy Gold p31, 32, 34, 37 Is a senior historian and the senior Holocaust Education consultant at JW3.

Richard Cohen p35 Studied Legal History and International law and has been interested in history ever since.

Dr. Aviva Dautch p14, 35 Teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at the British Library and is a museum curator, researcher and editor.

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Rabbi Dr Michael Harris p35 Is rabbi of Hampstead Synagogue, Affiliated Lecturer in the Divinity Faculty at Cambridge University and Research Fellow at LSJS. Paula Kitching p28 Historian and writer. Currently building a digital archive on the Jewish experience of the First World War.

Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

WHO & WHERE

Francesca Klug p30 Human rights activist, academic and advocate for 30+ years. She is a visiting Professor at LSE. Rachel Kolsky p11, 17 Prize-winning Blue Badge Guide, passionate about exploring London’s heritage.

Clive Lawton OBE p31, 34 One of the founders of Limmud, Clive has been a head teacher, Chair of a hospital trust, and sat on the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Ian Lucas p28 South African born Ian served in the IDF and taught History and English at a kibbutz area high school.

George McGhee p23 Worked in the Media for over 35 years, latterly at the BBC where he was responsible for all feature films and non UK TV series.

Marla Osborn p37 Leader of Rohatyn Jewish Heritage, an NGO based in Lviv.

Andrew Roberts FRSL FRHistS p35 British historian and journalist. He is a visiting Professor at the War Studies Department of King’s College, London, the Lehrman Institute Distinguished Lecturer at the New York Historical Society and the author of thirteen books.

Hagai Segal p33 An award-winning academic, consultant and analyst specialising in terrorism and Middle East Affairs.

Dr Iryna Starovoyt p37 Lecturer at UCU, a leading public intellectual in Lviv, regularly speaking on narratives of remembrance, lost cultural landscapes in her native Lviv, mass violence and its reflection in collective memory.

William Tyler MBE p31, 32, 33 Loves to share his enthusiasm for history with his many followers. He holds degrees from three universities and was Principal of City Lit.

Sylvia Paskin p14 Co-edited books of poetry and Yiddish film as well as researching and writing the script for two short films, L’Esprit de L’Escalier and Dream Life of Debris.

Marina Pesenti p37 Director of Ukrainian Institute.

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JW3 would like to thank our generous donors FOUNDATION BENEFACTOR Clore Duffield Foundation JW3 Capital Campaign Major Benefactors Sir Trevor Chinn CVO & Lady Susan Chinn CBE City Bridge Trust Dr Naim Dangoor CBE z”l Sir Mick & Lady Barbara Davis The Dorfman Foundation Caroline Elton & Andrew Franklin Alan & Sabine Howard International Charitable Fund Richard & Pamela Jacobs David & Denise Joseph Clive & Helene Kahn Klein & Cantor Families The Morris Leigh Foundation Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Foundation Harold & Nicola Pasha Pears Foundation The Rayne Trust David & Alex Rhodes Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe Family of Mr Basil Sandelson Donald Sussman Nick Viner & Victoria Boyarsky Garfield Weston Foundation JW3 Capital Campaign Benefactors Richard & Patricia Beecham Elliot Bernerd Tara Bernerd & Partners The Black Family Toby & Sharon Coppel The J Isaacs Charitable Trust Jonathan Lourie Richard & Patricia Millett The Nohr Family Outset Contemporary Art Fund Roche Bobois The Cyril Shack Trust Shoresh Foundation UJIA

JW3 Capital Campaign Supporters Susan Bernerd MBE & Roger Samuel Moss Diane & Roy Dantzic Dwek Family Charitable Trust Clare & David Kershaw Lord & Lady Kestenbaum In memory of Pauline & Lennie Lander The Jonathan Levy & Charles Rifkind Charitable Settlement Philippa & Richard Mintz Edna & Mandy Moross Deborah Querub & Eitan Schwartz Jamie & Joey Ritblat The Wigoder Family Foundation Derek & Deborah Zissman LJCC Ruth Berkowitz Charitable Trust Bertha Foundation Bertie Black Foundation Michael & Bettina Bradfield Alan & Caroline Brill The Children’s Aid Committee Charitable Fund Stanley Cohen OBE z”l & Joy Cohen z”l The Sidney & Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust CST Neil & Beryl Davis Sir Michael & Lady Morven Heller The Jewish Youth Fund Kaye Family - Aimwell Charitable Trust The Kirsh Foundation & Wendy Fisher The Catherine Lewis Foundation Stanley & Zea Lewis John Lyon’s Charity M&C Trust Clive Marks OBE & the Hon Adrianne Marks Michael & Jeanette Marx Joanna Millan Allan & Diana Morgenthau Pears Foundation Rubin Foundation Edmond J Safra Philanthropic Foundation

Marc & Emma Samuels Philanthropic Foundation K C Shasha Charitable Foundation Sheinman Family Archie Sherman Charitable Trust Harvey & Jane Spack Sir Sigmund Sternberg KC*SG z”l Richard & Diana Toeman MBE The Dyna & Fala Weinstock Charitable Trust Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust 2018 JW3 Patrons The Atkin Foundation The Max Barney Foundation Blavatnik Family Foundation The Bloom Foundation The Bluston Charitable Settlement Bettina & Michael Bradfield Paul & Peggy Brett The Childwick Trust The R & S Cohen Foundation David & Judy Dangoor Sir Mick & Lady Barbara Davis The Dorset Foundation The Finnart House School Trust Sir Michael & Lady Morven Heller Alan Howard Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation The J Isaacs Charitable Trust The Jewish Youth Fund Kaye Family - Aimwell Charitable Trust Harold & Nicola Pasha Pears Foundation The Gerald Ronson Family Foundation Rothschild Foundation Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe The Sackler Trust K C Shasha Charitable Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation

And our many other supporters and members.

We get by with a little help from our friends.

Friends like you.

JW3 receives no public funding, and 40% of our revenue comes from personal donations, without which we wouldn’t be able to put on the events that we love, and that you love too.

So, please consider making a donation. You can donate online with every ticket purchase, visit jw3.org.uk/donate or contact our Development Team on 020 7433 8975 to discuss making a donation or leaving a legacy.

Thank you for your support, we really couldn’t do it without you.

VISIT US JW3: 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET BOX OFFICE +44 (0)20 7433 8988 | JW3.ORG.UK | INFO@JW3.ORG.UK BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS*

BUILDING OPENING HOURS*

Sunday Monday-Thursday Friday Saturday

Sunday-Thursday: 9am - 11pm Friday 9am - Various* Saturday Various*

9am - 9pm 9.30am - 9pm 9.30am - Various* Various*

*Opening hours are subject to occasional variation – please check our website for full details.

PARKING Paid parking is available at the O2 Centre, 400m away. Free parking on Finchley Road and adjacent side roads after 7pm (6.30pm side roads) Mondays to Saturdays and all day Sunday.

JW3 is situated in a residential area. Please be considerate of our neighbours if parking locally, and ensure you leave adequate space for emergency vehicles to pass.

ACCESS The building is accessible for people with physical impairments and limited parking for disabled visitors is available, please call in advance to reserve a space. The JW3 Cinema and Howard Hall both have a hearing loop. For further details please visit jw3.org.uk or call the Box Office.

CONCESSIONS & DISCOUNTS Concessions are available for recipients of universal credit, pension credit, disability living allowance, full-time students in possession of NUS/ISIC cards, and companions/carers of people with disabilities. Please call the box office to book concession-rate tickets. Concessions and discounts cannot be combined.

Our bursary fund is available to those who cannot meet the full cost of a course or event. To apply, please email Ziva Ambalo in confidence at ziva@jw3.org.uk

The Six Point Foundation legacy grant survivor enrichment programme can, at JW3’s discretion, provide an 80% reduction for entrance to a wide range of events at JW3 for those Holocaust survivors and refugees who would like to attend but have financial needs.

The Six Point Foundation legacy grant can also assist with transport costs, carers and other relevant accessibility costs for those unable to meet these costs themselves.

JW3 is a Jewish community centre with a kosher restaurant, café and bar – only food bought at JW3 can be eaten on the premises. When we are open over Shabbat or Jewish holidays, we will run a reduced “JW3 Unplugged” programme and the Cinema and Zest will be closed. Further details available on request. Prices, dates and times are subject to change.

We love JW3 and from time to time we take photos and videos in JW3 and Zest for marketing purposes. If you do not want to be included in photos or videos for these purposes please let a member of staff know.

JW3 Trust Ltd is a registered charity, No. 1117644.

JW3 Trading Ltd, registered company No. 7686352 (England and Wales), is a wholly owned subsidiary of JW3 Trust Ltd.