Classes & courses summer term 2018

Baruch Spinoza

Classes & Courses Summer Term 2018

www.jw3.org.uk Box Office: 020 7433 8988

JW3London Adult Learning

Israel at 70

Languages

Arts & Culture

REGULAR CLASSES MONDAYS Dilemmas 10am p6 Weekly Wisdom 10.30am p6 Current Affairs 2pm p2 Creative Writing 7.30pm p12

TUESDAYS The History of Theatre...

Changing the World - Jews & Germans

10.30am 10.30am

p2 p4

WEDNESDAYS Brains At Breakfast: On Trial 8am p4 Jewish Film 10am p14 Dilemmas 10am p6 Trials in History 10.30am p48 Book Circle 2pm p12 Poetry Circle 2pm p12 Bad Sects: Alternative Positions in Judaism 2pm p7

THURSDAYS Ukraine and The Crimea 10.45am p5 Abraham Debating Club 1.15pm p2 Troubled Island: A History of Anglo- Irish Relations 2.15pm 5 For Languages go to page 19

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

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I am very proud of our extensive range of classes and courses at JW3. Whether you want to explore Jewish identity, history or world affairs, learn a new language, train in selfdefence or cook a divine dessert we have a class for you. This term, I’m especially pleased to welcome Judy Klitsner from Pardes, Jerusalem who will give a session on ‘#MeToo in the Bible’ with Elie Jesner, in memory of our much loved friend and teacher, Maureen Kendler z”l. I’m also delighted to welcome two new teachers to JW3, Rabbi David Mason, speaking as part of our ‘Israel at 70’ events, and Harris Bor who will ask ‘What can we learn from Spinoza?’

I very much look forward to seeing you at one of our classes or courses this term.

Judy Trotter Head of Adult Learning

CONTENTS Adult Learning Talks & Discussions History and World Affairs Jewish Identity Holocaust Education Israel at 70

p2 Arts & Culture p12 p2 Literature p12 p4 Visual Arts p12 p6 Walks p13 p8 Film Studies p14 p10 Languages

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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, memberonly 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.

ADULT LEARNING

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Current Affairs with Paula Kitching Mondays 16 April - 16 July* 2 - 3.30pm £20 per session £176 for the 11 week course Paula, brilliantly and irreverently tackles new subjects every week. Join us for the liveliest discussion group in London. Topics will be generated by you and the issues of the day.

Discussion and dissent are part of the fun. We guarantee a lively debate. *No session on 7, 21 and 28 May

Abraham Debating Club Thursdays 19 April - 12 July* 1.15 - 2.15pm | £5 per session

The History of Theatre - More drama than you can possibly imagine with Clive Lawton OBE

Tuesdays 24 April - 19 June* 10.30am - 12.30pm Debate, listen and voice your opinion £20 per session on a wide range of controversial topics each week. £128 for the 8 week course *No session on 31 May Clive returns to his first love - Theatre.

Tracing its development from its earliest manifestations in Greece, and taking detours to include theatrical traditions from Asia, Clive will cover the full gamut of theatre, both on the stage and beyond. *No session on 29 May

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ADULT LEARNING | TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

What can we learn from Baruch Spinoza? with Harris Bor Tuesdays 5-19 June 2 - 3.30pm | Classes £20 per session £48 for the 3 sessions

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch (later Benedict) Spinoza (1632-1677) is considered to be one of the most important rationalist philosophers and forerunners of the 18th-century Enlightenment, but is best known in Jewish circles for having been excommunicated from the Jewish community on account of his heretical world-views. This short course aims to provide an insight into Spinoza’s main philosophical ideas and asks whether they have any relevance for contemporary society or our own spiritual lives.

How to Deal with and Recognise Narcissism with Mickey Yudkin

Hampton Court with Stephen Burstin

Sunday 29 April | 1.30 - 5.30pm £22 | Talk

Wednesday 13 June | 7.30 - 9pm | Talk £15 | £12 Online early bird

Explore Narcissism, an excessive preoccupation with the self at the expense of relating and connecting with others. Narcissism is often defensive hiding shame, depression and a fragile sense of self. We’ll examine what shapes Narcissistic personalities, learning to understand this phenomenon in individuals, society and culture.

Join Stephen Burstin for a magical lecture about Hampton Court Palace, former home of the notorious King Henry VIII, and discover incredible Jewish anecdotes on this virtual tour as you learn the fate of Henry’s six (unfortunate) wives; see the amazing surviving Tudor kitchens; the awesome Great Hall that lavishly fed and entertained 800 guests a day; the luscious gardens that took three years to create and a few seconds to destroy; and many other fascinating sights and stories.

Poetry, stories, pair and group work and the theories of Freud, Cooper and Maxwell will help us in our exploration.

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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.

Nazi Occupied Britain: The Channel Islands with William Tyler MBE Thursday 12 April | 10.45am - 3.45pm £40 | £35 Online early bird The only part of Britain to fall under Nazi rule was The Channel Islands.

Their story, although a true one, also throws light on what might have been the case for the rest of Britain if Hitler’s planned invasion had been successful. The story is a many layered one, ranging from outstanding courage through reluctant acceptance to complete collaboration.

Changing the World – Jews & Germans with Trudy Gold Tuesdays 17 April - 10 July* 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £192 for the 12 week course The phenomenal success of Jews working in the German language is legendary. It could almost be said that the Jews were the major beneficiaries of modernity. As they entered the professions, arts and sciences they created “a modern new Jerusalem” (Heine). This course will tell their story and its terrible end. Characters covered will include, Einstein, Rathenau and Fritz Haber. *No session 29 May

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Brains At Breakfast: On Trial with Trudy Gold Wednesdays 18 April - 11 July* | 8 - 9am £30 per session £300 for the 12 week course This course will examine the crucial court cases that changed Jewish history. Not only will we study the trials but also their impact on Jewish and world history. *No session 30 May

Trials in History with Trudy Gold Wednesdays 18 April - 11 July* 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £192 for the 12 week course Court cases often expose important truths. This course will examine Trials that changed Jewish or world history.

They will include: Mendel Beillis, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Jesus of Nazareth, Disputations, Jacob Frank, Shalom Schwartzbard, Adolf Hitler, Dov Gruner, Kastner, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Eli Cohen, Leon Uris. *No session 30 May Members get 10% discount on ticket prices

ADULT LEARNING | HISTORY & WORLD AFFAIRS

Ukraine and The Crimea: A Study in Russian History with William Tyler MBE Thursdays 19 April - 12 July* 10.45am - 12.45pm £20 per session £192 for the 12 week course This course will focus on the extraordinary historical background to current events in the area.

Overshadowing the whole story is Russia, whether Tsarist, Soviet, or Putin’s Russia. Yet the history of these two areas has deeper roots. We shall encounter Cossacks, Tartars, Ukrainians, Turks, Jews, Nazis, even the Genoese in The Middle Ages and the British during The Crimean War as our story unfolds. *No session 31 May

The Making of the Sephardim: Jewish Life in Medieval Spain with Richard Goldstein Wednesdays 20 & 27 June 7.30 - 9pm £20 per session £32 for the 2 week course Experienced educator and guide, Richard Goldstein will take you on a journey to Spain. Week one will look at Cordoba & Seville – Golden Age of Jewish Spain. The second week will cover Barcelona – Disputations and Expulsion. Richard Goldstein is Director of Operations at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. He is also an experienced lecturer, guide and writer on Jewish history and the Holocaust.

Troubled Island: A History of AngloIrish Relations with William Tyler MBE

Leo Marks & SOE: A Wartime Tale with William Tyler MBE

Thursdays 19 April - 12 July* 2.15 - 3.45pm £20 per session £192 for the 12 week course

Thursday 19 July | 10.45am - 3.45pm £40 | £35 Online early bird

We shall trace this story from the Anglo-Norman invasions in the 12th century through to Brexit in the 21st.

A story too often written in conflict and blood; a story of cultural, religious, linguistic, and political clashes, stretching across centuries. And yet a relationship that also gave us the beautiful 18th century city of Dublin, and writers from Oliver Goldsmith to James Joyce. *No session 31 May

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Marks is perhaps best known for a poem. A poem written for his fiancée during the war, ‘The Life That I Have’.

His fiancée was killed in a plane crash and Marks went on to use the poem as a code for an SOE agent dropped into Occupied France. We shall look at Marks himself and his contribution to winning the war as well as at the wider story of SOE itself (Special Operations Executive).

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JEWISH IDENTITY

Weekly Wisdom with Julie Apfel

Dilemmas with Angela Gluck

Mondays 16 April - 9 July* 10.30am - 12noon £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course

Mondays 16 April - 9 July* or Wednesdays 18 April - 11 July** 10am - 12noon £20 per session £160 for the 10 week course (Monday sessions are only bookable as a course via Box Office)

Come and explore the weekly Torah reading: who are the characters? What are the themes? And how do the commentators - ancient and modern read between the lines? Let the Sedra’s insights inform and illuminate your week ahead and enjoy rediscovering contemporary issues through an ageold prism. Text-based learning and discussion, no Hebrew required. *No session 7, 21 and 28 May

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At every moment, we face ethical choices. Some we can reflect—or even consult—upon; others need a splitsecond response. Some are palpably mega issues, like the use of physical violence in conflict or the tension between freedom of expression and hate crimes. Others appear to pose smaller-scale questions. Angela will explore varied real-life situations and allow Jewish tradition to shine its bright light on both their content and the decision-making process. *No session 7, 21 and 28 May **No session 9, 23 and 30 May

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ADULT LEARNING | EXPLORE JEWISH IDENTITY

Bad Sects: Alternative Positions in Judaism with Lindsey Taylor-Gutharz

Apocalypse Now with Clive Lawton OBE

Wednesdays 2 May - 27 June* 2 - 3.30pm £20 per session £112 for the 7 week course

Tuesdays 3 & 10 July 10.30am - 12.30pm £20 per session £35 for the 2 week course

Throughout our history, groups of Jews have held different opinions, sometimes forming sects within Judaism and sometimes breaking away. We’ll examine some of these fascinating groups, starting with the Samaritans and ending up with the messianic branch of Chabad. In between we’ll take a look at Pharisees and Sadducees, the first (Jewish) Christians, Karaites, Shabateans, and the Hassidim, who were muchmaligned sect but won a central place in mainstream Judaism. *No session 23 and 30 May

The End of Days - What have we got to look forward to? With some other religions appearing to be all about salvation, heaven and other esoteric things, most Jews (and others!) are wonderfully uncertain about what Judaism thinks about such topics. In this two part programme, Clive will explore what, if anything useful, Jews have to say about the end of days, the Day of Judgement, the Messiah, the Messianic age, life after death, the purpose of life and other small matters.

Pardes Pop Up - #MeToo in the Bible: Gender Imbalances in Ancient Judaism with Judy Klitsner and Elie Jesner Wednesday 9 May | 7.30 - 10pm £15 | £12 Online early bird

#MeToo

From the Garden of Eden to the court of Queen Esther, biblical women are often subjugated and objectified. In our explorations, we will pose difficult questions about the origins, and the perpetuation, of gender imbalance in attitude and in deed. This session will be taught in memory of our friend and teacher, Maureen Kendler z”l.

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HOLOCAUST EDUCATION JW3 is dedicated to honouring the Holocaust, and we will commemorate Yom Hashoah in April with a performance of Bertolt Brecht’s play, The Jewish Wife. We will also mark the anniversary of the Nazi “Burning of the Books” with an evening discussing Ben Helfgott’s incredible life story, with the author of his new biography Michael Freedland in conversation with Daniel Finkelstein.

Bertolt Brecht

Michelle Hyer Holocaust Education Programmer

Bertolt Brecht’s The Jewish Wife Wednesday 11 April | 7.30pm | £8 | Performance First performed eighty years ago, Bertolt Brecht’s chilling one-act play, The Jewish Wife, is a chronicle of everyday German life at the dawn of the Nazi regime. As the Third Reich tightens its grip, relationships contort and fear and suspicion penetrate every layer of society. Katharina Reinthaller directs this exclusive performance with actors Susanna Fiore and Peter Halpin and pianist Ilan Lazarus. Followed by a short Yom HaShoah ceremony led by Rabbi Roni Tabick and singer Aaron Isaac.

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ADULT LEARNING | HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

Third Generation: The Holocaust and Me with David Polak Sunday 10 June | 11am | £8

Ben Helfgott - One of the Boys Thursday 24 May | 7.30pm £18 | £14 Online early bird To mark the anniversary of the Burning of the Books, Michael Freedland and Daniel Finkelstein discuss Michael’s new book on one of the Jewish Community’s most remarkable and iconic figures, Ben Helfgott - The Story of One of the Boys. Ben – Holocaust survivor, Olympic athlete and successful businessman – is a hero of our community. This event is in conjunction with Jewish Book Week and Vallentine Mitchell Publishers.

Grandchildren of survivors and refugees are invited to join a discussion group where we will explore the significance of the Holocaust in our own lives. We will be asking: To what extent do the events of the past impact on our identities, our relationships with the world and on our own sense of Jewishness? What sense or meaning do we make of our parents’ and grandparents’ experiences and how does this inform the ways in which we live our own lives today? We may leave with more questions than answers, but to join the discussion is to begin the search for a deeper sense of self.

David Polak is a psychotherapist and grandchild of survivors. This session is specifically for the Third Generation.

My Partner is Second Generation, I am not with Gaby Glassman Sunday 17 June | 2pm | £8

Being Second Generation with Gaby Glassman Sunday 3 June | 11am | £8 More than 70 years after the Holocaust, children of survivors and refugees will explore together how it has affected their lives. The workshop will be led by Gaby Glassman, a psychologist and psychotherapist who has facilitated second generation and intergenerational groups in the UK and abroad since the 1980s. Specifically for Second Generation.

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A workshop exclusively for those partners living with Second Generation. It will explore the effect of the Holocaust on their family relationships.

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ISRAEL AT 70 70 years ago, on 14 May 1948, Israel declared its independence. Come and celebrate this momentous anniversary with our extensive range of events for all ages, including an unmissable Yom Ha’atzmaut Party and an exclusive evening with former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak.

The Israeli Settler Movement and Moderation with Rabbi David Mason

Middle East Update with Hagai Segal

Tuesdays 8 - 22 May | 2 - 3.30pm | Class £20 per session £48 for the 3 week course

Wednesday 4 July | 7.30 - 9pm | Talk £20 | £16 Online early bird

We will look at three Rabbis, all in the Israeli settler orbit, who reacted in possibly unexpected ways to the radicalism and Messianism of the Settler movement. David Mason is the Rabbi of Muswell Hill Synagogue.

Hagai will explore and explain the latest developments from the evertumultuous Middle-East, including in the Syria-Iraq dynamic, ISIS/IS/Daesh, and Israeli-Palestinian relations.

Iran, Israel and the new Middle-East with Jonathan Paris and Hagai Segal Wednesday 16 May | 7.30 - 9pm | Talk £20 | £16 Online early bird Iran is on the march, its Shia seminaries training zealots from across the Middle-East while Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies wreak havoc from Lebanon to Yemen.

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2020 VISION In this year’s 2020 Vision seminar we are marking the 70th year since Israel became a state and highlighting the 50 years since 1968.

Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 August | Talks & Discussions £20 per session | £30 for the full day The World of 1948 and 1968 with Clive Lawton OBE

50 years on: Dreams and Aspirations with Clive Lawton OBE

Tuesday 14 August | 10.30am

Wednesday 15 August | 10.30am

The twenty years between 1948 and 1968 saw many changes take place across the world, as well as in the state of Israel. Clive will take a look at the world events that shaped the landscape and focus on the effects they had on politics, art and society, in Israel and further afield.

1968 was a pivotal time in history – we will look at some of the major changes to society including: the NHS; Vietnam; the Prague Spring; and the music that each era encapsulated.

Visual Art in the early years of the State of Israel – a Zionist response with Dr Helena Miller and chaired by Clive Lawton OBE Tuesday 14 August | 2pm Jewish art and artists flourished in the 1940s and 50s in the newly created State of Israel. This session will explore to what extent Israeli art reflected the politics, idealisms and enthusiasms of the time.

This will be followed with a conversation on Arts & Society in 2020.

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Israel 1948-2020 with Hagai Segal, and Clive Lawton OBE Wednesday 15 August | 2pm A distinguished panel will look at the Israel of 1948 and what remains of its ethos now. We will look at a mixture of politics, internal and external affairs, economics, Judaism, the military and society itself. Will any part of this still be recognisable in 2020? Come and find out!

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ARTS & CULTURE

LITERATURE

VISUAL ARTS

Creative Writing with Sylvia Paskin

Know Before You Go - Picasso with Patrick Bade

Mondays 16 April - 9 July* 7.30 - 9.30pm | Classes £160 for the 10 week course

Wednesday 18 April | 2 - 3.30pm | Talk £16 | £12 Online early bird

Expand your horizons by writing poetry, fiction, plays and memoirs in a lively and supportive setting. Sylvia Paskin is a writer, lecturer and editor.

She has edited various anthologies of new fiction by Jewish writers, Jewish women’s poetry and Yiddish film. Her first film script is L’Esprit de L’Escalier. *No sessions on 7, 21 and 28 May.

Book Circle with Irene Newton Wednesdays 25 April, 23 May & 20 June 2 - 3.30pm | £6 per session | Discussion

Tate Modern’s first ever solo Pablo Picasso exhibition focuses on his work in 1932, an intensely creative period in the life of the 20th century’s most influential artist. Art historian Patrick Bade gives audiences a special insight into Picasso’s life and work, enabling you to ‘know before you go’ and get the most out of your visit to this intensely exciting exhibition.

Patrick Bade was a Senior Lecturer on Art and Opera at Christie’s Education London. He has spoken at and written for the National Gallery London, the British Museum, the V&A, the Royal Opera House and the Royal Academy of Arts.

Join us for enriching, thoughtprovoking and lively discussions about classic and contemporary novels.

Poetry Circle with Irene Newton

Self-Portrait by Pablo Picasso

Wednesdays 2 May, 6 June & 4 July 2 - 3.30pm | £6 per session | Discussion Do you like poetry? Here’s a chance to find out more and discuss your appreciation within a friendly and inspiring group.

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WALKS Jewish West End with Stephen Burstin

Literary Highgate with Isabelle Seddon

Tuesday 24 April | 10.30am | £15 | Walk

Tuesday 10 July | 2.30pm | £15 | Walk

Join us for a magical walk of discovery through two districts in the heart of the West End: Soho and Fitzrovia. As we wonder through these buzzing areas, we’ll explore the hidden history of a vast Jewish community that once lived here; tales of billionaires and paupers, rivalries and friendships, religious factions, political fervour and the larger than life characters who once walked these streets.

Explore the atmospheric village of Highgate and its many literary roots with tour guide Isabelle Seddon. We’ll follow in the footsteps of Charles Dickens and David Copperfield, see where poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge tried to overcome his opium addiction, where essayist Francis Bacon died from pneumonia whilst stuffing a chicken with snow, the home of J B Priestly, and we’ll peer into Highgate Cemetery, inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula and resting place of Karl Marx, Radclyffe Hall and many writers and poets.

Women in the Frame - National Portrait Gallery with Rachel Kolsky Wednesday 23 May | 2.30pm | £16 | Tour Rachel takes you on a journey through the National Portrait Gallery to discover the fascinating story of women in Britain from the Tudors to the present day - regal monarchs, social campaigners, suffragettes and artists too. Favourites include Elizabeth I, Angelica Kauffman, Ellen Terry, and Radclyffe Hall.

Rachel’s new book, Women’s London: A Tour Guide to Great Lives includes several portraits of women which are also on view at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Jewish Heroes & Villains with Stephen Burstin Wednesday 18 July | 10.15am | £15 | Walk Join award winning guide Stephen Burstin on a stroll through East End streets to discover some wonderful Jewish personalities (and some less so!) You’ll find the first Jew to win the Victoria Cross; the female spy who sacrificed her life fighting the Nazis; the Kosher Nostra of London and several other notorious Jewish gangsters.

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FILM STUDIES & TALKS Claire Bloom: Screening and In Conversation with George McGhee Sunday 15 April 2 - 5pm | Film & Discussion £15 | £12 Online early bird Claire Bloom, is an English film and stage actor whose career has spanned over six decades. She is famous for leading roles in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films.

Watch one of Claire Bloom’s Hollywood hits: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, the 1965 British Cold War spy film starring Richard Burton and Oskar Werner, alongside Claire. The film was named one of the top ten films of 1966. Then listen to the post-screening conversation between Claire and the inimitable George McGhee.

Jewish Film with Julia Wagner Wednesdays 25 April - 23 May 10am - 12noon | Classes £28 per session £125 for the 5 week course Especially for film fans, culture lovers and absolute beginners! Lectures in Jewish Film in JW3’s boutique cinema with clips and discussion. Our studies will include classic Hollywood, Holocaust films and Israeli cinema.

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Even More Fabulous Musical Moments From the Movies – Volume 3 with George McGhee Wednesday 6 June | 2 - 3.30pm £20 | £16 Online early bird More wonderful, musical routines from the movies including a tribute to the film career of the much under-rated Donald O’Connor, Broadway stars appearances in movies and performances by Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney and many others. A George McGhee original!

Protest and Propaganda with Julia Wagner

Wednesdays 6 June - 4 July 10am - 12noon | Classes £28 per session £125 for the 5 week course Protest and Propaganda explores cinema’s power of persuasion in compelling wartime films; satire; biopics, activism and exposé.

Dr Julia Wagner is a lecturer and writer specialising in film. She holds a PhD in Film Studies and an MA in Italian Studies. Julia writes about film for the BFI, Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Chronicle and the Huffington Post UK. Julia regularly hosts Q&As with filmmakers and is passionate about film education and public engagement.

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Modern Sephardi Cooking Now available at JW3, Bevis Marks and your desk in the City The original restaurant, café and bar at

The new meat restaurant and delivery service at

JW3

Bevis Marks Synagogue

341-351 Finchley Road London NW3 6ET

Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH

“Probably the best restaurant to open in North West London in the last 10 years” Giles Coren, The Times

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

Modern Hebrew Summer Ulpan 30 July – 10 August, 9.30am - 2.30pm Early Bird Special Offer for the first 40 participants 60 hours of expert Hebrew tuition for only £320* Together with the World Zionist Organisation, we are able to offer, for the first 40 participants*: • 2 week intensive summer Ulpan • Free first autumn term (10 weeks) in our regular 2 hour weekly Hebrew classes • Together a value of £540 *After the first 40 participants, the price will be £340 for the summer Ulpan only.

For more details and to book your place call the Box Office on 020 7433 8988 or visit jw3.org.uk/ulpan

LANGUAGES Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to refresh old skills, we’ve got a language course in Hebrew and 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 accompanying CDs and 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

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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.

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ADULT LEARNING | LANGUAGES

SUMMER 2018 LANGUAGES TERM DATES Sunday 15 April – Monday 23 July (There are 12 sessions this term) Half term Sunday 20 - Thursday 31 May*

MONDAYS* 10am - 12noon French Advanced Conversation Patricia Zerah-Randisi £204 10am - 1pm Hebrew Intermediate III Haggit Inbar-Littas £306 1 - 3pm French Intermediate III Patricia Zerah-Randisi £204 7 - 9pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners (Term II) Liat Aharonovitch £204 7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I Ronit First-Kavisky £204 7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners II (Term II) Hani Gani £204 7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners Kimi (Michal) Waxman £204

TUESDAYS*

WEDNESDAYS*

THURSDAYS*

10am - 12noon Hebrew Intermediate I Nurit Gance £204

10am - 12noon Hebrew Intermediate I Haggit Inbar-Littas £204

10am - 12noon French Intermediate II Patricia Zerah-Randisi £204

10am - 12noon Hebrew Advanced I Hani Gani £204

10am - 12noon Hebrew Not Quite Beginners (Term II) Haggit Inbar-Littas £204

10am - 12.30pm Hebrew Advanced III Haggit Inbar-Littas £255

10am - 12.30pm Hebrew Intermediate II Rina Gurvitz £255

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners III Hani Gani £204

12.30 - 2.30pm New Total Beginners Hani Gani £204

7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Not Quite Beginners Tami Dayan-Zedek £204

7 - 9pm New Total Beginners Rina Gurvitz £204

8 - 10pm Hebrew Beginners III (Term II) Osnat Blauer-Rivlin £204 *No session 22, 29 May

8 - 10pm Hebrew Very Advanced Conversation Haggit Inbar-Littas £204

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I Liat Aharonovitch £204 7.30 - 9.30pm Hebrew Intermediate II (Term III) Nurit Gance £204 *No session 23, 30 May

7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I (Term II) Tami Dayan-Zedek £204 7 - 9pm Hebrew Beginners I (Term III) Liat Aharonovitch £204 *No session 24, 31 May

SUNDAYS* 10am - 12noon Hebrew Not Quite Beginners (Term II) Ronit First-Kavisky £204 11am - 1pm Hebrew Beginners II Liat Aharonovitch £204 11am - 1pm Hebrew Intermediate II (Term III) Rina Wolgroh-Zolti £204 *No session 20, 27 May & 22 July

*No session 7, 21, 28 May

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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 2017/18 JW3 Patrons 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 The Sackler Trust K C Shasha Charitable Foundation Garfield Weston Foundation

And our many other supporters and members.

What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Sometime in the coming months our one millionth visitor will cross the bridge and join us at JW3. Maybe to take a class in Jewish history, or dance at a Klezmer music concert or perhaps to come to celebrate Israel’s 70th. They may be part of a family, coming to a Funday Sunday Crafternoon activity, or a new parent attending a baby yoga session, or a teenager on Youth Leadership Training, or a Young Professional coming to a JW3 Friday Night Dinner or a Holocaust survivor meeting school kids.

We don’t mind what they - or the 999,999 people we welcomed before them - enjoy most about JW3. For us what’s important is that people from all walks of life, across all strands of the community and beyond have found a way of connecting with Jewish culture and Jewish community through JW3.

And that makes us feel proud. Especially as we start to look back on some of our achievements in our 5th anniversary year.

But to continue to be ‘open to all’ for the next 5 years - and beyond – we need your help.

40% of our funding comes from personal donations, without which we simply wouldn’t be in the ‘connections business’.

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

Thank you for your support.

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 Closed

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

*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.