Tag Archives: London

LA NUEVA AMENAZA A LA SINAGOGA DE BEVIS MARKS UN LLAMADO A UNA OBJECIÓN AMPLIA Por segunda vez, la sinagoga está amenazada. La sinagoga Bevis Marks es la sinagoga más antigua de Gran Bretaña que se utiliza continuamente y data de 1701. Tiene una enorme importancia cultural, siendo de hecho la …

Developers want to build a giant structure just metres from London’s historic Bevis Marks Synagogue A ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, at Bevis Marks Synagogue, London. (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2015. Developers are trying to build a giant 21-storey tower block just three metres from Bevis Marks …

Which is the world’s longest continuously running synagogue? I posed this question over two month ago, and received many comments and suggestions. My working assumption was that London’s Bevis Marks Synagogue is the longest running synagogue. It is where I have the privilege to serve as rabbi. Most of the world’s Jews were …

The chairman of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation (of London) executive has defended the recruitment process for its next spiritual leader after some members voiced disquiet. Congregants will vote next month on whether to accept the recommended candidate, London-born Rabbi David Bassous, as successor to Rabbi Abraham Levy. Adam …

London – Strictly Orthodox leaders have pledged to organize mass protests against plans by Queen Mary, University of London, to build on the site of a Jewish cemetery in Mile End Road, east London. The Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe is leading the campaign against the …

  Sixteenth British Conference on Judeo-Spanish Studies in Collaboration with the Naime and Yehoshua Salti Center for Ladino Studies, Bar-Ilan University Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road, London E1 4NS   Tuesday 13 July to Thursday 15 July 2010   Contacts: Hilary Pomeroy and Chris Pountain   The …

LONDON (AP) — They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips. They’re also Jewish — evidence of the 1,000-year history of Jews in Britain, whose story is told in a museum reopening this week after a 10 million pound ($15 million) expansion. …