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Understanding the Indian Baghdadi Jews
The Jewish Museum tells the history of British Jews while also celebrating the larger Jewish community. One such community is the Baghdadi Jewish community of India. Originally from Iraq and Jewish...
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Nina Salaman Hebrew Scholar, Poet and Zionist
In nineteenth-century Britain, expertise in Hebrew translation was not common, especially among women. Further, Hebrew scholars tended to focus on the translation of religious texts, rather than...
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Boxing as a Jewish Sport
In the Jewish Museum, we have got many objects all about the sport of boxing from different times in history. Boxing is a sport that goes back a long time. Humans have always been fist fighting but the...
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The Tsenerene
My name is Hannah, and I am a Learning Placement Volunteer at the Jewish Museum London. Throughout my three-month placement I have had the opportunity to contribute to a variety of educational...
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Fleeing Vienna on a Wing and a Prayer Book
As part of my Collections Placement work at the Jewish Museum London, I have been assisting in the audit of the museum’s sizeable collection of prayer books. I have examined scores of sidurim and...
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Wedding Dresses in the JML’s Collection
During my Collections Placement at the Jewish Museum London, I have been assisting in the audit of the museum’s collection of clothing and textiles, as part of the wider audit project which involves...
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The best medicine? Laughter (and chicken soup)!
Many people like to say that the best medicine is laughter. This begs a couple of questions: firstly, why has laughter often been held in this regard by humanity, especially in Jewish culture? Now, I...
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A Girl’s Exile across the Sea: The Life Story of Grete Glauber
Grete Glauber’s article, “My First Impression of England, ” is one of the many artefacts that caught my attention during my Collections Placement at the Jewish Museum London. Her positive tone and...
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Print Matters at the Jewish Museum London
As part of my Collections Placement at the Jewish Museum London (JML), I have audited many of the Museum’s prints, plates, and printmaking tools. Among the objects I have been handling and researching...
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Councillors, Communists and Cockneys
Like so many arriving through the doors of the Jewish Museum London, I came with questions about family. I came to my collections placement with the aim of finding some evidence of a connection between...
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