The Lyons Learning Project

Join us **tonight** as artist, writer and educator Irene Wise discusses the life and work of American artist Philip Guston.

Guston’s was often at the centre of controversy during his lifetime for his uncompromising portrait of American life. Since his death in 1980, his art has continued to attract debate, most recently with the postponement in 2020 of a retrospective of his work. That exhibition can now be seen at London’s Tate Modern where, alongside his more contentious pieces, the show reveals the many facets of this prolific artist, illustrating how his work developed from complex murals to cartoonish paintings.

https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/philip-guston-art-life-and-politics

With Jewish Renaissance

In today’s world of rolling news, instant global updates and endless government gaffes, it can be hard to keep up with what’s ‘new’ in the news.

Join us tomorrow night as an expert panel of news journalists show us how it’s done. Featuring Serena Kutchinsky ( News ), Justin Cohen (The Jewish News), Jane Eisner (Columbia Journalism School) and Josh Glancy (The Sunday Times).

This talk is part of our Journalism Inside Out series with Jewish Renaissance, Jewish News and UJS - Union of Jewish Students
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/journalism-inside-out

What was life like for Jewish communities behind the Berlin Wall?

On Monday night, we'll delve into the hopes of Germany's postwar Jews, the reality of life within the Soviet Bloc, and the challenges faced by a community under threat from the far right today, with guests who have lived in both the GDR and present-day Berlin.

Speakers include Cathy Gelbin, a film historian and cultural studies scholar who grew up in the GDR, but now lives in Manchester; award-winning journalist Toby Axelrod, who is the Jewish Telegraph Agency's correspondent for Germany, Switzerland and Austria; Monica Petzal, London-born painter and printmaker, who’s parents are German Jewish refugees; and Dr Julia Friedrich, director of collections and exhibitions at the Jewish Museum Berlin, where Another Country: Jewish in the GDR has just opened.

Hosted in association with Jewish Renaissance
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/autumn-issue-launch-2023

Is the Merchant of Venice an antisemitic play? Or could it be a groundbreaking tool to erase differences between Jews and Christians, and men and women?

Find out this Wednesday evening with journalist and English Literature lecturer Pam Peled:
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/shakespeare-defender-of-the-jews

Hosted with Jewish Renaissance

Join us next Wednesday as we travel to Scotland (on Zoom!), for Yiddish theatre and poetry, Jewish tartan, and historical and contemporary insights into Jewish Edinburgh.

🕖7.30pm 🎟FREE 💻Zoom jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-scotland
Hosted with Jewish Renaissance

Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was an iconic figure of 20th century global politics as the first and only female head of government in Israel and the Middle East. As she's immortalised once again in new film 'Golda', on Wednesday night we'll be bringing together a panel of experts to discuss her work and legacy.

Guests include Meir’s grandson Shaul Rahabi, who is chair of the Golda Meir Institute; Meir’s most recent biographer Pnina Lahav; actor Thelma Ruby, whose highly acclaimed performance in Momma Golda brought Meir to UK stages; and Toby Greene, a researcher and lecturer in the Department for Political Studies at Bar Ilan University.

With Jewish Renaissance:
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/summer-issue-launch-2023

If you enjoyed our talk with Monica Bohm-Duchen (Insiders Outsiders Festival) on Marc Chagall's stained glass windows at Tudeley, there's still time to book to see them in person as part of our trip on 21st June.

As well as Tudeley's All Saints Chapel, we'll also be visiting National Trust Ightham Mote, to discover more about this 14th-century picturesque manor and its many Jewish connections.

For more information and to book:
https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-heritage-in-southern-england

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Do you know that Marc Chagall designed original stained glass windows for a small country church in Tudeley, Kent?

Join us and art historian Monica Bohm-Duchn (Insiders Outsiders Festival) on Wednesday lunchtime to find out more:

https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-heritage-in-southern-england
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Licoricia of Wi******er rose from obscurity to become the most successful female financier in early 13th-century England. She was a businesswoman, single mother and a favourite of the royals, her life spanned seven decades and was filled with dramatic highs and tragic lows.

Join us and Jewish Renaissance on Wednesday lunchtime as author Rebecca Abrams explores the story of Licoricia and the Jews of medieval England, within the context of political unrest and rising antisemitism.

https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-heritage-in-southern-england

Elite or 'other'? The heyday of the Jewish country house in the early 20th century came in an age of rising political antisemitism. Though the owners of these grand buildings were part of elite British society, they were still stigmatised and classed as ‘other’ due to their Jewish origins.

Tomorrow lunchtime, we'll be joined by by Dr Thomas Stammers (Durham University) and Dr Jaclyn Granick (Cardiff University), co-investigators on the Jewish Country Houses research project, to explore the role these houses played in both the political life of the Jewish elite (nationally and globally) and the sphere of Jewish philanthropic activism, including during World War II and its aftermath.

https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/events/jewish-heritage-in-southern-england

With Jewish Renaissance

Chag Sameach from the Lyons Learning Project!