WHAT’S ON
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WHAT’S ON Music, Performance, Comedy, Jewish Book Week at JW3, Dance, Walks, Cinema, Festivals, Talks & Discussions
January - April 2016 JW3London
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WHAT’S ON
Join us for an exciting line up of one-off events, unique festivals and more. JW3 will mark International Women’s Day throughout the season with standup comedy from Sara Pascoe, Shazia Mirza and Zoe Lyons at Hava Nagiggle, a celebration of female performers from different faiths at Sacred Voices Festival, powerful verbatim theatre piece Valiant, and a selection of original talks. Our day-long Festival of the Mind explores the world of psychology and for the first time ever JW3 will host Jewish Book Week events, featuring an inspiring selection of writers and speakers from all over the world. Among JW3’s rich music programme is a concert from BBC Young Musician of the Year 2004 winner Nicola Benedetti and a celebration of Yehudi Menuhin’s crossgenre musical collaborations. Mark the Purim and Pesach festivals with illuminating classes, a Klezmer Dance Party and a Purim Spiel. Learn more about Frank Auerbach ahead of Tate Britain’s current retrospective and explore the Royal Academy’s blockbuster show Painting the Modern Garden at our Know Before You Go series. JW3 Cinema presents live screenings of The Royal Opera House’s La Traviata and the National Theatre’s As You Like It, as well as many other special events. The Alan Howard / JW3 Speaker Series also returns, with talks from eminent and inspirational figures including Ayaan Hirsi Alli and Edmund de Waal. We look forward to seeing you! CONTENTS Ivy House Music and Dance
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Music
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See what else is going on at JW3 in our other season guides:
Comedy p6 Performance
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Dance p10 Festival of the Mind
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Jewish Book Week
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Purim
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Young Professionals
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Talks & Discussions
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Walks
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Cinema
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What’s On Families & Fusion
Classes & Courses
Ivy House Music & Dance
JW3 is a non-profit charitable community centre and arts venue, reliant on the generosity of donors. For further information on how to support us, please contact our development team at info@jw3development.org.uk or call 020 7433 8962
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IVY HOUSE MUSIC AND DANCE at JW3
Monday 11 January
Thursday 4 February
SIR MARK ELDER CBE IN CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD SECKERSON
100 YEARS OF JAZZ IN 99 MINUTES
8pm, £15
Join The Jazz Repertory Company for a unique show encompassing the journey of jazz from ragtime to the present, New Orleans to Bebop, Swing to Latin, Chicago, New York and round the world.
Sir Mark Elder is Music Director of the Hallé Orchestra. He was Music Director of English National Opera from 1979-1993 and has conducted at all the international opera houses, including Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera New York, Glyndebourne and the Bayreuth Festival. In May 2006 he was named Conductor of the Year by the Royal Philharmonic Society and was knighted in 2008. Hear his wealth of musical insights in this not to be missed discussion with wellknown broadcaster and interviewer Edward Seckerson.
8pm, £15
Enjoy 99 minutes of fascinating fun and brilliant music.
Thursday 21 January
TRIO SHAHAM EREZ WALLFISCH 8pm, £20 Three of today’s finest international musicians, Hagai Shaham, violin, Arnon Erez, piano and Raphael Wallfisch, cello, also perform as a trio throughout Europe and Israel. Their technical command, distinctively rich sound and shared artistic vision are highlighted in this uplifting and imaginative programme. Beethoven, Piano Trio in D major, Op.70, No.1 Arensky, Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.32 Rachmaninov, Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor Brahms, Piano Trio No.2 in C major, Op.87
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IVY HOUSE MUSIC AND DANCE
Thursday 11 February
Tuesday 1 March
DAME FELICITY LOTT AND EUGENE ASTI
NICOLA BENEDETTI AND ALISON RHIND
8pm, £20
8pm, £30
Britain’s outstanding soprano, Dame Felicity Lott, has enchanted audiences worldwide with her formidable repertoire of operatic roles and concert recitals.
From child prodigy to winning Young Musician of the Year in 2004, Nicola Benedetti has captivated worldwide audiences and critics alike with her beguiling artistry and tonal refinement.
In this recital with distinguished pianist Eugene Asti, they perform a wonderfully varied programme expressing the subtle beauty of Schubert, the effervescence of operetta and the wit of Noël Coward.
We are delighted to present Nicola Benedetti in concert with outstanding pianist Alison Rhind in this exciting programme. Szymanowski, Three Myths for Violin and Piano, Op.30 Beethoven, Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op.96 Elgar, Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82
Credit: Christina Raphaelle
Special Offer Book any three different Ivy House Music & Dance events at one time and save £5 off the total. JW3 is grateful for sponsorship of Ivy House Music & Dance from the NJL Foundation.
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Thursday 3 March
Sunday 13 March
RALPH KIRSHBAUM 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN CRANKO
8pm, £20 American cellist Ralph Kirshbaum’s glittering international career has included performing with the world’s most esteemed orchestras and as a chamber musician with the finest performers of our time. He was cellist in the legendary trio with Peter Frankl and György Pauk. He is also a noted pedagogue, since 2008 as the Gregor Piatigorsky Chair at the Thorton School of Music in Los Angeles, where he also directs the world-renowned Piatigorsky Cello Festival. In celebration of his 70th birthday, music writer Ariane Todes will interview him about his life in music. Ralph Kirschbaum brings some of his students to coach in an open masterclass, offering insights into the craft of cello playing and teaching.
3.30pm, £20 See the Dance section for details of this unmissable event.
Thursday 24 March
DAVE NEWTON TRIO 8pm, £15 Dave Newton, Matt Skelton and Tom Farmer present songs of the movies in a swinging jazz piano trio. Hear the music of Chariots of Fire, Toy Story, The King And I, Brigadoon and more with these three thrilling musicians.
Credit: Brian Sweeney
VOLUNTEERING AT JW3 There are plenty of opportunities for volunteering at JW3, whether you have a little time or plenty. We need you to bring your passion, enthusiasm, ideas, time, head, heart and hands. We’ll contribute facilities, resources, professional staff and guidance. Together we will deliver outstanding events, activities, and facilities all year-round. Come and join our growing community of volunteers. www.jw3.org.uk/volunteering volunteering@jw3.org.uk 020 7433 8988
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MUSIC
Music Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 March
SACRED VOICES FESTIVAL JW3, together with Rabia’s Garden and 3FF, are proudly hosting this festival with a special emphasis on highlighting female performers from different faiths. There’ll be singing workshops, song exchanges and the art installation What Women Believe – presenting portraits of female leaders from faith communities in Camden. The festival begins with a panel exploring the symbolism of the female voice in the different religious traditions. It culminates in a concert on Sunday evening featuring British-Islamic performers Pearls of Islam and Israeli Orthodox Jewish singer Victoria Hanna. Please visit www.jw3.org.uk/sacredvoices for further details. Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
Thursday 7 April
SPIN SALON: THE BEATLES AND ME 7.30pm, £12
Sunday 13 March
In 1964 The Beatles took America by storm and changed rock’n’roll forever. Ivor Davis was the only daily news reporter on the whole tour. Here he chronicles that summer: the allnight Monopoly games with John Lennon, the legendary living room jam with Elvis and the night Bob Dylan introduces the band to pot. Listen to selected Beatles tracks and discover the stories behind the stories. Each Spin Salon is an evening of music and stories around a particular theme, presented by a music expert. ‘An incredible eye opener even to me, a Liverpool lad who grew up with The Beatles back in the early days when they were The Silver Beatles’ – Malcolm McDowell
SHIRA B’TZIBUR L’AVIV
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7.30pm, £7 Spring is nearly here! Come and sing beautiful Israeli songs with us in the spirit of the season! From Naomi Shemer and Aviv Gefen, to Yoram Gaon and Tzivika Pik: old songs and new songs. Led by the talented Israeli Scouts and Erez on the keyboard. Session in Hebrew. In collaboration with Israeli Scouts.
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Sunday 10 April
THE ALTERNATIVE MENUHIN 8pm, £25 Yehudi Menuhin was the most prominent classical musician of his generation to embark on cross-genre collaborations and his work with Ravi Shankar and Stephane Grappelli has become famous. Directed by British violinist, songwriter and composer and Artistic Director of the JMI, Sophie Solomon, this evening will celebrate the musical diversity of the violin across genres, a tribute to Yehudi Menuhin in his centenary year. An all-star line-up led by Sophie Solomon with Tcha Limberger, John Etheridge, Dave Kelbie, Andy Crowdy, Sheema Mukherjee and more.
Comedy Wednesday 10 February
HAVA NAGIGGLE: SARA PASCOE, SHAZIA MIRZA, ZOE LYONS 8pm, £12, £10 web advance A night of top quality stand up comics hosted by Cynthia Levin. Featuring brilliant, fresh and vital stand-up performer, Sara Pascoe, a regular on shows such as Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and 8 Out 10 Cats. ‘Pascoe’s lively mind teases out big questions with intelligence, silliness and self-deprecation.’ - The Guardian. Shazia Mirza works all over the world and has appeared on Have I Got News for You and NBC’s Last Comic Standing. ‘Brave and urgent’ - The Telegraph - Edinburgh 2015. Zoe Lyons is a familiar face on TV with credits including The John Bishop Show and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. ‘Probably the most impressive British female comic on the circuit.’ - The Skinny, Edinburgh. Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
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PERFORMANCE
Performance Tuesday 26 January
Wednesday 17 February
MY RUSSIAN CHILDHOOD - REHEARSED READING
VALIANT
7.30pm, FREE A work-in-progress performance by Peter Reder, who delves into his father’s RussianJewish ancestry in this new work about family stories and how they can become the myths by which we understand ourselves and the world around us. A show for those who have Whitechapel, Essex, and other points further east etched in their hearts. A rare chance to see a new work in development by one of the UK’s most respected live artists.
Thursday 4 February
LISA GORNICK’S LIVE DRAWING SHOW 7.30pm, £10 An intimate whirl of live drawing, video projection, music, storytelling and off-thecuff comedy, Lisa Gornick’s involving and irreverent performance looks for parallels between her own life and her Grandma Ray, a Jewish Eastender who sometimes went posh. As the story unfurls, secrets are uncovered and a surprise connection unites the two across the generations.
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7.30pm, £10 A powerful verbatim theatre piece chronicling the role of women in war. From victim to perpetrator to peacemaker, from Afghanistan to Japan, meet 13 women who have fought, struggled and survived through a century of conflict. Adapted for the stage by Lanna Joffrey from the book of verbatim interviews Valiant Women in War and Exile by Sally Hayton-Keeva, this new piece of writing explores the women’s perspective and how war has shaped their lives and subsequently our own. Most of us know the history of war as men see it; in Valiant, women have their say. ‘Stark and quietly riveting adaptation... one of the shows to see’ New York Magazine Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
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Wednesday 30 March
Wednesday 6 April
BUBBLE SCHMEISIS
SONG OF DINA
8pm, £10
7.45pm, £10
‘Bubbemeises’ is Yiddish, and translates as a grandmother’s story, a tall story, an old wives’ tale. Writer and street performer Nick Cassenbaum invites you into the warmth of the Canning Town Schvitz, East London’s last authentic bath house. Amongst the steam and ritual Nick will take you on a journey to find the place he belongs, schlaping through summer camps, barber shops and Spurs games. Will he find what he was looking for? Bubble Schmeisis is full of intimate and personal true stories about identity, home and getting schmeised (washed) by old men.
Presentation of a concert work-in-progress
Written and Performed by Nick Cassenbaum Directed by Danny Braverman Designed by Bethany Wells
‘Hear, Oh Israel.’ calls the only daughter of Jacob, patriarch of the Jewish people. Song of Dina is an innovative exploration through music, song and spoken word of the brief biblical story in which something enormous happens to Dina, her brothers and family. Diane Samuels (author of Kindertransport) and composer Maurice Chernick (of Jewish music group Shir) offer a unique opportunity to join them with choir Minim, soloists, instrumentalists and actors to share the emergence of Dina’s new psalm of ancient voices. The time has come to listen afresh to what has been silent and longs to be heard. Written by Diane Samuels Music by Maurice Chernick
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PERFORMANCE
Salena Godden
Monday 25 January
Monday 15 February
MAMA LOSCHEN: THREE ACRES AND A COW
MAMA LOSCHEN: SPOKEN WORD SALON
7.30pm, £10
8pm, £8
For Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the Trees, Mama Loschen presents a show, which explores our relationship with the land. Connecting the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with fracking and the housing crisis via the Enclosures and Industrial Revolution, folk singer/songwriter Robin Grey and storyteller Rachel Rose Reid draw a compelling narrative through the people’s history of Britain. Part TED talk, part folk club sing-a-long, part poetry slam, come and share these tales as they have been shared for generations.
A cabaret night of spoken word and music, taking a leftfield approach to the theme of love. With all the usual conflicts and contradictions of Valentine’s Day, Mama Loschen asks ‘what is this love thing about anyway?’ Hosted by Sam Berkson, artists will take the audience through a surprising range of poetic and musical approaches to love and invite them to participate themselves in a friendly open mic. The night will feature poet, performer and author Salena Godden as well as Emma Joliffe and guests.
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JW3’s engaging FUSION Schools programme provides students with opportunities to develop new skills and confidence. Our wide variety of stimulating assemblies and dynamic skill-based workshops can be delivered to pupils of all ages both in school and at JW3. We can tailor all our programmes to fit in with lesson plans, PPA Cover, after school and lunchtime workshops.
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Dance Tuesday 12 January
Tuesday 9 February
TRIO A AND YVONNE RAINER: DANCE ON FILM
INTENSIVE DANCE & THEATRE WORKSHOPS
6.30pm, £6
12.30-3.30pm, £20
JW3 celebrates the work of Yvonne Rainer, one of the most iconoclastic choreographers of her generation, in the 50th anniversary year of the creation of her most well-known piece Trio A by showing some of her film work and hosting a post screening discussion with people using Trio A to influence their work. In partnership with the London Feminist Film Festival.
Designed to give people with and without learning disabilities the opportunity to keep fit and learn dance techniques and theatrical skills. The workshops will be led by Daniel Vais, Artistic Director and Sarah Gordy, Principal Dancer of Culture Device Dance Project.
Saturday 13 February
TWO TO TANGO Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
8-10pm, £12.50 individual, £20 couple Raquel Greenberg invites all lovers, in life and of dance, to tango. A lesson in Argentine tango will be followed by the chance to try out your moves, with tips and guidance from Raquel. This Valentine’s weekend it takes two.
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Tuesday 8 March
THE SHINING: FILM SCREENING 8pm, £12 To mark the anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s death, we are screening the director’s cult classic from 1980. This masterpiece of modern horror, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall, is widely considered to be the most terrifying movie of all time; a tale of a family man and would-be writer going mad as winter caretaker of the cursed Overlook Hotel.
Tuesday 8 March
SHELLEY ON A LOOP 5-8pm, FREE Before The Shining screening, immerse yourself in an installation inspired by Shelley Duvall’s character Wendy Torrance, recreating the most famous scene in the movie, recognised as having the most recorded takes in the history of filmmaking. You can watch the performers or even take part in a choreographed sequence of blinking, shuddering and waving a baseball bat.
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Tuesday 12 April
TURN YOUR F^*KING HEAD 6.30pm, £10 This film takes its title from choreographer Deborah Hay’s frequent reminder to artists taking part in her solo commission project to refresh their awareness. It shows Hay and 20 artists as they engage with the process of creating adaptations of her score, Dynamic. It is a document of her process as she continues to redefine what performance is and how performers perform. This event is a collaboration with Independent Dance and the screening is followed by a talk.
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Credit: Bill Cooper Courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet
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Sunday 13 March
INTENSIVE DANCE WORKSHOP
IVY HOUSE MUSIC AND DANCE: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN CRANKO
10am-4pm, £10 The inclusive workshop is focused on community, relationships and sticking together in a crisis: themes from Amici Dance and Theatre Company’s most recent show 35 Amici Drive. The work will culminate in a sharing on the final day for friends and family. Amici is a unique dance theatre company integrating able-bodied and disabled artists and performers. The workshop is led by company founder Wolfgang Stange.
3.30pm, £20 Known to London audiences for his ballet Onegin, there is far, far more to John Cranko (1927-1973). From his native South Africa to Sadler’s Wells Ballet School and the early successes of Pineapple Poll and The Lady and the Fool, he then moved to Stuttgart where he created a company and repertoire of world class. Sir Peter Wright, who danced for and worked with Cranko, will discuss the man and choreographer with dance critics Clement Crisp and Gerald Dowler. Having been taught by Cranko himself, Brenda Last will give a masterclass on his works including Pineapple Poll, followed by a performance by Royal Ballet soloists.
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FESTIVAL OF THE MIND
Festival of the Mind Sunday 17 January
Explore the world of psychology and the mind at our thought-provoking and playful one-day festival. Buy a ticket for the whole festival for £25 or book individual events. Between 11am and 4pm, bibliotherapist Simona Lyons will be on hand to provide festivalgoers with tailormade literary fixes for £10.
ACTIVITIES & WORKSHOPS
TALKS & PERFORMANCES
10.45am Guided Walk: Freud in Hampstead - £15 See the Walks section for details.
12.30pm Freud’s Hassidic Roots - £5 Author Dr Joseph Berke examines how Freud’s Hassidic ancestors influenced his work.
11am The Epitaph Rite - Free A drop-in workshop with artist Xenia Moseley where you can create your own epitaph, turn it into a badge and wear it with pride. 12.30pm Dance Therapy - £5 Learn to understand expressive movement and its benefits in this practical workshop. 2.30pm Art Therapy - £5 Hephzibah Kaplan explains the practice and benefits of art therapy while you use art materials in a free and spontaneous way. 2.30pm Mindfulness - £5 Danny Newman of HaMakom introduces Mindfulness and looks at an early 20th century Jewish Mindfulness text from Eastern Europe. 2.30pm Neurotic - Who, Me? - £5 Find out how and why we are all neurotic to some degree and how we can better acknowledge, understand and manage this aspect of our mental health.
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4.30pm Artists on the Couch - £5 Panel discussion with singer Ana Silvera, writer Nathan Filer and artist Ian Williams about using mental health issues in the creation of their own work. 6pm Dementia Chronicles - £7 Spoken word poet Leah Thorn and writer Laura Bridgeman both present powerful new work looking at the impact of dementia on daughter/parent relationships. 7.30pm The Sound of Mind - £8 The Cabinet of Living Cinema use film and mesmerising music to explore the world of dreams, altered states, erotic fantasy and neuroses.
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JEWISH BOOK WEEK at JW3
Saturday 13 - Friday 26 February Jewish Book Week is delighted to present a series of festival events at JW3 for the first time. Buy a ticket for a single event or get a discount by booking a double bill ticket for two events on the same day. Book signings will take place after each event and a festival bookshop will be running throughout. Jewish Book Week 2016 runs from 20-28 February. For full listings see www.jewishbookweek.com
Saturday 13 February
Monday 22 February
HADLEY FREEMAN: LIFE MOVES PRETTY FAST
STORIES OF COURAGE AND TENACITY: STOLEN LEGACY
8pm, £12
1pm, £8, £12 double bill
To launch Jewish Book Week’s events at JW3, journalist and author Hadley Freeman will kick off with an evening Valentine’s special event. In her latest book, Life Moves Pretty Fast, Hadley reveals why the 1980s was a truly dazzling decade in cinema history and why, in her opinion, no period since has produced such an influential stream of movies.
Dina Gold’s Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse 17/18, Berlin is a gripping story of her battle to reclaim the majestic six-storey building that the Nazis seized from her once-prominent Berlin family. Dina will be in conversation with the journalist and broadcaster Melanie Phillips.
Monday 22 February
STORIES OF COURAGE AND TENACITY: BORN SURVIVORS 2.30pm, £8, £12 double bill In Born Survivors Wendy Holden, former Daily Telegraph foreign correspondent and author of several bestselling wartime biographies, recounts the tale of three exceptional women. Priska, Rachel and Anka were strangers to each other, but they all survived the death camps, as did their new-born babies. 65 years later the three ‘miracle babies’ met for the first time. Wendy Holden will be joined by one of the infant survivors, Eva Clarke, and interviewed by the journalist Jenni Frazer.
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JEWISH BOOK WEEK AT JW3
Tuesday 23 February
Tuesday 23 February
INTELLECTUAL FIRECRACKERS: WHO WAS MOSES?
INTELLECTUAL FIRECRACKERS: AN AGE-OLD HATRED UNDER SCRUTINY
1pm, £8, £12 double bill
2.30pm, £8, £12 double bill
The life of Moses is full of ambiguity. He is one of the most significant figures in Jewish history, made a uniquely potent contribution to both the Jewish religion and the Jewish nation, and yet he grew up as an Egyptian. His extraordinary legacy and dual identity will be explored by the eminent scholar and author Avivah Zornberg, whose biography of Moses for the Yale University Press Jewish Lives series will be published later in 2016.
In his powerful new polemic, Anti-Semitism, renowned novelist and screenwriter Frederic Raphael considers why intense hostility has been directed so relentlessly towards Jews for more than two millennia. He will be joined by literary editor, scholar, author and journalist David Pryce-Jones in a penetrating analysis of this crucial perennial question.
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Wednesday 24 February
Wednesday 24 February
MIDWEEK LITERARY SALON: FERTILE IMAGINATIONS
MIDWEEK LITERARY SALON: CAPTIVATING FICTIONS
1pm, £8, £12 double bill
2.30pm, £8, £12 double bill
Tracy Chevalier and Esther Freud are both contributors to Reader, I Married Him, a soonto-be-published collection of stories inspired by Jane Eyre, while Tracy Chevalier is also bringing out a contemporary novel based on Othello.
Two of our fastest rising literary stars, author and editor Virginia Baily and Polly Samson, journalist, author and lyricist for some of Pink Floyd’s most celebrated songs, will share a platform to discuss their compelling new novels Early One Morning and The Kindness with journalist, former magazine editor and author Linda Kelsey. With these eagerly-awaited second books, both writers have crafted exquisite page-turning fiction that explores how momentary decisions and revelations can transform lives with momentous consequences.
These two fine novelists will discuss their latest works with BAFTA-winning filmmaker Olivia Lichtenstein, whose revelatory documentary about Melvyn Bragg was recently broadcast on BBC2. Tracy Chevalier’s new novel At the Edge of the Orchard charts the struggles and ambitions of a nineteenthcentury American family, while Esther Freud’s Mr Mac and Me focuses on a coastal community unsettled by the arrival of a mysterious Scotsman, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, at the outbreak of the First World War.
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JEWISH BOOK WEEK AT JW3
Thursday 25 February
Friday 26 February
UNLIKELY TALES BUT TRUE: BETWEEN TEL AVIV AND MOSCOW
SPIES: FACT AND FICTION
1pm, £8, £12 double bill The story of Leah Trachtman-Palchan’s migration from Eastern Europe to Palestine in 1921 proved anything but predictable. Her association with the Communist movement in Palestine led to her deportation by the British to the Soviet Union for 30 years, throwing her into the path of some of the most pivotal events of the 20th century. Nir Arielli, lecturer in International History and Politics at Leeds University, has edited her memoir and discusses this extraordinary life with musicologist, writer, presenter and opera director Anastasia Belina-Johnson.
Thursday 25 February
UNLIKELY TALES BUT TRUE: OPERATION THUNDERBOLT 2.30pm, £8, £12 double bill In 1976 a group of German and Palestinian terrorists hijacked Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris, eventually forcing the plane to land in Uganda. Historian and broadcaster Saul David’s fast-paced account of the hijacking of Flight 139 details the daring and ultra-secret mission orchestrated by the Israeli government to save the hostages and end the terror.
12noon, £8 Mishka Ben-David served in Mossad as a highranking officer. Now a full-time novelist, he writes tense thrillers about worldwide Mossad agents. He will talk about his time in Mossad and how it led to him to become a writer. Forbidden Love in St Petersburg is his second translated novel. Adam LeBor is the author of many acclaimed works of nonfiction, including City of Oranges and a biography of Milosevic. He works as a journalist in Budapest, and writes gripping thrillers, which are international bestsellers. The protagonist of The Washington Stratagem and his new book, The Reykjavik Assignment, is rogue ex-Mossad agent Yael Azoulay.
JEWISH QUARTERLY WINGATE PRIZE Find out who is in the running to win 2016’s prestigious Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize during Jewish Book Week on Sunday 21 February at Kings Place, when this year’s judges, Hugo Rifkind, Samantha Ellis, Tahmima Anam and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, will discuss the shortlist with Jewish Quarterly Editor Nicola Christie. Tickets are available from www.jewishbookweek.com Established in 1977, the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize is the only one of its kind in the UK - open to works of fiction and non-fiction which best ‘translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader’. The prize attracts nominations from around the world and is run in association with JW3. JW3 visitors are entitled to a discounted subscription to the digital editon of JQ, at £13.99 (normally £19.99), which includes access to a seven-year archive. Simply visit exacteditions.com/jewishquarterly and enter promo code JQPROMO.
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Purim Tuesday 22 March
Sunday 27 March
PURIM SPIEL
PURIM KLEZMER DANCE PARTY
8.30pm Come dressed to impress and join us this Purim for a night of spiel and laughs with special guests. More information will be available in early 2016 – visit www. jw3.org.uk/purim
6.30pm, £15 Banish the post-Purim blues with our Purim Dance Party. A ceilidh with a very Jewish twist, featuring dance caller Guy Scholam, and the London Klezmer Quartet. After a short break to catch your breath, the joyous Jewish party band, Shir, will continue the celebrations. This party is for all ages and dancing abilities, just bring your dancing spirit and be prepared to schvitz.
GEFILTEFEST GEFILTEFEST Sunday 26 June 2016, 10.30am–5pm
Sunday June 26 2016, 10.30am–5pm Are you smoked salmon or salt beef, bagels or brisket, shakshuka or schmaltz? Are you smoked salmon or salt beef, bagels or brisket, shakshuka or schmaltz? Whatever your taste, Gefiltefest’s Jewish Food Festival is a must for foodies Whatever your Gefiltefest’s Festival is a must for foodies everywhere andtaste, makes a welcomeJewish returnFood to JW3. Gefiltefest everywhere and makes a welcome return to JW3. Immerse yourself in Jewish food culture, history, ethics and Immerse Alongside yourself in our Jewish foodfood culture, history, ethics and learning. buzzing market, over learning. Alongside workshops our buzzingand food market, over 40 demonstrations, lectures will explore 40 demonstrations, workshops and lectures will explore the Jewish culinary landscape. the Jewish culinary landscape. Sign up at www.gefiltefest.org to be first to know Sign at www.gefiltefest.org behighlights first to know whenup tickets are on sale and toto see when are on sale and to see highlights of the tickets 2015 festival. of the 2015 festival.
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Young Professionals Wednesdays 10, 17, 24 February
Friday 15 April
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COOKING CLASS
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
7.30-10pm, £17 per session, £45 for all three sessions
6pm, £25
DANIELLE LEVINSON Danielle Levinson of Teachustocook will run this course for young professionals, culminating in a sociable dinner after each class. Cover speedy, budget-friendly, delicious meals from around the world that take no longer than 25 minutes to cook and discover some valuable kitchen tips along the way. Most dishes are cooked in one pan, shopping lists are short and ingredients inexpensive.
Join us for a slap-up Friday Night dinner by candlelight as we take over our in-house restaurant. Entertainment will include Shabbat friendly spoken word, and acapella music.
Wednesdays 16, 30 March | Thursdays 24 March | 7, 14 April
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SOCIAL ACTION SERIES 6.30pm, £7 per session, £30 for the course Join us to help change the world at JW3! Our social action projects include cooking at a local soup kitchen, holocaust survivor evening, asylum centre project and easy ways to save the planet. Evenings will feature a vegetarian meal and mingle. Join the ‘Young Professionals at JW3’ Facebook group to find out more details.
Monthly
FILM NIGHT OUT A chance for you to see a specially selected new release in the comfort of JW3 Cinema with a drink included for just £7.50. Check www.jw3.org.uk/filmnightout for details.
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Talks & Discussions For courses taught by Patrick Bade, Bernard Barnett, Dr Helen Fry, Trudy Gold, Clive Lawton and William Tyler see our Classes & Courses season guide. Monday 25 January
Sunday 13 March
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: FRANK AUERBACH
MIRA AWAD: IN CONVERSATION AND ON SCREEN
10.30am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance
WILLIAM FEAVER
8-9.30pm, £10
Frank Auerbach was born in Berlin in 1931 to Jewish parents and came to Britain as a child. He is now considered one of the greatest painters alive today for his powerful depictions of people and the urban landscapes near his Camden studio. To accompany Tate Britain’s current Auerbach retrospective, art critic William Feaver, his friend and sitter, talks about the man and his work to illuminate your visit to the exhibition.
Singer, songwriter and actress Mira Awad was born in Rameh, a Palestinian village in the north of Israel. She has released two solo albums, and collaborated with many international artists. As an actress, she has starred in many theatre productions and in the hit Israeli TV series Arab Labour. Using clips from Arab Labour she discusses her role the sitcom and the issues it raises about the position of Palestinians within Israeli society. Mira Awad visits the UK as the guest of The Abraham Fund Initiatives and the ERETZ Programme at West London Synagogue, partnering for this event with UK Task Force.
Monday 8 February
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO: PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN
This event will have Live Subtitles.
10.30am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance
PATRICK BADE The Royal Academy’s blockbuster show for spring 2016, Painting the Modern Garden, takes Monet’s famous garden at Giverny as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between painting and gardens in the early modern period. With works by Renoir, Cézanne, Pissarro, Manet, Sargent, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Matisse, Klimt and Klee on display, the exhibition will provide a feast of pleasures to lovers of art and gardens. Patrick Bade will tell you all you need to know before you go, so that you can make the most of your visit.
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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
Tuesday 12 January
Thursday 17 March
INGRID BERGMAN
CLAIRE BLOOM IN CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE MCGHEE
2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
GEORGE MCGHEE One of Hollywood’s most popular stars in the 1940s and 1950s, Oscar winner Bergman starred in such classics as Gaslight, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness and the timeless Casablanca. Her life was as dramatic as her films and at one point she was cast aside by the American public. We look at her controversial life and career.
Tuesday 1 March
BUSBY BERKELEY: MASTER OF THE MOVIE MUSICAL 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
GEORGE MCGHEE Generally considered to be the man who tore down the proscenium arch and opened up the movie musical, Berkeley took us into a kaleidoscopic world full of hundreds of chorus girls and fantastic routines. His films include 42nd Street, The Goldiggers series, Ziegfeld Girl, Million Dollar Mermaid and The Gang’s All Here. We’ll investigate his life and some of his spectacular routines - starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Esther Williams and Carmen Miranda.
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8-9.30pm, £20, £16 web advance One of the UK’s most respected actresses, Claire Bloom’s career has spanned over 65 years. On stage, film and TV she has starred alongside such luminaries as Sir Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Vivien Leigh, Colin Firth and Martin Clunes to name but a few! From Chaplin to Cukor and Shakespeare to Osbourne, Claire will give us an insight into her magnificent career and life, interspersed with clips from some of her work.
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk
Thursday 24 March
Tuesday 19 April
CAN ANYONE TAKE PURIM SERIOUSLY?
IF PESACH IS ALL ABOUT FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY THEN WHY IS IT SUCH HARD WORK?
8-9.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
CLIVE LAWTON Purim has to be one of the most absurd festivals in anyone’s calendar. Celebrating an obscure, untraceable event in a ‘land far far away’, Jews get drunk and crossdress with abandon, all in the name of religion. It seems that now everyone thinks that a good excuse for a party justifies celebrating anything. Is there any room left for high-mindedness or should we all throw caution to the wind and party party party till we can’t remember why?
Thursday 31 March
SECRETS OF THE PURIM MEGILLAH
8-9.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
CLIVE LAWTON Proving the counterintuitive fact that it’s not difficulty that deters Jews from getting involved, we’ll explore how Pesach became such a byword for demanding technicalities, complicated rituals and marathon house cleaning and dinner parties. As we do, we’ll also consider what we really mean by freedom and whether the modern world takes it seriously or fobs us off with bland substitutes. Come along. You have nothing to lose but your chains – and perhaps a couple of evenings to some serious spring cleaning!
10.30am-12.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
STEPHEN GAMES The Book of Esther is the last and most mysterious of our biblical texts. Some of its mysteries are well known: the absence of any reference to God and the ‘secrecy’ of Esther’s name. But many others are unfamiliar and relate to how the story is told. In this radical analysis, designer Stephen Games invites participants to discover startling insights into the text and its construction, using techniques of literary criticism. Based on his book The Reader’s Megillah. For more Purim events see page 18.
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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
Thursday 14 April
Thursday 14 April
CHURCHILL: A STUDY IN FAILURE? 1874-1939
THE GENIUS OF CHURCHILL
10.30am-3.30pm, £35, £30 web advance
WILLIAM TYLER The late Tory MP and historian, Robert Rhodes James, used this title for his 1970 book on Churchill’s life from 1900 to 1939. We’ll look at Churchill’s life from his birth at Blenheim in 1874 to his return to office in 1939, after 10 years in the wilderness, as we explore the truth or otherwise of ‘A Study in Failure?’
7.30-9.30pm, £15, £12 web advance, Free to members of the 45 Aid Society
WILLIAM TYLER JW3 and the 45 Aid Society present the Annual Leonard G Montefiore Lecture. This year William will look at Winston Churchill in 1946. This event is also part of the 92Y Genius Festival.
Tuesday 19 January
GOOD OLD BAD OLD DAYS 2.30-4pm, £20, £16 web advance
STEPHEN BURSTIN Accompanied by slides and music, awardwinning tour guide and historian Stephen Burstin presents a fascinating history of Jewish London and the places and people who populated it: from synagogues to the Yiddish theatre, Petticoat Lane to the sweatshops, the legendary Jewish Soup Kitchen to the infamous Jewish catwalk, Yiddish speaking nuns, the secret Jew who became the Queen’s physician, the country’s first practising Jewish MP and the incredible Jewish connection with Jack the Ripper. For Stephen Burstin’s guided tours see the Walks section.
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Wednesday 23 March
Tuesday 29 March
NAZI LOOTED ART: NEW REVELATIONS
REMEMBERING & FORGETTING: TWO ESSENTIAL TALENTS
2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
DR HELEN FRY WITH SUSAN RONALD
CLIVE LAWTON
Susan Ronald tells the story of Hildebrand Gurlitt, one of the most important and elusive art dealers of the 20th century. He manipulated both the Nazi authorities and the Allied restitution officials in ways that made him a very wealthy man, with over 1,400 pictures in his possession. Susan will discuss the unbelievable legacy that was left in the hands of his son and how it turned out to be the single greatest treasure trove of Nazi looted art discovered in private hands since the war.
Great advances have been made in recent years in understanding how memory works. Yet as more people live longer we all worry about dementia and ‘losing our memories’ rather than the old fears of dying of disease. How do we use our memories? How safely can we trust a memory? We’ll explore these and other issues in the desperate hope that we’ll remember at least some of the session for an hour or two!
Thursday 7 April
PRIMO LEVI: A STUDY OF SURVIVOR GUILT AND OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
BERNARD BARNETT After surviving a year spent in Auschwitz, Levi suffered severe survivor guilt (which he called ‘shame’). Forty years after this massive trauma, his poems indicate the enormous power and long-lasting effects of survivor guilt, as does a probable link to his suicide. Bernard will take a psychoanalytic look at normal and abnormal feelings of guilt and shame and Levi’s afterlife in the light of his outstanding creativity and inspirational humanity.
This event will have Live Subtitles.
Thursday 21 January
FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT: AN EVENING WITH DOMINIC GRIEVE QC MP 7-9pm, £12, £10 web advance The modern concept of human rights was the civilised world’s response to the horrors of the Holocaust. But now that legacy is under threat. Join René Cassin to hear of why Dominic Grieve, Attorney General until July 2014, opposes repeal of the Human Rights Act, and the unique role the Jewish community has in preserving these rights. The event will be chaired by Baroness Julia Neuberger and brings together human rights and Jewish experience.
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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
Monday 29 February
Wednesday 6 April
FEMINISM IS SO LAST CENTURY
WOMEN COMPOSERS
10am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance
10.30am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance
CLIVE LAWTON
PATRICK BADE
On the day on which traditionally women got their one chance to propose marriage if they chose, we explore how far the women’s movement has come and if there’s any chance at all of genuine equality - or will they always trail? Then again, there are some who predict that women will soon be able to manage without men altogether. Is all this talk about ‘women’ and ‘men’ simply way out of date?
Since Miriam raised her sweet voice to the Lord, women have played a greater role in music than in many other areas of the arts. In his talk, Patrick Bade will concentrate on female composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, from Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann through to Lili Boulanger and Germaine Tailleferre. We’ll also take a look at popular songwriters such as Marguerite Monnot (Mon Legionnaire) and Consuelo Velázquez (Besame Mucho). Many of these composers are only now coming into their own and there is still much to discover.
Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
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Thursday 7 April
Thursday 21 January
A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR ROBERT WISTRICH
BUSINESS BREAKFAST WITH ALEX CHESTERMAN
8-9.30pm, £8 (All proceeds from ticket sales are going to JW3’s Holocaust Department) An evening dedicated to celebrating the life of the world’s foremost authority on antisemitism. Today would have been Robert Wistrich’s 71st birthday. He died in May 2015 of a heart attack in Rome, just before he was to address the Italian Senate on the rise of antisemitism in Europe. As head of the Vidal Sassoon International Centre for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Professor Wistrich was a senior adviser at the London Jewish Cultural Centre. This event will be chaired by Trudy Gold, former CEO of the LJCC.
8am, £50 plus an appeal Alex Chesterman, an internet entrepreneur who founded the property website Zoopla in 2008, will join us as our special guest speaker for this fundraising breakfast. In 2012, Alex merged Zoopla with the Daily Mail Group’s online property brands to form Zoopla Property Group, which owns two of the leading brands in the sector Zoopla.co.uk and PrimeLocation.com - and where he remains as CEO. Prior to this, in 2003, Alex co-founded LOVEFiLM, Europe’s leading online DVD rental subscription service. There will be a JW3 fundraising appeal during the event. Tables of 10 can also be booked by contacting Nikki Barnett: nikki@jw3development.org.uk
FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY Wednesday 15 June In aid of JW3 Gateways - supporting vulnerable young people through education and work skills development. Contact Sarah Gluckstein for additional information and to register your interest: sarah.gluckstein@jw3development.org.uk or 020 7433 8961.
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TALKS & DISCUSSIONS
Wednesday 2 March
Monday 11 April
ROI MAOR, ABEER HALABI AND RUTH MADAR
US MIDDLE EAST POLICY AND THE US PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
1-2pm, FREE JW3 and The UK Task Force in partnership with British Friends of Merchavim invite you to a discussion around the theme ‘Diversity Under Fire’ with three speakers from Israel, Roi Maor a secular Israeli, Ruth Madar from the religious community, and Abeer Halabi an Israeli Druze. Kosher sandwich lunch provided.
Thursday 7 April
RWANDA, JEWS AND GENOCIDE 7.30-9pm, FREE Why are British Jews helping Rwandans rebuild their lives? This evening will look at the Rwandan genocide, 22 years on.
2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance
JONATHAN PARIS Most observers believe that any successor in January 2017, Democrat or Republican, will lead to markedly better relations between the US and Israel. Political analyst Jonathan Paris discusses this hypothesis and examines the likely Mideast policies of the leading Republican and Democratic candidates as the primary season moves toward the selection of the presidential candidate.
Wednesday 13 April
GENOCIDE: DO WE CARE ENOUGH? 2-4pm, £20, £16 web advance
DR HELEN FRY A panel discussion with Dr Helen Fry, to include Ruth Barnett and other speakers, on issues surrounding whether Europe has learnt from the Holocaust and genocide. Do society and individuals treat all humanity as equal or protest at unacceptable violence early enough to prevent it escalating? These and other poignant issues surrounding racism and prejudice will be the focus. Ruth Barnett is author of a new book Love, Hate and Indifference: The Slide into Genocide.
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JW3 Art Salon The JW3 Art Salon is for artists and art-lovers, each event around a particular theme, with artists, academics and wine.
Tuesday 16 February
Tuesday 5 April
THE BOOK IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE BOOK!
SLAVERY
7.30-10pm, £8 Developments within the publishing industry are transforming the relationship that we have with printed books. How do these changes affect the book as an object? From book design to art books, join artists who take inspiration from books and create new ways of engaging with the written word.
Enjoy a meal in the restaurant, grab a bite in the café or a drink in the bar. ‘Probably the best restaurant to open in North West London in the last 10 years’ Giles Coren, The Times
Book online www.zestatjw3.co.uk or call 020 7433 8955
7.30-10pm, £8 ‘Remember you were slaves in Egypt’. This imperative to remember oppression underpins much of the biblical moral instructions to care for others. But how does the legacy of slavery leave its trace in art and culture? With art historian and musician David McAlmont, speaking on the depictions of slavery within Western Art, and Leila Segal, whose Voices of Freedom photography project empowers those who have been trafficked to use photography in finding their voice and telling their own stories.
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Walks
Duration of guided walks is 2-2½ hours, except where specified. Sunday 17 January
Sunday 21 February
FREUD IN HAMPSTEAD
SPITALFIELDS AND ALDGATE
10.45am, £15
10am, £17
RACHEL KOLSKY
STEPHEN BURSTIN
Explore the lives of the Freud family in Hampstead. Sigmund Freud escaped Nazioccupied Vienna in 1938 to ‘die in freedom’. This walking tour profiles Sigmund and his friends, his daughter Anna, and his son, Ernst.
Tread the narrow alleyways and backstreets of these two districts of the Old Jewish Quarter in London’s famous East End and hear the incredible stories of its people and places. We’ll explore inside Bevis Marks, the oldest synagogue in Britain. We’ll hear about the struggles of impoverished immigrants and the hilarious spiel of Petticoat Lane market traders.
Part of JW3’s Festival of the Mind. For more details see page 13.
Thursday 4 February
WILLESDEN CEMETERY 10.30am, £15
STEPHEN BURSTIN Visit the last resting places of both the famous and the unknown whose varied lives provide stories that are enthralling, inspiring, tragic and even humorous. As we walk through this 140 year-old Jewish cemetery, we’ll come across chief rabbis and business giants, a royal illusionist, the flamboyant Lady Chutzpah and one engrossing tale after another.
Ticket price includes admission to Bevis Marks Synagogue.
Thursday 25 February
SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES ON THE ROAD TO OUR MODERN WORLD 10.15am, half-day tour, £30 (excludes travel between sites)
MARK KING This fascinating tour takes a layperson’s view in interpreting the work of some of our greatest scientists and the institutions that nurtured them. We’ll explore a selection of highlights in the Royal Institution and Science Museum, as well as the amazing Linnean Society’s archive. Price includes a donation to the Linnean Society.
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WALKS
Wednesday 2 March
Thursday 17 March
HACKNEY DOWNS TO THE LOWLIFE
HATTON GARDEN
10.30am, £15
ANDREW BROWN
RACHEL KOLSKY Discover the literary heritage of Hackney on this tour celebrating Jewish writers associated with the area, who found inspiration amongst the diverse communities, particularly immediately pre and post-WWII. From Grace Aguilar in the early 19th century, Wesker and Pinter at Hackney Downs to Baron’s The Lowlife and Camberton’s Rain on the Pavements, readings will bring the words of the writers to life within the streets and places they knew.
Sunday 13 March
10.30am, £15
It’s not a garden and there aren’t any hats*, but don’t let that put you off. This area is famous as London’s diamond district, but its murkier past stinks of crime and treason, money and murder. You’ll see the birthplace of the car and the machine gun, find fields, hidden trees and buried rivers, and walk with kings, demons, poets, playwrights and princes. *There may be some hats. Feel free to bring your own.
Tuesday 22 March
AT HOME WITH THE ROTHSCHILDS
RADICAL WOMEN OF THE EAST END
10.30am, £15
2pm, £15
Piccadilly became ‘Rothschild Row’ when the Rothschild family made their money in the City and spent it on opulent homes in London’s West End. Visit the sites of the homes of Lionel, Leo, Ferdy, Alfred and their neighbours including the Duke of Wellington and Disraeli, and hear stories of love and marriage, business and charity.
DAVID ROSENBERG & RACHEL WESTON Historian and writer David Rosenberg teams up with Yiddish song collector and performer Rachel Weston to mark International Women’s Day with a two-hour walk celebrating Jewish women’s activism in the East End from the 1880s to the 1930s. Part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
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RACHEL KOLSKY
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Wednesday 30 March
Wednesday 13 April
STEPNEY AND WHITECHAPEL
A TALE OF ONE CITY
10.30am, £15
10.30am-2pm, £25 (lunch not included)
STEPHEN BURSTIN
MAUREEN KENDLER
Explore this fascinating part of the Old Jewish Quarter in London’s famous East End with a multitude of sights to see and wondrous tales to hear. We’ll see a secret Jewish cemetery, hidden synagogues, erstwhile Yiddish theatres, the much loved Jewish Hospital, what was once known as the Jewish Market of Hessel Street and stand on the very spots where the Siege of Sidney Street and the Battle of Cable Street took place.
Starting in Westminster and ending at Liverpool Street Station, educator Maureen Kendler leads a fascinating walk looking at the story of London’s Jews through the ages. Discover the pleading rabbi at Whitehall, the first - though not the last – of the great synagogue rivalries and take a Thames boat trip to St Katherine’s Dock to relive the arrival of the first Jews into the city. Price includes the river cruise - feel free to bring lunch to eat on the boat.
Monday 4 April
NOTTING HILL 2.30pm, £15
ISABELLE SEDDON Explore this urban village in west London, famous for its annual carnival, Portobello Road Market and film of the same name. Learn about the development of Victorian estates, the race riots of the 1950s, Rachman and slum housing and see why it’s blossomed into such a desirable area.
Thursday 7 April
THE JEWISH WEST END 10.30am, £15
STEPHEN BURSTIN A magical evening walk of discovery through two districts in the heart of the West End: Soho and Fitzrovia. While enjoying the buzz of activity as Soho and Fitzrovia truly come alive in the early evening hours, we’ll explore the hidden history of a vast Jewish community that once lived here.
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Cinema
Sunday 6 March
Monday 7 March
ESTHER BRONER: A WEAVE OF WOMEN
THE SCANDALOUS LADY W: HALLIE RUBENHOLD AND ELEANOR GREENE IN CONVERSATION
4.30pm, £12 In 1975 Esther Broner co-wrote the first Women’s Haggadah (the book of readings for a Passover Seder service), paving the way for modern Jewish feminism. For the next 36 years, she led the Feminist Passover Seder in New York City, which became the basis for a Jewish feminist tradition that continues today. Director/producer Lilly Rivlin documents the evolution of Jewish feminism through archival footage and interviews with leading Jewish feminists such as Gloria Steinem. In partnership with the London Feminist Film Festival.
6.45pm, £8 The Scandalous Lady W, recently shown on BBC2, tells the story of Lady Worsley, the woman at the centre of the most notorious divorce case and sex scandal of the 18th century. In the run up to International Women’s Day, watch the film before hearing from acclaimed writer and historian, Hallie Rubenhold, who wrote the biography of Lady Worsley on which the film was based. She’ll be in conversation with Eleanor Greene, the film’s Executive Producer, about the drama, the history behind it and why it resonates today.
These events are part of JW3’s International Women’s Day Celebration.
JW3 CINEMA Our boutique cinema screens a weekly mix of the best new releases from around the world, plus Jewish and Israeli films curated by our partner UK Jewish Film. There are also regular special screenings including Film Night Out, a monthly cinema series for those in their 20s and 30s, Baby Friendly Screenings on Thursday mornings and Family Films on Sundays.
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CINEMA
Tuesday 9 February
FOOD ON FILM IN THE KITCHEN: JUST EAT IT A FOOD WASTE STORY 7pm in the kitchen, 8.30pm in the cinema, £15 film and cooking demo, £10 film only A special edition of Food On Film in the Kitchen including a tasty cooking demonstration with Save The Date (an egalitarian food project which transforms food destined for landfill into exciting meals available to everyone) and the Jewish Vegetarian Society, followed by a screening of Just Eat It, a documentary film about food waste and food rescue. We’ll explore what happens to the food we don’t eat. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of food produced in the bin? And what can we do about it?
Sunday 28 February
TUNNEL OF HOPE: ESCAPE FROM A NAZI LABOUR CAMP 6pm, £12 In 1943, 250 Jewish slave workers successfully escaped from a Nazi labour camp in Novogrudok, Belarus, via a tunnel they dug. The film follows the remaining escapees alive today, accompanied by their descendants, in an attempt to find the tunnel. The archaeological excavations dug up not only piles of dirt and some physical remnants, but also dredged up the memories, pain and hope of three generations, which merge to become one story. After the screening there will be an interview between Trudy Gold, former CEO of the LJCC, and Michael Kagan, co-producer and son of Jack Kagan, Holocaust survivor. Jack was among the 170 prisoners who survived by escaping through the tunnel to join the Partisans. There will be an opportunity for Q&A.
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Tuesday 29 March
ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS: THE HIDDEN STORY OF IRAQI MUSIC 8pm, £12 On the Banks of the Tigris follows Majid Shokor, an Iraqi from a Muslim background, who seeks the source of songs he loves and discovers a hidden history - the Jewish role in Iraqi music. The film shows Majid’s journey from Australia to Israel, Europe and Iraq. to meet Iraqi musicians of all faiths and unite them in a concert for peace and reconciliation, at London’s Barbican Centre. The screening will be introduced by a special guest.
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The Secret In Their Eyes Monday 11 January Waltz With Bashir - Sunday 13 March
Wednesday 23 March
JUNG AND FILM 2016: WORLD CINEMA
8pm, £5
10am, £15 per film (£12.50 CAP members), £68 for the 2016 series (£50 CAP members) JW3, in partnership with the Confederation of Analytical Psychology (CAP), presents a series of seminars in the JW3 Cinema. Each incoporates a short introductory expert lecture, film screening and post-screening discussion. The seminars are open to anyone with an interest in cinema, Jungian psychology and psychoanalysis. They take place between 10am and 12.30pm.
ARTISTS’ FILM SALON Experience cutting edge artists’ moving image from short films to video art. We screen around ten works of around five minutes, hear from a filmmaker and talk about what we’ve seen aftewards in the bar. Join our growing community of filmmakers and people involved in filmmaking, discover and support new film work on the big screen. To submit, email cinema@jw3.org.uk
2016 follows the theme World Cinema and includes The Secret In Their Eyes - Best Foreign Language Film winner at the 82nd Academy Awards. Waltz With Bashir is an ‘extraordinary animated documentary by Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman - a kind of fictionalised docu-autobiography’ - The Guardian For other films in this series visit www.jw3.org.uk/capfilmseries
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CINEMA
Wednesday 23 March
Monthly
SERET SCREENING - YOLANDE: AN UNSUNG HEROINE
CINEMA ITALIA
8.30pm, £12 This dramatic documentary tells the story of Yolande Gabai de Botton, grandmother of philosopher Alain de Botton and his singer sister Miel de Botton, who was considered by many to be the Jewish ‘Mata Hari’. To this day regarded as Israel’s greatest spy, Yolande used her charm, social connections and jounrlaist role in her home city of Cairo to pass on intelligence to the newly forming State of Israel, putting her life, and those of her children’s on the line.
UK Jewish Film Following the success of the 19th UK Jewish Film Festival, UKJF, in partnership with JW3, will continue to bring you the best new Jewish and Israeli films, and 2015 Festival hits, throughout the year, six times a week. Check the monthly JW3 cinema planner to see which films will be on offer each month.
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£12 JW3 Cinema continues its new partnership with Cinema Italia UK which began in Autumn 2015. Join us for a monthly Cinema Italia UK screening, featuring the best contemporary Italian films - with English subtitles - recently released in Italy and not yet available for UK audiences. Each event will include a Q&A with the finest Italian cinema talent connected to the film. See our monthly printed cinema guide or visit www.jw3.org.uk/cinema for further details.
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Live Arts on Screen Sunday 7 February
Sunday 27 March
LA TRAVIATA - ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENCORE SCREENING
BORIS GUDUNOV ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENCORE SCREENING
2pm, £16 Verdi’s tragic opera of a Parisian courtesan who sacrifices all for love is vividly told in Richard Eyre’s production.
Thursday 25 February
AS YOU LIKE IT NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE 7pm, £16 Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at Manchester International Festival) as Rosalind.
2pm, £16 Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano renew their creative collaboration with this new production of Musorgsky’s historical masterpiece, here seen in its compact 1869 first version. Bryn Terfel takes the title role – one of the most complex characters in opera – while John Graham-Hall appears as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.
Sunday 17 April
GISELLE - BALLET FROM ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENCORE SCREENING
Wednesday 9 March
2pm, £16
THE MAGIC FLUTE - ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA LIVE
The quintessential Romantic classic, a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyond the grave. The ballet’s title role also offers one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, as Giselle transforms from an innocent peasant girl, duped into love, to a forgiving spirit who saves her lover from death.
7.30pm, £16 The Magic Flute is one of the greatest and most popular operas ever written. Follow the royal prince Tamino and the bird-catcher Papageno through ENO’s wonderfully theatrical and inventive staging.
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WHAT’S ON
VENUE HIRE Looking for venue hire? JW3 has something that will suit your needs, whether for a corporate or charity event or function. Our Howard Hall, seating up to 270 theatre-style, is perfect for conferences, talks and more. There are plenty of breakout rooms for meetings and ‘away-days’. Our intimate 60seat Cinema is available for parties, charities, industry screenings and business presentations. Enjoy HD films in comfortable surroundings. For more information about venue hire email venuehire@jw3.org.uk or call 020 7433 8989
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Events & Activities by Date MONDAY 11 JANUARY Jung and Film: World Cinema Sir Mark Elder CBE in Conversation
MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 10am 8pm
p36 p2
TUESDAY 12 JANUARY Ingrid Bergman Trio A and Yvonne Rainer
p13
TUESDAY 19 JANUARY THURSDAY 21 JANUARY Business Breakfast 8am Holocaust to the Human Rights Act 7pm Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch 8pm
p26 p24 p2
MONDAY 25 JANUARY Frank Auerbach Three Acres and a Cow
10.30am p20 7.30pm p9
TUESDAY 26 JANUARY My Russian Childhood
7.30pm p7
THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY Willesden Cemetery Lisa Gornick’s Live Drawing Show 100 Years of Jazz in 99 Minutes
10.30am p30 7.30pm p7 8pm p2
SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY La Traviata
2pm
p38
MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY Painting the Modern Garden
TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY Intensive Dance & Theatre Just Eat It - The Food Waste Movie
7.30pm p19 8pm p6
THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY Dame Felicity Lott and Eugene Asti 8pm
p3
SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY Two to Tango Hadley Freeman
8pm 8pm
p10 p14
p30
1pm p14 2.30pm p14
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY Who Was Moses? An Age-old Hatred Under Scrutiny Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Maajid Nawaz
1pm p15 2.30pm p15 7.30pm p29
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY Fertile Imaginations Captivating Fictions Young Professionals Cooking Class
1pm p16 2.30pm p16 7.30pm p19
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY Scientific Milestones Walk Between Tel-Aviv and Moscow Operation Thunderbolt As You Like It
10.15am 1pm 2.30pm 7pm
p30 p17 p17 p38
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 12noon p17
SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 6pm
p35
MONDAY 29 FEBRUARY Feminism is So Last Century Meir Dagan / Ron Prosor
WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY Young Professionals Cooking Class Hava Nagiggle
Stolen Legacy Born Survivors
Tunnel Of Hope 12.30pm p10 7pm p35
10am
MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY
Spies: Fact and Fiction 10.30am p20
7.30pm p7 7.30pm p19
SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY Spitalfields and Aldgate
2.30pm p23
7.30pm p28
WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY Valiant Young Professionals Cooking Class
Festival of the Mind
p9
TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY JW3 Art Salon
2pm p21 6.30pm p10
SUNDAY 17 JANUARY
Good Old Bad Old Days
Mama Loschen: Spoken Word Salon 8pm
10am p25 7.30pm p29
TUESDAY 1 MARCH Busby Berkeley Nicola Benedetti and Alison Rhind
2pm 8pm
p21 p3
WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH Hackney Downs to The Lowlife 10.30am p31 Roi Maor, Abeer Halabi, Ruth Madar 1pm p27
WHAT’S ON THURSDAY 3 - SUNDAY 6 MARCH Sacred Music Festival
WEDNESDAY 30 MARCH p5
SUNDAY 3 MARCH Ralph Kirshbaum Celebration
8pm
p4
SUNDAY 6 MARCH MONDAY 7 MARCH TUESDAY 8 MARCH Shelley on a Loop The Shining: Film screening
p11 p11
The Magic Flute
7.30pm p38
SUNDAY 13 MARCH Jung and Film: Waltz with Bashir Radical Women of the East End A Tribute to John Cranko Shira B’Tzibur L’Aviv Mira Awad: In Conversation
10am 2pm 3.30pm 7.30pm 8pm
p36 p31 p12 p5 p20
6.30pm p19
10.30am p31 8pm p21
TUESDAY 22 MARCH At Home With the Rothschilds Purim Spiel
TUESDAY 12 APRIL
10.30am p32 2pm p24 6.30pm p19 7.30pm p5 7.30pm p27 8pm p26
8pm
p6
2pm
p27
6.30pm p11
WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL
THURSDAY 14 APRIL
6.30pm p19 8pm p4 8pm p22
FRIDAY 15 APRIL
Churchill: A Study in Failure? Young Professionals Social Action The Genius of Churchill
Friday Night Dinner
10.30am p32 2pm p27
10.30am p23 6.30pm p19 7.30pm p23
6pm
p19
SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2pm p38 6.30pm p18
TUESDAY 29 MARCH Remembering & Forgetting On the Banks of the Tigris
US Middle East Policy
2pm p24 8pm p36 8.30pm p37
SUNDAY 27 MARCH Boris Gudunov Purim Klezmer Dance Party
The Alternative Menuhin
A Tale of One City Genocide: Do We Care Enough?
THURSDAY 24 MARCH Young Professionals Social Action Dave Newton Trio Can Anyone Take Purim Seriously?
The Jewish West End Primo Levi Young Professionals Social Action Spin Salon: The Beatles and Me Rwanda, Jews and Genocide Tribute to Professor Robert Wistrich
Turn Your F^*king Head 10.30am p32 8.30pm p18
WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH Nazi Looted Art - New Revelations Artists’ Film Salon Yolande: An Unsung Heroine
THURSDAY 7 APRIL
MONDAY 11 APRIL
THURSDAY 17 MARCH Hatton Garden Claire Bloom with George McGhee
10.30am p25 7.45pm p8
SUNDAY 10 APRIL
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH Young Professionals Social Action
7.30pm p28
WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL Women Composers Song of Dina
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH
2.30pm p32
TUESDAY 5 APRIL JW3 Art Salon: Slavery
5pm 8pm
10.30am p22
MONDAY 4 APRIL Notting Hill
6.45pm p34
10.30am p32 6.30pm p19 8pm p8
THURSDAY 31 MARCH Secrets of the Purim Megillah
Esther Broner - A Weave of Women 4.30pm p34
The Scandalous Lady W
Stepney and Whitechapel Young Professionals Social Action Bubble Schmeisis
Giselle
TUESDAY 19 APRIL If Pesach is all about Freedom...?
2pm 8pm
p24 p35
2pm p38
TUESDAY 7 JUNE
Edmund de Waal
8pm
p22
7.30pm p29
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk
JW3 would like to thank our generous donors for their support FOUNDATION BENEFACTOR Clore Duffield Foundation
JW3 Major Benefactors Anonymous Sir Trevor Chinn CVO & Lady Susan Chinn CBE City Bridge Trust Dr Naim Dangoor CBE Barbara & Mick Davis The Dorfman Foundation Caroline Elton & Andrew Franklin Alan & Sabine Howard International Charitable Fund Pamela & Richard Jacobs Denise & David Joseph Helene & Clive Kahn Klein & Cantor Families The Morris Leigh Foundaton Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands Foundation Nicola & Harold 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 Benefactors Patricia & Richard Beecham Elliot Bernerd Tara Bernerd & Partners The Black Family Sharon & Toby Coppel The J Isaacs Charitable Trust Jonathan Lourie Patricia & Richard Millett The Nohr Family
Outset Contemporary Art Fund Roche Bobois The Cyril Shack Trust Shoresh Foundation UJIA JW3 Patrons 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 & Betinna Bradfield Alan & Caroline Brill The Children’s Aid Committee Charitable Fund Stanley Cohen OBE & Joy Cohen The Sidney & Elizabeth Corob Charitable Trust CST
Neil & Beryl Davis Sir Michael & Lady Heller Kaye Family - Aimwell Charitable Trust The Kirsh Foundation & Wendy Fisher The Catherine Lewis Foundation Stanley & Zea Lewis John Lyon’s Charity Clive Marks OBE & the Hon Adrianne Marks Michael & Jeanette Marx Joanna Millan Allan & Diana Morgenthau Pears Foundation Presidents Club Charitable Trust Rubin Foundation Edmond J Safra Philanthropic Foundation K C Sasha Charitable Foundation Sheinman Family Archie Sherman Charitable Trust Harvey & Jane Spack Sir Sigmund Sternberg KC*SG Richard & Diana Toeman MBE The Dyna & Fala Weinstock Charitable Trust Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust
And our many other supporters and members.
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VISIT US HOW TO BOOK TICKETS Tickets may be booked via our secure website 24 hours a day, by phone, or in person at JW3 during opening hours. We do not charge a booking fee. Web advance tickets are only available where specified and must be purchased online before the day of the event. All listings are correct at time of going to press and may be subject to change. Check our website for more information. If an event is cancelled or abandoned, tickets will be refunded or exchanged. Please see the website for our full terms and conditions, including details of latecomers, photography, video and recording policies. CONCESSIONS & DISCOUNTS We offer concessions on many of our ticket prices for several groups, including 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 concessionrate tickets. Concessions and discounts cannot be combined. Become a JW3 Member to receive 10% discount on most events. Visit www.jw3.org.uk/become-member Group booking discount: Buy nine tickets for the same event at the same time and get the tenth one free. Please call the Box Office to book. Terms and conditions may apply to concessions and discounts. ACCESS JW3 is an accessible buildings for people with physical impairments. Wheelchair accessible. The JW3 Cinema and Howard Hall both have a hearing loop and some cinema screenings are audio described. For further details regarding access requirements and bookings, please visit www.jw3.org.uk or call the Box Office. PARKING JW3: 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.
The Six Point Foundation survivor enrichment programme grant 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 grant can also assist with transport costs, carers and other relevant accessibility costs for those unable to meet these costs themselves.
OPENING HOURS* JW3 Sunday 8.30am-11pm Monday-Thursday 9.30am-11pm Friday 9.30am-Various Saturday Various *Opening hours are subject to occasional variation – please check our website for full details. JW3: 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET Box Office +44 (0)20 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk info@jw3.org.uk
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. 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.
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