Community Friday Night Dinner with Rabbi Joseph Dweck
Bevis MarksPlease join us at Bevis Marks for a special Friday Night Dinner with Senior Rabbi, Joseph Dweck
Please join us at Bevis Marks for a special Friday Night Dinner with Senior Rabbi, Joseph Dweck
The sages of Spain and their disciples revolutionised Judaism. There is rarely a shiur or sermon today that does not probe their words. This series looks at these Sephardic sages and their contributions to Jewish thought. 6:15pm Refreshments, 6:30pm Lecture Monday 19th December - Saadiah Gaon: Baghdad and Philosophy *Continues 2017 on Mondays’ 23rd January, 27th February, 27th March
Thursday 29th December 6:30pm Bevis Marks will be hosting an evening service with Hanukah candlelighting, followed by refreshments. We will light our historic Hanukiah.
Britain’s colonial rule in the Americas took shape in the eighteenth century. Jewish communities soon followed. This series explores the conditions under which they formed, and the role that London’s Bevis Marks Synagogue played in their development. 6:15pm Refreshments, 6:30pm Lecture Monday 9th January - New Amsterdam or New York? Origins of Shearith Israel
This course covers the core laws of Judaism in a clear and easy manner, including Shabbat, Kosher, Holidays and Home.
Bevis Marks was founded by Portuguese speakers, and the community records were written in Portuguese until the 1830s. Indeed, until today announcements and certain prayers are still recited in this language. Monday 9th, 16th and 23rd January Monday 6th and 27th February Monday 6th, 13th 20th and 27th March
Topical monthly lectures with refreshments. Topics TBA. Continues: Monday 20th February Monday 6th March Monday 3rd April 6:15pm Lecture, Followed by refreshements
Community Friday night dinner with lecture. Laura Leibman is a Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Her most recent book Messianism, Secrecy, and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (2012) won a National Jewish Book Award, a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, and was selected as one of Choice journal’s […]
Join us for an evening of Murder Mystery set in the East End’s murky past Doors open at 8:00pm with a delicious meaty dinner, wine and cocktails Find out ‘whodunnit’ whilst enjoying a decadent dessert buffet Dress code: 1920’s East End theme Tickets are £50 for one or £90 for two Limited £40 early bird […]
The sages of Spain and their disciples revolutionised Judaism. There is rarely a shiur or sermon today that does not probe their words. This series looks at these Sephardic sages and their contributions to Jewish thought. 6:15pm Refreshments, 6:30pm Lecture Monday 23rd January - Abraham ibn Ezra