Here are two summer-themed photos from Brady Photographic Archive🔆 The clubs took trips out to the country from London's East End to discover green fields, trees and sleeping in a tent, possibly for the first time. Find out more about the archive here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/bra...

New podcast: "Charlemagne and the Jewish Communities of the Latin West" #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22235

Charlemagne and the Jewish Communities of the Latin West

You can now list to this podcast about "Charlemagne and the Jewish Communities of the Latin West" with Loraine Enlow and Pilar Rivett. Listen to it

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'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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On 1 August 1944, Anne Frank wrote the last entry in her diary, three days before her family's attic hiding place was raided and its inhabitants arrested. Apart from her father Otto, the entire Frank family died in the camps. 📸 Dutch first edition of Anne Frank’s Diary

Library and archive professionals – don't miss the EPICo Conference 2026 hosted here at the Library this autumn We’ll be exploring collaborative approaches to the management and preservation of physical library collections From 30 Sept – 2 Oct Find out more and book your place link.bl.uk/epico

Jewish history is most associated with World War 2 but We Were There Too is a digital project that celebrates and commemorates the lives of both Jewish soldiers and citizens on the home front during World War 1. Find out more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/we-...

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British Jews in the First World War – We Were There Too is a digital project created to capture, save and share […]

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On July, 26th, 1858, Lionel Rothschild was sworn in as an MP... 11 years after he first won an election. This Poll Book from 1847 shows the votes cast in the original election: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/po... 📷 Lionel de Rothschild's 'Poll Book' • The Rothschild Archive

We’re once again taking part in the fantastic Open House festival! We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, our current exhibition, and a wider look at our beautiful Russell Square home. Find out more ⬇

Open House London 2026: See the behind the scenes of our remarkable archive - The Wiener Holocaust Library

This year we're once again taking part in the fantastic Open House Festival. We’ll be open on Tuesday 15th September when visitors can sign up for guided tours of our archive stores, see our current…

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Catch up on our latest Archivist in the Spotlight blog... Join Keira Dobbin from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on how digitising and research has helped preserve and shed light on Northern Ireland's Jewish History: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi... #ICYMI #JewishHistory #Archives

Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Va'etchanan (וָאֶתְחַנַּן) with a camel. #parashahpictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.101r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Sundown this Wednesday until nightfall on Thursday marks Tisha B'Av, a solemn time for the Jewish community that commemorates tragedies throughout history from the destruction of the First Temple to the holocaust. 📷 Memorial prayer - London School of Jewish Studies

This document from our collections is on display in our current exhibition, Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims. It is a list created by the SS of firms employing slave labour, translated for the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.

On this day, 17 July, 1940, artist Kurt Schwitters was interned at Hutchinson Camp in Douglas, Isle of Man. While there, he painted a portrait of fellow intern, art historian Klaus Hinrichsen. Read his story of the portrait here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/po...

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Internment Portrait • AJR Refugee Voices

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In Torah portion Devarim (דְּבָרִים) Moses reviews the events which had happened and the laws which were given during the forty years in the wilderness. #ParashahPictures BL Add 15282; the 'Duke of Sussex's German Pentateuch'; 14th century; Germany; f.238r @blmedieval.bsky.social

From life in the East End to Jewish vegetarianism, join Dr. Rachel Lichtenstein on a Collections Encounter at @thelondonarchives.bsky.social Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #JewishLondon #JewishHistory #Archives

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Collection Encounter: The London Archives

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Since launching our digital archive last year we have been constantly updating the site to make as many of our collections as possible available to researchers around the world There are now over 260,000 pages of evidence relating to the Holocaust and the Nazi era available online

Wiener Digital Collections - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Based in London, The Wiener Holocaust Library is the world’s oldest and Britain’s largest collection of original archival material on pre-war Jewish life, the Nazi era and the Holocaust.

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A few months ago, Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe published Challenging Conversations - a video series speaking to specialists about Jewish heritage, culture and communal life in Europe. You can watch all the videos here: rothschildfoundation.eu/challenging-...

This cartoon from the London Jewish Museum shows the anti-Semitic response to the Jewish Naturalisation Act that was given royal assent on 7th July, 1753. The act was repealed just a year later. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/th...

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Antisemitic Cartoon, 1754 • Jewish Museum London

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A decorated initial-word panel begins Torah Portion Matot (מַּטּוֹת). #ParashahPictures BL Or 2696; Torah with Rash's commentary; 14th century; Germany; f.329v @blmedieval.bsky.social

On sale now... Our latest publication accompanies our current exhibition, Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators & Victims, and provides additional insights into some of the remarkable items from our collection which are on display Visit our onsite bookshop or order your copy online buff.ly/q7j4WTB

Our sixth Archivist in the Spotlight is here 🎉 Hear from Keira Dobbin at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Special Collections & Archives on telling the story of Jewish history across Northern Ireland and Ireland. Read it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi... #Archives #JewishHistory

Archivist in the Spotlight: Preserving Northern Ireland’s Jewish History with Keira Dobbin - Celebrating jewish archives

When Keira Dobbin joined Queen’s University Belfast in 2017, she had no idea that a single journal would spark a lasting connection […]

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The Bomberg Talmud was printed in Venice around 1526-1548 and now in the collections at Lambeth Palace Library. The Babylonian Talmud is a central text of rabbinic Judaism, encompassing Jewish law, history and folklore. Find out more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/bo...

Bomberg Talmud, c.1526-1548 - Celebrating jewish archives

This Babylonian Talmud was printed in Venice, c.1526-1548. It was purchased for Sion College Library by the parishioners of St John the […]

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“Space and Place in Jewish Studies:" British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference, London, July 2026. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21912

British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026

You can attend "Space and Place in Jewish Studies" of the British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 at Birkbeck, University of London, July 2026. Read more

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Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah portion Pinchas (פִּינְחָס) with this image of Pinchas holding a javelin and shield. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.92r @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Happening this Thursday! Sign up to attend our latest free exhibition event featuring Prof Dan Stone and our Co-Director @ceschmidt.bsky.social They will highlight aspects of our current exhibition in relation to gender Tickets: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/exhibi...

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A series of evening events throughout the run of our latest exhibition will see experts on the subject from around the world offer their perspective on aspects of the display. Join us for the next event in the series with Dr Christine Schmidt and Prof Dan Stone on 2 July... buff.ly/JoauVUy

Spaces are quickly running out for our next training - 'Introduction to Mixed Collections' - to be held online on Tuesday, 9th July. Learn more: www.archives.org.uk/training-eve... #ARA #Archives #Museums #MixedCollections #Training #Online

A few weeks ago, we published our Glossary as a starting point for archivists, librarians and researchers working with Jewish material. Find it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/glossary/ 📷 The Great Synagogue London, 1941 • Imperial War Museum #Archives #JewishCulture #JewishHistory #ICYMI

Our friends at the Jewish Museum London recently opened Two Rooms, a new interim project space at JW3 in North London for the summer. Find out more here: jewishmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/two...

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Our next Archivist in the Spotlight blog is coming soon so catch up at the website. Here's the one by Alison Scott, Archivist at the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, on her first year in the job: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi... #ICYMI #Archives #JewishHistory

Archivist in the Spotlight: Preserving Scottish Jewish history with Alison Scott - Celebrating jewish archives

For our fifth Archivist in the Spotlight, Alison Scott, Archivist at the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, reflects on her first year in […]

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Today is the start of Refugee Week and many of the treasures in our network tell refugee stories, children and adults forced to flee their homes in the hope of a better life somewhere else. Here are just some of them: #RefugeeWeek #JewishHistory