East End Jewish Archives — Whitechapel LDN

The next generation taking over the family-run Beigel Shop on Brick Lane

Meet the next generation of The Beigel Shop on Brick Lane, from left: Louise Zelman, Barry White, Ashley Zelman, Hayley White. Photography by Emil Lombardo © Social Streets CIC

Beigel or bagel? The history of the Eastern European Jewish staple and how it shaped the East End today

29 July 202411 August 2024 Imogen Garfinkel

As Brick Lane’s yellow-fronted Beigel Shop reopens after a surprising four-month closure, we journey back to 14th-century Poland to unravel

rudolf-rocker-posing-for-a-photo-in tower-hamlets-east-london

Rudolf Rocker. Source, unknown

East End Jewish History & nostalgia Local

Jewish Anarchism in the East End: A club, a newspaper and three visionaries

25 July 202416 July 2024 Alice Chapman

Rudolf Rocker. Source, unknown

Miriam Moses posing for This Is Your Life

Miriam Moses on screen for TV show This Is Your Life. Photo Credit: Big Red Book

Culture East End Jewish History & nostalgia Local

Trailblazer of Tower Hamlets: Miriam Moses, the UK’s first female Jewish mayor, and her lasting legacy

21 June 202421 June 2024 Alice Chapman

Miriam Moses gave her life to the people of Stepney, pioneering what was then Tower Hamlet’s future, and now its

Nadia Valman and Vivi Lachs at The Great Yiddish Parade in 2017. Photo © Sarah Ainslie

Culture East End Jewish Local

On loss and incomplete retrieval: the Jewish East End with Nadia Valman

29 January 20247 August 2024 Imogen Garfinkel

‘I think my interest in the East End is partly about having not asked my grandmother enough questions about her

Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice 1936. Photo: Marc Brenner.

Culture East End Jewish Local

The Merchant of Venice 1936 commemorates radical East End history

26 October 202316 November 2023 Imogen Garfinkel

A new interpretation of Merchant of Venice set during the Battle of Cable Street reveals how this timeless Shakespearean play

Millie Finger, Beatty Orwell and Marie Joseph, Cable Street veterans.

Left to right: Millie Finger, Beatty Orwell and Marie Joseph, veterans of the Battle of Cable Street, 1936. Image courtesy of Kate Thompson.

Culture East End Jewish Local

Beatty Orwell’s fight for equality from Cable Street to Councillor

7 July 20237 July 2023 Polly Nash

Standing up to Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts at the age of 19, Beatty Orwell’s century-long fight against injustice took her from

A black and white photo of Petticoat Lane Market in history on a busy day in Whitechapel, East London, 1920.

Petticoat Lane Market captured on a busy market day in the 1920s, East London.

Culture East End Jewish Local Places to visit Street markets

Petticoat Lane Market – one of the oldest markets in London

18 October 202112 January 2022 Gulistan Elidemir

From the Tudor Times to the bombing of World War II, this is the story of Petticoat Lane Market’s refusal

Culture East End Jewish Local

“Like ghosts coming back to life”: An interview with East End historian David Rosenberg

21 May 202128 March 2023 Albert Toth

David Rosenberg is a radical historian whose work focuses on London and the East End. He has a long personal