This is a temporary site whilst our new website is under construction. To find out about our services and events please use the interactive calendar on the right. PLEASE NOTE OUR GENERAL EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGED IN JANUARY. (See below.)
SANDYS ROW SYNAGOGUE
for a warm welcome!
Join us for our annual Ganze Megillah Purim Party and Reading 3pm Sunday 28 February. All Welcome.
Service times are set out in the diary on the right. Call 020 7377 6196 or email services@sandysrow.org.uk for more information and to assist us in planning.
In March and April there is an extended cultural programme. See under 'Public Programme' below.
Come along!Get involved!
Whether you want to explore joining the community or become a Friend, whether you are looking for a space for a Jewish cultural happening or a simcha, whether you have memories or memorabilia or want to help collecting and cataloguing material about the Jewish East End — we want to hear from you!
Email info@sandysrow.org.uk with your contact details. We will also send you news updates by email. We welcome enquiries and support from all communities!
NEWS
16 February 2010
Sandys Row announces Tower Hamlets funded feasibility study to established a permanent Jewish East End Heritage Centre in Spitalfields. Details of extended cultural programme released.
12 May 2009
Sandys Row Synagogue “little known architectural gem” receives historic English Heritage award.
Click here for more information and our temporary News Blog.15 May 2009 Getting involved We welcome everyone! Whether you want to explore joining the community, or become a Friend, whether you are looking for a space for a Jewish cultural happening or a simcha, whether you have memories or memorabilia or want to help collecitng an dcataloguing material — we want to hear from you!
PUBLIC PROGRAMME
8pm, 1 March
Eprhyme@SandysRow
We have joined forces with the London Moishe House, part of an internationally recognised network of creative Jewish young people, who are bringing over an exciting performer. Eprhyme describes himself as “a Radical Jewish Renaissance Rapper who spits rhymes designed to refine the mind of the listener. Kabbalah, psychology, politics and party rocking are intertwined with elements of jazz, funk, klezmer, and Middle Eastern music to create a powerful and poetic plea for peace, justice, joy and unity.”
Tickets are £7.50. Email eprhyme@sandysrow.org.uk for booking info.
2-5pm, 7,14,21,28 March
Build an East End Family Album
Do you have pictures or mementos of life in the East End? Come and help Sandys Row Synagogue create a family album for it's Jewish East End Heritage Centre, which Tower Hamlets are now backing. Bring them along and tell us your stories! As usual, we will be offering all visitors a warm welcome.
11am-1pm 14 March
East End Jewish Life – a Literary Tour
London's East End is the cradle of British Jewry. The stories it tells, and the secrets it holds, continue to captivate. From Rodinsky's Room to the King of the Shnorrers, Berkoff to Litvinoff, this walk will explore the past, present and future of the Jewish East End, interactively, through novels, plays, poems and memoirs. Led by "Mr East End" (Jewish Chronicle) David Russell, a member of Congregation of Jacob.
Duration:2.5hours. Start: Congregation of Jacob Synagogue (351 Commercial Road, E1 2PS) Finishes at Sandys Row in time for event Price: £8 (£6 concessions) Email: walks@sandysrow.org.uksandysrow.org.uk. All proceeds to Jewish East End Celebration Society.
3pm-5pm 14 March
Celebrating Jewish Heritage Across Europe
B'nai B'rith in its centenary in the UK, showcases the European Days of Jewish Culture and Heritage, which they have been mounting across the country for 11 years. Today they launch an exhibition, and give a talk about their fascinating work and the European network that inspire it! Refreshments provided. Free.
6.30pm 18,25 March and beyond!
A Taste of Yiddish
Mit a yidishn tam מיט אַ ייִדישן טעם
Six Thursday sessions starting 18 March and continuing into April and May
Yiddish has the vibrancy of the people’s tongue – mameloshn – expressed in song and folktale, and has produced a rich literature of devotional works, novels, poems and plays for the Yiddish cinema and theatre (which flourished in the East End from the 1890s - 1940s). Barry Davis, the much-loved writer, actor and teacher, offers participants a unique insight, combining literature, music and film with an introduction to the language.
Sessions are £5. £15 passport to all sessions. Please call the shul or email Yiddish@sandysrow.org.uk if you wish to attend or know more.
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR APRIL
In April we open the most important exhibition at Sandys Row. Three decades of amazing images of Jewish East End life from the camera of Steven Berkoff, actor, director and writer. We will be sending details shortly!
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