Dear TotHites
I hope that you are all having a good summer.
Below you will find details of the first part of our autumn/winter programme and dates to diarise up to the end of the year. Hopefully, this will be finalised shortly.
Due to the intense heat, we had to postpone our visit to The Charterhouse. You will find information on our rescheduled visit below.
We hope to see many of you at our events.
Best wishes, Janet
TOTH PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2024
11th September at 2.15 pm at Shul
Lawrence Cohen:
“Reflections on 30 years as a Judge”
Lawrence was born and raised in Liverpool and took a law degree at Manchester University In the mid 1970s. He qualified as a solicitor in 1982 and worked for 16 years in North London, eventually starting his own firm in the early 1990s. He was appointed a deputy District Judge in 1993 and left the solicitors’ profession when he was appointed a full-time District Judge in 1998. Since then, he has been a resident judge at Edmonton County Court and now has the honour of being the longest serving Judge at any level in England and Wales.
Lawrence and his wife are members of Muswell Hill Shul.
25th September at 2.15 pm at Shul
Rachel Kolsky:
“Jewish London on Location”
Join tour guide and author Rachel Kolsky on a virtual tour from the East End and Hackney through Soho and the ‘Mittel Europe’ of NW2 and NW6, tracing how London’s Jewish journey has been portrayed on the page and the big screen. Among the literature and films profiled discover The Lowlife, Sammy Lee, A Kid for Two Farthings, A Barber in Stamford Hill, A Rainy Sunday, Chicken Soup and The Ghetto.
Rachel’s latest book Jewish London will be on sale at a discounted price of £10.00 with proceeds going to a charity chosen by Top of the Hill. Please bring a crisp tenner with you but payment can also be made via card.
Rachel is an engaging, knowledgeable and entertaining popular social historian, prize-winning London Blue Badge Tourist Guide and author of six books. Before embarking on her career as Guide and Lecturer Rachel, a qualified librarian, worked as an information professional in the financial services industry.
Wednesday 9th October
Rescheduled visit to The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6AN at 1.45 pm.
This outing follows on from our fascinating talk by Simon Smith on the history of almshouses. The Charterhouse is an almshouse and a heritage site. The historic buildings date back to medieval and Tudor times and are home to a vibrant, contemporary community.
Cost: £12
The Charterhouse have very kindly agreed to provide a Kosher tea after the tour. There is an additional cost for this of £4.50 a head.
Please can you email Janet at , if you would like to join this outing. Places are limited.
Janet has worked out an easy, step-free route by tube; details will follow nearer the time.
BREAK FOR YOMIM TOVIM
Wednesday 6th November
Visit to Ben Uri gallery and Museum
At 108a Boundary Road, off Abbey Road in St John’s Wood. Meet at 1.45pm
Talk and tour by David Glasser.
David will talk about the current exhibition, ‘Heads in and out of Time’.
This is about the work of Lancelot Ribeiro, focusing on his preoccupation with portraiture and imagined heads in the 1960s and 1990s.
Ribeiro was an Indian expressionist painter.
David Glasser is Executive Chair of the Trustees and Chief Executive, operating in this role since 2000 full-time and on a pro bono basis.. He became involved in Ben Uri in the late 1990s and agreed to lead the development of a new strategic plan to re-invigorate and re-establish the museum, which had effectively been closed to the public since losing its gallery. He is on the Court of the London South Bank University, a member of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars, and a Freeman of the City of London.
Dates of subsequent meetings
These are being arranged on the following Wednesday afternoons:
20th November
4th December
18th December
Then resuming on Wednesday 15th January 2025.
Further information to follow.