Reminder: our NGG conference is only 3 weeks away, so make sure to register if you haven’t already!

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🎉 Registration for the NGG Conference, "Voice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representation," is now open!

Join us on Monday 11 May at UCL for a day of research, discussion, and networking!

Attendance is free, and lunch is included.

Register here: forms.gle/qdGynU67WkX5...

Delighted to share that my latest blog post for the @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social is live. The post sheds light on a treasure trove of material relating to the Bradford Reform Jewry that I uncovered at the community's synagogue.
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Deadlines for intention to submit is THIS FRIDAY 27th March !

www.ucl.ac.uk/library/spec...

The Hebrew and Jewish collection at UCL comprises chiefly #rarebooks and pamphlets on a wide variety of Jewish topics. The collection is of national and international importance.

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📣 Today at 19:00–20:00 (UK time)
Join us for our WiP Seminar with Sam Kramer:
‘Jewish Contributions to Baltic Independence (1988–1991)’

📩 Message or email us for the Zoom link, or check our newsletter.

Happening today!

Rethinking American Jewish Liberalism: Jewish Communists and "Jewish Life," 1946-56 Kate Rosenblatt asks what forms of illiberalism were central to American Jews in the mid-twentieth century

#OnlineTalk | America's Jewish Questions at 250 Years - Kate Rosenblatt on Rethinking American Jewish Liberalism: Jewish Communists and "Jewish Life," 1946-56 | @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social | Details: katz.sas.upenn.edu/events/rethi...

March 17, 2026 | 05:00 PM CET | On Zoom

How has the Kindertransport shaped British culture and memory?

Join the Leo Baeck Institute and the British-German Association for an online roundtable.

🗓 19 March 2026 🕖 19:00 – 20:00 💻 Online via Zoom

Attendance is free of charge. Register now: lbilondon.ac.uk/kindertransport-2026

Florence Place Cemetery, Brighton - Its History and Importance | JHSE Online event

www.jhse.org/event-detail...

ONLINE TALK
Florence Place Cemetery Brighton
History & Importance
24 Mar 19:30, Zoom

Brighton & Hove congregation was amongst the earliest outside London to have a burial ground from 1826 to the 1970s. With 530 grave plots, it tells a rich story

£5, members free ⬇️

RESCHEDULED NGG Book Talk 📚
Join us with Elizabeth E. Imber for a talk and Q&A on her latest book, "Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism".
🗓️Tue 17 March
⏰16:00 UK time
🖥️Online (Zoom)
📩DM us for the link or email: jhse.ngg@gmail.com

Our very own BIAJS Director @bengidley.bsky.social is giving the Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture at @lahri.bsky.social Centre for Jewish Studies on 24th March 5.30pm on 'Is antisemitism rising in the UK?'

Sign up forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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„Not only text, not only data“! Die Konferenz „Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum” #DHd2026 hat gerade in Wien begonnen🎉

New edition of Ferrara bible shows how persecuted Jews kept faith alive in Spanish Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had fled to Italy translated Hebrew bible into their common language

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

New edition of the Ferrara bible sheds light on research into Jews who fled Spain and lived in #16thCentury Italy

Join us on 2 March at Birkbeck to hear Michael Berkowitz on the elusive story of Jewish Hollywood’s role in World War II. Book here: bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/hollyw...

📣CANCELLED: today’s NGG Book Talk with Elizabeth Imber (24 Feb, 16:00 UK). We’ll reschedule ASAP – watch this space for the new date + Zoom info.

NGG Book Talk 📚 Join us with Elizabeth E. Imber for a talk and Q&A on her latest book, "Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism".

🗓 Tue 24 Feb 2026
🕓 16:00 (UK time)
💻 Online (Zoom)
📩 DM us for the link or email: jhse.ngg@gmail.com
(or check our newsletter)

Happy 200th birthday to UCL, the first English university to admit Jews. Hebrew and Jewish Studies have been taught at UCL since day one. #UCL200

Learn more about the the history of @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

@artshumsucl.bsky.social @uclhjslibrary.bsky.social

Rachel is currently working on a new book following this research - The Prince of Yiddish: Story of a Language Lost and Found exploring Yiddish culture past and present will be centred around Stencl’s life story and published by William Collins in March 2027.
#BookSky

Hidden Histories - Rachel Litchenstein

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, we're looking back at some of the work and projects led by Rachel Lichtenstein.

This, from 2013 (and ongoing), explores Hidden Histories:
rachellichtenstein.com/hidden-histo...

Only 3 weeks until the CfP closes — come join us for our third NGG conference at UCL!

Come learn Edwardian ballroom dances from a 1909 Jewish dance card in the Gaster Papers!
With dance instructor Susan de Guardiola (USA), Subject Librarian @vrfreedman.bsky.social and myself (talking about Jewish balls).

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Want to make the most of Jewish Book Week with discounted tickets, weekly bundle offers, priority booking, and more?

Sign up to our newsletter for exclusive offers you won't want to miss. Your Jewish Book Week experience is about to get that much better: shorturl.at/eB8QI

NGG Social & Networking Event 📣 Join us for a 2026 catch-up: meet other NGG members, share what you’re working on, and chat plans for the year ahead.

🗓 Thu 29 Jan
🕖 19:00–20:00 (UK time)
💻 Online (Zoom)
📩 DM us for the link or email: jhse.ngg@gmail.com

Introducing NGG Work Groups 🎉

Meet regularly with other PGRs/ECRs in your area of Jewish Studies to exchange writing, swap resources/reading recs, and build networks and future collaborations!

Interested? Fill out this form: forms.gle/QF84jCbwnHdJ...

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Call for Papers poster for the New Generation Group, Jewish Historical Society of England, at UCL. Conference title: ‘Voice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representation’, 11 May 2026. Text notes themes around how Jewish lives and stories are told, plus sample topics and instructions to submit a 300-word abstract and 100-word bio to jhse.ngg@gmail.com by 15 February 2026.

📣 CfP: New Generation Group Conference “Voice, Narrative, and (Self-)Representation”, UCL, Mon 11 May 2026.
20-min papers on how Jewish lives & stories are voiced, imagined & recorded.
300-word abstract + 100-word bio to jhse.ngg@gmail.com by 15 Feb 2026.
#JewishStudies

Need focused writing time? Join our Online Writing Retreat (NGG x Second Temple Early Career Group).
📅 When: Wed 3 Dec 2025
⏰ Time: 13:45-17:15 (UK)
📩 Register: jhse.ngg@gmail.com

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