The pandemic and the passing of Robin, the creator of the Spiro Institute, the Spiro Ark and many other unique creations, put a holt on our many big and frequent offerings of cultural events. Time to revive our cultural blood stream which can be done successfully only with your active
Spiro Ark @ Klezmer In The Park 2018
Every year the Spiro Ark is delighted to have Hebrew Hooplah at the Klezmer in the Park event. Last Sunday, 2nd September was one of those wonderful Klezmer days where a lot of people flocked to Regent’s Park to enjoy the sunshine and the
Podcast – Karen Franklin talks about the Lehman Family
Karen Franklin of the Leo Baeck Institute tells us the fascinating story of ‘The Untold Story of the Lehman Family and its Aid to Refugees: 1933-1945’, as part of an event from Spiro Ark.
An interview with Ben Gurion – Review by Sharon Ross
It was a privilege to watch An Interview With Ben Gurion last week at Central Synagogue, as part of Spiro Ark’s film programme. It was a privilege not only because I realised that great efforts had been made to bring this film to the public – the sound and the
Malaria in Palestine by Anton Alexander
Work of Ronald Stein who attended this amazing lecture and gave us this gift.
Dr Menashe Tahan by Ronald Stein
Our supporters, many of them artists, enjoy the topics presented and give us so much in return. Thank you Ronald Stein for this beautiful souvenir!
Stunning Secret Judaism in the Vatican – The Creation of Adam – By Dr Menashe Tahan
Michelangelo had painted this fresco according to the Kabbalah which teaches that God created man through the Sfirah Chochmah, (i.e.wisdom). That was the reason why he concealed a cross-section of the human brain within his composition. He concealed only the right hemisphere of the brain, as the Kabbalah claims that
Literary Golders Green – a review by Sharon Ross
It has been more than 20 years, since my A’ levels, that I have been to anything approaching a literary
talk – so I was a bit nervous when I sat down to listen to the vivacious Pam Fox talk on literary Golders Green last week at Hampstead Garden Suburb
Book Launch and more with Lyn Julius from Harif
We were both proud and delighted to host the official launch of Lyn Julius’s Uprooted on 24th January 2018, at HGSS. For many of you, Lyn will need no introduction, but, for anyone who is unfamiliar with her pioneering work, Lyn is the director of Harif (Association of Jews from Middle […]
Book review: Shtetl Love Song
Many of you will remember the hugely successful London launch of the English language translation of Gigory Kanovich’s Shtetl Love Song, back in December. The evening included a musical soiree, comprising of Yiddish folk songs, performed by musicians Steven Leas, Ilan Lazarus, Yoav Oved and Stefan and Arjan Byron, as […]