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 JEWISH EAST END CELEBRATION SOCIETY
P.O. Box 57317, London E1 3WG
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Welcome to the Jewish East End Celebration Society

  • Our aim is to raise awareness of the history and culture of London's Jewish East End, to preserve what remains and record what has now gone.  Our quarterly magazine - The Cable - contains a wealth of articles and photos that will interest all who wish to rediscover the rich history of our immigrant forefathers.  We organise walks, talks, film shows and more to celebrate the Jewish story.  Do please join JEECS by clicking membership, downloading and filling in the form, and returning it to the address shown.  You can also follow us on twitter and join us on facebook.  A point of concern has been the state of Bancroft Road cemetery.  Read more: Bancroft Road

Our latest project is a campaign to raise funds to erect a statute to commemorate the life of Isaac Rosenberg - one of the greatest First World War poets. Discover more here: Isaac Rosenberg

We are also taking a great interest in the restoration of the Hyams brothers' mighty Wurlitzer cinema organ in the Trocadero (Troxy), Commercial Road...more

We record with sadness the death of acclaimed East End author and poet Emmanuel Litvinoff.  We pay tribute to him here: Emmanuel Litvinoff

We wish the celebrated East End author Bernard Kops a very happy 85th birthday

A sample article from our October 2011 Cable can be read here: Cable October 2011.  It tells the story of Jewish East End hero, Jack Shaw.

See Jeecs latest projects below:

A recent project was an exhibition celebrating the role of the Royal Fusiliers in the First World War.

38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, raised from East London Jews in World War One. They called themselves 'The Royal Jewsiliers'

38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, raised from East London Jews in World War One. They called themselves 'The Royal Jewsiliers'

  • 21 Aldgate – a remarkable, fact-based book more
  • The latest from Five Leaves Publishing more
  • Beyond the Tower - a history of the East End of London more

Our Jewish East End photo exhibition ran for 6 weeks from 1st March at Bancroft Road Library, Mile End and displayed our recently acquired archive of historic Jewish East End photos.  This highly successful exhibition is now over but you can still see the photos here: photo exhibition

Myer Rose, hatter and tailor, Aldgate

Jeecs also participated in the organisation of an exhibition with the Museum of London Docklands to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the siege of Sidney Street.  The exhibition was entitled: London under Siege: Churchill and the Anarchists 1911. 
 
We printed a commemorative edition of our magazine The Cable which can still be purchased by post at £4.50 per copy including post and packaging.  To purchase your copy by post please email your order to: magazine

Our cameraman was at the press preview of the exhibition and you may view some of the photos here: exhibition

  Churchill at the Siege of Sidney Street. He is in the centre of the photograph at the head of the line of policemen, peering out.

Photo above: Winston Churchill at the Siege of Sidney Street. He is in the centre of the photograph at the head of the line of policemen, peering out. From The Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street by Donald Rumbelow. History Press 2009