Jewish East End Celebration Society
P.O. Box 57317, London E1 3WG
[email protected]
Celebrating the Jewish East End
Our aim is to increase awareness of the history and culture of London's Jewish East End, to preserve what remains and record what has now gone. Our 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 have organised walks, talks, film shows and more to celebrate the Jewish story.
You can email JEECS at [email protected]
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An evening with Jennifer Rinkoff
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- 10-10-2026
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The secret side of Andy, Stepney poet
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- 01-10-2026
Stepney-born Andy Strowman, poet of the East End, has sent us this fascinatng reminiscence of growing up in Stepney in the 1950s, concluding with one of his poems.
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Whitechapel Gallery invites you to share your East End Jewish history
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- 03-07-2026
London's Whitechapel Gallery is holding what should be a fascinating free event on Thursday July 16, with a "sharing evening" inviting people to come in with objects, photographs, documents or mementos connected to London’s Jewish East End. The Gallery is also holding a walk with expert guide Rachel Kolsky on the same day. -
Nelson Street shul, the last purpose-built Synagogue in the East End
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- 14-05-2026
When papers reported that East London Central Synagogue’s (ELCS) building was the target of alleged arson, they struggled to name it.
Most, including the Slice, chose to name it a ‘former synagogue on Nelson Street’. The struggle with naming the synagogue is that, in many ways, it’s not really just one place of worship.
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Grodzinski bakery memories sought
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- 24-04-2026
A request from noted historian Pam Fox, author of several brilliant books on Jewish social history, for information on and anecdotes about the East End's famous Grodzinski bakery business.If you can help, please contact Pam via her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pam.fox.108 or emailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -
Asleep through the Battle of Cable Street
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- 23-03-2026
The distinguished Oscar-winning film director and illustrator Arnold Schwartzman OBE has sent us the following fascinating reminiscences.
I may take the claim to be the sole survivor of the Battle of Cable Street!
Aged 9 months, I was fast asleep upstairs in my grandfather Michael Finkleson’s boot repair shop at 292a Cable Street as the battle raged along the street.
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Escape from the East End Blitz
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- 23-03-2026
On September 7 1940 I was four years old living with my parents in Sidney Street, in London's East End, on the first day of the London Blitz.
I recall that it was a hot evening and my mother had set three salads on the kitchen table when I noticed out of the window that on the neighbouring flat roof there was a man stripped to the waist washing his face in an enamel bowl.
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East End Jews: Secret tales from the London Yiddish Press
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- 15-02-2026
Join Vivi Lachs historian and Yiddish speaker on Thursday 26 March from 7pm-8.30pm at Finchley Church End Library, Finchley, Barnet showcasing the book 'East End Jews: Secret tales from the London Yiddish Press’ it offers an unparalleled view into the life, labour, and the joys of London's Jewish East End, from its heyday in the 1890s until the 1950s.
Drawing from a column in the London Yiddish...