Jewish East End Celebration Society
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Christian Street Talmud Torah
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Christian Street Talmud Torah Christian Street Talmud Torah (the red building)
Grodzinski's Bakery
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Grodzinski's Bakery Grodzinski's Bakery, which adjoined Fieldgate Street Synagogue. Chaim Grodzinski, a founder of Grodzinski's, was vice president of Redmans Road Talmud Torah.
Goides bakers
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Goides bakers The former premises of Goides a famous East End bakers and caterer, in Wentworth Street
Friend and Co
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Friend and Co The former butchers shop of Friend and Co, 40 Wentworth Street. Note the orignal blue and white tiles, to the left, sticking out beyond the modern frontage
Jews Temporary Shelter
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Jews Temporary Shelter The Jews Temporary Shelter in Leman Street provided a place to stay for penniless immigrants.
Stepney Green Dwellings
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Stepney Green Dwellings Stepney Green Dwellings, erected by Lord Rothschild's 4 per cent Industrial Dwelling Company in the late 19th century
Aldgate sign
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Aldgate sign The sign above Albert's, Aldgate, marking the former offices of a Yiddish newspaper. JEECS has adopted it as its emblem.
Wall plaque
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Wall plaque Wall plaque opposite the soup kitchen in Brune Street commemorating those who have passed through the East End
Drinking fountain
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Drinking fountain Drinking fountain outside St Botolph's church, Aldgate, dedicated to Frederic David Mocatta (1828-1905), bullion broker and philanthropist. He was a member of a Sephardi banking dynasty.
Robert Montefiore School
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Robert Montefiore School Robert Montefiore School
Stepney Jewish School
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Stepney Jewish School Stepney Jewish School Purim Play of January 1937
Stepney Jewish School
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Stepney Jewish School Stepney Jewish School in 2007
Stepney Jewish School
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Stepney Jewish School Stepney Jewish School: a 1938 class photo
ArbourSquare
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ArbourSquare The Raine’s Foundation School in Arbour Square
Sidney Street
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Sidney Street The Lodzer Café at 97 Sidney Street, directly opposite the site of the siege at 100 Sidney Street. It was known as the Lodzer Café because the owner came from Lodz in Poland.
Jubilee Street
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Jubilee Street Caves Dairy in Jubilee Street

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  • Hughes Mansions features in fund-raising event for Ukraine air defence

    Hughes Mansions, scene of one of the most devastating tragedies of the Second World War in the East End, is among the focal points of a 37-mile run through London by three British runners on September 8, the 80th anniversary of the first V2 rocket attack on London. Read More

  • Two great East End events

    Two great East End related events take place next month. First, Tower Hamlets Local History Library in Bancroft Road, Mile End, has what should be a fascinating free talk on Thursday, 5 September (18.30 - 20.00hrs) entitled “The Petticoat Lane Foxtrot”. The next day, September 6, sees the opening of a great exhibition at the Brady Arts and Community Centre, 192-196 Hanbury… Read More

  • East End playwright, novelist and poet Bernard Kops dies aged 97

    Bernard Kops, the great East End playwright, novelist and poet, and honorary president of JEECS, has died at the age of 97 The son of Dutch-Jewish immigrants, Bernard was born in 1926 and brought up in Stepney Green Buildings in a world whose frontier was Aldgate East tube station, a world in which clothing from the Jewish Board of Guardians… Read More

  • Seeking the human being within, behind the cloak

    Bernard Kops, the great East End playwright, poet and novelist has died at the age of 97. Honorary life president of JEECS, he was an astute observer of both the old Jewish East End and the modern world. The interview below is from the JEECS magazine The Cable in 2006 and is being republished as a tribute to a great… Read More

  • A fresh look at the Siege of Sydney Street

      The Siege of Sydney Street is the subject of a new book published on March 1 that provides a thrilling account of this iconic East End event. Read More

  • From Polish immigrant to East End artist: the lost Whitechapel boy

    Morris Goldstein, a near forgotten member of the remarkable group of artists and writers that flourished in the East End in the early part of the last century, deserves wider recognition. RAYMOND FRANCIS, his son, gives us a taste of his story in this extract from his book about his father's life. This article was published in JEECS's magazine The… Read More

  • East End Brady days

    An exhibtion devoted to the history of the Brady Girls' Club opens in London on October 6. So it seemed a timely moment to republish these reminiscences of an iconic East End organisation originally published in our magazine The Cable in 2010. Read More

  • Exhibition celebrates the Brady Girls' Club

    The history of a seminal East End organisation, the wonderful Brady Girls’ Club, is being celebrated in an exhibition at London Metropolitan University opening next month. Read More
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