The Crisis Years

With the hindsight of history we will examine some of the crisis years of the Jewish people and the world. Each week will look at a different year or years....read more

East End Characters in History

From the once vibrant Jewish East End emerged some of the most fascinating characters in British history: from gangsters, and murderers to professionals...read more

Kensington: Jewish History and Identity

Our outreach course based in West London, held in members’ homes. A mixture of current events, mainly in the Middle East and learning about individuals of historic interest. For details email judy@ljcc.org.uk...read more

What Have The Rabbis Ever Done For Us?

Without doubt, the rabbis were the single most influential group of people on the Jews throughout their history. Starting from their earliest incarnations – the scribes and Pharisees - we will explore...read more

How We’ve Changed – A Survey of the Radical Shifts In Our Lifetimes

We must all be aware of the massive telecommunications and computing changes that we’ve lived through, but there have been equally seismic shifts in psychology, economics, sociology – indeed pretty well all aspects of life...read more

Brains at Breakfast: The Magnificent Ones

The fusion of Jewish and secular cultures in Western Europe produced a wealth of talented individuals whose ideas altered the course of history. We will attempt to determine the impact of Jewishness on their lives and their impact on the world.

Limited to 15 students....read more

A Light unto the Nations?

Look at Judaism in relation to other religions and gain an appreciative understanding of major religious traditions represented in Britain today....read more

Red Star in the East

Marxism did not spread across Europe following The 1917 Russian Revolution as Lenin both hoped and predicted. But after 1945 Stalin did export the idea throughout what became known as Eastern Europe or The Soviet Bloc. We shall tell this European story through to its sudden end in the final decade of the 20th century....read more

The Beginning of Britain’s Empire

Starting in the reign of Elizabeth I, England, and subsequently Britain, began to build an overseas empire. It was partly based on trade and partly on colonisation. We shall follow this world story through to the end of The Seven Years War in 1763, by the end of which Britain found itself master of both Canada and India....read more