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Jewish Country Houses

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Jewish Country Houses AHRC research project. Objects, networks, people, heritage in the UK and Europe.

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Abigail Green and Juliet Carey will be discussing 'Jewish Country Houses' at Waterstones Hampstead on Nov 18th. More info and booking at waterstones.com/events/juliet-…

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Thrilled by this fantastic coverage of our book in The Forward – so much more to the point than the tired old tropes reproduced in the Spectator about treasure houses and social gossip about the English upper classes. forward.com/culture/668119…

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Did you know that Jews couldn't own property in England until 1831 — and even later in many other countries? Owning a grand home was a symbol of equality, not just material success, according to a new book, "Jewish Country Houses." Read more in The Forward forward.com/culture/668119…

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This workshop in Trieste this week will include discussions on Jewish country houses in Italy, with various case studies, and perspectives on collecting and cultural philanthropy. With Silvia Davoli, Luisa Levi D'Ancona Modena, and Tullia Catalan.

This workshop in Trieste this week will include discussions on Jewish country houses in Italy, with various case studies, and perspectives on collecting and cultural philanthropy. With Silvia Davoli, Luisa Levi D'Ancona Modena, and Tullia Catalan.
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Our 'Country Houses, Jewish Homes' exhibition is well-travelled and is now showing at the University of Chester library until Jan. The exhibition illuminates what it means to be British, & the changing place of both Jews and the country house in British life. Thanks to Tim Grady

Our 'Country Houses, Jewish Homes' exhibition is well-travelled and is now showing at the University of Chester library until Jan. The exhibition illuminates what it means to be British, &amp; the changing place of both Jews and the country house in British life. Thanks to <a href="/tlgrady68/">Tim Grady</a>
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"This is a book that uses the country house as a medium to confront the uncomfortable relationship between Jewish money, power and antisemitism head on." Abigail Green writes about 'Jewish Country Houses' in the The Jewish Chronicle Simon Schama. tinyurl.com/36f4xawp

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Join Juliet Carey and Abigail Green at Waterstones Hampstead this coming Monday as they discuss their fascinating and beautiful new book #JewishCountryHouses (Jewish Country Houses). 📅 Monday 18th Nov 🕡 6:30pm 📍 Waterstones Hampstead 🎟️ Via link below waterstones.com/events/juliet-…

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If you're in London on Monday, do come to Waterstones Hampstead to hear Juliet Carey and Abigail Green in conversation about 'Jewish Country Houses'. Monday November 18th at 18.30. Tickets at waterstones.com/events/juliet-…

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Photographer Hélène Binet and author Natalie Livingstone joined Juliet Carey and Abigail Green for a special evening at V&A to talk all things Jewish Country Houses. Our thanks to Oliver J.W. Cox for chairing the event and to the great audience in London and online.

Photographer Hélène Binet and author Natalie Livingstone joined Juliet Carey and Abigail Green for a special evening at <a href="/V_and_A/">V&A</a> to talk all things Jewish Country Houses. Our thanks to <a href="/OliverJWCox/">Oliver J.W. Cox</a> for chairing the event and to the great audience in London and online.
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'Jewish Country Houses is a fascinating and thought-provoking book, filled with new ideas and unfamiliar houses'. '...a pioneering work of scholarship.' Adrian Tinniswood reviews Jewish Country Houses in the Literary Review. literaryreview.co.uk/manors-menorahs

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Hélène's Binet's beautiful photographs of Jewish Country Houses are coming to Waddesdon Manor from March 22nd. Binet offers an alternative to familiar conventions of country-house photography, helping to establish places as sites of Jewish memory. waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/disco…

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Geoffrey Heath-Taylor writes in The Critic - "'Jewish Country Houses' ... offers a nuanced perspective on how the(se) houses reflect the complexities of Jewish integration, identity, and heritage from the 19th century onwards.. " thecritic.co.uk/country-houses…

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Join us in Oxford's Weston Library on May 20 for a conversation with Hélène Binet, Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, Berlin-based curator Ruth Ur, and architectural historians Esther da Costa Mayer and William Whyte. Booking required! Bodleian Libraries visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/may25/je…

Join us in Oxford's Weston Library on May 20 for a conversation with Hélène Binet, Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, Berlin-based curator Ruth Ur, and architectural historians Esther da Costa Mayer and William Whyte. Booking required! <a href="/bodleianlibs/">Bodleian Libraries</a> 
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/may25/je…
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courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/famil… Fascinating talk coming up at The Courtauld on May 16th: Jean Strouse on the German-Jewish Wertheimer dynasty of art dealers and the amazing portraits of the famil produced by John Singer Sargent. The Courtauld

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TONIGHT online - part of the 'Insiders/Outsiders' ongoing celebration of the indelible and pervasive contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to British culture. ticketsource.co.uk/insiders-outsi…