Year 10 had a lovely morning learning about personal and communal repentance, as an introduction to their study of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As well plenary and group sessions, focusing on these themes and on Caravaggio’s painting “The Binding of Isaac”, they explored the galleries, viewing a very old Holy Ark, an open Sefer Torah and its adornments, a table laid for Shabbat and a fascinating history of the Jews in England. Dressing up as a traditional Jewish bridal couple was a highlight.

An added bonus was the temporary exhibition “Entertaining the Nation”, which explored the Jewish contribution to the entertainment industry from the days of Yiddish Theatre to Lionel Bart’s “Oliver” to Jack Rosenthal’s “The Evacuees and Bar Mitzvah Boys”. Girls had great fun dressing up as Ali G and Amy Winehouse, amongst others!  Please click here for more photos.

Mrs Debbie Lewis, Head of RS

 

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Please click on the links below for details and photographs

Roop Singh - 2011

Amsterdam- April 2011

Religion and Art at Dulwich Picture Gallery - June 2010

Karen Armstrong: JAGS ex-staff and pupils reunited - June 2010

Wonderful Walsingham - April 2010

A visit from British Muslim, Cherine Hamad - June 2010

A visit from Roop Singh - March 2010

'Legacy of Hope' - January 2010

'The Mysteries' theatre trip September 2009

The Hindu Mandir June 2009

A personal Message about the Holocaust June 2009

The Philosophy of Religion Conference May 2009

'A Kosher Chinese Lunch' 24 March 2009

The Holocaust 'Stand up to Hatred' January 2009

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