12.4.26

11AM-12.30PM

Discover the hidden history of London’s original medieval Jewish community on this exclusive walking tour with one of our expert guides.

This guided walk traces London’s medieval Jewish past, from the site of the original cemetery to the rise of a thriving City community after 1066, and its expulsion in 1290.

3.5.26

11AM-12.30PM

Join us for an exclusive walking tour with one of our expert guides to discover the hidden history of London’s original medieval Jewish community

Trace London’s medieval Jewish past, taking in the site of the original cemetery to the rise of a thriving City community after 1066, and its expulsion in 1290.

Friday 8.5.26

Join us in Bakers Hall, home to the Worshipful Company of Bakers to learn how to make a challah with master baker Ray Rinkoff, together with his senior baker, Richard of Rinkoff’s Jewish bakery who have been baking challahs every Friday since 1911

We’ll learn how to make a four-strand plaited challah, and for the adventurous, something a little more complex.

Choose from two lunchtime sessions. Tickets £10.00 going on sale soon!

This is the opening event of the Jewish Square Mile History Festival weekend

One Day History Festival

Sunday 10.5.26

Discover the story of Jewish life in medieval London with the Jewish Square Mile Foundation at the Barbican Centre.

Talks with leading scholars, guided walks, and family activities.

Accessible, myth-busting and vividly brought to life in the City of London

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Tickets on sale soon

16.5.26 - 15.6.26

At the London Archive

Our exhibition returns with a new venue for Jewish Culture Month. 

Beneath the modern City of London lies a lost burial ground. Drawing on the latest research, this exhibition challenges enduring myths, uncovers forgotten lives and brings a hidden medieval world quietly back into view.

Free event

A Jewish Square Mile exhibition

Friday 22. 5.26

Jewish Culture Month Event

Join the Jewish Square Mile Foundation together with Shoreditch Trust for a talk with a food historian.

Learn about the Shavuot dairy tradition.

You’ll also decorate and eat cheesecake, and sample a recreated medieval dairy pie called floden.

Tickets on sale soon for this free event. Sign up to our newsletter and follow us instagram for updates.

11.6.26

Jewish Culture Month Event

Join us on an exclusive guided walking tour to accompany our exhibition, Revealing the Medieval Jewish Cemetery, at the London Archive. 

The tour takes you through the iconic Barbican Estate and nearby streets to explore the site of the medieval Jewish cemetery and the neighbourhood where a vibrant Jewish community once lived and worked. You’ll also glimpse some of the area’s more recent Jewish history, adding another layer to the story.

14.6.26 11AM-12.30 PM

Jewish Culture Month Event

Led by Certified City of London tour guide and author, Sam Jacobs. The tour will take you from St Pauls Churchyard to the Tower of London

Tickets £20.00

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28.6.26

11AM-12.30PM

Discover the hidden history of London’s original medieval Jewish community on this exclusive walking tour with one of our expert guides.

This guided walk traces London’s medieval Jewish past, from the site of the original cemetery to the rise of a thriving City community after 1066, and its expulsion in 1290.