A letter of appreciation By Professor Peter Appelbaum after his very successful book launch “Loyal Sons” at the Spiro Ark on January 21st 2015January 22, 2015My book launch of ‘Loyal Sons’ (published by Vallentine-Mitchell) went off wonderfully well last night January 21 in London. The London launch of my first […]
MY YAZIDI BACKGROUND
In 1914 my forefather 3 generations ago escaped from Kars, the former capital of Armenia because of religious persecutions.Today we see the replica of this situation in Northern Iraq.My ancestors then as well as my brethren stayed faithful and refused to convert to Islam.In those early persecutions many members of […]
OUR NEW INTERN KHATUNA
We are delighted to introduce to our friends and followers our new intern, Khatuna, who will stay with us for a few months and deepen her knowledge about Jewish history and culture.It is an ironic story that when she first approached us we were sure that she was Jewish (not […]
PARTICIPANTS’ COMMENTS
these are only a few of the many comments we recieved from the participants in the tour of Cambridge and the Genizah :’I had a most delightful day with you, especially the wonderful talk in the afternoon.So much did I enjoy it, I’m seriously considering going again in the spring […]
HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF CAMBRIDGE
following our very successful tour of Cambridge and the Genizah , our guide who was once again impressed by the outstanding standard of our groups has written the following:’It is always a pleasure for me to meet your groups as you always bring such interesting people.I love to engage with […]
SPIRO ARK AT THE GENIZAH
Spiro Ark organizes regular tours of Cambridge and the Genizah which is housed in the University Library.the programme of our tours includes an extensive trip around the city with a wonderful guide which we adopted to be our own for the last few years.there will be another chance on the […]
LEARNING HEBREW AT SPIRO ARK IS NOT ONLY EASY BUT GREAT FUN
Until now we have taught over 10,000 students and the positive response continues to increase.students meet people of different ages, different religions, different races and what unites them all is their interest in languages, in Jewish culture and in the uniqueness of the Hebrew language which ties one to the […]
THE BENEFITS TO THE BRAIN BY LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE
(As described in TIME magazine June 29th 2013 in the science section pp28-31)THE BENEFITS TO THE BRAIN BY LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGEIn an article entitled “THE POWER FOR THE BILINGUAL BRAIN””A bilingual brain is not necessarily a smarter brain, but it is proving to be a more flexible, more resourceful […]
CAIRO GENIZAH ON BBC RADIO 3 – HOPE TO HAVE YOU WITH US IN ONE OF OUR FUTURE VISITS
The Cairo Genizah is the subject of BBC Radio 3’s The Essay between 27th – 31st May 2013. Each weekday night, staff from the Library’s Genizah Research Unit will be giving a lively 15-minute talk about the historical aspects of the Genizah Collections at Cambridge University Library.The series begins with […]
DO NOT MISS: CALL THE MIDWIFE
Sorry to mix private and professional.As a Jewish mother I cannot help but wanting everyone to see my daughter’s work as a director of films and this coming Sunday you will be able to watch it only if you are interested of course.The programme is called “Call the Midwife” and […]