Dear Nitza,We thank you for being part of the 11th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days and for dedicating your “When Able Met Cain” production in honour of our son, Daniel Pearl. On this year, which marks the 10th anniversary of Daniel’s murder, we feel a special urge to be […]
NOTES TO DANIEL PEARL’S FAMILY
Notes that were given to us after the performance of “When Abel met Cain” to be sent to Daniel Pearl’s parents inspired by our evening. Due to lack of space we will quote only a few of them:Dear Judea & Ruth,I would like to express my deepest respect to you […]
SONG THAT WILL NEVER END
Listen to the new song by Yaakov Gross the Director of the Zionist Archive of Films. A filmmaker and now revealing a new talent as a songwriter. Mr Gross was twice a guest of the Spiro Ark presenting premiers of his films in Britain under our umbrella.The music was written […]
SACRED TRASH: THE LOST AND FOUND WORLD OF THE CAIRO GENIZA
In view of the great success of both our trip to the Genizah in Cambridge and the following brilliant lecture in London by Prof Stefan Reif on the topic ‘Who Discovered the Cairo Genizah and Why?’. We would like to introduce you to the book ‘Sacred Trash: The Lost and […]
JEWISH CONTINUITY – ‘ON YOUR LIPS BE IT’ BY NITZA SPIRO
In most people’s perception Hebrew and Yiddish are names of two languages used by Jews. Hebrew to them is the official language of Israel whereas Yiddish is a mere embarrassing jargon once alive, but now practically extinct and should therefore be preserved only in archives for posterity.In fact, such opinions […]
HURRAY TO YVONNE GREEN
Some of us air our strong feelings about public things which we deem wrong, over dinners with friends or just feel aggravated within ourselves. Others are more gutsy and actually take action. We are therefore particularly proud of Yvonne Green who did just that in order to create awareness – […]
HOW ‘SPIRO’ STARTED BY ROBIN SPIRO
When you have a moment, do read how it all started which is actually one chapter in Robin’s as yet unpublished autobiography.Please follow the link:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.482534211758349.112991.437237072954730&type=1&l=609c6c20b6
IRAQ N’ ROLL, UK FILM PREMIERE!
Following the very successful event of the screening of the film Iraq ‘n Roll (collaboration between Spiro Ark and Harif), the discussion and the nostalgic memories that followed, we have thought it would be good for those who missed it to have a brief description of the film.The screening was […]
YEAR 6 LEAVERS GET TASTE OF ‘ADULT LEARNING’ WITH SPIRO ARK AT LSJS
At this time of year, Year 6 pupils in primary schools all over the country are ‘winding down’, preparing for leaver’s ceremonies and getting ready for the big move to secondary school. This was not the case for 27 Year 6 pupils from Northwest London Jewish Day School who just […]
DANIELLE SANDERSON LECTURE – ONLINE RESOURCE
Please visit the youtube channel of the Jewish Online Magazine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOX6JHKykc&feature=related and experience the fascinating talk given by Danielle Sanderson on the 13th June to the Spiro Ark as part of the “Jews in Sport” series