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Jeremy Montagu

Jeremy Montagu

Registered: 29 September 2008
I was brought up at the New West End in London; when I married Gwen we joined South London Liberal shul, and then, at the behest of my great-aunt Lily to blow the shofar, we moved to West Central in Whitfield Street, where I eventually became President, and was also an Honorary Officer of Leo Baeck College. When I was appointed a Lecturer at Oxford University, we moved there and joined the Oxford Jewish Congregation, the only truly pluralistic shul in Britain where Orthodox, Liberal, and Masorti all worship in our various minhagim (I've gone back to the Orthodox after first helping the Liberals and then being one of the starters of the Masorti) and then join together for kiddush -- whoever finishes first waits for the other.

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Chanukah

By Jeremy Montagu, December 17, 2008

I'm now in Jerusalem, seeing children, grandchildren, and friends. Also visiting the Rose Archive of Shenkar College in Ramat Gan, to which we gave my wife Gwen's collection of embroideries and textiles after she died.

The weather here is warm and sunny, a very pleasant change from the freezing UK I left yesterday.

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By Jeremy Montagu, October 14, 2008

Now entertaining my Israeli children and grandchildren, while the latter have the week free from school, shopping and sightseeing between the Hagim and enjoying my daughter's cooking.

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Jeremy's current activities

By Jeremy Montagu, October 2, 2008

Among and between the Yamim (and a happy New Year to any old friends) I'm working on my next book, on history etc of brass musical instruments, illustrated mostly from my own collection. For my previous books, see my website jeremymontagu.co.uk, which illustrates all their covers and gives some details of them. Current job, having written the basic text, is measuring and photographing, much the least interesting part of the job!

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