Ben Uri Gallery
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The Ben Uri Gallery is a gallery of Jewish art in London
, currently sited at 108a Boundary Road, St John's Wood
, London
NW8 0RH. It is the only museum in Europe to be dedicated to Jewish art (rather than Judaica or Jewish history). It was founded in the East End of London in 1915 by Lazar Berson to provide an art society for Jewish immigrant craftsmen and artists then unable to gain access to mainstream artistic societies due to anti-Semitism
, and named after Bezalel Ben Uri
(the craftsman who designed and built the Ark of the Covenant).
It has a large permanent collection, and is seeking a site in Central London to house and display this, but its present location is only large enough for temporary exhibitions such as its series of exhibitions on the 'Whitechapel Boys
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London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, currently sited at 108a Boundary Road, St John's Wood
St John's Wood
St John's Wood is a district of north-west London, England, in the City of Westminster, and at the north-west end of Regent's Park. It is approximately 2.5 miles north-west of Charing Cross. Once part of the Great Middlesex Forest, it was later owned by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
NW8 0RH. It is the only museum in Europe to be dedicated to Jewish art (rather than Judaica or Jewish history). It was founded in the East End of London in 1915 by Lazar Berson to provide an art society for Jewish immigrant craftsmen and artists then unable to gain access to mainstream artistic societies due to anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
, and named after Bezalel Ben Uri
Bezalel
In Exodus 31:1-6, Bezalel |transcribed]] as Betzalel and most accurately as Beẓal'el), is the chief artisan of the Tabernacle. Elsewhere in the Bible the name occurs only in the genealogical lists of the Book of Chronicles, but according to cuneiform inscriptions a variant form of the same,...
(the craftsman who designed and built the Ark of the Covenant).
It has a large permanent collection, and is seeking a site in Central London to house and display this, but its present location is only large enough for temporary exhibitions such as its series of exhibitions on the 'Whitechapel Boys
Whitechapel Boys
The Whitechapel Boys is a name given to a loose group of Anglo-Jewish writers and artists of the early 20th century. It is named after Whitechapel, which contained one of London's main Jewish settlements and from which many of its members came...
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