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JMI Archive

Jewish Music Institute (JMI) is the home of Jewish music in the UK, dedicated to the celebration, preservation and development of the living heritage of Jewish music for the benefit of people of all ages and backgrounds. The organisation supports musicians playing Jewish music across the UK enabling them to preserve this traditional heritage, create new work and reach the widest audiences both domestically and internationally.

Archive Description

The JMI Archive is a unique and valuable research tool which documents Jewish music from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the UK and overseas as well as the activities of The Jewish Music Institute itself over the last 40 years. It includes records, CDS, LPs, tapes, books, programmes, memorabilia and much more. We hope that the archive collection will be of value to communities, organisations and academic researchers at local, national and international levels. The JMI collection is currently managed by JMI staff members.

Access Information

JMI is in the process of fully cataloguing and digitising the archive with the aim of making the entire archive accessible by the end of 2025.

Access to much of the material is currently restricted because the majority of the archive is currently held in storage

Some archive material can be accessed at the JMI office at SOAS. This is by appointment only and must be arranged with a JMI staff member in advance by emailing jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk

Street Address

SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG

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