Tag: Finchley
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Shomrim: The Volunteer Patrols Keeping Jewish London Safe
In parts of north London, there is a particular sound that belongs to Jewish communal life: the Friday-afternoon rush before Shabbat, the clatter outside kosher bakeries, the school-run pavements full of children in dark coats, the gentle friction of London going about its business in several languages at once. And, increasingly, there is another presence…
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Little Tehran: The Persian Heart of North London
London is full of unofficial capitals. Southall has long been called Little India. Golders Green has its Jewish bakeries, delis and rhythms. Edgware Road has its Middle Eastern cafés, shisha lounges and late-night sugar. And then there is Finchley: not quite glamorous, not quite suburban in the boring sense, not quite on anyone’s first tourist…