I have been thinking much about
19 Princelet Street recently. Its open so rarely to the public that I realized I was priviledged to have actually got in to see it a few years ago.
If anyone says
'
What is the the most memorable visit you have have ever made to a place?'
I would have to say,
'
after Israel, 19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields London'
I'm not even going to describe it , other than to say that in a dilapidated and fragile building, not a short walk from Hawksmoor's beautifully restored Christchurch, is a synagogue in a house that has been a home for Huguenots fleeing persecution, Jews fleeing persecution, Artists, craftspeople, and recluses. It now is a statement of the need for all of us to recognize the beauty of Diversity.
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