The name "Whitechapel Boys" identifies a loosely-knit group of Anglo-

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

writers and artists of the early 20th century. It is named after

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, which contained one of London's main Jewish settlements and from which many of its members came. These members included Mark Gertler, Isaac Rosenberg,

David Bomberg David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henr ...

Joseph Leftwich Joseph Leftwich (Zutphen September 28 1892 – Islington February 28 1983), born Joseph Lefkowitz, was a British critic and translator into English of Yiddish literature.Schwartz, Richard H. (2001). ''Judaism and Vegetarianism''. p. 175. Lantern ...

, Jacob Kramer, Morris Goldstein, Stephen Winsten, John Rodker,

Lazarus Aaronson Lazarus Leonard Aaronson (24 December 1894 – 9 December 1966), often referred to as L. Aaronson, was a British poet and a lecturer in economics. As a young man, he belonged to a group of Jewish friends who are today known as the Whitec ...

and its only female member, Clara Birnberg. The name originates later in the 20th century, and was not used at the time the group was active. Several of the Whitechapel Boys, such as Rodker, Rosenberg, Leftwich, Winsten and Bomberg, were also politically active and members of the radical Young Socialist League.

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Whitechapel at War: Isaac Rosenberg and his Circle
- an exhibition at the Ben Uri Gallery, part of a series of exhibitions on the Whitechapel Boys
Review of the exhibition
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