Rabbi Steven Wernick gathers a cadre of community leaders for a series of conversations on politics, culture, social existence and Jewish life. Each session will be streamed and broadcast to Facebook and YouTube. Grab a cup of coffee and log on to join us.

Reb Steve will share coffee with Author and Historian, Dr. Helen Fry. They will have a discussion about Thomas Kendrick: the “Oskar Schindler” of Vienna. He was also a spy who, in WW2, was commanding officer of the German-Jewish secret listeners who bugged the conversations of Hitler’s captured generals.

This week's conversation will be broadcast live to the Beth Tzedec Facebook page and YouTube channel. Comment with your questions for Dr. Fry on either platform!

Dr. Helen Fry has written numerous books on the Second World War, with a specialism in British intelligence, spies, espionage and prisoners of war, and also the 10,000 German-Jewish refugees who fought for Britain. Her latest book, Spymaster: The Man who Saved MI6 has become a bestseller about the MI6 spy Thomas Kendrick. Her acclaimed book, The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of WWII was in the Daily Mail’s Top 8 ‘Books of the Year on War’. Her book, MI9: Escape and Evasion: The Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in WWII was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal in Military History 2021. 

Helen has appeared in numerous documentaries in the UK as well as in the USA, including David Jason’s "Secret Service", "Spying on Hitler’s Army" and "Home Front Heroes". She is an Ambassador for the Museum of Military Intelligence.