In 2014, the State of Israel passed a law to officially make November 30th a Day to Commemorate the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries and Iran, a date now marked by Jewish communities around the world. In 2017, a Canadian man of Iraqi Jewish origin, having …
“One Friday a few weeks ago during lockdown when I was broadcasting Kabbalat Shabbat from Shul I noticed a slim volume on the Bimah right next to my Siddur and other items”…. writes Rabbi Danny Bergson of St Annes Shul. “I picked it up and was truly surprised by …
World Jewish Relief can help you discover your Jewish genealogy with free access for family members to the records of Jewish refugees we helped in the 1930s and 40s. These include many of the 10,000 children who came on the Kindertransport, as well as men who came to the Kitchener …
Sandys Row Synagogue was founded in 1854 by Dutch immigrants from Amsterdam and is now London’s oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue and the last still functioning in Spitalfields, in the heart of the former Jewish East End.The Hidden Histories project celebrates the unique story of this historic community through making the Sandys …
Liverpool Record Office holds the archives of the Merseyside Jewish Community from the 18th century to the present day. The records are of tremendous significance as the Liverpool community was the first organised Jewish community in the north of England, and until the mid-19th century it was the largest provincial …
The archive of the Jewish personnel who died serving in the many RAF commands including Fighter, Transport, Bomber, Coastal, Far East, Ferry and Middle East. Included are ground crew, WAAF’s, air crew, support crew and Special Operations Executive personnel. These men and women are buried and commemorated all around the …
Assembled over the past 250 years first by the British Museum and since 1973 by the British Library, the Hebrew collection comprises holdings of material written and printed in Hebrew characters, ranging from manuscripts copied over 1,000 years ago to the most recent monographs and serials. About the collection Our …
Take a look at a virtual walk through the Jewish heritage and history in Cork, Ireland, a city whose only remaining synagogue was closed in 2016 due to the dwindling number of Jews. The Walk, and its web page is a project by the performance artist Ruti Lachs, who is …
Britain today is commonly portrayed as a multicultural nation. However, the diverse historical experiences which constitute the story of this ‘new’ Britain are less well known. The history of the West Midlands in the 20th century is central to this story but the stories that make up this history remain …
It is 80 years since the Jewish community of East London and its allies blocked the streets in order to prevent Oswald Mosley and his British Union of Fascists marching through. The Fascists were subjected to a humiliating defeat as the police found themselves unable to clear a path. The …
