An ongoing journal of articles and papers on Jewish heritage
Jews of Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea
Author: Jane Beckerman As you drive or walk through Colwyn Bay today you can see a memory of the Jewish life that was once part of this seaside town, situated between Llandudno and Rhyl, along the coast of North Wales. ‘Emmanuel...
The Heritage Detectives Book Launch!
Of special interest are the suggestions of how the book can be used across the curriculum, given by Sandra Teacher (starts at 41mins 40secs) https://youtu.be/egW0IFZ1Qrg On Wednesday 30th June, JSCN and Swansea University hosted an...
Jewish Heritage Preservation: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies
Jewish Heritage Europe’s Ruth Ellen Gruber, Victor Sorenssen from the AEPJ, and Helise Lieberman from the Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning have been programming lively online roundtables based on the provocative article...
Topaz and beyond
The History Festival and Family Connections – more on the Topaz family and beyond By Rabbi Dr Walter Rothschild, Berlin One of the things which fascinated me about the History Festival was how many links - some of them admittedly vague...
From Manchester to Somerton
Roy’s story – From Manchester to Somerton Via Canada by Jane Warner Based on ‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance: My Life’s Adventure, by Roy Copeland (2016) ISBN 978-1-5272-0321-1 Early Jewish life Roy was born in 1929. He recalls...
On the Trail of the Topaz Family
Making Connections at the History Festival When Jeremy Topaz emailed in from Israel last year to respond to our call for Sunderland memories, it was the start of a fascinating heritage trail across three of our locations that lit up...
Reflections on our first History Festival
From 15th to 25th March 2021 / 16 Nisan 5781 Over 370 people registered and took part in the Connecting Small Histories History Festival. Across 12 sessions, academics, storytellers, authors, communities, project teams and volunteers...
Evacuee and Childhood Stories from St Annes, 1939-1945
Hilary Thomas received many responses to her appeal for information about the evacuee and wartime childhood experience in this seaside town, one that Jewish and non-Jewish children alike shared. Here we present the stories…....
My friend Corinne and unexpected connections
by Hilary Thomas My dear friend Corinne Eventhall, who passed away in 2003, had a strong connection with the St Annes community, but I had no idea of that when first I started working on this project. Thanks to her son David, I...
Hotel, Holocaust and Hope
My research for Connecting Small Histories, on musicians at Eastbourne’s Grand Hotel, led to a poignant story of the Holocaust and a Dutch Jewish family – writes Anne Krisman Goldstein… The Grand Hotel’s first musical...
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