This table formed our initial research into existing Jewish Heritage projects in the UK, and contributed to the formation of our project proposal.
| Name | Scope | Period | Approach | Outcomes | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Holocaust Survivors Centre Interviews (C830) | Holocaust Survivors | 1993-1998 | Oral History. Total of 154 audio life story testimonies. | Archived under Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust on the OH website https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Jewish-Holocaust-survivors | LINK |
| Jewish Voices | Leicester | 2008 | From 1940s and 50s. Oral recordings, workshops, emails, phone calls and letters | Scrapbook including professional writing and photography. Touring display with banner stands, books and bookmarks. Also a book. | LINK |
| Rainbow Jews | LGBT UK | 2012 | Uncovering hidden histories. A pioneering oral history project from 1950s to today. | Touring - The Rainbow Jews exhibition 06/02/14. Website, booklets, educational resources. | LINK |
| Jewish Leicester | Leicester Jews | 2015-2017 | Preserve, celebrate and share Leicester's Jewish heritage | Creation of vistor and education centre, and enhancement of the synagogue. Displays and hands on sessions for schools, family activities etc. | LINK |
| SAMS Roots Project | St Albans Masorti Synagogue | 2015-2016 | Oral History Project - Interviewing, store and display of stories, preservation. Personal histories honouring the diverse heritage of St Albans Masorti Synagogue (SAMS) members | Digitised interviews (12), photo gallery and virtual exhibition. | LINK |
| Twilight People | Transgender and gender-variant people of faith in the UK | 2015 | Images and stories of 40+ members of Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities. Oral history, film and photography. Collating materials - mapped, catalogued, deposited and shared. 1980s onwards. Training volunteers | Archive collection, website, interactive digital hubs, touring exhibition, symposium, booklet, educational resource packs and learning tools including an app. | LINK |
| We Were There Too | Britain | 2018 ongoing | Capture, record and preserve the impact, experience and contribution of Britain̥s Jewish communities during WWI era. Using volunteers from Jewish and non-Jewish schools and informal education groups. | Digital archive and interactive website | LINK |
| The Lost Jews: discovering and documenting England's lost Jews | Sephardi Jews from 17th C onward | 2018-2020 | Drama workshops at Bevis Marks and interviews to follow with Sephardim today | Recording of interviews, performances and final showing of work in 2020 at a London museum location | LINK |
| Lily's Legacy | UK | 2018-2020 | Research, document, map and showcase more than 115 years of Liberal Judaism by means of oral history, photography, film, publications, digital and other interactive media. | Digitising material, collecting oral histories, depositing in archives, travelling exhibition, symposium. Promotional video (2019) notes input into schools. | LINK |
| Resource Guide on OH website by Marcus Roberts [toolkit] | 2011 | A guide that explains how to explore the history of a synagogue and its community. It describes the research process and the kinds of sources that will be useful. It also suggests how you might publish the history of a synagogue. | LINK | ||
| Jewish Lives, Scottish Spaces: Jewish Migration to Scotland,1880-1950 | Scotland | 2015-2018 | Mapping and examining SJAC documents examined from immigrant Jews to uncover impact of WWII and the Holocaust on Scottish Jewish collective identity. | Digitising material from SJAC, Public activities, 4 journal articles, 1 book | LINK |
| We Make our Histories: an inter-generational Jewish heritage project | London | Oral history (recording and documenting), archival photographs and ÌÓremixesÌ¥ by 19 young people. London Jews, their work and identities. | Website | LINK | |
| The Living Memory of the Jewish Community (C410) | Holocaust Survivors and their children | 1987-2000 | Oral Histories. Over 186 audio life story interviews by professionally trained volunteers | Archived under Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust on the OH website https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Jewish-Holocaust-survivors | LINK |
| The Oral History Project | Oxford | 2016 ongoing | Recording and archiving. Extracts included on OJH website. Complete recordings available for download and digital collection stored at the Oxford Jewish Communnity and in the County Archive of the Oxfordshire History Centre | LINK | |
| Witness Project | Sheffield | 2011-2018 | From 20th C. Oral History Project. Trained history students | Online archive | LINK |
| East End to Essex: Jewish migration routes | In and around Redbridge | ? | Volunteers | Website, Oral Histories, archive | LINK |
| Cinema to Synagogue | In and around Redbridge | ? | Volunteers | Oral histories, podcast, archive | LINK |
| Jewish Heritage Foundation | LINK | ||||
| Jewish Voices | Memories of Leicester in the 1940s and 50s | LINK | |||
| Hidden Treasures - celebrating Jewish archives | We showcase collections from across the UK that tell the story of Jews and their experiences in Britain | LINK | |||
| Lake District Holocaust Project | The Calgarth Estate and the Windermere Boys | LINK | |||
| Jewish History Association of South Wales | We discover, document, preserve and share the cultural heritage of Jewish communities in south Wales | LINK | |||
| Jewish Heritage UK | Caring for the Jewish Community’s historic architecture, synagogues and cemeteries | LINK | |||
| Oxford Jewish Heritage | Oxford retains a unique memory of its medieval Jews | LINK | |||
| Lahav Jewish Heritage Project | Celebrating the history of the Jewish Community in North East England in memory of Ron and Kath Lahav | LINK | |||
| Jewish Gen UK | To record details of all Jewish communities and congregations that have ever existed in the United Kingdom, as well as in the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar, in order to preserve the information for posterity | LINK | |||
| J Trails | Explores British Jewish physical and cultural heritage | LINK | |||
| Scottish Jewish Archive Centre | Collecting historic material relating to the experiences of Jewish people in Scotland over the past 200 years | LINK | |||
| Sephardi Voices UK | Dedicated to preserving and capturing the memories of Jews from the Middle East, North Africa and Iran who left their homes, focusing on those who settled in the UK | LINK | |||
| JW3 Heritage | Brings together people from different generations to have conversations and encounters | LINK | |||
| Bradford Jewish | The many sides to Jewish endeavour in Bradford, from the first arrival in the 1820′s right through to the cosmopolitan and ever changing community we have with us in the present day | LINK | |||
| JEWISH HISTORY TOUR | Phone App showing historical points of interest when walking around Bangor and other locations | Download the App for iPhone and Android | LINK |