One of Britain’s oldest working synagogues will open to the public next month, as part of a combination European Day of Jewish Culture and England Heritage Open Days.
Birmingham’s Singers Hill Synagogue, founded 156 years ago, stages the open day on Sunday, September 9.
The synagogue is an early work by the prominent Birmingham architect H. Yeoville Thomason.
The event is one of a number of Jewish Heritage and English Heritage Open Days, with activities of historical interest taking place throughout the UK.
The day will included organised tours and Dr Anthony Joseph will give a talk on ‘the joys of Jewish humour’.
Singers Hill Synagogue, which won English Heritage’s ‘most improved place of worship in the West Midlands 2010’ award, was originally designed in an Italianate style and many of its original features remain.
Throughout Europe, the annual European Day of Jewish Culture will be marked Sept. 2, with Jewish Humor this years theme.