The congregation of Manchester, England’s Higher Crumpsall Synagogue has ended its use of the building and left it; the one-time “cathedral synagogue” will be still be used for Jewish purposes — taken over by a fast-growing Haredi community that will … continue reading →
There are calls to create a Jewish museum in Wales, and — perhaps — to house it in the derelict Old Synagogue in Merthyr Tydfil — the oldest synagogue building in Wales, and a Grade II listed building. The … continue reading →
Sandys Row Synagogue, London’s oldest still functioning Ashkenazi Synagogue, was established in the 19th century by Dutch Jews from Amsterdam in a building that was originally constructed as a Protestant chapel in 1766. In our latest Have Your Say … continue reading →
The Manchester Jewish Museum has received a £2.89 million National Lottery grant. It will go towards the museum’s ambitious £5m development project that, as the museum puts it “will see our museum double in size, with new galleries, learning spaces, … continue reading →
The complex of three Victorian buildings at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery in London has been entered as a Grade II site on England’s National Heritage List. According to the cemetery, it marks first time that Jewish Cemetery funerary buildings … continue reading →
