One of the main challenges facing the public representation of medieval Jewish history in England is the lack of tangible evidence. In our new Have Your Say op-ed, Toni Griffiths, a PhD student at Winchester University, provides insight into recent … continue reading →
In honor of International Women’s Day, Historic England has listed the grave of pioneering British scientist Rosalind Franklin in the Willesden Jewish cemetery in northwest London as a Grade II historic site. Franklin, who died from ovarian cancer in … continue reading →
The January Jewish Heritage Europe Newsletter is out — our first of this year. There’s news and pix from Ukraine, Poland, France, England, Czech Republic, Slovakia…… You can sign up to receive it directly into your inbox, from the JHE … continue reading →
In our latest “Have Your Say” essay Rabbi Andrew Goldstein discusses how the fact that his London synagogue uses a Torah scroll from the Czech town of Kolín led to close links with the town, whose Jewish community was destroyed … continue reading →
The BBC included Birmingham’s Singers Hill synagogue on a list of England’s “hidden architectural gems” — buildings that “prove the maxim that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” They are the buildings you might walk past without a … continue reading →
