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Victorian Jewish Bradford

What occupations and professions were there among the Bradford’s Jewish Community during the Victorian age? Writer and genealogist Benjamin Dunn examines the working life of the communities Jewish past. At the high end of the social scale there were the wealthy German merchants who arrived in the first wave of immigration from the 1830s until […]

Autumn 2014: Dates for your diary

Dear Friends, Some dates and events for your diary: This Sunday (September 21st) as part of the Heritage Open Days Programme  the Bradford Synagogue (7 Bowland Street BD1 3BW)  is open from 14.00 – 15.00 and this is a unique chance to see Yorkshire’s oldest purpose built synagogue. At 15.00 there is a guided walk […]

Forthcoming Tours This Summer

Sunday July 27th: Bradford’s Historic Synagogues, the Merchants’ Houses and the Kindertransporte Hostel – Visit Yorkshire’s oldest synagogue, see the historic houses in the Manningham area and hear how Jewish Refugees made new homes in Bradford in 1939. Meet at 14.30 at the Bradford Synagogue, Bowland Street, Bradford, BD1 3BW.           […]

Sir Arthur Hurst 1879-1944

Picture Source: http://m.jmb.sagepub.com/content/18/3/158/F1.expansion Sir Arthur Hurst was born at 3 Oak Mount, Manningham, where he lived until 1894 when his family moved to Manchester. The family name was Hertz until 1916 when it was changed to Hurst because of the war Germany and the ensuing anti-German feeling. The family was of German-Jewish origin and had […]