Exactly 100 years ago, on the 28th June 1914, an Austrian Arch Duke was assassinated by a young Serbian anarchist. Gavrillo Principe’s shooting of heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand sparked off a chain of events which would include the laying down of many lives, some of which were of young Jewish men […]
Follow Bradford’s Jewish Heritage Trail – visiting Historic Synagogues, the Merchants’ Houses, the Kindertransporte Hostel and other sites of Jewish interest. Sunday May 25th at 14.30 Meet at the Bradford Synagogue, 7a Bowland Street, off Manningham Lane, Bradford BD1 3BW Politics, Textiles and Rugby League – The Jews of Huddersfield Sunday June 8th at 14.30 […]
The Making Their Mark Project has been featured in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (February 2014) which covers aspects of family history. The piece written by Benjamin Dunn examines Bradford’s Jewish history, covering the three main phases of Jewish migration to the city, 1830s, 1880s and 1930s. There is also a podcast from the […]
Nigel Grizzard will be giving two ‘Jews in Bradford’ related talks in March and April. The next event is on March 9th. It will be a new trail, taking in the homes of the Merchant’s of Manningham, telling the stories of some of those textile traders who made their fortunes through selling wool and Worsted […]
The following piece appears courtesy of Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild and originally appeared on her personal of blog on January 27, 2014. Parashat Terumah: In the making of Sacred Space, we create Sacred community by Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild. When Jacob left his home and journeyed to Haran he spent the night on the road. There he […]
Walking Tour of Jewish Bradford Sunday March 9th, 2014. 14.00 -16.00 We meet at the Historic Bradford Synagogue in Bowland Street and then will visit other Jewish sites in the Manningham area including the former Spring Gardens Orthodox Synagogue (pictured above), the Kindertransport Hostel and the homes of the German Jewish Merchants. Join guide Nigel […]
Reproduced from the Jewish Chronicle, 23-12-2013. For festive cheer, look to Bradford By Martin Bright, December 23, 2013 Follow The JC on Twitter I wanted this column to be full of seasonal cheer, I really did. I wanted to sing of the joys of multicultural inter-faith dialogue, despite my scepticism. The interwoven history and common […]
Bradford synagogue saved by city’s Muslims Faced with closure a year ago, today Bradford’s synagogue’s future is bright, a model of cross-cultural co-operation Helen Pidd theguardian.com, Friday 20 December 2013 15.25 GMT It was around this time last year that the trustees of Bradford’s final remaining synagogue faced a tough choice. The roof of […]
Bradford synagogue saved by city’s Muslims Faced with closure a year ago, today Bradford’s synagogue’s future is bright, a model of cross-cultural co-operation Helen Pidd theguardian.com, Friday 20 December 2013 15.25 GMT It was around this time last year that the trustees of Bradford’s final remaining synagogue faced a tough choice. The roof of […]
The Bradford Synagogue held its Civic Chanukah service on Sunday 1st December. The synagogue was full and money was raised for the Philippines Disaster Appeal and the Lord Mayor of Bradford’s Charity ‘Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure’ In the picture are Rudi Leavor – Chairman of the Bradford Synagogue (with yarmulke with Menorah on) The […]
