“They do not want to pass for Jews, although every child in Bradford knows them to be Jews’.

The above quote comes from the Jewish Chronicle of August 11th 1865, and in a way encapsulates the Bradford and perhaps modern Jewish identity. Welcome to Making Their Mark or ‘Bradford Jewish’. Our aim is present to you the many sides to Jewish endeavour in Bradford, from the first arrival in the 1820′s right through […]

Welcome

Making their Mark is a Heritage Lottery Funded project administered by the Bradford Synagogue in Bowland Street, Bradford. The synagogue opened in the Spring of 1881 is Yorkshire’s oldest synagogue and rated one of the top ten historic synagogues in England by Jewish Heritage UK. Our project has four key aims: The creation of a […]