Historic synagogues may not generally be open to the public, although Bevis Marks in the City of London, Britain’s oldest synagogue, does have regular opening times (www.bevismarks.org.uk), as does the former Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue in Manchester, now the city’s Jewish Museum (www.mjm.org.uk). Other historic synagogues open at least occasionally, for example on Heritage Open […]
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Jewish burial grounds may often be locked up or difficult to reach. Sadly, vandalism, whether racist or simply malicious in intent, is a fact of life (and of Jewish life in particular, even in Britain). Making Jewish sites better known and attracting more visitors to them may be the best antidote. Neglected sites, about which
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Manchester’s Higher Crumpsall is under Repair Major repair work to one of Britain’s most important 1920s synagogues, Higher Crumpsall Synagogue in Salford, Greater Manchester, is finally underway, supported by a grant of £130,000 from the English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Joint Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme. It is anticipated that Phase I repairs
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Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage carried out fieldwork in Gibraltar 2023 marked the 300th anniversary of the capture of Gibraltar by the British in 1704. Under British rule the Jewish community was permitted to resettle in this strategically vital southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula for the first time in 200 years. Catholic Spain
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