We have recently had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Phil Alexander, Klezmer musician and scholar of Jewish culture, who has produced a BBC Radio 4 programme about the music of Rev. Isaac Hirshow.Rev. Hirshow was the cantor of Garnethill Synagogue for many years. Born in...
The Wiener Holocaust Library will be hosting a free, two-day programme on the 10th and 11th September 2023 at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre. This will include the chance to view their pop-up exhibition, Fate Unknown: The Search for the Missing after the...
The Holocaust Educational Trust will be hosting Lessons from Auschwitz, a Career-Long Professional Learning workshop for Scottish Teachers, in-person at the SJHC on Sunday 25th June. The programme of sessions at the CLPL event will introduce teachers to organisations...
Garnethill Synagogue and the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre present: Klezmer and the Classics. Join us for an afternoon of Eastern European and Classical arrangements, performed by musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The event will take place...
On the 27th April, the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre was visited by John Lamont, MP and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland. The Minister was shown around the Synagogue and Heritage Centre by Manager Kerry Patterson and by two members of the Board,...
Would you like to learn more about Scottish Jewish history? Have you ever been frustrated by finding inaccurate information - or no information at all - online about this subject area? Being able to rely on accurate information on Wikipedia is key - it is one of the...
*Unfortunately this event has been cancelled* Have you ever seen information online that you knew was incorrect? Or been unable to find out anything reliable about a subject you are researching? Being able to rely on accurate information on Wikipedia is key - it is...
The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre participated in the annual Glasgow Doors Open Day festival, which ran from 12th to 18th September 2022. This year, in addition to the usual open building event on the Sunday, the SJHC ran a Guided Walk of the Garnethill Refugee...
We are looking forward to taking part in the Festival with a Guided Walk of the Garnethill Refugee Trail on Friday 16th September, and Building Open Day on Sunday 18th September. Both events are now fully booked.
The 27th July 2022 marks the first anniversary of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre, and what a year it has been! This short film includes some of our achievements from the past twelve months.
