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Remembering the Kindertransports: Guided Archive Tour and Film Screening
We are pleased to be hosting the Goethe-Institut Glasgow for the first part of their two-day event, "Remembering the Kindertransport". On Wednesday 31st January at 6pm, join us for an opportunity to view original material from the Scottish Jewish Archive Centre,...
“Bake to Remember” Challah Bake 2024
Job Opportunity: Learning & Admin Assistant
The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre (SJHC) is looking for a part-time Learning & Admin Assistant to join our team! The Learning & Admin Assistant will work directly with schools, delivering school visits and liaising with schools to plan and organise their...
Holocaust Memorial Day Event 2024
Please note that this event is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact us at schools@sjhc.org.uk The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre is excited to announce that we will be hosting a special event for secondary school pupils...
Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival Event: Jewish Refugee History in Garnethill
Join us for a talk on the subject of Jewish refugee history in Garnethill, as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2023! Due to Glasgow Doors Open Days taking place over Rosh Hashanah this year, we will not be opening our doors to the public as usual, but are...
Isaac Hirshow is the subject of BBC Radio 4 programme “I Belong to Glazgoy”
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...
Family History Research Workshop and Exhibition with The Wiener Holocaust Library
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...
Free Holocaust Education Workshop for Scottish Teachers
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...
Book Now! Klezmer and the Classics at Garnethill Synagogue
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...
UK Government Minister John Lamont visits the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre
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,...
