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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,...
Book Now! Online Wikipedia editing event on Scottish Jewish Heritage
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...
Garnethill Synagogue on BBC Radio & TV
A recent BBC Radio 3 programme included the music of Isaac Hirshow, cantor of Garnethill Synagogue from 1925-1956. Hirshow was introduced by academic Phil Alexander, with an interview recorded in Garnethill and the inclusion of two pieces of music, 'Shlof mayn kind'...
Job Opportunity: Freelance Assistant Learning Officer
We are growing our team at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre! We have a vacancy for a fixed-term, freelance Assistant Learning Officer to help with our popular school visit service. Our school visits support studies of Jewish history, culture, immigration and the...
