Book Now: Free Visits for Local Authority Schools

Book Now: Free Visits for Local Authority Schools

To mark the 5th anniversary of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre, we are offering 50 free class visits to local authority schools across Scotland during 2026 and 2027. In addition to waiving the visit fee we will also provide kosher-approved snacks for all pupils...
Deep Dive: Synagogue Discovery

Deep Dive: Synagogue Discovery

At the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre, we offer a range of sessions for school visits. Our most general and widely accessible is the Synagogue Discovery tour. Suitable for both primary and secondary pupils, this session is particularly valuable for those studying...
2026 School Holocaust Memorial Event

2026 School Holocaust Memorial Event

The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day for 2026 was ‘Bridging Generations’, designed as a reminder of the role of younger generations to keep learning and remembering. For the third year in a row, the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre held a special event to commemorate...
Their Stories: A new resource for schools

Their Stories: A new resource for schools

We are delighted to launch Their Stories and Ours, a new resource for secondary pupils. Based around the testimony of Scottish second-generation Holocaust survivors, it provides material for teachers to use in the classroom. The resource has been developed following...
Resource Focus: Refugee Stories

Resource Focus: Refugee Stories

Our ‘Refugee Stories’ Learning kits were the first resource we developed at the SJHC, for the launch of the Centre in 2021. The aim was to tell Scottish stories using strong primary resource material from the collections of the Scottish Jewish Archives...

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