The forthcoming book, Foreigners, Aliens, Citizens – Medway and its Jewish Community, 1066 – 1939 (by Irina Fridman), is due to be available Autumn 2020. *** UPDATE **** Foreigners, Aliens, Citizens – Medway and...
We are delighted to publish the following article written by Dr Phillip Kirby . My interest in the Goldsmid, Prager Salomons families began when a researcher asked for help in identifying whether or not...
We were recently contacted by Nicola Tucker, an art historian and artist with a passion for historic buildings. Nicola alerted us to the Newport Synagogue and Cemeteries Open Day being held on 22nd September...
Then you should pay a visit to the site “Danish-Jewish Funerals and Tombstones up to 1866” at http://tom.brondsted.dk/mosaiskebegravelser/?lang=en available in both English and Danish. The site covers all known Danish-Jewish funerals from the earliest...
Levy Mandelson of the Tumut by Mark Howard. Levy Mandelson (1833-1891) died in London in the 1890s and was buried in the Willesden Jewish Cemetary. The inscription on his headstone says he was, “formerly...
The Prayer book belonging to Samuel MELDOLA is currently being sold on an auction site, see here. The prayer book was printed in Leghorn / Livorno, Italy around 1820 when Samuel was a young...
A new publication ‘Lemon Hart of Penzance’ by Keith Pearce has just been published. Lemon Hart (1768 – 1845) is the most well-known of the many Jews who lived in Cornwall in the late...
The following is an extract of a letter to the Jewish Chronicle (17 Aug 2018), detailing the state of Wolverhampton cemetery and the plans and hopes of The Council of Birmingham and West Midlands...
The Prayer book belonging to Mrs Estella Meldola is currently being sold on an auction site, see here. With the kind permission of the seller we are adding photos here showing the signature and...
We have Harry G De Groot who died in 1872 and was buried at West Ham Jewish cemetery, on CemeteryScribes and until very recently had been unable to find anything more about him. He...
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