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Middle Street Synagogue, Brighton. Pic: Foundation for Jewish Heritage
March 25, 2026, 4:10 pm
Foundation for Jewish Heritage receives £141k investment to expand shul support
Initial grant from National Lottery will help preserve historic synagogues in areas including Wales, Brighton and the East End, tackling declining memberships and limited resources
By Michelle Rosenberg
Sandys Row synagogue. Pic: Courtesy
February 3, 2025, 2:06 pm
Historic Sandys Row synagogue eyes heritage centre expansion
London's oldest surviving Ashkenazi shul wants to create a Jewish East End cultural hub
By Michelle Rosenberg
Mark Wright discovers he has Jewish roots that take him on a journey from the East End to Spain, via the Netherlands in Who Do You Think You Are? Credit:Wall to Wall Media Ltd/Stephen Perry
September 3, 2019, 11:16 am
Mark Wright: ‘My Jewish ancestor was tortured in the Spanish Inquisition’
 The Only Way Is Essex star discovers a lineage stretching back more than 300 years in BBC1's Who Do You Think You Are?
By Francine Wolfisz
Lesley Joseph with Les Dennis, who also took part in Pilgrimage: The Road To Rome. Credit: Simona Sborchia
April 4, 2019, 11:19 am
Lesley Joseph: ‘I blessed the Pope – just like any good Jewish girl would do!’
The Birds Of A Feather actress reveals how a 600-mile pilgrimage to Rome inspired her to think more about her own beliefs, ahead of Pilgrimage: The Road To Rome on BBC2
By Francine Wolfisz
Crowds watch King George V ride through Whitechapel Road in 1935
October 25, 2018, 3:38 pm
Who Jew you think you are? Families asked to help Whitechapel history project
People with recollections of and links to London’s Whitechapel community are urged to participate in a special historical project
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Mural on the former St George's Town Hall in Tower Hamlets, London, which commemorates the Battle of Cable Street. ( © Historic England)
August 8, 2018, 12:00 pm
Cable Street in list of top 10 sites marking England’s ‘history of protest’
East End landmark where Jews faced-off against fascist thugs, is recognised in new high-profile campaign by Historic England
Poverty in Spitalfields Market, 1973
February 26, 2018, 11:37 am
The East End life we left behind
David Granick’s intimate portrait of London, which lay hidden for nearly 40 years, shows a working class area transformed  
By Francine Wolfisz
Bernard Kops
November 18, 2016, 11:06 am
Bernard Kops aged 90 speaks about working until you drop
Just shy of his 90th birthday, the Jewish playwright and novelist has published a new book of poetry
By Fiona Green
October 6, 2016, 10:02 am
Remember the day they did not pass
80 years on from the Battle of Cable Street, Alex Davis revisits myths, truths and the relevance of this historic day for modern anti-racism efforts.
By Alex Davis
A demonstrator is taken away under arrest by police officers after a mounted baton charge, in East London, on Oct. 4, 1936, to stop fighting between anti-fascists and Sir Oswald Mosley's blackshirts.
February 16, 2016, 4:58 pm
Community to join 80th anniversary celebration of ‘Battle of Cable Street’
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