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Singer's Hill Window, Emancipation of the Jews"

Image: Photograph by Brigitte Windsor. A publication entitled 'The Stained Glass Windows of Singer's Hill Synagogue, Birmingham' (Birmingham City Archives (JA/2/G/12) gives the following account: "The ...

Singer's Hill Window, 'The Sabbath'

Image: Singer's Hill Window (photo by Brigitte Windsor) A publication entitled 'The Stained Glass Windows of Singer's Hill Synagogue, Birmingham' (Birmingham City Archives (JA/2/G/12) gives the following ...

Society for Promoting Christianity Among The Jews

As this document shows, whilst the Jewish community was beginning to become more involved in the civic life of the town, this development was not without its opposition. A Birmingham auxillary of the ...

Synagogue on Severn Street

Photograph of Severn Street(taken by Dr Andy Green). In 1809, the Birmingham Jewish community had grown and a new synagogue was built on Severn Street. This building still stands (situated behind the ...

The Battle of Cable Street

Image taken from the 'Picture Post' (1943) of vandalism to Jewish property during the battle of Cable Street. "The Battle of Cable Street or Cable Street Riot took place on Sunday October 4, 1936 ...

'The Froggery'

A Trade Directory of Birmingham (1775). This entry in Birmingham’s very first 'Trade Directory' (1775) tells us about some of the early occupations being developed in a place once known as the ‘froggery’. ...

The Great Western Arcade

Image: Old and New Birmingham by R.K Dent, 1880. Birmingham Central Library, Local Studies and History.

'The Unity of God'

Copy of an early Jewish sermon by M. Raphall, preacher of Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Birmingham between 1840-1849 who later emigrated to America. The preface of the sermon states 'The following Discourse ...

Vittoria Street

Zoe Josephs

Image: Photograph of Zoe Josephs and Ruth Wolf (from Zoe Joseph Papers) Zoe Josephs (on the left) was an important local historian, whose works have helped not only to show the development of the ...