"A Striking Modern Fact"
Image:The Birmingham Post, Rev. Cohen Speech (an extract) 1933.
Rev Abraham Cohen gave many memorable and powerful speeches on behalf of the Jewish community. His arguments were remarkable not just ...
"Church and Community"
A showcase of some of the material contained in the Vanley Burke Archive.
Photograph: "Austin Road Pentecostal Church. The two ladies kiss each other as a sign of peace after they had washed each other's ...
"Nick Hedges: Religion in the West Midlands"
An exhibition of photographs by Nick Hedges produced for 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.
"Sangeeta Redgrave: Diwali Celebrations"
A collection of photographs taken by Sangeeta Redgrave (nee Chauli) during the Hindu festival of Diwali.
This photograph is of Lakshmi Puja, at the Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham, ...
"Triangle Photography Gallery Posters"
Derek Bishton was director of the Triangle Photography Gallery, part of the Triangle Arts and Media Centre at Gosta Green, Birmingham, between c.1984 and 1987. These are some of the posters advertising ...
‘Europe Peace or Famine - Which’, by Joseph Southall
The Edgbaston Quaker artist Joseph Southall contributed occasional prints to Sylvia Pankhurst's anti-war suffragette broadsheet 'The Woman's Dreadnought'; the paper later became the 'Workers' Dreadnought' ...
‘Hampshire Village Play’ from ‘Back to the Village’ series
A Legacy of Anti-Fasicm
Image: Civil Liberties in Britain, (extract) 1965.
Jewish activists would continue to play a significant role in Birmingham throughout the twentieth century. This is an article by Maurice Ludmer, in ...
A Nineteenth Century Jewish Obituary
A Jewish Obituary, dated 22/9/75 (newspaper unknown).
A. S. Blanckensee was another significant figure of the nineteenth century Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. He was president of its council between ...
A Record of the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation Council
This is one of the very first entries contained in the archive of the Birmingham Hebrew Congrebation (reference: Birmingham City Archives, JA) dated 1826. It displays a list of members, who have decided ...
Anti-Jewish Conversion Society
A Jewish form of resistance to organisations such as the Birmingham auxillary of the 'Society for Promoting Christianity Amoung the Jews' was to engage with social debate. The mission of this society ...
Antislavery and the Birmingham Quaker 'Friends Book Society',
In order for the Birmingham Antislavery Society to be effective in campaigning for social justice, it was vital that they had a network system that provided them with current knowledge about events around ...
Arts and Charities
Image: Birmingham Jewish Arts Society scrapbook, 1924-1931.
Jewish interest in drama, literature and the Arts would countinue in many differnt theatrical performances in Birmingham across the early ...
Arts and Charities
Image: Jenny Lind
Historical sources show that in the Birmingham Jewish community, drama, literature, music and the arts have always been integral. As well as an important form of self expression, ...
Aunkut
Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Aunkut
Food Sharing at Aunkut (celebration of New Year), Shree Hindu Community Centre, Tyseley, Birmingham.
Photograph by Sangeeta Redgrave, 28 October 2000.
Bearwood Holocaust Survivor
Image: Harry Levine Jewish Community Press Book Cuttings, 1939-42
no 519406.
Why was it necessary to offer refuge and work to Jewish migrants in the 1930's? This newspaper article features the profoundly ...
Bible Reading
Bible Reading, African Methodist Episcopal Church of Zion, Wolverhampton. Photograph by Nick Hedges for the exhibition 'I'm a Believer - Religion in the West Midlands'.