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Celebrating archives across the UK telling the story of Jews and the Jewish community in Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. linktr.ee/jewishhiddentreasures

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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 23h
The AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive, developed by @theajruk.bsky.social, is a collection of 250 filmed interviews with Jewish survivors and refugees from Nazi Europe who rebuilt their lives in Great Britain. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/ajr... #Archives
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AJR Refugee Voices - Celebrating jewish archives
AJR Refugee Voices is a digital archive created by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) and holds Holocaust survivor and refugee testimony. […]
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tomorrow, 6th October, is the day @thejohnrylands.bsky.social was inaugurated in 1899. The library holds many collections related to Judaism, from illuminated Haggadahs to the papers of Chief Rabbi Moses Gaster. Find out more: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/jew... #Archives #JewishHistory
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Jewish and Hebrew Collections at the John Rylands Library and Manchester University Library - Celebrating jewish archives
The Jewish and Hebrew Collections at the John Rylands Library and Manchester University Library are specialist collections held by Manchester University which […]
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📣 Tickets are now live! Our Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial lecture is taking place on the 4 November and will be delivered by esteemed historian Professor Zoë Waxman. Tickets are available to book now to attend either online or in-person at Gresham College, London. buff.ly/4tT0oFZ
Poster for the Seventh Annual Alfred Wiener Holocaust Memorial Lecture titled "Material Witness: Understanding the Objects of Auschwitz" by Professor Zoë Waxman, overlaid on a historical black-and-white photograph of a large pile of eyeglasses from Auschwitz; event at Gresham College and online.
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Bereshit (בְּרֵאשִׁית) with penwork & border with birds #ParashahPictures BL Add MS 15283, 'Duke of Sussex's Portuguese Pentateuch'; 1475-1499 CE; Portugal (Lisbon); f.2r @blmedieval.bsky.social
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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
⭐️Our Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops are returning for the 2026-27 year, with three dates to choose from! 📆 28th October 2026 📆 17th March 2027 📆 19th May 2027 Book your place now 👇️
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Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.
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Jüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Event | Online workshop: Old and Modern Forms of Antisemitism. A quantitative social science perspective | AEJM | 🔗 Details: www.aejm.org/events/onlin... October 13, 2026 | 13.00 to 15.30 CEST | online #jewishstudies #Jewsky #Antisemitism
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Online Workshop: Old and Modern Forms of Antisemitism. A Quantitative Social Science Perspective. - AEJM
AEJM lecture with Prof. Michał Bilewicz about old and modern forms of antisemitism. Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | 13:00–15:30 CET.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 Our last favourite Collection Encounter for Sukkot is at Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information - a place many might not expect to find such a rich history of Jewish migration and influence. Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #Archives
A quote saying “A lot of people, don’t realise that Jewish History is an important part of Sheffield’s history. What we wanted to do was confront them with that”An image of a man with a beard
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 Here's another of our favourite Collection Encounters for Sukkot, a trip to @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social. Find out more and read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #JewishHistory #LocalHistory #Archives
Quote saying “These were the kind of characters and scenes that he committed to memory... and when it was all destroyed, he said as an artist he felt he had a mission to commit memory to canvas”A newspaper called Essex Jewish News from 1999.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 During Sukkot, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collections Encounters. Today's is a visit to @holocaustnorth.bsky.social Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #Archives #RefugeeHistory #JewishHistory
A quote that says: “We started with friendship, people meeting for teas and coffees and then they wanted to start sharing their stories”Someone showing a picture of a man with a mustache and glasses.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 During Sukkot, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collections Encounters. Next up is the Liverpool Record Office at Liverpool Libraries and Information Services. Read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect... #Archives #Liverpool #JewishHistory
A quote saying “It was the first Jewish community in the north, and it dates back to the 1740s so there’s material stretching all the way back to that time, there’s so much here”A person among shelves full of boxes holding a poster of prices for Kosher meat.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moadim L'simchah 🎉 With Sukkot still being celebrated, we're revisiting some of our favourite Collection Encounters. First up is Dock Worker IDs to the Battle of Cable Street with @tharchives.bsky.social Read the full blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/collect...
A quote saying "The Jewish story of the area is just embedded into our collection here"A London Dock workers' identity card with a picture of a man with a mustache attached.
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rice University, Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/23052
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Rice University, Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies
Acording to their call, "[t]he Center for Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and Arts at Rice University is seeking to hire the Kraft Family Professor of Jewish Studies, a full-time senior lev...
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@opensiddur@aleph.land @opensiddur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
סֵדֶר אוּשְׁפִּיזָתָא | Seder Ushpizata — an original Aramaic-language invocation of the matriarchs into the sukkah in the style of the traditional Seder Ushpizin by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social) opensiddur.org?p=69326
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סֵדֶר אוּשְׁפִּיזָתָא | Seder Ushpizata — an original Aramaic-language invocation of the matriarchs into the sukkah in the style of the traditional Seder Ushpizin by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer • the Open Si...
An original Aramaic-language seder ushpizata, as a parallel to the patriarchal ushpizin, to invite matriarchal figures from history. While other "ushpizot" or "ushpizata" texts have been written befor...
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. There are many reasons why we preserve archives and rare books, but the most important reason is to give *everyone* the opportunity to access the information within them, now and in the future. #AccessToInfoDay #Archives
Collage of 32 images from archives and rare books held in Special Collections
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yom Kippur was observed last Sunday and Monday, so we share the cover of a Yom Kippur sermon given by Rabbi Raymond Apple in 1972, from the archives of Rabbi Abraham Levy buff.ly/AlW9WER @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @cjewishhistory.bsky.social
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https://archives.soton.ac.uk/records/MS441/A4296/1/5
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sukkot is a week-long harvest festival which also commemorates the Israelites' 40 years wandering in the wilderness. Households build sukkahs, three-walled shelters with a view of the sky, and many will eat their meals in them throughout the week. #JewishFestivals #Archives #HighHolyDays
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Chag Sukkot Sameach 🎉 Sukkot begins at sunset tonight. This photograph from @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social shows children at the Jewish orphanage at Norwood, seated at the table in their sukkah around 1955-58. Read more about the orphanage here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/stories/sukk... #Sukkot
A group of children sat around a table with two adults all raising a glass.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Find out more about him at the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum website here: benuri.org/artists/165-... 📷 'In the Synagogue' by Alfred Wolmark, 1906, Oil on canvas, Ben Uri Collection 2013-01 (c) The Estate of Alfred Wolmark
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Alfred Wolmark - Overview
Aaron Wolmark was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland on 28 December 1877, and moved to England with his family in 1883, first to Devon and then to the East End of London. He trained at the Ro...
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Aaron Wolmark was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1877, and moved to England with his family in 1883. He added 'Alfred' to his name while he was studying at the Royal Academy. Wolmark was a pioneer for being an early modernist and for his portrayals of the Jewish community in London’s East End.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Although it is a day of fasting, repentance and self-examination, it is not a sad day. Five prayers from the Machzor are recited over 26 hours in synagogues across the world.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
G’mar Chatima Tova 🔯 At sundown on Sunday, Jewish communities begin marking Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. This painting, titled 'In the Synagogue' is by Alfred Wolmark, is in the collections at Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. #YomKippur #JewishArt #HighFestivals
A painting of a man wearing a tallit crouched in a synagogue.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was used to "blow in" the New Year at the Great Synagogue of London. The synagogue was destroyed by bombing during World War 2. Find out more about it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/18...
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18th Century Shofar - Celebrating jewish archives
Engraved Shofar • Jewish Museum London
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This 18th-century shofar is from @jewishmuseumldn.bsky.social. The engraving reads “Blow the horn on the new moon, at the beginning of the month for our day of festival; or it is a statute for Israel, a decree of the God of Jacob” 📷 Engraved Shofar • Jewish Museum London
A shofar horn with intricate engraving including Hebrew.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shanah Tovah 🎉 At sundown, Jewish communities will celebrate the beginning of year 5787. In this blog, the Board of Deputies of British Jews spoke about a treasure trove of Rosh Hashanah postcards found in a house. Read it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/rosh-ha... #RoshHashanah #Archives
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Rosh Hashanah Postcards - Celebrating jewish archives
Dawn Waterman on Yiddish New Year postcards
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join our Collections Team as a part-time Digitisation Officer! The job is now live on @araukie.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️
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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Work to upgrade the list and packaging for the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund is unearthing some interesting qualifications. Benin Rozentraub (Ben Ross), a brewer born in Kalisz, had studied at the "Institute of Fermentation", Brussels. He was granted naturalization in 1949 @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
Polish Jewish Refugee Fund application form with typed questions and dotted answer lines, partially completed in blue ink showing a handwritten birthplace and address, a date and case number in the top right, and an applicant signature near the bottom.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yesterday, Sunday 6 September, marked the beginning of AEPJ (The European Association for the Preservation and Promotion of Jewish Culture and Heritage) European Days of Jewish Culture. You can find out more about all the activities here: old.jewisheritage.org/edjc/europea...
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European Days of Jewish Culture 2026: LOVE - European Jewish Heritage
The fundamental objective of the European Days of Jewish Culture is to highlight the diversity and richness of Judaism and its local, regional and national historical importance, with the firm intention of promoting dialogue, recognition and exchange through conferences, concerts, performances, guided tours and other activities, which take place simultaneously throughout the continent.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The National Archives & @araukie.bsky.social are seeking three consultants or freelancers to each deliver a 90-minute workshop at the Leadership for recordkeepers summit on Wednesday 4 November. Find out more and apply by Friday 18 September: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
20-30 people are sat on rows of chairs watching a panel of four people sat at a table. They are in a white and blue conference room.
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Joseph Ibn Hayyim marks the beginning of Torah Portion Nitzavim (נִצָּבִים) with this creature. #ParashahPictures Bodleian Library, MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.115v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Read about how the Lily Montagu Reading Room came about and Cassy's favourite collections in the library in our Archivist in the Spotlight here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi...
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Archivist in the Spotlight: Building a New Home for Jewish Learning with Cassy Sachar - Celebrating jewish archives
In the fourth part of our ongoing Archivist in the Spotlight series shining a light on the people preserving, sharing, and celebrating […]
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Among the students returning to studies this week are those at @leobaeckcollege.bsky.social. 2026/2027 marks the 70th anniversary for the college and, back in March, we were lucky enough to visit their new reading room that the students can use, with Senior Librarian Cassy Sacher. #BackToSchool
Interior of the Lily Montagu Reading Room showing simple stained glass windows and a student working at a computer.
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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@biajs.bsky.social @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social @mirierubin.bsky.social @seethetreasures.bsky.social
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Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our Snapshot, “The Wait and the Fight: Creation of the Jewish Brigade, 1939–1944”, traces the long campaign by the Yishuv to fight Nazi Germany under a distinct Jewish flag and the eventual formation of the Jewish Brigade Group in 1944. Read the full Snapshot: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/sna...
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Called by the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and two smaller pressers’ and machinists’ unions, they were protesting the sweated conditions of the Jewish immigrants in small tailoring workshops in Whitechapel. Leaflets were printed in English and Yiddish. By September, 10,000 workers were on strike.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
On 27th August 1889, the Great Tailor’s Strike began. This balance sheet comes from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and shows contributions and expenses for the strike fund. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/gr... #Archives #WorkingClassHistory #JewishHistory
A balance sheet showing the income and expenditure of the Great Strike of East London Tailors.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“Beautiful Bunce Court. Oh, it was beautiful there!” In 1939, Ruth Danson came to Britain with her parents to escape Nazi persecution. After her parents were interned, Ruth was sent to Bunce Court School in Kent. Find out more here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/treasures/ru... #Archives
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Ruth Danson in the bluebell woods of Bunce Court School - Celebrating jewish archives
Ruth Danson & friends in the bluebell woods, 1939 • AJR Refugee Voices Archive
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
By the end of August 1944, around one third of the 5.7m forced labourers in the Greater Reich were women. The majority of female forced labourers came from Eastern Europe. This series of photos was taken in Kaunitz following an evacuation march when the camp was liberated by American troops.
Older woman in a headscarf embraces a teenage girl, both facing the camera with quiet, serious expressions in a close-up black-and-white portrait.Three women stand with their backs to the camera wearing coats marked with large white painted crosses down the backSix women stand close together, several holding small pieces of bread, wearing coats and headscarves with solemn expressionsFour women gathered at a doorway
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Find out more about all our members here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/the-archives/
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The Archives - Celebrating jewish archives
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Royal Society @royalsociety.org is a Fellowship of scientists from around the world. There have been Fellows with Jewish heritage since the election of Isaac de Sequeira Samuda in 1723, and they hold manuscripts and archives about many of them: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/the...
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The Royal Society - Celebrating jewish archives
The Royal Society holds archives and manuscripts of eminent scientists, including Jewish Fellows.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Specialist holdings include the Colyer-Fergusson, Hyamson, Ronald D’Arcy Hart and Isobel Mordy collections, which preserve extensive pedigrees, synagogue record extracts, newspaper cuttings, research notes and family files documenting Anglo-Jewish families from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social hold over 700 special and small research collections, many relating to personal research and one-name studies. There are significant resources for Jewish family history: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/soc... #FamilyHistory
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Society of Genealogists - Celebrating jewish archives
The Society of Genealogists (SoG) has built an extensive archive over more than a century through donations and bequests, preserving the lifetime […]
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Among their collections are papers from Sir Victor Gollancz (1893-1967), publisher and humanitarian campaigner; Aaron Rapoport Rollin (1885-1972), trade unionist and Jewish activist; and William Wess (1861-1946), trade unionist, socialist and Jewish activist.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Welcome to Hidden Treasures 👋 We've had three new members recently: Modern Records Centre @mrcwarwick.bsky.social at the University of Warwick is an archive covering social, economic and political history: celebratingjewisharchives.org/archives/mod... #Archives #JewishHistory
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick - Celebrating jewish archives
The Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick is an archive covering social, economic and political history. Archive Description Founded in […]
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A cockerel wakes us all up at the beginning of Torah portion Ki Teitsei (כִּי-תֵצֵא). #parashahpictures BL Add 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; France, N; f.105r @blmedieval.bsky.social
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣Last chance to apply! An EHRI Transnational Workshop is taking this December at the Library. The call for applications for the workshop - Documentation as Resistance: Methodologies for Reconstructing Early Postwar Transnational Jewish Knowledge Networks - closes on 24 August buff.ly/zUyE7d6
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Revisit our first Archivist in the Spotlight from last year with Frankie Drummond Charig from Sheffield Libraries, Archives & Information about her work cataloging Sheffield Jewish Community Archives. Find out more and read the blog here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/archivi... #Archives
White writing on black that quotes Frankie Drummond Charig saying "That's the magic of archival work, it layers history onto the everyday"
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Jewish Historical Society of England @jewishhistorical.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/Amy-... The archive of 19th-century writer and poet Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social
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Sequel to a Reminiscence
The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you've never visited before, our Tuesday Tours are the perfect chance for a behind the scenes look in our archive, a guided tour of the current exhibition, and the chance to see our Reading Room. There's no need to book, simply turn up in time for a 2pm start every Tuesday afternoon!
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Holocaust Centre North @holocaustnorth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We are excited to share some photos from the first couple of months of our fourth Memorial Gestures residency programme. Sessions introduced artists to Holocaust Historiography, oral testimony methodologies, and ethical questions surrounding Holocaust commemoration and education.
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Hidden Treasures @seethetreasures.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
15th August 1885 was the day Montague Maurice Burton was born. At just 19, he opened his first shop and Burton's became a high street name. Find out more about Burton's life and legacy in this blog by Nigel Grizzard from 2020: celebratingjewisharchives.org/blog/clothin... #JewishHistory
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Clothing to Corona: the Life and Legacy of Sir Montague Burton of Leeds - Celebrating jewish archives
A giant of industry, welfare and charity knighted by the Queen.
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