Tag: History

Shalom Sussex Symposium

To mark the end of the Centenary of the First World War, between March 2019-March 2020, this project is enabling people in Sussex to come together to preserve the memories and heritage of the Jewish people who lived locally during and post the First World War to collect these hidden histories.

http://shalomsussex.co.uk/

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Shalom Sussex- The Jewish Community in WWI

Shalom Sussex- The Jewish Community in WWI

We’ve researching hard with our newest project, Shalom Sussex – The Jewish Community in WWI.

In the coming weeks, we will be visiting The Keep archive, West Sussex Record Office and the National Archives to try to build a picture of life for Jewish people in Sussex during the First World War.

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Get in touch!

To keep up to date with Strike a Light’s free activities:
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Twitter @strikealight
Email: strikealight@rocketmail.com
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or drop in to our venue – Studio 8, Open Market, Marshalls Row, Brighton BN1 4JU.

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Feature in Jewish Care magazine

Strike a Light was mentioned in a recent edition of care home Hyman Fine House in-house magazine about our Mazel Tov Brighton project.
The project celebrated links between Judaism and Brighton and Hove lives with residents of the Jewish Care charity run home Hyman Fine House. You can read the full magazine here!

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