Yorkshire Jewish Heritage Tours

Yorkshire Jewish Heritage Tours Our page is about Jewish Heritage Walks in Yorkshire organised and guided by Nigel Grizzard.

We walk in Bradford, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Ilkley, Saltaire and Leeds

Aline Russell came down from Scotland with her husband to walk in the footsteps of her great grandfather Victor Edelstei...
02/02/2025

Aline Russell came down from Scotland with her husband to walk in the footsteps of her great grandfather Victor Edelstein who had come to Bradford in 1870 from Germany. Victor was a stuff merchant dealing in wool and was also the German Consul in the City when Bradford was the Wool Capital of the World. Victor's life in Bradford started staying at the Great Victoria Hotel along with a number of other German Jewish Merchants before he moved to Oaklands a villa in Manningham. The picture is taken in the Great Victoria Hotel where there are wonderful pictures of Bradford's past. Victor was in partnership with the 'Grand Philanthropist' Jacob Moser who funded the Hertzl Moser Jewish Hospital in Leeds and the Herzliya Gymnasia in Tel Aviv.

To start the year off we had a Heritage Walk around Little Germany and the City Centre on Sunday morning January 12th. E...
12/01/2025

To start the year off we had a Heritage Walk around Little Germany and the City Centre on Sunday morning January 12th. Even though there was snow on the ground we had a great morning walk for a group of friends from Burley-in-Wharfedale. We'll be walking again throughout the year and the walks offered include Little Germany, the Bradford City Centre, Bradford's Jewish Heritage Trail, Lister Park and the Merchant's Villas, the Mills of Saltaire along the Leeds Liverpool Canal. If you have a group and want your own tour, please pm. I'm looking forward to meeting friends old and new this year. Nigel Grizzard

Bradford 2025 started with 2 wonderful events this weekend in City Park. We were there on Saturday night along with 10,0...
12/01/2025

Bradford 2025 started with 2 wonderful events this weekend in City Park. We were there on Saturday night along with 10,000 plus people to enjoy the magician Steven Frayne (formerly known as Dynamo). It may have been a bit cold but the organisation the atmosphere was excellent and after a hot coffee at the end I felt warmed up. I'm running a whole programme of walks in and around Bradford and Saltaire so if you want to organise a group walk for you and your friends please pm me.

Adam Gefen was awarded a scholarship by the Jewish Historical Society of England for his Ph.D thesis on the 'Yiddishe Su...
09/01/2025

Adam Gefen was awarded a scholarship by the Jewish Historical Society of England for his Ph.D thesis on the 'Yiddishe Suit'. He came to Leeds this week to research and see what is left of the Tailoring Industry. Even though the weather was rough I was able to take him on a tour yesterday to see some of the remaining memories. Adam hopes to come back when the weather is better to talk to people who worked in the Industry. The picture shows Adam getting some practical experience on the sewing machine in Grand Arcade.

25/06/2024

Does anyone know how much it costs to post a regular letter internally in Israel in shekels from one Israeli address to another.

West London Synagogue came to York for a tour - we visited Clifford’s Tower and lit a yahrtzeit candle, we walked the ci...
24/06/2024

West London Synagogue came to York for a tour - we visited Clifford’s Tower and lit a yahrtzeit candle, we walked the city walls and visited the site of the former orthodox synagogue that closed in the 1970s.

Great walk today in Bradford’s Little Germany with members of the Leeds Philatelic Society. We found this community gard...
18/06/2024

Great walk today in Bradford’s Little Germany with members of the Leeds Philatelic Society. We found this community garden in the grounds of Merchants House - a welcome piece of green in the area.

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