Yorkshire Jewish Heritage Tours

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.

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.

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.

01/03/2024

Great walk, Thursday Feb 29th with a ‘group of friends’ who came from London to visit Yorkshire. The spiral staircase is inside the Law Russell Building in Bradford’s Little Germany and the group photo is outside the Midland Hotel where everyone stayed.

23/02/2024

Great walk today with Nigel and his Dad, who came back to Bradford from Ireland for a trip down memory lane. the picture is outside the building in Duke Street where he worked for 6 months in the 1960s selling wool to be used by Bradford's woolmen.

02/10/2023

On Sunday October 15th at 11.00 we're walking in Bradford. There's an opportunity to visit the historic Bradford Synagogue in Bowland Street, see the Kindertransport Hostel,

see the historic homes of the nineteenth century Jewish Merchants and much more!

If you'd like to join us please book on the Eventbrite link below.

If you've been on our walk and have friends who may be interested please forward the email to them.

With best wishes,

Nigel Grizzard

A visit to the Bradford Synagogue and a Jewish Heritage Walk around Manningham - Part of the B'nai B'rith European Days of Jewish Culture.

10/05/2023

Ken Drabinsky came to Leeds from Calgary Canada on a roots trip. He tried his hand at tailoring before going on to the Polish Club to prepare him for the next stage of his journey to Poland. We had a great morning visiting Jewish sites past and present in Leeds.

28/03/2023

Two great tours today - Diller fellows from Israel saw Jewish Leeds - thanks to Carole Adams and the Sinai for our visit and answering the groups many questions. Then to Bradford to meet Victor Edelstein’s great grand-daughter for a roots tour. We visited Merchants House where the family business was based, the Bradford Synagogue, the Wool Exchange and Oak Avenue where Victor lived.

11/09/2022

If you're interested in having a group walk in Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Ilkley or Saltaire focussing on the Jewish and wider heritage - message me.

11/09/2022

When you've tired of walking it is time for a Bar and Bagels in Kirkgate!

11/09/2022

There's a map in Briggate of Leeds in the 1850's that shows the first synagogue in Back Rockingham Street.

11/09/2022

On our walk today our walkers in Turks Head Yard, Leeds

11/09/2022

We had another great walk this morning in Leeds City Centre - pictured is Isaac Dewhirst's warehouse - he was the early supplier for Michael Marks of M & S fame.

08/09/2022

Just a reminder we're walking on Sunday Morning September 11th in the centre of Leeds in the 'Footsteps of Phineas Abrahams' - if you want to come please use the Eventbrite link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-footsteps-of-phineas-abrahams-a-jeweller-in-leeds-1825-1835-tickets-338989555887

04/09/2022

We had a great walk in Bradford today, in the Footsteps of Jacob Unna, a founder of Bradford's Chamber of Commerce, a Worshipful Master of the Harmony Lodge and a key player in the life of Victorian Bradford. We managed over 10,000 steps in the walk, good for the heart and good for the soul. Our picture is of our walkers by Unna's plaque in the Bradford Synagogue.

02/09/2022

Just a quick reminder we're walking on Sunday in Bradford, visiting Little Germany, the Wool Exchange and the Bradford Synagogue. The walk starts at 11.00. If you're interested there are still some places book online via the Eventbrite link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-footsteps-of-jacob-unna-a-leader-of-bradford-in-the-19th-century-tickets-338966346467

02/09/2022

The Worshipful Company of Woolmen - the City of London's oldest Livery Guild came to visit today. They saw industrial processes in action and visited the Cathedral, the Central Mosque and the Bradford Synagogue where this photo was taken. By all accounts they had a great day in the City.

23/08/2022

Barney Fyman originally from New York City came to Leeds to trace his family’s roots. Here he is trying his hand at the traditional Jewish trade of the men’s garment industry.

11/07/2022

The Doors of Bradford - Leeds University brought an international student group to Bradford today - they are all pictured outside one of the City’s famous doors.

03/07/2022

A temporary Police Station for Netflix and Walking down a snicket/ginnel/ alleyway for the Bradford Literary Festival. Great participants on a great walk in Little Germany.

29/06/2022

Jennifer and her family came from Maryland on a Roots Tour. We visited Mill Hill in Leeds and Hodgson Fold in Bradford and had a great day exploring where her in West Yorkshire her family lived in the nineteenth century before emigrating to the USA. We also stopped off at the Leeds Corn Exchange.

16/06/2022

Sue came from Ipswich today to trace the story of her great grandfather Siegmund Gottschalck who came from Hanover to Bradford in the 1860s. She is pictured outside the Bradford Club with her husband, where no doubt her great grandfather enjoyed the long lunches of Bradford's Victorian Business Elite!

Roots tours are very popular both in Bradford and Leeds so if you want to walk in your ancestor's footsteps please contact me.

16/06/2022

Little Germany in Bradford was busy today, they're filming for Netflix, our picture shows windows taped up and behind the van is a sign for an air raid shelter - must be something to do with WW2.

12/06/2022

Pictures from our walk! We were in and around the New Briggate Heritage Area in Leeds.

12/06/2022

Great walk around the New Briggate Heritage Area today - lots of participants and lots of stories - we also found a suitcase which delighted one of our walkers!

26/05/2022

Another great tour of Little Germany and the Bradford City Centre with colleagues from Retired NALGO ( now Unison) Members. We had a great time and relived memories of the ‘good years’ of Bradford Met.

23/05/2022

Jacob Arnold Unna born Hamburg 1800 died Bradford 1881 was the grand old man of Bradford Jewry. He laid the foundation stone of the Bradford Synagogue in 1880, the plaque is shown, he lived at 2 Eldon Place and is buried at Scholemoor and was the Worshipful Master of the Harmony Lodge in Bradford- the photos are of his descendants visiting key family sites.

23/05/2022

This Police Station has just appeared in Little Germany Bradford - it may not be there for long - as it is part of a film set.

23/05/2022

A great walk today with a friends group who met at University and meet each year for a 3 day get together. We did a Bradford City Centre and Little Germany walk together.

19/05/2022

In Djerba courtesy of the Tunisian Tourist Office, lots to do and see especially El Ghriba the Lag B’omer Celebrations.