Foundation Trustee Esther Robinson Wild, Chief Executive Michael Mail and Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue Steering Committee member Adam Hitchings all attended the recent Heritage Trust Network conference held in Caernarfon in … Read more
Foundation Chief Executive Michael Mail visited the Manchester Jewish Museum which recently completed a £6 million redevelopment mainly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. MJM is housed in the … Read more
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The Trustees of the Foundation for Jewish Heritage share in the deep sorrow being felt across the United Kingdom, and indeed across the globe, on the passing of Her Majesty … Read more
Foundation Chief Executive Michael Mail recently visited Leicester Synagogue, built in 1897, to learn about the recently launched National Lottery Heritage Fund supported project based there. The project is entitled ‘Sharing … Read more
Foundation Chief Executive Michael Mail accompanied Rabbi Fine, son of Merthyr’s last Rabbi, and Adrian Jacobs, grandson of community leader and local solicitor Ben Hamilton, on a return visit to … Read more
Foundation Chief Executive, Michael Mail met with Geraint Thomas, leader of the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. They had a very productive meeting discussing various aspects of the synagogue project … Read more
Following the success of the National Lottery Heritage Fund submission, ITV Wales returned to Merthyr Tydfil to do another feature on the synagogue project and the vision to turn it … Read more
Foundation Trustee Esther Robinson Wild, Chief Executive Michael Mail, and Conservation Architect Ashley Davies met in Merthyr with Rebecca Ball, Stephen Barlow and Paul Mercer from the National Lottery Heritage … Read more
Dawn Bowden, Member of the Senedd (Welsh Assembly) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport in the Welsh government, has produced a short video highlighting … Read more