Manchester Jewish Museum

Manchester Jewish Museum Marks Holocaust Memorial Day with Community Art “For A Better Future”.

Manchester Jewish Museum is set to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 with a special Museum Open Day, celebrating a unique collaboration with the Iziko Next Gen Homework Club, which works in partnership with NTCG Faith Tabernacle in Cheetham Hill.

Our Chanukah Appeal: Help Us Make A Difference!

The entire museum team wishes you and your families a peaceful holiday season and a joyous Chanukah, filled with light and love. Your support over the past year has been more important than ever.

Manchester Jewish Museum invite their audiences to “The Table”, an evening culinary experience, inspired by Jewish migration

On the evening of Thursday, 5 December, Manchester Jewish Museum invites all food lovers and culture enthusiasts to embark on a one-of-a-kind culinary journey with “The Table”, an intimate evening dining event that promises to tantalise the tastebuds and ignite the imagination.

“My aim in music is to connect people and share a frequency that brings them together” – interview with Irit Dekel

On Thursday, 31 October, the museum will welcome Irit Dekel, a talented singer-songwriter whose gentle music spans various eclectic genres, from folky jazz to indie alternative. In this interview we talked about what inspires Dekel to write and compose and what we can expect from her upcoming show as part of Synagogue Nights.

Theatre, Ladino and Hassidic Melodies. Synagogue Nights return this Autumn with an exciting programme of events

We are excited to announce our 2024 programme of our audiences’ much-loved Synagogue Nights: a series of intimate performances in our 150-year old former Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Starting this October, you can see theatre shows and live music, with shows celebrating Jewish art in all its diversity.

Curator and Deputy Chief Executive Alex Cropper to hand over Manchester Jewish Museum’s collection for the next part of its journey

After 16 years of taking care of the museum’s vast collection and being a custodian of their 150-year old Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, Manchester Jewish Museum Curator and Deputy Chief Executive Alex Cropper will hand over to Josh Jones to continue documenting the stories of Manchester’s Jewish communities.

“With this album I celebrate women and mothers, the real creators of life!” – Interview with Noga Ritter ahead of her concert at Manchester Jewish Museum

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, 10 March, Manchester Jewish Museum will welcome Noga Ritter, an Israel-born, London-based eclectic singer-songwriter, for a performance in the museum’s 150-year-old Spanish & Portuguese synagogue. Noga’s new album “Ima” (Hebrew for “mother”) is her debut solo album, dedicated to the artist’s mother, “a healer, mover and true artist”.