November 2024
Return from Hannover
Birthday Time
Shopping at Sainsburys
A walk at Norton Common
Spirella
Armistice Day
A final walk around town
On the long way home from Hitchin
From Heathrow via Singapore to Perth
Back in Perth
Letchworth to Perth
London
17 October 2024
Letchworth to Kings Cross London
Covent Garden
The Adelphi Theatre
Embankment
South Bank
Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge – Wikipedia
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side.
Walk up Whitehall to Trafalgar Square
Whitehall – Wikipedia
This article is about the street in London. For the street in Manhattan, see Whitehall Street.
18 October 2024
Kings Cross London
The Changing of the Guard – Buckingham Palace
.jpeg/1200px-The_Queen_S_Guards_(74544105).jpeg)
Walk through to Piccadilly
Fortnum & Mason
Piccadilly – Carnaby Street – Soho
West End of London – Wikipedia
This article is about part of London, England. For the western part of London, see West London.
Tube to Edgeware
With Binnie
A Day In Ely
With cousins Ruth & Robert
14 October 2024
Goodbye to niece Natalie – see you next time!
The train to Ely – change in Cambridge. Met by cousins Ruth and Robert
Ely, Cambridgeshire – Wikipedia
Ely ( EE-lee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district, in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Cambridge, 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Peterborough and 80 miles (130 km) from London. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 19,200.[2] The parish which includes the villages of Chettisham, Prickwillow, Queen Adelaide and Stuntney and the hamlet of Mile End had a population of 20,574 in 2021.[3]
The walk to Ely Gothic Cathedral
Inside the Cathedral
The area around the cathedral
Oliver Cromwell’s House
A walk around the town
RBK at the Riverside
Riverside Bar & Kitchen | Food & Drink Ely, Cambridgeshire
RBK is a stunning Bar & Kitchen based on Riverside walk. Fresh exciting dining and handcrafted cocktails, with views along the riverside.
Waterside Antique store
Waterside Antiques, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Large selection of antiques and collectables
Waterside Antiques, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Large selection of antiques and collectables
Back to the train station & Letchworth
Met by Dean
London
9 – 13 October 2024
West Harrow to Baker Street
With Geraldine and Ronnie
Oxford Street – Selfridges
.jpg/1200px-Selfridges_Department_Store%2C_Oxford_Street%2C_London_(8475114987).jpg)
Regent Street
Hamleys
With Geraldine & Laura
Russell Square
The British Museum
The Oldest Chess Set at the Museum
The Rosetta Stone
The Egyptian gallery
.jpg/1200px-British_Museum_(aerial).jpg)
SOAS University of London reception
SOAS University of London – Wikipedia
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; )[5] is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area of central London.
Abbey Road St Johns Wood
Around the West End
The British Library
British Library – Wikipedia
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.[7] It is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million[1][2][3][4] items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the United Kingdom. The Library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Meeting niece Natalie at St Pancras Station
Manchester
Arrival from Glasgow
Manchester – Wikipedia
Manchester ()[6][7] is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022.[4] Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million.[8] It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury and Salford.
Jewish Manchester
The Manchester Jewish Community Centre
Manchester Jewish Community Centre provides religious services, educational institutions and leisure facilities, including a swimming pool.
The Manchester Jewish Museum
.jpg)
Old Sephardic Synagogue in the Museum
To Trafford Wharfside
.jpg/1200px-Manchester_United_Panorama_(8051523746).jpg)
IWM North
Imperial War Museum North – Wikipedia
Imperial War Museum North (sometimes referred to as IWM North) is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. It is the first branch of the Imperial War Museum to be located in the north of England. The museum occupies a site overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal on Trafford Wharf Road,[2] Trafford Park, an area which during World War II was a key industrial centre and consequently heavily bombed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940.[3] The area is now home to the Lowry cultural centre and the MediaCityUK development, which stand opposite the museum at Salford Quays.
Manchester Wharfside
To Piccadilly Station
Manchester Piccadilly station – Wikipedia
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. Opened originally as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of the city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth; regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York; and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms: 12 terminal and two through platforms (numbers 13 and 14). Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Train to London & West Harrow
Scotland
Luton Airport to Glasgow
.jpg)
Glasgow
Our hosts, Shula & Philip Spain
Train to Ayr
_-_Ayr_river_bridges_and_Town_Hall_spire.jpg/1200px-(NS3322)_-_Ayr_river_bridges_and_Town_Hall_spire.jpg)
Meeting David Sim
A drive around Ayr
Meeting Dorrith Sim’s family
Train to Edinburgh
Edinburgh – Wikipedia
Edinburgh (, ED-in-bər-ə;[3][4][5] Scots: [ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [t̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in 2020,[6] making it the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.[7]
Edinburgh Royal Mile
St Giles Cathedral
More Royal Mile
Edinburgh Castle
The National Gallery
Scottish National Gallery – Wikipedia
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.[2]
The Walter Scott Memorial
Scott Monument – Wikipedia
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.[1] It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners building on Princes Street and near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott’s Waverley novels.
Back to Glasgow
Sharmanka
GarnetHill Synagogue
Garnethill Synagogue – Wikipedia
The Garnethill Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogues located in Garnethill, Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Completed in 1881, the historic synagogue is considered the ‘cathedral synagogue’ of Scotland.[1]
The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
Scottish Jewish Archives Centre – Wikipedia
The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre (SJAC) is the largest repository of items relating to Jewish migration to Scotland and life in Scotland.[1] It aims to document and illustrate the religious, organisational, social, economic, political, cultural and family life of Jews in Scotland from the 18th century to the present-day in order to heighten awareness – and to stimulate study of – the country’s Jewish heritage.[2][3]
Leaving Garnethill
To Kelvingrove
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
.jpg/1200px-Glasgow%2C_Kelvingrove_Gallery_(38560538976).jpg)
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – Wikipedia
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland’s most popular museums and free visitor attractions.[2]
Train to Manchester
Kassel Germany has a Lesson for Us!
By Eli and Jill Rabinowitz
Perth Australia
13 December 2024
Burning The Synagogue
Australians Jill and Eli Rabinowitz visited the site of the Great Synagogue of Kassel Germany in November 2024, where 86 years ago, on 7 November 1938, Kristallnacht, known as Pogromnacht in Germany, began.
Translation of this plaque
The Synagogue
This is where the Great Synagogue of the Kassel Jewish community stood, completed in 1839 and having 2,301 members in May 1933.
Many had already fled when, on 7 November 1938, activists from the Nazi Party broke into the synagogue and broke open the Torah shrine, setting fire to prayer scrolls and cult objects.
The city administration immediately demolished the intact building in order to build a parking lot there. The community was broken up.
The current synagogue was completed in 2000
With Rabbi Shaul Nekrich of Kassel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassel_Synagogue
The Holocaust memorial at the Railway Station
The Rail Track of Remembrance
The information board
More info:
http://www.dasdenkmaldergrauenbusse.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=2
The Stolpersteine for the Oppenheim family in Kassel
Trude and Hans Oppenheim were deported and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. Daughter Dorrith escaped on the Kindertransport to Scotland in July 1939.
https://www.stolpersteine.eu/en/home
The Jewish Community Centre in Kassel
The Arolsen Archives
https://arolsen-archives.org/en
Meeting Julia and Beate in Hofgeismar
The German language book – In Meiner Tasche
In My Pocket Project educates Australian school children of all backgrounds
Jill and Eli Rabinowitz with Tanja Colgan, German teacher Goethe Institute
The Project is a two-hour workshop of a book reading with a creative art activity for upper primary classrooms (Years 5 and 6). The story links with HASS units on civics, migration and refugees. Intercurricular learning opportunities promote values of empathy, kindness and inclusivity in the multicultural classroom.
This project is a stepping stone to the study of the Holocaust, refugees and anti semitism in high school. The project is unique at the primary school level.
The WE ARE HERE! Foundation provides the calico pockets, art materials and paints together with a free mini copy of In My Pocket for each student.
In My Pocket is Dorrith Sim’s true account of her escape from danger on the Kindertransport.
The Project is supported by the German Embassy in Canberra and the German Hon Consul in WA.
The German version of the book, In Meiner Tasche, is promoted by the Goethe Institute in Australia.
Zoom/Teams training is available for teachers.
The project was first launched at Jewish Day schools around Australia and South Africa in 2023/4. Since then, it has been successfully extended to state, private, Catholic and Independent schools as well as to public libraries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindertransport
Liverpool Street Station
Hannah Devenney at the Imperial War Museum, London
On way to UK
London 4 August
East End London - Google Search
The East End lies east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames. Aldgate Pump on the edge of the City is regarded as…
Liverpool Street Station Kindertransport - Google Search
Kindertransport – The Arrival is an outdoor bronze memorial sculpture by Frank Meisler, located in the forecourt of Liverpool Street station in London,…
Spitalfields - Google Search
Spitalfields Market is the 1-stop destination for food, fashion, art, music, events in East London. Discover Spitalfields today and join our community!
Jewish East End of London Brune Street Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor
London’s East End Synagogues, cemeteries and more...…
Bevis Marks Synagogue - Google Search
Bevis Marks is the oldest and most splendid Synagogue in Great Britain. Arrange a visit now for yourself, friends, family school or group. Find out more. Events.
Sandy Row Synagogue - Google Search
Members and non-members are welcome to attend High Holy Days at Sandys Row. Mincha services Monday to Thursday inclusive. Beginning at…
Edgware - Google Search
Edgware is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with some parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow…
Binnie, Hylton & Karen
London IAJGS Conference 2023
30 July – 3 August 2023
Sunday 30 July
The Park Plaza – IAJGS Conference. First In-Person meeting in 4 years!
IAJGS Directors’ Board Meeting
Some veterans
At the end of the first day!
Back to Northwick Park
Monday 31 July – Day 2
With Geraldine Auerbach at Northwick Park Tube Station. On our way to the IAJGS conference
At the conference
Presentations
Our CHOL presentation
The Presentation
On our way home!
Monday 1 August – Day 2
Meryl Frank’s presentation
My second presentation
Resources for the presentation:
Meeting Stephen Smith & Bea Lewkowicz
Perth March 2014:
Today in Perth started off with morning tea at the State Library of Western Australia with my mining experts, historian Lenore Layman, Richard Hartley (who just completed “Westralian Founders of 20th Century Mining,”) and Peta Chappelle, whose PhD thesis on “Merton’s Reward” explored the involvement of Charles Kaufman (Ken’s Baden-born great great uncle) in the Western Australian mining boom in the 1890s. They brought me the kinds of goodies genealogists love & suggested new avenues of research. Thanks to Michelle Urban from the local JGS for arranging this & providing lunch with the effervescent Eli Rabinowitz followed by a tour of Perth.
Tuesday 2 August – Day 3
Crossing Westminster Bridge
Meeting Laura Konviser
Enjoying the London weather!
The 4th and final day – 3 August
The Imperial War Museum, Lambeth
Back to the Park Plaza for the end of the conference
Back to Northwick Park
