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Communities
On this page, you can find links to our various outputs on some of the historic Jewish communities of Wales. It is a work in progress and will be added to as we create and post new material, so check back now and then!
North Wales
North West Wales
The Jewish Heritage of North West Wales [exhibition]
Abergele
Abergele Heritage Trail [page]
JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]
Bangor
Wartski Trail [page]
JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]
Llandudno
Llandudno's Jewish Heritage [exhibition]
JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]
South Wales
South Wales
The Records and Testimonies of the South Wales Jewish Communities [exhibition]
Aberdare
The Jewish Community in Aberdare: Then and Now [blog]

A Walking Tour of Aberdare's Jewish History [external site]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Jews in the Cynon Valley 1857 - 1957 [slideshow, no audio]

Discovering the Jewish Community in and Around Aberdare [slidehow, no audio]

Cynon Valley Museum & What We Found There [blog]
Tea for Two [blog]
Volunteering with JHASW [blog]
Abertillery
Abertillery Jewish Community [external site, video]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Bargoed
Bargoed Jewish Community [external site, video]

JHAW/CHAC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Brynmawr
Brynmawr Jewish Community [external site, video]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Volunteering with JHASW [blog]
Caerphilly
Caerphilly Jewish Community [external site, video]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Cardiff
Cardiff Jewish Heritage Trail [trail]
Llanelli
Llanelli Synagogue [trail entry]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Merthyr Tydfil

"There's a Dragon on the Roof!": the story of Merthyr's unique synagogue [slideshow, no audio]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Neath
Neath Synagogue [trail entry]
Newport
Newport Hebrew Congregation [talk]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Pontypridd

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Port Talbot
Port Talbot Synagogue [trail entry]
The Great War Memorial [trail entry]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Swansea
Swansea and District Jewish Heritage Trail [trail]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Treforest Industrial (Trading) Estate
Punch and Die [page]
Paper, Paint and Leather: Post-war Jewish businesses on the Treforest Industrial Estate [external site, video]
'Entered into rest far from his native land': The story of Erwin Altschul and Western Gloves [blog]
Escape from the Holocaust [slideshow, no audio]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Treorchy
The Jewish Community in Treorchy [external site, video]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

Vale of Glamorgan
Jewish Communities in the Vale of Glamorgan [external site, video]

JHAW/CHIC material on People's Collection Wales [external site]

For further information on Jewish communities in Wales, past and present, visit Jewish Communities and Records - UK

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