JHAW/CHIC Talks
Part of our remit is to raise awareness amongst the general public of the historic Jewish communities in south Wales, and as part of our first project ‘The Records and Testimonies of the South Wales Jewish Communities’, we delivered 22 talks in local libraries, archives and museums throughout the area. The topics included: the architecture of the south Wales synagogues; oral histories; personal experience and stories of being Jewish in south Wales; amateur theatre; Cardiff Reform Synagogue Ladies’ Guild, Pencare - Jewish home for elderly; escaping the Holocaust; and Treforest Industrial Estate. In total, 705 people attended the talks.
In othe project, ‘Framing Jewish Histories’, we worked in partnership with the museums of Rhondda Cynon Taf (Pontypridd Museum, Rhondda Heritage Park, and Cynon Valley Museum). The first two presentations below were created as part of a talk given at the Open Day in Cynon Valley Museum on 29 February 2020.
The four presentations below are slides only, with no commentary.
On our YouTube Channel
Not Just Names: An event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
The Life and Times of an Eccentric Welsh Jewish Atheist
Paper, Paint and Leather: Post-war Jewish Businesses on the Treforest Industrial Estate
Voices Through Time: Fifty Years of Jewish Oral Histories
The Jewish Community in Treorchy
Jewish Communities in the Vale of Glamorgan
"There's a Dragon on the Roof!": the story of Merthyr's unique synagogue
Jews in the Cynon Valley 1857 - 1957
'Jews in the Cynon Valley 1857 - 1957' was created by Geoff Evans, a JHAW/CHIC volunteer-based at Cynon Valley Museum, and gives an overview of the Jewish community in the area.
Discovering the Jewish Community in and around Aberdare
‘Discovering the Jewish Community in and around Aberdare’ concentrates on the Jewish-related businesses in Aberdare as reflected in items found in the Cynon Valley Museum’s collection. It was created by Rhian Hall, another of our volunteers based at the Museum.
Escape From The Holocaust
'Escape from the Holocaust' is based on talks given by George Schoenmann at the Cynon Valley Museum on 17th August 2019 and at Pontypridd Museum on 2nd September 2019.
Newport Hebrew Congregation
A talk given by Stanley Soffa at The Newport Museum and Art Gallery, 16 July 2019.
