Practical info

Type of location: Synagogue

Birmingham Hebrew Congegration (BHC) Singers Hill

Blucher Street, Birmingham B1 1H
Tel: + 44 121 643 0884

https://www.birminghamsynagogue.com/

Historical description

Birmingham

Around 1730, the first Jews settled in the city of Birmingham. The city’s first glass kiln was built by Meyer Oppenheim around 1760. A synagogue was established in the 1780s in the Froggery district. Another synagogue was built in 1809 but was destroyed, ... Read more

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