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Jewish Culture Month
Coming Soon: Jewish Culture Month
Join us as we celebrate Jewish culture, traditions, and stories. A month of connection, learning, and community is on its way. Stay tuned for updates and event announcements.
For 2026, the first British Jewish Culture Month will take place from 16 May to 14 June 2026, aligning with the Hebrew month of Sivan.
This festival celebrates the breadth and vibrancy of Jewish life in the UK — spanning arts, music, food, literature, heritage, and community contribution. Events will be offered by synagogues, cultural institutions, schools, charities, and partners across the country.
Supported by the Board of Deputies
Yom Hashoah
Yom Hashoah
In the summer of 1942, about 300,000 Jews were deported from Warsaw to Treblinka. When reports of the mass murder in the killing centre leaked back to the Warsaw ghetto, an organized resistance began forming, which managed to smuggle a modest cheche of arms into the ghetto.
On the 14th of Nissan of 1943, the remaining 35,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto (from an original 450,000) staged an organized uprising, and drove back the Nazis with a rain of bullets when they came to begin the final removal of all Jews. The Jewish resistance lasted 27 days. A heroic stand was made in an underground bunker under 18 Mila Street, where hundreds of fighters, including the 24-year-old leader of the uprising, Mordechai Anilevitch, met their death. Although the Ghetto was burned to the ground by Iyar 3, a few stray survivors hid in the rubble and fired at the Nazis for two months longer.
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In tribute to the uprising, the Israeli government designated the 27th of Nissan as its official "Holocaust and Bravery Day," and in many Jewish communities the day is observed as an annual Holocaust remembrance day.
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Source: Chabad
Praying for our families and friends in Israel
Here is how you can donate:
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UJIA: https://ujia.org/
American Joint Distribution Committee: https://www.jdc.org/
New Israel Fund (NIF): https://www.nif.org/
ZAKA: https://zaka.org.uk/
Ort: https://ortuk.org/
United Hatzalah israelrescue.org