Have you got any questions about your family history? ❓ Visit the museum this Sunday, 16 August, between 12 and 4pm to meet members of the Manchester committee of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain and have a chat! 📜 Everyone is welcome!

Looking for something to do with your little one this Friday? 🌈✨ Come along to our Toddler Takeover for a morning of sensory play, cosy storytime and plenty of opportunities to explore together. 📅 This Friday 👶For ages 0-4 🎟️ Free! Please book your space: bit.ly/4q0N11R

🥟 Join us this Thursday, 6 August, for a hands-on baking workshop and learn how to make delicious bourekas! This much-loved Sephardi pastry has long links to our synagogue...Join us to bake, chat and uncover fascinating stories from the museum's collection! Book: bit.ly/4bLnrYP

📣Do you love to write? Or have an interest in exploring music? Then join our Song-writing Group! 🎵 During our next workshop we’ll be exploring Blues, a musical form that some consider the roots of modern popular music!🎼 🪕No writing or music experience necessary. Book your space: bit.ly/4vbZH6N

When life gives you coconuts… build pyramids 🏜️🥥 Fresh from the oven, our flourless treats are the perfect addition to your museum visit this #Passover. Hungry culture vultures of all ages welcome!

📢Please note that the museum will be closed Tuesday, 31st March - Thursday, 2nd April while our building undergoes essential electrical wire testing. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back from Friday, 3rd April onwards when we reopen.

Our museum Team would like to wish you and your families a very Happy #Purim! We hope you have a wonderful day of celebrations and enjoy many Hamantaschen. 💛

📣Join us on Thursday 26 March, 7–8pm for a special evening celebrating the release of 'Through the Walls', the debut album from Anna Lowenstein, one of the UK’s leading klezmer fiddle players. Don’t miss this unforgettable journey into the sounds of the diaspora. 🎟 Book now: bit.ly/407q54C

📣Coming up this week: "Maimonides from Scratch", a showcase exhibition which brings to life the trajectory and texts of Maimonides as a rabbi and doctor and as part of the historical and contemporary Sephardi world. On display from Wednesday, 11 February. Book your visit: bit.ly/3MsNvye

📢Don’t miss your chance to be part of our final "The Table" dining experience of the year. Join us on Thursday, 4 December on a culinary journey through Jewish Mancunian identities. 🍴Book tickets: bit.ly/4iqieru

Just one week to go until our collaborative event with The Pankhurst Museum and we can't wait! 💜🤍💚 Join us on 27 November for an evening that explores the vital role Jewish women played in the suffrage movement and considers the questions that still shape our experiences today. Book: bit.ly/4nKRxP1

Please note that our café will close at 2:30pm tomorrow (Thursday 30 Oct) so our team can prepare for the evening event: Jewish Flavours of Italy with Silvia Nacamulli 🍰 The café will reopen as usual from Friday. Thank you for your understanding! 👉 More info about tomorrow's event: bit.ly/4no6Kpc

📢 We're looking for a creative and strategic Programmes Manager to lead on designing exciting events and activities, with and for our audiences. 📩Find out more about the role on our website. Applications close at 9am on Wednesday, 19 November. www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/get-involved...

📢Only a few tickets remain for "Jewish Flavours of Italy", an evening of food and storytelling from a master of Jewish-Italian home cuisine, Silvia Nacamulli. Join us for a live cookery demonstration, followed by a shared meal with wine, surrounded by the museum’s atmospheric spaces. bit.ly/4no6Kpc

We’re all ready and excited for today’s Museum Open day as part of Cheetham Cultural Festival! There’s plenty of fun activities, performances and some lovely cake made by our talented Cafe team. 😍 Free entry for all today, 12-4pm. We can’t wait to see you!

Something’s cooking! 👩‍🍳 Our Café team are prepping for Museum Open Day this Sunday as part of #CheethamCulturalFestival and it smells incredible already! Can you guess what we’re making? 🎟 Free entry for all so book your spot online and come see (and taste!) what’s happening: bit.ly/4nSuCSL

Please note that the museum will be closed on: - Tuesday 23rd September - Wednesday 24th September - Thursday 2nd October Apart from these three days we will remain open as usual and we look forward to seeing you!

On behalf of everyone here at the museum, we want to wish you and your families a sweet, healthy and happy #RoshHashanah, filled with joy and warmth! ❤️

We are shortlisted for #CulturalWelcomeAward and we need your votes! Making people feel at home is at the heart of everything we do. If you’ve ever visited, shared a story, joined an event, or simply popped in for a chat, we hope you’ve felt that welcome. Cast your vote: bit.ly/47Yg8f1

📢We’ve noticed that Google Maps is currently showing us as “permanently closed” – this is not correct! We’re OPEN as usual, 10am–5pm daily (last entry 4pm) and look forward to seeing you. 😊 We’ve asked Google to update it, so hopefully it’ll be fixed soon!

📢 Applications for the Chief Executive role close this Sunday and we'd love to hear from you! 👉 Learn more about the role and download the candidate recruitment pack on our website: lnkd.in/d9EUyBc

Have you visited the temporary #exhibition “Adapting to Change” by Beverley-Jane Stewart? 🎨 Beverley traces the transformation of Jewish communal life through the lens of synagogues, capturing the changing identities, and experiences of the people around them. Book your visit: bit.ly/45kba9u

Join us on August 6th for a family-friendly workshop with storyteller Robin Simpson! Travel through the museum and hear a story unfold in three exciting parts. After the final chapter, and a lovely cup of tea, get creative and craft your very own story-lantern! Book: bit.ly/4o1u9y4

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday for #MarcusIsAlive by Marcus J Freed! And to @northwestenduk.bsky.social for the glowing 5-star review! ⭐ It was a fantastic night and we hope everyone enjoyed it as much as we did.

One table. Five vegetarian dishes. Twenty-four guests. One very special dog. 🥂 That’s how we came together last Thursday for #TheTable, an intimate dining experience inspired by Jewish stories in our collection. It was an unforgettable night for our team, and we hope our guests felt the same!

We're absolutely chuffed that our museum Café has been shortlisted for “Most Loved Coffee Shop” at the I Love Manchester Awards! 🐝☕️ If our Café has ever brightened your day, please cast your vote below. It would mean the world to us! ilovemanchester.com/awards #ILoveMCRAwards

We’re excited to be teaming up with Heart & Graft, our new local coffee bean suppliers☕️✨ They’re soon moving to Red Bank in Cheetham Hill, which means we’ll be neighbours! The coffee is smooth, aromatic, and packed with energy. Come in and enjoy a cup, or grab one to go!

☀️ Summer Holiday at the Museum! Are you looking for something fun and delicious to do this #summer #holiday? Join us at Manchester Jewish Museum for a series of family-friendly baking workshops that celebrate Jewish culture through the magic of food! Here’s what’s cooking 👇

What’s one summer moment you'll never forget?

As tensions rose in Germany, Senta’s sons came to the UK on the Kindertransport, and she later joined them just before WWII began. Settling in Manchester, she worked tirelessly as a domestic servant before marrying fellow refugee Max Ladendorf (later Laden) in 1944.