2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (363+ words) Plans to transform Wales' oldest surviving synagogue into a Jewish Heritage Centre will become reality after a £3.9 million grant. The Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue on Bryntirion Road was purchased by the Foundation for Jewish Heritage in 2019. Emergency stabilisation work, partly funded…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (462+ words) The Bishop of Bath and Wells is encouraging people to come forward with their stories after the Church of England issued a formal apology for its historic forced adoptions. Between 1949 and 1976, about 185,000 children born to unmarried mothers in England and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (467+ words) The first female bishop to lead the Church of England in Suffolk says hearing about the experiences of women who were forced to put their babies up for adoption because they were not married made her "weep". Between 1949 and 1976, the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (516+ words) A survivor of forced adoptions has said the apology issued by the Church of England is "poor". Vik Fielder, who lives on the Quantocks in Somerset, was adopted when she was seven days old after her unmarried 18-year-old mother was…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (694+ words) The Church of England has told birth mothers and children affected by historical forced adoptions that it is "profoundly sorry" for its role in the practice. It follows the government confirming on Wednesday that it will make a full apology…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (479+ words) The Chief Rabbi was guest of honour at the consecration of a new synagogue and has warned that Jews are facing "challenging and trying times". Sir Ephraim Mirvis attended the special event for the Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation at its new…...