Jewish community in Newcastle, England, shrinks, but has unexpected help
The few British Jews that cast their eyes northward from Manchester and London, the city is little more than what it was in Roman times – an outpost straddling the edges of Hadrian’s Wall.
Members of the Newcastle Reform Synagogue celebrate a recent Hanukkah. (photo credit: COURTESY OF NEWCASTLE REFORM SYNAGOGUE)ByJACOB JUDAH/JTA