Dean Clough, Halifax

Kehillah

Muslim Pakistani-British photographer Nudrat Afza has spent several years documenting the decline in Bradford’s Jewish community, culminating in a new book and exhibition. Kehillah (Hebrew for congregation) features pictures of people, architecture, cemeteries, services and more. One of the success stories covered is Bradford Reform Synagogue, now the only synagogue in the city. The Grade II-listed building faced risk of closure in 2011 when its leaking roof required repairs that its members couldn’t afford. The story was shared and the Muslim community stepped in with donations that, along with a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant, ensured the survival of the synagogue. Read more about Kehillah in the Summer issue of JR.

16 August – 19 October

HX3 5AX. www.deanclough.com

Holocaust Centre North, Huddersfield

Through Our Eyes

This is an interactive multimedia exhibition driven by survivor testimony, focusing on 16 children and young people who survived Nazi persecution across Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. See personal photos, artefacts and documents, together with an original prisoner uniform and other items from the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora. The survivors reveal their experience of discrimination, persecution, escape, hiding, ghettos, forced labour, concentration camps and liberation.

No end date specified

HD1 3DH. 01484 471939. www.hcn.org.uk

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

William Kentridge: The Pull of Gravity

In the first exhibition of William Kentridge’s sculpture outside of South Africa, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents over 40 works by the Jewish artist. The Pull of Gravity takes audiences on a multisensory journey into Kentridge’s world, using a variety of materials, including metals, paper, plaster, wood and found objects. Alongside the pieces, a series of short films will be shown across 20 metres of screens that wrap around viewers, revealing an insight into Kentridge’s studio and the workings of his mind. Read more about William Kentridge’s work in the Spring 2025 issue of JR.

Until 19 April

WF4 4JX. www.ysp.org.uk

Tuesday 2 September

A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening with Adam Kay

Bafta-winning Jewish comic and former NHS staffer Adam Kay became a household name after his debut best-seller, This is Going to Hurt, was adapted into a hit BBC drama starring Ben Whishaw. Compiled from diary entries he made while working as junior doctor, the book (as well as its follow-up Undoctored) told everyday stories that were as gut-clenchingly funny as they were gut-wrenchingly heartbreaking. Now he presents A Particularly Nasty Case, his first work of fiction, a murder mystery inspired by his medical history – and highly humorous to boot. Discover more about it in this evening of anecdotes, insights and readings, followed by a Q&A.

7.30pm. £35.95. Sheffield City Hall Memorial Hall, S1 2JA. www.adamkay.co.uk

Wednesday 3 September

A Particularly Nasty Case: A Murderously Funny Evening with Adam Kay

See above for info.

7.30pm. £34. City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds, LS1 6LW. www.adamkay.co.uk

Sunday 27 July

Daniel Cainer: Back to Bradford!

Songwriter and storyteller Daniel Cainer explores Jewish life, family and identity in his music, which he performs in Bradford, the city of his ancestors. Known for his reflective works and skilled piano playing, Cainer packs the good, the bad and the funny into his lyrics.

7.30pm. £16.96. Bradford location provided upon booking. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daniel-cainer-back-to-bradford-tickets-1422269569569