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Meet the Team

We're in the early stages of development for the Welsh Jewish Cultural Centre project, and we're lucky to have a passionate and knowledgeable team who are helping us through the process. From our Patrons to our Steering Committee, our Advisers to our team of external consultants - here's who is working on the project.

Steering Committee

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Stephen Goldman

Chair,

Steering Committee

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Michael Mail

CEO

Foundation for Jewish Heritage

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Nigel Fine

Volunteer

Family connections to synagogue

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Neil Richardson

Project Director 

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Adam Hitchings

Architectural Heritage Fund

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Helen Atkinson

Jewish Museum London

Patrons

Special Ambassadors

  • Dawn Bowden MS

  • Gerald Jones MP

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Gerald Jones

We're also working with:

Project Architect:

Ashley Davies, GWP Architects

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Landscape Architect:

Bronwen Thomas

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Cost Consultants:

Greenwood Projects

 

Fundraising Consultants:

The Funding Centre, Cardiff

 

Business Planning:

Miki Lentin and Lucy Shaw, Cultural Associates Oxford

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Activity Planning:

Ruth McKew, Headland

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Community Engagement:

Ashley Collins

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Education:

Emily Smith, Holocaust Educational Trust

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Marketing and Communications:

Lauren Webb, Roscoe Communications

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Advisers

  • Prof Nathan Abrams, Bangor University

  • Aaqil Ahmed, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, former Head of Religion and Ethics at the BBC and Channel 4

  • Peter Aiers, Churches Conservation Trust

  • Justin Albert OBE, National Trust Wales

  • Sian Anthony, Wellbeing @ Merthyr

  • Bennett Arron, comedian, writer and actor

  • Ivor Baddiel, scriptwriter and author

  • Marc Cave, The National Holocaust Centre and Museum

  • Dr Chris Clifford, historian, former Merthyr resident, writing history of Synagogue

  • Elaine Davey, The Victorian Society – Wales Group

  • Ashley Davies, Ashley Davies Architects

  • Aaron Davis, heritage-led advisor, former Executive Director for Architecture, Prince’s Foundation

  • Geraint Talfan Davies, The Cyfarthfa Foundation

  • Dr Grahame Davies LVO, researcher and author, former Merthyr resident

  • Susan Fielding, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

  • Rod Francis, Cyfarthfa High School

  • Rabbi Yisroel Fine, former Merthyr resident, son of former Merthyr Synagogue Rabbi

  • Bev Garside, Empower Consultancy

  • Elinor Gilbey, Josef Herman Art Foundation

  • Dr Jaclyn Granick, Cardiff University

  • Jennifer Harding-Richards, Swansea Council (RE Adviser)

  • Adam Hitchings, Architectural Heritage Fund

  • Lyndon Howells, Merthyr resident

  • Sioned Hughes, National Museum Wales

  • Adrian Jacobs BEM, who assisted with the Merthyr Synagogue closure, grandson of last Synagogue President

  • David Jacobs, Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain

  • Frances Jeens, Jewish Museum London

  • Dr Cai Parry-Jones, UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, author of ‘The Jews of Wales: A History’

  • Father Mark Prevett, St. David, St. Tydfil and St. Tydfil’s Well Churches

  • Laurence Kahn, South Wales Jewish Representative Council and Interfaith Council for Wales

  • Dawn Lancaster, Llandudno Museum and Gallery

  • Dr Daryl Leeworthy, Cultural Historian

  • David Lermon, cultural historian

  • Lisbeth McLean, Canolfan a Theatr Soar

  • Christine Moore, Welsh Religious Buildings Trust

  • Fiyaz Mughal OBE, Faith Matters

  • Michael Newman, The Association of Jewish Refugees

  • Christopher Parry, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery

  • Kerry Patterson, Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre

  • Elen Phillips, National Museum Wales

  • Gareth Redston, Manchester Jewish Museum

  • Marcus Roberts, JTrails

  • Tim Robertson, The Anne Frank Trust UK

  • Rabbi Michoel Rose, Cardiff United Synagogue

  • Pat Ruddock, Mann Williams Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers

  • Stanley Soffa, Jewish History Association of South Wales

  • Zoe Thomas, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

  • Karen Vowles, Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

  • Dr Peter Wakelin, writer and curator

  • Dawn Waterman, Board of Deputies of British Jews

  • Anne Yates, Wellbeing @ Merthyr

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