The Medway Holocaust Memorial Day event was held at the synagogue on Tuesday 27 January 2015 The event included poetry, readings, music and drama from students of local schools, MidKent College and Medway Youth Parliament. To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, three young people lit one of 70 special commemorative candles supplied by the HMD Trust. Please visit our Holocaust Memorial Day page.

Juliette Kaplan, a member of Chatham Memorial Synagogue and a former star of Last of the Summer Wine, currently appearing in 8 episodes of Coronation Street. She is playing the part of Agnes, the grandmother of regular character Beth Tinker. Congratulations to Juliette on excellent characterization.