Sunderland, granted city status only in 1992, is an important seaport in the North East of England, lying on both sides of the estuary of the river Wear on the North Sea coast. The present boundaries date from 1974, when the metropolitan borough of Sunderland was formed, within the then new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Sunderland became a unitary authority in 1986 when the Tyne and Wear was abolished except for ceremonial purposes. Until 1974, Sunderland was a county borough and historically part of County Durham.
By the mid-18th century, Sunderland was
probably the premier shipbuilding centre in Britain. The first Jewish
settlement was in 1755 and the first congregation was established in about 1768.
Sunderland was the first regional community to be represented on the Board of
Deputy of British Jews.
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The following congregations were considered to be part of the Sunderland Community:
The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:
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Other Jewish institutions that exist, or existed, in the Community include the following:
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Articles on the Sunderland Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Sunderland by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Yiddish and "Yidishkayt" in a British Provincial Town (scroll to second article), Prager, L. The Mendele Review - Yiddish Literature and Language, 16 December 2001
Jewish Population Data
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1755 1851 1866 1876 1934 1945 1955 1965 1990 1999 2004 |
- First Jewish settlement. - 150-200 (1951 synagogues "census returns") - 250 (Jewish Chronicle correspondent) - 600 (Report to Sunderland Hebrew Benevolent Society) - 2,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 950 (The Jewish Year Book 1946) - 1,100 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) - 1,350 (The Jewish Year Book 1966) - 372 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) - 60 (The Jewish Year Book 2000) - 45 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
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