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York Hebrew CongregationYork, North Yorkshire |
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York Hebrew CongregationYork, North Yorkshire |
City of York
York, a historic city in Northern England located at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, has a tragic place in Jewish history, remembered for the massacre of the Jewish community which occurred in 1190. Its present boundaries date to 1996, when it became a unitary authority, within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, and it currently has a population of about 180,000. From 1974 to 1996, the somewhat smaller city of York was a district within the county of North Yorkshire. It is in the traditional county town of Yorkshire and was a county borough not forming part of any of the three Ridings into which Yorkshire was divided until 1974.
Only one Jewish congregation, the York Hebrew Congregation, is known to have existed in York in modern times.
Congregation Data
| Name: | York Hebrew Congregation |
| Address: | Aldwark, York |
| Current Status: | Active |
| Date Formed: | 1892 |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: | Became affiliated to Leeds United Hebrew Congregation for the purposes of burial rights. |
| Membership Data: | 1896 - 14 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896) 1900 - 23 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01) |
Jewish Population Data
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1895 1900 1934 1946 1955 1965 1990 2004 |
- 60 (The Jewish Year Book 1896) - 60 (The Jewish Year Book 1900-01) - 60 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 40 (The Jewish Year Book 1947) - 20 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) - 45 (The Jewish Year Book 1966) - 25 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) - 191 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Other York Information
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Jewish Congregation in North Yorkshire
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