JEWISH COMMUNITY OF GREATER MANCHESTER

Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county established in 1974 in North West England, covers the City of Manchester and surrounding areas.  In comprises ten metropolitan boroughs, namely the City of Manchester, the City of Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.  In 1986, Greater Manchester lost its administrative powers becoming purely a ceremonial county. Accordingly, each of the metropolitan boroughs effectively became unitary authorities.  The metropolitan county includes certain localities, such as Salford and Trafford that form a single conurbation along with Manchester, while others, such as Bolton, Rochdale and Wigan, are separate towns.

 

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The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Greater Manchester Community:

Adass Yeshurun Synagogue* Adath Israel Synagogue* Adath Yisroel (Adath Yeshurun) Synagogue◊ Agudas Yisroel Synagogue◊ Ainsworth Court Congregation◊ Austrian Synagogue Berdichow Chevra Beth Aaron Synagogue◊ Beth Hamedrash Hagadol◊ Beth Israel Synagogue Beth Jacob Synagogue Bishop Street Synagogue§ Bolton Hebrew Congregation Brodyer Synagogue§ Broughton Synagogue◊ Bury Hebrew Congregation* Central & North Manchester Synagogue* Central Synagogue◊ Chaya Adam Synagogue◊ Chaim V'Tikvah Independant Congregation* Cheetham Hebrew Congregation* Cheshire Reform Congregation* Chevra Kadisha Synagogue Chevra Tehillim (New)◊ Chevra Tehillim (Old) Chevra Tillin Synagogue◊ Chevra Torah§ Chorlton-on-Medlock Hebrew Congregation§ Chorlton-on-Medlock Old Hebrew Congregation§ Chorlton-on-Medlock Synagogue Claff Shool§ Congregation of Spanish & Portuguese Jews§ Courland Synagogue◊ Cracow Synagogue◊ Damesek Eliezer Synagogue* Deansgate Congregation Fernie Street Great Synagogue◊ Fromsons Chevra Garden Street Congregation◊ Great and New Synagogue* Great Synagogue◊ Haim Berso Synagogue§  Hale and District Hebrew Congregation* Hebrew Holy Law Synagogue◊ Hilliwell Street Congregation◊ Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation* Higher Broughton Synagogue◊ Higher Crumpsall and Higher Broughton Hebrew Congregation* Higher Crumpsall Hebrew Congregation◊ Higher Prestwich Hebrew Congregation* Hightown Synagogue◊ Hightown and Cracow Synagogue◊ Hightown Central Synagogue Hillel House Synagogue* Hillock Hebrew Congregation* Hilton Park Synagogue◊  Holy Law South Broughton Hebrew Congregation*(3) Holy Law & Beth Aaron Synagogue◊ Hulme Hebrew Congregation Kahal Chassidim Synagogue* Kahal Chassidim Synagogue◊ (until c-1935) Kourlander Synagogue§ Kovno Synagogue◊ Linoth Hazedek Chevra Lower Broughton Synagogue Lubavitch Foundation* Machzikei Hadass Synagogue* Manchester Congregation of British Jews◊ Manchester Great and New Synagogue* Manchester Kolel* Manchester Liberal Jewish Community* Manchester Reform Synagogue (Jackson's Row)* Manchester's First Synagogues Menorah Synagogue* Miller's Lane Congregation◊ Moses Besso Synagogue Nefusot Yehudah Synagogue Ner Tamid Chevra New Kahal Chassidim Synagogue◊ New Roumanian Sephardi Synagogue◊ New Roumanian Synagogue◊ New Synagogue & Beit Hamedrash◊ New Synagogue, Kersal Branch Northenden and Gatley Hebrew Congregation North Manchester Reform Congregation* North Manchester Synagogue◊ North Salford Synagogue* Nusach Arih Chevra Ohromayach Congregation* Oldham Synagogue Ohel Torah Congregation* Oxford Road Hebrew Congregation Pendleton Synagogue Polish Synagogue Prestwich Beth Hamedrash◊ Prestwich Hebrew Congregation* Ramsgate Street Synagogue§ Reshet Congregaton* Roumanian Synagogue§ Roumanian Beth El Synagogue Roumanian (Sephardi) Synagogue◊ Rydal Mount Synagogue◊ Sale and District Hebrew Congregation* Salford Synagogue Sedgley Park Hebrew Congregation◊ Sedgley Park Synagogue* Seleler Chevra◊ Sellel & Psalms Synagogue◊ Sephardi Communal Torah Centre Sephardi Congregation of South Manchester* Sephardic Synagogue Sha'are Hayim Synagogue§ Sha'are Sedek Synagogue◊ Sha'are Shalom Synagogue* Sha'are Tephillah Synagogue§ Shomrei Hadass Synagogue§ Shomre Shabbas Synagogue Shotzer Beth Hamidrash Shudehill Congregation◊ Silleller Chevra§ South Broughton Synagogue◊ South Manchester Synagogue* Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue* Stenecourt Synagogue§ Strangeways Synagogue Stockport Hebrew Congregation Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue*  Talmud Torah Synagogue◊  Telzer and Kovno Synagogue Telzer Chevra◊ United Synagogue - Manchester*  Volkervishker Chevra◊ Walkawishk Chevra◊ Warsaw Synagogue West Didsbury New Synagogue Whitefield Hebrew Congregation*  Wigan Synagogue (3) Withington Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue◊ Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation*  Yesodei Hatorah Synagogue◊ Zerei Agudas Israel Synagogue* Zichron Yitzchak Synagogue*

*   Denotes active congregation

^◊    A congregation that subsequently changed its name or merged into another congregation.

^§    Alternative name of congregation.

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Alternative Lists of Manchester Congregations
(Click below to view Manchester Congregations arranged as follows:)

• For a Street Directory of all congregations in Manchester

• For congregations listed according to Metropolitan Borough and Locality

 

Articles on the Manchester Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Manchester by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Manchester by Joseph Jacobs and Isidore Harris, c-1906.

Manchester Miscellany

Manchester Street Index

Manchester Synagogues' Marriage Register Data

Synagogue Records of Manchester Synagogues

 

Manchester, Salford & District Jewish Population Data

1905 1915 1934 1955 1965 1967 1990 1999 2004 2006

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28,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1906) 30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1916) 33,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) 31,100 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) 28,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1966) 31,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1968) 30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) 27,000 (The Jewish Year Book 2000) 21,733 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) 30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 2007)

Other Manchester Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Local Research Libraries, Bibliography and other sources

Manchester Cemetery Information

Created 2002
Re-formatted 16 June 2006
Latest Update 23 December 2007