Bangor Hebrew Congregation

Name:

Bangor Hebrew Congregation

Address:

Arvonia Buildings, High Street, Bangor

Town Location:

Bangor is a small cathedral city in North Wales, with a population of about 20,000. It lies at the northern entrance to the Menai Strait from the Irish Sea, opposite the isle of Anglesey.

Local Government:

From 1996 - the county of Gwynedd - a unitary authority
1974 to 1996 - the district of Arfon  in the county of Gwynedd
Until 1974 - the municipal borough of Bangor in the county of Caernarvonshire

Date Founded:

1894

Current Status:

Closed post-1947
The synagogue at Llandudno (the Llandudno and Conwyn Bay Hebrew Congregation), now serves as the centre for Bangor and the other dwindling Jewish communities of north Wales.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Membership Data:

1895  - 12 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1896/97)
1897  - 18 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1898/99)
1909  - 20 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1910)

Other Jewish Institutions:

Jewish School (which reputedly had up to 30 pupils at beginning of the twentieth century)
Jewish Friendly Society
Naturalisation Society