Sunderland Hebrew Congregation

Name:

Sunderland Hebrew Congregation (incorporating the Sunderland Beth Hamedresh from 1984)

Previous Name:

Officially called Adath Yeshurun from 1790 to 1862, and was also known as the
Israelite Congregation.

Address:

Ryhope Road, Sunderland (from 9th December 1928 to 25 March 2006)

Previous Address:

1862 - 1928 Moor Street, Sunderland. (The synagogue having been rebuilt in 1900.)

Date Founded:

1791 (formalized 1821)

Current Status:

Synagogue closed - the last service was held on 25 March 2006. The synagogue was actually sold in September 2000, but the community was permitted to continue using it, paying a peppercorn rent.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

General:

Numerous records of the Jewish Communities in Northeast England (only a sample of which are listed below) are deposited with the Tyne and Wear Archives Service (http://www.legacyarchives.org.uk).   CLICK HERE to view a full list of these records (correct to December 2005).

Births/
Circumcisions:

• Birth register 1867-73, 1892 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)

• Brit milah (circumcisions) 1850-1889 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)

• Brit milah register details 1848 to1888 appear in Appendix I to Arnold Levy's "History of the Sunderland Jewish Community 1755-1955" (see Bibliography)

Deaths/Burials:

• Burials 1856 to 1899 listed in Appendix V to Arnold Levy's "History of the Sunderland Jewish Community 1755-1955" (see Bibliography)

Marriages:

• Marriages 1837-1985  ONLINE SEARCHABLE DATABASE and -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service
  (see above)

• All marriage records now deposited with Office of Chief Rabbi

Synagogue Records:

• Minutes 1857-1979 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)

• Lists of Subscribers, Seat Rentals 1901-1912 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)

• Annual Reports 1904-1996 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)

• Plans 1927 -  Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)