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Oxford Community

Created: 21 August 2005
Last updated or revised: 27 October 2009

The university city of Oxford, situated in south central England on a section of the river Thames known as the river Isis, has a population of over 135,000.  It was a county borough until 1974, when it became a local government district of the administrative county of  Oxfordshire.

The following Congregations are considered to be part of the Oxford community

Other Oxford Information

Browsable List

 Census Extracts for Oxford 1841 through 1891 at:
 http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/downl8.shtml 

External Links

Oxford Jewish Heritage (history) at http://www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk
 

Articles on the Oxford Community

Alarming Fire in Oxford - Jackson's Oxford Journal, 2nd March 1844.

A Jewish Wedding - The Oxford Chronicle, 31st August 1844.

A Jewish Wedding at Oxford - The Times, 3rd September 1844.

Sudden Death in Oxford - Jackson's Oxford Journal, 11th July 1846.

Oxford Synagogue - The Jewish Chronicle, 28th September 1849.

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

An Unknown Soldier: Harry Mitchell Davidson, A World War I Jewish Soldier from Oxford and his Family, an article by Harold Pollins. Originally published in Oxford Menorah in 1993.

It's a Small World, an article by Harold Pollins. Originally published in Oxford Menorah in 1996.

The Lynn Family of Oxford, an article by Harold Pollins. Originally published in Oxford Menorah in 2002.

Isaac or Levi or Lewis or Percy Levi Solomon of Oxford, an article by Harold Pollins. Originally published in Oxford Menorah in 2003.

Brief History of the Oxford Jewish Community by Harold Pollins, 2003.

The Oxford Story, an article on the Oxford Jewish Congregation by Jesmond Blumenfeld, that originally appeared in the Edinburgh Star (the magazine of the Edinburgh Jewish Community) and has been reprinted and appears on the Oxford Jewish Congregation website - January 2003.

The Jufra Club in the Second World War by Harold Pollins, 2004.

Jewish Population Data
(excluding student population)

1896

1945
1955
1965
1990
2004  
-    35 Jewish residents and 12 Jewish university
 students (The Jewish Year Book 1895/96)

-    40 (The Jewish Year Book 1945)
-  500 (The Jewish Year Book 1956)
-  450 (The Jewish Year Book 1966)
-  542 (The Jewish Year Book 1991)
-  500 (The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Other Oxford Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest No Data Can You Help

Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources

Oxford Cemetery Information

 


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