The university city of Cambridge, situated in the east of England on the river Cam, has a population of over 100,000. It was a municipal borough until 1974, when it became a local government district of the administrative county of Cambridgeshire.
The following congregations are considered to be part of the Cambridge Community:
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Articles on the Cambridge Community
Cambridge from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" - Papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975. Reproduced here with his kind consent.
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Cambridge by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Jewish Encyclopedia article on Cambridge by Joseph Jacobs, c-1906.
Jewish Population Data
(excluding student population)
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1896 1898 1900 1909 1934 1955 1990 2004 |
- 47 (The Jewish Year Book 1896/97) - 73 (The Jewish Year Book 1898/99) - 50 (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01) - 60 (The Jewish Year Book 1910) - 100 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 200 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) - 500 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) - 850 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) Note: Based on an analysis of the 2001 census by the Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community, there were over 1,000 Jews in the City of Cambridge (non-students) and within a 20 mile radius of Cambridge, approximately, 2,500 Jews, also based on the 2001 census. |
Other Cambridge Information
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Cambridge Cemetery Information
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