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Hull Old Hebrew CongregationHull, East Riding of Yorkshire |
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Hull Old Hebrew CongregationHull, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Updated 12 December 2006
Congregation Data
| Name: | Hull Old Hebrew Congregation (initially simply known as the Hull Hebrew Congregation) |
| Address: | Osborne Road, Hull (foundation laid in 1902, opened 10 September 1903, enlarged 1932, destroyed by German air raid 1941, reopened 1955) |
| Former Address: | Robinson Row, Hull (foundation laid 27 February 1826, opened 18 June 1827, rebuilt and re-consecrated 26 September 1852, closed 1903). Had room for 200 men and 80 women. |
| Date Founded: | 1826, to replace and combine the Posterngate Synagogue and the Parade Row Synagogue. The first foundation stone of the synagogue in Robinson Row was laid by Solomon Meyer (of the Posterngate Synagogue) and the second by Israel Jacobs (of the Parade Row Synagogue) |
| Current Status: | Closed 1993 - combined with Hull Western Synagogue to form Hull Hebrew Congregation |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Membership Data: | 1851 - 9 members and 70 seatholders (Chief Rabbi's census) 1870 - 112 members 1900 - 180 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01) 1935 - 240 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1935) |
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