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Oxford Jewish CommunityCity of Oxford 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. Jewish Community and Congregations The following congregations are considered to be part of the Oxford Jewish Community: Census Extracts
Articles by Harold Pollins originally published in the Oxford Menorah (9 articles) 1993 - 2011 Press Reports about the Oxford Jewish Community (1844 - 2011) (excluding those during WWII) compiled by Harold Pollins Press Reports about the Oxford Jewish Community during WWII compiled by Harold Pollins Oxford Jewish Community - a Brief History by Harold Pollins, 2003 The Oxford Story, an article on the Oxford Jewish Congregation by Jesmond Blumenfeld, (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. Oxford Synagogue - an article from the Jewish Chronicle, 28 September 1849. Oxford Synagogue - Memories - an article by K. R. A. Hart from the Jewish Chronicle, 26 August 1955. Oxford - City of Sweetness - an article on the Oxford Jewish community, its history, characters, buildings and institutions from the Jewish Chronicle, 20 October 1978. Oxford’s Forgotten Sons and Daughters - an article on Oxford's rich Medieval Jewish history from the Oxford Mail of 5 February 2011. The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Oxford by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive. Additional articles are to be found on the Oxford Jewish Congregation page.
Oxford Jewish Heritage (history) at
http://www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk Jewish Population Data
*The source also gives the Jewish student population as 12 in 1896.
Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources Oxford Jewish Cemetery Information Oxford Medieval Jewish Community
Jewish Communities of England home page
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