Synagogue Officers
(Updated 5 June 2003)
Details of the Officers of Bristol Hebrew Congregation,
are given in the table below. This has been assembled from the pre-1900 information
provided by Judith Samuel (Jews in Bristol, Redcliffe Press of Bristol, ISBN
1-900178-16-8) together with post-1900 data extracted from the Congregation's Minute Books.
| | Dates |
President | Vice-President | Chairman | Hon Secretary | Hon Treasurer | Wardens |
| 1824-1835 | B L Joseph | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1844-? | A Alexander | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1851-1853 | L Levy | - | - | A Mosely | - | J Rousseau |
| 1853 | J Abraham | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1854-1855 | - | - | - | - | - | J Rousseau |
| 1854-1856 | - | - | - | - | - | J Michael |
| 1856-1859 | - | - | - | - | - | L Levy
J Braham |
| 1859-1860 | - | - | - | - | - | L Levy
J Abraham |
| 1860-1862 | - | - | - | - | - | M Blanckensee
J Solomon |
| 1862-1863 | J Michael | - | - | P D Alexander | - | J Platnauer |
| 1863-1864 | - | - | - | - | - | J Platnauer
J Solomon |
| 1864-? | - | - | - | - | - | L Levy
H Simmons |
| 1870-1871 | M J Platnauer | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878-1879 | - | - | - | - | - | H Simmons
S Platnauer |
| 1879-? | M Blanckensee | A Jessel | - | G Mosely | P D Alexander | - |
| 1884 | J Rousseau | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1884-1890 | H Simmons | S Platnauer | - | J S Platnauer | - | - |
| 1890-1891 | J Jessel | M Nathan | - | J S Platnauer | - | - |
| 1891-1895 | H Simmons | S Platnauer | - | J S Platnauer | - | - |
| 1895-1897 | I M Jacobs | A Lazarus | - | F Goldman | - | - |
| 1897-1898 | I M Jacobs | S Lazarus | - | F Goldman | - | - |
| 1898-1902 | S Lazarus | - | - | F Goldman | - | - |
| 02/03/1902 | No one elected | - | - | M Epstein | - | - |
| 29/03/1902 | S Lazarus | - | - | - | - | - |
| 01/02/1903 | I M Jacobs | M Epstein | - | M Epstein | - | - |
| 31/01/1904 | I M Jacobs | M Epstein | - | S Barder | - | - |
| 11/12/1904 | M Fine | N P Tanchan | - | L Goldberg | - | - |
| 28/01/1906 | M Fine | L Fine | - | - | - | - |
| 30/12/1906 | M Nathan | S Lazarus | - | F Goldman | - | - |
| 03/03/1907 | - | M Bertish | - | - | | - |
| 22/12/1907 | M Nathan | M Bertish | - | A Goldsmid | - | - |
| 13/12/1908 | M Nathan | M Bertish | - | H Barder | - | - |
| 05/12/1909 | M Nathan | M Bertish | - | S Epstein | - | - |
| 14/12/1910 | M Nathan | M Bertish | - | S Epstein | - | - |
| 30/07/1911 | M Bertish | S Lazarus | - | - | - | - |
| 31/12/1911 | M Bertish | S Lazarus | - | - | - | - |
| 12/01/1913 | M Bertish | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19/01/1913 | M Nathan | S Lazarus | - | S H Jacobs | - | - |
| 30/11/1913 | S Fine | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07/12/1913 | S Lazarus | S Fine | - | S H Jacobs | - | - |
| 20/12/1914 | - | D Levy | - | A J Goldsmid | - | - |
| 28/12/1914 | S Lazarus | D Levy | - | A J Goldsmid | - | - |
| 19/12/1915 | - | - | - | S Goldstone | - | - |
| 14/01/1917 | S Lazarus | S Lazarus | - | H R Levy | S Lazarus | - |
| 03/02/1918 | S Lazarus | S Lazarus | - | H R Levy | S Lazarus | - |
| 26/01/1919 | D Levy | P Cirelstein | - | H R Levy | - | P Cirelstein
A Harrisburg |
| 23/02/1919 | Dr S Brodetsky | A Harrisburg | - | H Barder | A J Jacobs | - |
| 14/12/1919 | S Rowlands | A Harrisburg | Rev J Polack | H Salanson | A J Jacobs | - |
| 28/11/1920 | S Rowland | - | Rev J Polack | H Salanson | W S Morris | - |
| 10/12/1921 | F Goldman | - | Rev J Polack | H Salanson | W S Morris | - |
| 10/12/1922 | F Goldman | A Harrisburg | Rev J Polack | H Salanson | W S Morris | - |
| 03/02/1924 | L Ryness | A Harrisburg | Rev J Polack | F Marcus | W S Morris | - |
| 14/12/1924 | L Ryness | A Harrisburg | Rev J Polack | - | B Spielman | - |
| 10/12/1925 | C J Tanchan | B Spielman | - | F Marcus | B Spielman | - |
| 05/09/1926 | - | - | - | N Sacof | - | - |
| 19/10/1926 | - | - | Rev J Polack | - | - | - |
| 30/10/1927 | W Fox | B Spielman | Rev J Polack | N Sacof | B Spielman | - |
| 25/11/1928 | W Fox | B Spielman | Rev J Polack | N Sacof | B Spielman | - |
| 10/11/1929 | B Spielman | - | Rev J Polack | M Levy | L A Melcher | - |
| 23/11/1930 | - | - | Rev J Polack | - | - | - |
| 14/12/1930 | H Fox | - | - | M Levy | L A Melcher | - |
| 20/12/1931 | - | - | Rev J Polack | - | - | - |
| 03/01/1932 | A Mass | - | Rev J Polack | M Levy | L A Melcher | - |
| 27/11/1932 | A Mass | - | - | M Levy | L A Melcher | - |
| 04/03/1934 | S Fox | - | - | M Miel | W Dembo | - |
| 20/01/1935 | A Mass | - | - | H Amsel | - | - |
| 02/02/1936 | A Mass | - | - | I Freeland | M Levy | - |
| 31/01/1937 | A Mass | - | - | I Freeland | M Levy | - |
| 20/02/1938 | C J Tanchan | B Spielman | - | I Freeland | M Levy | - |
| 05/02/1939 | B Spielman | - | - | I Freeland | M Levy | - |
| 27/04/1939 | B Spielman | - | - | I Freeland | M Levy | - |
| 30/08/1942 | B Spielman | - | - | I Freeland | S Jacobs | - |
| 28/01/1945 | B W Dembo | - | - | I Freeland | S Jacobs | - |
| 12/05/1946 | B W Dembo | - | - | A E Morris | S Jacobs | - |
| 18/04/1948 | S Jacobs | C J Tanchan | - | A E Morris | C J Tanchan | - |
| 01/05/1949 | S Jacobs | C J Tanchan | - | A E Morris | C J Tanchan | - |
| 22/07/1951 | S Jacobs | - | - | A Steinberg | A E Morris | - |
| 24/10/1954 | S Jacobs | C J Tanchan | - | M N Mass | A E Morris | - |
| 25/03/1956 | S Jacobs | C J Tanchan | - | M N Mass | A E Morris | - |
| 16/06/1957 | S Jacobs | C J Tanchan | - | M N Mass | A E Morris | - |
| 27/04/1958 | S Jacobs | A Cohen | - | M N Mass | A E Morris | - |
| 15/02/1959 | S Jacobs | A Cohen | - | L G Gould | A E Morris | - |
| 24/03/1960 | Prof J M Yoffey | A Cohen | - | L G Gould | A E Morris | - |
| 26/03/1961 | Prof J M Yoffey | A Cohen | - | S Bloom | A E Morris | - |
| 25/03/1962 | Prof J M Yoffey | A Cohen | - | S Bloom | A E Morris | - |
| 24/03/1963 | A Cohen | Dr S Curwen | - | J Burke | A E Morris | - |
| 12/04/1964 | Dr S Curwen | L G Gould | - | J Burke | A E Morris | - |
| 02/05/1965 | Dr S Curwen | L G Gould | - | J Burke | A E Morris | - |
| 13/03/1966 | - | - | - | J Burke | A E Morris | - |
| 27/11/1966 | J Burke | M C Berkovitch | - | Dr S Curwen | A E Morris | - |
| 10/12/1967 | L G Gould | M C Berkovitch | - | - | M C Berkovitch | - |
| 01/12/1968 | L G Gould | S Bloom | - | Dr S Curwen | M C Berkovitch | - |
| 30/11/1969 | Dr S Curwen | S Bloom | - | I Kushner | M C Berkovitch | - |
| 01/02/1971 | M C Berkovitch | S Bloom | - | I Kushner | M C Berkovitch | - |
| 05/12/1971 | M C Berkovitch | S Bloom | - | I Kushner | S A Silverman | - |
| 05/11/1972 | M C Berkovitch | S Bloom | - | I Kushner | A J Greenwood | - |
| 25/11/1973 | S Bloom | L G Gould | - | A Tobias | A J Greenwood | - |
| 24/11/1974 | S Bloom | Dr S Curwen | - | A Tobias | A J Greenwood | - |
| 07/12/1975 | Dr S Curwen | S A Silverman | - | A Tobias | A J Greenwood | - |
| 28/11/1976 | I Kushner | M C Berkovitch | - | A Tobias | A J Greenwood | - |
| 16/10/1977 | I Kushner | S A Silverman | - | A Tobias | A J Greenwood | - |
| 05/11/1978 | I Kushner | R R Emanuel | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 04/11/1979 | I Kushner | R R Emanuel | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 02/11/1980 | I Kushner | R R Emanuel | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 25/10/1981 | R R Emanuel | M C Berkovitch | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 19/12/1982 | R R Emanuel | L Caplan | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 08/01/1984 | R R Emanuel | L Caplan | - | G Levy | A J Greenwood | - |
| 25/11/1984 | R R Emanuel | R Emmanuel | - | Mrs M Kushner | A J Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1985 | R R Emanuel | R Emmanuel | - | Mrs M Kushner | A J Greenwood | - |
| 30/11/1986 | R R Emanuel | R Emmanuel | - | Mrs M Kushner | A J Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1987 | R R Emanuel | R Emmanuel | - | Mrs M Kushner | A J Greenwood | - |
| 27/11/1988 | R R Emanuel | R Emmanuel | - | Mrs A Hutter | A J Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1989 | R Emmanuel | R R Emanuel | - | Mrs A Hutter | A J Greenwood | - |
| 13/12/1990 | R Emmanuel | J Adler | - | Mrs A Hutter | A J Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1991 | R Emmanuel | J Adler | - | Mrs Y Sanders | A J Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1992 | J Adler | A Tobias | - | Mrs Y Sanders | A J Greenwood | - |
| 05/12/1993 | J Adler | A Tobias | - | Mrs Y Sanders | A J Greenwood | - |
| 04/12/1994 | J Adler | S A Silverman
M C Berkovitch | - | Mrs Y Sanders | A J Greenwood | - |
| 10/12/1995 | M C Berkovitch | S A Silverman | A S Gordon | Ms L Tanklevitch | A J Greenwood | - |
| 15/12/1996 | M C Berkovitch | Y Adani | A S Gordon | Ms L Tanklevitch | A J Greenwood | - |
| 07/12/1997 | A Elman | Y Adani | - | Mrs H Barcan | A J Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1998 | A Elman | Y Adani | - | Mrs H Barcan | A J Greenwood | - |
| 12/12/1999 | A Elman | Y Adani | - | L Glynn | A J Greenwood | - |
| 10/12/2000 | - | - | - | Mrs E Levin | A J Greenwood | - |
| 02/12/2001 | - | - | L Glynn | A Levin (Acting) | A J Greenwood | - |
| 08/12/2002 | L Glynn | - | - | B Bermange | A J Greenwood | - |
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