Page created: 21 August 2005
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Gateshead Jewish Community
Town of Gateshead
Gateshead, with a population of about 190,000, lies on the
south side of the river Tyne in North East England, across the river from
Newcastle upon Tyne. The metropolitan borough of Gateshead, which had been
formed in 1974, became a unitary authority in 1986 when the metropolitan county
of Tyne and Wear, of which it formed part, was abolished except for ceremonial
purposes. Until 1974, Gateshead (covering an area less than today) was a
county borough and historically part of County Durham.
Gateshead
Jewish Community and Congregations
The
earliest Jewish settlement in Gateshead is believed to date from the middle of
the nineteenth century, although the first synagogue
was not established until about 1883. The
Jewish community of Gateshead is unique among provincial communities in the UK,
being almost exclusively ultra-Orthodox and its Yeshivas are probably the
principal centres of Jewish learning in Britain.
The following
congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Gateshead Community:
Other Jewish institutions that exist in the
community include the following:
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Beis Hatalmud
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Gateshead Yeshiva
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Kolel Harabbonim - the Institute for Higher Rabbinical
Studies
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Sunderland Talmudic College and Yeshiva
(formerly of Sunderland)
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Sunderland Kolel,
Institute for for Higher Rabbinical Studies (formerly of Sunderland)
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Yeshive Lezeirim
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Gateshead Girls High School
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Gateshead Jewish Primary School
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Articles on Gateshead Jewish Community
Jewish Population Data
1900
1909
1934
1946
1955
1965
1990
1999
2004
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123
120
450
160
350
350
430
1,400
1,564 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1900)
(The Jewish Year Book 1910)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)
(The Jewish Year Book 1947)
(The Jewish Year Book 1956)
(The Jewish Year Book 1966)
(The Jewish Year Book 1991)
(The Jewish Year Book 2000)
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Census Data
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Earliest Jewish resident
information supplied by Harold Pollins |
Cemetery Information
There is no cemetery - Burials take place in Newcastle.
Other Gateshead Jewish Information
Bibliography and other sources
Jewish Congregations in
Tyne and Wear
Jewish Communities of England home page
Explanations of Terms Used
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