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Chapeltown Hebrew CongregationLeeds, West Yorkshire |
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Chapeltown Hebrew CongregationLeeds, West Yorkshire |
Congregation Data
| Name: | Chapeltown Hebrew Congregation - also known as Chapeltown United Synagogue |
| Address: | 58 & 60 Francis Street, Chapeltown Road, Leeds (from 1913 or, possibly, from after First World War), previously in Regent Street (from about 1902). |
| Founded: | 1888, as the Lowkever Synagogue (named after the town in western Lithuania, Loikeve - now Laukuva, from where most of its original congregants originated.) |
| Current Status: | Closed in about 1962. |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliations: | In 1897, joined the Amalgamation of
Synagogues. In about 1949, became a constituent synagogue of the United Hebrew Congregation. |
| Membership Data: | 1938 - 235 members (The Jewish Year Book 1939) |
Other Information
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