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Created: 9 February 2004
Latest revision or update: 2 February 2012
Sunderland Jewish Community
City
of Sunderland
Sunderland, only granted city status in 1992, is an important
seaport in the North East of England, lying on both sides of the estuary of the
river Wear on the North Sea coast. The present boundaries date from 1974,
when the metropolitan borough of Sunderland was formed, within the then new
metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Sunderland became a unitary authority in 1986 when the
Tyne and Wear was abolished except for ceremonial
purposes. Until 1974, Sunderland was a
county borough and historically part of County Durham. By the mid-18th century, Sunderland was
probably the premier shipbuilding centre in Britain. The first Jewish
settlement was in 1755 and the first congregation was established in about 1768.
Sunderland was the first regional community to be represented on the Board of
Deputy of British Jews.
Jewish Community
and Congregations
The following congregations were considered to be part of the
Sunderland Community:
The following are former or alternative names of the above
congregations:
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Adath Yeshurun -
see Sunderland Hebrew Congregation
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Chevra Torah
- see Sunderland Beit Hamedrash
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Israelites Congregation -
see Sunderland Hebrew Congregation
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Meaburn
Street Synagogue - see Sunderland Beit Hamedrash
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Moor Street Synagogue -
see Sunderland Hebrew Congregation
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Mowbray
Road Synagogue - see Sunderland Beit Hamedrash
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Ryhope Road Synagogue
- see Sunderland Hebrew Congregation
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Villiers Street Synagogue
- see
Sunderland Beit Hamedrash
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Vine Street Synagogue
- see Polish Synagogue
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Zion Street Synagogue
- see
Sunderland Beit Hamedrash
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Other Jewish institutions that exist, or existed, in the
Community include the following:
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Menorah School
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The North East "Joel Intract Memorial" Home of Rest for
Aged Jews
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Sunderland Chevra Kadisha
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Sunderland Kolel, Centre for Advanced
Rabbinics (now moved to Gateshead)
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Sunderland Yeshiva
(now moved to Gateshead)
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Articles on the Sunderland Jewish Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Sunderland by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available
on JCR-UK as part of the
Susser Archive
Jewish Population Data
1755
1851
1866
1876
1934
1945
1955
1965
1990
1999
2004
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150 -200
250
600
2,000
950
1,100
1,370
372
60
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First Jewish settlement.
(1851 synagogues "census returns")
(Jewish Chronicle correspondent)
(Report to Sunderland Hebrew Benevolent Society)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)
(The Jewish Year Book 1946)
(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) |
Other Sunderland Jewish Information
SJCO - Sunderland Jewish Community Online
http://sjco.multiply.com
Note this a members-only web site, for those having a present or past connection
with the Sunderland Community.
Jewish
Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest
Bibliography
Sunderland
Cemetery Information
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