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Llanelli SynagogueCarmarthenshire, South Wales |
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Llanelli SynagogueCarmarthenshire, South Wales |
Congregation Data
The Llanelli community had the following congregation (and also had, at one time, a second congregation):
| Name: | Llanelli Synagogue |
| Address: | Queen Victoria Street, Llanelli |
| Date Formed: | 1909 (Synagogue built) |
| Current Status: | Closed - after 1947 (now part of the Swansea Hebrew Congregation) |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Membership Data: | 1937 - 31 members (The Jewish Year Book 1938) |
| Town Location: | Llanelli is a town in South Wales situated on the on the northern coast of the Burry Inlet, near the entrance to the Bristol Channel, about 13 miles east of Swansea. |
| Local Government: | From 1996 - the county of Carmarthenshire - a
unitary authority 1974 to 1996 - the district of Llanelli in the county of Dyfed Until 1974 - the municipal borough of Llanelli in the county of Carmarthenshire |
Note on Llanelli Jewish Community
Llanelli was the birth place of Michael Howard, who was leader of Conservative Party from November 2003 to December 2005. Born Michael Hecht on 7 July 1941, the son of Rumanian immigrants, Michael Howard was the first Jew to lead one of the principal British political parties. (Benjamin Disraeli, leader of the Conservative (Tory) Party in the nineteenth century, had been baptized at birth, and when Herbert (later Lord) Samuel was leader of the Liberal Party from 1931 to 1937, it had already ceased to be one of the two major parties.)
Llanelli Jewish Population Data
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1934 1990 |
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300 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 120 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
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