Swansea Jewish Community

City of Swansea

Swansea (in Welsh - Abertawe), a unitary authority, is the second largest city in Wales, with a population of about 230,000. From 1974 to 1996, it formed a district in the county of South Glamorgan and, prior thereto, it was a county borough in the old county of Glamorganshire. It lies on the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, at the mouth of the river Tawe.

Jewish Community and Congregations

The following congregations were considered to be part of the Swansea Community:

Swansea Beth Hamedrash

Swansea Hebrew Congregation

The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:

Goat Street Synagogue - see Swansea Hebrew Congregation
Ffynone Synagogue - see Swansea Hebrew Congregation
Prince of Wales Road Synagogue - see Swansea Beit Hamedrash

Articles on the Swansea Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Swansea by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
The Swansea Jewish Community - The First Century. An article by Harold Pollins originally published in
Jewish Journal of Sociology, vol 51 2009, updated January 2012
Amis and the Oriental - an article by Harold Pollins, published in Oxford Menorah, Winter 1999.
Press Reports on the Swansea Jewish Community 1804 - 1917

Jewish Population Data

1731
1895
1935
1946
1990
2004

300
1,000
500
245
170

Possible first Jewish settlement
(The Jewish Year Book 1896)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)
(The Jewish Year Book 1947)
(The Jewish Year Book 1991)
(The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Other Swansea Information

Bibliography and other sources

Swansea Cemetery Information

Jewish Communities of Wales home page

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