JCR-UK - Manchester (UK) Jewish Community and Congregations (Synagogues)

Page created by John Berman: 2002
Congregations researched and page reformatted by David Shulman: November 2007
Page redesigned by Louise Messik: 11 November 2011
Latest revision or update: 25 February 2013

Jewish Community of Greater Manchester

City and Metropolitan County of Manchester

Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county established in 1974 in North West England, covers the City of Manchester and surrounding areas. In comprises ten metropolitan boroughs, namely the City of Manchester, the City of Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. In 1986, Greater Manchester lost its administrative powers becoming purely a ceremonial county. Accordingly, each of the metropolitan boroughs effectively became unitary authorities. The metropolitan county includes certain localities, such as Salford and Trafford that form a single conurbation along with Manchester, while others, such as Bolton, Rochdale and Wigan, are separate towns.

The Jewish Community

Search the All-UK Database

The records in the database associated with Manchester include:

Marriages

Holy Law & Beth Aaron Synagogue 1901-1932 (568 records);
South Broughton Synagogue 1920-1938 (494 records).

Burials

WWII Civilian Casualties (20 records).

Census

1871 (3,233 records)

1851 Anglo Jewry Database

Individuals in the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database who were living in Greater Manchester (primarily Manchester and Salford) during the 1770s (1 record), 1790s (3 records), 1800s (15 records), 1810s (24 records), 1820s (95 records), 1830s (181 records), 1840s (465 records), 1850s (1,169 records), 1860s (224 records), 1870s (182 records), 1880s (117 records), 1890s (28 records), 1900s (19 records) and 1910s (3 records).

Other

Salford Police Register of Aliens, 1916-1965, from Manchester Police Museum (14,364 records) - Introduction;
Manchester Jewry - City Directories of Traders:
1855 (143 records), 1888 (230 records), 1927 (560 records), 1934 (411 records), with Introduction & Explanation by Ann Rabinowitz.

The Jewish Congregations

The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Greater Manchester Community:

Adass Yeshurun Synagogue*

Adath Israel Synagogue*

Adath Yisroel (Adath Yeshurun) Synagogue◊

Agudas Yisroel Synagogue◊

Ainsworth Court Congregation◊

Austrian Synagogue

Berdichow Chevra

Beth Aaron Synagogue◊

Beth Hamedrash Hagadol◊

Beth Israel Synagogue

Beth Jacob Synagogue

Bishop Street Synagogue^§

Bolton Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾

Brodyer Synagogue^§

Broughton Synagogue◊

Bury Hebrew Congregation*

Central & North Manchester Synagogue*

Central Synagogue◊

Chaya Adam Synagogue◊

Chaim V'Tikvah Independant Congregation*

Cheetham Hebrew Congregation*

Cheshire Reform Congregation*

Chevra Kadisha Synagogue

Chevra Tehillim (New)◊

Chevra Tehillim (Old)

Chevra Tillin Synagogue◊

Chevra Torah^§

Chorlton-on-Medlock Hebrew Congregation^§

Chorlton-on-Medlock Old Hebrew Congregation^§

Chorlton-on-Medlock Synagogue

Claff Shool^§

Congregation of Spanish & Portuguese Jews^§

Courland Synagogue◊

Cracow Synagogue◊

Damesek Eliezer Synagogue*

Deansgate Congregation

Fernie Street Great Synagogue◊

Fromsons Chevra

Garden Street Congregation◊

Great and New Synagogue*

Great Synagogue◊

Haim Berso Synagogue^§

Hale and District Hebrew Congregation*

Hebrew Holy Law Synagogue◊

Hilliwell Street Congregation◊

Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation*

Higher Broughton Synagogue◊

Higher Crumpsall and Higher Broughton Hebrew Congregation*

Higher Crumpsall Hebrew Congregation◊

Higher Prestwich Hebrew Congregation*

Hightown Synagogue◊

Hightown and Cracow Synagogue◊

Hightown Central Synagogue

Hillel House Synagogue*

Hillock Hebrew Congregation*

Hilton Park Synagogue◊

Holy Law South Broughton Hebrew Congregation*^(1,4,5)

Holy Law & Beth Aaron Synagogue◊⁽¹⁾

Hulme Hebrew Congregation

Kahal Chassidim Synagogue*

Kahal Chassidim Synagogue◊ (until c-1935)

Kourlander Synagogue^§

Kovno Synagogue◊

Linoth Hazedek Chevra

Lower Broughton Synagogue

Lubavitch Foundation*

Machzikei Hadass Synagogue*

Manchester Congregation of British Jews◊

Manchester Great and New Synagogue*

Manchester Kolel*

Manchester Liberal Jewish Community*

Manchester Reform Synagogue (Jackson's Row)*

Manchester's First Synagogues

Menorah Synagogue*

Miller's Lane Congregation◊

Moses Besso Synagogue

Nefusot Yehudah Synagogue

Ner Tamid Chevra

New Kahal Chassidim Synagogue◊

New Roumanian Sephardi Synagogue◊

New Roumanian Synagogue◊

New Synagogue & Beit Hamedrash◊

New Synagogue, Kersal Branch

Northenden and Gatley Hebrew Congregation

North Manchester Reform Congregation*

North Manchester Synagogue◊

North Salford Synagogue*

Nusach Arih Chevra

Ohromayach Congregation*

Oldham Synagogue

Ohel Torah Congregation*

Oxford Road Hebrew Congregation

Pendleton Synagogue

Polish Synagogue

Prestwich Beth Hamedrash◊

Prestwich Hebrew Congregation*

Ramsgate Street Synagogue^§

Reshet Congregaton*

Roumanian Synagogue^§

Roumanian Beth El Synagogue

Roumanian (Sephardi) Synagogue◊

Rydal Mount Synagogue◊

Sale and District Hebrew Congregation*

Salford Synagogue

Sedgley Park Hebrew Congregation◊

Sedgley Park Synagogue*

Seleler Chevra◊

Sellel & Psalms Synagogue◊

Sephardi Communal Torah Centre

Sephardi Congregation of South Manchester*

Sephardic Synagogue

Sha'are Hayim Synagogue^§

Sha'are Sedek Synagogue◊

Sha'are Shalom Synagogue*

Sha'are Tephillah Synagogue^§

Shomrei Hadass Synagogue^§

Shomre Shabbas Synagogue

Shotzer Beth Hamidrash

Shudehill Congregation◊

Silleller Chevra^§

South Broughton Synagogue◊⁽³⁾

South Manchester Synagogue*

Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue*

Stenecourt Synagogue^§

Strangeways Synagogue

Stockport Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾

Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue*

Talmud Torah Synagogue◊

Telzer and Kovno Synagogue

Telzer Chevra◊

United Synagogue - Manchester*

Volkervishker Chevra◊

Walkawishk Chevra◊

Warsaw Synagogue

West Didsbury New Synagogue

Whitefield Hebrew Congregation*

Wigan Synagogue⁽³⁾

Withington Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue◊

Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation*

Yesodei Hatorah Synagogue◊

Zerei Agudas Israel Synagogue*

Zichron Yitzchak Synagogue*

* Denotes active congregation.

^◊ A congregation that subsequently changed its name or merged into another congregation.

^§ Alternative name of congregation.

⁽¹⁾ Community or congregation records (as listed) in All-UK Database.

⁽²⁾ Pages with their own searchable databases.

⁽³⁾ Pages with press reports on the community.

⁽⁴⁾ Pages with photographs.

⁽⁵⁾ Pages with articles and other contributed material.

⁽⁶⁾ Pages with browsable lists.

Alternative Lists of Manchester Congregations
(Click below to view Manchester Congregations arranged as follows:)

For a Street Directory of all congregations in Manchester
For congregations listed according to Metropolitan Borough and Locality

Articles on the Manchester Jewish Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Manchester by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Manchester by Joseph Jacobs and Isidore Harris, c-1906.

Manchester Jewish Miscellany

Manchester Synagogues' Marriage Register Data

Synagogue Records of Manchester Synagogues

Manchester Bibliography and other sources

Manchester, Salford & District Jewish Population Data

1906 -
1915 -
1934 -
1955 -
1965 -
1967 -
1990 -
1999 -
2004 -
2006 -

28,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1906)
30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1916)
33,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
31,100 (The Jewish Year Book 1956)
28,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1966)
31,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1968)
30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1991)
27,000 (The Jewish Year Book 2000)
21,733 (The Jewish Year Book 2005)
30,000 (The Jewish Year Book 2007)

Other Manchester Jewish Information

Bibliography and other sources

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

IAJGS Cemetery Project - Manchester Cemetery Information

Jewish Communities of England home page

Explanations of Terms Used

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