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Congregation Data |
Name: |
Eastbourne
Hebrew Congregation |
Address: |
22 Susan's Road (just off Seaside Road), Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3HA(iii),
since 1918.
In 1918 George Marks, Paul Panto and Henry Dawson leased rooms for a synagogue at 22
Susans Road.(iv)
In 1922,
the entire three-story building was purchased for £1200 - £150
of which was paid in cash, the remainder guaranteed by four benefactors.
The services took place upstairs on cinema style tip-up seats, with
loose chairs in the ladies' gallery on the top floor.(v)
In 2001, the synagogue was moved to the ground floor of the building
with seating for the ladies at the rear.
Today, there is still separate seating for men, to the front and right, and
for women, to the left, and there are three rows at the back right
reserved for those who wish to sit together.(vi)
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Current Status: |
Active |
Date Formed: |
The congregation was formed by 1918, when
premises in Susans Road were first leased.(ix)
However, after the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940, much of Eastbourne
was evacuated, except for local inhabitants, and the synagogue was
closed for several months. Upon its re-opening, attendances were
significantly boosted by locally stationed Jewish servicemen, both
British and American.(x) |
Ritual: |
The congregation was established as Orthodox
Ashkenazi congregation, and still remains so, with services being
conducted in a traditional style, although this is somewhat relaxed
with a "heimische approach to services".(xi) |
Affiliation: |
The congregation is unaffiliated but
probably still under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
Congregation's website: |
https://ehcshul.webnode.com |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister - hold the cursor over his name.)
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Rev. W. Jacobs
- from 1918 until 1922(xv)
Rev. Louis Wolfe
- from 1922 until 1946(xvi)
Rev. Chaim H. Zack
-from 1946 until 1997(xvii) |
Lay Officers: |
Unless where otherwise stated, the data on the lay officers of the congregation has been extracted
Jewish Year Book listings.(xx) |
Presidents
about 1918 - Mr. Hyam(xxi)
at least 1946 to at least 1956 - Paul Panto(xxii)
about 1978 - Isaac Panto(xxiii),
(xxii)
Treasurers
about 1918 - George Marks(xxiv)
at least
1946 to at least 1956 - S. Marks
Wardens
1949-1951 - D. Koffman & E.P. Mishon
1951-1952 - E.P. Mishon & Isaac Panto(xxii)
1952-1956 - E.P. Mishon & J. Steinfield
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Hon. Secretaries
1922-1924 - H. Ososki
1924-1927 - D. Weinberg
1927-1928 - H. Ososki
1928-1929 - R. Rayne
1929-1938 - Isaac Panto(xxii),
(xxv)
1938-1946 - no data(xxv)
1946-1952 - Isaac Panto(xxii),
(xxv)
1952-1974 - E.P. Mishon
1974-1989 - B Finkel
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Membership Data: |
Jewish Chronicle Reports
1978 - 55 family members(xxviii)
National Reports and Surveys(xxix)
1977 - 34 male (or household) members and 15 female members
1983 - 34 male (or household) members and 15 female members
1990 - 30 members (comprising 20 households and 10 individual female members)
1996 - 56 members (comprising 22 households, 5 individual male members and 29 individual female members)
2010 report, based on 2005 data - listed as under 50 members (by household)
2016 - listed as under 50 members (by household)
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Charitable Status: |
No registration found. |
Registration District |
East Sussex(xxx)
(since 1 May 2008) - Link to Register Office website. |
Burial Arrangements:
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The congregation was granted a Jewish
Section at the Eastbourne Municipal
Cemetery in 1930.(xxxi) For details, see Eastbourne
Cemetery Information on the Eastbourne home page.
Until 1930, burials of deceased members generally took place in Brighton.
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Other Eastbourne Institutions connected to
the Congregation
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Educational & Theological
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Other
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Notes & Sources
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Eastbourne Jewish Community home page
Jewish Congregations in
East Sussex
Jewish Communities of England homepage
Page created: 22 February 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 10 September 2021
Latest revision or update: 20 September 2021
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