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JCR-UK is a genealogical and historical website covering all Jewish communities and
congregations throughout the British Isles and Gibraltar, both past and present.
NOTE: We are not the official website for this community.
City of Leicester
The historic city of Leicester, in the English East Midlands, lies on
the river Soar. The city has a population of about 280,000, although there are
over 330,000 people living in the greater Leicester urban area. It was a county
borough until 1974, when it became a district of the administrative county of
Leicestershire. In 1996, the city of Leicester became a unitary authority.
The Leicester Jewish Community
There had been a
medieval Jewish community in Leicester.
The first resident in modern times that could be identified as a Jew was in 1849. The first organised modern Jewish community dates from about 20 years later.
Jewish Congregations
The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in Leicester:
* An active congregation
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On-line Articles and Other Material relating to the
Leicester Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Other Leicester Jewish Institutions & Organisations
(that had been formed by 1900*)
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
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Charity Organisation (founded 1886) to relieve of poor immigrants and emigrants.
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Bikur Cholim Society (founded 1896) to relieve its members during sickness, want of employment and to give a helping hand when needed.
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Orphans Aid Society (founded by 1896), in connection to Leicester Hebrew Congregation
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Anglo-Jewish Association (founded by 1896), in connection to Leicester Hebrew Congregation.
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Hebrew Literary, Social and Debating Society (founded by 1900).
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* As listed in the Jewish Directory of 1874 and the Jewish Year Books 1896
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Leicester Jewish Cemeteries Information
(for records on the ALL-UK Database, see
above)
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Leicester's only Orthodox Jewish cemetery is the Gilroes Jewish Cemetery at Groby Road, Leceister LE3 9QS, opened in 1902 and containing over 900 burials.
Jewish Gilroes, the website of the Gilroes Jewish Cemetery database (see
above), a project funded by the Heritage Lottery
Fund and affiliated to JCR-UK, includes a full catalogue of all the burials in the Gilroes Jewish Cemetery of the
Leicester Hebrew Congregation, genealogical search facilities, photographs
of all extant headstones, maps, a history of the cemetery, fascinating
stories of the lives of some of those buried in the cemetery and much
more.
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Leicester Progressive Jewish Synagogue
uses a section of the Loughborough Municipal Cemetery.
(For additional information, see IAJGS Cemeteries Project - Leicester
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Leicester Jewish Population Data
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1934
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200 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1935) |
1939
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350 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1940) |
1945
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1,500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1945/6) |
1955
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1,100 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
1965
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1,100 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
1990
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670 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
2004
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417 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Jewish Congregations in Leicestershire
Jewish Communities of England home page
Page created: 21 August 2005
Latest revision or update: 7 August 2019
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