Jewish Chronicle, 5 February 1926
BIRKENHEAD.
At the general meeting of the Congregation held last week, the
President, Mr. H. Wolfe, referred to the great loss sustained by the
congregation in the death of the Rev. M. Myerson. A vote of condolence
was passed to the widow and children. Mr. A Myerson, son of the late
minister, was unanimously elected to the post left vacant by the death of
his father.
Jewish Chronicle, 1 June 1928
Family death notice
On 20 May, 1928 after a short illness, Simon Finklestein, aged 59, of 104-6, West Green-road Tottenham,
late Minister Birkenhead Hebrew Congregation.
Deeply mourned by his heartbroken wife, son, daughters, son-in-law; relatives and friends.
May his dear soul rest in everlasting peace.
Jewish Chronicle, 15 June 1928
BIRKENHEAD.
At the annual meeting of the Congregation held last week...the following resolution was carried in silence: "That this meeting of the Birkenhead Hebrew Congregation
mourns the loss of the Rev. S. Finklestein who for twenty-one years, as Minister, served this Congregation faithfully and well.
He was held in the highest respect, and will be long remembered. We respectfully extend to his wife and children our deepest sympathy in their bereavement.
Jewish Chronicle, 8 January 1937
BIRKENHEAD
The local Jewish Community is to have its first permanent
Synagogue, which, it is anticipated, will be ready for the High Holy
Days. A large house, standing in spacious grounds, has been acquired,
and extensive alterations, the plans for
which have been approved by the Town
Council, will shortly be made. The plans
provide accommodation for 250 worshippers, and facilities for social and other
functions will be afforded by the erection
of buildings in the grounds. The house
itself, Normanston, is very large, and is
situated in Balls Road, and the estimated
cost of the project is £3,000. Mr. Nathan
Halter, who has been President of the
Community for a number of years, will be
the first President of the new Synagogue.
The Minister will be the Rev. A Myerson
and Messrs. Best and H. Black, Secretary
and Treasurer respectively.
- The Community of Birkenhead, which
numbers about 150, was established some
fifty years ago. The first Synagogue was
rooms in Argyle Street, whence it moved successively to Hinson
Street, Price Street, and finally to the present location, in rooms over
business premises, in Chester Street. One of the founders of the
Birkenhead Community, the late Arnold Bloom, became the first
Jewish Mayor of tho Borough in 1907-8.
Jewish Chronicle, 7 August 1959
The Rev. Norman Zalud, since 1955 minister-reader to the Birkenhead Congregation, has been appointed chazan to the Allerton Congregation, Liverpool. He will assume his duties on September 5.
Jewish Chronicle, 23 August 1963
In recognition of his many years' service as minister, an office he has now
relinquished, the Birkenhead Hebrew Congregation last week presented Mr. A.
Myerson with a cheque and silver cigarette-box....Mr. Myerson was only a youth
when he succeeded his late father as minister of the congregation.
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