Selected Press Reports relating to the

Fleetwood Hebrew Congregation & Jewish Community
 

Jewish Chronicle, 15 December 1939

FLEETWOOD
For the first time in the history of the Lancashire town of Fleetwood a service was held there on Saturday and was conducted by the Rev. I. Goodman. Services will be held regularly for Jewish evacuees and others under the auspices of the Manchester Talmud Torah Schools.

Jewish Chronicle, 23 February 1940

FLEETWOOD
The appointment of the Rev. L N. Goodman as Minister and Secretary to the Fleetwood Hebrew Congregation was confirmed by Mr. L. Hibbert, the President at a meeting held recently at the Mount Road Institute, which is being used as a place of worship. All communications should be addressed to 59, Bold Street, Fleetwood.

Jewish Chronicle, 1 November 1940

FLEETWOOD
A tea was recently provided for local and evacuee children by Mesdames Shalyt, Dunn, Maurice, and Goldberg, of Salford. It followed a service in the Synagogue conducted by the Rev. I. N. Goodman and was held in the Sunday School of the local Methodist Church, by permission of the Vicar..

Jewish Chronicle, 20 December 1940

FLEETWOOD
Thanks to the efforts of the Rev. Dr. L W. Slotki, all the London Jewish evacuees in Fleetwood are now receiving Hebrew instruction in the schools they attend. Dr. Slotki obtained this privilege for the Manchester and Salford children about a year ago and this has now been extended to the London children after an interview with the Director of Education for Lancashire. Divine service for the Manchester and Salford and London evacuees are held every Saturday under the auspices of the Manchester Talmud Torah Schools at the Men's Fireside, Mount Road, Fleetwood.

Jewish Chronicle, 30 July 1943

FYLDE COAST
The Rev. Dr. I. W. Slotki visited, last week, the reception areas of Fleetwood, Cleveleys, and Norbreck, where he inspected the schools in which Hebrew instruction is given by teachers of the Hebrew Education Board for the Manchester area. Dr. Slotki was able to secure the introduction of Hebrew instruction for the Jewish children attending Highfield College.
[Rev. Slotki was then director of education at the Manchester Talmud Torah.]