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Officers of the Synagogue
from 1824 to 2002
The scroll-down table below lists known lay officers of the Bristol Hebrew Congregation.
The table has been assembled from the pre-1900 information
provided by Judith Samuel (Jews in Bristol, Redcliffe Press of Bristol, ISBN
1-900178-16-8) together with post-1900 data extracted from the Congregation's Minute Books.
In a number of instances the dates are approximate.
| | Dates |
President | Vice-President |
Chairman |
Hon Secretary | Hon Treasurer | Wardens |
| 1824-1835 | Barnet Lyon Joseph |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 1844-? | A. Alexander |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 1851-1853 | Levy Levy |
- | - | A. Mosely | - | J. Rousseau |
| 1853 | Joseph Abraham |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 1854-1855 | - |
- | - | - | - | J. Rousseau |
| 1854-1856 | - |
- | - | - | - | Joseph Michael |
| 1856-1859 | - |
- | - | - | - | Levy Levy
John Braham |
| 1859-1860 | - |
- | - | - | - | Levy Levy
John Abraham |
| 1860-1862 | - |
- | - | - | - | Moses Blanckensee
John Solomon |
| 1862-1863 | Joseph Michael |
- | - | P. D. Alexander | - | Joseph Platnauer |
| 1863-1864 | - |
- | - | - | - | Joseph Platnauer
John Solomon |
| 1864-? | - |
- | - | - | - | Levy Levy
Henry Simmons |
| 1870-1871 | M. J. Platnauer |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 1878-1879 | - |
- | - | - | - | Henry Simmons
S. Platnauer |
| 1879-? | M. Blanckensee |
A. Jessel | - | G. Mosely | P. D. Alexander | - |
| 1884 | J. Rousseau |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 1884-1890 | Henry Simmons |
S. Platnauer | - | Jack S. Platnauer | - | - |
| 1890-1891 | John Jessel |
Maurice Nathan | - | Jack S. Platnauer | - | - |
| 1891-1895 | Henry Simmons |
Samuel Platnauer | - | Jack S. Platnauer | - | - |
| 1895-1897 | I. M. Jacobs |
A. Lazarus | - | Frank Goldman | - | - |
| 1897-1898 | I. M. Jacobs |
S. Lazarus | - | Frank Goldman | - | - |
| 1898-1902 | S. Lazarus |
- | - | Frank Goldman | - | - |
| 02/03/1902 | No one elected |
- | - | Moseley Epstein | - | - |
| 29/03/1902 | S. Lazarus |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 01/02/1903 | I. M. Jacobs |
Moseley Epstein | - | Moseley Epstein | - | - |
| 31/01/1904 | I. M. Jacobs |
Moseley Epstein | - | S. Barder | - | - |
| 11/12/1904 | M. Fine |
N. P. Tanchan | - | L Goldberg | - | - |
| 28/01/1906 | M. Fine |
L. Fine | - | - | - | - |
| 30/12/1906 | M. Nathan |
S. Lazarus | - | F. Goldman | - | - |
| 03/03/1907 | - |
M. Bertish | - | - | | - |
| 22/12/1907 | M. Nathan |
M. Bertish | - | A. Goldsmid | - | - |
| 13/12/1908 | M. Nathan |
M. Bertish | - | H. Barder | - | - |
| 05/12/1909 | M. Nathan |
M. Bertish | - | Samuel Epstein | - | - |
| 31/12/1911 | M. Bertish |
S. Lazarus | - | - | - | - |
| 19/01/1913 | M. Nathan |
S. Lazarus | - | Samuel H. Jacobs | - | - |
| 30/11/1913 | S. Fine |
- | - | - | - | - |
| 07/12/1913 | S. Lazarus |
S. Fine | - | Samuel H. Jacobs | - | - |
| 20/12/1914 | - |
D. Levy | - | A. J. Goldsmid | - | - |
| 28/12/1914 | S. Lazarus |
D. Levy | - | A. J. Goldsmid | - | - |
| 19/12/1915 | - |
- | - | S. Goldstone | - | - |
| 14/01/1917 | S. Lazarus |
S. Lazarus | - | H. R. Levy | S. Lazarus | - |
| 03/02/1918 | S. Lazarus |
S. Lazarus | - | H. R. Levy | S. Lazarus | - |
| 26/01/1919 | D. Levy |
P. Cirelstein | - | H. R. Levy | - | P. Cirelstein
A. Harrisburg |
| 23/02/1919 | Dr. S. Brodetsky |
A. Harrisburg | - | H. Barder | A. J. Jacobs | - |
| 14/12/1919 | S. Rowland |
A. Harrisburg | Rev. Joseph Polack | H. Salanson | A. J. Jacobs | - |
| 28/11/1920 | S. Rowland |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | H. Salanson | W. S. Morris | - |
| 10/12/1921 | Frank Goldman |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | H. Salanson | W. S. Morris | - |
| 10/12/1922 | Frank Goldman |
A. Harrisburg | Rev. Joseph Polack | H. Salanson | W. S. Morris | - |
| 03/02/1924 | L. Ryness |
A. Harrisburg | Rev. Joseph Polack | F. Marcus | W. S. Morris | - |
| 14/12/1924 | L. Ryness |
A. Harrisburg | Rev. Joseph Polack | - | B. Spielman | - |
| 10/12/1925 | C. J. Tanchan |
B. Spielman | - | F. Marcus | B. Spielman | - |
| 05/09/1926 | - |
- | - | N. Sacof | - | - |
| 19/10/1926 | - |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | - | - | - |
| 30/10/1927 | W. Fox |
B. Spielman | Rev. Joseph Polack | N. Sacof | B. Spielman | - |
| 25/11/1928 | W. Fox |
B. Spielman | Rev. Joseph Polack | N. Sacof | B. Spielman | - |
| 10/11/1929 | B. Spielman |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | Maxwell Levy | L A. Melcher | - |
| 23/11/1930 | - |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | - | - | - |
| 14/12/1930 | H. Fox |
- | - | Maxwell Levy | L A. Melcher | - |
| 20/12/1931 | - |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | - | - | - |
| 03/01/1932 | A. Mass |
- | Rev. Joseph Polack | Maxwell Levy | L. A. Melcher | - |
| 27/11/1932 | A. Mass |
- | - | Maxwell Levy | L. A. Melcher | - |
| 04/03/1934 | S. Fox |
- | - | M. Miel | W. Dembo | - |
| 20/01/1935 | A. Mass |
- | - | H. Amsel | - | - |
| 02/02/1936 | A. Mass |
- | - | I. Freeland | Maxwell Levy | - |
| 31/01/1937 | A. Mass |
- | - | I. Freeland | Maxwell Levy | - |
| 20/02/1938 | C. J. Tanchan |
B. Spielman | - | I. Freeland | Maxwell Levy | - |
| 05/02/1939 | B. Spielman |
- | - | I. Freeland | Maxwell Levy | - |
| 27/04/1939 | B. Spielman |
- | - | I. Freeland | Maxwell Levy | - |
| 30/08/1942 | B. Spielman |
- | - | I. Freeland | S. Jacobs | - |
| 28/01/1945 | B. W. Dembo |
- | - | I. Freeland | S. Jacobs | - |
| 12/05/1946 | B. W. Dembo |
- | - | A. E. Morris | S. Jacobs | - |
| 18/04/1948 | S. Jacobs |
C J. Tanchan | - | A. E. Morris | C. J. Tanchan | - |
| 01/05/1949 | S. Jacobs |
C J. Tanchan | - | A. E. Morris | C. J. Tanchan | - |
| 22/07/1951 | S. Jacobs |
- | - | A. Steinberg | A. Mass | - |
| 24/10/1954 | S. Jacobs |
C. J. Tanchan | - | M. N. Mass | A. E. Morris | - |
| 25/03/1956 | S. Jacobs |
C. J. Tanchan | - | M. N. Mass | A. E. Morris | - |
| 16/06/1957 | S. Jacobs |
C. J. Tanchan | - | M. N. Mass | A. E. Morris | - |
| 27/04/1958 | S. Jacobs |
Alan Cohen | - | M. N. Mass | A. E. Morris | - |
| 15/02/1959 | S. Jacobs |
Alan Cohen | - | L. G. Gould | A. E. Morris | - |
| 24/03/1960 | Prof. J. M. Yoffey |
Alan Cohen | - | L. G. Gould | A. E. Morris | - |
| 26/03/1961 | Prof. J. M. Yoffey |
Alan Cohen | - | S. Bloom | A. E. Morris | - |
| 25/03/1962 | Prof. J. M. Yoffey |
Alan Cohen | - | S. Bloom | A. E. Morris | - |
| 24/03/1963 | Alan Cohen |
Dr. S. Curwen | - | J. Burke | A. E. Morris | - |
| 12/04/1964 | Dr. S. Curwen |
L. G. Gould | - | J. Burke | A. E. Morris | - |
| 02/05/1965 | Dr. S. Curwen |
L. G. Gould | - | J. Burke | A. E. Morris | - |
| 13/03/1966 | - |
- | - | J. Burke | A. E. Morris | - |
| 27/11/1966 | J. Burke |
M.C. Berkovitch | - | Dr. S. Curwen | A. E. Morris | - |
| 10/12/1967 | L. G. Gould |
M.C. Berkovitch | - | - | - | - |
| 01/12/1968 | L. G. Gould |
S. Bloom | - | Dr. S. Curwen | M.C. Berkovitch | - |
| 30/11/1969 | Dr. S. Curwen |
S. Bloom | - | I. Kushner | M.C. Berkovitch | - |
| 01/02/1971 | M.C. Berkovitch |
S. Bloom | - | I. Kushner | M.C. Berkovitch | - |
| 05/12/1971 | M.C. Berkovitch |
S. Bloom | - | I. Kushner | S. A. Silverman | - |
| 05/11/1972 | M.C. Berkovitch |
S. Bloom | - | I. Kushner | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 25/11/1973 | S. Bloom |
L. G. Gould | - | Alan Tobias | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 24/11/1974 | S. Bloom |
Dr. S. Curwen | - | Alan Tobias | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 07/12/1975 | Dr. S. Curwen |
S. A. Silverman | - | Alan Tobias | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 28/11/1976 | I. Kushner |
M.C. Berkovitch | - | Alan Tobias | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 16/10/1977 | I. Kushner |
S. A. Silverman | - | Alan Tobias | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 05/11/1978 | I. Kushner |
R. R Emanuel | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 04/11/1979 | I. Kushner |
R. R. Emanuel | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 02/11/1980 | I. Kushner |
R. R. Emanuel | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 25/10/1981 | R. R. Emanuel |
M.C. Berkovitch | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 19/12/1982 | R. R. Emanuel |
L. Caplan | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 08/01/1984 | R. R. Emanuel |
L. Caplan | - | G. Levy | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 25/11/1984 | R. R. Emanuel |
R. Emmanuel | - | Mrs. M. Kushner | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1985 | R. R. Emanuel |
R. Emmanuel | - | Mrs. M. Kushner | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 30/11/1986 | R. R. Emanuel |
R. Emmanuel | - | Mrs. M. Kushner | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1987 | R. R. Emanuel |
R. Emmanuel | - | Mrs. M. Kushner | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 27/11/1988 | R. R. Emanuel |
R. Emmanuel | - | Mrs. A. Hutter | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1989 | R. Emmanuel |
R. R. Emanuel | - | Mrs. A. Hutter | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 13/12/1990 | R. Emmanuel |
J. Adler | - | Mrs. A. Hutter | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 01/12/1991 | R. Emmanuel |
J. Adler | - | Mrs. Y. Sanders | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1992 | J. Adler |
Alan Tobias | - | Mrs. Y. Sanders | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 05/12/1993 | J. Adler |
Alan Tobias | - | Mrs. Y. Sanders | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 04/12/1994 | J. Adler |
S. A. Silverman
M.C. Berkovitch |
- | Mrs. Y. Sanders | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 10/12/1995 | M.C. Berkovitch |
S. A. Silverman | A. S. Gordon | Ms. L. Tanklevitch | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 15/12/1996 | M.C. Berkovitch |
Y. Adani | A. S. Gordon | Ms. L. Tanklevitch | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 07/12/1997 | A. Elman |
Y. Adani | - | Mrs. H. Barcan | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 06/12/1998 | A. Elman |
Y. Adani | - | Mrs. H. Barcan | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 12/12/1999 | A. Elman |
Y. Adani | - | L. Glynn | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 10/12/2000 | - |
- | - | Mrs. E. Levin | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 02/12/2001 | - |
- | L. Glynn | A. Levin (Acting) | A. J. Greenwood | - |
| 08/12/2002 | L. Glynn |
- | - | B. Bermange | A. J. Greenwood | - |
For the List of Ministers of the Congregation from 1765 to 2016, see
Synagogue Ministers
Bristol Hebrew Congregation home page
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Latest revision or update: 14 September 2020
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