Formation: |
At the turn of the twentieth century, as a result
of a large increase in Hull's Jewish population, lack in space in the
existing synagogue of the
Hull Old
Hebrew Congregation (then known simply as the Hull Hebrew
Congregation) and the attraction of better housing, a movement,
inaugurated by Benjamin S. Jacobs and Henry Feldman, was started to secure a suitable site for a new synagogue and Jewish school.
In 1902, the Linnaeus Street site was secured and
Mr. Jacobs, an architect, designed and arranged the building of the
synagogue and its adjacent school. In September 1902, the foundation stone was laid by Mr. O.E. D'Avigdor Goldsmid).
In May 1903, the synagogue was consecrated by the Chief Rabbi Rev. Dr.
Adler.(ii)
The synagogue was designated a Grade II Listed Building on 24 January 1989 - number 1283079
(See Historic
England listing and description).
The synagogue's gates (erected 1926) were separately designated a Grade II Listed Building on 8 May 2008 (most recent amendment 30 June 2010) - number 1392593
(See the gates' Historic
England listing and description).
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Final Status: |
In 1994, the congregation combined with
Hull Old Hebrew Congregation to form the new
Hull Hebrew
Congregation.(iii)
The synagogue closed in 1994
and was left abandoned. In 1999 the building, by then in a state of near dereliction, was acquired and refurbished by a missionary church, the Judeo-Christian Study Centre.(iv)
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Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
or reader, hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Israel Aaron Levy
- from about 1903 until 1915(vii)
Rev. Samuel Gross, BA
- from 1913 until 1920(viii)
Rabbi L. Miller
- from March 1920 until about 1930(ix)
Rev. David Hirsch, BA, JP, HCF
- from 1931 until 1950 (x)
Rabbi Eliezer Simcha Rabinowitz,
BA - from 1953 until 1956 (xi)
Communal Rabbis of Hull
Rabbi E.S. Rabinowitz (see above) served as the first Communal Rabbi of Hull from 1956 until 1959 - see
Jewish Chronicle press report
of September 1956 on his appointment)(xii)
Rabbi Dr. Chaim Joshua Cooper, MA, PhD
served as the second and last Communal Rabbi of Hull from about 1960 until at least 1977
(xiii)
Rabbi Irvin Broder
- from about 1982 until about 1983(xvi)
Rabbi Joseph Lever
- from about 1985 until about 1992(xvii)
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Honorary Officers
(to 1980)(xxviii)
& Beadles: |
Presidents
1901-1926 - Benjamin Septimus Jacobs(xxix)
1926-1929 - Benn Franks
1929-1941 - Harry Rosenston
1941-1944 - J. Lewenstein(xxx)
1944-1970 - Dr. Solomon Lurie(xxxvi)
1970-1975 - Norman Rosenston
1975-1980 - Conrad Segelman, MSc
Vice Presidents
1901-1915 - Henry Feldman, JP(xxxvii)
1915-1919 - L.H. Bergman
1919-1921 - Benn Franks
1921-1923 - D. Lipinski(xxx)
1923-1925 - Benn Franks
1925-1929 - M.V. Gosschalk, MA
1929-1930 - J. Aaron
1930-1942 - H.R. Science
1942-1943 - D.L. Jacobs(xxx)
1943-1944 - Dr. Solomon Lurie(xxx)
1944-1955 - J. Lewenstein
1955-1970 - Louis Harris, MBE
1970-1975 - Conrad Segelman, BSc
1975-1976 - R.G. Field, FCA
1976 - W. Sugarman, MC
1976-1980 - E. Marks
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Hon. Life President
1926-1931 - Benjamin Septimus Jacobs(xxix)
Treasurers
1901-1909 - Julius Magner
1909-1920 - B.I. Barnard
1920-1926 - N. Goldstone
1928-1929 - Jos. Bush
1929-1930 - I. Bergman
1930-1933 - Jos. Bush
1933-1934 - H. Science(xxxi)
1934-1936 - S. Zimmerman
1936-1942 - S. Goldrein
1942-1955 - S. Zimmerman
1955-1958 - L.A. Abrahams
1958-1962 - H. Cohen
1962-1968 - Norman Rosenston
1968-1970 - Conrad Segelman, MSc
1970-1975 - R.G. Field, FCA
1975-1976 - Mark Field
1976-1980 - J. Lewin
Beadles(xxxviii)
1902-1916 - H. Harris
1916-1919 - J. Brown
1919-1943 - Morris Abrahamson
1944-c.1998 - Harry Westerman
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Honorary Secretaries
(to 1980): |
1901-1915 - L.H. Bergman
1915-1921 - M.V. Gosschalk, MA
1921-1926 - Jos. Bush
1926-1928 - T.G. Vice, ACA(xxx)
1928-1929 - D.L. Jacobs
1929-1937 - E. Levinson
1937-1943 - L. Barnett
1943-1949 - Mark Field
1949-1953 - I.S. Schultz
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1953-1955 - H. March
1955-1958 - W. Sugarman, MC
1958-1968 - Conrad Segelman, BSc
1968-1969 - M. Lanch, BA
1969-1970 - M. Koskie(xxx)
1970-1975 - W. Sugarman, MC
1975-1977 - J. Rose
1977-1980 - M. Lanch, BA(xxx)
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Membership Data: |
Number of Seatholder (as reported by Jewish Year Books)
1939 |
1947 |
1949 |
1950 |
1951 |
1957 |
1960 |
260 |
270 |
330 |
360 |
370 |
350 |
360 |
Reports & Surveys(xxxix)
1977 - 178 male (or household) members and 42 female members
1983 - 300 male (or household) members and 45 female members
1990 (jointly with Hull Old
Hebrew Congregation) - 390 members (comprising 230 households, 35 individual male and
125 individual female members)
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