Reading Jewish Community

Reading, Berkshire

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.

Town of Reading

Reading, on the confluence of the river Thames and river Kennet in southeast England, has a population of about 145,000. It was a county borough until 1974, when it became a local government district and the county town of the county of Berkshire. In 1998, the renamed borough of Reading became a unitary authority, when Berkshire lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county. Tilehurst is a suburb of Reading, falling partly within the Borough of Reading, and partly within the adjoining unitary authority of West Berkshire.

The Reading Jewish Community

The Reading Jewish community dates back to 1886.

Jewish Congregations

The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in Reading:

Jewish Community of Berkshire*
Reading Hebrew Congregation*

* An active congregation.

Search the All-UK Database

The records in the database associated with Reading include:

1851 Anglo Jewry Database (updated 2016)
- Individuals in the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database who were living in Reading during 1810s (1 record), 1820s (2 records), 1830s (1 record), 1840s (2 records), 1850s (3 records), 1860s (1 record) and 1870s (2 records).

Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to the Reading Jewish Community

on JCR-UK

"Reading" from The Rise of Provincial Jewry by Cecil Roth, 1950, covering the period to 1840. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Press Reports about the Reading Jewish Community 1887 - 1914
Bibliography:
- Portrait of a Community, Reading Synagogue, 1900-2000 by Sue KriKrisman (2001)
- other Reading Bibliography.
Reading Jewish Heritage Sites.

Community Records

Registration District (for BMD): Reading (since 1 April 1998).
- Previous Registration Districts
  Reading (from 1 July 1837 to 1 April 1974);
  Reading & Wokingham (from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1998).
- Any registers would now be held by current register office.
- Register Office website

Reading Jewish Cemeteries Information

There is no known Jewish cemetery in Reading.

Reading Jewish Population Data
1886	13 families	(Website of Reading Hebrew Congregation)
1895	60 - 70	(The Jewish Year Book 1995/96)
1900	200	(The Jewish Year Book 1901)
1948	500	(The Jewish Year Book 1949)
1955	500	(The Jewish Year Book 1956)
1965	650	(The Jewish Year Book 1966)
1990	500	(The Jewish Year Book 1991)
2000	415	(The Jewish Year Book 2001)

Jewish Congregations in Berkshire

Jewish Communities of England home page

Page created: 21 August 2005
Latest revision or update:16 August 2019

Explanation of Terms | About JCR-UK | JCR-UK home page

Contact JCR-UK Webmaster:
jcr-ukwebmaster@jgsgb.org.uk
(Note: This is to contact JCR-UK, not the above Community or Congregation)

Terms and Conditions, Licenses and Restrictions for the use of this website:

This website is owned by JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. All material found herein is owned by or licensed to us. You may view, download, and print material from this site only for your own personal use. You may not post material from this site on another website without our consent. You may not transmit or distribute material from this website to others. You may not use this website or information found at this site for any commercial purpose.