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Sheffield & District Reform Jewish Congregation
Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
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Page created: 2 March 2004
Latest revision or update: 4 July 2017
Congregation Data |
Official Name: |
Sheffield & District Reform Jewish Congregation |
Address: |
The Congregation does not have a synagogue building. However
it meets regularly at a local community centre – and occasionally in members’ houses. |
Current Status: |
Active |
When Formed: |
Formed in 1989 from a nucleus of members of
Sinai Synagogue in Leeds living in the Sheffield area |
Ritual: |
Reform |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the
Movement
for Reform Judaism
(formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain) since 2000. |
Marriage Certification: |
Group for Certification: West London Synagogue;
Registration District: Sheffield |
Website: |
http://www.shef-ref.co.uk/ |
Congregation Numbers: |
2016 - about 50 - 60 (estimate, United
Synagogue - Leeds website) |
Cemetery: |
Through an arrangement with Sheffield City
Council, the Congregation administers its own Jewish Cemetery – in a
Section of a City Council cemetery. The Congregation recently introduced
a separate mixed-faith area in its cemetery (to allow members to be laid
to rest with their non-Jewish partner - in some specific circumstances).
See also Cemetery Information on
Sheffield Jewish Community home page. |
Sheffield
Jewish Community home page
List of
Reform Judaism
Congregations
Jewish Congregations in
South Yorkshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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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 Congregation)

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