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Page created: 18 April 2003
Latest revision or update: 12 July 2017
City of York
York, a historic city in Northern England located at the
confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, has a tragic place in Jewish history,
remembered for the massacre of the Jewish community which occurred in 1190.
Its present boundaries date to 1996, when it became a unitary authority, within
the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, and it currently has a population of
about 180,000. From 1974 to 1996, the somewhat smaller city of York was a
district within the county of North Yorkshire. It is in the traditional county town
of Yorkshire and was a county borough not forming part of any of the three
Ridings into which Yorkshire was divided until 1974.
York
Jewish Community
There
was an important Jewish community in York in the medieval period. In modern
times, there have been two
organised Jewish congregations, the York Hebrew Congregation,
whose synagogue closed in 1975 and is now effectively defunct, and the
York Liberal Synagogue, formed in 2014.
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Data on
First Congregation |
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Name: |
York Hebrew Congregation |
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Former Synagogue Address: |
Aldwark, York |
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Date Formed: |
1892 |
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Current Status: |
The synagogue closed in
about 1975 and the Jewish community ceased to have a formal place of
worship. Certain Jewish communal events (communal seder,
chanukah party, Friday night suppers, etc.) continued to take place for
some years after closure of the synagogue. |
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Ritual: |
The congregation was Ashkenazi Orthodox,
although, after closure of the synagogue, it became non-denominational. |
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Affiliation: |
Became affiliated to
Leeds United Hebrew
Congregation (UHC) solely for the purposes of burial rights. |
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Membership Data: |
1896 - 14 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896)
1900 - 23 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01) |
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Cemetery Information: |
For details of the Leeds UHC
Cemetery (including database), see
Cemetery Information on Leeds Jewish Community home page. |
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Data on Second Congregation |
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Name: |
York Liberal Synagogue |
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Address: |
No permanent address, although services
usually held at Friergate Quaker House. |
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Current Status: |
Active. |
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Date Formed: |
May 2014 |
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Ritual: |
Liberal / Progressive |
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Affiliation: |
A full constituent member of
Liberal Judaism
since 28 April 2015. |
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Website: |
http://jewsinyork.org.uk |
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the
York Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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York Jewish Population Datafont>
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1895 |
60 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1896) |
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1900 |
60 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1901) |
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1934 |
60 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1935) |
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1946 |
40 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
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1955 |
20 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
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1965 |
45 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
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1990 |
25 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
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2004 |
191 |
(T(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
List
of Liberal Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in
North Yorkshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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