Chesham Hebrew Community

Congregation Data

Name:

Chesham Hebrew Congregation

Address:

Services held in Cricket Pavilion, Chesham, Bucks.⁽ⁱ⁾

Date Formed:

Formed in 1941⁽ⁱⁱ⁾, primarily by evacuees from central and eastern London.

Current Status:

Closed mid/late 1940's, merged into Amersham, Chesham & District Hebrew Congregation⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

Affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Minister/Reader:⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

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Rabbi Yisroel Julius Ehrentreu - minister^(iv)

Rev. B. Steinhaus - reader and secretary^(v)

Other Officers:⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

D. Goldberg - president

P.F. Kahn - treasurer

Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)

• (i) The Rabbi in the Green Jacket 2015 by Vivien & Deborah Samson, p.35 and Jewish Year Books from 1945/6 and 1947. ↵

• (ii) The Rabbi in the Green Jacket 2015 by Vivien & Deborah Samson, p.35. ↵

• (iii) The names of the religious and lay leaders were extracted from Jewish Year Book 1945/6, which were repeated in the 1947 edition but with a note that "no information furnished " from the previous year. There was no listing of the congregation in subsequent years. ↵

• (iv) Although a Rabbi J. Ehrentrew is listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 and 1947, this is believed to refer to Rabbi Yisroel Ehrentreu, using his second given name (Julius). It has been confirmed by a former congregant that Rabbi Yisroel Ehrentreu was the minister, which is also consistent with The Rabbi in the Green Jacket, p.216, which refers to Rabbi Y. Ehrentreu. ↵

• (v) Rev. B. Steinhaus is listed as reader and secretary of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 and 1947. ↵