the former

Pershore Road Synagogue

Birmingham, West Midlands

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Congregation Data
Name:	Pershore Road Synagogue
Address:	251 Pershore Road, Birmingham⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
Formation:	Formed about 1948.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Current Status:	Closed about 1961^(iv)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Minister:	Rev. Montague Moore from about 1950 to about 1953.^(vii)
Lay Officers^(viii):	S. Lev - chairman from about 1948 until about 1952.^(ix) M. Rose - treasurer from about 1948 until about 1955 and president from 1955 until at least 1956.^(x) I. Oscar - warden from about 1955 until at least 1956.^(xi) Dr. G. Jacobs - treasurer and hon. secretary from about 1955 until about 1961.^(xii)
Worship Registration:	251 Pershore Road (two rooms on ground floor and one room on first floor) was registered as a Place of Worship - Worship Register Number 61602 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.^(xiii)

Notes & Sources
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(i) Reserved.
(ii) This was the address listed in Jewish Year Books from 1949 through 1961. The Birmingham Central Synagogue was also situated in Pershore Road from 1961. ↵
(iii) Based upon the congregations's first listing in the Jewish Year Book 1949. ↵
(iv) Based upon the Congregation's final listing in the Jewish Year Book 1961. ↵
(v) and (vi) Reserved.
(vii) Based upon Rev. Moore's listing as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1951 through 1953. ↵
(viii) Extracted from listings in Jewish Year Books, which ceased listing lay officers, other than secretaries, after 1956. ↵
(ix) Listed as chairman in Jewish Year Books 1949 through 1952. ↵
(x) Listed in Jewish Year Books as treasurer from 1949 through 1955 and as president in 1956. ↵
(xi) Listed as warden in the Jewish Year Book 1956. ↵
(xii) Listed as treasurer and hon. secretary in Jewish Year Books 1956 through 1961. ↵
(xiii) Page 59 of the 2010 List of Places of Worship. ↵

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