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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.
City of Oxford
The university city of Oxford, situated in south central England on
a section of the river Thames known as the river Isis, has a population of over 135,000. It was a
county borough until 1974, when it became a local government district of the administrative county of
Oxfordshire.
The Oxford Jewish Community
There was a significant medieval Jewish community in Oxford, dating from
about 1075 until 1290, when Jews were banished from England. In
modern times, individual Jews began settling in Oxford from the
mid-eighteenth century, but an organised Jewish congregation was not
established until about 1841.
Jewish Congregations
The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in
Oxford in modern times:
* An active congregation.
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On-line Articles and Other Material relating to the
Oxford Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Articles by Harold Pollins originally published in the
Oxford Menorah (25 articles) 1993 - 2017.
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Press Reports relating to the Oxford Jewish Community, compiled by Harold Pollins.
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Oxford Synagogue
- an article, dated 28 September 1849, from the Jewish Chronicle.
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The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Oxford.
From papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish
Historical Society of England, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975.
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Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain - Papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish
Historical Society of England, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975.
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Oxford Synagogue - Memories - an article dated 26 August 1955,
by K. R. A. Hart from the Jewish Chronicle.
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Oxford - City of Sweetness
- an article dated 20 October 1978 on the Oxford Jewish community, its history, characters, buildings and institutions from the Jewish Chronicle.
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Herbert Martin James Loewe in Oxford
- an article by Harold Pollins that was first published in 2006 in the Jewish Journal of Sociology.
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Oxford Jewish Community - a Brief History, dated 13 June 2003, by Harold Pollins.
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Oxford’s Forgotten Sons and Daughters
- an article dated 5 February 2011 from the Oxford Mail on Oxford's rich Medieval Jewish history.
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Oxford Jewish Casualties during the Great War,
an article by Harold Pollins published in The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society, volume 65, pages 92-101, November 2014.
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Oxford Medieval Jewish Community.
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Oxford Bibliography
Additional articles are to be found on the Oxford Jewish Congregation page.
on third parties' websites
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Oxford Jewish Heritage at http://www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk
This website contains extensive material on the Oxford Jewish Community, past and present, including
the history of the Community (both medieval and modern), maps, boigraphies, articles and much more.
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Memorial Marks City's Old Jewish Cemetery
- an on-line article dated 8 July 2012 in the Oxford Mail on Oxford's Medieval Jewish cemetery.
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Oxford Jewish Cemeteries Information
The following are the known Jewish cemeteries that existed in
Oxford:
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Wolvercote Cemetery, Jewish Section, Banbury Road, Wolvercote, Oxford. First Jewish burial
dates from 1894. This is the cemetery currently in use by the Oxford Jewish community and contains some 400 burials.
The Oxford Jewish Cemetery page of the
Oxford Jewish Heritage website,
includes a downloadable pdf list of all burials in the Wolvercote Jewish Cemetery.
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Medieval Jewish Cemeteries:
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The Jews Garden: acquired in 1177, when Jews were first allowed to purchase land outside London.
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A Jewish cemetery, now part of Magdalene College and the Botanical Gardens, was in use from 1231 until 1290.
(For additional information, see also
IAJGS Cemetery Project - Oxford)
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Oxford Jewish Population Data
(excluding student population)
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1896
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*35 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1896/97) |
1955
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500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
1965
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450 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
1990
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542 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
2004
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500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
*The source also gives the Jewish student population as 12 in 1896.
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Jewish Congregations in Oxfordshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
Page created: 13 June 2003
Latest revision or update: 11 August 2022
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