Canvey Island Jewish Community

Canvey Island, Essex

Page created: 17 December 2007
Latest revision or update: 10 August 2017

Town of Canvey Island

Canvey Island is a town on an island of the same name in the Thames estuary in southeast England, having a population of about 40,000. It is within the borough of Castle Point in the county of Essex. Castle Point was formed as a local government district in 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Canvey Island and Benfleet.

Canvey Island Jewish Community

There was a Jewish congregation on Canvey Island, which was in existance for a few years in the 1930s. In 2016, a new Jewish community was established on the island, when seven Ultra-Orthodox families from the Satmar Chasidic sect from the Stamford Hill area of North London moved to the area.

The Jewish Congregations

1930's Congregation

Congregation Data
Name:	Canvey Island Hebrew Congregation
Address:	No synagogue building
Date Founded:	1935
Current Status:	Closed by 1938
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox

Chasidic Congregation

Congregation Data
Name:	Satmar
Address:	Services held in the assembly hall of the former Castle View School, which was purchased by the community for use as a community centre.
Date Founded:	2016
Current Status:	Active
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox

Canvey Island Jewish Cemetery Information

There is no Jewish cemetery on Canvey Island.

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