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Borough of Truro
The city of Truro, in South West England, has a population of about 13,000.
It was a municipal borough, with city status (the only city in Cornwall), until
1974, when it was merged with neighbouring localities to form the local
government (non-metropolitan) district of Carrick, within the county of
Cornwall. In April 2009, the district of Carrick and all other local
government districts in Cornwall were abolished, and Cornwall became a unitary
authority.
Truro Jewish Community
Jewish communities were established in Cornwall in the eighteenth century, mainly in Falmouth and Penzance, but there was also
a small communitiy in Truro and a few Jewish families in some other small
Cornish towns. These communities died out by the end of the nineteenth. In
Truro, there is no evidence that a synagogue was
established and services were presumably held in private homes. The community
did not appoint a minister, but did have a shochet, at least during the 1820s.
In recent years a Reform Jewish congregation has been formed by Jews living
in and around Truro.
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Kehillat Kernow (Cornwall Community)(i) |
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Address: |
The congregation holds regular fortnightly Shabbat services. These services are conducted by volunteer members and from
time to time student rabbis of Leo Baeck College as well as from
visiting rabbis.(iii)
The venue for services, which are generally held in or near Truro, can
be obtained by contacting the community, via its website. |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Date Founded: |
1999(iv)
although an earlier congregation had existed in Truro in the 1970s and
had been disbanded.(v) |
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Ritual: |
Reform |
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Affiliation: |
Affiliated to the
Movement for Reform
Judaism (formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain), of which
it is an associate
community. |
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Website: |
http://kehillatkernow.com |
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Ministers: |
None Listed |
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Newsletter: |
Kol Kehillat Kernow |
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Membership Data: |
General:
2014 - approximately 100(iv)
National Reports and Surveys:(vii)
1977 (earlier congregation) - 25 male (or household) members and
estimated 25
female members
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 50 to 99 members (by household) |
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Charitable Status: |
The congregation is a registered charity (no. 1090562), Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community Of Cornwall).
The governing document is the congregation's constitution adopted 15 November 2000, as amended 27 November
2000, 27 November 2011 and 10 November 2013.(viii) |
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Registration District: |
Cornwall
since 1 May 2007(ix) -
link to register office website |
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Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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Search the All-UK Database
The records in the database associated with
Truro include:
1851 Anglo Jewry Database (updated 2016)
Individuals in the
1851 Anglo Jewry Database
who were living in Truro during the
1770s (1 record), 1780s (1 record), 1790s (3 records),
1820s (8 records), 1830s (7 records), 1840s (2 records) and 1850s (7 records).
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Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to the
Jews of Cornwall
On JCR-UK
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Selected Bibliography:
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The Jews of Devon and Cornwall by Evelyn Friedlander and others, 2000.
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The Lost Jews of Cornwall by Kieth Pearce and Helen Fry, 2000
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The Jews of Cornwall, A History, Tradition and Settlement to 1913 by Keith Pearce, 2014.
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Other Cornwall Bibliography
On third party's website
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Truro Jewish Cemeteries Information
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A small Jewish burial ground is believed (though not conclusively) to have existed in Truro, but abandoned in the 1840's.
No visible remains exist and no information is known as to who was buried there.
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Kehillat Kernow has been allotted special areas, specifically for Jewish burials, within the following existing municipal cemeteries in Cornwall:
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Fairpark Cemetery, Rialton Road, St. Columb Minor, near Newquay;
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Campdown Cemetery, Crinnis Road (at end of Beach Road), Charlestoown, St Aistell; and
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Paul Cemetery,
Paul, near Penzance.
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For historic Jewish cemeteries in
Cornwall, see separately under
Falmouth and
Penzance.
(See also
IAJGS International Cemeteries Project - Cornwall)
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