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Congregation Data |
Name: |
Coventry Hebrew Congregation (or
Coventry Synagogue) |
Address: |
Barras Lane, Coventry CV1 3AF.
The synagogue, built in 1870, which included
the Rabbi's house on the upper floor, was temporarily closed in about 1890 due to
falling membership but reopened in about 1906.(iii)
In addition, for much of the years of World War II, synagogue services were suspended as a result of heavy aerial bombing of Coventry
and evacuation of many of its citizens.
By 2003
the synagogue had ceased holding regular services and it gradually
fell into disuse and disrepair, closing finally in 2008.(iv)
However, on 18 June 2009, it was designated a Grade II Listed Building (number 1393332).
View description
on Historic England website.
In 2013, it was sold to a private individual, who announced his
intentions to restore the building and reopen it as a functioning
synagogue and to host school visits.(v) |
Addresses of Earlier Congregations: |
Initially, from the early nineteenth century, services were held in a timber-framed mediaeval building in Great Butcher Row, the home of Isaac Cohen (which was demolished in 1936)(vi)
The congregation then rented rooms in Derby Lane, Fleet Street (now also demolished).
Subsequently, by the middle of the nineteenth century,
the congregation used upper rooms at
No. 16 Spon Street until the construction of the synagogue in Barras Lane in 1870. |
Date Formed: |
There had been Jewish congregation in Coventry from the early 1800s,(x)
although the year the congregation was founded is generally given as about
1850(xi)
or sometime between 1864(xii)
and the establishment of
the Barras Lane Synagogue in 1870. Until the 1860s, many Jewish
residents of Coventry were non-resident members of Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham.(xii) |
Current Status: |
The synagogue having ceased to hold regular
services, membership merged with
Solihull & District Hebrew
Congregation in about 2003. |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
The congregation was unaffiliated but
under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister - hold the cursor over his name.)
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Rev. Moses Hirsch Hollander
- from about 1854 until 1856(xv)
Rev. Solomon Cohen
- from at least 1869 until at least 1885(xvi)
Rev. Isaac Sunlight
- from 1893 until, possibly, 1896(xvii)
Rev. M. Shatz
- from at least 1896 until unknown date(xviii)
Rev. Daniel Caplan
- from 1901 until unknown date(xix)
Rev. Solomon Katz
- from 1906 until 1911(xx)
Rev. A. Behrman
- from about 1911 until about 1914(xxi)
Rev. P. Friedman
- from about 1914 until about 1916(xxiii)
Rev. Israel Candleshine
- from about 1916 until about 1918(xxiv)
Rev. David Isaac Devons
- from 1918 until 1922(xxv)
Rev. Menachem BenZion Ordman
- from 1923 until 1924(xxvi)
Rev. S. Bronstein
- from about 1924 until about 1926(xxvii)
Rev. Phillip Isaacs
- from about 1926 until 1950(xxx)
Rev. David L. Landy
- from 1950 until 1954(xxxi)
Rev. Harold Z. Greenberg
- from 1954 until 1959(xxxii)
Rev. Sidney Israel Lubin
- from 1961 until about 1962(xxxiii)
Rev. Solomon Greenstein
- from about 1962 until about 1964(xxxiv)
Rev. Nathaniel H. Rockman
- from 1964 until 1971(xxxv)
Rev. Michael Atkins
- from 1972 until 1975(xxxvi)
Rev. Avrom Sherr
(part-time, non-resident) - about 1987(xxxvii)
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Lay Officers in 1874 and from 1896: |
Unless where otherwise stated, the data on the lay officers of the congregation has been extracted
Jewish Year Book listings.(xl) |
Presidents
in 1874 - M. Baum(xli)
1896-1898 - F. Silverston
1898-1899 - Phillip Cohen
1899-1912 - E. Kalker
1912-1914 - M. Salmon
1914-1918 - M. Angel
1918-1921 - A. Salmon
1921-1923 - M. Angel
1923-1925 - A. Salmon
1925-1934 - S. Phillips
1934-1938 - M. Cohen
1938-1945 - no data
1945-1946 - M. Angel
1946-1948 - A. Simon
1948-1950 - L. Brown
1950-1951 - M. Angel
1951-1952 - S. Dean, ACA
1952-1954 - R. Williams
1954-1956 - C. Angel
Treasurers
in 1874 - J. Radges(xli)
1896-1909 - E. Kalker
1909-1912 - A. Salmon
1912-1914 - E. Gliberman
1914-1918 - I. Bernow
1918-1921 - M. Angel
1921-1923 - J. Goldstein
1923-1934 - N. Marks
1934-1938 - D. Glieberman
1938-1945 - no data
1945-1950 - D. Glieberman
1950-1952 - H. Bass
1952-1954 - Dr. E. Bindman
1954-1956 - D. Norton
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Hon. Life President
1946-at least 1956 - M. Angel
Vice Presidents
1946-1950 - R. Williams
1950-1954 - C. Angel
1954-1956 - Dr E. Bindman
Wardens
1946-1950 - B. Fisher
1950-1983 - Michael L. Hyam
Hon. Secretaries
in 1874 - A.E. Fridlander(xli)
1896-1910 - A.E. Fridlander
1910-1911 - Rev. S. Katz
1911-1912 - A.E. Fridlander
1912-1914 - S. Phillip
1914-1915 - O. Lamm
1915-1918 - P. Jacobs
1918-1921 - W. Goldberg
1921-1923 - O. Lamm
1923-1924 - P. Fisher
1924-1925 - Mark Fisher
1925-1934 - Miss M. Fisher
1934-1937 - M. Fisher
1937-1940 - F.M. Cohen
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1946 - Cecil Angel & Michael L. Hyam
1946-1983 - Michael L. Hyam
1983-1984 - A. Berger
1984-1985 - A. Grey
1988-1992 - R.R. Engleman
1992-2006 - L.R. Benjamin
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Membership Data: |
Number of Seatholders - Board of Deputies Returns(xlv)
1869 |
1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
16 |
17 |
13 |
6 |
5 |
Number of Seatholders - Jewish Year Books(xlvi)
1896 |
1899 |
1901 |
1902 |
1907 |
1912 |
1913 |
1914 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
30 |
28 |
23 |
National Reports and Surveys(xlvii)
1977 - 51 male (or household) members and 54 female members
1983 - 39 male (or household) members and 17 female members
1990 -
56 members (comprising 36 households, 6 individual male members and 14 individual female members)
1996 - 47 members (comprising 31 households,
2 individual male members and 14 individual female members)
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Registration District |
Coventry (since 1 July 1837).
Link to Register
Office website. |
Burial Arrangements:
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There is a Jewish cemetery in
Coventry. For details and database
see Cemetery Information (on
Coventry Jewish Community home page).
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Online Articles, Videos and Other
Material relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
on Third Party Websites
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Other Coventry Institutions connected to
the Congregation
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Educational & Theological
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Other
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Chevra Torah (founded by 1909)(li)
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Hebrew Philanthropic Society (founded by 1912)(lii)
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Social and Literary Society (founded by 1913)(liii)
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Women's Zionist Society (founded by 1939)(liv)
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Notes & Sources
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Coventry Jewish Community
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Midlands
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Page created: 24 July 2003
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 20 September 2021
Page most recently amended: 30 October 2024
Research and formatting by
David Shulman
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