Hastings & Bexhill Jewish Groups

Name:

Hastings and District Jewish Society

Address:

Meetings generally held in Bexhill-on-Sea, in private homes.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Date Founded:

About 1974⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Current Status:

Now believed defunct, from at least 2018, based upon its charitable status (see below), although it may still be continuing on an informal basis.

Ritual:

Reform oriented

Affiliation:

Unaffiliated.

JSCN Link:

Although believed defunct, it is still listed under Hastings and District Jewish Society on the Jewish Small Communities Network website.

Ministers:

None listed

Membership Data

National Reports and Surveys^(v)

1977 & 1983 - 20 male (or household) members and 35 female members

1990 - 36 members (comprising 24 households, 4 individual male and 8 individual female members)

1996 - 44 members (comprising 17 households, 6 individual male and 21 individual female members)

2010 & 2016- listed as having under 50 members (by household)

Former Charitable Status:

The society was a registered charity (no. 273806), registered on 28 July 1977, the governing document having been the society's constitution adopted September 1974. It was removed from the register on 31 May 2018 on the grounds that it had "Ceased to exist".^(vi)