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Page created: 2 March 2002
Latest revision or update: 5 October 2016
The
Synagogue of the United Hebrew Congregation, Shadwell Lane, May 2013
© David Shulman 2013
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
United Hebrew Congregation (UHC) |
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Address: |
Shadwell Lane Synagogue, 151 Shadwell Lane, Leeds LS17 8DW |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Formed: |
1930/1 (Present Synagogue is purpose-built and opened
in 1986) |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
"An independent orthodox synagogue operating under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth" |
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Constituent Synagogues: |
The Shadwell Lane Synagogue is the sole constituent synagogue in the
UHC.
The following are former constituent synagogues of the UHC
Great Synagogue, Belgrave Street (joined
1930/1, synagogue closed 1983)
New Synagogue, Chapeltown Road (joined
in 1931/2, synagogue closed 1985)
New Leeds Congregation, 1
Louis Street (joined
in 1930/1, synagogue sold 1932)
Moortown Synagogue, 151 Shadwell Lane (opened 1937,
synagogue closed 1986)
Chapeltown United Synagogue,
58-60 Chapeltown Road (joined
in about 1949, synagogue closed about 1962)
In addition, the
Louis Street Synagogue
merged into the UHC, when the former closed in 1974 |
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Affiliates: |
The following congregations were affiliated for the purposes of
burial rights (Jewish Year Books 1935-45):
Herzl Moser Zionist
Synagogue
Leeds Spanish and Portuguese
(Sephardic)
Synagogue
Louis Street Synagogue
Lovell Street
Synagogue
Psalms of David
Synagogue
Vilna Synagogue
Harrogate Hebrew
Congregation
York Hebrew Congregation
Huddersfield Hebrew
Congregation (Jewish Year Book 1945, only) |
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Website: |
https://www.uhcleeds.com/ |
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Membership Data: |
1935 - 1,100 (two synagogues) (Jewish Year Book 1935)
1949 - 1,800 (four synagogues) (Jewish Year Book 1950)
1999 - 1,032 (one synagogue) (Board of Deputies) |
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Marriage Certification: |
Registration District: Leeds North |
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Cemetery: |
The congregation administers its own cemetery, the
UHC Cemetery. For details see
Cemetery Information on Leeds Jewish Community home page. See also Database below. |
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Search
of Cemetery Records, with images
The
UHC
Cemetery Database contains over 6,500 burials, plus photographs of some 5,000 headstones, in
the United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, Gelderd Road, Gildersome, from 1840 to 2013.
The
New Farnley
Cemeteries Database includes approximately 1,300 records, dating
from approximately 1896, of burials,
plus photographs of gravestones, associated with the
Louis Street Synagogue,
which are now administered by the United Hebrew Congregation.
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Leeds Jewish Community home page
Other Jewish Congregations in
West Yorkshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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