New Beth Hamedrash

Name:

New Beth Hamedresh

Addresses:

55 Crown Street. (Note: this was also the address of the Kehal Chassidim Synagogue, at least in 1909, and the Nusah Ari Synagogue until about 1969. The actual relationship between these congregations is still to be ascertained.

Date Founded:

Believed about 1899

Status:

Amalgamated shortly before 1908 with the Devon Street Congregation to form the New Central Synagogue (believed to be the Shaw Street Congregation).

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Membership Data:

1900 - 86 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01); 96 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns)

1905 - 102 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1906)

(Note: Liverpool from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" includes additional membership data on this Congregation)

Cemetery Information:

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