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Page created: 3 September 2003
Latest revision or update: 1 September 2017
Jesmond Synagogue, Newcastle
(Courtesy Peter Gatoff)
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Congregation Data |
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Official Name: |
Jesmond Hebrew Congregation |
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Address: |
Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond,
Newcastle upon Tyne (from 1915, foundation stone laid 1914) |
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Date Formed: |
1914 |
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Current Status: |
In 1973, the congregation
merged with two other congregatiions to form the
Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation.
However, Eskdale Terrace continued to serve as one of the synagogues
(and from 1984 to 1986 the only synagogue) of the united congregation,
until its closure in 1986. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Ministers:
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Rev. Emmanuel Drukker, BA -
from 1915 until 1958
Rabbi Dr. Isaac Lerner, MA, PhD - 1958
Rabbi S. Silberg, MA (Primary Source: L. Olsover's "The Jewish Communities of North-East England",
1980) |
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Cemetery
Information |
In 1915, the Congregation acquired its own
cemetery, being the Jewish Section of the Byker and
Heaton Municipal Cemetery
(for details, see
Newcastle Cemetery
Information) |
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On-line Articles, Photographs
and Other Material
relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
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Congregational
Records |
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Registration District
(BDM): |
Newcastle upon Tyne (from founding of the Congregation)
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Link to Register Office email |
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General: |
Numerous records of the Jewish Communities in Northeast
England (only a sample of which are listed below) are deposited with the
Tyne and Wear Archives Service (http://www.legacyarchives.org.uk).
CLICK HERE to view a full
list of these records (correct to December 2005). |
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Synagogue Records: |
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Minutes 1924-1973 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see
above)
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Annual Reports 1941-1973 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see
above)
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Membership 1926-1931 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)
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Accounts 1922-1943 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)
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Orders of Service 1915-1986 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)
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Newcastle upon Tyne Jewish Community home page
Jewish Congregations in
Tyne and Wear
Jewish Communities of England home page
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