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From 1956 to 2017
Shakespeare Villas (corner with
Shakespeare Street), Nottingham NG1 4FQ.
A former Wesleyan
(Methodist) Reform chapel, built in 1854. The premises
were acquired for approximately £11,000 as they
had
suffered extensive damage from enemy action during World
War II (on 8/9 May 1941) and required significant works
of repair and alterations to make it suitable for use as
a synagogue. The newly adapted synagogue, which included
the ark and pulpit from the congregation's previous
synagogue, was consecrated by Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie
on 21 September 1954.(iv)
In the mid-1970s, additional land was acquired to enable
the erection of a community centre.
Following closure in 2017, the building was sold
to Nottingham Trent University for £789,000 and, renamed
The University Hall, is used for hosting students' graduation ceremonies and
lectures by guest speakers.(v)
The building, together with the attached railings,
was designated a Grade II Listed Building (number
1255018) on 12 July 1972 (most recent amendment
30 November 1995).
See
Historic
England listing and description.
From 1890 to 1954
Chaucer Street Synagogue, Nottingham.
This was the
congregation's only purpose built synagogue. The site
was acquired for £1,000 and the foundation stone was laid on
21 November 1889, the cost of building being a
further £3,000. Consecration of the synagogue took
place on 30 July 1890.(viii)
Following the dramatic increase
in the size of the community during and following World
War II, these premises were no longer adequate and were
sold in the 1950s. The building was demolished in 1991.(ix)
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Earlier Addresses:
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Initially religious services were held in private homes
and when this became impractical, such services were
held, until 1890, in rented accommodation, more or less
suitable for the purpose.(xii)
The following such venues, covering the years 1827 to
1890, have been identified:(xiii)
1827 - Glasshouse Street(xiv)
about 1840 - Lower Parliament Street(xv)
1845 to 1849 - a hired room in Barker Gate(xvi)
about 1849 to 1857 - a house on north side
Park Street (now Friars Lane),
belonging to Joel Davis(xix)
about 1858 to 1860 - upper floor room in a Broad Street
factory(xx)
1860 to 1863 - Balloon Court,
off Charlotte Street(xxi)
about 1863 to 1868 - Clare Street(xxii)
1868 to 1873 - Beck Lane, which ran from St. Ann's Well Road to
Goose Gate(xxiii)
about 1873 to 1883 - 7 George Street(xxiv)
1883 to 1890 - Co-operative Hall,
Greyfriar Gate, Stamford Street(xxv)
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Ministers:(xxxiii) (To view a short profile
of a minister whose name appears in blue - hold
the cursor over the name.)
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Rev. Moses Levi
- part time minister from at least 1821 until 1823(xxxiv)
Rev. Michael Solomon Alexander
- minister/reader in about 1823(xxxv)
Rev. Jacob Kisch
- shochet in about 1825(xxxvi)
Rev. Hart Symonds
- may have served as minister in about 1827(xxxvii)
Rev. Mordechai Marshall
- minister from 1835 until 1841(xxxviii)
Rev. David Volf
- minister in about 1844(xli)
Rev. Wolf Fridman
- reader, shochet and teacher from at least 1846 until 1849(xlii)
Rev. Ephraim Cohen
- minister/reader in about 1849(xliii)
Rev. Lewis Goldberg
- minister/reader from 1850 until 1858(xliv)
Rev. David Isaacs
- reader in about 1856(xlv)
Rev. Davis Meyer
- minister/reader from 1858 until 1868(xlviii)
Rev. Joseph Lewin
- minister/reader from 1869 until 1871(xlix)
Rev. Bernard Lichtenstein
- minister/reader from 1871 until 1875(l)
Rev. R. Goldreich
- minister/reader from 1874 until 1876(li)
Rev. Samuel Brown
- minister/reader from 1876 until about 1883(lii)
Rev. Abraham Isaac Scheff
- minister/reader from 1883 until 1888(lv)
Rev. B. H. Rosengard
- minister/reader in about 1888(lvi)
Rev. Harris Cohen
- minister and teacher from 1888 until 1903(lvii)
Rev. Maurice Sisson BA
- minister in 1904(lviii)
Rev. Harris Jerevitch
- minister and head teacher from 1906 until 1912
(having previously served as head-teacher in 1904)(lix)
Rabbi Julius Kyanski
- minister and head teacher from 1916 until 1920(lxii)
Rabbi Solomon Zvi Mestel
- minister and head teacher from 1920 until 1923(lxiii)
Rev. Abraham Levene
- minister from 1923 until 1936(lxiv)
Rev. Dr. Solomon Goldman
- minister from 1937 until 1950(lxv)
Rabbi Dr. Jacob Posen
- minister from 1951 until 1967(lxvi)
Rabbi Philip T. Greenberg
- minister from 1968 until 1972(lxix)
Rev. Cyril Braslavsky
- minister from 1972 until 1980(lxx)
Rev. Michael Atkins
- minister from 1980 until 1987(lxxi)
Rabbi Moshe Perez
- minister from 1990 until January 2018(lxxii)
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Presidents
early/mid 1800s
- David Solomon(xcviii)
1852-1853
- Jonah Samuel(xcix)
1863-1869
- Jacob Weinberg(c)
1869-1882
- Davis Meyer(ci)
1889-1890s
- Albert Cahn(cii)
1890s
- Theobald Alexander(ciii)
* * * *
* at least 1896-1898
- Ralph Goldman
1898-1901
- Reuben Torlowsky
1901-1905
- L. Goldstone
1905-1908
- Ralph Goodman
1908-1911
- David Snapper
1911-1914
- J. Goldstone
1914-1923
- J. Sakoschansky(cv)
1923-1924
- Maurice Appleby
1924-1929
- David Snapper
1929-1931
- Harold King(cvi)
1931-1937
- W. Max Snapper
1937-1938
- Cllr. Lazarus J. Levin(cvi)
1938-1940
- W. Max Snapper
1940-1944
- Maurice Appleby(cvi)
1944-1946
- Lazarus J. Levin
1946-1947
- Jacob Levin
1947-1949
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine
1949-1950
- Lazarus J. Levin(cvi)
1950-1953
- Jacob Levin
1953-1955
- W. Max Snapper
1955-1958
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine
1958-1960
- Bernard Millet
1960-1961
- Lou S. Levin, JP
1961-1963
- M. Leventhal
1963-1964
- Samuel Saunders
1964-1965
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine
1965-1967
- Michael Glass
1967-1969
- Jules Levy
1969-1970
- Joe Dessau
1970-1975
- Michael Glass
1975-1978
- Maurice M. Cresswell
1978-1981
- Ronald N. Hall
1981-1983
- Alec Spielberg
1983-1985
- Cllr. Michael F. Spungin, OBE
1985-1987
- Philip S. Morris
1987-1989
- Warren Torz
1989-1991
- Ronald Simmons
1991-1992
- Paul A. Levin
1992-1994
- David Kissman
1994-1996
- Martin Fisher
1996-1998
- Dr. Nelson Fisher
Wardens
1958-1964
- Victor Cresswell & J. Knobil
1964-1965
- L. Millett & Gershom H. Young
1965-1967
- L. Millett & Victor Cresswell
1967-1968
- Victor Cresswell & F. Ford
1968-1969
- Victor Cresswell
1969-1970
- J. Benjamin
1970-1972
- Leo Bloch
1972-1978
- L. Millett & Leo Bloch
1978-1981
- L. Millett
1981-1982
- David M. Snapper
Vice Presidents
1982-1983
- David M. Snapper
1983-1985
- Warren Torz
1985-1987
- Ronald Simmons
1987-1988
- none
1988-1989
- Paul A. Levin
1989-1991
- none
1991-1992
- David Kissman
1992-1994
- Martin Fisher
1994-1996
- Dr. Nelson Fisher
1994-1996
- Dr. David Magrill
Shamassim (Beadles)
(except where
listed elsewhere)
1880-1885
- Judah ben Hassan(cvii)
1898-1940
- Lazarus Glick(cviii)
1948-1956
- Percy Simmons(cix)
1957-1983
- Moshe Szold(cx)
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Treasurers
at least 1896-1897
- Jacob Rabinovitch
1897-1898
- L. Goldstone
1898-1900
- David Snapper
1900-1901
- B. Serabski
1901-1902
- L. Reed
1902-1908
- Sol Snapper
1907-1908
- Jacob Rabinovitch(cxii) 1908-1909
- D. Ryness
1909-1911
- Benjamin Lilliman
1911-1912
- W. Robinson
1912-1914
- W. David Brener
1914-1917
- J. Sakoschansky(cxiii)
1917-1923
- Philip Leach
1923-1924
- David Rosenblatt
1924-1925
- Max Nepolsky
1925-1926
- A. Lipman(cxii)
1926-1928
- Lazarus J. Levin
1928-1931
- W. Max Snapper(cxii)
1931-1932
- Lyons Rabinowitch
1932-1933
- Louis Millett
1933-1936
- Louis Davis
1936-1937
- Cllr. Lazarus J. Levin
1937-1938
- W. Max Snapper
1938-1939
- Eli G. Weinberg
1939-1940
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine
1940-1943
- Max Nepolsky(cxiv)
1943-1944
- Jacob Levin(cxii)
1944-1947
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine
1947-1948
- Victor Cresswell
1948-1949
- N. Sieger
1949-1953
- W. Max Snapper
1953-1954
- Hymie Nathan
1954-1955
- Henry Hyman Lionel Levine(cxii)
1955-1958
- Bernard Millet
1958-1960
- Lou S. Levin, JP
1960-1961
- M. Leventhal
1961-1963
- Samuel Saunders
1963-1965
- Michael Glass
1965-1967
- Jules Levy
1967-1969
- Joe Dessau
1969-1970
- Michael Glass
1970-1971
- David N. Snapper
1971-1972
- Joe Spungin
1972-1974
- James Levin
1974-1978
- Ronald N. Hall
1978-1981
- Alec Spielberg
1981-1983
- Cllr. Michael F. Spungin, OBE
1983-1985
- Philip S. Morris
1985-1987
- Warren Torz
1987-1989
- Ronald Simmons
1989-1991
- Paul A. Levin
1991-1992
- Martin Fisher
1992-1996
- A.S. Markson
1992-1998
- D.R. Simmons
Secretaries & Hon Secretaries(cxviii)
c.1854
- Woolf Jonas(cxix)
c.1860
- Alexander Jonas(cxix) 1860-1896
- Lesser Levy(cxx)
1896-1898
- Gershon Rabinovitch
c.1900
- H. Cohen(cxix)
1898-1903
- Rev. Harris Cohen
1905-1908
- Gershon Rabinovitch
1908-1917
- Abraham Lassman(cxxi)
1923-1931
- L. Berkovitch
1931-1944
- Abraham Lassman(cxxi)
1944-1947
- *Rabbi Monty Newman(cxxii)
1946-1956
- **Joe Spungin(cxxiii)
1948-1950
- *Gershom H. Young(cxxiv)
1950-1953
- *Morry Myerowitz
1953-1956
- *Singleton Carter & Co
1956-1961
- M. Greenberg
1961-1963
- H. Honigman
1963-1964
- L. Grabman
1965-1966
- R. Baker
* Listed "secretary" (from 1947)
** Listed "hon. secretary" |