Page created: 9 November 2005
Latest revision or update: 10 July 2017
City of Worcester
The historic city of Worcester lies on
the river Severn in the English West Midlands and has a population of over 90,000. It was a
county
borough in the county of Worcestershire until 1974, when it became a local
government district, initially within the relatively short-lived county of
Hereford and Worcester and, from 1998, within the newly reconstituted county of
Worcestershire.
Worcester Jewish Community
Although there
was a medieval Jewish community in Worcester, the modern Jewish community was
not established until the 1940s, when a Synagogue Group was established by World
War II evacuees.
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Congregation Data |
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Official Name: |
Worcester Hebrew Congregation |
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Developed from: |
Worcester United Synagogue Membership Group |
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Address: |
2 New Street, Worcester. (consecrated March 1943) |
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Formation: |
The Congregation was formally established in about 1948, having
developed from the Membership Group,
which had been formed by evacuees from heavily populated areas of
Central & Eastern London, during WWII, and was linked to the
United Synagogue. |
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Current Status: |
Closed about 1970. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
An Affiliated Synagogue of the United Synagogue since 1948. |
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Congregation Numbers: |
1948 - 14 seat-holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970 )
1960 - 18 seat-holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970 )
1970 - 11 seat-holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970 ) |
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Worcester Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Worcester Jewish Cemetery Information
There is no known Jewish cemetery in Worcester
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Worcester Jewish Population Data
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1955
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45 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
List of United Synagogue Congregations (and Membership Groups)
World War II Evacuee Communities
Jewish Congregations in Worcestershire
Jewish Communities of England home page
