South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community

Name

South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community

Address:

Shabbat day services are held in community venues in Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester. Friday evening and Saturday evening Havdalah services are normally held in members’ homes.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Previous Address:

Various previous addresses appeared in Jewish Year Books from 1993 through 2000, including:

Winchester, Hampshire (from 1992 to 1993)

Crestwood Centre, Bryatt Wood, Evastleigh (from about 1993 to about 1997)^(iv)

Unitarian Meeting Hall, London Road, Southampton (from about 1997 to about 1998)^(v)

The Synagogue, Mordaunt Road, The Innner Avenue, Southampton (from about 1998 to about 2000)^(vi)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1983^(vii)

Ritual:

Reform

Affiliation:

The congregation is a constituent synagogue of the the Movement for Reform Judaism (formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain), having previously been an associate community from about 1988 to about 1995,^(viii) and initially an affiliate of Bournemouth Reform Synagogue.^(ix)

Website:

https://southhantsreform.wordpress.com

Ministers:

None listed

Membership Data

General

2006 - about 80^(xiii)

National Reports and Surveys^(xiv)

1990 - 45 members (comprising 27 households, 8 individual male and 10 individual female members)

1996 - 62 members (comprising 25 households, 8 individual male and 29 individual female members)

2010 & 2016 - listed as having under 50 members (by household)

Charitable Status:

The congregation is a registered charity (no. 1040109), registered on 16 August 1994. Its governing document is the congregation's constitution adopted 20 June 1993, as amended 26 April 1994 and 2 September 2007.^(xv)

Registration Districts:

For Southampton - Southamptons (since 1 July 1837) - Link to Register Office website.
For Portsmouth - Portsmouth (since 1 July 1900)^(xvi)- Link to Register Office website
For Winchester - Hampshire (since 1 April 2008)^(xvii)- Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

The congregation is a member synagogue of the Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS), through which the congregation's members participate in a burial scheme.

See also London Cemeteries of the Movement for Reform Judaism