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What's New

Please note we add only significant updates here, the site is updated continuously.

Unless otherwise stated, all research and formatting since 2005 has been carried out by webmaster, David Shulman.

11 March 2024
NEWCASTLE PAGES ENHANCED
Pages significantly expanded and converted to the new revised format now include the pages for the Newcastle upon Tyne Jewish Community and the Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation, as well as all the city's earlier (now defunct) Orthodox congregations, including: Jesmond Hebrew Congregation; Gosforth & Kenton Hebrew Congregation; Leazes Park Road Synagogue; Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue; Newcastle Beth Hamedrash; Corporation Street Synagogue; Charlotte Square Synagogue; and Temple Street Synagogue The new data includes an expanded history of the Jewish community, lists of the congregation's ministers and officers, as well as additional communal material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

14 February 2024
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Pages converted to the new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, now include Ramsgate and Ramsgate's Montefiore Synagogue, other Kent congregation in Canterbury and Sheerness, the congregations in Canvey Island (Essex), Durham, Guildford (Surrey) and Worcester, as well as the Isle of Man, with list of its World War II internees. These pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

14 January 2024
SEARCH FUNCTION ADDED
A new Search function has been added enabling one to carry out a search of the whole JewishGen website, including JCR-UK.

24 December 2023
WEST COUNTRY - ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
The new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, has now been extended to all remaining West Country communities and congregations, including Plymouth and Devonport, Exeter, Penzance, Falmouth, Barnstable, Gloucester, as well as the Bristol community page. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

31 October 2023
PORTSMOUTH PAGES ENHANCED
The pages relating to the Portsmouth Jewish Community, the Portsmouth and Southsea Hebrew Congregation and several small defunct secessionist congregations that existed in the city, as well as the former local Aria College, have been significantly expanded and converted to the new revised format. The new data includes an expanded history of the Jewish community, lists of the congregation's ministers and officers and other rabbinical and lay figures associated with Portsmouth and Aria College, as well as additional communal material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of these rabbinical figures.

16 October 2023
OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE PAGES ENHANCED
The pages relating to the Oxford Jewish Community and the Oxford Jewish Congregation, and the Cambridge Jewish Community and the Cambridge Synagogue, as well as the other small congregations that existed in Oxford and Cambridge, have been significantly enhanced and converted to the new revised format. The new data includes lists of the congregations' ministers and officers and other rabbinical and lay figures associated, in particular, with Oxford, as well as additional communal material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from Oxford.

10 September 2023
NEW SECTIONS
Two new sections have been added to JCR-UK: World War II Evacuee Communities, which details those Jewish communities and congregations established in the UK during 1939-1945 by war-time evacuees from large built-up areas, supplemented by refugees from Nazi oppression; and Online Communal Newsletters and Magazines (still in a somewhat embryonic stage), listing newsletters, magazines and other journals of Jewish communities and congregations in the UK and Ireland that may be viewed online.

4 September 2023
LETCHWORTH & HITCHIN CONGREGATION PAGES ENHANCED
The pages relating to two north Hertfordshire communities that began life as congregations formed by war-time evacuees, the Letchworth Jewish Community and the Hitchin Jewish Community, have been significantly enhanced and converted to the new revised format. The new data includes lists of the communities' ministers and officers and other rabbinical figures associated with Letchworth, particulars on the communities' yeshivot, as well as additional communal material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. Special thanks is extended to Yanky Fachler, whose recently published book, Jewish Letchworth - A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience, was the source of much of the data provided. The profiles of the numerous rabbis associated with the Letchworth community are being added to the Rabbinic Profiles section on an ongoing basis.

29 August 2023
NEWCASTLE (HAZELRIGG) CEMETERY DATABASE UPDATE:
Searchable records of the JCR-UK-hosted Newcastle Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery Database, which covers burials from 1908, have been updated by Deborah Ross and collated by Alan Tobias and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 31 July 2023. There are nearly 2,700 burial records in the databases, with over 1,730 headstone images, including GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) as well as a feature that provides a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

15 August 2023
PHOTO GALLERIES ADDED
In recent months galleries of photographs relating to a number of communities and congregations have been added or expanded. These include photographs of Aberdeen Synagogue; Birmingham Central Synagogue; Coventry Synagogue; Hull Western Synagogue: Margate Synagogue: Norwich Synagogue: Southampton Synagogue; Synagogues of the Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation; Greenock Jewish Cemetery, Norfolk; King's Lynn Jewish Cemetery, Scotland; and Limerick Jewish Cemetery, Ireland.

7 August 2023
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Pages converted to, the new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, now include the Grimsby Hebrew Congregation, Lincolnshire, and the Harrogate Hebrew Congregation, Yorkshire. Pages have also now been created for the Norwood Orphanage Synagogue and the war-time evacuee congregations in Chatteris and Ely, both in Cambridgeshire. These pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

30 July 2023
CONGREGATIONAL NEWSLETTER POSTED
Approximate fifty issues (1972-1981) of the Newsletter of the Bushey & Distrct Synagogue have now been scanned and uploaded to JCR-UK.

25 July 2023
SWANSEA CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE:
Searchable records of the JCR-UK-hosted Swansea Jewish Cemeteries Database, which covers Swansea Hebrew Congregation's two cemeteries (the Old Cemetery, Townhill, opened 1768, and the Oystermouth Cemetery, opened 1975) have been updated by Alan Tobias and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 30 June 2023. There are nearly 1,000 burial records in the databases, with almost 900 headstone images.

19 June 2023
MERTHYR TYDFIL - New Hosted Burial Database
A new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales - the Merthyr Tydfil Jewish Cemetery Database, created through the efforts of Alan Tobias with the support of Tony Blasebalk, based upon the records and images received from the late Alun Jones (of the Glamorgan Family History Society) and others. The database contains records of 679 identified burials in the cemetery of the former Merthur Tydfil Hebrew Congregation, covering all burials from about 1865 up to and including the last burial in March 1999. In total there are 679 identified burials, of which there are 419 identified burial locations and 415 headstone images. Search results include the GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre), as well as the ability to view a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

6 June 2023
EAST ANGLIA - ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Pages converted to the new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, now include Norwich and the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. Also enhanced are the pages for all other congregations in East Anglia, including: the former Great Yarmouth Hebrew Congregation, Norfolk; the old congregation and the wartime evacuee congregation in King's Lynn, Norfolk; and the old Hebrew congregation in Ipswich, Suffolk; The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

16 May 2023
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Pages converted to the new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, now include: Nottingham and the Nottingham Hebrew Congregation; the Northampton Hebrew Congregation; and the war-time evacuee congregations in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and Winchester, Hampshire. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

10 May 2023
COMMUNAL LEADERS DATABASE UPDATE
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has been further expanded, with the number of communal leaders included in the database now exceeding 9,000. The latest update incorporates the ministers and lay officers of those congregations listed in the enhanced congregation announcements below from 2 January 2022 through 12 March 2023, as well many minor office holders of the same congregations, or communities of which such congregations form part, as recorded in Jewish Year Books.

12 March 2023
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Pages converted to the new revised format, with significantly enhanced data, now include the small former congregations in: Hoylake, Huyton-cum-Roby and Seacombe in Merseyside; Dorking and Epsom, in Surrey; Bath, Somerset; Burgess Hill, East Sussex; High Wycombe, Bucks.; Hinckley, Leics.; Ilfracombe, Devon; Newbury, Berks.; North Shields, Tyne & Wear; Penrith, Cumbria; Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Warrington, Cheshire; and Worksop, Notts. This now brings to more than 480 the number of congregations presented with enhanced data and formatting since the project was was initiated in 2018. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

1 March 2023
JEWISH LISTED HERITAGE SITES
A section, now entitled Jewish Listed Heritage Sites, has been completely reorganised, reformatted and significantly expanded (which expansion is still continuing) and now covers listed buildings, registered parks & gardens and scheduled monuments of Jewish interest throughout the United Kingdom. The enhanced section includes direct links to the national listing authorities containing detailed descriptions of the listed sites, as well as links to the relevent pages on JCR-UK.

27 February 2023
LEEDS CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE:
Searchable records of the JCR-UK-Hosted Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries, have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations up to February 2023. Nearly 150 new burials have been recorded for these three cemeteries since January 2022, together with the addition of over 100 new headstone images. There are now nearly 22,000 burial records in the databases for the five Leeds Jewish cemeteries, with almost 19,000 headstone images.

13 February 2023
WHITLEY BAY - New Hosted Burial Database
A new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear - the Whitley Bay Jewish Cemetery Database, created through the efforts of Alan Tobias, Peter Gatoff and Deborah Ross. The database contains records of 94 burials in the cemetery of the now defunct Whitley Bay Hebrew Congregation, including 90 images of headstones (a number with the kind permission of Findagrave contributors, Gone but not Forgotten and River Tyne Lass), covering the period from 1953 through 31 December 2022. Search results include the GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre), as well as the ability to view a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

30 January 2023
SOUTH SHIELDS - New Hosted Burial Database
A new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in South Shields, Tyne and Wear - the South Shields Harton Jewish Cemetery Database, created through the efforts of Alan Tobias, Peter Gatoff and Deborah Ross. The database contains records of 257 burials in the cemetery of the now defunct South Shields Hebrew Congregation at Harton, South Shields, including 179 images of headstones (a number with the kind permission of Findagrave contributors, Mary Varley and River Tyne Lass), covering the period from 1899 through 31 December 2022. Search results include the GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre), as well as the ability to view a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

30 December 2022
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format during 2022, with enhanced data, include: Luton and the Luton Hebrew Congregation; Peterborough and the Peterborough Hebrew Congregation; the former congregations in Bedford; the former congregation in Dudley; the former Shaw Street Congregation, Liverpool; Ruislip Synagogue, London; and Wembley Synagogue, London; as well as the war-time evacuee congregations in Rickmansworth & Croxley Green, Hertfordshire and Haversham (Wolverton), Buckinghamshire. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

2 December 2022
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA - New Burial Database Affiliated to JCR-UK
The Southend Orthodox JewiJsh Cemetery Database - This new database, hosted by the Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation, and created through the endeavours of Garry Steel, is now affiliated to JCR-UK. The database contains records of approximately 2,600 burials, each with a photograph of the headstone, in the Southend Orthodox Jewish Cemetery, Stock Road, Southend-on-Sea, from 1962 to present.

25 November 2022
DUBLIN - Enhanced Congregation Pages & Further Rabbinic Profiles
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include all the Jewish congregations, past and present, in Dublin, Ireland (the pages all other communities and congregations in Ireland having been enhanced previously). The enhanced pages include those for the Dublin Hebrew Congregation (including Adelaide Road and its earlier synagogues), the Terenure Hebrew Congregation, the United Hebrew Congregation (Greenville Hall), the former congregation in Camden Street, Lennox Street, Lombard Street West, Oakfield Place, St. Kevins Parade, Walworth Road and several more. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

23 September 2022
SUSSEX -- Enhanced Congregation Pages & Further Rabbinic Profiles
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the Brighton and Hove Jewish Community page and all its orthodox congregations (the non-orthodox congregations having been enhanced previously), including the Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation, the Hove Hebrew Congregation, Chabad Lubavitch Birmingham and various former congregations. Also enhanced are the pages for all other congregations in Sussex including Eastbourne and its congregation, Hastings and its congregations, as well a number of small congregations in Bognor Regis, East Grinstead, Felpham and Middleton, Hassocks and Worthing. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

15 August 2022
BUXTON - New Article
A new article, entitled The Jewish Community of Buxton in the English Peak District, by Geoffrey M. Wisegard, kindly contributed by the author, has been posted to JCR-UK. The article is an expanded and updated version of an article which previously appeared in Shemot.

1 August 2022
BIRMINGHAM - Enhanced Congregation Pages & Further Rabbinic Profiles
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the Birmingham Jewish Community page and all its orthodox congregations (the non-orthodox congregations having been enhanced previously), including the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill), the Birmingham Central Synagogue (the former Beth Hamedrash), the Birmingham New Synagogue and other smaller congregations. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

6 July 2022
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the Reading Jewish Community page, and its orthodox congregations, including the Reading Hebrew Congregation, as well the orthodox congregations (and former orthodox congregations) in Hartlepool, Hemel Hempstead, Slough and Windsor, Solihull, Torquay and Paignton, Welwyn Garden City and Wolverhampton. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

31 May 2022
CONGREGATIONAL MAGAZINE POSTED
Sixty-five issues of "The Brook" the Magazine of the Hammersmith & West Kensington Synagogue have now scanned and uploaded to JCR-UK. In additional, the congregation page for the Hammersmith & West Kensington Synagogue has been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data. The enhanced page include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded to include profiles of the ministers from the congregation in Hammersmith.

19 April 2022
LEEDS CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE:
Searchable records of the JCR-UK-Hosted Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries, have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 31 January 2022. Over 90 new burials have been recorded for these three cemeteries since January 2021, together with the addition of 120 new headstone images. There are now approximately 22,000 burial records in the databases for the five Leeds Jewish cemeteries, with nearly 19,000 headstone images.

31 March 2022
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the Sheffield Jewish Community page, and its orthodox congregations, the Sheffield Hebrew Congregation and the Sheffield Central Hebrew Congregation, as well as the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregation and Jewish Community. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

24 February 2022
NORTHERN IRELAND JEWISH HERITAGE MAP UNVEILED:
The Northern Ireland Jewish Heritage Map is now online. This interactive map highlights over 60 locations across the province with a Jewish story to tell and helps users to identify key places relevant to the history of Northern Ireland's Jewish residents over the last 150 years. Users can select a location to reveal historic information, photographs and videos. The map, a project of Belfast Jewish Heritage, is affiliated to JCR-UK. Funding for this project was made available by the Northern Ireland Office's Shared History Fund, administered by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project director, Steven Jaffe, says: "The community never numbered more than 1,500. But people will be amazed by the variety and depth of Northern Ireland's Jewish experience". Use the map to visit Belfast's Little Jerusalem of the early 1900s, its Jewish day school, kosher shops and synagogues, Belfast's City Hall, shipyards, and the Linen Hall library, with the Jewish side to their past, the former Jewish presence in, for example, Londonderry, Cookstown, Lurgan, Portadown and Newtownards, and lots more.

31 January 2022
IN DEPTH ENHANCEMENT OF SUNDERLAND PAGES
The JCR-UK pages relating to the Sunderland Jewish Community, as well as its four former congregations: Sunderland Hebrew Congregation; Sunderland Beth Hamedrash; Sunderland Yeshiva Synagogue; and the Polish Synagogue, have not only been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, but such enhancement has been implemented to a much greater degree than previously. In addition to new lists of ministers and lay officers for the various congregations, data has been provided on other communal institutions, including lists of officers of such institutions, as well as additional congregational and communal material and information, footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

27 January 2022
FEDERATION CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE:
The Federation of Synagogues burial records (hosted by JCR-UK) for its Edmonton Cemetery (39,100 Records) and Rainham Cemetery (26,500 records) have now been updated to January 2022, with thanks to Mark Katz.

2 January 2021
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the congregations in Amersham, Chesham, Chatham, Cheltenham, Dover, Dunstable, Macclesfield, Malvern, Marlow and Woking. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

12 December 2021
NEW NEWCASTLE DATABASE
A new searchable database has been added to the databases hosted by JCR-UK. The Newcastle Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery Database, which also includes burials in the Ravensworth and Gateshead Community sections of the cemetey, was created through the efforts of Alan Tobias and Deborah Ross. It covers burials from 1908 through February 2021 and contains records of 2,274 burials, with 1,718 headstone images, including GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) as well as a feature that provides a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

14 October 2021
COMMUNAL LEADERS DATABASE UPDATE
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has been further expanded and now includes all ministers and lay officers listed on the approximate 100 congregation pages enhanced since 12 October 2020 (as detailed below). This increases the number of communal leaders comprised in the database to nearly 7,200 (from 5,400).

4 October 2021
NEW GRIMSBY DATABASE
A new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Grimsby - the Grimsby Jewish Cemetery Database, created through the efforts and support of Alan Tobias, David Gordon, and Simon Plant. The database contains records of some 580 burials at the Grimsby Hebrew Congregation's cemetery at Nunsthorpe, Grimsby, including almost 450 images of headstones or plots, covering the period from 1896 through 31 July 2021, with GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

30 September 2021
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional pages that have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, now include the orthodox congregations in Aldershot, Bootle, Bradford, Coventry, Crosby & Waterloo, Doncaster and Eastbourne; the community pages for Bradford, Coventry and Eastbourne; and the small congregations/groups in Bromley, Argyle & Bute, Kettering, as well as the Friern Hospital Synagogue. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

3 August 2021
NEW JOWBR DATABASE - NEWCASTLE
A new searchable database has been created for the Hazelrigg Jewish cemeteries in Newcastle upon Tyne, containing 2,275 records with 1,937 gravestone images, transcribed and researched by Deborah Ross with images provided by Philip Gatoff and Deborah Ross.
The records have been submitted by JCR-UK to JOWBR (JewishGen On-Line World Burial Register) and are searchable through both JCR-UK's All-UK Database and JOWBR.

30 July 2021
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional congregation pages that have now been converted to the new revised format, together with enhanced data, include the orthodox congregations in Barnsley, Barrow-in-Furness (including Whitehaven), Birkenhead, Blackburn, Boston (Lincs.) and Bournemouth (including the community page for Bournemouth & Poole), as well as the war-time congregations in Beaconsfield, Berkhamsted, Bletchley, Gerrards Cross and Tilehurst. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

31 May 2021
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional congregation pages that have now been converted to the new revised format, together with enhanced data, include the orthodox congregations in Middlesbrough, St Albans, Southampton, Southport, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees and Stroud, as well as Ayr, Dunfermline, Greenock and Inverness in Scotland. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, together with additional congregational material and information, plus footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

21 April 2021
LEEDS CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE: Searchable records of the JCR-UK-Hosted Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries, have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 31 January 2021. Some 130 new burials have been recorded for the three cemeteries since January 2020, together with the addition of 85 new headstone images.

28 February 2021
ENHANCED SOUTHEND PAGES, RABBINIC PROFILES & NEW ARTICLES
The pages for the Southend & Westcliff congregation and the Southend community have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, and we are grateful to Anne Marcus for her articles and all her assistance in connection with the preparation of profiles of the ministers and presidents of the congregation and, together with Riva Shaw, Southend's Jewish war casualities.

15 February 2021
NEW ARTICLES & ENHANCED PAGES
New articles have kindly been contributed in respect of Canning Town, by Susan Napper, and Huddersfield, by Diane Langleben and Anne C. Brook, in both cases with the assistance of Nigel Grizzard. Furthermore, the pages for these congregation, as well as Dewsbury, have been converted to the new revised format, with enhanced data, including lists of ministers and lay officers and the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

31 January 2021
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Additional congregation pages that have now been converted to the new revised format, together with enhanced data, include the orthodox congregations in Derby, Leicester, Lytham St. Anne's and Margate; the London orthodox congregations of Bexleyheath; Dalston, Mildmay Park, Montague Road; Walford Road, West Hackney (formerly Wellington Road); the war-time congregations in Amersham, Biggleswade, Buxton, Chesham, Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys and Weston-Super-Mare; and Cork, Limerick and Waterford in Ireland. The enhanced pages include lists of ministers and lay officers, as well as additional congregational material and information, together with footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded, with the valued assistance of Steven Jaffe, to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations.

30 November 2020
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
The JCR-UK webpages covering all Jewish congregations in North Wales (Bangor, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl and Wrexham) have been converted to the new revised format and enhanced. The enhanced pages now include lists of ministers and lay officers, as well as additional congregational material and information, together with footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section has been expanded to include profiles of the ministers from these congregations. The additional material also includes new Jewish History Maps for Bangor and Llandudno, reproduced with the kind permission of Prof. Nathan Abrams and Gareth Roberts.

18 November 2020
HIDDEN TREASURES
JCR-UK has now joined the Hidden Treasures project of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, as one of the project's participating archives. Hidden Treasures is a celebration of Jewish archives in Britain. It showcases collections from across the UK that tell the story of Jews and their experiences in Britain. It also helps communities and individuals discover and preserve their own stories.

11 November 2020
1851 ANGLO-JEWISH DATABASE UPDATE
The
1851 Anglo-Jewish Database (part of JCR-UK since 2012) has been further updated and expanded by its creator, Petra Laidlaw. The revised version contains a substantial amount of extra data received from contributors, who now number over 300, with many new entries, bringing the total number of entries to some 30,300.

22 October 2020
COMMUNAL LEADERS DATABASE UPDATE
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has now been further expanded to incorporate all the ministers and lay officers listed for those congregations included in the enhancement announced on 12 October 2020 (below), as well many minor office holders of the same congregations, or communities of which such congregations form part, as recorded in Jewish Year Books. This increases to more than 5,400 the number of communal leaders comprised in the database.

12 October 2020
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & RABBINIC PROFILES
Following the reformatting and expanding of the congregation pages of all non-orthodox congregations (announced November 2019), we are pleased to announce that the pages for over 120 Orthodox Congregations have already been converted to the new revised and expanded format, which includes lists of ministers and chazanim and lists of lay officers (to the 1950s), as well as a great deal of additional congregational information and data, together with extensive footnotes and details of sources. In parallel, the Rabbinic Profiles section (previously just non-orthodox) has been expanded to include profiles of the ministers (and chazanim) from these congregations, together with inter-active links to and from the congregation pages. So far, over 800 ministers and chazanim are now listed in this section. In addition to all non-orthodox congregations, a selection of the orthodox congregations already in the new expanded format (which is also more compatible with mobile devices) and with accompanying profiles of ministers, include (amongst others):
in Greater London - Barking & Becontree, Barnet, Bayswater, Central, Cricklewood, Edgware United, Edgware Yeshurun, Edgware Adath (and all other congregations in Edgware), Elm Park; Enfield, Finchley (Kinloss), Finchley Central (Fed.), Golders Green Beth Hamedrash (Munk's), Golders Green - Bridge Lane, Hackney, Kingsbury, Leytonstone & Wanstead, Mill Hill, Stanmore and Woodside Park;
in the Home Counties - Borehamwood & Elstree, Bushey, Potter's Bar, Radlett (and all other congregations in Hertsmere), Staines and Watford; and
in the Provinces - Aberdeen, Belfast (and all other congregations in Northern Ireland), Blackpool, Bristol, Hale, Darlington, Hull - Western, Newcastle - Leazes Park Road, South Shields, Whitley Bay and Yeshurun (Gatley).
Any additional data or corrections in respect of information provided in respect of these congregations would be more than welcome. Work is continuing to add further congregation pages to the list with a view ultimately to covering all congregations throughout the British Isles and Gibraltar.

22 September 2020
NEW CARDIFF DATABASE
In furtherance of a project to digitalise the records of all Jewish cemeteries in South Wales, a new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Cardiff - the Highfield Road Orthodox Jewish Cemetery Database, coordinated by Anthony Blasebalk and assembled by Alan Tobias. The database, which covers the orthodox Cardiff United Synagogue's cemetery in Heathfield Road, Roath Park (the "Old" Cemetery), contains records of nearly 1,800 burials, including some 1,470 headstone images, covering the period 1852 through July 2020, with GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.  In addition, images of a number of memorial/dedication plaques in the cemetery's prayer hall (ohel) can be viewed here on a separate page. The South Wales cemeteries project complements a major project by the Jewish History Association of South Wales to collect reminiscences and artefacts and physical items from Jewish communities around South Wales for permanent display or in exhibitions and online.

24 June 2020
FEDERATION CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE: The Federation of Synagogues burial records (hosted by JCR-UK) for its Edmonton Cemetery and Rainham Cemetery have now been updated to June 2020, with thanks to Mark Katz.

18 May 2020
NEW NEWCASTLE DATABASE
A new searchable database has been added to the databases hosted by JCR-UK. The Newcastle Heaton Jewish Cemetery Database, comprising the Jewish Section of the Byker and Heaton Municipal Cemetery, known as the Heaton Cemetery, was created through the efforts of Alan Tobias and Deborah Ross. The database contains records of all 404 burials, with 293 headstone images, from 1915 until the closure of the cemetery in 2013, and includes GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre), as well as a feature that provides a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

20 February 2020
NEW LIVERPOOL CEMETERIES DATABASE
A new searchable database, hosted by JCR-UK, has been added, covering burials at all the Jewish cemeteries in Liverpool - the new Liverpool Jewish Cemeteries Database. The database is the result of the Liverpool Jewish Necrology Project, undertaken between 2015 and 2019 and lead by Philip Sapiro. It contains records of approximately 12,500 burials that have taken place at eleven Jewish burial locations in Liverpool between the 1770s and the end of 2018 and includes personal details, plot locations and photographs of headstones.

18 February 2020
LEEDS CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE: Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries, have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 31 January 2020. Over 100 new burials have been recorded for the three cemeteries, together with the addition of many new headstone images.

18 December 2019
NEW CARDIFF DATABASE
In furtherance of a project to digitalise the records of all Jewish cemeteries in South Wales, a new searchable database hosted by JCR-UK has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Cardiff - the Cardiff Ely Orthodox Jewish Cemetery Database, coordinated by Anthony Blasebalk and assembled by Alan Tobias. The database, which covers the orthodox Cardiff United Synagogue's cemetery in Ely (the "New" Cemetery, opened 1968), contains records of nearly 970 burials (to 12 November 2019), including some 820 headstone images, with GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave. The South Wales cemeteries project complements a major project by the Jewish History Association of South Wales to collect reminiscences and artefacts and physical items from Jewish communities around South Wales for display in exhibition and online.

21 November 2019
COMMUNAL LEADERS DATABASE UPDATE
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has now been expanded to incorporate all the ministers and lay officers listed for those congregations included in the enhancement announced on 14 November 2019 (below), as well many minor office holders of the same congregations as recorded in Jewish Year Books. This adds a further 1,600 individuals to the database, bringing the total number of communal leaders in the database to over 4,500.

14 November 2019
ENHANCED CONGREGATION PAGES & NEW RABBINIC PROFILES SECTION
The congregation pages of All Non-Orthodox Congregations (Masorti, Reform and Liberal) throughout the United Kingdom (numbering approximately 130) are now presented in a new revised format (also user-friendly to mobile devices) and the data significantly enhanced and expanded, to include lists of ministers and lists of lay officers (to the 1950s), together with a great deal of additional congregational information and data, and extensive footnotes and details of sources. Furthermore, a new section, Rabbinical Profiles had been created which includes profiles of these ministers with links to and from the congregation pages. Work is under way to extend the update and new section to include ministers of orthodox congregations, which will take some time to complete.

1 August 2019
NEW SUNDERLAND DATABASE.
A new searchable database, hosted by JCR-UK, of Jewish burials in Sunderland, is now available - the new Sunderland Jewish Cemeteries Database, prepared by Alan Tobias, David Gordon, Malcolm Sender and Robert da Costa. The database, which covers the three Jewish sections of the city's Bishopwearmouth Cemetery (first Jewish section open 1856), contains records of nearly 1,500 burials (to the end of May 2019) and includes over 1,260 photographs of headstones and graves, with GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

24 July 2019
NEW JOWBR DATABASES - LONDON & NEWCASTLE
New searchable databases have been created for the following cemeteries:
(a) the New Southgate Cemetery of the former Hendon Reform Synagogue, containing 1,156 burial and cremation records with 323 gravestone images, transcribed by Jessica Feinstein with images provided by Gina Mark; and
(a) two Jewish cemeteries in Newcastle upon Tyne, Elswick  containing 743 records with 567 gravestone images, and Heaton, containing 404 records with 376 gravestone images, transcribed and researched by Deborah Ross with images provided by Philip Gatoff.
The records have been submitted by JCR-UK to JOWBR (JewishGen On-Line World Burial Register) and are searchable through both JCR-UK's All-UK Database and JOWBR.

10 July 2019
UPDATE: Significant update, provided by Martin Sugarman, to the List of Additional Jewish Civilian Deaths, within the section on Jewish Civilian Deaths during World War II created by the late Harold Pollins.

12 April 2019
NEW JOWBR DATABASES- DARLINGTON & HERTFORD
New searchable databases are now online for the two Jewish cemeteries in Darlington, containing, in total, some 126 records with 111 gravestone images. The records, transcribed and researched by Deborah Ross with images provided by by Philip Gatoff, have been submitted by JCR-UK to JOWBR (JewishGen On-Line World Burial Register) and are searchable through both JCR-UK's All-UK Database and JOWBR. The congregation page for Darlington has also recently been significantly enhanced with new data added. Similarly now online are the burial records of small Jewish section of the Hertford Cemetery.

31 March 2019
FEDERATION CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE: The Federation of Synagogues burial records (hosted by JCR-UK) for its Edmonton Cemetery and Rainham Cemetery have now been updated to 28 February 2019, with thanks to Mark Katz.

22 March 2019
LEEDS CEMETERIES DATABASE UPDATE: Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries, have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations up to 28 February 2019. Some 85 new burials have been recorded, together with the addition of new headstone images, primarily in respect of nearly 100 consecrations and over 170 headstone renovations since the last update.

27 February 2019
Press reports relating to the former Stockton-on-Tees Jewish community, compiled by the late Harold Pollins, have been added and comprise four parts, covering the periods 1870-1899, 1900-1918, 1919-1945 and 1946-2002, respectively. In addition, an article by Harold Pollins on the Early History of the Jews of Stockton-on-Tees, which previously appeared in Shemot, had also been added.

31 January 2019
The general facelift and enhacement of congregational data on the website (see entry for 29 May below) now extends to over 150 congregations, primarily in London and Home Counties congregations. Most recently completed are the Reform Movement's London congregations (the enhancement now includes all-non-orthodox synogogues in or around London), of particular note being the West London Synagogue, where additional lists have been provided and short profiles have been added for each of the numerous ministers of the congregation (past and present).

13 December 2018
NEW SWANSEA DATABASE
A new searchable database, hosted by JCR-UK, has been added, relating to Jewish burials in Swansea - the new Swansea Jewish Cemeteries Database, prepared by Alan Tobias. The database, which covers Swansea Hebrew Congregation's two cemeteries (the Old Cemetery, Townhill, opened 1768, and the Oystermouth Cemetery, opened 1975), the only Jewish cemeteries in Swansea, contains records of approximately 1,000 burials (to the end of December 2017), includes photographs of some 900 headstones, with GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery showing the location of the grave.

1 November 2018
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has now been further expanded. The new records include details of all ministers and officers listed to date on JCR-UK's congregation pages as part of the general enhancement of such pages (see entries for 31 October 2018 and 29 May 2018 below). Also added to the database are details of certain minor office holders (generally pre-1950s) of the congregation covered so far by the enhancement but not listed on the congregation pages, which details have been extracted from the relevant Jewish Year Books. The new records total 998 ministers, officers and minor office holders and brings to 3,947 the total number of records on this database.

30 October 2018
Added a copy (14 MB pdf file) of Swansea Hebrew Congregation 1730 - 1980, a souvenir brochure, pubished in 1980, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Swansea Jewish community, the oldest Jewish community in Wales, relating the story of the community and the Swansea Hebrew Congregation.

27 September 2018
Added article on "The History of the Liverpool Jewish Community", reprinted from the Jewish World, August 1877.

6 September 2018
Added paper by the late Harold Pollins entitled "East End Jewish Working Men's Clubs affiliated to the Working Men's Club & Institute Union; 1870-1914". This is the first paper to be posted on JCR-UK from a conference on The Jewish East End 1840-1939, held in October 1980 jointly by JHSE and the Jewish East End Project of AJY and edited and prepared by Professor Aubrey Newman.

6 July 2018
Added article by Hilary Thomas, Blackburn Hebrew Congregation and its Ministers.

29 June 2018
NEW JOWBR DATABASES - NORTH-EAST ENGLAND.
New searchable databases have been created for three Jewish cemeteries in North East England, the Bishop Auckland, South Shields (Harton) and Whitley Bay cemeteries, containing, in total, some 350 records with 270 gravestone images. The records, transcribed and researched by Deborah Ross with images provided by by Philip Gatoff, have been submitted by JCR-UK to JOWBR (JewishGen On-Line World Burial Register) and are searchable through both JCR-UK's All-UK Database and JOWBR. The congregation pages for each of these (now defunct) communities have also been significantly enhanced with new data added.

14 June 2018
The Federation of Synagogues burial records (hosted by JCR-UK) for its Edmonton Cemetery and Rainham Cemetery have now been updated to May 2018, with thanks to Mark Katz.

29 May 2018
A general facelift of the JCR-UK website commenced some time ago and so far covered the webpages for provincial communities and congregations. However, commencing with the London congregation pages, such facelift has been coupled with an intensive study of the individual congregations (whether old and relatively new) to provide enhanced data, including full lists of ministers and cantors (and, in certain instances, other officers), biographical data, as well as extensive details of sources, ancillary comments and much more. To date, some 50 London congregation have been covered, including, for example, Bayswater Synagogue, Central Synagogue and all congregations in Edgware and Finchley and many others.

12 April 2018
Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations prior to 28 February 2018. Nearly 130 new burials have been recorded and some 170 headstone images have been added or replaced following consecrations and renovations, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries.

4 April 2018
It is with regret we announce that Harold Pollins, aged 93, passed away peacefully in his sleep on 4 April 2018. He had been a enthusiastic provider of many varied and interesting articles, data and numerous press reports on a multitude of communities and congregations within JCR-UK, for which we remain extremely grateful. He will be sadly missed. See List of JCR-UK Articles by Harold Pollins.

9 March 2018
JCR-UK's extensive (and continually growing) Bibliography section has been totally redesigned and reformatted, many new works have been added, in addition to a large number of images.

20 February 2018
The Jewish Communal Leaders Database (part of our All-UK Database) has now been expanded to include all the relevant data from the Jewish Year Book 1896-97 (the first edition of such book). The data, extracted by David Shulman, includes the names and (where available) the addresses of every person listed as an office holder of the numerous synagogues, charities and communal organizations appearing in the Year Book, together with details of all offices held by such persons, details of every Jewish peer, baronet, knight and Member of Parliament, as well as the names and addresses of every listed licenced kosher butcher and authorised mohel (primarily in London) - almost 1,050 individuals spread throughout London and 68 Provincial cities and towns. In addition, the records in the database extracted from the Jewish Directory for 1874 (initially posted in 2017) have been revised and enhanced and now comprises over 1,900 individuals.

9 October 2017
Significantly expanded press reports 1872-2014 relating to the Huddersfield Jewish Community, compiled by Harold Pollins and added two short articles by Harold Pollins relating to Halifax and Swansea, respectively, that initially appeared in the Oxford Menorah.

28 September 2017
Added press reports 1903-1958 relating to the Basingstoke Jewish Community, compiled by Harold Pollins.

3 September 2017
JewishGen, which hosts JCR-UK, has moved its website url from http to https. Although there is a redirect to the new url, if you have a website with links to JCR-UK (and/or to JewishGen), it is recommended that you amend the link to reflect the change, namely to https://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/ for JCR-UK (and to https://www.jewishgen.org/ in the case of JewishGen).

23 July 2017
All material has now been added from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain", a 1975 conference held at University College, London, prepared by Professor Aubrey Newman. The approximate 100 conference papers have gradually been uploaded to JCR-UK, the final additions being a Note on Sources by Bill Williams and a Note on Handling Census Material by Marcel Glaskie.

19 July 2017
The press reports relating to the Darlington Jewish community, compiled by Harold Pollins, have been significantly expanded and now comprise four parts, respectively covering 1773-1919, 1920-1939, 1940-1961 and 1962-2015. This follow on the addition of two new articles by Harold Pollins on the Jews of Darlington, including an "Early History" and the story of a Darlington Jew in Silent Movies. The home page for Darlington has also been enhanced, including details of the Congregation's ministers.

27 June 2017
Completely new section added on Synagogal Organisations, including separate webpages for United Synagogue, the Federation of Synagogues, the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Masorti Judaism, the Movement for Reform Judaism, Liberal Judaism, the Sephardi (and other Edot ha-Mizrach) Congregations and the Indepentent Ashkanazi Synagogues in London, which contain full lists of all congregations (past and present) affiliated with such organisations, the organisations' cemeteries, histories, spiritual leaders and more.

18 June 2017
As a result of a new feature developed by Alan Tobias, it is now possible to do a single search covering all five Leeds Jewish Cemeteries, to do so, see Leeds Cemeteries Master Index.

1 June 2017
JCR-UK's searchable records for both Bradford Jewish Cemeteries (within the grounds of the Scholemoor Cemetery) have been revised, updated and enhanced by Alan Tobias. All new burials to 2 May 2017 have been recorded, new headstone images have been added following consecrations and renovations and images of most other headstones have been retaken. New features include the adoption of the "official" row allocations for the Orthodox cemetery, as well as the inclusion of GPS coordinates for each individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery section showing the location of the grave. In addition, photographs have also been added of the stained glass windows and memorial plaques in the Ohel (Prayer Hall). The database contains records of over 200 interments in the Bradford Synagogue (Reform) Cemetery (in use from 1877) and over 400 interments in the Bradford Hebrew Congregation (Orthodox) Cemetery (in use from 1912).

25 May 2017
Further material added from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975 Conference): material on Jewish Day Schools, including papers on the Liverpool Hebrew School and the Birmingham Hebrew National School; a paper on Zionism in Provincial Britain, paper on Poverty, including an appendix on Jewish Alien Paupers (a digest of reports from the London and Provincial Jewish Boards of Guardians); and an article by Miriam Steiner entitled Some Aspects of Jewish Philanthropy in the 19th Century with Special Reference to the Manchester Jewish Board of Guardians.

7 April 2017
Added new article by Harold Pollins entitled "The Jews of Wrexham" as well as extracts of press reports for 1882-1910 and for 1911-2009 relating to the Wrexham Jewish community, also compiled by Harold Pollins. Also, Press Reports relating to Chelmsford Jewish Community significantly expanded.

4 April 2017
In August 1845, Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler issued an elaborate questionnaire, shortly after his induction, asking all the congregations under his general control for detailed information about synagogal, charitable and educational activities. In 1974 the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser transcribed the results of the questionnaire (including the Chief Rabbi's own handwritten notes) for inclusion as paper for the 1974 Conference on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain", but otherwise was not generally published. The transcription by Rabbi Susser, which he described as Statistical Accounts, has now been reformatted (with additional notes) and posted in full to JCR-UK.

2 April 2017
NEW DATABASE.
An important new database, of Jewish Communal Leaders, has been added to the All-UK Database. The database, initially consisting of all communal leaders (and employees of Jewish communal organisations) appearing in the Jewish Directory for 1874, was created by Louise Messik and David Shulman. Included in the database are the names and (in almost all instances) the addresses of every person listed in the Directory, together with details of all offices held by each person - over 1,800 individuals holding an aggregate of nearly 3,400 offices throughout the United Kingdom. It is intended to expand this database to include data on many more leaders of Jewish communities and Jewish communal organisations in the United Kingdom, based upon information extracted from books, periodicals and other sources.

9 March 2017
Added additional material from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975 Conference), comprising Professor Newman's papers on the Board of Deputies (as well as an article by Nigel Gizzard entitled The Provinces and the Board 1851-1901) and on the Chief Rabbinate, including a number of appendices.

6 March 2017
T
he webpages relating to all the Jewish congregations in Manchester have now been re-formatted, enhanced and new information added.

1 March 2017
Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations prior to February 2017. Over 100 new burials have been recorded and over 160 headstone images have been added or replaced following consecrations and renovations, in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries.

25 January 2017
Created new community page, for the World War II evacuee Jewish Community in Biggleswade and Shefford, Bedfordshire, and added press reports relating to the community, compiled by Harold Pollins.

23 January 2017
Added press reports 1851-2011 relating to the Halifax Jewish Community, compiled by Harold Pollins.

20 January 2017
Continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the Jewish communities and congregations in the Northern Home Counties and West Midlands - Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands (including Birmingham) have been enhanced and re-formatted, with basic cemetery information added for each relevent community.

15 January 2017
Added copy of a souvenir brochures commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Synagogue of the Welwyn Garden City Hebrew Congregation.

1 January 2017
Continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the Jewish communities and congregations in the North West England - Cheshire, Cumbria, Merseyside (including Liverpool) and Lancashire (other than the individual congregations in Manchester) have been enhanced and re-formatted, with basic cemetery information added for each relevent community.

30 December 2016
On the community pages of over 120 communities, provided an updated breakdown, by decade (1760's through 1910's), of the number of records on the recently expanded 1851 Anglo Jewry Database.

11 December 2016
Added additional material from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975 Conference), including the Introduction and Preface and two significant and extensive articles, The Origins of Provincial Anglo-Jewry by V. P. Lipman and The Old and the New in Local Jewish History by L. P. Gartner.

9 December 2016
Continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the Jewish communities and congregations in the England's Southern Counties - Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex (including Bournemouth, Brighton, Chatham, Dover, Portsmouth, Ramsgate and Southampton) have been enhanced and re-formatted, with basic cemetery information added for each relevent community.

8 December 2016
With approval of the Federation of Synagogues, the Federation's burial records for its Edmonton and Rainham cemeteries (some 62,800 records), already hosted by JCR-UK,  have been submitted by JCR-UK to JOWBR (JewishGen On-Line World Burial Register) and are now searchable both through both JCR-UK's All-UK Database and JOWBR.

21 November 2016
Added new article by Harold Pollins entitled "Jews at Walton-on-the-Naze" as well as press reports 1908-1998 relating to the Jews of Walton-on-the-Naze, also compiled by Harold Pollins. Also added is a 1928 press article on the occasion of the Laying of the Foundation Stone of the Synagogue in Margate.

20 November 2016
The 1851 Anglo-Jewish Database (part of JCR-UK since 2012) has been further updated and expanded by its creator, Petra Laidlaw. The revised version contains a great deal of extra data received from contributors. Many of the existing entries are richer, a number of errors have been weeded out, and there are also many new entries, bringing the total number of entries to well over 30,000.

27 October 2016
The press reports compiled by Harold Pollins, relating to the Llanelli Jewish community have been significantly expanded and now comprise four parts, respectively covering 1872-1918, 1919-1936, 1937-1959 and 1960-2009. For a complete list of articles and press reports by Harold Pollins, see the Pollins Articles.

10 October 2016
Added the Leeds material from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975 Conference), including two significant and extensive articles, General Factors Affecting the Rise and the Integration of the Jewish Minority in Leeds, 1860-1901 by R. O'Brien and A Sketch of Leeds Jewry in the 19th Century by A. S. Diamond. With this, all the Newman Conference Papers on specific provincial communities have now been posted to JCR-UK. In addition, as part of the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to all the Jewish congregations in Leeds have been re-formatted and enhanced.

28 September 2016
Added "The Sheffield Jewish Community in the 19th Century" by Kenneth Lunn, a paper from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975 Conference). In addition, continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to all the Jewish communities and congregations in the Yorkshire (other than Leeds), in particular, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and Harrogate, have been re-formatted and enhanced, including the adding of basic cemetery information.

23 September 2016
Continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the Jewish communities and congregations in the East Midland, Lincolnshire and Humberside (in particular, Derby, Grimsby, Hull, Leicester, Northampton and Nottingham) have been enhanced and re-formatted, with basic cemetery information added for each relevent community. In addition, significant articles have been added from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" on Hull, Leicester and Nottingham.

12 September 2016
As part of the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the Jewish communities and congregations in Scotland have been reformated and enhanced, included adding basic cemetery information for each relevent community. In addition, articles have been added from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" on Glasgow (including a paper by T. Benski), Edinburgh and Dundee.

23 August 2016
Continuing with the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the various Jewish communities and congregations in the East Anglia and Cambridgeshire have been enhanced and re-formatted. In addition, articles have been added from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" on Ipswich, King's Lynn, Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

15 August 2016
The headstone details of those buried in the Douglas Borough Cemetery, Jewish Section, Isle of Man, initially provided by Harold Pollins, has been updated to August 2016, courtesy Joe and Patricia Pollins.

9 August 2016
As part of the general facelift of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the various Jewish communities and congregations in the North-East of England have been significantly enhanced and re-formatted. In addition, a number of new articles and features have been added, including articles from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain", generally on the North-East Of England and on individual communities - Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, North Shields, South Shields and Stockton; many photographs and expanded data on the synagogues and cemeteries in the region have been added; and lots more.

21 July 2016
Harold Pollins has to date contributed more than 100 articles to JCR-UK and a new section, the Pollins Articles, has now been created, listing all such articles.

19 July 2016
Continuing with the general facelift of the whole of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to the various Jewish communities and congregations in South West England and the West Country have been significantly enhanced and re-formatted. In addition a number of new articles and features have been added, including articles and all other material relating to these communities from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain"; photographs and expanded data on the cemeteries in the region, including a layout plan and images of all gravestones in the Jewish Section of Exeter's Exwick Cemetery; several previously unknown congregations added; expanded information on the Bath, Bristol, Exeter and Plymouth congregations; and lots more.

14 July 2016
The Federation of Synagogues burial records (which are hosted by JCR-UK) for its Edmonton Cemetery and Rainham Cemetery have now been updated to 24 June 2016, and a number of corrections made.

10 July 2016
Added new article by Harold Pollins entitled "Jews of Dewsbury" as well as extensive press reports 1885-2005 relating to the Dewsbury Jewish community, also compiled by Harold Pollins.

30 June 2016
Added further article by Harold Pollins - "Herbert Martin James Loewe in Oxford", initially published in the Jewish Journal of Sociology.

2 June 2016
Created congregation page for the "Lyon's" Synagogue, an independent congregation founded in Cambridge at the end of the eighteenth century (probably the first synagogue to be established in the city since the Medieval period) and added press reports relating to this congregation. Pages relating to other congregations in Cambridge have also been enhanced and reformatted.

10 April 2016
As part of the continuing general facelift for the whole of the JCR-UK website, the webpages relating to Wales and Ireland and the various Welsh and Irish Jewish communities and congregations, have been significantly enhanced and re-formatted. In addition a number of new articles and features have been added, included basic cemetery information for each relevent community. Of particular note are: Into the Votex, South Wales Jewry Before 1914 by Geoffrey Alderman; an article on Swansea Jewry in Victorain Britain and all other material relating to Welsh and Irish communities from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain"; How Greeners Came to the Valley by Michael Wallach; Jews and Crime in South Wales Before World War I by Prof. Ursula Henriques; an article and photographs relating to the Llandudno Jewish community; expanded information on the Cardiff, Swansea and Dublin congregations; and lots more.

4 March 2016
Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases have been revised and updated by Alan Tobias and uploaded to JCR-UK, and now cover all burials and consecrations prior to February 2016. Approximately 200 new records have been added and about 2,700 records revised (including some 200 images of renovated headstones) in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries.

29 February 2016
The Cork Hebrew Congregation's synagogue closed its doors earlier this month, bringing to an end some 135 years of continuous Jewish congregational presence in the city. Agreement has been reached for the publication on JCR-UK of material from the congregation's website, including a History of the Cork Jewish Community and Photographs of the synagogue, as well as an article by Daniel Rosehill on the closure of the synagogue. 

17 February 2016
The Gabbai Book of the Bristol Hebrew Congregation has been posted to the JGSGB website, included an introduction. The full transcription of the Gabbai Book, estimated to have commenced prior to 1854, and information about Prominent Members of the Bristol Hebrew Community can be viewed in the Members Area of the JGSGB website (open only to members of JGSGB). The transcription will remain in the Members' Area for about 12 months before the information is transferred to the JCR-UK website for open viewing.  

27 January 2016
"From Kretinga to Sunderland: a Jewish chain migration from Lithuania 1850-1930s", the previously-posted paper by the late Gordon Leigh on the history and origins of the Sunderland Jewish community and, more specifically, the Sunderland Beth Hamedrash (whose founders had migrated from Kretinga, Lithuania), has been enhanced, with the footnotes and illustrations added.

20 January 2016
Added further article, entitled "The Jews of Boston, Lincolnshire", by Harold Pollins (initially published in the Jewish Journal of Sociology).

17 January 2016
Added article entitled "The Newbridge and District Jewish Community", a history of the Jews of in and around Newbridge, South Wales, by Harold Pollins (initially published in Gwent Local History).

12 January 2016
Additional papers from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" have been added to JCR-UK. Among these additional papers are those on Manchester, Liverpool, Bath, Dover, Exeter, Hanley, Oxford.

21 December 2015
Added "The Foundation of Aldershot Synagogue" by Malcolm Slowe, a paper from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (1975).

18 December 2015
The list of Useful Links has been revamped, new links added, defunct links removed and the page redesigned.

10 December 2015
Additional papers from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" (prepared by Prof. Aubrey Newman for a 1975 conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of England) are being added to JCR-UK. Among the  additional papers added are those on Cheltenham, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Southampton, Wolverhampton.

23 November 2015
Another new database, the Islington Jews Database, has been added to the All-UK Database. The database, created by Petra Laidlaw, is an offshoot of the 1851 Anglo-Jewish Database and contains initially some 2,300 entries, of Jews, or people whose names suggest the were Jews, who lived within the boundary of today's London Borough of Islington at any time between the 1730s and 1840s.

20 November 2015
The papers previously posted from the Newman Papers on "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain", prepared by Prof. Aubrey Newman for a 1975 conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of England, have now been significantly reformatted. Included are papers on Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Chatham, Coventry, Derby, Falmouth, Penzance and Plymouth.

19 November 2015
The press reports, compiled by Harold Pollins, relating to the Burnley Jewish community have been significantly expanded and now cover the period 1884 to 1981.

12 November 2015
Added article entitled "The Jews of Burnley, Lancashire", a History of the Burnley Jewish Community by Harold Pollins.

20 October 2015
Added article entitled "The Jews of Ebbw Vale and District", a History of the Ebbw Vale Jewish Community by Harold Pollins.

25 August 2015
The burial records of the Edmonton Cemetery and the Rainham Cemetery of the Federation of Synagogues have now been enhanced and updated. Both sets of records now include internments to August 2015, as well as the "age at death" of the deceased and a number of corrections. In addition, pre-1920 internments have now been added to the Edmonton records. These records now cover all burials at the Federation's Edmonton Cemetery (London N18) from its opening in 1890 to 14 August 2015 (over 36,800 records) and all records at the Federation's Rainham Cemetery (Essex) from its opening in 1938 to 14 August 2015 (over 25,800 records). These records are made available to the public by the Federation through JGSGB and JCR-UK.

1 June 2015
NEW DATABASE
The Federation of Synagogues has now made available to the public, through JCR-UK and JGSGB, burial records at its Edmonton Cemetery and its Rainham Cemetery. These records initially cover all burials at the Federation's Edmonton Cemetery from 1920 to April 2015 (and it is hoped, in due course, to include the pre-1920 records) and all records at the Federation's Rainham Cemetery from its opening in 1938 to April 2015.

27 May 2015
The Database of the Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society (which manages the Riddrie, Sandymount and Glenduffhill Jewish Cemeteries), now part of Scottish Jewish Cemeteries, became affiliated to JCR-UK. This latter database includes burials at all cemeteries in Scotland.

17 May 2015
A new feature has been added to the JCR-UK database search results in respect of each of the approximate 20,000 burials in the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries that are currently in use or open to visitors. The search result for each burial in the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries now includes GPS coordinates for the individual grave (accurate to about one metre) together with a button which, when clicked, brings up a Google satellite image of the cemetery section showing the location of the grave.

21 April 2015
Added two papers by Professor Aubrey Newman, Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, article reproduced from Summer 1993 issue of Shemot and Jews in English Freemasonry, lecture delivered in April 2015.

14 April 2015
Copies of various publications relating to the Hendon Synagogue, London, have been added, including: a List of Seatholders of the Synagogue, issued March 1939; the History of the Hendon Synagogue 1928-1978, with Appendices, by Geoffrey Alderman; the 1978 Golden Jubilee Souvenir Brochure; and other documents relating to the Golden Jubilee Celebrations and several other commemorative events.

31 March 2015
NEW DATABASE
An important new database, of the Jews' Free School Admission Register, has been added to the All-UK Database. The database, initially covering the years from approximately 1856 to 1907, contains records of some 20,000 pupils, both boys and girls, at the Jews' Free School, Spitalfields, in the East End of London, including the names of the pupil and his or her parent or guardian, address, date of entry, previous school (where noted), date of birth, date of leaving and reason for leaving. We are extremely grateful to Louise Messik, who spent many months transcribing the register entries.

22 March 2015
As part of a general facelift for the whole of JCR-UK taking several months, the webpages for all of the London congregations, whether in the East End & City (nearly 150 congregations) or elsewhere in Greater London (over 300 congregations), have been enhanced and re-formatted.

5 March 2015
Searchable records of the Leeds Orthodox Jewish Cemeteries Databases have been revised and updated, thanks to Alan Tobias, to include all burials and consecrations to 31 January 2015. Several hundred new or revised records have been uploaded in respect of the UHC Cemetery, the BHH Cemetery and the New Farnley Cemeteries.

19 February 2015
Added two articles by Hilary Thomas, " Ministers of the Wigan Hebrew Congregation and their Journeys" (posted in December 2014) and Bolton Synagogue and its Ministers.

5 February 2015
Copies of two publications have been added in respect of the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill), the 1956 Centenary Celebrations Souvenir Brochure and the Stained-Glass Windows Souvenir Booklet issued following completion of the windows in 1963, both of which publications contain a wealth of interesting information and beautiful photographs.

19 January 2015
From Kretinga to Sunderland: a Jewish chain migration from Lithuania 1850-1930s, a paper by the late Gordon Leigh on the history and origins of the Sunderland Jewish community and, more specifically, the Sunderland Beth Hamedrash, has now been reformatted and reposted.

16 January 2015
Added press reports 1910-1939 relating to the Darlington Jewish community, compiled by Harold Pollins.

15 January 2015
Added copy of a 1965 publication, Holy Law Congregation - One Hundred Years, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Holy Law Congregation, Manchester, which include a history of the Congregation, photographs, lists of congregational officers and leaders of the community and much more.

9 January 2015
Added extensive press reports relating to the Hartlepool Jewish community, compiled by Harold Pollins.

4 January 2015
Added extensive press reports relating to the Ebbw Vale Jewish community (Wales), compiled by Harold Pollins.

3 December 2014
Added two new articles by Harold Pollins, "Oxford Jewish Casualties in the Great War" and "Two Oxford Jewish Court Cases of the 1840's", as well as a Press Report of the First Jewish Marriage in Hartlepool.

26 October 2014
Material relating to the Grimsby Hebrew Congregation has been reformatted and in part updated. This includes Marriage Records, Minutes of Meetings, a copy of the Constitution, press reports, photographs, articles and much more.

21 October 2014
The recently-created Jewish Gilroes website is now affiliated to JCR-UK. The website (a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund) includes a full catalogue and database of all the burials in the Gilroes Jewish Cemetery of the Leicester Hebrew Congregation (approximately 820 interments dating from 1902), genealogical search facilities, photographs of all extant headstones, fascinating stories of the lives of a number of those buried in the cemetery and much more. For details see Leicester Hebrew Congregation home page.

20 October 2014
Added searchable records of the burials, including photographs of all headstones, in the Harrogate Stonefall Jewish Cemetery (of the Harrogate Hebrew Congregation), comprising approximately 180 interments and re-interments from 1964 to 2014, as well as 6 Jewish servicemen buried in the Stonefall Military Cemetery.

15 October 2014
The extensive material relating to the Bristol Hebrew Congregation has been reviewed and reformatted. This includes Cemetery Records, (over 950 burials), the Birth and Death Register, lists of Ministers and Officers of the Congregation, Minutes of General Meetings, copies of the Constitution, Communal Newsletters, photographs, articles and much more.

2 October 2014
The webpages for the communities and congregations in the Republic of Ireland have been revised, enhanced and expanded, including the addition of a large number of photographs.

22 September 2014
Added article entitled "Oxford Jewish Casualties in First World War - Three Mysteries" by Harold Pollins.

17 August 2014
Added searchable records of approximately 350 burials, including photographs of all headstones, in the Leeds Sinai Synagogue Cemetery, a section of the Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, for use by the Sinai (Reform) Synagogue, from early 1950's to 2014.

13 August 2014
All material in the Susser Archive relating to the Plymouth Jewish Community and Hebrew Congregation (as listed on the Plymouth webpage), including, but not limited to, "The Plymouth Synagogue" an article by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser; the volume entitled "Tombstone Inscription in the Old Jewish Cemetery on Plymouth Hoe", (including the introductory pages, inscriptions, notes and various indexes), prepared and edited by the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser; and various circumcision registers, reports, biographies and facsimile copies, have now been reformatted and redesigned.

6 August 2014
Created new sections, subsequently entitled "Hosted Databases" and "Browsable List", to list JCR-UK databases that are not part of the All-UK Database, as well as browsable lists of individuals.

4 August 2014
Added two articles by the late Murray Freedman - Leeds Jewish Community - The Early Years and Deciphering An Old Gravestone In Leeds, previously published in Shemot.

3 August 2014
The Jews of South-West England - the 1977 thesis submitted by Rabbi Susser to the University of Exeter, has now been reformatted and redesigned  - available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

30 July 2014
Added searchable records of the burials, including photographs of all headstones, in the Doncaster Jewish Cemetery (70 interments), in use from 1930 to 2006.

9 July 2014
The 1851 Anglo-Jewish Database (part of JCR-UK since 2012) has been substantially expanded and enriched. Its 29,000 entries cover approximately 90% of the Jewish population resident in the British Isles in 1851. Apart from some 500 completely new entries; the Database now shows the post-1851 residence for 44% of entries (up from 37%); the year of marriage for almost 10,000 entries (up from 8,600); and the year of death for almost 8,000 entries (up from 5,600), plus a number of other enhancements, all following a hefty quality check of data.

8 July 2014
Additional material in the Susser Archive that has now been reformatted and redesigned include: Professor Cecil Roth's monumental works "The History of the Great Synagogue"; "The History of the Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue" by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser; and "The History of the Stroud Jewish Community" by Harold Pollins.

1 July 2014
The web pages relating to "Jewish Tombstone Inscriptions in South-West England", prepared and transcribed by the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser, have been reformatted and/or redesigned, including the Introduction to the Jewish cemeteries in the West of England and the transcribed tombstone inscriptions for the Jewish cemeteries in Exeter, Falmouth and Penzance. A guide to the Jewish Cemeteries of the West of England and a brief discussion on the Jewish Tombstones of South-West England have also been reformatted - all available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

29 June 2014
The Circumcision Register of Rabbi Ash of Dover, 1765-1818 by the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser has been reformatted - available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

22 June 2014
We have reformatted and redesigned the on-line presentation of Professor Cecil Roth's invaluable 1950 works, "The Rise of Provincial Jewry", which details the origins of 42 provincial Jewish communities throughout the British Isles,  1740-1840 - available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

1 June 2014
Added article entitled "Ministers in Oxford" by Harold Pollins.

25 May 2014
New maps of Wales (including a map of its historic counties and unitary authorities), Scotland and Ireland, showing, respectively, every Welsh, Scottish and Irish city and town that has ever had a Jewish community and congregation.

28 April 2014
New map of Jewish Communities and Congregations in England, showing every city and town (outside Greater London) that at one time (since the readmission of Jews in 1656) had a Jewish community and congregation.

8 April 2014
Now added, a paper entitled " Penzance Synagogue - A Brief History" by Susan Soyinka. This document, which includes a detailed history and current status of the synagogue building, as well as photographs and plans, was prepared to support an application to English Heritage to revise the listing of the building that includes the former synagogue.

19 March 2014
The webpages for each of the congregations in London's East End & City (nearly 150 congregations) have been enhanced and expanded to include, amongst other things, a description of the location of the congregation, a history of the location, and details of the former local and parish authorities, the registration districts and, where available, details of marriage registers.

12 March 2014
Added or expanded press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in Wales: Brynmawr (1889-1986); Newbridge & District (1852-2004); and Tredegar (1872-1953), all compiled by Harold Pollins.

29 January 2014
Added searchable records of over 6,500 burials, including approximately 5,000 photographs of headstones, in the Leeds United Hebrew Congregation (UHC) Cemetery, which also includes a number of other congregations, from 1840 to 2013.

28 January 2014
Added searchable records of over 2,200 burials, including approximately 2,000 photographs of headstones, in the Leeds Beth Hamedrash Hagadol (BHH) Cemetery, which also includes a number of other congregations, from 1952 to 2013.

8 January 2014
NEW DATABASE
A database of Early London-based Insurance Policies - Jewish Surnames has been added to the All-UK Database. The database contains over 26,000 eighteenth and nineteenth century entries, with notes that include full names, addresses, dates, occupations and other information of the policy holders. The original dataset was compiled by the late George Rigal (who died in 2012), who spent many years of scrupulous research combing through old insurance records in the Guildhall Library in London, seeking out policies taken out by Jews.  The database was prepared for JCR-UK by Petra Laidlaw, to whom Mr. Rigal had provided with a copy of the dataset to assist him in its publication, and Louise Messik. 

19 August 2013
Added searchable records of nearly 10,000 burials, including approximately 8,000 photographs of headstones, in the Leeds New Farnley Cemeteries, generally in use from 1896 to 2013.

25 June 2013
Added Searchable records of 1,577 burials, including photographs of headstones, in the Southport Jewish Cemetery, 1912-2012, contributed by Andrew Phillips, added to All-UK Database.

12 April 2013
JCR-UK's already extensive (and continually growing) Bibliography section has now been expanded to include works on the Middle Period of Anglo-Jewish history (1290-1656).

1 March 2013
Lists of Seatholders for 1933 (9,268 records) added to the All-UK Database in respect of the following London Synagogues: Bayswater, Borough, Brixton, Brondesbury, Central, Crickelwood, Dalston, East London, Golders Green, Great, Hambro', Hammersmith & West Kensington, Hampstead, New, New West End, South Hackney, St. Johns Wood and Stoke Newington.

20 February 2013
On the community pages of approximately 100 communities, provided a breakdown, by decade (1760's through 1910's), of the number of records on the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database.

31 January 2013
Provided details on the Greater London home page and on approximately 50 other community and congregation pages of the contents of the All-UK Database that are specifically associated with such community or congregation.

23 December 2012
Added or expanded press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in England: Barnsley (1903-1979); Bishop Auckland (Early History of Jews); Blackpool (1865-1927); Bolton (1884-1920, 1960, 1970); Canterbury 1790-1833; Harrogate (1895-1919); Stockport (1891-1925); and Watford & District (1905-1950), compiled by Harold Pollins.

17 December 2012
Added or expanded press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in Wales: Aberavon & Port Talbot (1874-2005); Bargoed (1906-2008); Tredegar (1875-1953); and New Tredegar (1903-1978), compiled by Harold Pollins.

16 December 2012
Added article entitled "The Jews of Slough in the 19th Century" by Harold Pollins.

26 November 2012
Added searchable records of the burials (some 600 interments), including photographs of all headstones, in both Bradford Jewish Cemeteries, in use from 1877 and from 1912, respectively.

24 July 2012
Added searchable records of all burials (nearly 3,300 interments), including photographs of all extant headstones, in the Leeds Hill Top Cemeteries, which were generally in use from 1875 to 1970.

16 March 2012
The newly-updated 1851 Anglo-Jewish Database is now part JCR-UK.

20 February 2012
Added copies of booklets  commemorating the 50th anniversary and 100th anniversary of the founding of Hackney Synagogue, London, which include histories of the congregation, photographs and other information. Further material added subsequently

4 February 2012
Added press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in Scotland: Falkirk (1913-1999); Greenock (1874-1993); and Inverness (1905 to 1995) (expanded), as well as Waterford (1893-1998) in Ireland, all compiled by Harold Pollins..

24 January 2012
Added press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in Wales: Aberavon (1874-2005); Bangor (1843-1959); Brynmawr (1889-1986); Bridgend (1875-2000); Llanelli (1902-1918); Newport (1849-1872); Pontypridd (1852-2006); Port Talbot (1874-2005); and Rhyl (1895-1941), all compiled by Harold Pollins.

17 January 2012
Added press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in Central and Eastern England: Boston (Lincs.) (1847-1925); Great Yarmouth (1847-1970); Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent) (1851-1995); Maidenhead (1940-1941); Newbury (1941-1946); Reading (1887-1914); Stroud (1877-1943); Widnes (1891-1935); and Wolverhampton (1850-1877), all compiled by Harold Pollins.

6 January 2012
Added press reports relating to the following Jewish communities in the North of England: Barnsley (1903-1913); Darlington (1871-1919); Durham (1891-1910); South Shields (1891-1910); and York (1881-1895).

1 January 2012
All pages relating to the Oxford community (many of which were contributed by Harold Pollins) have been reorganised and a number of new articles added including extensive press reports relating to the Oxford Jewish community and press reports for WWII.

22 December 2011
Created congregation page for the Andrade Synagogue, a 19th century independent Sephardi Synagogue in Islington, London, and added extracts of press reports relating to this congregation and the Andrade Family.

19 December 2011
The redesign of this website, commenced in October 2011, is largely completed, although a number of minor modifications continue to be made.

16 December 2011
Added copy of section captioned "Jews" from Dickens Dictionary of London 1888.

14 December 2011
Added press reports relating to the Swansea Jewish community (1804-1917).

11 December 2011
List of UK Synagogues destroyed by German Air Raids during World War II.

7 December 2011
Gibraltar Community and several congregation pages have been created and addition material and data uploaded.  The Gibraltar vital record are made available here for searching.

15 November 2011
Lists of Seatholders for 1885, 1899 and/or 1910 (13,620 records) added to the All-UK Database in respect of the following London Synagogues: Bayswater, Borough, Brondesbury, Central, Dalston, East London, Great, Hambro', Hammersmith, Hampstead, New, New West End, North London, South Hackney, St. Johns Wood, Stoke Newington and West Ham.

7 November 2011
Agreement reached with the Jewish Community of Gibraltar to create information for JCR-UK and to display Gibraltar vital records.

28 October 2011
The donating/helping page has been rewritten and expanded /jcr-uk/providing.htm.

15 October 2011
Redesign of the entire website has been started. It will take some time before all the web pages (some 5,000) are completed.

12 September 2011
Data relating to the various congregation in Sheffield has been updated and expanded.

22 June 2011
Additional articles by Harold Pollins added in respect of the Jewish community in Oxford

9 June 2011
Added map of London's East End in 1900 showing density of Jewish population, provided by Sir Martin Gilbert. 

20 December 2010
Extracts from the press relating to the Jewish community of Aberdare, Wales, 1865-1919 and 1920-1968.

22 November 2010
Brief History of the Wolverhampton Jewish community and Jewish cemetery, and the addition of 183 Wolverhampton burial details to the the JGSGB UK Database.

24 October 2010
Additions to the All-UK Database - Jewish Children at the Gorbals Public School 1885-1905 (1,989 school records).

12 January 2010
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish communities of Gateshead  (1856 to 1911) and Abertillery (South Wales).

12 August 2009
List of Marriages 1894 - 1928 at the Sandys Row Synagogue, London (now part of the All-UK Database).

11 August 2009
Census Extracts for Oxford, from 1841 through 1891.
Census Extracts for Manchester, 1871.

5 July 2009
Article on the "Jews of England: From Expulsion (1290) to Readmission (1656)" by Dr. Ariel Hessayon.

25 February 2009
New Database - Novo (New) Cemetery (Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London). Over 10,000 burials (1733-1918)

20 January 2009
Article on the Jews of Medieval Leicester.

24 November 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish communities of Dudley and Huddersfield.

12 October 2008
Searchable database now includes Burials at three Birmingham Cemeteries (Brandwood End, and Witton, Old and New), including images of gravestones.

9 September 2008
Photographs of many former London synagogues, provided by Leslie Bailey.

2 July 2008
Newspaper articles relating to the opening and consecration of Brynmawr Synagogue. South Wales.

1 July 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish community in Jersey, Channel Islands 1834 to 1936, and from 1961.

3 February 2008
The greatly expanded Bibliography section, containing over 500 references, has been now totally reformatted.

18 January 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish communities of Ammanford (1915 to 2004) and Barry (1909 to 1943) in Wales.

9 January 2008
JCR-UK takes on new look.

26 November 2007
Webpages have now been added for more than eighty congregations in Greater Manchester. The congregations in Manchester may also be viewed according to the Metropolitan Borough and Locality in which they are situated. A Manchester Street Directory has also been added listing Manchester  congregations according to their street address.

22 October 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Barrow-in-Furness Jewish community (1877 to 1943); the Chester Jewish community (1894 to 1906) and the North Shields Jewish community (1907 to 1988).

7 August 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for more than one hundred former congregations in the East End of London (London Borough of Tower Hamlets).  A Street Directory has also been added covering congregations in the East End as well as the City of London.

12 July 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1899 to 1938 relating to the Isle of Man Jewish community.

20 June 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in the London Borough of Hackney (including the numerous ultra-orthodox congregations in and around Stamford Hill). A Street Directory has also been added covering congregations in Stamford Hill, Clapton, Stoke Newington and neighbouring areas of North London.

31 May 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1842 to 1959 relating to the Dover Jewish community.

28 May 2007
An article has been added on "The Establishment of Golders Green Synagogue".

17 May 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in the London Borough of Barnet (including Golders Green, Finchley, Hendon and Edgware).

11 May 2007
A large number of marriage and other records have now been added to the searchable databases in respect of Manchester

18 April 2007
Addition articles by Harold Pollins added in respect of the Jewish community in Oxford

6 March 2007
Extracts from the press (1894 to 1905) relating to the North Bow and Victoria Park Synagogue.

28 February 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1847 to 1970 relating to the Great Yarmouth Jewish community. Article added in respect of the Jewish community in Addlestone.

10 December 2006
London synagogues may also now be viewed according to the London Borough and locality in which they are situated and according to the synagogue organisation to which they are affiliated (the latter listing also includes provincial synagogues affiliated to such organisations).

17 November 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in London Boroughs of the City of Westminster (including London's West End, Maida Vale and St John's Wood) and North and Eastern London (Barking & Dagenham, Camden, Haringey, Havering, Islington, Newham, Redbridge, Waltham Forest).

1 November 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in West London, comprising the congregations in the following London Boroughs: Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Kensington & Chelsea .

26 October 2006
Extracts from the press, in many instances relating to the early years of the communities, have been added in respect of the following Jewish communities: Addlestone, Blackpool, Burnley, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Epsom, Hinckley, Hoylake, Inverness, North Shields, South Shields, Walsall, Wigan, Worcester and Worksop.

24 October 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in South London, comprising the congregations in the following London Boroughs: Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich; Kingston upon Thames; Lambeth, Lewisham; Merton, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth.

12 October 2006
Webpages have now been added for each of the congregations in the London Borough of Brent (which includes the Willesden area).  

10 September 2006
A new searchable database has been added to the Supplemental UK Database, covering certain Jewish Civilian Casualties in East London during World War II, plus an explanation and introduction to four PDF files listing the casualties.

27 August 2006
The section on the congregations in the City of London has been reorganized and expanded to include the old congregations in the City.  

7 August 2006
The All-UK Database now includes burials for the cemetery in Chatham, Kent, for which there is also a brief introduction

13 June 2006
As all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922, we have now included reference to the communities in the Republic of Ireland. Over twenty congregations in four towns (Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford) have been added.  In all cases, the Jewish communities in such towns were established prior to 1922. 

29 May 2006
A new section on the community in the Channel Islands has been added and the section on the Isle of Man community (including articles and list of grave inscriptions in browsable form) has been reorganized and updated. 

23 May 2006
The All-UK Database now includes searchable records specific to the following communities: Bournemouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Grimsby, Hull, London, Manchester, Merthyr Tydfil, Middlesbrough, Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne, Penzance, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Stockton‑on‑Tees, Stroud, Sunderland, Torbay and West Hartlepool, with details now listed on listed on the community's respective pages.  

9 May 2006
Communities throughout the South West England have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted.   The communities include Bristol, Exeter, Falmouth, Penzance, Plymouth, Torbay, Totnes, Truro, Weston-super-Mare and several others. 

30 April 2006
Added many communities established, or expanded, during World War II, in most cases by evacuees from London and other industrial areas.  The communities include Amersham, Beaconsfield, Berkhamsted, Bletchley, Dorking, Dunstable, Epsom, Felpham, Gerrards Cross, Guildford, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Hinkley, Hitchin, Ilfracombe, Kettering, Letchworth, Macclesfield, Newbury, Penrith, Peterborough, Rickmansworth, Slough, Staines, Swindon, Tilehurst, Walsall, Welwyn Garden City, Weston-super-Mare, Windsor, Woking, Worcester, Worthing,  and others. 

7 March 2006
Communities throughout the South & South East England (Outside London) have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted.   The communities include Aldershot, Bedford, Bournemouth, Brighton, Canterbury, Chatham, Dover, Eastbourne, Luton, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Thanet and many more. 

14 February 2006
Communities throughout the Eastern Counties of England have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted.   The communities include, but are not limited to Cambridge, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Ipswich, King Lynn, Norwich, Peterborough and Southend-on-Sea
Additional articles added for Oxford and South Shields.

29 January 2006
The wording in English of inscriptions at the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Hebrew Cemetery, including 233 headstones, together with a plan of the cemetery, may now be viewed on line, as well as additional material relating to Stoke-on-Trent
Articles also recently added for Preston and Doncaster.

11 November 2005
Communities throughout the English Midlands have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted.   The communities include, but are not limited to, Birmingham, Coventry, Derby, Hereford, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, and Wolverhampton

20 October 2005
The section on Scotland has been reorganized and has had a major update. In particular, many congregations have been added and data inserted for Glasgow and Edinburgh.

21 September 2005
The section on the Leeds community has been reorganized and updated, with many more congregations added and data inserted.

28 August 2005
Congregations and communities in Northern Ireland have been reorganized, expanded and updated.   The communities comprise Belfast, Londonderry and Lurgan.

23 August 2005
Communities throughout North-West England, including Merseyside, Lancashire (not including Manchester), Cheshire and Cumbria, have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted.   The communities include, but are not limited to Liverpool, Barrow, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Chester, Preston, Macclesfield, Sefton and Wirral.

11 August 2005
Links for all communities to and from the cemetery information for such communities on the International Jewish Cemetery Project of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.  There are also now links for dozens of communities to relevant articles in the on-line Jewish Encyclopedia.com.

July 2005
Now linked from over forty communities - the respective sections of Cecil Roth's " The Rise of Provincial Jewry", available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

May and June 2005
Communities throughout North East England, Yorkshire (except Leeds) and Humberside  (including, but not limited to, Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, Hull, Sheffield and Grimsby good) have been reorganized and updated. Additional congregations and fresh data inserted.
Many new entries under Jewish Heritage and Property and Places of Interest.

22 May 2005
Section on Wales has been reorganized and has had a major update. Many more Welsh Communities and Congregations added. See Communities in Wales.

22 April 2005
New section added on the Medieval Communities in England and Wales. See Jewish Communities Prior to 1290

21 February 2004
Added several of the Newton Papers on Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain - prepared by Prof. Aubrey Newman for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of England -  Papers added comprise Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Chatham, Coventry, Falmouth, Penzance and Plymouth.

12 January 2004
All-UK Database now online.

23 December 2003
Susser Archives has been added.

21 September 2003
Exeter Hebrew Congregation has been materially expanded.

25 July 2003
A History of the Chatham Memorial Synagogue has been added.

24 July 2003
The "History of the Bayswater Synagogue" has been added.

14 June 2003
The history and other material added for the Oxford Community.

 

 
   

 

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