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Introduction page 1
Section I Synagogue Membership in the United Kingdom
Map 1 Standard Regions and Counties of England and Wales page 3
Table 1:1 Aggregate Synagogue Membership by Administrative Area page 4
Table 1:2 Male Synagogue Membership by Religious Grouping page 6
Table 1:3 Male Synagogue Membership by Geographical Distribution page 6
Table 1:4 Synagogue Membership by Administrative Area: congregational data page 7
Section 2 Synagogue Membership in Greater London
Map 2 The London Boroughs page 21
Table 2:1 Aggretate Synagogue Membership
.. . by London Borough page 22
Table 2:2 Synagogue Membership by London Borough: congregational data page 23
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'.S'er;I; of nyc. .ue is the most widely held point of identity for I c cii Studies in this country have shoval that Synagogue cci era iround twO- hirds of identifying .Jew. The formation of a or ong regation dccx not necessitate a building or even a minister. ioliititar't ini requt rex payment of membership dues. The cl ici 105 or't cot' relate to fee paying members as at the latter part OT lOb ui early 197
This publication can only give a rough guide to population figures. firstly, it includes only the 1ogo'ue affiliated Jewish population. Secondly, there is a ii reticent of ocei'- enunleration because of the possibility of dual ':'exrhorship by individuals. Pet—tiled research on 5,500 households in Redbridge uc,ceatn trultitile ,reinbe'rshij in less than 2 per cent. Thirdly, in some of the :,en'ioo :croaohs affiliation is unrealistic with regard to residence. Notably, in Ha:st 'her'o is a otrorit ion lag as many former residents of the borough 1 .h'ol.' f'tr nr"int,ii reasons, and in Westminster social prestige rather t hr 'i'. i,i .'r.t ';'.laf ten the motivation for membership of the many .,r t', fa .:t'r.igleui a, he I ici. of synaaogues in Barking, aex2y, r:Orc'o. and Scn ha'noA.....tic a the arid i number of Jews living in these boroughs, rot their t,rtat if.'sonrv. I 1',ia is particularly evident in the case of Barking, 'iv ri' hr :.e,,rr''. ynl,:cii' f,.o.itic 'ecotitrer') is just inside the borough of "cdl Oily. vt it.- tile sr.: -tS, it draws its membership largely from Barking. eta tri ,r:,crn lar t.rr:r 'icur, in areas of sparse Jewish population .a in -3 rart iou or rosin rt 'n draws it-, membership from a wide area and There can Iii o'er 'it''rt'y, ctn;'n.''.t' a hit ween synagogues, The most important hosever. oil ti's TO I.' rembership which in dealt with in the note ii'
1 ho nuriher of nit iv anao, .:rnnscishers has fallen by 6 per cent since 1970. * ':r"ort of this its' iris ''c'', frets Greater London. Some can be accounted r.rjt jot tO the suri'out:,f iig counties and some to a decline in multiple :i:c'mhersliips as a reaction to rot'idly increasing synagogue fees during the 1970s. increased running coats have also resulted in the closure and amalgamation of This hi- led to a decline in the number of synagogue buildings from to JiS to lOT" rind number of actual congregations from 369 to 351.
d,n'iutj,r, iii ni'onat'snsp among the various religious groupings shows e'.itiet' of tOt' :':itral Orthodox Outside London. The capital of typic i s"nn.r.gui' to its large .Jewish population. Only rater lancitester -hare this hroterogpneitv. Comparative figures of the :',"000rttotnal breokinn over time are only available for Greater London and these 'rn- cr, a relatively static positron. They accord well with recent annual returns nlarriaro figut'ea which h-ye tic tcated :t growth in the right-wing Orthodox .:rcupinc,
'GTE ON FMAli SYNUE N1EERSriP
s bye to bi'::,,,de in respect of female membership in Orthodox synagogues married thv thriseives join and pay an individual (lIet'orxm and Liberal) women and h,:.'r'i'il nico,hershir, Owl rc:ai ni&'r:ltt-rship therefore often includes two adults
are for all 9°;- lc,rria ru tho text is 5.3. Prais, 'S ynagogue Statistics the Jevisi', ion of dni',rt BritainO 190-1970' , The Jowih Journal of
per h,usehold. In order to produce uIlitOr::i Stat i St CS. tht fot 1 1 li have been used in ect isa t i np, female. member ship -
i) Where membership lists were avat l.itilC it numbers of households having no male miemberswe:& counted. These are identified in the text n,ttn ti letter a.
It) Where synagogues have recorded hid iv idua lte:m membership these statistics have been used.
C) Where synagogues have presented a sex reak let their membership and the fivita I e ntrt'ilter exceed s male, the excess figure is taken to account fr individual female membership. In those cases only the difference between female and Ic ;rccibe: is included in our Statistics. rIese ary I in the text with the letter c.
d) Inhere no breakdown by ses SItS :,v:il I dii e SC eSt imatod numbers. lurti'ers or fyci.i is tani met. bracketed IS cxc ludid frict . I .t I me:shcrh I p figure .
By this method, the totals of feic:s....e:tiy women widows, di vi rc eec , arid some xis rr ci -.jmen ic c hoe in tie I r own r;%-ht. In 'it a Orthodoxsvnt v ...ci - ' 1 •. ...... minorit of tc tci:i,tl .....ersIuIt stir • •• .,•,• ...... 0 to this i-tile that a local nembe shi:' individual memttirshiir. rhse figures J,: no , roe 1c ci... . female and male headed households; their value in ... approximate number of synagogue affiliated houshold.
KEY TO AFFILIATION IN COI'REGATIOtL TABLES
Fed - Federation of Svnagoguts 'RSOM - Reform Synagogues cif lremt Britain Ul.l'S - Union of l.iberal and Irogresaice c..nIcigit hO - Union of Orthodox hebrew Cun:rtcit 1 ,1 1 1, US - In it id Synagogue Ind Orth - Non-affiliated congregation, Orthodox ••t• Ind Ref - Non-affiliated congregation. Reform StatIs
Where no affiliation is recorded , Orthodox Status spit It cs
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3 Table 1:1 P3GREGATE WME nMERSHIP BY PE1NISTRATIVE EREA
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TOTAL AFFI COUNTY MALES FEJIALES I-CUSEI-C SOUTH EAST REGION Bedfordshire 140 IS 155 Berkshire 227 43 270 Buckinghamshire 47 11 58 East Sussex 1,813 1,048 2,861 Essex 1,748 303 2,066 Greater London 55,494 18,845 74,339 Hampshire 196 62 258 Hertfordshire 965 174 1,139 Isle-of-Wight 0 0 0 Kent 196 32 218 & Oxfordshire 100 40 140 Surrey 288 58 346 West Sussex 51 15 66 SOUTH WEST REGION Avon 107 21 128 Cornwall 25 0 25 Devon 108 40 148 Dorset 773 131 904 Gloucestershire 24 14 38 Somerset 0 0 0 Wiltshire 16 5 21 EAST ANGLIA REGION Cambridgeshire 104 34 138 Norfolk 36 10 46 Suffolk 0 0 0 EAST MIDLANDS REGION Derbyshire 27 13 40 Leicestershire 215 50 265 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 Northamptonshire 85 24 109 Nottinghamshire 556 90 646
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.r1 TOTAL. AFFILIATED COUNTY MALES FE?IALES HOUSEHOLDS WEST MIDLANDS REGION Hereford 1 :1 Worcestershire 12 7 19 Shropshire 0 0 0 Staffordshire 51 13 64 Warwickshire 0 0 0 West Midlands 1,436 868 2,304 NORTH WEST REGION Cheshire 18 20 38 Greater Manchester 6,525 1,280 7,805 Lancashire 423 127 550 Merseyside 2,076 900 2,976 YORKSHIRE I HUMBERSIDE REGION Humberside 428 182 610 North Yorkshire 78 40 118 South Yorkshire 343 98 441 West Yorkshire 3,582 1,140 4,722 NORTH REGION Cleveland 84 34 118 Cumbria 8 0 8
Durham . 37 11 48 Northumberland 0 0 0 Tyne I Wear 916 264 1,180
II. SCOTLAND . 2,579 1,951 4,530
III. WALES 767 218 985
IV, NORTHERN IRELAND 246 207 453
V. JERSEY 48 23 71
TOTAL U.K. 82,998 28,461 111,459 .1
LI Table 1:2 LONDON RELIGIOUS GROUPING PROVINCES LONDON TOTAL PERCENTAGES PERCENTAGEE 1970 197 Right-wing Orthodox 556 2,327 2,883 3.5 26 4.2 Central Orthodox 22,476 38,663 61,139 73.6 72.3 69.7 Sephardi 375 1,853 2,228 2.7 4.5 3.3 Reform 3,28t 7,577 10,863 13.1 11.9 13.7 Liberal 811 5,074 5,885 7.1 8.7 9.1
TOTAL 27,504 55,494 82,998 100.0 100.0 100.0 U
N.B. Membership of St. George's Settlement has been equally divided between Liberal and Reform and that of Finchley Road between Right-wing and Central Orthodox.
Table 1:3 MALE SYNLJE IeTERSHIP BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 1970 AND 1977 1970 1977 Loss % Provinces 28,368 32.1 27,504 33.1 864 3.0 London 60,066 67.9 55,494 66.9 4,572 7.6
TOTAL 88,334 100.0 82,998 100.0 5,436 6.1
6 Table 1:4 SYIGtGUE U11RSH!P BY ADMINISTRATIVE AFEA CO3RATIONAL DATA
SOUTHEAST REGION MEIIBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE
BEDFORDSHIRE
Bedford Hebrew Congregation 10
Luton Luton 8 Dunstable .8 District Synagogue 130 14
BERKSHIRE,
Maidenhead Synagogue RSGB 60 28
Reading Synagogue 140 4
Slough Slough S Windsor Affiliated Synagogue US 27 11
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Little Chalfont New Bucks Group Northwood 6 Pinner Liberal 20 (20)
High Wycombe Hebrew Congregation US 41 9
LEAST SUSSEX
Bexhill Hastings 6 District Jewish Society 20 35
Brighton & 4 Brighton Hebrew oSO 265 Hove Brighton S Hove Progressive Synagogue ULPS 219 143
Hove Hebrew Congregation 290 90
New Synagogue Independent Reform 600 500
Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation 34 15
ESSEX
Basildon Hebrew Congregation Southend 6 Westcliff 24 3
Chelmsford Chelmsford Jewish Community 50 (50)
C igwell Chigwell S Ilainault Affiliated Synagogue US 270 38
C Ichester Colchester S District Jewish Community Synagogue 59 11 SOJT}€AST REGION
MEIERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FELE • ESSEX cent
Harlow Harlow Jewish Comnuni tv RSGi
Loughton Loughton. Chigwcll District Synagogue Federation
Southend Southend E District Refot'm Synagogue RSCX 1, I-1 5\ Southend S Westcliff Hebrew Congregation
HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth Synagogue 51
Southampton Synagogue
HERTFORDS}IIRE
Boreham Wood Boreham Wood S Ilistree Synagogue 115
Bushey BusIev Synagogue 1:
Bushey S District Reform Jewish (ommun t
Ilcme Hemel Henv.stcad S Hempstead District Hebrew Congregit ion i ts
Potters Bmr Potters Far 5 B ruoko.tn 'ark
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• St. Albans Bed s-lierts Progressive Jewish
• Congregation
• St. Albans Hebrew Congregation 1'S S
Watford Synagogue (is
Weiwyn I Garden City Synagogue (IS 55 19
ISLE of WIGIIT
Nil
• KEWI
Chatham Magnus Memorial Synagogue
• Margate Synagogue 105 SOUTHEAST REGION MERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE KENT cont. Ramsgate Spanish Portuguese Synagogue Sephardi 6 C Canterbury Jewish Community 11 Tunbridge Wells Jewish Fellowship Brighton New 18 0
OXFORDSHIRE Oxford Jewish Congregation 100 40
SURREY Epsom Epsom & District Synagogue US 14 Guildford Guildford 8 District Jewish Community 40 S Reigate Reigate 8 District Jewish Community 15 S Staines Staines S District Synagogue US 101 28 Weybridge North West Surrey Synagogue RSGB 118 12
WEST SUSSEX Bognor Regis Hebrew Congregation 12 Crawley Jewish Community ULPS is (is) East Grinstead Jewish Community is Ak Worthing Hebrew Congregation 6 6
I Jflf,'EST REGION
MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE AVON Bristol Synagogue 79 21 Bristol & West Progressive ULPS 28 (28)
* CORNWALL Truro Temporarily disbanded 25 (2S)
DEVON Exeter Hebrew Congregation 6 3 Plymouth Hebrew Congregat ion 72 29 Torbay Torquay & Paignton 30 8
DORSET Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation 553 58 • Reform Synagogue RSCB 220 73
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Cheltenham 4 Hebrew Congregation 24 14
SOMERSET Nil
WILTSHIRE Swindon Hebrew • Congregation
In EAST NSLIA REGION
MEMBERSHIP CONGREGAT I ON AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE
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i.t C i- horoug h cbrei Congregation JS IS 2
NORFOLK '.orwich Chrei, Congregation 30 10
AL EAST M1DLMDS REGION MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE DERBYSHIRE Derby Hebrew Congregation 27 13
LEICESTERSHIRE Leicester Hebrew Congregation 197 50 Progressive Jewish Congregation ULPS 18 (18)
LINCOLNSHIRE Nil
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Nnrtliarn;tun l,r( I- L'),Zi 85 24
Nottingham Progressive Jewish Congregation UPS 83 13 Synagogue 473 77 S7#obsiwE
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YORKSHIRE & IJERSE€. REGION MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE WEST YORKSHIRE 363 Bradford Bradford Synagogue RSGIF 60 United Hebrew Congregation 98 27 Leeds Beth Ilarsedrash Flag ado 1 861 311 Chassidische Synagogue 149 51 New Central Vilna Leeds Jewish Workers Co-operative Society 589 71 Psalms of David S Talmud Synagogue 250 60 Shostrei Hadass 20 0 Sinai Synagogue RSGB 305 United Hebrew Congregation 1.250 550
HUMBERSIDE Grimsby Sir Moses Montefiore Synagogue 74 77 Hull Old Hebrew Congregation 153 63 Reform Synagogue Ind Ref 23 (22) Western 178 42
A. NORTH YORKSHIRE Harrogate Hebrew Congregation 72 30 York Hebrew Congregation (temporarily disbanded) 6 10
SOUTH YORKSHIRE Doncaster Synagogue 7 3 Sheffield United Hebrew Congregation 336 95
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CR1ThEST REGION MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE HESHIRE • hester Hebrew Congregation 18 20
REATER MANCHESTER
-: .. Adass Yeshurun . Synagogue 30 0 Adath Israel • Synagogue 35 0 Bury Hebrew Synagogue 260 10 •• Central Synagogue 371 85 Cheethais Hebrew Congregation 125 25
Cheshire Reform (Menorah) RSGB 245 12 Congregation of Spanish I Portuguese Sephardi 43 17 Great and New Synagogue 252 54 Heaton Park Synagogue 410 76 Higher Crumpsall I Higher Broughton 373 78 Higher Prestwich Hebrew Congregation 220 17 Hillock Hebrew Congregation 40 0 Holy Law Congregation 500 100 Kahal Chassidim 40 0 Machzikei Hadass 180 0 Manchester Reform RSGH C 800 350 North Manchester I Reform Jewish Comadnity Ind Ref 35 0 North Manchester • Synagogue 87 19 North Salford Synagogue 88 10 Ohel Torah Synagogue 110 30 0 Prestwich Hebre Congregation 433 65
• . ••. Sale I District
• . Hebrew Congregation 130 21
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NORTI+EST REGION
MERSHI P CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE GREATER MANCHESTER cont. Sedgley Park Synagogue 24 0 4 She are Sedek Synagogue Sephardi 97 14 South Broughton 203 41 South Manchester 386 178a Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orj.m Synagogue DO 18 0 United 205 15 Whitefield Hebrew 410 21 Withington Congregation
• . of Spanish 8 Portuguese
• Jews Sephardi 229 35
• . . . Yeshurun Hebrew
• Congregation 266 36
LANCASHIRE Blackburn Synagogue 8 7 Blackpool Reform Synagogue RSGB 76 United Hebrew Congregation 157 49 Preston Synagogue 2 2 10
St. Annes-on-Sea Hebrew Congregation . 160 57
MERSEYSIDE Hoylake Synagogue 23 2
• . . . Liverpool Allerton Hebrew
: . congregation 210 35 Chxldwall Synagogue 415 ta
•:.. • . :. Fairfield Synagogue 72 76 • .' Greenbank Drive Synagogue 393 425 0
• Nusach An • . . . 0 . Congregation 55 2
• Old Hebrew
- . . . Congregation 287 73
• • • . . Progressive Synagogue ULPS 111 (91) Duet Road • Synagogue 51 17 0 • • •
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- •.. ..: ....• ,: • 0 • • . . !. • NORTHWEST Iflt MEMBERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE FEMALE MERSEYSIDE cont. Southport Southport Synagogue 320 137 New Synagogue RSGB 107 51 Wallasey Wallasey Hebrew Congregation 29 4 NORTH REGION t1E!ERSHIP CONGREGATION AFFILIATION MALE F1ALE • . : •., CLEVELAND Middlesborough Synagogue 84 34
CUMBRIA : Barrow-in-Fumes ynagogue 8 0
DURHAM
• Darlington lebrew Congregation 37 11
NORTHUMBERLAND Nil
• •:. TYNEAR • Gateshead febrew Congregation (including Kolel Synagogue) 158 14
- Newcastle-upon- Tyne thforxn Synagogue RSGB 48 10 inited Hebrew :ongregation 460 189 South Shields iebrew Congregation 13 1
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