Jewish Heritage UK
Jewish Heritage UK logo Bevis Marks Synagogue Ark
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Jewish Heritage UK www.jewish-heritage-uk.org
New West End Synagogue Jewish Heritage UK logo plus web address
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Liverpool Princes Road Synagogue Coventry
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Changes in Britain's Jewish Population
Census Board of Deputies 2001 1995 UK Faiths
Greater London 149,790 182,700 Christian 71.6% 42,079,000 Surrounding Areas 18,990 13,650 Muslim 2.7% 1,591,000 Rest of Home Counties 10,760 8,300 Hindu 1.0% 559,000 Greater Manchester 21,730 26,000 Sikh 0.6% 336,000 Leeds 8,270 10,000 Jewish 0.5% 267,000 Glasgow 4,330 5,600 Buddhist 0.3% 152,000 Brighton and Hove 3,360 5,300 Other 0.3% 179,000 Southend 2,720 3,400 Liverpool 2,700 3,800 No Religion 15.5% Birmingham 2,340 4,000 No Answer 7.3% Bournemouth 2,110 3,000 Gateshead 1,560 1,100 Newcastle 960 1,100 Cardiff 940 1,500 Edinburgh 760 900 Southport 700 1,100 Boroughs with highest Hull 670 1,100 concentration of Jews Nottingham 630 1,000 Luton 530 1,300 Barnet 14.8% 46,690 Rest of Britain 33,160 8,350 Hertsmere 11.3% 10,710 Harrow 6.3% 13,110 UK Total 267,000 285,000 Redbridge 6.2% 14,800 Camden 5.6% 11,150 England 258,000 Hackney 5.3% 10,730 Scotland 6,600 Bury 5.0% 8,920 Wales 2,200
Figures reproduced from Jewish Chronicle , February 21, 2003.
Census 2001
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Liverpool Princes Road Synagogue Brighton Middle Street Synagogue Interior
15 16 Birmingham Singers Hill Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue Ark (Derek Kendall)
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Berlin Oranienburgerstrasse shul Garnethill Synagogue (Interior)
19 20 London Brondesbury Synagogue London Hammersmith Synagogue
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Birmingham Progressive Synagogue Birmingham Progressive Synagogue
23 24 London Egerton Rd Synagogue (hasidim by window) London Great St Helens Synagogue engraving
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Cover of Inspired! booklet Prague Altneuschul
27 28 Bradford Reform Synagogue (Ark) Manchester Jewish Museum
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Jewish Heritage UK thanks the following for their generous support:
The Pilgrim Trust The British Academy The R.M. Burton Charitable Trust The Royal Institute of British Architects The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Rothschild Foundation Europe The Aurelius Charitable Trust The Trustees of Notting Hill Synagogue The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Bevis Marks Synagogue Trust Sternberg Charitable Foundation Michael & Ilse Katz Foundation Victor Mishcon Charitable Trust Mr Anton Felton Center for Jewish Art (Jerusalem) Anonymous
London East End map Donors
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