This is a list of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom , including synagogues, yeshivot [nb 1] and Hebrew schools. For a list of buildings which were previously used as synagogues see List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom.
Jews in the UK now number around 270,000, [1] with over 260,000 of these in England, which contains the second largest Jewish population in Europe (behind France) and the fifth largest Jewish community worldwide. The majority of the Jews in England live in and around London, with almost 160,000 Jews in London itself and a further 20,800 in nearby Hertfordshire, primarily in Bushey (4,500), Borehamwood (3,900), and Radlett (2,300). The next most significant population is in Greater Manchester with a community of slightly more than 25,000, primarily in Bury (10,360), [2] Salford (7,920), [3] Manchester itself (2,725) [4] and Trafford (2,490). [5] There are also significant communities in Leeds (6,760), [6] Gateshead (3,000), [7] Brighton (2,730), [8] Liverpool (2,330), [9] Birmingham (2,150) [10] and Southend (2,080). [11]
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Cambridge | website | [12] | |
Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation (Thompson's Lane Synagogue) | Independent (Ashkenazi) Orthodox | Cambridge | website | [13] | |
Cambridge University Jewish Society | Cambridge | website | [14] | ||
Chabad of Cambridge | Chabad | Cambridge | website | [15] | |
Norwich Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Norwich | website | [16] | |
Norwich Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Norwich | website | [16] | |
Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Peterborough | website | [17] [18] | |
Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Suffolk | website |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Grimsby Hebrew Congregation (Sir Moses Montefiore Synagogue) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Grimsby | website | [20] | |
Leicester Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Leicester | website | [21] | |
Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation | Liberal Judaism | Leicester | website | [22] [23] | |
Lincolnshire Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Lincoln | website | [24] | |
Chabad Lubavitch of Nottingham | Chabad | Nottingham | website | [25] | |
Nottingham Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Nottingham | website | [26] | |
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Nottingham | website | [23] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Buckhurst Hill Masorti Synagogue (New Essex Masorti Synagogue) | Masorti Judaism | Buckhurst Hill | website | [27] | |
Chabad Buckhurst Hill | Chabad | Buckhurst Hill | website | [28] | |
Chabad Epping | Chabad | Epping | website | [29] | |
Chabad Southend | Chabad | Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea | website | [30] | |
Canvey Island Jewish Community | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Canvey Island | [31] [32] | ||
Chelmsford Jewish Community | Unaffiliated | Chelmsford | website | [33] | |
Chigwell & Hainault Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Chigwell | website | [34] | |
Colchester and District Jewish Community | Unaffiliated | Colchester | website | [35] | |
Harlow Jewish Community | Reform Judaism | Harlow | website | [36] | |
Loughton Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | Loughton | website | [37] [38] | |
Tikvah Chadasha (Brentwood Reform Synagogue) | Reform Judaism | Shenfield | website | [39] | |
Southend and District Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea | website | [40] | |
Southend & Westcliff Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea | website | [41] | |
Westcliff Chareidi Synagogue | Chareidi | Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea | website | [42] | |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Luton and Bedford | website | ||
Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Borehamwood | website | [43] [44] [45] | |
Kehillat Nashira: Borehamwood Partnership Minyan | Independent Orthodox; adhering to halachic standards and practices while including women in ritual leadership roles | Borehamwood | website | [46] [47] | |
Ohr Yisrael Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Borehamwood | website | [48] | |
Rambam Sephardi (Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation of Elstree & Borehamwood) | Sephardi Orthodox | Borehamwood | website | [49] | |
South Herts & Edgware Masorti (SHEMA) | Masorti Judaism | Borehamwood and Edgware | website | [50] | |
Yavneh College | Borehamwood | website | [51] | ||
Bushey Habad | Chabad | Bushey | website | [52] [53] | |
Immanuel College | Bushey | website | [54] | ||
The Liberal Synagogue Elstree | Liberal Judaism | Elstree | website | [55] | |
Chabad Lubavitch of Radlett | Chabad | Radlett | website | [56] | |
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School | United Synagogue | Radlett | website | [57] | |
Radlett Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Radlett | website | [44] [58] | |
Radlett United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Radlett | website | [59] | |
St Albans Masorti Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | St Albans | website | [60] | |
St Albans United Synagogue | United Synagogue | St Albans | website | [61] | |
Shenley United Jewish Community | United Synagogue | Shenley | website | [62] | |
Stevenage Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Stevenage | website | [63] | |
Watford and District Synagogue | United Synagogue | Watford | website | [64] | |
Welwyn Garden City Hebrew Congregation | United Synagogue | Welwyn Garden City | website | [65] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Beit Klal Yisrael | Liberal Judaism | Fitzrovia, London W1 | website | [66] | |
Central Synagogue London | United Synagogue | London W1 | website | [67] | |
Chelsea Synagogue | United Synagogue | Chelsea, London SW3 | website | [68] | |
New West End Synagogue | United Synagogue | Bayswater, London W2 | website | [69] [70] | |
West London Synagogue | (Independent) Reform Judaism | London W1 | website | [71] | |
Western Marble Arch Synagogue | United Synagogue | London W1 | website | [72] | |
Westminster Synagogue | (Independent) Reform Judaism | Knightsbridge, London SW7 | website | [73] [74] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bevis Marks Synagogue | S&P Sephardi Community | City of London, London EC3 | website | [75] [76] | |
Congregation of Jacob Synagogue (Kehillas Ya'akov) | Independent, but with affiliations to the Federation of Synagogues | Stepney, London E1 | website | [77] [78] [79] | |
Sandys Row Synagogue | Unaffiliated Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bishopsgate, London E1 | website | [80] [81] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images | ||||
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Adath Yisroel Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox / Strictly Orthodox | Stoke Newington | [82] | ||||||
Pinters synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox / Strictly Orthodox | Stamford hill | |||||||
Clapton Federation Synagogue (Sha'are Shomayim) | Federation of Synagogues | Upper Clapton | website | [83] | |||||
Cranbrook United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Cranbrook, Ilford | website | [84] | |||||
East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | South Woodford | website | [84] [85] | |||||
Hackney & East London Synagogue | United Synagogue | Hackney Central | website | [86] | |||||
Highams Park & Chingford Synagogue | United Synagogue | Chingford | website | [87] | |||||
Ilford Federation Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | Ilford | website | [88] | |||||
Kehillah North London | Liberal Judaism | Stoke Newington | website | [89] | |||||
Leytonstone and Wanstead Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | Leytonstone | website | [90] | |||||
New Essex Masorti Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | Ilford | website | ||||||
New Stoke Newington Shul | Masorti Judaism | Stoke Newington | website | [91] [92] | |||||
Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Newbury Park | website | [93] | |||||
Springfield Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | Upper Clapton | website | [94] | |||||
Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Wanstead | website | [95] | |||||
Tora Eitz Chaim Beth Hamedrash | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Stamford Hill | [96] | ||||||
Woodford Forest United Synagogue | United Synagogue | South Woodford | website | [84] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Akiva School | Finchley | website | [97] | ||
Alei Tzion | United Synagogue | Hendon | website | [98] | |
The Ark Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Northwood | website | [99] | |
Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue) | Reform Judaism | Temple Fortune | website | [100] | |
Anshei Shalom | Independent Sephardi Orthodox | St John's Wood | website | [101] | |
Barnet Synagogue | United Synagogue | New Barnet | website | [102] | |
Beis Gavriel | Federation of Synagogues | Hendon | website | [103] | |
Beis Yaakov Primary School | Colindale | website | [104] | ||
Belmont Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Belmont, Stanmore | website | [105] | |
Belsize Square Synagogue | Independent | Belsize Park, Hampstead | website | [106] [107] | |
Bnos Beis Yaakov Primary School | Colindale | website | [108] | ||
Brondesbury Park Synagogue | United Synagogue | Brondesbury Park | website | [109] | |
Chabad Lubavitch Islington | Chabad | Islington | website | [110] | |
Chabad Lubavitch West Hampstead | Chabad | West Hampstead | website | [111] | |
Cockfosters and N Southgate Synagogue | United Synagogue | Southgate | website | [112] | |
Crouch End Chavurah | Liberal Judaism | Crouch End | website | [113] | |
Darchei Avot Synagogue | Sephardi Orthodox | Hendon | |||
David Ishag Synagogue (Neveh Shalom) | Independent Sephardi Orthodox | Wembley | website | [114] | |
Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Edgware | website | [115] | |
Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School | Mill Hill | website | [116] | ||
Finchley Central Synagogue ("Finchley Fed") | Federation of Synagogues | Finchley | website | [117] | |
Finchley Progressive Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Finchley | website | [118] | |
Finchley Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | North Finchley | website | [119] | |
Finchley United Synagogue (Kinloss Synagogue) | United Synagogue | Finchley | website | [120] | |
Golders Green Beth Hamedrash (Munk's Synagogue) | Independent Ashkenazi Orthodox | Golders Green | website | [121] | |
Golders Green Synagogue | United Synagogue | Golders Green | website | [122] | |
Grassroots Jews | website | ||||
Hadley Wood Jewish Community | United Synagogue | Enfield | website | [123] | |
Hampstead Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | West Hampstead | website | [124] | |
Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue | United Synagogue | Hampstead Garden Suburb | website | [125] | |
Hasmonean High School | Hendon | website | [126] | ||
Heichal Menahem Chabad-Lubavitch Shul | Chabad | Golders Green | website | [127] | |
Hendon Beis Hamedrash | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Hendon | website | [128] | |
Hendon United Synagogue (Raleigh Close) | United Synagogue | Hendon | website | [129] | |
Jewish Community Secondary School (JCoSS) | New Barnet | website | [130] | ||
JFS | Kenton | website | [131] | ||
Judith Lady Montefiore College | Maida Vale | website | |||
Kehillas Toras Chaim | Hendon | website | [132] | ||
Kenton United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Kenton | website | [133] | |
Kingsbury United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Kingsbury | website | [134] | |
Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community | Reform Judaism | Hatch End, Pinner | website | [135] | |
Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | Edgware | website | [136] | |
Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue | S&P Sephardi Community | Maida Vale | website | [76] | |
Leo Baeck College | Finchley | website | [137] | ||
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | St John's Wood | website | [138] | |
Lubavitch of Edgware | Chabad | Edgware | website | [139] | |
Machzike Hadath | Federation of Synagogues | Golders Green | website | [140] | |
Magen Avot | Uniyed Synagogue | Hendon | website | [141] | |
Michael Sobell Sinai School | Kenton | website | [142] | ||
Mill Hill East Jewish Community | United Synagogue | Mill Hill | website | [143] | |
Mill Hill United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Mill Hill | website | [144] | |
Morasha Jewish Primary School | Finchley | website | |||
Moriah Jewish Day School | Pinner | website | |||
Mosaic Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Stanmore | website | [145] | |
Mosaic Masorti Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | Stanmore | website | [145] | |
Mosaic Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Stanmore | website | [145] | |
Muswell Hill Synagogue | United Synagogue | Muswell Hill | website | [146] | |
Ner Yisrael | Independent Modern Orthodox | Hendon | website | [147] [148] | |
New London Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | St John's Wood | website | [138] [149] | |
New North London Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | Finchley | website | [150] | |
New Whetstone Synagogue | Masorti Judaism | Enfield | website | [151] | |
Nishmas Yisroel | Federation of Synagogues | Hendon | website | [152] | |
North Hendon Adath Yisrael Synagogue | North Hendon | website | [153] | ||
Northwood and Ruislip United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Northwood | website | [154] | |
Ohel David Eastern Synagogue | Sephardi Orthodox | Golders Green | website | [155] | |
Ohel Devorah Adeni Synagogue | Southgate | [156] | |||
Palmers Green & Southgate Synagogue | United Synagogue | Palmers Green | website | [157] | |
Pardes House Grammar School | Finchley | website | [158] | ||
Pinner Synagogue | United Synagogue | Pinner | website | [159] | |
Rosh Pinah Primary School | Edgware | website | [160] | ||
Saatchi Synagogue | Independent Ashkenazi Orthodox | St John's Wood | website | [138] | |
Shomrei Hadath Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | West Hampstead | website | [161] | |
St John's Wood Synagogue | St John's Wood | website | [138] | ||
Sha'arei Tsedek: North London Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Whetstone | website | [162] [163] | |
Southgate Progressive Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Oakwood | website | [164] | |
South Hampstead Synagogue | United Synagague | South Hampstead | website | [165] | |
South Herts and Edgware Masorti (SHEMA) | Masorti Judaism | Edgware and Borehamwood | website | [166] | |
Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue | United Synagogue | Stanmore | website | [167] | |
Wembley United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Wembley | website | [168] | |
Wembley Synagogue (S&P Sephardic Community) | S&P Sephardi Community | Wembley | website | [76] | |
Wolfenson Hillel Primary School | Southgate | website | [169] | ||
Woodside Park Synagogue | United Synagogue | North Finchley | website | [170] | |
Yeshurun Synagogue | Edgware | website |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bromley Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Bromley | website | [171] | |
Catford and Bromley United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Catford | website | [172] | |
Croydon Synagogue | Federation of Synagogues | Croydon | website | [173] | |
South London Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Streatham | website | [174] | |
Sutton & District United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Sutton | website | [175] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Chabad South London – Students and Young Professionals | Chabad | Wimbledon | website | [176] [177] | |
Chabad Wimbledon | Chabad | Wimbledon | website | [178] [179] | |
Kingston, Surbiton & District Synagogue | United Synagogue | Kingston upon Thames | website | [141] | |
Kingston Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Long Ditton, Surrey | website | [180] | |
North West Surrey Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Weybridge, Surrey | website | [181] | |
Richmond Synagogue | United Synagogue | Richmond | website | [182] | |
Staines and District Synagogue | United Synagogue | Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey | website | [183] | |
The Wimbledon Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Putney/ Wimbledon | website | [184] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Holland Park Synagogue | S&P Sephardi Community | Kensington | website | ||
Ealing (United) Synagogue | United Synagogue | Ealing | website | [185] | |
Ealing Liberal Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Ealing | website | [186] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Darlington Hebrew Congregation | Reform Judaism | Darlington | website | [187] | |
Durham & NE Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Durham | website | [188] | |
Gateshead Hebrew Congregation | Haredi Judaism | Gateshead | [189] | ||
Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls | Haredi Judaism | Gateshead | |||
Gateshead Talmudical College (Gateshead Yeshiva) | Haredi Judaism | Gateshead | [190] [191] [192] | ||
The Gateshead Kolel | Haredi Judaism | Gateshead | website | [193] | |
Newcastle Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | website | [194] | |
Representative Council of North East Jewry | N/A | Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and Cleveland | website | ||
Sunderland Talmudical College (Sunderland Yeshiva) | Haredi Judaism | Gateshead | [195] | ||
United Hebrew Congregation of Newcastle upon Tyne | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne | website | [196] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Chester Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi | Chester | website | [197] | |
Lancashire & Cumbria Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Lancashire and Cumbria | website | [198] | |
Lancaster & Lakes Jewish Community | Non-denominational | Lancaster | website | [199] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation | Reform Judaism | Blackpool | website | [200] | |
St. Annes Hebrew Congregation | Unaffiliated Ashkenazi Orthodox | Lytham St Annes | website | [201] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Allerton Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Allerton | website | [202] [203] | |
Chabad of Liverpool Universities | Chabad | Liverpool | website | [204] | |
Childwall Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Childwall | [203] [205] [206] [207] | ||
King David High School | Wavertree | website | [203] | ||
King David Primary School | Liverpool | website | [203] | ||
Liverpool Masorti Community | Masorti Judaism | Liverpool | website | [208] | |
Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation (Princes Road Synagogue) | United Synagogue | Toxteth | website | [203] | |
Liverpool Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Wavertree | website | [203] [209] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bowdon Shul (South Manchester Synagogue) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bowdon | website | [210] | |
Bury Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bury | website | [211] | |
Chabad Lubavitch South Manchester | Chabad | Bowdon | website | [212] | |
Chabad of Cheadle | Chabad | Cheadle | website | [213] | |
Cheetham Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Salford | [214] | ||
Damesek Eliezer Synagogue (Prestwich Beth Hamedrash) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Prestwich | [215] | ||
Hale Shule (Hale & District Hebrew Congregation) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Hale Barns, Altrincham | website | [216] [217] | |
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Higher Crumpsall | website | [218] | |
Higher Prestwich Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Prestwich | [219] | ||
Hillock Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Whitefield | [220] | ||
Holy Law Hebrew South Broughton Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Prestwich | website | [221] | |
Kehilas Kol Yaakov | Federation of Synagogues | Prestwich | website | [222] [223] | |
King David High School, Manchester | Manchester | website | [224] | ||
L'chaim Chabad-Lubavitch | Chabad | Salford | website | [225] | |
Machzikei Hadass Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Higher Broughton, Salford | [226] [227] | ||
Manchester Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Manchester | website | [228] | |
Manchester Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Manchester | website | [229] [230] | |
Meade Hill Shul (United Synagogue, Manchester) | United Synagogue | Prestwich | website | [231] | |
Menorah Synagogue: Cheshire Reform Congregation | Reform Judaism | Sharston, Wythenshawe, Manchester | website | [232] | |
Ohr Yerushalayim | Federation of Synagogues | Salford | website | [233] | |
Sedgley Park Synagogue (Shomrei Hadass) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Prestwich | [234] | ||
Sha'arei Shalom | Reform Judaism | Whitefield | website | [235] | |
Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue | Salford | [236] | |||
Whitefield Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Whitefield | website | [237] | |
Yeshurun Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Gatley | website | [238] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Southport Hebrew Congregation (Arnside Road) | United Synagogue | Southport, Sefton, Merseyside | website | [239] | |
Southport & District Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Southport | website | [240] | |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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South Bucks Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Amersham | website | [241] | |
Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue (Rodef Shalom) | Liberal Judaism | Bedfordshire | website | [242] | |
Isle of Wight Jewish Society | Reform Judaism | Isle of Wight | website | [243] | |
Luton United Synagogue | United Synagogue | Luton | website | [244] [245] | |
Maidenhead Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Maidenhead | website | [246] | |
Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Milton Keynes | website | [247] | |
Oxford Chabad Society – Oxford Jewish Student Centre | Chabad | Oxford | website | [248] | |
Oxford Jewish Congregation | Oxford | website | [249] | ||
Oxford Masorti Group | Masorti Judaism | Oxford | website | ||
Oxford University Jewish Society | Oxford | website | [250] | ||
South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community | Reform Judaism | Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester | website | [251] | |
Reading Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Reading | website | [252] [253] | |
Reading Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Reading | website | [254] | |
Jewish Community of Berkshire | Independent Ashkenazi Orthodox | Reading | website | [255] [256] | |
Portsmouth and Southsea Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Southsea | website | [257] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Jewish Kent | Kent | website | [258] | ||
Canterbury Jewish Community | Canterbury | website | [259] | ||
Kent Liberal Jewish Community – Ohel Rachel | Liberal Judaism | Maidstone | website | [260] | |
Thanet & District Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Ramsgate | website | [261] [262] | |
Chatham Memorial Synagogue, Rochester | Rochester | website | [263] | ||
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bognor Regis and District Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bognor Regis | website | [264] [265] | |
Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation: West Hove Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Hove | website | [266] [267] [268] | |
Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation: Middle Street Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Brighton | website | [268] | |
Brighton & Hove Online Jewish Community | N/A | Sussex | website | ||
Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Hove | website | [266] [269] | |
Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Hove | website | [266] [269] [270] | |
Chabad Lubavitch of Brighton | Chabad | Brighton | website | [266] [271] | |
Chabad Lubavitch Sussex and S E Coast Universities | Chabad | Brighton | website | [271] | |
Crawley Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Crawley | [272] | ||
Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Eastbourne | website | [273] | |
Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Eastbourne | website | [274] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Bournemouth Chavurah | Masorti Judaism | Bournemouth | website | [275] | |
Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bournemouth | website | [276] [277] | |
Bournemouth Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Bournemouth | website | [278] | |
Chabad of Bournemouth | Chabad | Bournemouth | website | [279] | |
Wessex Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Bournemouth | website | [280] | |
Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation | Liberal Judaism | Bristol | website | [244] | |
Chabad Lubavitch of Bristol | Chabad | Bristol | website | [281] | |
Park Row Synagogue (Bristol Hebrew Congregation) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Bristol | website | [282] | |
Cheltenham Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Cheltenham | website | [283] | |
Kehillat Kernow (The Jewish Community of Cornwall) | Reform Judaism | Cornwall | website | [284] | |
Exeter Synagogue | Unaffiliated: ritual varies | Exeter | website | [285] | |
Plymouth Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Plymouth | website | [286] | |
Swindon Jewish Community | Reform Judaism | Swindon | [287] | ||
Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire | website | [288] [289] | |
Totnes Reform Jewish Group | Reform Judaism | Totnes | website | [290] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Birmingham Central Synagogue | United Synagogue | Edgbaston, Birmingham | website | [291] | |
Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill Synagogue) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Birmingham | website | [292] | |
Birmingham Progressive Synagogue | Liberal Judaism | Birmingham | website | [293] | |
Chabad Jewish Student Centre of Birmingham | Chabad | Birmingham | website | [294] | |
King David School, Birmingham | Birmingham | website | [295] | ||
Coventry Jewish Reform Community | Reform Judaism | Coventry | website | [296] | |
Solihull Shul (Solihull & District Hebrew Congregation) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Solihull | website | [297] | |
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire | website | [298] [299] | |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images | Notes |
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Bradford Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Bradford | website | [300] | ||
Calderdale Jewish Community Centre | Non-denominational | Calderdale | website | |||
Harrogate Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Harrogate | website | [301] | ||
Hull Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Hull | website | [302] | See History of the Jews in Hull | |
Hull Reform Synagogue (Ne've Shalom) | Reform Judaism | Willerby | website | [303] | ||
Sheffield & District Reform Jewish Congregation | Reform Judaism | Sheffield | website | [304] | ||
United Synagogue Sheffield | United Synagogue | Sheffield | website | [305] | ||
York Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | York | website | [306] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Moortown, Leeds | website | [307] | |
Chabad Lubavitch at Leeds Campus | Chabad | Leeds | website | [308] | |
Chabad Lubavitch Leeds | Chabad | Leeds | website | [309] | |
Etz Chaim Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Leeds | website | [310] [311] | |
Leeds Masorti Community | Masorti Judaism | Leeds | website | [312] | |
Sinai Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Roundhay, Leeds | website | [313] | |
United Hebrew Congregation, Shadwell Lane, Leeds | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Moortown, Leeds | website | [314] |
There have been Jews in Scotland since the 17th century, if not earlier. [315] Most Scottish Jews today are of Ashkenazi background who mainly settled in Edinburgh, then in Glasgow in the mid-19th century. According to the 2011 census, 5,887 Jews lived in Scotland; a decline of 8.7% from the 2001 census. [316] The total population of Scotland at the time was 5,313,600, making Scottish Jews 0.1% of the population.
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Scottish Council of Jewish Communities | N/A | website | [317] [318] |
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Beth Israel Synagogue | Torah Observant | Edinburgh | website | [319] | |
Chabad Jewish Community of Edinburgh | Chabad | Edinburgh | website | [320] | |
Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Edinburgh | website | [317] [320] | |
Hebrew Synagogue | Torah Observant | Edinburgh | website | [321] | |
Sukkat Shalom, Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community | Liberal Judaism | Edinburgh | website | [320] [322] |
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Garnethill Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Glasgow | website | [318] | |
Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue (Giffnock Shul) | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Giffnock, East Renfrewshire | website | [318] | |
Glasgow Jewish Representative Council | N/A | Glasgow | website | [318] | |
Glasgow Reform Synagogue | Reform Judaism | Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire | website | [318] |
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Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Aberdeen | website | [323] | |
Tayside and Fife Jewish Community | Unaffiliated | St Andrews, Fife | website | [324] [325] |
There are records of Jews in Abergavenny, Caerleon and Chepstow in the 13th century, all of them in the Marcher Lordships of South Wales. [326] However, after the English conquest of Wales (1287–1283), Edward I issued the 1290 Edict of Expulsion expelling the Jews from England. It is likely that most, if not all, Jews left Wales after Edward I's edict of 1290.
A Jewish community was recorded in Swansea in around 1730. Further Jewish communities were formed in the 19th century in Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Pontypridd and Tredegar." [327]
Jewish communities in Wales were augmented by refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe in the late 1930s.
The modern community in South Wales is centred on the Cardiff Reform Synagogue and the Cardiff United Synagogue. There is also a synagogue in Swansea. The synagogue of Merthyr Tydfil, the major one north of Cardiff, ceased to hold regular services in the 1970s and the building was later sold.
Name | Affiliation/ritual | Location | Web | Ref | Images |
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Cardiff Reform Synagogue | Reform | Cardiff | website | [328] | |
Cardiff United Synagogue | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Cardiff | website | [329] | |
Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Hebrew Congregation | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Llandudno | website | [330] [331] | |
Welshpool Jewish Group | Liberal | Welshpool | website | [332] [333] |
The Jews of Northern Ireland have lived primarily in Belfast, where the Belfast Hebrew Congregation, an Ashkenazi Orthodox community, was established in 1870. [334] Former communities were located in Derry and Lurgan. [335] [336] [337] The first reference to Jews in Belfast dates from 1652, and a "Jew butcher" was mentioned in 1771, suggesting some semblance of a Jewish community at that time. [338]
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Belfast Jewish Community | Ashkenazi Orthodox | Belfast | website | [339] | |
The United Synagogue (US) is a union of British Orthodox Jewish synagogues, representing the central Orthodox movement in Judaism. With 56 congregations comprising 36,000+ members, it is the largest synagogue body in Europe. The spiritual head of the union is the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth—a title that bears some formal recognition by the Crown.
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