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A Jewish Ladies' Guild invitation card for General Meetings held at Nathan Harris Memorial Hall, Queen's Hill, Newport
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| Title | A Jewish Ladies' Guild invitation card for General Meetings held at Nathan Harris Memorial Hall, Queen's Hill, Newport |
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| Description | This document is an invitation card for General Meetings held by the Jewish Ladies Guild at the Nathan Harris Memorial Hall, Queen's Hill. The card has not been filled out for a general meeting invite but has 'Kiddush for Shabbat' and 'For Zelda' [Jacobs] written on it. Newport Monmouthshire Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1859 by orthodox Jews meeting at a temporary synagogue in Llanarth Street. A synagogue at Francis Street was opened in 1869 and consecrated by the Chief Rabbi Dr Herman Adler in 1871. In 1934 the congregation moved to their Nathan Harris Memorial Hall in Queen's Hill which was converted to a synagogue. In 1997 this synagogue was closed, and the congregation moved to their Prayer House by the Jewish Burial Ground on Risca Road. Within 20 years the congregation had dwindled to a few members able to attend and this too had ceased to hold services. Sources: "History of our Shul. The First Hundred Years", published by Newport Congregation in 1959; Oral history interviews with members of the Newport Mon Hebrew Congregation, recorded in 2018 by JHASW. Depository: Gwent Archives. |
| Item URL | https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/1210006 |
| Community archive | People's Collection Wales |
| Subject |
'OTHER: Religion and Beliefs' 'Religious communities' 'World Faiths' jewish Jewish Community Jews hebrew ladies guild |
| Level | Item |
| Author | Jewish History Association of South Wales / Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru |
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