Newcastle Reform Synagogue
{{short description|Reform synagogue in Newcastle, England}}
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| location = The Croft, off Kenton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, England NE3 4RF
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| leadership = Rabbi Sybil Sheridan
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The Newcastle Reform Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as Ner Tamid, {{small|lit.}} "Everlasting Light"), is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Gosforth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1963, the congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/community/newcast_reform/index.htm |title=Newcastle Reform Synagogue |work=Jewish Communities and Records – UK |publisher=JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=18 May 2024 }}
History
The community was founded in 1963 by European-Jewish refugees. After about twenty families had shown interest the previous year in forming a Reform congregation, assistance was sought from the nearest Reform synagogue, Sinai Synagogue, Leeds, who lent a Torah scroll and some prayer books. Services were held in homes, school rooms and church halls.{{cite web |url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/community-spotlight-newcastle-reform-synagogue.html |title=Community Spotlight: Newcastle Reform Synagogue |publisher=Movement for Reform Judaism |work=News |date=11 December 2014 |accessdate=12 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050641/http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/community-spotlight-newcastle-reform-synagogue.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
In 1963 the newly formed congregation bought a Methodist chapel in Derby Street, off Barrack Road, in Newcastle. This was converted into a synagogue, function hall, school rooms and a caretaker's flat, and the congregation grew. However, eleven years later, the congregation was served with a Compulsory Purchase Order and had to abandon the building.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastlereformsynagogue.co.uk/about |title=Our Synagogue |work=Newcastle Reform Synagogue |date= |access-date= }}{{self-published-inline|date=May 2024}} For the next ten years the community held regular services as before, in homes, school halls and church halls. On High Holy Days it used the Newcastle City Council Chambers.
The present purpose-built synagogue was completed in 1982. A dedicated cemetery in North Shields has a prayer house, complete with facilities for tahara.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.newcastlereformsynagogue.co.uk}}
- {{cite web |url=http://jscn.org.uk/small-communities/newcastle-reform-synagogue/ |work=Jewish Small Communities |title=Newcastle Reform Synagogue |date= |access-date= }}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne
Category:Jewish organizations established in 1963
Category:Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom
Category:Religion in Tyne and Wear
Category:Synagogues completed in 1982
Category:Synagogues in England
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