Worship & Religion
around Greater Manchester and in the Northwest Region

Jewish Synagogues
Associations and Organisations in Greater Manchester

About Manchester Jewry

The Manchester Jewish Community currently numbers about 35,000 - the second largest community in the United Kingdom, and dates from the 1780s. A Jewish cemetery had been acquired in 1794, almost certainly by Jews moving from neighbouring Liverpool.

Continental war and unrest saw several later immigrations, notably in the late 1840s, when the so-called "liberal" Jews arrived in the area, including the Hungarian soldier rabbi, Solomon Schiller-Szinessy, who became minister of a Reform synagogue in 1856.

In the 1870s, North African Sephardi formed two communities in Manchester, one in Cheetham Hill and the other in West Didsbury; the former is now the Manchester Jewish Museum on Cheetham Hill Road.

Greater Manchester Synagogues

Listed Alphabetically

• ADASS YESHURUN
  Cheltenham Crescent, Salford M7 0FE. Tel: 0161-792 1233.
  Minister: Dyan G Krausz.
• ADATH YISROEL NUSACH ARI
  Upper Park Road, Salford M7 0HL. Tel: 0161-740 3905.
  Secretary: Rev S Simon.
• BURY HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Sunnybank Road, Bury BL9 8EP. Tel: 0161-796 5062.
  Minister: Rabbi B Singer.
  Website: www.buryhc.org.uk
• CENTRAL & NORTH MANCHESTER
  Leicester Road, Salford M7 4GP. Tel: 0161-740 4830.
  Minister: Rabbi J Rubinstein.
• CHAIM V' TIKVAH
  (Life and Hope) Progressive Congregation
  Prestwich M25. More information by email: CIConsultancy@aol.com
  Tel: 0161-773 3082
  
  
  
  
• CHEETHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION
  453 Cheetham Hill Road, Salford M8 7PA. Tel: 0161-740 7788.
  Minister: Rabbi Yakov Abenson.
• CHESHIRE REFORM CONGREGATION
  Menorah Synagogue, Altrincham Road, M224RZ.
  Tel: 0161-428 7746. Minister: Rabbi Brian Fox.
• CONGREGATION OF SPANISH & PORTUGUESE JEWS
  18 Moor Lane, Kersal, Salford M7 0WX. Tel: 0161-773 2954.
  Hon.Sec: Mrs B Kestler.
• HALE & DISTRICT HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Shay Lane, Hale Barns, Cheshire WA15 8PA.
  Minister: Rabbi Joel Portnoy. Tel: 0161-980 8846.
• HEATON PARK HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Ashdown, Middleton Road, M8 6JX.
  Minister: Rev L Olsberg. Tel: 0161-740 4766.
• HIGHER CRUMPSALL & HIGHER BROUGHTON
  Bury Old Road, Salford M7 4PX.
  Min: Rabbi Arnold Saunders. Tel: 0161-740 8155.
• HIGHER PRESTWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION
  445 Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 1QP.
  Minister: A Z Herman. Tel: 0161-773 4800.
• HILLOCK HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Ribble Drive, Whitefield. Secretary: R Walker. Tel: 0161-766 1162.
• HOLY LAW SOUTH BROUGHTON CONGREGATION
  Bury Old Road, Prestwich, M25 0EX.
  Minister: Rabbi Yossi Chazan. Tel: 0161-740 1634.
• KAHAL CHASSIDIM
  62 Singleton Road, Salford M7 0LU.
  Secretary: D Lipsidge. Tel: 0161-740 1629.
• MACHZIKEI HADASS SYNAGOGUE
  17 Northumberland Street, Salford M7 0FE.
  Secretary: A Vogel. Tel: 0161-792 1313.
• MANCHESTER GREAT & NEW SYNAGOGUE
  Stenecourt, Holden Road, M7 4LN.
  Min: Rev Gabriel Brodie. Tel: 0161-792 8399.
• MANCHESTER KOLEL
  134 Leicester Road, Salford M7. Tel: 0161-740 2231.
• MANCHESTER REFORM SYNAGOGUE
  Jacksons Row, Manchester M2 5WD.
  Minister: Rabbi Dr Reuven Silverman. Tel: 0161-834 0415.
  Official Website:http://www.mcr-reform.org.uk
  Unofficial Website: http://jacksonsrow.topcities.com
• MANCHESTER LIBERAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
  Tel: 0870 9917327. Fax: 0870 051 6277
  Email: mljc@mljc.org.uk. Website: http://www.mljc.org.uk
  
• MOOR LANE SYNAGOGUE
  Moor Lane, Kersall, Salford, Manchester. Tel: 0161792 4168.
  Website: www.18moorlane.freeserve.co.uk
  
• NORTH MANCHESTER REFORM CONGREGATION
  (Sha'arei Shalom), Elms Street, Whitefield, Manchester M45 8GQ.
  Tel (Administrator): 0161-796 6736.
  Email: office@shaareishalom.org.uk.
  Website: www.shaareishalom.org.uk
  
• NORTH SALFORD
  2 Vine Street, Salford, M7 0NX. Hon Sec: D Haffner. Tel: 0161-792 3278.
• OHROMAYACH
  97 Singleton Road, Salford M7. Tel: 0161-721 4066.
• OHEL TORAH
  132 Leicester Road, Salford M7 0EA.
  Secretary: P Koppenheim. Tel: 0161-740 6678.
• PRESTWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Bury New Road, M25 9WN. Tel: 0161-773 1978.
  Minister: Rabbi Yehoshua Landes.
• SALE & DISTRICT HEBREW CONGREGATION
  14 Hesketh Road, Sale, Manchester, M33 5AA.
  Minister: Rabbi Aaron Lipsey. Email: aaronlipsey@aol.com.
  Tel: 0161-973 2172.
  
  
  
  
• SEDGLEY PARK
  (Shomrei Hadass) Park View Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 5FA.
  Secretary: G R Marks. Tel: 0161-773 6092.
• SHAARE HAYIM THE SEPHARDI CONGREGATION
  OF SOUTH MANCHESTER
  (formerly Shaare Sedek Synagogue and Withington Congregation of
  Spanish & Portuguese Jews)
  8 Queenston Road, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 2WZ .
  Tel: Office - 0161-445 1943.
• SHA'ARE SEDEK SYNAGOGUE
  (and Talmud Torah), Old Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury, M20 8NZ.
  Minister: Rabbi S Ellituv. Tel: 0161-434 6903.
  
• SOUTH MANCHESTER
  South Manchester Synagogue, The Firs, Bowdon, Cheshire WA14 2TE.
  Tel 0161 928 2050. Fax 0161 924 0344.
  
• RESHET
  4 Hanover Gardens, Salford M7. Tel: 0161-795 1302.
• UNITED SYNAGOGUE
  Meade Hill Road, M8 4LR. President: S Huller. Tel: 0161-740 9586.
• WOMENS' ZIONIST COUNCIL
  142 Bury Old Road, M8. Tel: 0161-740 3367.
• WHITEFIELD HEBREW CONGREGATION
  Park Lane, Whitefield, M45 7PB.
  Minister: Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag. Tel: 0161-766 3732.
  Website: www.whitefieldshul.co.uk
  
• YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGTION
  Coniston Road, Gatley, Cheshire SK8 4AP.
  Minister: Rabbi C. Kanterovitz. Tel: 0161-428 8242.
  Website: www.yeshurun.org.uk.
  
• ZIONIST CENTRAL COUNCIL OF MANCHESTER & DISTRICT
  142 Bury Old Road, Manchester M8. Tel: 0161-740 1825

We would very much welcome current information on Manchester synagogues - please let us know of any changes, amendments or other updates - contact the Webmaster.

Jewish Agencies & Organisations in Manchester

• Magen David Adom UK
  142 Bury Old Road, Manchester M8 4HE. Tel: 0161-795 2999.
  MDA is the Israeli Emergency Service which is funded solely by Charitable Contributions.
  
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
  Regional Group Co-ordinator: Lorna Kay
  Email: lorna.kay@btopenworld.com
• Chaim v' Tikvah (Life and Hope) Progressive Congregation
  Meets in Prestwich. More information from
  Email: CIConsultancy@aol.com. Tel: 0161-773 3082
• Manchester Jewish Federation
  12 Holland Road, Higher Crumpsall, M8 4WP.
  Tel: 0161-795 0024. Chief Executive: Mrs K Phillips.
• Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester
  Jewish Cultural Centre, Bury Old Road, M7 4QY. Tel: 0161-720 8721.
  Affiliated to the Council are 140 synagogues and organisations.
  President: Mrs Barbara D Goldstone.
• Jewish Agency for Israel
  142 Bury Old Road, Manchester M8. Tel: 0161-740 2864.
• Women's Zionist Council
  142 Bury Old Road, M8. Tel: 0161-740 3367.
• Zionist Central Council of Greater Manchester
  142 Bury Old Road, Manchester M8. Tel: 0161-740 1825
• The Jewish Cultural & Leisure Centre
  Machon Levi Yitschok, Jubilee School,
  Bury Old Road, Salford M7. Tel: 0161-795 4000.
• Brookvale Homes for the Mentally Handicapped
  Simister Lane, Prestwich. M25 2SF. Tel: 0161-653 1767.
  Directo: Mrs L Richmond. Short term care available.
• Manchester Jewish Community Care
  Nicky Alliance Day Centre, 85 Middleton Road, Manchester M8 6JY.
  Tel: 0161-740 0111. Fax: 0161-721 4273.
  
  
  

Jewish Student & Youth Organisations in Greater Manchester

• BNEI AKIVA (N. England)
  72 Singleton Road, Salford M7 4LU. Tel: 0161-740 1621. Fax: 0161-740 8018.
• HABONIM-DROR
  28 Wilton Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 4QW
  Tel: 0161-795 9447. Fax: 0161-740 1981
• JEWISH SCOUTS & GUIDES:
  401st Manchester Scout Group & 5th Cheetham Guides & Brownies,
  HQ Willow Hill Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8.
• LUBOVITCH COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTRE
  Lubovitch House, 62 Singleton Road, Salford M7 0LU.
• GREATER MANCHESTER JEWISH CHAPLAINCY BOARD
  Tel: 0161-720 8721.
  Provides full-time counselling services to Jewish students and assists Jewish societies in planning a wide range of activities and interests.
• MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY JEWISH SOCIETY
  For information about the activities of this society please contact Manchester Jewish Students (below).
• MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY JEWISH SOCIETY
  For information about the activities of this society please contact Manchester Jewish Students (below).
• SALFORD UNIVERSITY JEWISH SOCIETY
  For information about the activities of this society please contact Manchester Jewish Students (below).
• MANCHESTER JEWISH STUDENTS
  Tel/fax: 0161-232 9958.
  Website: www.manchesterjewishstudents.com.
  MJS is a region of the Union of Jewish Students (UJS). MJS supports and assists in the co-ordination of the activities of all the University Jewish Societies, including the Charity Committee. MJS attempts to cater for the needs of all Jewish students on Manchester and Salford campuses.
• UNION OF JEWISH STUDENTS
  Tel: 0161-720 8721.
  

See Also:

• "All Things Jewish" at jewish.virtualave.net
• "MavenSearch" Jewish Web Directory at www.maven.co.il
  
  
  

AJEX Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women Shield House, Harmony Way, Hendon, London NW4 2BZ. Tel: 020- 8202 9900. Website: www.ajex.org.uk. Email: headoffice@ajex.org.uk. Originally, the League of Old Judeans, as it began, was brought together by Louis Sarna, who organised the annual wreath laying at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday in London, which continued until 1928. In that year he was instrumental in founding the Jewish Ex-Servicemens Legion which eleven years later was to become AJEX - The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women, as it is known today.

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