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In August 1845, Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler issued an elaborate questionnaire, shortly
after his induction, asking all the congregations under his general control for
detailed information about synagogal, charitable and educational activities. Very
little of the information which he gathered was made available until 1974, no doubt
partly because some of the replies were too frank and contentious to be printed c
ontemporaneously. In 1974 the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Susser transcribed the results
of the questionnaire (including the Chief Rabbi’s own handwritten notes) for
presentation to the 1974 “Conference on Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain”.

The transcription by Rabbi Susser, which he described as “Statistical Accounts”,
has now been reformatted and posted in full to JCR-UK (together with my own
additional notes) and can be viewed at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Newman_papers/Provincial_Jewry_Victorian/statistical_accounts_contents.htm.
(MODERATOR: http://tinyurl.com/myrhege )

It cover Ashkenasi congregations throughout the British Isles (as well as Jamaica)
and contains information of interest to both historians and genealogist, including
membership data, details of facilities, charitable organisations as well as, in
many instances, the names and salaries of paid officers and the names of parents
with children of school age (and the number of such children) and lots more.

The 1974 Conference was prepared by Professor Aubrey Newman under auspices of the
JHSE, and Professor Newman has kindly granted permission for the publication of the
Conference papers (including the Statistical Accounts) on JCR-UK. The various
Conference papers have been posted to JCR-UK over a period of time and all are now
available on JCR-UK (apart from some ancillary papers still to be added). The
full index of Conference papers may be viewed at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Provincial_Jewry_Victorian.htm.

We are very grateful to Professor Newman for his permission and for his assistance
in facilitating the posting of these interesting and invaluable papers.

Regards

David Shulman
Webmaster JCR-UK
Ra'anana, Israel
email: jcrukwe...@gmail.com
website: http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK
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