Commemorative Certificate for participation in the Annual Kol Nidre Appeal to Newport Mon Hebrew Congregation, 1998

Description

A commemorative certificate in appreciation of the Newport Mon Hebrew Congregation's participation in the Annual Kol Nidre Appeal. In return the congregation has been inscribed into the 50th Anniversary Scroll to celebrate Israel's Golden Jubilee.

The Kol Nidre Appeal for Israel is held annually and raises funds to support projects that benefit Jewish communities in the United Kingdom and the people of Israel.

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.