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This May 1993 letter by Peter Fliglestone (also spelled Fligelstone), the Honorary President of the Newport (MON) Hebrew Congregation, is addressed to "Harry", who is presumed to be the Cardiff toastmaster Harry Poloway.
Fliglestone writes requesting financial assistance to maintaining the graves in Newport cemeteries. The letter also notes the passing of Ezekiel Nathan, a long-standing Chairman of the Chevra Kadisha, and mentions an upcoming extraordinary meeting to discuss the cemetery.
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 the Nathan Harris Memorial Hall in Queens Hill which was converted to a synagogue. In 1997 this synagogue was closed, and the congregation moved to the 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.
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