STUDIES
IN ANGLO-JEWISH HISTORY
(in association with the Jewish
Historical Society of England)
Edited by Rabbi Dr Bernard
Susser
[These were a series of A5
booklets in process of publication by Rabbi Susser at the
time of his death]
1 Jewish
South-West of England census returns,
1841-91
[Sponsored by Mr
Bertie Black]
2 Jewish tombstone inscriptions in South-West
England
Introduction
Exeter
Bristol
(Barton)
Falmouth
Penzance
(with
photographs)
Plymouth
Gifford
Place[facsimile
typescript]
3
The Old Jewish Cemetery on Plymouth Hoe
[Sponsored by the
Kessler Foundation & The Jewish
Chronicle]
4
Jewish South-West of England wills
[Sponsored by IJGR
courtesy of Anthony & Mrs Judith
Joseph]
[At present this is a handlist:
I shall gradually transcribe all the wills that I can find
in the Archive and add them. FJG]
5 Jewish South-West of England birth, marriage and death
registers
Exeter
Marriage Register
Plymouth
Birth Register
1829-1837
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's Typecript]
Plymouth
Marriage Register
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's Typescript]
6 Biographies (c.2,500) of all known Jews in South-West
England
[Sponsored by the
Jewish Historical Society of England]
[Sadly, Rabbi Susser's card
index of the Biographies appears to be lost.
FJG]
ARCHIVE
TRANSCRIPTS BY RABBI SUSSER
Inscriptions
in the Alderney Road Cemetery, London, 1696 -
1853
New
Synagogue (London), Duplicate Ketubot
Register
The
Great Synagogue, London, Burial Register
1791-1823
[Sponsored by Mrs
Shelagh Addis of Wells, Som. and Mrs Angela Shire,
London, in memory of their parents Bernard (George) and
Merle Levy]
I am at present transcribing all
the missing data. FJG
The
Myer Solomon Circumcision Register
The
Asher Asher Circumcision Register
The
Circumcision Register of Joseph Joseph of
Plymouth
Circumcision
Register Edinburgh
The
Circumcision Register of Rabbi Ash of
Dover
The
Wedding and Circumcision Register of Rabbi
Ash
The
Marriage Register of the Western
Synagogue
The
Hambro Synagogue Burial Register
Norwich,
Ipswich and Great Yarmouth Tombstone
Inscriptions
The
Biography of Nathan Joseph Altmann
Exeter
Marriage Register 1838-1907
Plymouth
Birth Register
1829-1837
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's Typescript]
Plymouth
Marriage Register 1837-1933
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's Typescript]
Plymouth
Hebrew Congregation Deaths 1927-1963
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's Typescript]
Handlist
of Plymouth Deeds, 1963
[Facsimile of Rabbi
Susser's original ms]
Handlist
of Plymouth Synagogue
Artefacts
[Facsimile original
typescript; no date, 20th c.]
Handlist
of Plymouth Synagogue
Artefacts,
1892
[Facsimile original
ms]
Handlist
of Plymouth Synagogue
Artefacts,
1934
[Facsimile original
typescript]
Plymouth
Gifford Place Cemetery Tombstone
Inscriptions
[Facsimile
typescript with ms additions]
Extracts
from the Chief Rabbinate Correspondence for Devon and
Cornwall
[Facsimile original
ms]
Report
on Plymouth Sifrei Torah
[Facsimile original
typescript]
OTHER
HISTORICAL WRITINGS OF RABBI SUSSER
History
of the Willesden & Brondesbury
Synagogue
The
Jews of South-West England
[Thesis submitted for
Ph D]
Social
Acclimatisation of Jews in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
Devon
The
Jewish Historical Library of Rabbi Dr B.
Susser
A handlist of all the
books in his collection (now dispersed)
HOW TO READ
& RECORD A JEWISH TOMBSTONE
(In association with The
United Synagogue, London)
This is in PDF format - you will
need Acrobat Reader, which is available as a free
download
The
Plymouth Synagogue
A brief account of its
history (from a souvenir booklet)
The
Jewish Tombstones of South West England
A brief account of the
cemeteries and their inscriptions. A valuable insight
into how Rabbi Susser was drawn into his historical
studies. It usefully supplements item 2 above.
RELIGIOUS
WRITINGS OF RABBI SUSSER
The
Covenant of Circumcision
Guide
for the Visitor to the Plymouth Synagogue
OTHER
ITEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE
Coat
of Many Colours: The History of the Joseph
Family
by W. S. Jessop, 1951.
With extensive pedigrees of many Westcountry Jewish
families.
Records
of My Family
by Israel Solomon, 1887.
Family History of a Jewish family from Falmouth, and
their relations.
Historical
Maps of Plymouth
[Facsimiles]
Ancestral
Tapestry
History of the Emdon
family. [by Mr Bertram Emdon]
Sidney
Mendelssohn
Documents and articles
concerning Sidney Mendelssohn, born in Exeter, son of the
minister there, and later the founding father of South
African bibliography.
ALSO
OF INTEREST
The
Great Synagogue Births Register
The
Hambro Synagogue Marriage Records
1797-1837
Edited by Angela Shire and
transcribed by Marcia Harrison
The
Rise of Provincial Jewry, by Cecil Roth
The
Jewish Community of Stroud
Article by Harold
Pollins
The
History of the Great Synagogue (Cecil
Roth)
Full text and
illustrations of this important work
The
Exeter Synagogue Historical
Archive
A large collection of
resources for the history of the building and the
community
The
First Jewish Unit in the British Army: 11th Tower Hamlets
Volunteers
Article by Harold
Pollins
The
Jones Dental Dynasty
Article by Cameron Hawke
Smith
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