Order of Service booklet and letters regarding the induction of Reverend David Braunold as Minister-Reader to the Newport Hebrew Congregation, 15 June 1975

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The first document is a booklet: An Order of Service for the induction of Reverend David Braunold as Minister-Reader of the Congregation by Rabbi M. L. Cofnas of the Sunderland Hebrew Congregation on 15 June 1975.

The second document is a letter to Mr Nathan the Honorary President at the Newport Mon. Hebrew Congregation and is dated 27 February 1975. It is from Reverend J. Braunold of the Sunderland Hebrew Congregation and thanks Mr Nathan for inviting him to officiate at the Induction ceremony for Reverend David Braunold.

The third document is a letter to Mr Nathan from Rabbi Cofnas from the Sunderland Hebrew Congregation and is dated 13 May 1975. It is regarding the date of Reverend David Braunold's Induction.

The fourth document is a copy of a letter from the Newport Mon. Hebrew Congregation to its members informing them when and where the Induction Ceremony for Reverend David Braunold will be.

Reverend David Braunold was originally from Sunderland. Before being appointed to Newport he served at Queens Park Synagogue in Glasgow. He resigned in 1980 and was the last minister to be appointed to the Newport Hebrew Congregation.

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.