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• Hampshire Record Office
  Hampshire Record Office holds a large collection of local documents, including materials relating to the Jewish community.
• Dockyard Gate Jeweller
  Near this spot, E. Emanuel ran his jeweller's business.
• E. Emanuel
  E. Emanuel ran a jeweller’s business near the Dockyard Gates.
• Portsmouth City Council Chambers
  In 1953, the Portsmouth Evening News reported that income from the Alderman Leon Emanuel (Poor Jews) Trust was soon to be distributed in sums of £10 or more to “deserving Poor Jews (male or female) resident within the City for at least five years.”
• Portsmouth Synagogue
  This original Portsmouth Synagogue was constructed in 1742, on White's Row off Queen Street.
• Trinity Church
  In 1885, ‘special sermons’ were preached in Fareham on behalf of the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews.
• Above Bar Church
  Hampshire was not always a place of acceptance for Jews. A news article from 1886 revealed that the ‘Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews’ held its annual meeting at the church on Above Bar Street, Southampton.
• Romsey Abbey
  In 1848, The Hampshire Telegraph reported that the ‘Jews Society’ had held a meeting in the Abbey Chapel in Romsey.
• Portsmouth History Centre
  Local archives and history centres offer access to a wealth of resources that are invaluable for local research.
• Butcher Street
  In 1874, Frederick Elias Freilch, a Polish Jew working as a refreshment house-keeper in Butcher Street, was charged with neglecting to support his wife, Frances, and their daughter, Rachael.
• Savoy Café
  In 1933, a Jewish couple - Morris Benjamin and Dorothy Cooper - were married in a 'temporary synagogue' at the now-demolished Savoy Café in Southsea.
• Herbert Klein
  Herbert Klein was a Jewish employee on the RMS Titantic, who died in the disaster.
• Charles Kennel
  Charles Kennel was a kosher chef onboard the RMS Titanic who died in the disaster.
• Eliezer Gilinsky
  Eliezer Gilinsky was a third-class passenger onboard the RMS Titanic.
• Benjamin Hart
  Benjamin Hart was a second-class passenger onboard the RMS Titanic.
• Esther Hart
  Esther Hart was born in Surrey in 1863. She, her husband Benjamin, and their daughter Eva were passengers on HMS Titanic.
• Eva Hart
  Eva Hart was a passenger on the HMS Titanic.
• Leonard Montefiore
  Leonard Montefiore was a Jewish philantropist and community leader in the first half of the twentieth century.
• Marc Chagall
  Born in Liozna, part of the Russian Empire, Marc Chagall lived in Paris for much of his life before he was forced to leave the city in 1941 due to the Nazi occupation of France.
• Peggy Guggenheim
  American art collector Peggy Guggenheim was known for her impressive collections of surrealist, cubist, and futuristic artwork.
• Alfred Mond
  Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett, was born in Lancashire in 1868, to parents of German-Jewish origins.
• Licoricia of Winchester
  Licoricia of Winchester was a remarkable thirteenth-century Jewish financier.
• Moses Benjamin
  A link to Jewish life can be found on HMS Victory in Moses Benjamin.
• Almina Herbert
  Almina Herbet, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon, was the illegitimate daughter of Alfred de Rothschild, the first Jewish Director of the Bank of England, and lived in the historic Highclere Castle.
• Samuel Isaacs
  Hawke Street was the home to Samuel Isaacs, a 19th century Jewish naval agent.