Les Juifs de Leeds

Leeds, in Yorkshire, saw the rise of a major Ashkenazi community following Jewish immigration from eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century. Its members concentrated notably in the ready-made clothing industry, which made the city's reputation, as well as in commerce and crafts. The community established a dense network of synagogues, schools, and communal institutions. It gave rise to several figures of British public and cultural life, before declining demographically in the second half of the twentieth century.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
• Jewish Virtual Library ↗