Published on: 20 Aug 2025 Exhibition: Celebrating Merseyside’s Jewish Archives An illuminated membership list for Walnut Street synagogue. Ledger with hand painted flyleaves with list of members in Hebrew and English of the Walnut Street Synagogue, 1913, Liverpool Record Office, 296 PRI/3/1 An illuminated membership list for Walnut Street Synagogue from 1913 is just one of the items on display at an exhibition of materials from the Merseyside Jewish Community Archive from 1805-2020 at Liverpool Central Library. The exhibition marks the completion of a joint project by the Merseyside Jewish Representative Council (MJRC) and Liverpool City Council Libraries Service to sort, catalogue, preserve, and make available to the public additional documents that have accumulated in the community over the last 20 years. An illuminated membership list for Walnut Street synagogue. Ledger with hand painted flyleaves with list of members in Hebrew and English of the Walnut Street Synagogue, 1913, Liverpool Record Office, 296 PRI/3/1 The exhibition also celebrates 50 years since the Jewish community first started to deposit documents at the Central Library. The archive now consists of 400 boxes of documents, records, and photographs which would stack 200 feet high, celebrating 280 years of the history of the Liverpool community. This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the Board of Guardians (now Merseyside Jewish Community Care), which features in the exhibition. L to R: MJRC President Barry Levene, Eilat Elfasi (Honorary Secretary), Vice Chair Zarah Ross, honorary archivist Philip Sapiro, MJRC Chair Jeremy Wolfson and Michelle Hayward (Town Hall Liaison) The community’s honorary archivist, Philip Sapiro, commented: “I am delighted to have been part of this important update to our archive, made possible through the enthusiastic work of our Project Archivist Chloe Smith, and the essential contribution of the Libraries Service Archives Team Leader Vicki Caren and her team. I encourage everyone to visit the exhibition and make use of our extensive archive.” The exhibition is currently on display in the Picton Reading Room on the first floor of the Liverpool Central Library until the end of October 2025. Merseyside Jewish Community Archive at Liverpool Record Office Commercial | Communal Records | Family History | Local History | ReligionNot online The Merseyside Jewish Community Archive, collected by the Merseyside Jewish Representative Council, is housed at Liverpool Record Office in Liverpool Central Library. […] 9 Aug 2024 Collection Encounter: Liverpool Record Office Collection Encounter: Liverpool Record Office Liverpool Wedding Photo The Clumpus, Finestone & Bennet families • Merseyside Jewish Community Archive