Hastings and St Leonards
Dr Michael Jolles (Copyright) - Trail devised and edited with additional material M. Roberts.
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This trail traces the 150 year history of the Hastings and St Leonards Jewish communities. This Jewish community, like others on the coast, made its living through the opportunities afforded by the growing sea-side resort and the arrival of the railway in the 1850s. Hastings and St Leonards drew Jewish visitors and residents, due to its renown and opportunities as a fashionable health resort. Notable Jews came both to visit, or reside for the longer term for their health. Other Jews opened boarding houses and hotels to serve both a Jewish and general clientele. It was also a location for a notable Jewish sea-side academy. There have been several places of Jewish worship and there is a Jewish cemetery. Today there is still a Jewish community in Sussex who now worship at Bexhill. A number of the former places of Jewish residence, business and worship can still be found in Hastings and St Leonards.
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