Jewish People in the life of  Coventry

Significant people to the Jewish Community of Coventry and Warwickshire - In chronological order:

• Abraham of Coventry (1180) Earliest reference to Jews in Coventry

• Elias of Coventry (1194) Contributed to King Richard the Lionheart's ransom

• Antera of Coventry (1218) Legal challenge over ownership of a house in Coventry

• Licoricia of Winchester (    -1277) Claim on the estate of Charlecote Park

• Isaac & Judy Cohen (1728-1835 & 1732-1833) Veterans of the Jewish community

• Joseph Levi (1793-1874) Quill manufacturer & philanthropist

• Daniel Mendoza (1795) Jewish prize fighter 'harassing exertions' when attacked in Coventry

• Aby Belasco (1818) Jewish prize fighter defeats Joe Townsend

• Fair Rosamund ( -1832- ) Performing at the Coventry Great Fair

• George Eliot (1819-1880) Jewish themed writings: Daniel Deronda, and 'The Modern 'Hep! Hep! Hep!"

• Nahum Salamon (1828-1900) Sewing machine and Bicycle pioneer and manufacturer

• Philip Cohen (1827-1898) Watchmaker. Founder of Coventry Synagogue

• Moss Fridlander (1803-1865) Jeweller & Watchmaker

• Alfred Emanuel Fridlander (1840-1928) Watchmaker. Founder of Coventry Synagogue. Councillor, Magistrate ...

• Emanuel Kalker OBE JP (1859-1940)

• Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) Mayor of Coventry and Founder of Triumph Cycles

• Annie Fridlander (1864-1963) Suffragette

• Ernest David Fridlander (1870-1960) Artist & Poet

• Maurice Edelman (1911-1975)  Member of Parliament and author

• Regina Franks (1926-1996) Holocaust Survivor

• David Rosenberg-Ross (1928-2011) Holocaust Survivor

• Keith Landy (1950-2017), Canadian lawyer and Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress