Coventry Jewish Timeline

1180 Abraham of Coventry

1184 Solomon & Leo of Warwick

1194 Elias of Coventry

1218 Antera, Coventry Jewish financier

1234 Jews expelled from Warwickshire 

1244 Benedict of Coventry. Isaac of Warwick.

1245 Feud between Leo and Elias’ families

1250 Jewry/Jury Street, Warwick

1253 Licoricia of Winchester, Charlecote Park

1290 Expulsion of the Jews of England              

1656 Oliver Cromwell, Return of the Jews
1728-1835 Isaac (107) & Judy (101) Cohen

1793 Joseph Levi, Quill maker / Philanthropist

1795 Daniel Mendoza, Jewish prize fighter
          'harassing exertions' in Coventry

1818 Aby Belasco, Jewish prize fighter
          defeats Joe Townsend

1820 A Jewish pedlar in Spon Street

1832 Fair Rosamund

1930 Ernest David Fridlander & Ethel Martin
            Artists & Poet

1930 Lord & Lady Bearsted at Upton House,
            Warwickshire

1939 Kinder Transport 50 children to
          Coventry

1945-1975 Maurice Edelman MP for Coventry

1946-1996 Regina Franks, Holocaust survivor

1960 Coventry & Leamington Liberal Jewish
          Group formed

1960’s Synagogue extension

1966 Lord Mayor Civic dinner in honour of
          the Jewish contributions to the city

1970 Synagogue Centenary 

1970 ‘The Jews of Coventry’ book

1991 Coventry Jewish Reform Community

1995-2005 Bnei & Bnot Mitzvah in Coventry 

2009 Defined by History DVD

2009 UK Holocaust Memorial Day in Coventry

2011 David Rosenberg tells his story

2022 Public Chanukah celebration in Coventry

2023 Jewish Watchmakers Film & Book

2023 Coventry Jewish Community Exhibition