Bernaman B Lieberman (LIE5927)

Synagogues

Name:

Higher Broughton Synagogue, Salford

Name:

Middle Street Synagogue, Brighton

From what we colloquially know, Rev. Lieberman was posted on the 14th of September 1914 as Rabbi of the Higher Broughton Synagogue, in Manchester.

He was later reported by The Sussex Agricultural Express to have moved to Brighton in August 1915, taking over from Rev. AC. Jacobs, as Rabbi of Brighton Synagogue (then based at Middle Street, Brighton). He continued the work started by Jacobs, by organising fundraising for refugees and visiting wounded soldiers in the four hospitals in Brighton & Hove.

He was married shortly after the move in January 1916 but the name of his spouse remains unknown.

Rabbi Lieberman asked permission to serve with the Jewish Forces in France as Chaplain, whilst working at Middle Street Synagogue, Brighton. There are records of an Emergency Council Meeting on Sunday December 3rd 1916 which detail this. (see gallery)

Following the meeting, Rev. Lieberman was appointed as an additional Jewish chaplain in France, for which he was released from his duties at Middle Street.

Rev. Lieberman would have overseen the burial of fallen Jewish soldiers in France, ensuring that they were buried according to the Jewish faith.

(Research by Shalom Sussex, see http://shalomsussex.co.uk/reverend-bernaman-b-lieberman/)

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Occupation:

Rabbi of Higher Broughton Synagogue (1914-15) and then Middle Street Synagogue from 1915

What was the impact of this:

He continued the work started by Rev AC Jacobs at Middle Street, by organising fundraising for refugees and visiting wounded soldiers in the four hospitals in Brighton & Hove.

In 1916 Rabbi Lieberman asked permission to serve with the Jewish Forces in France as Chaplain.

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