This newspaper clipping from The Jewish Chronicle reports that the Newport (MON) Hebrew Congregation held a Kiddush in honour of the handover of two of their three Sifrei Torah to a new Israeli congregation in Modiin. Present at the event were the remaining five active congregants, including Harry Poloway, 97.Newport Monmouthshire Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1859 by orthodox Jews meeting at a temporary synagogue in Llanarth Street. A synagogue at Francis Street was opened in 1869 and consecrated by the Chief Rabbi Dr Herman Adler in 1871. In 1934 the congregation moved to the Nathan Harris Memorial Hall in Queens Hill which was converted to a synagogue. In 1997 this synagogue was closed, and the congregation moved to the Prayer House by the Jewish Burial Ground on Risca Road. Within 20 years the congregation had dwindled to a few members able to attend and this too had ceased to hold services.