David Nathan
Merchant. His shop loft was Auckland's first place of Jewish prayer.
- Known for
- Merchant
- Community roles
- Founder, Auckland Hebrew Congregation
Verified — secondary source
Arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1840 and settled in Auckland, where he was one of only two Jews recorded in the 1841 census.
Prayer was held in the loft above his Shortland Street premises. Forty years later he laid the foundation stone of the Princes Street Synagogue.
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