From the 1890s the immigrants began to establish institutions which expressed their determination to preserve something of the culture and religious standards they had brought with them from Eastern Europe.

The immigrants converted some of their stiebls into formal synagogues with stricter religious observance than in those set up by their more anglicized German predecessors. They put pressure on the community's leaders to create institutions - like the Shechita Board (1896), the Beth Din (1902), and the Manchester Yeshiva (1911) - to ensure strict application of Jewish religious law.

They developed charities, like the Jewish Home for Aged, Sick and Incurable Jews (1896) and the Russian Jews Benevolent Society (1904), which were more alive to the needs and religious susceptibilities of the immigrant poor than charities set up by the Anglo-Jewish community.

Jewish Friendly Societies, based on those of non-Jewish Manchester, offered the immigrants a means of insuring themselves against unemployment and ill health. They also provided a road to social status, through the ritual and hierarchy governing the societies.

One development that was unique to Manchester was the establishment, in 1904, of a Jewish Hospital offering treatment to immigrants in a setting that was sensitive to their religious background, language and social customs.

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