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Town of Shenley
The town of Shenley is in the county of Hertfordshire, just to the north of the administrative boundary of Greater London. It is in the borough of Hertsmere, a local government
district formed in 1974 and granted borough status in 1977. Prior to 1974, Shenley was part of in the rural district of Elstree (known as the rural district of Barnet from 1894
to 1941) in the county of Hertfordshire.
Shenley Jewish Community
The Jewish community in Shenley is relatively new, the first organised Jewish
congregation having been established only in 2001.
Congregation Data(i) |
Name: |
Shenley United Jewish Community (SUJC)
(also known as Shenley Synagogue or Shenley
United Synagogue)(ii) |
Address: |
The Old Chapel, Shenley, Herts.
(Until about 2005, services were held in
a local primary school, an old age home or a cricket club.) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Founded: |
The first regular services were held in 2002, in members' homes(iii) |
Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue
of the
United Synagogue.
The Congregation is part of the 5+1 group,
consisting of six small United Synagogue communities, five in Hertfordshire and one
in Bedfordshire.(iv)
The 5+1 has a intercommunal social programme intended to match those provided by large synagogues, whilst retaining the closeness of
smaller communities. |
Website: |
https://shenleyunited.org/ |
Rabbinical Teams:
(To view a short profile of a minister
whose name appears in blue - hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rabbi Benjamin Rickman
- the Congregation's first (part time) rabbi (prior to 2004)(v)
Rabbi Shmuli Kass (part time) (&
Rebbetzen Batsheva Kass)
- from 2004 to 2007(vi)
Rabbi Natan Levy
(part time) (& Rebbetzen Ariella Levy) - from
2008 until June 2010(vii)
Rabbi Alan Garber
(& Rabbetzen Tanya Garber) - from about 2010 until
July 2024(viii)
Rabbi Dovi Lebrett
(& Rabbetzen Mimi Lebrett) - from September 2024 until
the present
(November 2024)(ix)
|
Membership Data: |
National Reports &
Surveys(xi) 2010
& 2016 - listed as having 100 to 199
members (by household) |
Charitable Status: |
As a constituent of the United Synagogue, the
congregation operates within that organisation's registered charity
status (registered charity no. 242552).
|
Registration District: |
Hertfordshire(xii)
-
Register Office website.
|
Cemetery Information: |
For
cemeteries used by the congregation, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue,
of which Bushey Cemetery is only about 6 miles away
|
Notes & Sources
(↵ returns to text above)
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to this Congregation
|
Hertsmere Jewish Communities home page
List of United Synagogue Congregations
Jewish Congregations in Hertfordshire
Jewish Congregations in Greater London and its Outskirts
Jewish Communities of England home page
Page created: 19 May 2006
Data significantly expanded and
notes first added: 12 September 2018
Page most recently amended:
5 November 2024
Research and formatting by David Shulman
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