Ezras Chaim, Ain Yacov and Poltava Synagogue

© David Shulman 2013

View of the former Synagogue in Heneage Street, taken December 2013

Latest Name:

Ezras Chaim, Ain Yacov and Poltava Synagogue

Former Name:

Ezras Chaim Synagogue

Address:

2 Heneage Street, Brick Lane, London E1.

(Location: Heanage Street, in London's East End, runs east approximately 500 feet from Brick Lane to Spelman Street (and at one stage extended some 150 feet beyond Spelman Street) It runs parallel to Chicksand Street (to the south) and the eastern section of Princelet Street - the part that had previously been known as Booth Street, to the north.)

The synagogue was on the southern side of Heneage Street.

Incorporated Congregations:

Artillery Lane Synagogue (prior to 1947)
Ain Yacov Congregation (prior to 1956)
Poltava Synagogue (prior to 1956)

Date Founded:

By 1934 (source)

Source: First entry in Marriage Register

Current Status:

Closed 1973. Amalgamated with Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues, although a section of members were, and same may still be, affiliated for burial rights to the West End Great Synagogue.

Local Government Districts:

Heneage Street is now in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Heneage Street was in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 January 1926 - Stepney
From 1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which now holds the registers)