Congregation Data |
Last Name: |
West Hackney Synagogue & Montague Road Beth
Hamedrash(ii) |
Former Names: |
West Hackney Synagogue,
from about 1957 until about 1996(iii)
Rutzon Tov Synagogue,
from about 1951 until about 1957(iv)
Wellington Road Synagogue,
from formation until about 1951(v) |
Address: |
233 Amhurst Road, West Hackney, London E8 2BS,
in use from about 1951,(vi)
although building on the site took place in stages(vii)
and the consecration of the new synagogue by Dayan Morris Swift did
not take place until 2 June 1957.(viii) |
Previous Address: |
23a Wellington Road (which changed its name to Shacklewell
Road(ix)),
Stoke Newington, London N16
The synagogue had
been largely destroyed by enemy action during World War II and
congregation was generally forced to use temporary accommadation for
some years until it was able to move into its new premises in Amhurst
Road.(x) |
When Formed: |
The congregation is believed to have been founded
by 1897. However, there are other references to it being established in 1903.(xi) |
Status: |
Closed about 2004(xii)
|
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi, Strictly Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
An affiliated synagogue of the
Federation of Synagogues.(xiii)
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Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
or reader
- hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Jacob Barnet Levy
- minister from 1901 to about 1924(xv)
Rev. David Wallach
- minister from 1924 to about 1931(xvi)
Rabbi M. Smith
- minister from 1936 to 1948(xvii)
Rabbi Abraham
Israel Kon
- honorary minister from 1951 to 1954, minister from 1954 to about 1960(xviii)
Rev. Louis Jakob
- honorary minister from about 1960 to about 1961(xix)
Rabbi Monty Aaronberg
- minister from about 1961 to 1962(xxii)
Rev. Dr. Julian Geoffrey Jacobs
- minister from about 1972 to about 1976(xxiii)
Rabbi Akiva Greenberg
- minister from about 1976 to about 1994(xxiv)
|
Reader: |
Rev. J. Davidson
- reader from about 1935 to 1971 (although possibly not
continuous)(xxv) |
Lay Officers: |
The data below has been extracted from
Jewish Year Books. Generally, where a first name is
given, this has been obtained from other sources.(xxix) |
Presidents
1897-1898 - S. H. Spiers
1902-1903 - M. Freedman
1903-1905 - H. Zender
1906-1908 - H. Klemantaski
1908-1910 - F. Charatan
1910-1912 - I. Solomons
1912-1922 - E. Sacks
1922-1940 - S. H. Spiers
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1956 - A. Petrook
1956-1957 - P. Wein
Wardens
1928-1934 - E. Weinstock
1928-1929 - B. H. Levy
1929-1934 - D. Rurka
1934-1936 - P. Wein
1934-1936 - S. Zeitman
1945-1946 - Mr. Mowshofwitz
1953-1956 - P. Wein
1953-1955 - S. Nyman
1955-1956 - S. Gordon
Deputy Wardens
1953-1955 - S. Gordon
1953-1956 - A. Sobell
1955-1956 - I. Katz
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Chairmen
1954-1956 - A. Ash
1976-1994 - C. Pollock
Vice Presidents
1928-1929 - D. Rurka
1929-1934 - M. Simmons
1934-1935 - I. I. Phillips
1935-1955 - B. Davis
(from 1955 Life Vice President)
Treasurers
1928-1937 - A. Petrook
1937-1938 - J. Goldberg
1938-1945 - no data
1945-1952 - M. Eglash
1952-1955 - R. Pressman
1955-1956 - S. Cohen
Hon. Secretaries
1928-1934 - I. Cohen
1934-1935 - A. Caplin
1935-1940 - S. Brenner
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1948 - Rabbi M. Smith
1948-1949 - K. L. Cohen
1949-1951 - M. Jacobovitch
1951-1975 - M. Jacobs
1975-1977 - A. Marcovitch
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Membership Data: |
Number of Seatholders (Jewish Year Books)
1903 |
1907 |
1908 |
1909 |
1913 |
1922 |
80 |
160 |
130 |
140 |
150 |
266 |
National Reports & Surveys(xxx)
1977 - 426 male (or household) members and 192 female members
1983 - 370 male (or household) members and 250 female members
1990 - 370 members (households)
1996 - 308 members (comprising
75 households, 95 individual male and 138 individual female members)
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Local Government District: |
The north London districts of Stoke Newington and West Hackney are in the
London Borough of Hackney,
an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.
Shackleton Road (formerly Wellington Road), which is in eastern part of
Stoke Newington, and Amhurst Road were previously in the former Metropolitan Borough of
Hackney (established 1900) in the former County of London
(established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
(The western part of Stoke Newington - Stoke Newington proper - was in
the former Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.) |
Registration District (BMD): |
Hackney -
Link to Register Office website |
Cemetery
Information: |
For
Federation of Synagogues cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the
Federation of Synagogues. |
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
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List of
Congregations in the Federation of Synagogues
List of Synagogues
destroyed by German air raids during World War II
Jewish Congregations
in the London Borough of Hackney
Street
Directory of Congregations in Stamford Hill, Hackney and Neighbourhood
Jewish Congregations in Greater London
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Page created: 16 November 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 10 January 2021
Latest revision or update: 12 October 2021
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