Congregation Data |
Name: |
Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue |
Address: |
Norrice Lea, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London N2 0RE
(consecrated 1934, rebuilt 1963, extended 1968 and 2001) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Formed: |
1933 |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox (although there are also
Sephardi services at the Synagogue - see below) |
Sephardi Services: |
The
Hampstead Garden Suburb Sephardi Minyan was established in 1999 and
initially held services in private home. It subsequently moved to the
Synagogue in Norrice Lea, where it holds Shabbat services (in the
Sephardi Yerushalmi tradition) in the Landy Gallery. Rabbi Jonathan
Tawil is currently (September 2015) rabbi to the Minyan. |
Affiliation: |
Affiliated to
United Synagogue by 1935, becoming a district synagogue in
1937, achieving constituent (member) status in 1939. |
Website: |
https://hgss.org.uk |
Membership Data:: |
1937 - 199 male seat-holders(i)
1950 - 652 male seat-holders(i)
1960 - 791 male seat-holders(i)
1970 - 821 male
seat-holders(i)
2006 - 1,800 adult members(ii)
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Local Government District: |
Hampstead Garden Suburb, in Northwest
London, is in the London Borough of Barnet.(iii) Until 1965, Hampstead Garden
Suburb was split between two local authorities. The eastern part (which included Norrice Lea where
the synagogue is situated) was in the Municipal Borough of Finchley,(iv)
whereas the western part was in the Municipal Borough of Hendon. |
Registration District (BDM): |
Barnet(v) -
Link to Register Office website.
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Cemetery
Information: |
For
United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue. |
Notes &
Sources (↵
returns to text above)
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