Congregation Data |
Name: |
Mosaic Reform Synagogue (since 2014)(i)
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Former Name: |
Middlesex New Synagogue
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Mosaic: |
Since 2014, the congregation has been constituent synagogue of the
Mosaic Jewish Community,
a unique concept for Anglo-Jewry - a single community with three “strands” of
Judaism - Reform, Masorti and Liberal.(ii)
The other two constituent congregations are
Mosaic Liberal Synagogue (formerly Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue) and the
Mosaic Masorti Synagogue
(formerly the Hatch End Masorti Synagogue).
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Address: |
In October 2022, the congregation moved to 1a Halsbury Close, 65 Stanmore Hill, HA7 3DY, a purpose-built complex
housing all
three congregations.(iii)
Previously the congregation was at
39 Bessborough Road, Harrow HA1 3BS (from 1962, new
building dedicated 1977).(iv)
From June 2011, the
Mosaic Liberal Synagogue also shared these premises and
it was also the shared administrative address of all three Mosaic
congregations.(v) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Formed: |
1959(vii) |
Ritual: |
Reform |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the Movement for Reform Judaism (formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain).
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Website: |
https://choosemosaic.org/reform/ |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
or assistant minister who also served other UK congregations - name in
blue - hold the cursor over his or her name.) |
Rabbi Lionel Blue
- 1961 to 1964
(first minister of the Congregation)(viii)
Rabbi Michael Goulston
- 1965 to 1968(ix)
Rabbi Michael Standfield
- 1971 to 1986(x)
Rabbi Simon J. Franses
- 1987 to 2008, and thereafter rabbi emeritus until 2009(xi)
Rabbi Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton
- 2008 to present (May 2023)(xii)
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Assistant or Student Rabbis: |
Rabbi Ady Assabi(xiv)
- student rabbi from 1969 to 1971
Rabbi Larry Alan Tabick
- assistant rabbi 1981 to 1986(xv)
Rabbi Lisa Barrett
- part-time assistant rabbi in about 2011(xvi) |
Membership Data: |
National Results & Survey(xix)
1977 - 455 male members and an estimated 456 female members
1983 - 685 male (or household) members and 119 female members
1990 - 822 members (households)
1996 - 738 members (450 households, 93 individual male and 195 individual female members)
2010 - listed as having 500 to 749 members (by household)
2016 - listed as having 300 to 399 members (by household) |
Legal and Charitable Status: |
On 23 December 2013, the congregation was incorporated as a private
company (company number: 08825271) limited by guarantee without share
capital, initially under the name of The New Reform Synagogue
Limited, changing its name on 19 November 2014 to
Mosaic Reform Synagogue (with use of 'Limited'
exemption).(xx)
It is also a registered charity,
its current registration dating from 20 November 2014 (registered charity
number: 1159303). The governing documents are the Company's Memorandum &
Articles Association.(xxi)
The congregation's previous registration as a registered charity,
under the name Middlesex New Synagogue was
from 7 September 1999 (registered charity
number: 1077299), which was removed from the register on 16 October
2018.(xxii)
With effect from 3 January 2016, all such charity's assets and
liabilities were transferred to the new entity.(xxiii) (There had also been an
earlier registration under no: 69041.(xxiv))
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Local Government
Districts: |
Bessborough Road and Stanmore Hill are in the London Borough of Harrow,
an Outer London Borough created on 1 April 1965. Prior thereto, they were in the
former Municipal Borough of Harrow (incorporated in 1954 and coextensive with the
London borough), within the former County of Middlesex.
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Registration District (BMD): |
Harrow (since formation of
congregation) -
Link to Register Office website |
Cemetery Information: |
The congregation has "London Synagogue" membership of the
Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS),
which includes rights of
burial at one of the Society's cemeteries, in particular the
Western Cemetery, Bulls Cross Ride, Cheshunt. There is also generally the option (through the JJBS) of a Woodland Burial in Cheshunt
or cremation at Golders Green Crematorium. |
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to this Congregation
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List of Reform Judaism Congregations
List of Member Synagogues of the Jewish Joint Burial Society
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Harrow
Jewish Congregations in Greater London (other than East End)
Greater London home page
Page created: 31 October 2006
Data significantly expanded: 8 March 2015: Notes first added: 25 November 2018
Latest revision or update: 14 May 2023
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