Yeshivas Ahavas Torah

Name:

Yeshivas Ahavas Torah

Alternative Name:

Heichal Tiferes Zvi

Address:

10-18 Craven Park Road, London N15 6AB

(Location: Craven Park Road (some half mile long) runs east from the A10 (to the Warwick Reservoire) from the junction where the A10 changes its name from Stamford Hill to High Road Tottenham.

Current Status:

Active

Date Founded:

Formed about 2011⁽ⁱ⁾

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A synagogue associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

Ministers or Rabbis:

Rabbi B. Weisz - from about 2011 until at least 2013.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Local Government District:

Although the actual boundary between the districts of Stamford Hill and South Tottenham has became blurred in recent years, Craven Park Road actually forms part of the boundary, with the northern side (which includes the synagogue), with an N15 postal code, being in South Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, and the southern side, with an N16 postal code, being part of Stamford Hill in the London Borough of Hackney. Both London boroughs are an Inner London Boroughs created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

The North London district of Stamford Hill extending into Upper Clapton, parts of Tottenham, Stoke Newington and some other adjoining areas, include the largest concentration of Haredi Jews in Europe, who generally tend to identify as being part of a greater Stamford Hill area.)

Registration District:

Since 1 April 1965 - Haringey

Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)

• (i) Based upon the Congregation first appearing in the Jewish Year Book for 2011. ↵

• (ii) Based upon his being named as Rabbi of the Congregation in the Jewish Year Books from 2011 until at least 2013, although later Jewish Year Books may also name him as the Rabbi. ↵