Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue

Name:

Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue

Former Names⁽ⁱ⁾:

Stanmore and Canons Park District Synagogue (from about 1954 until about 1975)

Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue (from about 1949 until about 1954)

Canons Park & District Hebrew Congregation (until about 1949)

Address:

London Road, Stanmore, Middx. HA7 4NS

Previously in the British Legion hut in Merrion Avenue, Stanmore, from about 1948 until about 1950, and prior thereto, at Marsh Lane, Stanmore⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ and private homes.

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

17 July 1946⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

Joined the United Synagogue as an affiliated synagogue in 1946, becoming a district synagogue in 1952.^(iv) In about 1976, all existing district synagogues, including the congregation, received constituent (full member) status.

Website:

https://www.sacps.org.uk/ (restricted access)

Ministers and Senior Rabbis:
(To view a short profile of a rabbi or cantor known to have served other congregations -  name appears in blue - hold the cursor over his name.)

Rabbi M. Solomon Warshaw - from about 1950 until about 1951^(v)

Rabbi Avrom Simon Chaitowitz - from about 1955 until about 1986^(vi)

Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Cohen (& Rebbetzen Gloria Cohen) - from 1986 until January 2006^(vii)

Rabbi Mendel Lew (& Rebbetzen Rivky Lew) - from April 2006 until February 2025^(viii)

Assistant Rabbis:

Rabbi Andrew Shaw - community development rabbi from 2000 until 2015^(ix)

Rabbi Benji Landau (& Rebbetzen Aviva Landau) - assistant community rabbi from August 2011 until September 2014^(x)

Rabbi Daniel Fine (& Rebbetzen Janine Fine)- from July 2016 until 2021^(xi)

Cantors (Readers):

Rev. J.L. Freilich - from about 1967 until about 1972^(xii)

Rev. Chaim Graniewitz - from 1973 until 1995^(xiii)

Chazan Henry Black - from 1996 until 2010^(xiv)

Chazan Jonny Turgel - from January 2011 until present (June 2025)^(xv)

Lay Officers:^(xix)

Chairman

1946-1948 - H. Woolf

Vice Chairman

1946-1948 - B. Levy

Wardens

1948-1952 - A.A. Segall & A. Rozansky

1952-1953 - A.A. Segall & H. Gordon

1953-1954 - A.A. Segall & L. Zigmond

1954-1955 - M. Fisher

1955-1956 - M. Fisher & H. Goodman

Honorary Life President

From 1954 - A.A. Segall

Financial Representative

1948-1953 - B. Levy

1953-1956 - A. Rozansky

Hon. Secretaries (& Secretaries)

1946-1947 - M.J. Goldburgh

1947-1952 - A.A. Segall

1952-1956 - L. Jackson

1956-1957 - A. Green

1957-1958 - S. Marcus

1958-1965 - M. Friedman

1965-1968 - N. Sievers

Membership Data:

United Synagogue (male seat-holders)^(xx)

National Reports & Surveys^(xxi)

1977 - 1,099 male (or household) members and 970 female members

1983 - 1,163 male (or household) members and 1,107 female members

1990 - 1,628 members (comprising 1,457 households, 110 individual male and 61 individual female members)

1996 - 1,646 members (comprising 1,446 households, 99 individual male and 101 individual female members)

2010 - listed as having 1,500 to 1,900 members (by household). The congregation was at the time the largest congregation in the United Synagogue.

2016 - listed as having 1,000 to 1,499 members (by household).

Charitable Status:

Local Government District:

Stanmore, a residential suburb in northwest London with a significant Jewish population, is in the London Borough of Harrow and was (until 1965) in the former Municipal Borough of Harrow (from 1954) and prior to then in the Urban District of Harrow (from 1934), both coextensive with the London borough, but within the former County of Middlesex.

Bibliography - Harrow

Registration District (BMD):

Harrow^(xxii) - Link to Register Office website

Worship Registration:

The synagogue in London Road is registered as a Place of Worship - Worship Register Number 62892 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.^(xxiii)

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.