Congregation Data |
Name: |
Mosaic Liberal Synagogue (from 2015)(i)
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Former Names: |
Harrow and Wembley Progressive Synagogue
(from about 1989 until 2015(ii))
Wembley and District Liberal Synagogue (from about 1954 until about 1989(iii)),
frequently referred to as Preston Road Liberal Synagogue.
Wembley Progressive Jewish Community
(until about 1954(iv))
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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.(v)
The other two constituent congregations are
Mosaic Reform Synagogue (formerly Middlesex New Synagogue) and the
Mosaic Masorti Synagogue
(formerly the Hatch End Masorti Synagogue).
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Address: |
In late 2022, the congregation moved to 1a Halsbury Close, 65 Stanmore Hill, HA7 3DY, a purpose-built complex
housing all
three Mosaic congregations.(vi) |
Former Addresses: |
39
Bessborough Road, Harrow HA1 3BS (from June 2011(vii))
This was the address of the Middlesex New Synagogue
(now the Mosaic
Reform Synagogue), which had been situated there since 1962 and
which became the shared address of both congregations and subsequently
the shared administrative address of all three Mosaic congregations.
326
Preston Road Harrow HA3 0QH (from about 1954(viii))
This was previously the Preston Lawn Tennis Club (consisting of five hard courts, a putting green and a small wooden pavilion).
It was acquired in 1954 and initially
a temporary synagogue was constructed, with a permanent synagogue being built
in 1965, with
a major extension in 1978. In 2004, A new synagogue was built
on one-third of land (the remaining two-thirds having been sold in 2003).
In 2011, the remaining site was sold.(ix) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Formed: |
1952, although the congregation appears to have
roots going back to 1948(x) |
Ritual: |
Liberal Progressive |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of
Liberal Judaism (formerly
the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues- ULPS) from, or from shortly
following, its founding. |
Website: |
http://choosemosaic.org/liberal |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
who also served other UK congregations - name in
blue - hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Vivian George Simmons
- from 1956 until 1961(xi)
Rev. Bernard Hooker
- from about 1961 until about 1965(xii)
F. Pomerantz(xiii)
in about 1965 and 1966
Rabbi Dr. Albert H. Friedlander
- from about 1966 until about 1971(xiv)
Rabbi David Goldberg
- from about 1971 until about 1976(xv)
Rabbi Harry Jacobi
- from about 1975 until about 1982(xvi)
Rabbi Dr. Charles Middleburgh
- from about 1986 until about 1997(xvii)
Rabbi Dr. Frank Dabba Smith
- from 1997 until 2019(xviii)
Rabbi Rachel Benjamin
- from 2020 until present (May 2023)(xix)
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Membership Data: |
National Reports & Surveys(xxv)
1977 - 456 male (or household) members and 166 female members
1983 - 439 male (or household) members and 150 female members
1990 - 544 members (comprising 338 households, 63 individual male and 143 individual female members)
1996 - 523 members (comprising 250 households, 92 individual male and 181 individual female members)
2010 - listed as having 300 to 399 members (by household)
2016 - listed as having 200 to 299 members (by household)
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Charitable Status: |
The congregation is a registered charity (no. 251172),
registered on 10 February 1967. The governing documents are the congregation's
Constitution and Rules amended 27 April 1989, 25 April 1991 and
6 May 2005.(xxvi)
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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.
Although part of Preston Road
(where the congregation was previously situated) has a Harrow address, it is actually all within the London
Borough of Brent(xxviii)
(not the London Borough of Harrow) and was (until 1965) in the former
Municipal Borough of Wembley in the former County of Middlesex.
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Registration District (BMD): |
Bessborough Road & Stanmore Hill - Harrow -
Link to Register Office website
Preston Road - Brent(xxix)
- Link to Register Office website |
Cemetery
Information: |
See
London Cemeteries of Liberal Judaism. |
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 Liberal Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Harrow
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Brent
Jewish Congregations in Greater London (other than East End)
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Page created: 17 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 18 September 2018
Latest revision or update: 15 May 2023
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