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The former Finklestein shteibel, St Gabrel's Road
Courtesy Steven Jaffe,
2024
Congregation Data |
Name: |
Keser Torah D'Radzin Synagogue - Cricklewood Beth Hamedrash
|
Also known as: |
Rebbe Finklestein's Minyan
|
Rav: |
Rabbi Beresh (Yissochor Dov) Finklestein
- 1947 until 1977(ii)
|
Address: |
62 St. Gabriel's Road, Cricklewood,
Willesden, London N.W.2.(iii) |
Date Founded: |
This shtiebel was founded by Rav Finklestein in
1947(iv)
|
When Closed: |
Closed Yom Kippur 1988.(v) |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of
the
Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC)
possibly from its founding but at least from 1948.(viii)
The congregation became an affiliated synagogue of the
Federation of Synagogues
from about 1950.(ix) |
Lay Officers: |
The data below has been extracted from listings in
Jewish Year Books |
Presidents
at least c.1948 to c.1949 - C. Weinberger(xii)
c.1949 to c.1953 - I.M. Landau(xiii)
c.1953 to at least c.1956 - M. Gotleib(xiv)
|
Wardens
c.1953 to at least 1956
- I.M. Landau & H. Hooberfield(xv) Hon Secretary
c.1950 to c.1957
- M. Saunders(xvi)
|
Membership Data: |
National Reports & Surveys(xix)
1977 - 10 male (or household) members
1983 - 20 male (or household) members
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Locality & Local Government District: |
The district of Cricklewood in Northwest London is split between three London Boroughs, the
London Borough of Brent (the west, in which the synagogue was
situated), the London Borough of Barnet (the northeast) and the London
Borough of Camden (the southeast), all created on 1 April 1965 within
the administrative area of Greater London.
The western part of Cricklewood was previously in the former Municipal
Borough of Willesden (incorporated as a borough in 1933) in the
former County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965. |
Registration Districts: |
Brent(xx)
- Link to Register Office website
|
Cemetery Information |
Federation of Synagogues cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the
Federation of Synagogues.
For Adath Yisroel Burial Society cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the UOHC |
Notes and Sources:
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returns to text above)
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The Shtiebels of Willesden
and Cricklewood
List of Congregations in the Federation of Synagogues
List of UOHC Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Brent
Jewish Congregations in Greater London (other than East End)
Greater London home page
Page created: 16 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 18 March 2022
Page most recently amended:18 March 2024
Research and formatting by David Shulman
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