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Current Name: |
East London Central Synagogue, also known as
Nelson Street Synagogue (Note - there was an earlier
Nelson Street Synagogue) |
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Previous Name: |
East London Amalgamated Synagogue |
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Original Name: |
Nelson Street Sfardish Synagogue
(Hebrew name: Ohr HaChaim D'bnai Berdichev) |
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Address: |
30/40 Nelson Street, London E1 2DS
(formerly at 38/40 Nelson Street, London E1)
(Location: Nelson Street, in London's East End, extends some 1,000 feet east from
New Road, being the first road on the right when travelling north on New
Road from Commercial Road, and crosses over Turner Street and Philpot
Street. It runs parallel with Varden Street, immediately to the north.) |
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Current Status: |
Active. The East End's
only remaining functioning purpose-built synagogue. |
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Incorporated Congregation: |
Belz Synagogue (by 1952)
Berditchover Synagogue (by 1952)
Buross Street Synagogue (by
1952)
Canon Street Road Synagogue
(early 1970's)
Chevra Shass
Commercial Road Great
Synagogue (after 1968)
Grove Street Great Synagogue
(about 1949)
Jubilee Street Zionist Synagogue
(about 1967)
Mile End Synagogue
New Road Synagogue
(1974)
Philpot Street Great Synagogue
(after 1956)
Philpot Street Sephardish
Synagogue
(after 1956)
Rumanian Sidney Street Synagogue (by 1952)
Sons of Britchan Synagogue
(September 1952) |
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Date Founded: |
1923 - the foundation
stone was laid by B. Bernstein, President, on 19 August 1923 |
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Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Initially the style of service (nosach) was Sfardish (or
Sphardish), also known as Askenazi Sfard (not to be confused with
Sephardi). |
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Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the
Federation of Synagogues,
formerly an affiliated synagogue, although a section of members were, and some may still be,
affiliated for burial rights to the
West End Great Synagogue |
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Website: |
https://www.nelsonstreet.org/ |
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Local
Government
Districts: |
Nelson Street is in the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets,
created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London. Previously,
Nelson Street was in the Metropolitan Borough of
Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London
(established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Nelson Street had been part of the civil parish of Mile End Old Town,
which was abolished in 1927,
to be absorbed into Stepney Borough parish, which was abolished in 1965. |
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Registration Districts: |
From 1 October 1857 - Mile End
Old Town
From
1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since
1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which now holds the registers) |
