 Congregation Data |
Name: |
Catford and Bromley United Synagogue(ii)
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Former Names: |
Catford Synagogue (until about 1961)(iii)
Catford and Bromley Affiliated Synagogue (from
about 1961)(iv)
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Address: |
6 Crantock Road, Catford, SE6 2QS
These premises, formerly the Glennifer laundry sports ground, were purchased in 1952
and services were initially conducted in an old squash
court.(v)
However these premises were too small for the needs of the congregation,
High Holy Day services being conducted in various venues hired from Bromley Council.
After some difficulties with alternative venues, funds were raised to
build a purpose built synagogue on the Crantock Road site and the new synagogue was constructed and first services held in February 1968,(vi)
and the building was consecrated on 12 May 1968.
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Earlier Addresses: |
Previously, from 1940 to 1952, the synagogue was at 53 Catford Hill, London SE6,
which was badly damaged by a German air raid during World War II.(x)
Initially, until 1940, services were held in members' homes.(xi)
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Formation: |
Although the first services were held in 1936, the congregation does not appear to have
been formed until about 1938.(xii) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
Joined the
United Synagogue
as an affiliated synagogue in 1938(xiii)
and has remains so until the present (July 2025).(xiv) |
Website: |
https://catfordsynagogue.org.uk |
Newsletter: |
The congregation's first regular newsletter was published
in 1967 and called The Shofar. The name was later changed to
The Gazette.(xv) |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
- hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Chaim Joshua Cooper, BA - from 1938 until 1945.(xviii)
Rev. Samuel Morris Bromberger, BA - from 1945 until 1948.(xix)
Rev. Judah Hosea Rockman (first term) - from 1948 until 1952.(xx)
Rev. I. Gross - from 1952 until no later than 1953.(xxi)
Rev. Emanuel Susman - from about 1955 until about 1958.(xxii)
Rabbi Judah Hosea Rockman (second term) - from 1958 until 1992.(xxv)
Rabbi Yisroel Yosef Cyprys - from 1994
until 1995.(xxvi)
Rabbi Jason Kleiman
- from 1996 until 1999.(xxvii)
Rev. Dr. Ze'ev Amit - from 2000 until 2011.(xxviii)
Rev. Cantor David Rome - from 2012 until 2021.(xxix)
Rabbi Bryan Weisz - from 2022 until present (July 2025).(xxx)
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Lay Officers: |
All data on lay officers has been extracted from listings in
Jewish Year Books.(xxxiv) |
Presidents
1939-1940 - H. Hitman
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1946 - H. Hitman
1946-1947 - J.H. Boomfield
1948-1949 - F. Reef
1949-1950 - H. Boomfield
Vice Presidents
1940-1941 - S. Silver
1940-1945 - no data
1948-1950 - P. Maltry(xxxv)
Wardens
1938-1939 - H. Hitman & M. Segar
1939-1940 - M. Feltz & F. Reef
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1946 - F. Reef & H.C. Fishberg
1946-1947 - B. Lefcovitch, H. Bornstein & S. Newman
1947-1949 - F. Reef & B. Lefcovitch
1949-1950 - B. Lefcovitch & F. Reef
1950-1951 - B. Lefcovitch & H. Segal
1951-1952 - S. Newman & H. Segal
1952-1953 - H. Levy & H. Segal
1953-1955 - H. Levy & B. Lefcovitch
1955-1956 - H. Segal & Mr. Solomons
from 1956 - no data
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Chairmen
1945-1946 - P. Maltry
1946-1950 - H. Levy
1950-1951 - H. Goldman
1951-1952 - A. Robbins
1952-1956 - J. Harris
Financial Representatives
1938-1939 - S. Silver
1939-1940 - M. Segar
1940-1945 - no data
1945-1948 - I. Reef
1948-1949 - P. Stanton
1949-1951 - B. Harris
1951-1952 - H. Levy
1952-1953 - I.J. Specter
1953-1956 - H. Levy
from 1956 - no data
Secretaries & Hon. Secretaries(xxxvi)
1938-1948 - The Minister
1948-1949 - I. Reef
1949-1952 - The Minister
1952-1953 - A.J. Shaw
1953-1995 - The Minister
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Membership Data: |
United Synagogue(xxxvii)
(male seat-holders)
1938 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
86 |
100 |
158 |
202 |
231 |
National Reports & Surveys(xxxviii)
1977 - 243 male (or household) members and
59 female members
1983 - 258 male (or household) members and 77 female members
1990 -
417 members (comprising
406 households and 11 individual male members)
1996 - 336 members (comprising
318 households, 9 individual male and 9 individual female members)
2010 and 2016 - listed as having 200 to 299 members (by household)
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Charitable Status: |
Catford and Bromley Synagogue Trust is a registered charity (registered charity no.
1105859), registered on
14 September 2004.(xli) |
Local Government Districts: |
Catford is a
neighborhood of southeast London in the London Borough of Lewisham, within the administrative area of Greater
London. Until 1 April 1965, it was in the somewhat smaller former
Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham, within the former County of London.(xlii)
Bromley is however in the London Borough of Bromley, also within the
administrative area of Greater London, being the southeastern most of the London boroughs,
bordering the county of Kent. Until 1 April 1965, Bromley was a
Municipal Borough in the county of Kent.(xliii)
Bibliography - London Borough of Lewisham |
Registration District (BMD): |
Lewisham
from 1 July 1837
-
Link to Register Office website |
Worship Registration:
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The synagogue in Crantock Road is registered as a Place of Worship -
Worship Register Number 64146 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.(xliv)
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Cemetery
Information: |
For
United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue. |
List of United Synagogue Congregations
List of Synagogues destroyed or severely damaged
by German air raids during World War II
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Lewisham
Jewish Congregations in Greater London
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Page created: 25 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 23 January 2018
Page reformatted and data significantly further enhanced: 25 July 2025
Page most recently amended: 28 July 2025
Research by David Shulman, assisted by Steven Jolles (rabbinic profiles)
Formatting by David Shulman
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