Name: |
Highgate Synagogue |
Address: |
Grimshaw Close, 57 North Road, Highgate, London N6 4BJ |
Previous Addresses: |
200a Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 (from 1952 to
1976, destroyed in a fire) now a Hindu temple
88 Archway Road, Highgate, London N19 (from 1934 to 1952, rebuilt 1937)
demolished for road widening |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Founded: |
1929 |
Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
Affiliation: |
Joined the
United Synagogue, as an affiliated
synagogue in
1935, becoming a district synagogue in 1949 and later becoming a member (constituent) synagogue. |
Ministers: |
Rabbi I. H. Sufrin - 1994 to 2008
Rabbi Nicky Liss -
2008 to Present (February 2015) - |
Website: |
http://www.highgateshul.com |
Membership Data: |
Number of male seat-holders:
(source) |
Source: The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman
(1977), pages 218/219 |
1935 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
59 |
81 |
308 |
361 |
248 |
2006 - over 250 members
(source) |
Source: Congregation's website |
|
Local Government Districts: |
Highgate is an affluent residential suburb in North Central London split
between three London boroughs. The northern area (including the part
where the synagogue is situated) is in the
London Borough of Haringey, (close the boundaries with London
Boroughs of Camden and Islington), all created on 1 April 1965, within the
administrative area of Greater London.
The northern part of Highgate was previously in the
Municipal Borough of Hornsey (incorporated as a borough in 1903,
previously an Urban District from 1894) in the
County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965. |
Registration Districts: |
From 1 July 1837 - Edmonton
From
1 October 1847 - Wood Green
Since
1 April 1965 - Haringey (which would now hold any registers) |