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Leslie Bailey
2008
The New London Synagogue, Abbey Road (March 2008)
Congregation Data |
Name: |
New London Synagogue
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Address: |
33 Abbey Road, St John's
Wood, London NW8 0AT.
The synagogue building, built 1880-82 and designed by architect
Hyman Henry Collins, FRIBA,
was the original home of
St. John's Wood (United)
Synagogue until 1964. It was sold for demolition, rescued and
acquired by the congregation.(i)
The synagogue is a Grade II Listed Building (number 1247665), designated on 7 September 1989.
View description
on Historic England website.
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Current Status: |
Active |
Formation and Ritual: |
Established by Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs
in 1964 "to found an Orthodox synagogue in Anglo-Jewish tradition of
tolerance with freedom for study and inquiry in harmony with modern
scholarship". Initially established as an independent Orthodox
congregation, with a traditional orthodox service. Later the
congregation gradually adopted a Conservative (or Masorti) ritual and,
in recent years (from mid-2010s), women have taken a more active part in
the service. At a special meeting held in November 2019, it was decided that within a
year or two the congregation would move to all egalitarian
services.(ii) |
Affiliation: |
A
constituent synagogue of
Masorti
Judaism (known as the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues until 2012), and
was the "parent synagogue" of the movement, which was founded in 1985. |
Website: |
https://www.newlondon.org.uk/ |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
or cantor known to have served other UK congregations - name in blue - hold the cursor
over his or her name.) |
Rabbi Dr. Louis Jacobs
- from 1964 until 2000 (and again briefly in 2005)(iii)
Rabbi Chaim Weiner
- from 2000 until 2005(iv)
Rabbi Dr. Reuven Hammer(v) (Interim Rabbi)
- from October 2005 until July 2007
Rabbi Jeremy Gordon
- from January 2008 to present (May 2024)(vi)
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Assistant Minister: |
Rabbi Natasha Mann
- from 2019 to present (May 2024)(vii) |
Cantors: |
Cantor George Rothschild(xii)
- from May 1964 until about 1969 and from about 1971 until December 1999
Rev. Stanley Ivan Brickman(xiii)
- from about 1969 until about 1971
Cantor Stephen Cotsen
(xiv)
- from December 1999 until October 2012 and from 2018 to present (June 2020)
Cantor Jason Green(xv)
- from 2013 until February 2018 |
Membership Data: |
Congregation's Website:
1993 - 1,100 members(xviii)
National Reports or Surveys:(xix)
1977 - 514 male (or household) members and 136 female members
1983 - 508 male (or household) members and 142 female members
1990 - 714 members (comprising 410 households, 115 individual male and 189 individual female members)
1996 - 604 members (comprising 358 households, 80 individual male and 166 individual female members)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 500 to 749 members (by household)
Annual Reports of Masorti Judaism(xx)
- number of members as of 1 January:
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
641 |
610 |
637 |
686 |
686 |
776 |
758 |
776 |
752 |
727 |
676 |
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Legal and Charitable Status: |
On 25 September 2009, the congregation was incorporated as a registered company, The
New London Synagogue (company no.
7030491), a private company limited by
guarantee without a share capital (and with an exemption from use of the
word 'Limited').(xxi)
The congregation is also a registered charity (no.
1133578).(xxii)
The governing documents are the company's Memorandum & Articles Association dated
25 September 2009, as amended 24 June 2013.
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Local Government
Districts: |
St John's Wood is an affluent area of
northwest London lying to the northwest of Regent's Park. It is in the
City of Westminster and was (until 1965) in
the former Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone.(xxiii) |
Cemetery
Information: |
The Congregation is a member of the Western Burial Society and
its burial ground is at the Western Cemetery, Cheshunt. See
Cemeteries of Masorti Judaism
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Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
General
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Congregational Records |
Registration District (BDM): |
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Westminster (from 1 January 1978) -
Link to Register Office website
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Previous Registration District: St Marylebone
- from founding of congregation until 1 January 1978. (All records would now be held by current office.)
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Marriage Records: |
Marriage Registers (first entry 9 July 1967) deposited with Westminster Register Office,
other than register currently in use.
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List of Masorti Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of the City of Westminster
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Page created: 19 November 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 17 May 2018
Page most recently amended: 5 May 2024
Research and
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