Congregation Data |
Name: |
The Liberal Synagogue Elstree
Hebrew name:
Ateret Zvi - "the Crown of Glory" (adopted 1993)(i) |
F0rmer Names: |
Hertsmere Progressive Synagogue (from about 1978 to September
2004)(ii)
Hertsmere Progressive Jewish Congregation (from about 1977 to
about 1978)(iii)
Stanmore Liberal Jewish Congregation (until 1977)(iv) |
Address: |
High Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3EY (from 1977)
Formerly Old St.Nicholas Church of England School, built 1882, the synagogue is a Grade II
Listed Building (number 1346915), designated on 13 April 1974 (most recent amendment 12 August 1985).
View description
on Historic England website.
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Current Status: |
Active |
Date Founded: |
1969(v) |
Ritual: |
Liberal Progressive |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of
Liberal Judaism
(formerly the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues) |
Website: |
http://www.tlse.org.uk/ (As of
September 2022, this website was not functioning) |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister who also served other UK
congregations - name in blue - hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rabbi Alan Mann
- from about 1972 until about 1975(vii)
Rabbi Dr. D. Goldstein
- from about 1975 until about 1977(viii)
Rabbi Thomas Salamon
- from about 1980 until about 1988(ix)
Rabbi J. Black
- from about 1988 until about 2002(x)
Rabbi Pete Tobias
- from 2003 until 2020(xi)
Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich
- from about 2021 until 2022(xii)
Rabbi Cantor Gershon Silins
- from December 2022, as interim rabbi until present (May 2023)(xiii)
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Membership Data: |
National Reports and Surveys(xvii)
1977 - 65 male (or household) members and 5 female members
1983 - 135 male (or household) members and 17 female members
1990 - 220 members (households)
1996 - 228 members (households)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 300 to 399 members (by household)
Congregation's
Annual Reports (Number full adult members):(xviii)
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
512 |
486 |
453 |
472 |
490 |
502 |
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Charitable Status: |
The Liberal Synagogue Elstree is a registered charity (no. 262001),
registered on 5 January 1971.
The governing document is the Congregation's constitution dated 15 April
1970, as amended 7 April 2004, 30 July 2004 and 13 April 2005.(xix) |
Local Government District: |
The Borough of Hertsmere, in the county of Hertfordshire, formed in 1974. For details and history,
see Hertsmere Jewish Communities home page. |
Registration District (BMD): |
Hertfordshire(xx) -
Link to Register Office website |
Cemetery
Information: |
See
London Cemeteries of Liberal Judaism.. |
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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On-line Articles and Other Material relating to this
congregation
formerly
on the Congregation's website
General
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Hertsmere Jewish Communities home page
List of Liberal Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in Hertfordshire
Jewish Communities in Greater London and its Outskirts
Greater London home page
Page created: 19 May 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 2 September 2018
Page most recently amended: 7 May 2023
Formatting and
research by David Shulman
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