Address:

The Kolel is situated at 22 Claremont Place, Gateshead NE8 1TL,⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾ in new premises which opened on 7 September 1966,^(iv) and includes the Kolel Synagogue.

It may have previously been situated at 32 Claremont Place.^(v)

Current Status:

Active.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Strictly Orthodox

Affiliation:

The Kolel Synagogue was an affiliate of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations from at least 1945^(vi) and became a constituent of the Union by 1951.^(v)

Websites:

https://gatesheadkolel.co.uk/

(also https://gatesheadkolel.weebly.com/)

Some Principal Rabbis associated with the Kolel:  (To view a short profile of a rabbi whose name appears in blue - hold the cursor over the name.)

Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler - founder of the Kolel in 1941 and principal until 1947.^(xi)

Rabbi P. Gard - rab of the Kolel from at least 1945 until about 1952.^(xii)

Rabbi Dovid Freilich - principal fund raiser from 1947 until 1963.^(xiii)

Rabbi Chaim I. Feldman - rab of the Kolel from at least 1957 until about 1962.^(xiv)

For a full list of Alumni of the Kolel, see at List of Graduates on the Kolel's Weebly web site.

Officers of the Kolel Synagogue:

The following limited data has been extracted from listings in Jewish Year Book.^(xvii)

President

1945-1951 - H.E. Bloch

Treasurer

1945-1951 - David Baddiel

Secretaries or Hon. Secretaries

1945-1951 - R. Steinhaus

1951-1954 - H.J. Levy

1954-1961 - J. Lehman

1961-1999 - S. Ehrentreu

1999-2002 - Mr. Sinason

From 2002 - S. Ehrentreu

Membership Data:

In the reports on synagogue membership in the United Kingdom, published by the Board of Deputies of British Jews,^(xviii) it states that the figures provided for the Gateshead Hebrew Congregation, include the Kolel Synagogue.

Charitable Status:

The Kolel, under the name The Institute of Higher Rabbinical Studies (with working names, Gateshead Kolel and The Institute of Higher Rabbinical Studies Gateshead Kolel), is a registered charity, number 313338 (standard registration), registered on 7 January 1965.^(xix)

Worship Registration:

The Kolel Synagogue, with one room on basement and one room on ground floor, ar 23 Claremont Place, Gateshead, is registered as a Place of Worship - Worship Register Number 64875 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.^(xx)