Nottingham Liberal Synagogue

Name

Nottingham Liberal Synagogue

Former Names

Nottingham Progressive Jewish Congregation, until 2014⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Address:

Lloyd Street, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 4BP, a purpose built synagogue in use from 1971, the official inaugaration took place on 1 October 1972.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Previously, from 1965 to 1971, the congregation held services at the Friends Meeting House, Clarendon Street.^(iv)

Current Status:

Active

Formation:

Following an unsuccessful attempt to establish a progressive congregation in Nottingham in the 1950s, a formal meeting, held on 19 May 1965, approved the establishment of the congregation and the first services were held on 11 June 1965.^(v)

Ritual:

Liberal / Progressive

Affiliation:

A constituent community of Liberal Judaism (formerly the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, ULPS), having joined in September 1965.

Website:

https://www.nottinghamliberalsynagogue.com/

Ministers:

(To view a short profile of a minister who also served other UK congregations - name in blue - hold the cursor over her name.)

Rabbi Julia B.S. Neuberger - from about 1978 to about 1979^(vii)

Rabbi Alan Mann - from 1979 until 1991 (part-time, voluntary)^(viii)

Rabbi Seth Daniel Kunin - from 1993 until 1994^(ix)

Rabbi Amanda Golby - from 1995 until about 2000^(x)

Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich - from about 2007 (full-time from 2009) until about 2021^(xi)

Rabbi Gili Zidkiyahu - from 2022 to present (May 2023)^(xii)

Lay Officers:^(xiv)

Presidents

1972-1977 - Dr.John E. Hall

1977-1983 - Wifred Miron

1983-1997 - David Lipman

1997-date uncertain - Derrek Silk

Other Officers

Dr. John E. Hall - Chairman 1965-1972

Lou Kanas - Treasurer 1965-date uncertain

David Lipman - Secretary 1965-1975^(xv)

Membership Data

National Reports and Surveys^(xx)

1977 - 83 male (or household) members and 13 female members

1983 - 74 male (or household) members and 16 female members

1990 - 114 members (comprising 68 households, 23 individual male and 23 female members)

1996 - 114 members (comprising 67 households, 7 individual male and 40 female members)

2010 & 2016 - listed as having 100 to 199 members (by household)

Religious Classes:

Religous classes were established in 1965 with David Glass as headmaster.^(xx)

Charitable Status:

The congregation is a registered charity, number 246773, registered on 28 February 1966. The governing document is the congregation's constitution adopted 15 September 1965, as subsequently amended.^(xxii)

Worship Registration:

The synagogue, referred to as being in Mansfield Street, Sherwood, is registered as a Place of Worship - Worship Register Number 73094 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.^(xxiii)

Cemetery
Information:

The congregation's cemetery is at Wilford Hill (Nottingham Southern Cemetery). It is approached by a narrow unadopted road off the Loughborough Road, West Bridgford.^(xxiv) (For further details see Cemetery Information on the Nottingham Jewish community page).