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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Bet Tikvah Synagogue
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Former Name: |
Barkingside Progressive Synagogue
(until about 2003)(i) |
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Address: |
129 Perrymans Farm Road, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex
IG2 7LX from January 1981.(ii)
(Previously meetings held in the Barnardos Home.) |
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Current Status: |
On 1 January 2017, the Congregation merged with
Woodford Liberal Synagogue, Barkingside, to form
East London and Essex Liberal
Synagogue.(iii) Initially following the merger, the merged
congregation held services at the synagogue buildings
of both legacy congregations.
However, the last services were held at
Perrymans Farm Road premises on Sabbath, 6 January 2018 and the building
was sold.(iv) |
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Date Formed: |
1976, as a breakaway from
North London
Progressive Synagogue(vi) |
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Ritual: |
Liberal Progressive |
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Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of
Liberal Judaism
(formerly the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues) until its merger into
the East London and Essex Liberal Synaagoge. |
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Minister:
(To view a short profile of the minister, hold the cursor over his
name.) |
Rabbi David Hulbert
- from 1989 until merger, and then serving as a minister of the merged
congregation.(vii) |
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Membership Data: |
National Reports & Surveys(ix)
1983 - 60 male members and an estimated 60 female members
1990 - 200 members (households)
1996 - 220 members (households)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 300 to 399 members (by household) |
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Congregation's Magazine: |
The congregation's magazine was
HaEtz ("The Tree")(x) |
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Legal and Charitable Status: |
The congregation was a registered charity (no, 283547), registered on 6 November
1981. The governing document was the
Constitution & Rules adopted 22 March 1981.(xi)
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Local Government Districts: |
Barkingside, an area of Ilford, is
situated in the London Borough of Redbridge (created in
1965), in the northeast of the administrative area of Greater London. |
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Registration District (BMD): |
Redbridge (since founding of congregation) -
Link to Register Office website |
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Cemetery
Information: |
See
London Cemeteries of Liberal Judaism. |
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