Congregation Data

Name:

Clapton Federation Synagogue

Alternative Name:

Sha'are Shomayim Synagogue (translation: "Gates of Heaven")

Former Names:

Clapton Synagogue and Talmud Torah

Address:

The Congregation holds services at 202 Upper Clapton Road⁽ⁱ⁾, Upper Clapton, London E5 9DH, which is the address of Springfield Synagogue, with which the Congregation is "in association"⁽ⁱⁱ⁾.
(202B Upper Clapton Road was the address of the Ohel Moshe Beth Hamedrash from about 1992 until about 2005).

The North London district of Upper Clapton, together with adjacent Stamford Hill (to its west) and some adjoining areas, includes the largest concentration of Haredi Jews in Europe.

Former Address:

The Congregation's address until 2005 was 47 Lea Bridge Road⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾, Clapton, London E5 9QB, the synagogue, designed by architect Marcus T. Glass, FRIBA, being demolished in 2006, despite attempts to have the building listed. The synagogue was built in 1931/2.^(iv)

(The Congregation was not listed in the Jewish Year Books 2006 through 2008 but reappeared in the Jewish Year Book 2009.)

Current Status:

The Congregation is still active, although it has not had its own building since 2005.

Date Formed:

Founded in 1919

Incorporated Congregation:

Yavneh Synagogue (after 1991)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

The congregation remains a constituent congregation of the Federation of Synagogues, having previously been an affiliated congregation.

Local Government Districts:

Upper and Lower Clapton are in the London Borough of Hackney and were previously (until 1 April 1965), in the somewhat smaller former Metropolitan Borough of Hackney.^(v)

Registration District (BDM):

Hackney (since founding of congregation) - Register Office website