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Congregation Data |
Name:
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Beit Klal Yisrael
(also known as Beit Klal Yisrael - Liberal
Jewish Community since 2007)
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Former Name:
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Beit Klal Yisrael
- North Kensington Reform Synagogue
(until 2007)(i)
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Address:
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P.O. Box 1828 London W10 5RT
According to the Congregation's Facebook page, all services and events are held at The Montagu Centre, 21 Maple Street,
London W1T 4BE (unless otherwise advertised)
Until at least 2004, services were held in Notting Hill Gate.(ii)
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Current Status: |
Active
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Date Formed:
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March 1990(iii)
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Ritual:
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Progressive
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Affiliation:
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Since July, 2006, the congregation has been affiliated to Liberal Judaism
(formerly the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues) and it is
also affiliated to the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish
Organisations.(iv)
However, from at least 1995 until about 2004, the congregation was a constituent synagogue of the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain (now the
Movement for Reform Judaism)(v)
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Website:
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http://www.bky.org.uk/
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Rabbis:
(To view a short profile of a minister
whose name appears in blue - hold the cursor over her name.) |
Rabbi Sheila Shulman
(Founding Rabbi) - from 1990 until about 2007, and thereafter emeritus
rabbi(ix)
Rabbi Judith Rosen-Berry
- from about 2011 until about 2014(x)
Rabbi Anna Wolfson
(then known as Posner) (part-time) - 2020
until 2021 (xi)
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Membership Data:
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National Reports & Surveys(xv)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 50 to 99 members (by household) |
Legal & Charitable Status:
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On 20 March 1991, the congregation was incorporated as a registered company, Beit Klal Yisrael (company no. 02593458),
limited by guarantee without a share capital (and with an exemption from use of the word 'Limited').
It is also a registered charity (no. 1034282), registered on 3 March
1994. The governing documents are the company's Memorandum & Articles Association dated 20 March 1991, as ameded 10 October 1993.
(xvi)
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Local Government District:
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The district of North Kensington in West Central London is in the Royal London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
(an Inner London Borough, established on 1 April 1965) within the administrative area of Greater London.
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Registration District (BMD):
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Kensington -
Link to Register Office website.
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Cemetery Information:
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The congregation is one of only a few Liberal congregations that are members of the
Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS).
As a London Synagogue, this includes rights of burial at one of the Society's cemeteries, in particular the Western Cemetery, Bulls Cross Ride, Cheshunt.
There is also generally the option (through the JJBS) of a Woodland Burial in Cheshunt or cremation at Golders Green Crematorium.
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Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to this Congregation
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List of Liberal Judaism Congregations
List of Reform Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the Royal Borough of the Kensington and Chelsea
List of Member Synagogues of the Jewish Joint Burial Society
Jewish Congregations in Greater London (other than East End)
Greater London home page
Page created: 6 November 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 25 March 2018
Latest revision or update: 15 May 2023
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