
Congregation Data |
Name: |
Kingston, Surbiton & District Synagogue(ii)
previously also known as Kingston, Surbiton & District Affiliated
Synagogue.(iii) |
Address: |
33-35 Uxbridge Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2LL.(iv)
The site was acquired in 1950(v) and the synagogue was erected and in use
from 1954.(vi)
Previously, the congregation met in members' homes, the High Holyday services being held in the Assembly Rooms,
Claremont Road, Surbiton.(x)
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Formation and Predecessor Congregation: |
Although there had been a small medieval Jewish presence in Kingston, in modern
times Jews were present from the nineteenth and in the early twentieth
centuries. They formed a congregation (the Surbiton and Kingston
Hebrew Congregation) which met for services in homes and later they brought their own house in Catherine Road.
However, the group disintegrated during World War II.(xi)
The congregation was re-established in 1947.(xii) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
An affiliated synagogue of the
United Synagogue
on joining in 1948,(xiii)
becoming a constituent (member) synagogue in 2018.(xiv) |
Website: |
http://ksds.org.uk/ |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
or reader
- hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Solomon (Charles) Fogelnest - minister/reader of predecessor congregation,
from 1918 until no later than 1923.(xviii)
* * * * * * *
Rev. Bernard Koschland
- minister from 1956 until 1961.(xix)
Rabbi Edward Jackson
- minister from 1961 until 1972.(xx)
Rev. M. Berkovitch
- minister from 1972 until 1984.(xxi)
Rev. Joel N. Portnoy
- reader from 1980 until not later than 1985.(xxiv)
Rabbi Zvi Lieberman
- minister from 1985 until 1990.(xxv)
Rabbi Stanley Coten
- minister from 1990 until 2002.(xxvi)
Rabbi David Mason
- minister from 2003 until 2008.(xxvii)
Rabbi Michael Rosenfeld-Schueler
- minister from 2008 until 2013.(xxviii)
Rabbi Samuel Landau & Rebbetzen Shoshana Landau
- rabbinic couple from 2013 until 2019.(xxxi)
Rabbi Yechezkel Mandelbaum & Rebbetzen Shulamit Mandelbaum
- rabbinic couple from 2019 until present (July 2025).(xxxii)
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Lay Officers: |
Unless otherwise stated, all data on lay officers has been extracted from listings in
Jewish Year Books.(xxxvi) |
Wardens
1949-1952 - L.A. Bloch & L.M. Lichtenfeld(xxxvii)
1952-1953 - C. Symons & L.M. Lichtenfeld
1945-1946 - S.B. Adler & L. Shorts
Hon. Life Warden
From 1948 - C.M. Lichtenfeld
Financial Representatives
1948-1949 - H. Grant(xxxviii)
1949-1950 - C. Symons(xxxvii)
1950-1951 - C. Gainsley
1951-1952 - H. Grant
1952-1953 - L. Shorts
1950-1951 - S. Gainsley
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Chairman
1948-1949 - Sidney Gainsley
Hon Secretaries and Secretaries
1948-1950 - R. Pentol
1950-1951 - Sidney Gainsley
1951-1956 - R. Pentol
1956-1964 - The Minister
1964-1965 - S.S. Asser
1965-1967 - M. Moss
1967-1970 - E. Hickman
1970-1972 - Mrs. R. Perchersky
1972-1974 - M.J. Freedman
1974-2001 - S. Nakar(xxxix)
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Membership Data: |
United Synagogue (male seat-holders)(xlii)
1948 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
80 |
103 |
148 |
227 |
National Reports & Surveys(xliii)
1977 - 261 male (or household) members and
65 female members
1983 - 279 male (or household) members and 71 female members
1990 -
345 members (comprising
336 households, 7 individual male and 2 individual female members)
1996 - 302 members (comprising
274 households, 13 individual male and 15 individual female members)
2010 and 2016 - listed as having 200 to 299 members (by household)
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Charitable Status: |
As a constituent of the United Synagogue, the congregation operates within that organisation's registered charity status (registered charity no. 242552).
The Friends of Kingston Surbiton and District Synagogue
(working name: The Friends and the Benevolent Society of Kingston Surbiton and District Synagogue) is a registered charity (registered charity no.
268232),
registered on
7 January 1975.(xliv) |
Local Government Districts: |
The town and suburb of Kingston-upon-Thames in
southwest London is in the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames,
created on 1 April 1965 within the administrative area of Greater London.
Kingston-upon-Thames was previously in the former Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames in the
County of Surrey.(xlv) |
Registration District (BMD): |
Kingston-upon-Thames
from 1 April 1965(xlvi)
- Link to Register Office website |
Worship Registration:
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The synagogue at 33/35 Uxbridge Road is registered as a Place of Worship -
Worship Register Number 65152 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.(xlvii)
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Cemetery
Information: |
For
United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue. |
List of United Synagogue Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the Royal (London) Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Jewish Congregations in Greater London
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Page created: 25 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 30 July 2025
Page most recently amended: 31 July 2025
Research by David Shulman, assisted by Steven Jolles (rabbinic profiles)
Formatting by David Shulman
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