Kehillath Moshe Anshe Belz Synagogue

Latest Name:

Kehillath Moshe Anshe Belz Synagogue

Former Name:

Kehillath Moshe Anshei Belz Synagogue and Chevra Mishnayoth

Address:

69 Sidney Street, London E1.

(Location: Sidney Street, in London's East End, runs north, for about a third of a mile, from Commercial Road (A13) to the junction of Cambridge Heath Road (A107) with Whitechapel Road and Mile End Road (A11). It is parallel to Jubilee Street, to the east, and Cavell Street, to the west.)

Formerly at 63 Cavell Street, London E.1 (until early/mid 1940's).

(Location: Cavel Street is parallel to, and just to the west of, Sydney Street. It runs for about a third of a mile, from Commercial Road to Whitechapel Road.)

Date Founded:

Late 1930's (source)

Source: Base upon first appearance in Jewish Year Books)

Current Status:

Closed, about 1948 (source)

Source: Based upon latest appearance in Jewish Year Books

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

A synagogue associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

Local Government Districts:

Both the above streets are now in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, they were in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney (established 1900) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 January 1926 - Stepney
Since 1 January 1983 - Tower Hamlets (which would now hold the registers, if any)