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North Western Reform Synagogue, June 2018
© David Shulman 2018
Congregation Data |
Name: |
North Western Reform Synagogue(i)
(often referred to as Alyth Gardens Synagogue) |
Address: |
Alyth Gardens, Temple Fortune, Golders Green, London NW11
7EN.
The site on which the synagogue was built was
previously part of the West
London Synagogue's section of the Hoop Lane Cemetery, which backs on
to the synagogue (a private members bill needed to be pass in Parliament
to release the land for building purposes).(ii)
The synagogue was designed by architect
Fritz Landauer.(iii)
The foundation stone was laid in January 1936 and the
synagogue was consecrated on 12 July 1936.(iv)
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Previous Address: |
Prior to 1936, the congregation generally held
services (particularly its Sabbath morning services) in Hawthorn Hall,
44 Bridge Lane, London NW11. Earlier services and Friday night services
had been held in private homes, the first service being held in the home
of Henri Silbert at 2 The Meadway). High Holyday services took place in
a hall in Hampstead Garden Suburb.(ii)
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Current Status: |
Active |
Foundation: |
Largely through the efforts of three "founding
fathers", E.L. (Len) Mendel, Ralph Nordon and Henri Silbert, the initial meeting of the congregation was held
on 24 May 1933 and the first services were held on 16 June 1933.(ii) |
Ritual: |
Reform |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the
Movement for Reform
Judaism, having been a founding member of that organisation
(initially known as Associated British Synagogues) in 1942. The congregation was
the first reform synagogue to be
formed in London since the founding in 1840 of the West London
Synagogue, which acted as the "parent" synagogue to the new congregation. |
Website: |
https://www.alyth.org.uk/ |
Senior Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
who also served other UK congregations - name in blue - hold the curso over his or her name.) |
Rabbi Solomon Elihu Starrels
- from 1933 until 1938(v)
Rev. Maurice L. Perlzweig
- from 1938 until 1942(vi)
Rev. Vivian Simmons (interim)
- from 1942 until 1943(vii)
Rabbi Dr. Werner Van der Zyl
- from 1943 until 1958(viii)
Rev. Philip Cohen
- from 1958 until 1972(ix)
Rabbi Dow Marmur
- from about 1969 until 1983 (as senior minister from 1972)(xi)
Rabbi Charles Emanuel
- from 1983 until 2006, thereafter emeritus(xii)
Rabbi Mark Goldsmith (rabbinic partner)
- from 2006 until 2019(xiii)
Rabbi Josh Levy (initially rabbinic partner)
- from 2008 until present (January 2021)(xiv)
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Associate & Assistant Rabbis:
(other than those who subsequently served as Senior Minister) |
Rabbi Erwin S. Rosenblum
- from 1955 until 1956(xv)
Rabbi Rodney John Mariner
- from 1976 until 1979(xvi)
Rabbi Laura Naomi Janner-Klausner(xvii)
- from about 2004 until about 2013
Rabbi Maurice Arnold Michaels
(part time) - from 2011 until 2018(xviii)
Rabbi Colin Eimer (part time)
- from 2015 until present (January 2021)(xix)
Rabbi Hannah Kingston(xx)
- from 2017 until present (January 2021)
Rabbi Elliott Karstadt(xxi)
- from 2020 until present (January 2021)
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Cantor: |
Cantor Cheryl Wunch(xxv)
- from January 2014 until August 2015
Cantor Tamara Wolfson
- from 2020 until present (January 2021)(xxvi)
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Membership Data: |
Jewish Year Books(xxxii)
1945 |
1946 |
1948 |
1949 |
1950 |
1952 |
1953 |
450 |
500 |
540 |
600 |
660 |
700 |
850 |
National Reports & Surveys(xxxiii)
1977 - 989 male members and an estimated 989 female members
1983 - 1,105 male members and an estimated 1,104 female members
1990 - 1,450 members households)
1996 - 1,440 members (households)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 1,000 to 1,499 members (by household) |
Legal & Charitable Status: |
The congregation is a registered unincorporated charity (no. 247081), registered on
21 February 1966.
The governing documents are the congregation's Rules revised April 1965, as amended.(xxxiv) |
Local Government District: |
Golders Green, a residential suburb in Northwest London
with a substantial
Jewish minority, is in the London Borough of Barnet(xxxv) and was
(until 1965) in the former Municipal Borough of Hendon
(incorporated as a borough in 1932. |
Registration District (BMD): |
Barnet(xxxvi) -
Link to Register Office website.
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Cemetery Information: |
Membership includes burial rights through the
Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS) at the Western Cemetery, Cheshunt
or cremation at Golders Green Crematorium. There is
also the option (through the JJBS) of a Woodland Burial in Cheshunt at additional cost
or of mixed faith burial in a separate area at Cheshunt.
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Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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List of Reform Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in Golders Green (London Borough of Barnet)
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: 16 November 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 20 December 2018
Page most recently amended: 6 May 2024
Research and formatting
by David Shulman
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