Ohel David Eastern Synagogue

Current Name:

Ohel David Eastern Synagogue

(The Congregation takes its name from Rabbi David Sassoon)

Former Name:

Lincoln Institute Synagogue

Address:

Eastern Institute, 4-15 Broadwalk Lane, Golders Green Road, Golders Green, London NW11 8HD.

These building have been used by the Congregation since 1959, but was not purchased by the Congregation until 2001, and were subsequently refurbished. It was previously home to the Golders Green Beth Hamedrash, then known as the Golders Green Beth Hamedrash and Lincoln Institute.)

Current Status:

Active

Date Founded:

1959⁽ⁱ⁾

Ritual:

Sephardi Orthodox. The majority of the members originated from Iraq, India, Iran, Lebanon and Syria and the Congregation uses the special "Nusach Bahgdad", as well as various Middle Eastern traditions and tunes. This is claimed by some to be the oldest nusach reputedly dating back to the first exile and the time of the prophet Daniel.

Affiliation:

It was one of the synagogues that made up the Eastern Jewry Community (or Eastern Jewry Synagogues) established in 1955, but now appears to be independent.

Official Website:

http://www.oheldavid.com

Ministers:

Rabbi S. Abraham - from at least 1980 until at least 1990⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Rabbi Simon Silas - from about 1992 until 1993⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Rabbi Abraham Gubbay - from at least 1994 until July 2010^(iv)

Rabbi Asher Sebbag - from about 2011^(v) until present (October 2017)^(vi)

Membership:

2015 - 450 members^(vii)

Local Government Districts:

Golders Green, a residential suburb in Northwest London with a substantial Jewish population, is in the London Borough of Barnet and was (until 1965) in the former Municipal Borough of Hendon (incorporated as a borough in 1932).^(viii)

Registration Districts:

Barnet^(ix) - Link to Register Office website