Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue

Name:

Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue

Address:

Norrice Lea, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London N2 0RE (consecrated 1934, rebuilt 1963, extended 1968 and 2001)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1933

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox (although there are also Sephardi services at the Synagogue - see below)

Sephardi Services:

The Hampstead Garden Suburb Sephardi Minyan was established in 1999 and initially held services in private home. It subsequently moved to the Synagogue in Norrice Lea, where it holds Shabbat services (in the Sephardi Yerushalmi tradition) in the Landy Gallery. Rabbi Jonathan Tawil is currently (September 2015) rabbi to the Minyan.

Affiliation:

Affiliated to United Synagogue by 1935, becoming a district synagogue in 1937, achieving constituent (member) status in 1939. 

Website:

https://hgss.org.uk

Membership Data::

1937 -    199  male seat-holders⁽ⁱ⁾
1950 -    652  male seat-holders⁽ⁱ⁾
1960 -    791  male seat-holders⁽ⁱ⁾ 
1970 -    821  male seat-holders⁽ⁱ⁾
2006 -  1,800  adult members⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Local Government District:

Hampstead Garden Suburb, in Northwest London, is in the London Borough of Barnet.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾ Until 1965, Hampstead Garden Suburb was split between two local authorities. The eastern part (which included Norrice Lea where the synagogue is situated) was in the Municipal Borough of Finchley,^(iv) whereas the western part was in the Municipal Borough of Hendon.

Registration District (BDM):

Barnet^(v)  - Link to Register Office website.

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.