Name:

Chabad Lubavitch Centre North East London and Essex

Alternative Names:

Ilford Chabad

Chabad Lubavitch for Ilford

Beis Hamedrash Chabad (name of the synagogue)

Address:

Chabad House and Synagogue is at the Chabad Lubavitch Centre, Doris Shpiro House, 395 Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6LR (since 2001).

(From 2013 until about 2017, the Centre moved temporarily to Gaysham Ave, Gants Hill, whilst the Eastern Ave premises were demolished, to be replaced with a new 4,000 sq foot facility.)

Date Formed:

1983

Status:

Active

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Branches:

Chabad Lubavitch for Buckhurst Hill

Chabad Lubavitch for Epping

Chabad Lubavitch for Southend

Chabad Lubavitch for Havering

Affiliation:

Part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement.

Website:

http://www.chabadilford.co.uk (Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex)

Rabbinic Staff:
(To view a short profile of a rabbi - hold the cursor over his name)

The following rabbis also served Beis Hamedrash Chabad:

Rabbi Aryeh M. Sufrin, MBE and Deborah Sufrin - executive directors and rabbinic couple from 1983 to present (August 2025).^(iv)

Rabbi Moshe Muller - assistant director and assistant rabbi from 1996 until 2016.^(v)

Legal and Charitable Status:

Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex Limited was incorporated on 21 November 2007 (initially under the name Chabad Lubavitch Centre North East London and Essex Limited until 15 August 2017) as a registered (non-profit) company (company no. 06432715), a private company limited by guarantee without a share capital.^(vi)

Under the same name, it is also a registered charity (registered charity no. 1123001), registered on 28 February 2008.^(vii)

Local Government District:

The suburb of Ilford in Northeast London is within the London Borough of Redbridge, an outer London borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Prior to 1965, Ilford was in the former Municipal Borough of Ilford (which was an urban district until 1926) in the county of Essex.^(viii)

Registration District (BMD):

Redbridge from 1 April 1965^(ix) - Link to Register Office website