South London Synagogue

Current Name:

South London Synagogue

Former Name:

Streatham Synagogue (until 1986)

Streatham District Synagogue

Streatham & District Synagogue

Current Address:

45 Leigham Court Road, Streatham, London SW16 2NF (from 1986)

Previous Addresses:

Previously at Estreham Road, Streatham, London SW16 (now a mosque) (1957-1986)

Prior to then, 15a Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London SW16 (now a church) (1947-1957)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1946

Incorporated Congregations:

Brixton Synagogue in about 1982 (which itself had incorporated the Borough Synagogue)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1946, becoming a district synagogue in 1958 and subsequently a constituent synagogue.

Website:

http://www.southlondonsynagogue.org.uk

Ministers:

List incomplete and, in certain cases, approximate.⁽ⁱ⁾

Rev. Stewart Myers - from 1 April 2017

Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald - from about 2011 to March 2017

Rabbi M. Lester - from about 2007 to about 2010

Rabbi Philip Ginsbury⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ - from 1982 to 2007

Rev. (later Rabbi) Israel Geoffrey Hyman (part time) - from 1980 to 1982

Rabbi Dr. A. Ehrman - during 1970s

Rev. M. H. Kibel - 1966 to early 1970s

Rabbi Philip Ginsbury - from 1959 to 1966

Rev. G. Schneider - during 1950s

Rev. M. Nemeth - from late 1940s to early 1950s

Membership Data:

Local Government Districts:

Streatham, a district in southwest London, is now in the London Borough of Lambeth, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously, Streatham was in the former Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth (established in 1900) within the former County of London (established in 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration Districts:

From 1 July 1837 - Wandsworth
Since 1 April 1965 - Lambeth