Congregation Data |
Working Name: |
Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue from September 2023(i) |
Legal Name of the Congregation and Previous Logo: |
South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue (often referred to as
SWESRS) |
Foundation, Previous Names and Merger: |
In 1956
the congregation was founded, as S.W. Essex Synagogue.(ii)
In about 1966, it changed its name to
South-West Essex Reform Synagogue (known as
SWERS), later spelled South West Essex Reform Synagogue.(iii)
In 1997 the congregation merged with the Settlement Synagogue
and the name South West Essex and Settlement Reform Synagogue was adopted.(iv) |
Address: |
Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex IG2
7PL (from about 1966)(vi) |
Previous Address: |
112 Balfour Road, Ilford, Essex (from about 1958
until about 1966)(vii)
Initially the congregation met in members' homes and then in the Labour
Hall in Ilford, Essex.(viii) |
Branch Synagogue: |
For some year following the 1997 merger, until
at least 2008, Sabbath
services were also held (as the Stepney Branch of the
merged congregation) at the premises previously used by the Settlement
Synagogue, 2 Beaumont Grove (now Raine House), Stepney Green, London E1 4NQ.(ix) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Ritual: |
Reform |
Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the
Movement for Reform
Judaism (formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain). |
Website: |
https://swesrs.org.uk/ |
Senior Ministers:
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hold the cursor over his or her name. |
Rabbi Alan W. Miller
- From about 1958 until about 1961(xi)
Rabbi Dow Marmur
- from about 1963 until about 1969(xii)
Rabbi Nicholas Ginsbury
- from about 1970 until about 1973(xiii)
Rabbi Henry Goldstein
- from 1973 until 2001, and thereafter emeritus(xiv)
Rabbi Lawrence Rigál
- from 1997 until about 2006, and thereafter emeritus(xv)
Rabbi Maurice Arnold Michaels
- from about 2000 until about 2011, and thereafter emeritus(xvi)
Rabbi Stephen Howard (part-time temporary)
- from November 2011 until September 2012(xviii)
Rabbi Nancy Morris
- from September 2012 until December 2014(xix)
Rabbi Dr. Jacqueline (Jackie) Tabick
(part time temporary) - January 2015 until April 2016(xx)
Rabbi Lisa Barrett
- from April 2016 until 2021(xxi)
Rabbi Jordan Helfman
- from January 2022 until present (September 2023)(xxii)
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Associate or Junior Rabbis: |
Rabbi G.C. Goldberg
- from about 1978 until about 1980(xxiii)
Rabbi Howard Cooper
- from about 1980 until about 1982(xxiv)
Rabbi Michael Pertz
- from about 2004 until about 2011(xxv)
Rabbi Lev Taylor
- from July 2022 until present (September 2023)(xxvi)
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Membership Data: |
National Reports & Surveys(xxxi)
1977 - 675 male (or household) members and 73 female members
1983 - 779 male (or household) members and 61 female members
1990 - 1,035 members (comprising 674 households, 125 individual male and 236 individual female members)
1996 - 971 members (households)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 750 to 999 members
(by household) |
Charitable Status: |
The
congregation is a
registered unincorporated charity (no. 236663), registered on 10 May 1965, the governing document being the
congregation's Constitution, as
amended 30 Setember 1999.(xxxii) It appears that prior to the 1997 merger,
The Settlement Synagogue was the registered charity under this number. |
Local Government District: |
Ilford, a suburb in northeast London, is in
the London Borough of Redbridge and was previously (until 1 April
1965) in the former Municipal Borough of Ilford
within the County of Essex.(xxxiii)
Bibliography - Redbridge |
Registration District (BMD): |
Redbridge(xxxiv) - Link to
Register Office website |
Cemetery Information: |
Membership of the synagogue includes burial rights through the
Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS) at one of its cemeteries,
principally the Western Cemetery in Cheshunt. There is
also the option (through the JJBS) of a Woodland Burial in Cheshunt or cremation at Golders Green Crematorium.
Special arrangements may, however, exist for ceartain members who had
previously been members of the Settlement Synagogue. |
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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Bibliography, On-line Articles and Other Material relating to this Congregation
on JCR-UK
on Third Party websites
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List of Reform Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Redbridge
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: 10 December 2018
Latest revision or update: 14
September 2023
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