Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
LeadershipRabbi Daniel Epstein
Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld (emeritus)[1]
Location
Location1 Wallenberg Place
London W1H 7TN
Western Marble Arch Synagogue is located in Greater London
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Shown within Greater London
Geographic coordinates51°30′54″N 0°09′33″W / 51.5151°N 0.1591°W / 51.5151; -0.1591
Architecture
Date established1761; 263 years ago (1761)
Completed1961[2]
Website
marblearch.org.uk

The Western Marble Arch Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in central London. It is the result of a merger between the Western and the Marble Arch Synagogues in 1991, with the former congregation dating back to 1761. The current building is in Great Cumberland Place, Westminster. It is a leading Orthodox Judaism synagogue and offers religious and social activities to its members and the wider community.[3]

History

The Western Synagogue was founded in 1761 in Great Pulteney Street, Westminster. The congregation, formally named the Ḥevra Kadisha shel Gemilluth Ḥasadim (Hebrew: חברה קדישא של גמילות חסדים, lit. 'Holy Congregation of Acts of Charity') first met in the home of Wolf Liepman, a prosperous immigrant merchant from St. Petersburg.[2] A series of leased spaces followed until 1826 when the congregation built an elaborate synagogue in St. Alban's Place, Haymarket and renamed itself The Western Synagogue.[4]

The Western Synagogue and Marble Arch Synagogue, itself founded in 1957, merged in 1991.[3]

Notable members

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Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Our People". Western Marble Arch. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1019–1020. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
  3. ^ a b "The Western Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lindsay, Paul (1993). The Synagogues of London. London: Vallentine Mitchell. p. 66.

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