North Western Reform Synagogue
| North Western Reform Synagogue | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Leadership | Clergy: RabbiJosh Levy, Rabbi Hannah Kingston, Cantor Tamara Wolfson, Rabbi Elliott Karstadt |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Alyth Gardens, Temple Fortune, London Borough of Barnet |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1936 (original synagogue), 1958 (Leo Baeck Centre), 2004 (social spaces and kindergarten) |
| Website | |
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North Western Reform Synagogue (usually known as Alyth,[1] although Alyth is strictly speaking the name of the Jewish community that was founded in 1933, the synagogue is Alyth Shul) at Temple Fortune in north west London. The synagogue was built in Alyth Gardens in 1936, on land carved out from the West London Synagogue’s cemetery in Hoop Lane.[2] Alyth is one of the largest Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom. It has around 2500 adult and 1000 child members.
Rabbis
Alyth's clergy team is Rabbi Josh Levy (since 2008), Rabbi Hannah Kingston (since 2017), Cantor Tamara Wolfson and Rabbi Elliott Karstadt
The synagogue's Rabbis and Cantors have been:[2]
- 1933 – 1938 Rabbi Solomon Starrels
- 1938 – 1942 Rev. Maurice Perlzweig, who had been elected chair of the World Union of Jewish Students in 1933 and had helped to create the World Jewish Congress
- 1942 – 1943 Rev. Vivian Simmons, on secondment from West London Synagogue
- 1943 – 1958 Rabbi Dr Werner van der Zyl, founder of Leo Baeck College[2]
- 1958 – 1972 Rev. Philip Cohen
- 1972 – 1983 Rabbi Dow Marmur
- 1983 – 2003 Rabbi Charles Emanuel
- 2003 – 2011 Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner, now Movement Rabbi at the Movement for Reform Judaism.[3]
- 2006 – 2019 Rabbi Mark Goldsmith
- 2008 – Rabbi Josh Levy
- 2015 – Rabbi Colin Eimer
- 2017 – Rabbi Hannah Kingston
- 2020 – Cantor Tamara Wolfson
- 2020 – Rabbi Elliott Karstadt
See also
- List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
- List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom
- Movement for Reform Judaism
Notes and references
- ^ The Alyth website
- ^ a b c "Our history". Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Rocker, Simon (21 July 2011). "Meet the media-savvy voice of Reform Judaism". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
External links
- Official website
- The Movement for Reform Judaism's official website
- North Western Reform Synagogue on Jewish Communities and Records – UK (hosted by jewishgen.org).
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