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Southend and Westcliff Hebrew CongregationSouthend-on-Sea, Essex |
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Southend and Westcliff Hebrew CongregationSouthend-on-Sea, Essex |
Created 22 March 2003
Latest Update 29 August 2006
Congregation Data
| Official Name: | Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation |
| Address: | Finchley Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 8AD (built 1968), although alternative services - the Cobham Road Minyan - are held regularly held at Jewish Care Victoria Oppenheim Day Centre in Cobham Road, as well as at the Raymond House Jewish Care Residential Home |
| Previous Addresses: | There Congregation previously had two synagogues: (1) Synagogue at 5 Avenue Road (in 1905), followed by a Synagogue at Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, built in wood in 1906, which was replaced by a Synagogue at 99 Alexandra Road, Southend-on-Sea, in 1912, which remained in use until the 1990's. (2) Synagogue at Ceylon Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, opened in 1928, initially as a rival congregation to the synagogue at Alexandra Road, but the two congregations later united. When the synagogue at Finchley Road was built in 1968, the Ceylon Road building served as a youth centre, but has now been sold. |
| Current Status: | Active |
| Date Formed: | 1906 |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: | A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
| Marriage Certification: | Group: Board of Deputies Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List: Yes Worship Number: 60869 Registration District: Southend-on-Sea |
| Membership Data: | 1915 - 145seatholders at Alexandra Road (Jewish Year Book 1916) 1919 - 200 seatholders at Alexandra Road (Jewish Year Book 1920) 1999 - 1,000 (Board of Deputies) |
| Website: | http://www.swhc.org.uk/ |
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