East London Synagogue

Stepney Green, London E.1.

Created: 30 August 2006
Latest revision or update: 9 September 2009

Congregation Data

Official Name:

East London Synagogue

Address:

52 Rectory Square, Stepney Green, London E1 3NG

Local Authority:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Date Formed:

1877 - It was the first synagogue to be erected under the auspices of the United Synagogue. (Foundation stone laid in 1873)

Current Status:

Building sold in 1987 (building converted to apartments). Congregates initially moved into an adjoining community centre. In 1993, remaining congregants merged with Hackney Synagogue, which changed its name to Hackney & East London Synagogue

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1877 until its closure. (List of United Synagogue congregations)

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)

1877	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
221	227	272	345	340	397	383	359	411	467	376

Other Information

Records
Congregation History
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp. 90-94
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) p. 53-55
- The Curious Case of Hyman Samuel - in Issue No.9 (pages 44-48) of The Cable - the magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society [2009].
- other Tower Hamlets sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

Explanation of Terms Used

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