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Lubner and Lomzer Synagogue

London E.1.

Created: 12 December 2006
Latest revision or update: 9 September 2009

Congregation Data

Official Name: Lubner and Lomzer Synagogue
Alternative Name: Lubiner and Lodzer Synagogue
Address: 3 Lawrence Building, Cannon Street Road, London E1
Formation:

Formed, in about 1934, by the merger of:

Lubiner Synagogue
(the Lublin Synagogue)
of 3 Lawrence Buildings,
Cannon Street Road,
London E1
Lodzer Synagogue
(the Lodz Synagogue)
80-81 Davis Mansions
New Goulston Street, London E1
Probably successor to:
Bikkur Cholim Sons of Lodz Chevra
Newcastle Street, London E1
(although this may have been a different congregation)
Founded by 1919 Bikkur Cholim Sons of Lodz had been founded by 1887 (see "Affiliation" below).  The designation "Lodz Synagogue" appears in first Jewish Book of 1896-1897.
Local Authority: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Current Status: Closed, after 1947. Amalgamated with Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue
Ritual: Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation: An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues, as were the two separate synagogues prior to the merger.  (List of Federation congregations)
Bikkur Cholim Sons of Lodz Chevra was one of the 21 or 22 original members of the Federation of Synagogues formed on 6 November 1887 ( listed by V. D. Lipman in his "Social History of the Jews in England 1850-1950" - pp120-121), although it does not appear to have been one of the congregations that attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 at which it was agreed to form the Federation.
Membership Data:

Lubiner Synagogue
1919 - 75 members  (Jewish Year Book 1920)

Lodzer Synagogue
1896 - 104 members  (Jewish Year Book 1896/7)
1905 -   50 members  (Jewish Year Book 1906)   
1915 -   63 members  (Jewish Year Book 1916)   

Other  Information

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

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