Jewish Congregations of

the City of London

and the East End of London
 (London Borough of Tower Hamlets)

Updated 22 February 2008

     

Many of the Jews in the East End were active in the Trade Union Movement.
Among the Jewish unions was the Trousermakers' Union. Their banner was in Yiddish with an English version on the obverse.
(Photographs courtesy of Harold Pollins)

The following congregations were within the CITY OF LONDON (the historic "One Square Mile"),
generally close to the eastern boundary, and in most instances (particularly in the later period) formed a single community together with the Jews of the East End .

 

 

 

The following Congregations comprised the Jewish Community of the
EAST END OF LONDON,
all situated within the boundaries of the present
LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS.
All but four of these synagogues have now closed and several were bombed during the London Blitz. 
List of Synagogue Marriage Registers held at Tower Hamlets Register Office.
 
 

 *   Active Congregation.

 ◊   A congregation that subsequently changed its name or merged into another congregation.

(1) Congregation pages with searchable databases.

(2) Congregation pages with browsable lists.

(3) Congregation pages with articles, photographs and other contributed.

 

Click below to view London Congregations arranged as follows

  • For a Street Directory of congregations in the City and East End of London - Click Here

  • For a Street Directory of congregations in Stamford Hill and neighbourhood - Click Here

  • For London congregations (other than City & East End) (listed alphabetically) - Click Here

  • For these and other congregations listed by Affiliation to Synagogue Organisations - Click Here

  • For congregations in Greater London listed according to London Borough and Locality - Click Here

  • For congregations you cannot find in the above lists, see the list of Alternative Names - Click Here

East End Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and Other Sources

London Cemetery Information


Useful Links

Jewish East End of London - Photographs and Commentary - London's East End Synagogues - London's East End Jewish cemeteries and more

Jewish East End Celebration Society (JEECS) whose purposes include, among others, the focusing of attention on Jewish life and culture in the East End of London; disseminating information about the Jewish East End; re-establishing roots and interest in the Jewish East End; and preserving and documenting past Jewish life. Publishes the Cable magazine.

Poor Jews Temporary Shelter - A database of approx 43,000 Jews who stayed at the Shelter in Leman Street, London during the period 1896-1914

For other links, see JCR-UK - Selection of Recommended Websites.

 

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