Brondesbury Synagogue

Brondesbury, London N.W.6.

Page created: 30 September 2006
Latest revision or update: 25 March 2013

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Brondesbury Synagogue

Address:

Chevening Road (south side, at junction with Carlisle Road), Brondesbury, London N.W.6.
(The building, built in 1904-5, was destroyed by arson in 1965, but then rebuilt. It was sold in 1974 to Iman Al-Khoei Foundation and is now the "premier Shia mosque" in London.)

Local Authority:

London Borough of Brent
(Until 1965, the municipal borough of Willesden in the former county of Middlesex)

Date Formed:

1900

Current Status:

Closed in 1974, with most of its members joining either the Willesden Synagogue or the Cricklewood Synagogue. The Willesden Synagogue assumed the name Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue and has now changed its name to the Brondesbury Synagogue.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1905 until its closure.

Membership Data:

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

1905	1910	1930	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
170	316	522	540	515	518	401	250

Other Congregation Information

Photographs:
- 2008 Photograph of Former Synagogue
Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Lazurus, H 1930. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)
- History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Melinek, A 1955. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp. 131-133
- other Brent sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information - IAJGS Cemetery Project:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Brent

Jewish Congregations in Greater London

Greater London home page

List of United Synagogue Congregations

Explanation of Terms Used