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Clapton Federation Synagogue

Sha'are Shomayim

Clapton, London E.5.

Created: 7 November 2006
Latest revision or update: 8 September 2009

Congregation Data

Name:	Clapton Federation Synagogue
Former Names:	Sha'are Shomayim Synagogue (translation: "Gates of Heaven") Clapton Synagogue and Talmud Torah
Address:	47 Lea Bridge Road, Clapton, London E5 9QB
Date Formed:	1919
Incorporated Congregation	Yavneh Synagogue (after 1991)
Local Authority:	London Borough of Hackney - (Congregations in locality)
Current Status:	Closed about 2005
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues, subsequently becoming a constituent synagogue. (List of Federation of Synagogues congregations)

Other Information

Congregation Records & History
Photographs of the Synagogue
Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- Hackney sources
- other London Sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues

Greater London Congregations

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