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Created: 18 August 2006
Latest revision or update: 7 January 2012
Congregation Data
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Official Name: |
The New Synagogue |
Addresses
(City of London &
Stamford Hill): |
1761-1837 - Bricklayers' Hall (Buckler's Hall, later
known as Sussex Hall), Leadenhall Street (opposite Creechurch Lane), London EC3
1838- 1911 - Great St. Helens Street, London EC3
Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, London N16 6UB (from
March 1915)
In 1987, the synagogue building was sold to the Bobov Chasidic Community
(and is used as
Chasidey Bobov D'Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth
Hemedrash).
The much-shrunken congregation continues to meet in Egerton Road, at the
Victoria Community Centre. |
| Current Status: |
Active (in Stamford Hill), but now longer meets in the
synagogue building, see above |
| Date Formed: |
1762 |
| Local Authority: |
London Borough of Hackney - (Congregations
in locality)
Previously in the City of London. |
| Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: |
One of the original five synagogues that formed the
United Synagogue in 1870, of which it remains a constituent member. (List of
United Synagogue
congregations) |
| Branch: |
Bayswater Synagogue
was a branch (jointly with the
Great
Synagogue) of the New Synagogue from 1863 to 1870. |
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Membership Data:
Lists of
Seatholders
Other Membership Data |
Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue
1870-1970, Aubrey Newman)
| 1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1920 |
1930 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
| 283 |
358 |
294 |
318 |
204 |
654 |
702 |
607 |
1,022 |
1,119 |
729 |
For the years:
1885 ;
1899 ;
1910
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1984 - 324 (Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton)
1977 - 107 (Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton) |
Other Information
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Congregation Rules & Customs
- Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
- Photographs & Other Material appearing on
http://www.coseti.org/www.oldsynagogues.org/:
- Bibliography:
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The 200-year-old New Synagogue. Levy A.B. 1960
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The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine
Mitchell, London) pp. 89-90
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The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder
Publishing) pp. 44-47
- Cemetery Information:
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Street Directory of Synagogues in East End
and City of London
Street
Directory of Congregations in Stamford Hill, Hackney and Neighbourhood
City of London & East End Congregations
Other Greater London Congregations
Explanations of Terms Used
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