Congregation of Jacob Synagogue

Stepney, London E.1.

Created: approximately 2003
Latest revision or update: 3 January 2012

Congregation Data

Name:	Congregation of Jacob Synagogue
Alternative Name:	Kehillas Ya'akov
Address:	351-353 Commercial Road, Stepney, London E1 2PS (consecrated in 1921) Note: there was a Commercial Road Synagogue at 351 Commercial Road in 1919 (according to the Jewish Year Book 1920), which presumably refers to this congregation.
Congregations Incorporated:	Bikur Cholim (Visitors of Sick)., 42 Lucas (now Lukin) Street Chevra Yisroel (Society of Israel) Stetziver Synagogue, Johnson Street
Local Authority:	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Current Status:	Active - "Last remaining East European folk art synagogue in the East End."
Date Founded:	1903
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	Independent, but with affiliations to the Federation of Synagogues, of which it was a member. (List of Federation congregations) A section of members were, and some may still be, affiliated for burial rights to the West End Great Synagogue The congregation claims to be Britain's first Mizrachi (religious Zionist) synagogue.
Marriage Certification:	Registration District: Tower Hamlets
Membership Data:	1919 - 75 members (Jewish Year Book 1920 under 351 Commercial Road Synagogue)
Website:	http://www.congregationofjacob.org/

Other Information

Congregation History
Newspaper Articles:
- see congregation website - "In the News" section
Photographs:
- see congregation website - "Photo Gallery" section
Bibliography:
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) p. 55
- "Where everyone knows your name - the Cheers of synagogues" - Congregation of Jacob. Russell, David. 2007. Issue No. 4 of the Cable - the magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society, pp 24-28.
- other Tower Hamlet sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues
- Cemeteries of the West End Great Synagogue

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

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