"Jerusalem" Chevra

London E.1.

Created: 7 August 2007
Latest revision or update: 12 December 2011

Congregation Data

Name:	"Kovno" Chevra
Address:	Catherine Wheel Alley, London E1
Local Authority:	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Date Founded:	By 1887
Current Status:	Closed, presumably by 1896, as the congregation is not listed in the first Jewish Year Book 1896-1897.
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	One one of the 21 or 22 original members of the Federation of Synagogues formed on 6 November 1887 (listed by V. D. Lipman in his "Social History of the Jews in England 1850-1950" - pp 120-121), although it does not appear to have been one of the congregations that attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 at which it was agreed to form the Federation. (List of Federation congregations)

Other Information

Bibliography:
- Tower Hamlet sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

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