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Woodford Forest United Synagogue

South Woodford, London E18

 

 

 

 


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Congregation Data

Name:

Woodford Forest United Synagogue

Address:

20 Churchfields, South Woodford, London E18 2QZ (which had been the address of the Wanstead and Woodford United Synagogue)(iii)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

Formed in February 2015 on the merger of Wanstead & Woodford United Synagogue and Waltham Forest Hebrew Congregation (a congregation affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues)(iv)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from formation.

Website:

https://www.wfus.org.uk/

Rabbinical Team:
(To view a short profile of a minister - hold the cursor over his name.)

Rabbi Yaakov Singer - interim minister, for a few months from February 2015(vii)

Rabbi Mordechai Wollenberg and Rebbetzen Blima Wollenberg - Rabbinic Couple from 2015 until present (August 2024)(viii)

Membership:

Press Reports

2015 - 1,200 members(xi)

National Reports and Surveys(xii)

2016 - listed as having 750 to 999 members (by household)

Charitable Status:

As a constituent of the United Synagogue, the congregation operates within that organisation's registered charity status (registered charity no. 242552).

Local Government District:

South Woodford, a suburb of Woodford in northeast London, is in the London Borough of Redbridge, an Outer London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London. Previously, South Woodford was in the Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford (incorporated as a borough in 1937) within the County of Essex

Bibliography -  Redbridge

Registration District (BMD):

Redbridge - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.

Notes & Sources ( returns to text above)

  • (i) and (ii) Reserved.

  • (iii) The Jewish Chronicle report of 13 February 2015 and the congregation's website.

  • (iv) The Jewish Chronicle report of 13 February 2015

  • (v) to (vi) Reserved.

  • (vii) The Jewish Chronicle report of 13 February 2015

  • (viii) The Jewish Chronicle report of 9 October 2015 and The congregation's website, last accessed August 2024. His induction took place in July 2016 (The Jewish Chronicle of 29 July 2016)

  • (ix) to (x) Reserved.

  • (xi) The Jewish Chronicle report of 13 February 2015.

  • (xii) Reports on synagogue membership in the United Kingdom, published by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and which can be viewed on the website of the Institute of Jewish Policy Research. Click HERE for links to the various reports.


List of United Synagogue Congregations

Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Redbridge

Jewish Congregations in Greater London (other than East End)

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Page created: 29 May 2017
Notes added: 26 August 2024
Page most recently amended: 26 August 2024


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