Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Official Name:

The Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Address:

32 Great Cumberland Place, London W1H 7TN

Formation:

Formed in 1991 by the merger of:

The Western Synagogue of:

The Marble Arch Synagogue

• Crawford Street, Marylebone, London W1 (1957-1991)

• Carton Hall (the former "Royal Chapel of the French Exile"), Carton Street, George Street, Marylebone, London W1 (1947-1957)

• Max Rosin Hall (the adjoining "shop" to Grotarian Hall), Wigmore Street, London W1 (1943-1947)

• Grotarian Hall, Wigmore Street, London W1 (1943, destroyed by German incendiary raid)

• Alfred Place, Bedford Square, London WC1 (1915-1941), destroyed in a German bombing raid, which killed 27 victims sheltering in the basement of the adjoining Girls' Club (also used as the synagogue building of the West Central Liberal Synagogue, including members of the synagogue and their families)

• 40 Whitfield Street, Tottenham Court Road, London W1 (1914-1915 - temporary)

• St. Alban's Place, Haymarket, London SW1 (1826-1914)

• The former Sans Souci Theatre ("Charles Dibdin's" Theatre), Denmark Court, Strand, London WC2 (1774-1826)

• Bedford Row, Denmark Court, Strand, London WC2 (1774-1826)

• Back Alley, Denmark Court, Strand, London WC2 (1765-1774)

• Great Pulteney Street, London W1 (approximately 1761-1765) - home of Wolf Liepman

of 32 Great Cumberland Place, London W1
(consecrated 1961)

Initial name: Hebra Kaddisha shel Gemillith
Hassadim, Westminster or Holy Congregation of the Assembly of Israel of Westminster (or the Westminster Congregation) until 1832

Founded 1761

Founded 1954

Current Status:

Active

Local Authority:

London Borough of the City of Westminster

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

An associate synagogue of the United Synagogue since the 1991 merger (the only synagogue with such status).
Prior to the merger, Marble Arch Synagogue had been an affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1954 and a constituent synagogue from 1961.  The Western Synagogue had been independent from its inception until the merger.

Secessionist Congregation:

In 1810, a secessionist movement established a rival congregation initially in Dean Street (known in Hebrew as the Amudae Yesharim Congregation) and was later re-established in Maiden Lane. Re-union took place in 1907, with the closure of the
Maiden Lane Synagogue.

Website:

http://www.wma-synagogue.org

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders of Marble Arch Synagogue (United Synagogue 1870-1970)