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West London Synagogue of British Jews

Upper Berkeley Street, London W.1.

 

              

         
 


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Latest revision or update: 24 November 2011


                  

The West London Synagogue, Upper Berkeley Street (May 2008)
Reproduced with kind permission © Leslie Bailey 2008

Congregation Data

Name: West London Synagogue of British Jews
Addresses: 34 Upper Berkeley Street, London W1 (consecrated 22 September 1870)
Synagogue offices at 33 Seymour Place, London W1H 5AU
Former Addresses: Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London W1 (1849 to 1870)
Burton Street, St. Pancras, London WC1 (1841 to 1849)
Local Authority: City of Westminster  - (Congregations in the locality)
Current Status: Active
Date Founded: 15 April 1840 - Resolution to establish congregation
1841 - Establishment of congregation
27 January 1842 - First Synagogue consecrated (Burton Street)
Ritual: Reform - the first reform synagogue in the United Kingdom
Affiliation: A constituent, and the premier synagogue, of the Movement for Reform Judaism (formerly the Reform Synagogues of Great Britain).  (List of Reform Synagogue congregations) 
Marriage Certification: Group: West London Synagogue;
Registration District: Westminster
Website: http://www.wls.org.uk
Membership Data: 1965 -  approx. 2,500 families (Jewish Year Book 1966)
2006 -  approx. 3,500 members

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