East London Central Synagogue

Nelson Street, London E.1.

Created: 30 August 2006
Latest revision or update: 2 January 2012

© Reproduced with the kind permission of Leslie Bailey

View of the East London Central Synagogue, frequently referred to as the Nelson Street Synagogue,
taken October 2007

Congregation Data

Name:	East London Central Synagogue, also known as Nelson Street Synagogue (Note - there was an earlier Nelson Street Synagogue)
Previous Name:	East London Amalgamated Synagogue
Original Name:	Nelson Street Sphardish Synagogue (Hebrew name: Ohr HaChaim D'bnai Berdichev)
Address:	30/40 Nelson Street, London E1 2DS (formerly at 38/40 Nelson Street, London E1)
Local Authority:	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Current Status:	Active
Incorporated Congregation:	Belz Synagogue (by 1952) Berditchover Synagogue (by 1952) Buross Street Synagogue (by 1952) Canon Street Road Synagogue (early 1970's) Chevra Shass Commercial Road Great Synagogue (after 1968) Grove Street Great Synagogue (about 1949) Jubilee Street Zionist Synagogue (about 1967) Mile End Synagogue New Road Synagogue (1974) Philpot Street Great Synagogue (after 1956) Philpot Street Sephardish Synagogue (after 1956) Rumanian Sidney Street Synagogue (by 1952) Sons of Britchan Synagogue (September 1952)
Date Founded:	1923
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	A constituent synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues, formerly an affiliated synagogue (List of Federation congregations), although a section of members were, and some may still be, affiliated for burial rights to the West End Great Synagogue

Other Information

Information & Photographs (links):
- Jewish East End of London Photo Gallery & Comments - Around Nelson Street
- Further Photographs of Synagogue
Bibliography:
- New Road's long closed Synagogue is commemorated at Nelson Street. 2007. Issue No. 5 of the Cable - the magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society, pp 11-17.
- Plaque to Reverend Louis Levy Shaposnick and the Great Garden Street Synagogue. 2009. Issue No. 10 of the Cable - the magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society, pp 28-30.
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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