Warsaw Synagogue

(Gun Street Synagogue)

London E.1.

Created: 27 July 2007
Latest revision or update: 12 December 2011

Congregation Data

Official Name:	Warsaw Synagogue
Alternative Names:	Gun Street Synagogue Warsaw Congregation and Benevolent Society New Warsaw Synagogue (from an appeal in the Jewish Chronicle 24 May 1895)
Address:	37A Gun Street, Brushfield Street, Spitalfields, London E1
Incorporated Congregation:	Glory of Israel Chevra in 1907 (according to report in Jewish Chronicle of 4 January 1907) (This appears to have been a different congregation from the Glory of Israel and Sons of Klatsk Synagogue, which existed until the 1930's.)
Date Founded:	By 1895 (The lease of 37A Gun Street was dated 31 July 1895, ran from 25 March 1895. The congregation also appears in first Jewish Year Book 1896-1897)
Current Status:	Closed 1920's (based on latest appearance in Jewish Year Books)
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	An affiliated synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues. (List of Federation congregations)
Membership Data:	1896 - 84 members (Jewish Year Book 1896-7) 1897 - 76 members (Jewish Year Book 1897-8) 1904 - 70 members (Jewish Year Book 1905) 1915 - 53 members (Jewish Year Book 1916)

Other Information

Bibliography:
- "Communal Affairs in Shoreditch" by Bryan Diamond. Shemot December 2006 vol. 14/4
- "From Warsaw to Gun Street: birth of a synagogue" - Issue No. 7 (2008) of the Cable - the magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society, pp 24-32.
- 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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