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Warsaw Synagogue

(Gun Street Synagogue)

London E.1.

Created 27 July 2007
Latest revision 11 August 2007

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 to exist 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)

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