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Agudath Achim SynagogueOld Castle StreetAldgate, London E.1. |
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Agudath Achim SynagogueOld Castle StreetAldgate, London E.1. |
Congregation Data
| Official Name: | Agudath Achim Synagogue |
| Former Names: | Old Castle Street Synagogue (Chabad) "Peace & Truth " Chevra (Shalom v'Emess Chevra) (All the above are believe to be different names for the same congregation, although possibly, one or other of the names relate to a separate congregation.) |
| Address: | 42 Old Castle Street, Aldgate, London E1 |
| Local Authority: | London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| Date Founded: | Early to mid 1880's |
| Current Status: | Closed, after 1966 |
| Ritual: | Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
| Affiliation: | "Peace & Truth " Chevra was one of the congregations that attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 to form the Federation of Synagogues, and became one of the original federated synagogues on 6 November 1887. (List of Federation congregations) |
| Membership Data: | 1870 - 120 members (Social History
of Jews in England, V. D. Lipman, p74) 1896 - 130 members (Jewish Year Book 1896-1897) 1905 - 160 members (Jewish Year Book 1906) 1915 - 134 members (Jewish Year Book 1916) |
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