Great Garden Street Synagogue

Greatorex Street, London E.1.

Created: 3 December 2006
Latest revision or update: 2 January 2012

Congregation Data

Name:	Great Garden Street Synagogue
Address:	7/11 Greatorex Street (formerly known as Great Garden Street), Whitechapel, London E1 5NF
Local Authority:	London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Date Founded:	1894
Current Status:	Closed, after 1991
Incorporated Congregations:	Lodzer Synagogue
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	Was a constituent synagogue of the Federation of Synagogues (List of Federation congregations) , although a section of members were, and same may still be, affiliated for burial rights to the West End Great Synagogue.
Membership Data:	1905 - 151 members (Jewish Year Book 1906) 1915 - 158 members (Jewish Year Book 1916)
Former Minister:	Rev. Louis Levy Shaposnick - 1941 - 1982

Other Information

Photographs:
- Site of Former Synagogue
Bibliography:
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) pp. 64-65
- Plaque to Reverend Louise 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.
- Tower Hamlet sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues
- Cemeteries of the West End Great Synagogue

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

East End Congregations

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