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Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue

Stamford Hill, London N16

 

 

   
 

Page created: 3 June 2007
Latest revision or update: 13 March 2015

Congregation Data

Current Name:

Ahavat Israel Chasidey Viznitz Synagogue

Alternative Names:

Ahavat Israel Synagogue D' Chasidey Viznitz

Chasidey Wiznitz Ahavat Israel Synagogue

Former Names:

Ahavat Israel Synagogue (until early 1980's)

Ahvas Torah Synagogue (until late 1950's)

Current Address:

Wiznitz House, 89 Stamford Hill, London N16 5TP

(Location: The road Stamford Hill is a seven-eighths of a mile section of the A10 running north from Stoke Newington High Street to High Road, Tottenham. The North London districts of Stamford Hill, Upper Clapton  and some other adjoining areas include the largest concentration of Haredi Jews in Europe.)

Former Addresses:

2 Colberg Place, Stamford Hill, London N16 (until early 1970's)

97 Stamford Hill, London N16 (until late 1960's)

95 Stamford Hill, London N16 (until late 1950's, which subsequently became one of the addresses of Zeire Agudath Yisroel Beth Hamedrash)

(Location of Colberg Place: Colberg Place runs west for about 350 feet from the road Stamford Hill about 300 feet to the south of the intersection with Clapham Common and Amhurst Park.)

Current Status:

Active

Date Founded:

 About 1948 (source)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A synagogue associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

Local Government District:

Stamford Hill is in the London Borough of Hackney, an Inner London Borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Previously Stamford Hill was in the somewhat smaller former Metropolitan Borough of Hackney (established 1900) in the County of London (established 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration District:

Since 1 July 1837 - Hackney


Other Congregation Information



Street Directory of Congregations in Stamford Hill, Hackney and Neighbourhood

Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Hackney

Other Jewish Congregations in Greater London

Greater London home page

List of UOHC Congregations


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