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Town of Sutton
The town of Sutton
is situated in the far south of the Greater London area, adjacent to the boundary with Surrey.
Sutton is now part of the London Borough of Sutton, created on 1 April 1965.
Previously, Sutton was part of the former Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, incorporated as a borough in 1934,
which was within the County of Surrey.

Sutton Synagogue, Cedar Road
The Jewish Community
The Jewish community
in Sutton dates from World War II.
Also during World War II, the Jewish Day Nursery, as it was known, was
evacuated to Sutton. It was previously known as the Alice Model Nursery in the New Road,
east London. It was closed down
as the children reached the age of five
and went to regular schools.(i)
Congregation Data |
Name: |
Sutton & District Synagogue,
from about 1994,
generally known as Sutton & District United Synagogue(ii)
|
Former Names: |
Sutton Jewish Community (until about 1947)(iii)
Sutton Hebrew Congregation (from
about 1947 until about 1964)(iv)
Sutton Affiliated Synagogue (from about 1964 until
about 1994)(v) |
Address:
|
14 Cedar Road, Sutton SM2 5DA,
Built in 1964, the new synagogue
and communal centre, designed by architect,
J. Godfrey-Gilbert,
was consecrated on 18 October 1964
by
Chief Rabbi Dr Israel Brody.(viii)
|
Former
Addresses:
|
5 Worcester Gardens, Sutton, from 1951 until 1964.(ix)
Wellesley Lodge,
62 Brighton Road, Sutton, from at least 1948 until 1951.(x)
|
Date Formed: |
Established during World War II.(xi) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
Joined the
United Synagogue
as an affiliated synagogue in 1946.(xiii)
It became a constituent synagogue in
about 2005.(xiv) |
Website: |
https://www.suttonsynagogue.org.uk |
JSCN Link: |
Click on
Sutton & District United Synagogue
(a member community), on the Jewish Small Communities Network website.
It is currently the only congregation within Greater London to be a
member community of the Network. |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
- hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Joseph Smulovitch
- from about 1948 until about 1949.(xviii)
Rev. Avraham Moshe Rose
- from 1952 until 1962.(xix)
Rev. Maurice Joseph Golomb - from 1962 until 1963.(xx)
Rev. Irving Jacobs - from 1963 until
1966.(xxi)
Rev. Stephen Roth - from 1966 until about
1968.(xxii)
Rabbi Refoel Kahan -
from about 1970 until 1972.(xxv)
Rev. Laurence L. Tann -
from 1972 until 1982.(xxvi)
Rabbi Israel Geoffrey Hyman -
from 1982 until 1986.(xxvii)
Rev. Dr. Ze'ev Amit -
from 1987 until 2000.(xxviii)
Rabbi Reuven Groyer -
from 2000 until 2001 (five months).(xxix)
Rabbi Avromi Groner -
from 2002 until about 2008.(xxxii)
Rabbi Meir Lev -
from 2010 until about 2014.(xxxiii)
Rabbi Shmuli Sagal -
from 2015 until 2018.(xxxiv)
Rev. Shmully Aronson & Tamara Aronson -
rabbinic couple from 2019 until 2021.(xxxv)
Rev. Cantor David Rome -
from 2022 to present (July 2025).(xxxvi)
|
Lay Officers: |
All data on lay officers has been extracted from listings in
Jewish Year Books.(xxxix)
|
Chairmen
1946-1947 - M. Sugar
1947-1951 - Dr. J. Fishman
from 1951 - no data
Vice Chairmen
1946-1947 - Dr. H. Sharpes
1947-1948 - M. Hopton
from 1948 - no data
Treasurers
1946-1951 - Dr. D. Shaw
1951-1953 - F.H. Taffel
1953-1954 - V. Landau
1954-1955 - W. Phillips
1955-1956 - V. Landau
from 1956 - no data
|
Wardens
1951-1954 - J. Cohen & Dr. D. Shaw
1954-1955 - J. Cohen & J. Prizant
1955-1956 - J. Beaver & J. Prizant
from 1956 - no data
Secretaries & Hon Secretaries
1946-1947 - B. Frickers
1947-1949 - H.A. Appel
1949-1952 - Dr. S. Morris
1952-1955 - J. Beaver
1955-1962 - L. Friedler
1962-1963 - S. Dinkin
1963-1973 - J.R. Baxendale
1973-1975 - B. Dorfman
1975-1978 - A.J. Raphael
1978-1984 - M. Harris
1984-1987 - H.T. Goldberg
1987-1989 - L. Cohen
1989-1991 - L. Gooblar
|
Membership Data: |
United Synagogue
(male seat-holders)(xl)
1946 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
66 |
91 |
133 |
202 |
National Reports & Surveys(xli)
1977 - 219 male (or household) members and 46 female members
1983 - 240 male (or household) members and 50 female members
1990 -
303 members (comprising
301 households, 1 individual male member and 1 individual female member)
1996 - 273 members (comprising
268 households, 2 individual male and 2 individual female members)
2010 and 2016 - listed as having
100 to 199 members (by household)
|
Charitable Status: |
As a constituent of the United Synagogue, the
congregation operates within that organisation's registered charity
status (registered charity no. 242552).
|
Registration District (BMD): |
Sutton
from 1 April 1965xliv
-
Link to Register Office website |
Worship Registration:
|
The synagogue in
14 Cedar Road (described as the ground floor and three rooms
on first floor) is registered as a Place of Worship -
Worship Register Number 69721 - under the Places of
Worship Registration Act 1855.xlv
|
Cemetery
Information: |
For
United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue. |
Notes & Sources
(↵
returns to text above)
|
List of United Synagogue Congregations
Jewish Congregations in the London Borough of Sutton
Jewish Congregations in Greater London
Greater London home page
Page created: 25 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 25 June 2025
Page most recently amended: 1 July 2025
Research by David Shulman, assisted by Steven Jolles (rabbinic
profiles)
Formatting by David Shulman
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