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Golders Green Synagogue
Golders Green Synagogue, Dunstan Road
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Congregation Data

Name:

Golders Green Synagogue

Address:

41 Dunstan Road, Golders Green, London NW11 8AE(ii)

Although first identified in 1917 as one of the possible options for the location of the congregation's synagogue, it was not until following much discussion with the United Synagogue and delays due to restrictions imposed during and following World War I, that agreement was reached in 1919/20 with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the acquisition of the plot at Dunstan Road for the construction of the synagogue.(iii)

The synagogue, designed by Digby L. Solomon, with a capacity to seat some 500 worshippers, was the first of many synagogues to be built in Golders Green. The foundation stone was laid on 16 October 1921 by the president of the United Synagogues, Lionel de Rothschild, MP, OBE.(iv) The synagogue was opened by Sir Robert Waley Cohen, KBE and consecrated by Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz on 10 September 1922.(v) In 1927, the building was extended, based on plans of Ernest M. Joseph, to add spacious new classrooms, robing and storage rooms, a choir area, stained glass windows as well as almost doubling the capacity of the synagogue to nearly 1,000 congregants. A stone commemorating the extension was laid on 8 May 1927 and the newly extended synagogue was opened by Sir Robert Waley Cohen and consecrated by Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz on 18 September 1927.(vi) In the late 1970s, after much deliberation, the interior was changed by the installation of a central bimah.(vii)

The synagogue was designated a Grade II Listed Building (number 1393834) on 21 May 2007. View description on Historic England website.

Formation and Previous Address:

Although the Jewish cemetery in Hoop Lane, Golders Green, opened in 1897 and Jews started to move into Golders Green soon after the underground station opened in June 1907, the first record of religious services in Golders Green was not until 1913, when a congregation of about 20 was formed for the High Festivals at the hall of the Middlesex Auto-Car Company in West Heath Drive.(ix) Although participants in this nascent congregation were approached by the recently established liberal Jewish Religious Union seeking to encourage a liberal congregation, and a Golders Green and District JRU was formed, there was no real support for the establishment of such a congregation, there being much greater demand for a congregation with a traditional form of worship.(x)

The congregation was formally established at a public meeting held at the recently opened Ionic cinema on 18 July 1915, when a committee was elected. The first services were held at Alban's Hall, North End Road, on 14 August 1915,(xi) and these premises were consecrated as the congregation's temporary synagogue on 3 September 1915, followed by a public meeting on Sunday, 5 September 1915 in the presence of Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz.(xii) The congregation remained in these premises until it moved to the Dunstan Road synagogue.

Current Status:

Active

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

The congregation became a constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue in 1922, on the move to the Dunstan Road.(xiii) However, it appears to have been an associate synagogue of the United Synagogue since March 1916.(xiv)

Website:

https://www.goldersgreenshul.org.uk

Synagogue Magazine:

The synagogue's magazine was started in the early 1980s by Rabbi Binstock.

Alternative Minyan:

In the 1990s, a group of members wanting a change in the services, to make them less formal and more participatory, set up an alternative minyan, which it was initially agreed would meet monthly in the synagogue hall. The first service was so popular that there was a call for weekly services. When this was refused by the Board of the synagogue, the alternative minyan (known as the New Minyan) moved to the near-by Jewish Vegetarian Society, whilst still remaining members of the synagogue. At one stage a split in the congregation seemed likely. However, after some time and a significant change in membership of the Board, the New Minyan was persuaded to return to the main premises, holding alternative services in the synagogue hall.(xv)

Ministers & Acting Ministers: (To view a short profile of a minister or reader - hold the cursor over his name.)

Rev. Nathan Levine - temporary minister (and second reader) from 1915 until 1916.(xvii)

Rev. Isaac Livingstone - minister from 1916 until 1954.(xviii)

Rabbi Dr Eugene Newman - minister from 1954 until January 1977.(xix)

Dayan Morris Swift (first period) - acting minister from 1977 until 1978.(xx)

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - minister from 1978 until 1982.(xxi)

Dayan Morris Swift (second period) - acting minister from June 1982 until 1983.(xxiv)

Rabbi (later Dayan) Ivan Binstock - minister from September 1983 until 1996.(xxv)

Rabbi Saul Djanogly - acting minister in 1997/8.(xxvi)

Rev. (later Rabbi) David Katanka - reader from 1990, later minister until 2000.(xxvii)

Rabbi Antony Lipman - acting minister from 2000 until 2001.(xxviii)

Rabbi Harvey Belovski & Rebbetzen Vicki Belovski - senior rabbinic couple from 2003 until 2023.(xxxi)

Rabbi Ben Kurzer & Rebbetzen Abi Kurzer - senior rabbinic couple from May 2024 until present (December 2025).(xxxii)

Assistant Minister:

Rabbi Sam Fromson and Rebbetzin Dr Hadassah Fromson - community rabbinic couple from 2015 until present (December 2025).(xxxvi)

Readers:

Rev. Sydney M. Ellis - assistant reader from 1916 until 1918.(xl)

Rev. Asher Littenberg - reader from 1927 until 1935.(xli)

Rev. Moshe Taschlicky - reader from 1936 until November 1969.(xlii)

Rev. Meir Finkelstein - reader from 1970 until 1974.(xliii)

Rev. Chaim Abramovitz - reader from 1975 until 1982.(xlvi)

Rev. Michael Binstock - reader from 1982 until 1990.(xlvii)

Rev. David Katanka - see above

Honorary Officers:

The data below has, in most instances, been extracted from the list of "Officers of the Congregation" appearing on pp. 143/149 (Appendix 1) of Helen Fry's Golders Green Synagogue, the First Hundred Years ("Appendix 1"). However, generally as regards Wardens and Financial Representatives from 1923 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, such data has been varified against listings in Jewish Year Books.(li) A note is provided where there is a discrepancy between the two sources.

Wardens

1922 - Benjamin Drage & H.M. Lush

1922-1924 - Benjamin Drage & Joseph Hymans

1924-1926 - Joseph Hymans & Jimmy Seaford

1926-1928 - Joseph Hymans & Clr. J.D. Somper, JP

1928-1929 - Clr. J.D. Somper, JP & L. Hyams

1929-1931 - L. Bernstein & Jacob Greenbaum(lii)

1931-1932 - Jacob Greenbaum & Philip Jacobs

1932-1933 - Philip Jacobs & S. London

1933-1935 - Ald. Sidney Bolsom & S. London

1935-1937 - Ald. Sidney Bolsom & Myer Freedman(liii)

1937-1939 - Myer Freedman & H. Hyman

1939-1940 - H. Hyman & Sol Karet

1940-1941 - H. Hyman & S. Josephs

1941-1943 - S. Josephs & H. Jacobs

1943-1945 - H. Jacobs & Arthur Taylor

1945-1947 - Arthur Taylor & Alfred Woolf

1947-1951 - Alfred Woolf & Charles Barclay, JP(liv)

1951-1953 - Charles Barclay, JP & Barnet Beckman

1953-1955 - Barnet Beckman & Myer Harris

1955-1957 - Myer Harris & Morris Laufer

1957-1958 - Morris Laufer & Robert Epstein

1958-1959 - Morris Laufer & Seymour Craig

1959-1963 - Seymour Craig & Michael Balin

1963-1965 - Michael Balin & Ian Hershman

1965-1967 - Ian Hershman & Philip Cohen

1967-1968 - Philip Cohen & Benjamin Rose

1968-1971 - Benjamin Rose & Sidney Torrance

1971-1973 - Sidney Torrance & Simon Rurka

1973-1975 - Judah Blackman & David Gadalla

1975-1976 - David Gadalla & Cecil Oberman

1976-1977 - Leslie M. Green & Prof. Alfred Neuberger, CBE

1977-1979 - Leslie M. Green & David Gadalla

1979-1980 - Leslie M. Green & Edward Green

1980-1981 - Leslie M. Green

1981-1983 - Leslie M. Green & Gabriel White

1983-1984 - Gabriel White & David Shapiro

1984-1985 - Leslie Green & David Crossley

1985-1988 - Leslie Green & David Shapiro

1988-1990 - Leslie Green & Abraham Bernstein

1990-1993 - Leslie Green & I. Freiberger

1993-1995 - Philip Solomons & Saul Morris

1995-1997 - Philip Solomons & Stephen Shaw

1997-1998 - Philip Solomons

1998-1999 - Philip Solomons & Terence Sopel

1999-2000 - Joe Friedman & Terence Sopel

2000-2001 - Joe Friedman

2001-2005 - Joe Friedman & Benny Chain

2005-2006 - Benny Chain

President

1915-1922 - Benjamin Drage(lv)

 

Vice Presidents

1915-1916 - J. Victor

1916-1917 - H.L. Brown

1917-1922 - H.M. Lush(lvi)

 

Treasurer

1915-1922 - Sol Karet(lvii)

Financial Representatives

1922-1925 - Sol Karet

1925-1928 - Clr. J.W. Rosenthal

1928-1929 - Jacob Greenbaum

1929-1931 - Philip Jacobs(lviii)

1931-1933 - Ald. Sidney Bolsom

1933-1935 - S. Josephs

1935-1939 - Sol Karet

1939-1943 - Arthur Taylor

1943-1945 - Alfred Woolf

1945-1947 - Clr Charles Barclay

1947-1951 - Michael Horne

1951-1953 - Myer Harris

1953-1954 - Bruno Marmorstein

1954-1955 - Morris Laufer

1955-1957 - Robert Epstein

1957-1958 - Seymour Craig

1958-1959 - Michael Balin

1959-1963 - Ian Hershman

1963-1965 - Philip Cohen

1965-1967 - Benjamin Rose

1967-1968 - Sidney Torrance

1968-1971 - Simon Rurka

1971-1973 - Judah Blackman

1973-1975 - J. Asher Blau

1975-1976 - Leslie M. Green

1976-1977 - David Gadalla

1977-1979 - Edward Conway

1979-1980 - David Gadalla

1980-1981 - Gabriel White

1981-1983 - David Crossley

1983-1989 - Morris Woolf

1991-1999 - David Tarlow

1999-2001 - Dr Simon Cohen

2001-2007 - Philip Goodman

Appendix 1 also lists Wardens and Financial Representatives who served after 2006/7 until 2016, as well as Chairmen 1995-2005 and 2010-2016 and Vice Chairmen 1995-1997 and 2005-2016.

Secretaries and Hon. Secretaries:

Unless otherwise stated, the data congregation's secretaries has been extracted from Jewish Year Books. At certain times, in particular during the ministry of Rev. Livingstone, the office of secretary and hon. secretary were split.

1915-1916 - George Cohen & Joseph Hyams(lxi)

1916-1922 - Joseph Hyams(lxii)

1918-1953 - Rev. Isaac Livingstone(lxiii)

1936-1948 - Myer Harris(lxiv)

1948-1952 - N. Wernick

1952-1983 - Harry S. Ward

1985-1987 - Mrs. L. Conway

1987-1988 - E. Ezekiel

Membership Data:

General(lxvii)

1915 - 20 members

1917 - 30 members(lxviii)

1918 - 116 households

1919 - 140 male and 125 females representing 150 households

1922 - 200 male and 150 female members

1924 - 271 male and 200 female members

United Synagogue (male seat-holders)(lxix)

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

533

639

959

1011

829
National Reports & Surveys(lxx)

1977 - 721 male (or household) members and 283 female members

1983 - 650 male (or household) members and 270 female members

1990 - 813 members (comprising 754 households, 11 individual male and 48 individual female members)

1996 - 673 members (comprising 577 households, 49 individual male and 47 individual female members)

2010 and 2016 - listed as having 300 to 399 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).

Local Government Districts:

Golders Green, a residential suburb in Northwest London with a substantial Jewish population, is in London Borough of Barnet, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.(lxxi)

Previously, Golders Green was in the Municipal Borough of Hendon (which was an urban district until 1932) in the County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.

Registration District (BMD):

Barnet from 1 April 1999(lxxii) - Link to Register Office website

Worship Registration:

The synagogue in Dunstan Road is registered as a Place of Worship - Worship Register Number 48679 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.(lxxiii)

Cemetery
Information:

For United Synagogue cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the United Synagogue.

 

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The records in the database specifically associated with the Golder Green Synagogue include:

  • Seatholders List:

    • 1933 (627 records)

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Notable Members of this Congregation

  • Alderman Sidney Bolsom, FRGS (1879-1947), a hon. officer of the congregation, was mayor of St Pancras 1932-1933. In 1934 he was elected to represent St Pancras North on the London County Council as a member of the Municipal Reform Party.

  • Sir Benjamin Drage (c.1878-1952), a prominent British Jewish philanthropist, furniture store owner, and active community figure, was a founder and first president of the congregation. He later joined the West London Synagogue and served as one of its wardens. Following World War II, he donated his estate, Weir Courtney in Lingfield, Surrey, as a safe haven for Holocaust survivor children, facilitating their recovery and eventual integration into Britain.

 

Other Organisations & Institutions
connected to this congregation

Educational

  • Hebrew & Religious Classes - founded with the establishment of the congregation. The purpose of the meeting of 18 July 1915, at which the congregation was formed, was driven primarily by educational concerns in order to provide religious education for local Jewish families and continuity of Jewish tradition.(lxxx) In December 1916, the Golders Green classes were granted constituent status in the UHRC (Union of Hebrew and Religious Classes).(lxxxi)
    Number of pupils:(lxxxii)
    Dec-1916 Jun-1917 Oct-1917 1918 1921 1922 1923 1932 1930 1937 1950 c.1955
    36 41 28 34 50 52 75 c.200 154 175 226 296

  • Rimon Jewish Primary School - situated as part of the synagogue complex. First intake of pupils was in September 2012.(lxxxiii)

Other Institutions

  • Ladies Committee - founded with, or shortly following, the establishment of the congregation in 1915/6.(lxxxvi)

  • Golders Green Literary & Social Circle (Jewish Circle) - founded, by November 1916, shortly following the establishment of the congrregation, by Rev. Isaac Livingstone., who was its inital president.(lxxxvii)

  • Golders Green Orphan's Aid Society - founded in 1916(lxxxviii).

  • Halapid, a young Zionist society and a New Zionist Society were founded in the 1930s.(lxxxix)

  • Golders Green Jewish Youth Group - founded by May 1943 and formally opened on 18 July 1943 and initially led by David Manuel.(xc)

  • Golders Green Combined Charities - founded in 1950s.(xci)

 

Notes & Sources
(↵ returns to text above)

  • (i) Reserved.

  • (ii) This was the address listed in Jewish Year Books from 1923 through the last edition (2015). ↵

  • (iii) Helen Fry's Golders Green Synagogue: The First Hundred Years, 2016 ("Fry's History"), pp.38/9. ↵

  • (iv) Lynne Fertleman's The Establishment of Golders Green Synagogue ("Fertleman's History"), image of plaque on p.13 and Pam Fox's The Jewish Community of Golders Green (2016) (Fox's History), p. 82. ↵

  • (v) Fry's History, pp.42/3 and Fertleman's History, p.16. ↵

  • (vi) Fry's History, pp. 27-29 and Sharman Kadish's Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland, pp.64/5. ↵

  • (vii) Fry's History, pp. 108/9. ↵

  • (viii) Reserved.

  • (ix) Fertleman's History, p.5. ↵

  • (x) Fox's History, p. 80. ↵

  • (xi) Fry's History, pp.23/4 and Fertleman's History, pp.5/6. This was the address listed for the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1916 through 1922. ↵

  • (xii) Fry's History, pp.24. ↵

  • (xiii) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977) ("Newman's History of the US"), page 221 ↵

  • (xiv) Fry's History, pp. 22 and 25, although not among the congregations listed in Newman's History of the US, p. 223, as former associate synagogues of the United Synagogue. ↵

  • (xv) Fox's History pp. 97/98 and Fry's History, pp. 123/4. ↵

  • (xvi) Reserved.

  • (xvii) Rev. Levine took up his post on 2 October 1915 and at the a meeting of the congregation's committee of 13 February 1916 it was reported that he had instituted bible classes for the congregation's children (Fry's History, p. 26). He was, according to Fry, the congregation's first minister and was succeeded by Rev. Livingstone (p.49). ↵

  • (xviii) Rev. Livingstone was elected minister at the Board of Management meeting of 6 August 1916 and inducted on 27 September 1916 (Fry's History, p. 48). 1954 is generally given as his year of retirement (including in Fry's History, p. 51), although in Fry's History, pp. 50, 89, she refers to him retiring in 1953. He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1917 through 1954 and was thereafter named as emeritus minister until 1979. ↵

  • (xix) The Jewish Chronicle of 9 April 1954 reported the induction of Rev. Newman as minister of the congregation on 23 March 1954. He died in office on 1 January 1977 (Fry's History, p. 53). He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1955 through 1977. ↵

  • (xx) Fry's History, p. 108. ↵

  • (xxi) The Jewish Chronicle of 2 June 1978 reported that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was elected minister of the Golders Green Synagogue at a members' meeting last week and on 5 March 1982 it reported the appointment of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks to an important new chair at Jews' College. He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1979 through 1982. ↵

  • (xxii) and (xxiii) Reserved.

  • (xxiv) Fry's History, p. 113. ↵

  • (xxv) At a meeting of the Board of Management on 26 August 1982, it was resolved to invite Rev. Binstock (then in Jerusalem finishing his semicha) to become minister of the congregation from 1 September 1983 (Fry's History, p. 114). The Jewish Chronicle of 2 September 1983 reported that at Golders Green Synagogue, Rabbi Ivan Binstock will deliver his inaugural sermon during the Morning Service. On 12 January 1996 it reported that Dayan Ivan Binstock, the current minister of Golders Green, was leaving for St John's Wood in May after 12 years' service. He was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books from 1984 through 1997. ↵

  • (xxvi) Based upon Rabbi Djanogly's listing as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1998 and 1999. ↵

  • (xxvi) The Jewish Chronicle of 7 September 1990 reported on David Katanka's final Shabbat service at Sheffield before joining Golders Green Synagogue and on 21 July 2000 it reported that the Synagogue hosted a concert to give Rabbi David Katanka a choral send-off before his departure for Liverpool. Although he was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books from 1991 through 2000, Fry's History, p. 121 states that, following the departure of Rabbi Binstock, Rabbi Katanka was appointed minister, having been awarded semicha, leading the congregation through one of the most troubled times in its history. ↵

  • (xxviii) LinkedIn account. ↵

  • (xxix) and (xxx) Reserved.

  • (xxxi) Profile formerly on the congregation's website, accessed July 2021, and Jewish Chronicle report of 24 October 2022 "Golders Green Synagogue's senior rabbi announces his departure", to take effect towards the end of 2023. Rabbi Belovski was listed as minister of the congregation in Jewish Year Books from 2004 through the last edition (2015). ↵

  • (xxxii) Profile on congregation's website, accessed December 2025. ↵

  • (xxxiii) to (xxxv) Reserved.

  • (xxxvi) Profile on congregation's website, accessed December 2025. ↵

  • (xxxvii) to (xxxix) Reserved.

  • (xl) Fertleman's History, p.7. Rev. S.M. Ellis was listed as assistant reader of the congregation in the Jewish Year Book from 1918. ↵

  • (xli) The Jewish Chronicle of 7 January 1927 reported that a special meeting of the seatholders was held last Sunday at the Synagogue, Dunstan Road, when the recommendation of the Board of Management to appoint the Rev A. Littenberg (the only candidate) as reader of the Synagogue was unanimously adopted. On 7 May 1937 it reported that a presentation would be made to the Rev. A. Littenberg, who retired two years ago as reader of the Congregation. He was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books from 1924 through 1934. ↵

  • (xlii) The Jewish Chronicle of 27 March 1936 reported that at a Special General Meeting of the members of the Synagogue held on Sunday, the recommendation of the Board of Management to elect the Rev. M. Taschlicky as Reader of the Synagogue was unanimously agreed to and on 4 September 1970 it reported that at Golders Green, Rev M. Taschlicky, had retired the previous November. He was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1936 and 1970. ↵

  • (xliii) The Jewish Chronicle of 4 September 1970 reported Rev. Finkelstein's appointment as reader of the congregation and on 11 January 1974 it reported that Rev Meir Finkelstein, aged 22, reader of the Golders Green (United) Synagogue for the past three years, is leaving at the end of next month to become cantor of the Beth Hillel Conservative congregation in Chicago. He was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1972 and 1975. ↵

  • (xliv) to (xlv) Reserved.

  • (xlvi) The Jewish Chronicle of 11 July 1975 reported that the Rev Chaim Abramovitz, of the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, Leeds, has been appointed chazan at the Golders Green Synagogue. He takes up his new post on August 8. On 18 June 1982 it reported that the Rev Chaim Abramovitz had just taken up his appointment as the new chazan of St Johns Wood. He was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1976 and 1982. ↵

  • (xlvii) The Jewish Chronicle of 10 September 1982 repoted that Golders Green Synagogue is also seeking a reader, to replace the Rev Chaim Abramovitz who moved to St John's Wood Synagogue earlier this year. The temporary cantor at the synagogue has been the Rev Michael Binstock, a cousin of the new minister. On 27 July 1990 it reported that Rev Michael Binstock will conduct his Valedictory Service at Golders Green, on Shabbat, 28 July. He was listed as reader of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1985 and 1990. ↵

  • (xlviii) to (l) Reserved.

  • (li) Where a person is first listed in a year book as holding a particular office, it has been assumed that his term of office commenced in the year of publication of the relevant year book (which was generally towards the end of the year prior to the year appearing in the title of the year book) and that he continued in office until the commencement of office of his successor. Jewish Year Books were not published during WWII subsequent to 1940. There were no Jewish Year Book listings of officers (other than secretary) subsequent to 1956. ↵

  • (lii) Listed in Jewish Year Books 1930 and 1931, but not listed in Fry's History, Appendix 1, which lists Messrs Greenbaum and Jacobs aw wardens during such period. ↵

  • (liii) Based on Jewish Year Book listing. Fry's History, Appendix 1 lists S. London as a warden unti 1935 and M. Freeman's term commencing in 1936. ↵

  • (liv) Jewish Year Books 1948 through 1951 lists C. Barclay as the first (presumably senior) warden. ↵

  • (lv) Also listed as president in Jewish Year Books 1918 through 1923. Benjamin Drake was later Sir Benjamin Drake.  ↵

  • (lvi) Also listed as vice president in Jewish Year Books 1919 through 1923. ↵

  • (lvii) Also listed as treasurer in Jewish Year Books 1917 through 1923. ↵

  • (lviii) Listed in Jewish Year Books 1930 and 1931, but not listed in Fry's History, Appendix 1, which lists S. Bolsom as FR during such period. ↵

  • (lix) and (lx) Reserved.

  • (li) Both G. Cohen and J. Hyams were listed as hon. secretary in the Jewish Year Books 1916 and 1917. However, Fry's History p.25 states that George Cohen tenderd his resignation in 1916 as hon. secretary and was succeeded by Mr. Jacobs, although he is nowhere else listed as secretary ↵

  • (lxii) Apart from the listing in Jewish Year Books 1916 and 1917, J. Hyams was listed as hon. secretary in the Jewish Year Books 1918 through 1923. In Fry's History, Appendix 1 he is listed as hon. secretary from 1917 to 1922. ↵

  • (lxiii) Rev. Livingston was listed as secretary in Jewish Year Books from 1918 through 1954, although until 1923 and from 1938 a separate hon. secretary was listed, ↵

  • (lxiv) M. Harris was listed as hon. secretary in Jewish Year Books from 1938 through 1948 (except for years 1940-45, when publication ceased). Fry's History, p. 85 refers to a presentation being made to M. Harris in 1946 for serving as secretary for ten years. ↵

  • (lxv) to (lxvii) Reserved.

  • (lxvii) Unless otherwise indicated, Fry's History, pp. 38, 34, 38, 43 and 60, respectively. ↵

  • (lxviii) The Jewish Chronicle, 28 September 1979. ↵

  • (lxix) The United Synagogue 1870-1970 by Aubrey Newman (1977), pages 218/9. ↵

  • (lxx) Reports on synagogue membership in the United Kingdom, published by or on behalf of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and which can be viewed on the website of the Institute of Jewish Policy Research. Click HERE for links to the various reports. ↵

  • (lxxi) The London Borough of Barnet, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the the Municipal Boroughs of Hendon and Finchley and the Urban District of Friern Barnet (all of which had been in the former county of Middlesex) with the Urban Districts of Barnet and East Barnet (both of which had been part of the county of Hertfordshire). The former Municipal Borough of Hendon comprised the former Hendon Urban District and part of the former Hendon Rural District (both created in 1894). ↵

  • (lxxii) The former Registration District was Hendon, from 1 July 1837 until 1 April 1999. All registers would now be held by current register office. ↵

  • (lxxiii) Page 13 of the 2010 List of Places of Worship ↵

  • (lxxiv) to (lxxix) Reserved.

  • (lxxx) Fry's History, p. 21. ↵

  • (lxxxi) Fertleman's History, p.7. ↵

  • (lxxxii) Fry's History, pp. 33, 66, 68, 70, 90 and 94 and Jewish Year Books 1922. 1923 and 1924. ↵

  • (lxxxiii) Fry's History, pp. 130/1. ↵

  • (lxxxiv) and (lxxxv) Reserved.

  • (lxxxvi) Fry's History, p. 23 and Fertleman's History, p.11 and Fox's History, p. 86. First listed in Jewish Year Book 1919, with Mrs B. Drage as president, followed in about 1924 by Mrs. I. Livingstone. ↵

  • (lxxxvii) Fry's History, p. 26 and Fertleman's History, p.11. First listed in Jewish Year Book 1919, with Rev. Livingstone as president. ↵

  • (lxxxviii) Fry's History, p. 25, although not listed in Jewish Year Books until 1924, M.P. Kemper as president. ↵

  • (lxxxviii) Fry's History, p. 67. ↵

  • (xc) Fry's History, p. 77. ↵

  • (xci) Fry's History, p. 92. ↵


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