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JCR-UK is a genealogical and historical website. It is not the official website of the organisation discussed below.

Chabad Lubavitch UK Network

Chabad-Lubavitch (or simply "Chabad" or "Lubavitch") is a major global Chasidic movement within Orthodox Judaism, founded in 1775. It is renowned for its vast worldwide network of community centres, often called "Chabad Houses" or Beit Chabad.

Basic Data

Name:

Chabad Lubavitch UK

Head Office:

Lubavitch House.

Date Founded:

About 1948

Ritual:

Ashkenazi / Chassidic

Affiliation:

Affiliated to Agudas Chassidei Chabad (Association of the Chasidim of Chabad)

Website:

https://www.chabad.org.uk

Charitable Status:

Chabad Lubavitch UK is a registered charity (No: 227638), registered on 24 February 1964. The Governing Document is a Declaration of Trust dated 21 January 1959, as amended by a Supplemental Deed dated 6 December 1994, as amended by a Scheme dated 16 October 2018 as amended 17 October 2018.1.

History of Chabad Lubavitch UK

Before World War II the only Lubavitch presence in Britain were two synagogues in Manchester and one (in Old Castle Street) in London's East End, as well as a beis hamedrash in Stamford Hill. In 1948 the then Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, sent Rabbi Benzion Shemtov to London tasked with organising a Chabad-Lubavitch presence in order to strengthen Jewish education throughout the UK and Europe.

Rabbi Shemtov chose Stamford Hill as the centre of his activities and his home in Cranwich Road became Chabad-Lubavitch UK's first cheder, run by his wife and daughter, Fradel (later to be the wife of Rabbi Nachman Sudak).

NOTE - THIS PAGE IS IN AN EMBRIONIC STAGE AND IS CURRENTLY A WORK IN PROGRESS

Chabad Lubavitch Centres and Congregations in the UK

All centres and congregations are believed to be currently active, unless otherwise indicated.


London:

Home Counties:


Provincial:

 

Scotland:

 

 

Not part of the United Kingdom, but closely connected to the Chabad Lubavitch UK Network.

Irish Republic:

(F) a constituent of the Federation of Synagogues.

(FA) an associate community of the Federation of Synagogues.

(UO) a congregation associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

(xUO) a congregation formerly associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC).

(x) no longer active.

 

 

Online Articles, Reports and Other Material
relating to Chabad Lubavitch UK

  • Annual Reports & Accounts of Chabad Lubavitch UK filed with the Charity Commission (pdf):

 


References and Notes   (returns to main text)

  1. Charity Commission website, accessed May 2026. Clicking on the charity number of this charity will take you to the charity's registration on the Charity Commission website.

Synagogal Organisation in the United Kingdom

London Jewish Community home page


Page created: 21 May 2026
Page most recently amended: 18 September 2026

Research and formatting by David Shulman


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