 Congregation Data
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Name |
Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue
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Hebrew Name |
Adat Shalom Verei’ut
(Congregation of Peace and Friendship)(ii)
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Former Names |
Brighton and Hove Liberal Synagogue, from about 1937
until about 1977.(iii)
Brighton Liberal Synagogue, possibly from the founding of the congregation until about 1937.(iv)
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Address: |
6 Lansdowne Road, Hove Sussex BN3 1FF,
This has been the congregation's address
since 1937. The building was originally a brick Victorian gymnasium,
renovated initially in 1938.(v) However, the site was vacated for
redevelopment in 2011.
Following the redvelopment, on 12 December 2015, a newly developed,
state of the art, synagogue opened its doors to the community with a rededication
service led by the congregation's rabbi.(vi)
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Current Status: |
Active
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Date Formed: |
1935(vii) |
Ritual: |
Liberal / Progressive |
Affiliation: |
A constituent community of
Liberal Judaism (formerly the Union of Liberal and Progressive
Synagogues, ULPS) and its
prdecessor, the Jewish Religious Union, since formation.
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Website: |
http://www.bhps-online.org/ |
Ministers:
(To view a short profile of a minister
who also served other UK congregations - name in blue - hold the cursor
over his or her name.) |
Rev. Marcus M. Goldberg
- from 1936 until 1938(ix)
Rabbi Sydney Berkowitz -
temporary acting rabbi from 1938 until 1939(x)
Rab. Dr. Henrique Lemle - from 1939 until May 1940(xi)
Rev. Archibald M. Fay - from 1950 until 1962
(previously lay reader 1940-1950)(xii)
Rabbi David Baylinson - from 1962 until 1965(xiii)
Rabbi Leslie Sirtes
- from 1965 until 1966(xiv)
Rabbi Isaacs Richards - in 1967(xv)
Rabbi Nicholas Ginsbury
- from 1967 until 1970(xvi)
Rabbi Meyer Benjamin BA - from 1971 until 1975(xvii)
Rabbi Charles Wallach
- from 1977 until 1988(xviii)
(Aubrey Milstein - Lay Reader from 1988 until 1993(xix))
Rabbi William Wolff
- from 1993 until 1997(xx)
Rabbi Paul Glantz
- from 1997 until 2000(xxi)
Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah
- from 2000 until present (July 2019)(xxii) |
Membership Data |
General
2016 - 300 members(xxiv)
National Reports and Surveys(xxv)
1977 - 219 male (or household) members and 143 female members
1983 - 217 male (or household) members and 300 female members
1990 - 316 members (comprising 175 households, 71 individual male and 70 female members)
1996 - 320 members (comprising 78 households, 65 individual male and 177 female members)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 200 to 299 members (by household)
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Legal and Charitable Status:
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On 8 June 2012, the congregation was
incorporated as a registered (non-profit)
company,
Brighton & Hove Progresssive Synagogue (company no.
08098379), a private company limited by guarantee without a share capital
(and with an exemption from use of the word 'Limited'). The company name
was changed to B&HPS on 11 September 2012 and
changed back to the original name on 2 September 2013.(xxvi)
The congregation is also a registered charity (no. 1149342), registered
on 16 October
2012.(xxvii) |
Registration District |
Brighton & Hove(xxviii)
(since 1 November 1998) -
Link to Register Office website. |
Cemetery
Information: |
There is Non-Orthodox Jewish section at
the Hove Cemetery for use by members of this congregation. (For further details see
Cemetery
Information on the Brighton and Hove community page).(xxix) |
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)
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On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to this Congregation
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Brighton & Hove Jewish Community home page
List of Liberal Judaism Congregations
Jewish Congregations in East Sussex
Jewish Communities of England home page
Page created: 21 August 2005
Data significantly expanded and notes added: 16 July 2019
Latest revision or update: 22 September 2020
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