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Leeds Masorti Synagogue

Leeds, West Yorkshire

 

 

   

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 Congregation Data

Name:

Leeds Masorti Synagogue

Address:

Leeds, West Yorkshire(i)
As of at least 2018, the congregation holds Friday night services at members’ homes and Shabbat morning services at the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre, 311 Stonegate Road, Leeds, LS17 6AZ.(ii)

Date Founded:

Founded in about 1998.(iii)

Current Status:

Active.(iv)

Ritual:

Masorti - Conservative. The congregation describes itself as "a multi-generational, egalitarian and inclusive community who come together to davven (pray), celebrate the Jewish holidays and learn." Members of the congregation use "the traditional Ashkenazi prayer book."(v)

Affiliation:

The congregation is an associate member of Masorti Judaism (known as the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues until 2012).(vi)

Website:

http://leedsmasorti.weebly.com

Ministers:

None listed

Membership Data:

Reports & Surveys(vii)

2010 and 2016 - listed as having under 50 members (by household)

Masorti Judaism's Annual Reports(viii)

1 January 2007 through 2016 - 30 members(ix)

1 January 2017 - 50 members

Charitable Status:

No information found of registered charity status (as of 4 March 2019)

Registration District:

Leeds (since 1 April 1939)(x) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

Many of the congregation's members are also members of one of the Orthodox synagogues or the Reform ssynagogue in Leeds and would accordingly contribute to burial funds of such synagogues.

Notes & Sources ( returns to text above)

  • (i) No address was ever listed for the congregation in Jewish Year Books, there being only a contact name and telephone number. 

  • (ii) Masorti Judaism's website, last accessed 4 March 2019.

  • (iii) Based upon the congregation being first listed in the Jewish Year Book 1998.

  • (iv) The congregation was still listed on Masorti Judaism website, as of 4 March 2019.

  • (v) Masorti Judaism's website, last accessed 4 March 2019.

  • (vi) From its first appearance in Jewish Year Books, the congregation was listed as affiliated to the Assembly of Masorti Synagogues (AMS) and has been defined as an associate member of AMS in AMS's annual reports from the filing of the first annual report in 2007 (which followed AMS's incorporation - it had previously been an unincorporated association) until the latest annual report, filed for 2017 (see note (viii) below).

  • (vii) 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.

  • (viii) Links to Masorti Judaism's annual reports.

  • (ix) As the figure given for this congregation in the annual reports was constant over an 11 year period, it is clear that this is a nominal or estimated figure.

  • (x) For previous registration districts, see on Leeds home page. Any registers would now be held by current register office.

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