Congregation Data |
Name: |
Belmont Synagogue
|
Former Name: |
Belmont & District Affiliated Synagogue
(until about 1980)(i)
|
Address: |
101 Vernon Drive, Belmont, Stanmore, Middx. HA7 2BW
(from about 1982)(ii) |
Current Status: |
Active |
Date Formed: |
1966(iii) |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Affiliation: |
An affiliated synagogue of the
United Synagogue
from 1966(iii),
subsequently becoming a constituent synagogue in about 1980.(iv) |
Website: |
http://www.belmontsynagogue.org.uk/ |
Ministers & Rabbinical Team:
(To view a short profile of a minister
whose name appears in blue
- hold the cursor over his name.) |
Rev. Elkan David Levy
- from 1969 until 1973; from 1991 until 1992(v)
Rev. D.A. Freedman
- from about 1973 until about 1988(vi)
Rabbi I. Shaffer
- from about 1988 until about 1991(vii)
Rabbi Israel Geoffrey Hyman
- from 1992 until 1996(viii)
Rev.
Dr. Norman E. Gale
- acting minister in 1996(ix)
Rabbi Daniel Roselaar
(& Rebbetzen Na'amah Roselaar)
- from about 1997 until 2010(x)
Rabbi Elchonon Feldman
(& Rebbetzen Jacqueline Feldman)
- from about 2011 until 2016(xi)
Rabbi Marc Doron Levene
(& Rebbetzen Lisa Levene)
- from 2017 until 2022(xii)
Rabbi Sam Millunchick
(& Rebbetzen Leat Millunchick)
- from 2022 until present (June 2025)(xiii)
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Membership Data: |
United Synagogue(xiv)
1966 - 77 male seat-holders
1970 - 141 male seat-holders
National Reports & Surveys(xv)
1977 - 303 male (or household) members and 20 female members
1983 - 464 male (or household) members and 65 female members
1990 - 613 members (comprising 605 households, 5 individual male and 3 individual female members)
1996 - 565 members (comprising 527 households, 24 individual male and 14 individual female members)
2010 & 2016 - listed as having 500 to 749 members (by household)
Congregation's Website
2018 - 600 families(xvi) |
Charitable Status: |
As a constituent of the United Synagogue, the
congregation operates within that organisation's registered charity
status (registered charity no. 242552).
However, the congregation has
its own general charitable
trust for the benefit of its members - The Belmont Charitable Trust,
a registered charity (no.
293834). The governing document is a Deed of
Settlement dated 30 January 1986.(xvii) |
Local Government Districts: |
London Borough of Harrow, created on 1
April 1965, situated in the northwest of the administrative area of
Greater London.
Bibliography - Harrow |
Registration District (BMD): |
Harrow (since formation of
Congregation) -
Link to Register Office website |
Worship Registration: |
The synagogue
at 101 Vernon Drive is registered as a Place of Worship -
Worship Register Number 76163 - under the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855.(xviii) |
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 Harrow
Jewish Congregations in Greater London
Greater London home page
Page created: 18 October 2006
Data significantly expanded and
notes first added: 13 May 2018
Page most recently amended: 24 June 2025
Research and formatting by David Shulman
Explanation of Terms |
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