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Mill Hill East Jewish Community

London, NW7

 

 

 

 

 
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 Congregation Data

Name

Mill Hill East Jewish Community

Address:

Services are currently held in Canada Villa Youth Centre, Mill Hill.(ii)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

The community held its inaugural Friday night service in Summer 2016 and its inaugural Shabbat morning service was held on 18 February 2017, attended by over 100 people. (An initial open meeting was held in May 2016 to discuss formation of the community.)(iii)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

The Community began as a fledgling congregation of the United Synagogue, whose Council in March 2018 voted in favour of accepting the Community as a full member with effect from 1 April 2018. (See also Mill Hill Synagogue)(iv)

Website:

http://mhejc.org/

Rabbinical Team: To view a short profile of a minister - hold the cursor over his name.

Rev. Bentzi Mann (and Michal Mann) - (Part-time) rabbinic couple from October 2018 until August 2022(vii)

Rabbi Jack Cohen and Rebbetzen Rivka Cohen - rabbinic couple from 2023 until present (December 2025)(viii)

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 District:

Mill Hill, a residential suburb in Northwest London just to the east of Edgware, is in the London Borough of Barnet (formed 1965).

Bibliography -  Barnet

Registration District (BMD):

Barnet (since formation of Congregation) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

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

Notes & Sources ( returns to text above)

  • (i) Reserved.

  • (ii) Congregation's website.

  • (iii) Report dated 27 February 2017, entitled "Over 100 People Attend Mill Hill East Jewish Community Inaugural Shabbat Service", formerly on the United Synagogue website.

  • (iv) Jewish Chronicle Report dated 20 March 2018, entitled "Mill Hill East Jewish Community to become full member of United Synagogue", and congregation's website, accessed 27 December 2018.

  • (v) and (vi) Reserved.

  • (vii) Jewish Chronicle article of 6 July 2018 and article in kosher.org.uk of 28 February 2019, both referring to the rabbinic couple also working for the Tribe, University Jewish Chaplaincy and the Jewish Free School and the congregation's website, last accessed 13 July 2021. The Jewish News report of 27 November 2023 refers to their return to Israel in August 2022.

  • (viii) The Jewish News of 6 December 2022 reported the induction of Rabbi Jack and Rebbetzen Rivka Cohen as the rabbinic couple at Mill Hill East Jewish Community. They were still serving the congregation according to the congregation's website, accessed December 2025


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Page created: 20 April 2016
Page most recently amended: 14 December 2025

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