Chabad of West London

Ealing (also Heathrow)

London W5

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Organisation Data⁽ⁱ⁾
Name:	Chabad of West London (also Chabad of West London - Ealing)
Alternative Name:	Chabad of Heathrow
Address:	Chabad House, 27 Ainsdale Road , Ealing, London W5 1JY⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
When Formed:	The organisation was formed in about 2000.
Status:	Active
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox - Lubavitch
Affiliation:	An autonomous constituent of the Chabad Lubavitch UK Network, and part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement.
Website:	https://www.airportrabbi.com/
Rabbinic Couple:	Rabbi Hershi Vogel and Zelda Vogel, Co-Directors and Jewish Chaplains to Heathrow Airport, from 2000 to present (August 2026).⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Local Government District:	The residential suburb of Ealing in west London is in the London Borough of Ealing (created on 1 April 1965), within the administrative area of Greater London.^(vii) Previously, Ealing was in the somewhat smaller former Municipal Borough of Ealing (incorporated as a borough in 1901 and significantly enlarged in 1926), in the former County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Registration District (BMD):	Ealing from 1 October 1947^(viii) - Link to Register Office website
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) Unless otherwise stated, all data has been extracted from the organisation's website, accessed August 2026. ↵ (ii) This address is given on the www.chabad.org website. However, generally a postcode of W5 5QN is given on Chabad of West London's own website, which is the postcode of Ealing Synagogue, where Rabbi and Mrs Vogel serve as the rabbinic couple. ↵ (iii) To view a short profile of Rabbi Vogel - hold the cursor over his name. ↵ (iv) to (vi) Reserved. (vii) The London Borough of Ealing, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the Municipal Boroughs of Acton, Ealing and Southall. All three municipal boroughs had been within the former County of Middlesex. ↵ (viii) The former Registration District was Brentford, from 1 July 1837 until 1 October 1947. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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