The Havurah

Northwest London

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Community Data

Name:

the Havurah

Address:

The community meets at various venues in Northwest London, particularly in the Finchley area.⁽ⁱⁱ⁾

Current Status:

Active⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Date Formed:

The community was founded as a grassroots inception in 2014.^(iv)

Ritual:

Masorti

Affiliation:

The congregation is a constituent community of Masorti Judaism.^(v)

Website:

https://www.havurah.org.uk

Rabbi:

Rabbi Oliver Spike Joseph - community rabbi from 2015 to 2020 and thereafter continued as a member giving his support with halacha and adult learning.^(viii)

Membership Data:

Annual Reports of Masorti Judaism^(ix) - number of members as of 1 January:

2016

2017

2018 through 2021

2022 through 2024

30

80

100^(x)

68^(x)

Charitable Status:

No information found of registered charity status (as of April 2026).

Local Government District:

The community generally meets in the London Borough of Barnet (formed in 1965).

Registration District (BDM):

Barnet (from formation of the community) - Link to Register Office website

Cemetery
Information:

Membership includes access to the Jewish Joint Burial Society (JJBS),^(xi) which gives rights of burial at one of the Society's cemeteries.

Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)

(i) Reserved.

(ii) The community's website. ↵

(iii) the community's website was last accessed in April 2026. ↵

(iv) Jewish Chronicle report "'Shul allergic' North London community is building a healthy following" of 17 March 2022 stated that "Havurah was established seven years ago". ↵

(v) Listed on Masorti Judaism website ↵

(vi) and (vii) Reserved.

(viii) Rev. Joseph's own website and the congregation's website. ↵

(ix) From Annual Reports of Masorti Judaism filed with the Charities Commission. ↵

(x) As the figures given for this community in the annual reports were constant during two periods, respectively of 4 and 3 years, it is clear that these were nominal or estimated figures. ↵

(xi) The community's website. ↵

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