the former

West London Hebrew Congregation

London WC1

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Congregation Data
Name:	West London Hebrew Congregation⁽ⁱⁱ⁾
Address:	119 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London W1⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾
Formation:	Formed in 1943^(iv)
Final Status:	Merged with Bloomsbury Synagogue in about 1949 to form West London & Bloomsbury Hebrew Congregation.^(v)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	The congregation was constituent/affiliated synagogue the Federation of Synagogues.^(vi)
Ministers:	Rabbi Chaim Ire Etner - rabbi from at least 1945 until about 1949.^(ix)
Lay Officers:	All data on lay officers has been extracted from listings in Jewish Year Books.^(x)
	Presidents 1945-1946 - S. Daniels 1946-1949 - N. Goldstein Wardens 1945-1946 - A. Bacrac & B. Bromberg Treasurer 1947-1949 - L. Davis	Chairman 1946-1949 - L.J. Mintz Vice Chairman 1948-1949 - M. Jacobovitch Hon. Secretaries 1945-1946 - B. Gordon 1946-1949 - J. Mintz Secretary 1946-1948 - J. Myers
Local Government Districts:	Marylebone, in central London, is in the City of Westminster (an Inner London Borough), is within the administrative area of Greater London, both of which entities were established on 1 April 1965.^(xi) Until 1965, Marylebone was in the former Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone, (established in 1900) within the former County of London (established in 1889), both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Cemetery Information:	For Federation cemeteries, see Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues.

Congregation Records

Registration District (BDM):

Westminster from 1 January 1978^(xii) - Link to Register Office website

Marriage Records:

Marriage Registers of the congregation (first entry 2 November 1947; last entry 31 August 1948) deposited with Westminster Register Office.

The Board of Deputies (ref:16/29a/1) also holds a copy of the congregation's registers and gives reason for cessation as "disused".

Notes & Sources
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(i) Reserved.
(ii) This was the name listed in Jewish Year Books, 1945/6 through 1949. ↵
(iii) This was the address listed in Jewish Year Books, 1945/6 through 1949. ↵
(iv) Note in Jewish Year Books, from 1947. ↵
(v) The merged congregation was first listed in Jewish Year Book 1950. ↵
(vi) Although the congregation was listed in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 through 1948 as a constituent synagogue of the Federation, during those years all Federation congregations were listed as constituent synagogues. In the 1949 edition, it was listed as an affiliated synagogue of the Federation. ↵
(vii) and (viii) Reserved.
(ix) Based upon the listing of "Rabbi C.I Etner" as rabbi of the congregation in Jewish Year Books 1945/6 through 1949, and believed to be Rabbi Chaim Uri Etner. To view a short profile of Rabbi Etner - hold the cursor over his name. ↵
(x) Where a person is first listed in a year book as holding a particular office, it has been assumed that his term of office commenced in the year of publication of the relevant year book (which was generally towards the end of the year prior to the year appearing in the title of the year book) and that he continued in office until the commencement of office of his successor, unless the office was vacant (e.g. if he is listed in Jewish Year Books 1947 through 1949, it is assumed that he commenced office in 1946 and continued in office until 1949). However, it should be noted that this is only an assumption and accordingly his actual years of office may differ slightly from those shown here. Jewish Year Books were not published during WWII from 1941 until the 1945/6 edition. ↵
(xi) The (London Borough of the) City of Westminster was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the former City of Westminster (a Metropolitan Borough) with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Paddindton and St Marylebone. The metropolitan boroughs were created in 1900 and had been within the former County of London (established in 1899, abolished 1965). ↵
(xii) The former Registration Districts were: Marylebone - from 1 July 1837 until 1 January 1902; and St Marylebone - from 1 January 1902 until 1 January 1978. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

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Congregation first listed: 5 November 2006
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 2 September 2026
Page most recently amended: 2 September 2026

Research and formatting by David Shulman

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