Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue | |
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![]() The synagogue in 2017 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Tali Artman Partock |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 1 Victory Road, Hermon Hill, Wanstead, London, England E11 1Ul |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the synagogue in Greater London | |
Geographic coordinates | 51°35′06″N 0°01′35″E / 51.5849°N 0.02631°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Orphanage; chapel |
Date established | 1981 (as a congregation) |
Completed |
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Materials | Red brick |
Website | |
sukkatshalom | |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital |
Type | Listed building |
Designated | 22 February 1979 |
Reference no. | 1200737 |
Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Shelter of Peace"[1]) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Wanstead, in the Borough of Redbridge, London, England, in the United Kingdom.
The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. The rabbi of the congregation, since 2021, is Rabbi Tali Artman Partock.
History
[edit]The congregation was established in 1981 as the Epping Forest & District Reform Synagogue. In c. 1985, the congregation changed its name to the Buckhurst Hill Reform Synagogue; with a further name change to Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue in 1996.[1]
Located in Bedford House, Buckhurst Hill, Essex from 1981 to 1995, the congregation acquired its current location in 1995 and subsequently renovated and restored the building as a synagogue. The site occupied by the synagogue is in the restored chapel of Wanstead Hospital, and previously the Merchant Seamen's Orphan's Asylum.[1] The site was Grade II* listed with English Heritage in 1979.[2][3]
See also
[edit]- History of the Jews in England
- List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
- List of synagogues in the United Kingdom
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue". Jerwish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital (1200737)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Ranger, James (29 March 2010). "HISTORY: A look into the past of Wanstead Hospital". Wanstead and Woodford Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
External links
[edit] Media related to Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue at Wikimedia Commons