Golders Green Beth Hamedrash

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Golders Green Beth Hamedrash
Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Rite Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
LeadershipRabbi Yisroel Meir Greenberg
StatusActive
Location
Location9 The Riding, Golders Green, Borough of Barnet, London, England NW11 8HL
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Location of the synagogue in Greater London
Geographic coordinates 51°34′25″N0°12′09″W / 51.57361°N 0.20250°W / 51.57361; -0.20250
Architecture
Date established1936 (as a congregation)
Completed1956
Website
ggbh.info

The Golders Green Beth Hamedrash (popularly known as Munk's or abbreviated as GGBH) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Golders Green, in the Borough of Barnet, London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite, but as opposed to most other "Yekkish" communities, it follows minhag Berlin, which is a form of the Eastern Ashkenazic rite. It is a constituent of the Kedassia kashruth organisation.

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History

Most of the founders were refugees from Nazi Germany before and during World War II. It was founded in 1934 in the King Alfred School, and was located for many years in the Lincoln Institute in Broadwalk Lane. It moved to its present location in The Riding in 1956. [1]

The figure that made his mark on the beit midrash between the 1930s and the 1970s was Rabbi Dr. Eliahu Munk  [ he ] (1900–1978), a PhD in English Literature and a representative of the 'Torah im Derech Eretz' school, founded by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, which combines the study of Torah with earning a livelihood. Rabbi Chaim Feldman served as rabbi from the 1970s until he retired in 2007; he died in 2020. [2] The present rabbi is Rabbi Yisroel Meir Greenberg.

The congregation has also established Menorah Primary School and Menorah High School.

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