North Western Reform Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership |
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Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Alyth Gardens, Temple Fortune, Golders Green, Borough of Barnet, London, England NW11 7EN |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the synagogue in Greater London | |
Geographic coordinates | 51°34′46″N0°11′47″W / 51.5794°N 0.1964°W |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Fritz Landauer |
Date established | 1933 (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1936 |
Website | |
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The North Western Reform Synagogue, commonly known as Alyth, [a] is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Temple Fortune, Golders Green, in the Borough of Barnet, north-west London, England, in the United Kingdom.
The congregation was founded in 1933. Its building, designed by the architect Fritz Landauer, [2] was built in Alyth Gardens in 1936, on land carved out from the West London Synagogue’s cemetery in Hoop Lane. [3] In 1942, the congregation became a founding member of Associated British Synagogue, now known as the Movement for Reform Judaism. [4] With approximately 2,500 adult and 1,000 child members, the congregation is one of the largest Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom.[ citation needed ]
In 2021 its members approved a £6 million upgrade to the synagogue building, [5] which is scheduled to be completed in 2024.
The following individuals have served as rabbi of the congregation: [3]
No. | Rabbi | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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1 | Solomon Starrels | 1933 | 1938 | |
2 | Maurice Perlzweig | 1938 | 1942 | Also chair of the World Union of Jewish Students in 1933 and had helped to create the World Jewish Congress |
− | Vivian Simmons | 1942 | 1943 | Acting, on secondment from West London Synagogue |
3 | Dr Werner van der Zyl | 1943 | 1958 | Also founder and president of Leo Baeck College [3] |
4 | Philip Cohen | 1958 | 1972 | |
5 | Dow Marmur | 1972 | 1983 | |
6 | Charles Emanuel | 1983 | 2003 | |
7 | Laura Janner-Klausner | 2003 | 2011 | Became Senior Rabbi at the Movement for Reform Judaism in 2011 [6] |
8 | Mark Goldsmith | 2006 | 2019 | Became Senior Rabbi at Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue in 2019 |
9 | Josh Levy | 2008 | 2023 | Emeritus; became Chief Executive of the Movement for Reform Judaism in 2023 |
10 | Colin Eimer | 2015 | incumbent | |
11 | Hannah Kingston | 2017 | incumbent | |
12 | Elliott Karstadt | 2020 | incumbent | |
13 | Golan Ben-Chorin | 2024 | incumbent |
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