Liverpool Reform Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Rabbi Warren Elf MBE |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 28 Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Location of the synagogue in Liverpool | |
Geographic coordinates | 53°23′49.8″N2°54′56″W / 53.397167°N 2.91556°W |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1928 (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1962 |
Website | |
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The Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 28 Church Road North, in the Wavertree district of Liverpool, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. [2]
The congregation was established in 1928 as the Liverpool Liberal Jewish Congregation, a member of the Jewish Religious Union for the Advancement of Liberal Judaism, and was one of the first progressive Jewish communities that were established outside London. [3] From c. 1937 until 1962, the Liberal congregation was located at 1 Hope Place (off Hope Street) in the city centre, the site of the former Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation. [1] The former Hope Place building subsequently housed the Unity Theatre. [4]
In 1962, under the name, Progressive Synagogue, the congregation moved to premises located at either 28 (or 28a) Church Road North, located adjacent to the current synagogue building. The congregation subsequently moved to its current location, a smaller building in the gardens on the same site at 28 Church Road North. [1] [3] The former synagogue building on this site was closed, converted into a block of apartments and, in 1952, was listed as a Grade II building. [5]
The congregation's part time rabbi is Warren Elf MBE . Elf is based in Manchester and is also the part-time rabbi at Southend and District Reform Synagogue in Southend-on-Sea. [6] [7]
The former Progressive synagogue | |
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Location | 28A Church Road North, Liverpool, England |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | 28A AND 28, CHURCH ROAD NORTH |
Designated | 28 June 1952 |
Reference no. | 1068326 |
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