Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue

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Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue
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The synagogue in 2017
Religion
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
LeadershipRabbi Tali Artman Partock
StatusActive
Location
Location1 Victory Road, Hermon Hill, Wanstead, London, England E11 1Ul
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Location of the synagogue in Greater London
Geographic coordinates 51°35′06″N0°01′35″E / 51.5849°N 0.02631°E / 51.5849; 0.02631
Architecture
Type Orphanage; chapel
Date established1981 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1861 (as an orphanage)
  • 1995 (as a synagogue)
Materials Red brick
Website
sukkatshalom.org.uk
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameFormer Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital
TypeListed building
Designated22 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.

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The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. The rabbi of the congregation, since 2021, is Rabbi Tali Artman Partock.

History

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ranger, James (29 March 2010). "HISTORY: A look into the past of Wanstead Hospital". Wanstead and Woodford Guardian . Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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