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Western Marble Arch Synagogue

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Western Marble Arch Synagogue
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Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Daniel Epstein
  • Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld (Emeritus)
StatusActive
Location
Location1 Wallenberg Place, City of Westminster, Central London, England W1H 7TN
CountryUnited Kingdom
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Architecture
Established1991 (merged congregation)
  • 1761 (Western)
  • 1957 (Mable Arch)
Completed1961
Website
marblearch.org.uk
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The Western Marble Arch Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Wallenberg Place, in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England, in the United Kingdom.

The congregation was formed in 1991 as the result of a merger between the Western and the Marble Arch Synagogues, with the former congregation dating from 1761. It is a leading Modern Orthodox congregation and offers religious and social activities to its members and the wider community.[3][4] The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

History

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The Western Synagogue was founded in 1761 in Great Pulteney Street, Westminster. The congregation, formally named the Ḥevra Kadisha shel Gemilluth Ḥasadim (Hebrew: חברה קדישא של גמילות חסדים, lit. 'Holy Congregation of Acts of Charity') first met in the home of Wolf Liepman, a prosperous immigrant merchant from St. Petersburg.[1] A series of leased spaces followed until 1826 when the congregation built an elaborate synagogue in St. Alban's Place, Haymarket and renamed itself The Western Synagogue.[5]

The Western Synagogue and Marble Arch Synagogue, the latter founded in 1957, merged in 1991.[4]

Notable members

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See also

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