Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
	Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Leadership	Rabbi Daniel Epstein; Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld (emeritus)
Location
Location	1 Wallenberg Place; London W1H 7TN
	Shown within Greater London
Geographic coordinates	51°30′54″N 0°09′33″W / 51.5151°N 0.1591°W
Architecture
Date established	1761; 263 years ago
Completed	1961
Website
	marblearch.org.uk

The Western Marble Arch Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship in central London. It is the result of a merger between the Western and the Marble Arch Synagogues in 1991, with the former congregation dating back to 1761. The current building is in Great Cumberland Place, Westminster. It is a leading Orthodox Judaism synagogue and offers religious and social activities to its members and the wider community.^[3]

History[edit]

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.^[2] 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.^[4]

The Western Synagogue and Marble Arch Synagogue, itself founded in 1957, merged in 1991.^[3]

Notable members[edit]

Constance, Lady Battersea^[4]
Barrington Black
Lord David Gold
Sir Samuel Montagu, Lord Swaythling^[4]
Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery^[4]
Sir Gerald Ronson
Sir Stuart Samuel^[4]
Viscount David de Stern^[4]
Anthony Yadgaroff

Bibliography[edit]

Barnett, Arthur (1961). The Western Synagogue through Two Centuries (1761–1961). London: Vallentine Mitchell.
Levy, Mathias (1897). The Western Synagogue: Some Materials for its History. London: Geo. Barber.
Picciotto, James (1875). Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History. Trübner & Company, Ludgate Hill.
Roth, Cecil (1932). Records of the Western Synagogue, 1761–1932. London: E. Goldston.

References[edit]

^ "Our People". Western Marble Arch. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1019–1020. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
^ ^a ^b "The Western Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lindsay, Paul (1993). The Synagogues of London. London: Vallentine Mitchell. p. 66.

External links[edit]

Website

51°30′54″N 0°09′33″W / 51.5151°N 0.1591°W / 51.5151; -0.1591

[marblearch.org.uk-1] "Our People". Western Marble Arch. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[palgrave-2] Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1019–1020. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.

[jcruk-3] "The Western Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2023.

[lindsay-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lindsay, Paul (1993). The Synagogues of London. London: Vallentine Mitchell. p. 66.

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