Western Marble Arch Synagogue

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.

Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Daniel Epstein Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld (Emeritus)
Status	Active
Location
Location	1 Wallenberg Place, City of Westminster, Central London, England W1H 7TN
Country	United Kingdom
Location of the synagogue in Central London
Geographic coordinates	51°30′54″N 0°09′33″W
Architecture
Date established	1991 (merged congregation) 1761 (Western) 1957 (Mable Arch)
Completed	1961
Website
marblearch.org.uk
[1][2][3]

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

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

• Constance, Lady Battersea^[5]
• Barrington Black
• Lord David Gold
• Sir Samuel Montagu, Lord Swaythling^[5]
• Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery^[5]
• Sir Gerald Ronson
• Sir Stuart Samuel^[5]
• Viscount David de Stern^[5]
• Anthony Yadgaroff

See also

• London portal
• Judaism portal

• History of the Jews in England
• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• List of synagogues in the United Kingdom

References

1. 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.
2. "Our People". Western Marble Arch. Retrieved 17 August 2023.^{[self-published source?]}
3. "The Western Marble Arch Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
4. "The Western Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
5. Lindsay, Paul (1993). The Synagogues of London. London: Vallentine Mitchell. p. 66.

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Official website