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The synagogue operates a day centre for Jewish people over 60.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.housingcare.org/service/ser-info-5932-richmond-synago.aspx|title=Richmond Synagogue Day Centre|publisher=Housingcare.org|date= 13 July 2011|accessdate= 19 September 2012}}</ref> |
The synagogue operates a day centre for Jewish people over 60.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.housingcare.org/service/ser-info-5932-richmond-synago.aspx|title=Richmond Synagogue Day Centre|publisher=Housingcare.org|date= 13 July 2011|accessdate= 19 September 2012}}</ref> |
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Rabbi Jonny Hughes has been appointed as the synagogue's rabbi with effect from November 2013.<ref name="New rabbi">{{cite press release | url=http://www.theus.org.uk/the_united_synagogue/media_centre/press_releases/c-1515/richmond-united-synagogue-welcome-new-rabbinic-couple/ | title=Richmond United Synagogue welcomes new rabbinic couple | publisher=[[United Synagogue]] | date=18 March 2013 | accessdate=30 April 2013}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
Revision as of 23:57, 29 April 2013
Richmond Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | United Synagogue |
Rite | Orthodox Judaism |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Lichfield Gardens, Richmond, London. |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Stern Thom Fehler Architects [1] |
Completed | 1987 |
Website | |
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Richmond Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Lichfield Gardens, Richmond, London. The synagogue building, designed by Stern Thom Fehler Architects, was opened on 9 March 1987 by Chief Rabbi Sir Immanuel Jakobovits and Rabbi Moshe Barron.
The synagogue operates a day centre for Jewish people over 60.[1]
Rabbi Jonny Hughes has been appointed as the synagogue's rabbi with effect from November 2013.[2]
History
Until 1916 the synagogue community was known as the Richmond Hebrew Congregation and from 1916 to 1938 it met at Central Hall, Parkshot, Richmond,[3][4] a building opened on 28 June 1916 by Leopold de Rothschild, the then President of the United Synagogue.[5] From 1938 it met at a converted chapel in Sheen Road which was later purchased by Richmond upon Thames Council to make way for a Waitrose supermarket.[3][4]
Previous rabbis have included Yitzchak Schochet (1991–93). Notable congregants have included Eldred Tabachnik and Lord Woolf.[5]
Communications
The synagogue publishes a magazine, Richmond Record.
References
- ^ "Richmond Synagogue Day Centre". Housingcare.org. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ^ "Richmond United Synagogue welcomes new rabbinic couple" (Press release). United Synagogue. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Richmond Synagogue". Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Richmond & South West London: History". jtrails.org.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Community: History". Richmond Synagogue. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
Further reading
- Howitt, A. Richmond and its Jewish Connections. Published privately, 1930
- History of the Richmond Synagogue. Published by Richmond Synagogue, 1976
- Renton, P. The Lost Synagogues of London. Tymsder Publications, London, 2000, pp. 145–6
See also
External links