Western Marble Arch Synagogue | |
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![]() Western Marble Arch Synagogue | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership |
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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 / 51.5151°N 0.1591°W |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1991 (merged congregation)
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Completed | 1961 |
Website | |
marblearch | |
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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 Synagogues1, 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.
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]