Saatchi Synagogue | |
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Religious Affiliation: | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite: | Nusach Ashkenaz |
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Organisational Status: | Synagogue |
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Leadership: | Rabbi Mendel Cohen |
Functional Status: | Active |
Location: | 7/41 Grove End Road, City of Westminster, Central London, England NW89NG |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Map Type: | United Kingdom London Westminster |
Map Size: | 250 |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 51.5335°N -0.1865°W |
Established: | 1998 |
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The Saatchi Synagogue, also called The Saatchi Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation that worships from a synagogue located at 7/41 Grove End Road, in the City of Westminster, Central London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.[1]
The congregation was founded in 1998 in Maida Vale, London by Charles Saatchi and Maurice Saatchi.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The first rabbi of the congregation was Pinchas "Pini" Eliezer Dunner.[7] [8] [9]
Initially meeting at Andover Place, in Maida Vale, in a part of the building that once formed the Bayswater Synagogue,[1] the congregation subsequently moved its services to the site of the St John's Wood (United) Synagogue, and in 2018 plans were made to merge the two congregations.[10]
Rabbi Mendel Cohen has been the rabbinical leader of the congregation since 2010.