Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue Explained

Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue
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Religious Affiliation:Reform Judaism
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Organisational Status:Synagogue
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Leadership:Rabbi Tali Artman Partock
Functional Status:Active
Location:1 Victory Road, Hermon Hill, Wanstead, London, England E11 1Ul
Country:United Kingdom
Map Type:Greater London
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Coordinates:51.5849°N 0.0263°W
Architecture Type:Orphanage
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Established:1981
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Materials:Red brick
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Designation1:Grade II*
Designation1 Offname:Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital
Designation1 Type:Listed building
Designation1 Date:22 February 1979
Designation1 Number:1200737

Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Shelter of Peace") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Wanstead, in the Borough of Redbridge, London, England, in the United Kingdom.

The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. The rabbi of the congregation, since 2021, is Rabbi Tali Artman Partock.

History

The congregation was established in 1981 as the Epping Forest & District Reform Synagogue. In, the congregation changed its name to the Buckhurst Hill Reform Synagogue; with a further name change to Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue in 1996.[1]

Located in Bedford House, Buckhurst Hill, Essex from 1981 to 1995, the congregation acquired its current location in 1995 and subsequently renovated and restored the building as a synagogue. The site occupied by the synagogue is in the restored chapel of Wanstead Hospital, and previously the Merchant Seamen's Orphan's Asylum.[1] The site was Grade II* listed with English Heritage in 1979.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue . Jerwish Communities and Records-UK . JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain . 11 April 2023 . 25 April 2024 .
  2. News: HISTORY: A look into the past of Wanstead Hospital . . 29 March 2010 . 25 March 2015 . Ranger, James.