Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue

Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Shelter of Peace"^[1]) 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 c. 1985, 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][3]

See also

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue". Jerwish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. ^ Historic England. "Former Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum at Wanstead Hospital and chapel to the north west of Wanstead Hospital (1200737)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
3. ^ Ranger, James (29 March 2010). "HISTORY: A look into the past of Wanstead Hospital". Wanstead and Woodford Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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