Liverpool Reform Synagogue

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Liverpool Reform Synagogue
Front entrance to the synagogue
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
LeadershipAlan Rae (president)
Paul Levinson (chairman)
Year consecrated1962
StatusActive
Location
LocationLiverpool, England
Website
lrshul.org

Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue in the Wavertree district of Liverpool, England.

Overview
Entrance gates to the synagogue
The former Progressive Synagogue

Affiliated with the Movement for Reform Judaism,[1] the synagogue was opened in the Wavertree district by the Liberal Jewish Congregation of Liverpool (LJCL) in 1962 under the name Progressive Synagogue.[2] The LJCL had moved to Wavertree from its previous location on Hope Place off Hope Street in the city centre, where it had been founded in 1928, making it one of the UK's first Reform Jewish communities to be established outside of London.[2][3] The Hope Place building now houses the Unity Theatre.[4]

At an unknown date, Progressive Synagogue closed down and was converted into a Grade II listed building and a block of apartments,[5] prompting the congregation to open the current synagogue in a neighbouring building on the same site.[2] Services today are usually led by Martin Herr, though the synagogue also has a part-time rabbi in Warren Elf, who is based in Manchester and is also the part-time rabbi at Southend and District Reform Synagogue in Southend-on-Sea.[6][7]

Notable members

See also

References
  1. "Liverpool Reform Synagogue". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. "Our Story So Far | Liverpool Reform Synagogue".
  3. "Liverpool Reform Synagogue". JCR-UK. 12 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. "Home". unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk.
  5. "28A AND 28, CHURCH ROAD NORTH, non Civil Parish - 1068326 | Historic England".
  6. "Our Synagogues". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. "Rabbi Warren Elf". About SDRS. Southend & District Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. Dysch, Marcus (21 June 2013). "Luciana Berger pledges to help women follow in her footsteps". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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