Metadata: Federation of Synagogues
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3820
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Reference number:
- ACC/2893
- Title:
- Federation of Synagogues
- Title (official language):
- Federation of Synagogues
- Creator/accumulator:
- Federation of Synagogues
- Date(s):
- 1887/2007
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 24.97 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of the Federation of Synagogues, 1887-2007. The records include a comprehensive set of minutes of the Federation; a less comprehensive but nonetheless interesting collection of minute books from the individual congregations; and minutes of other institutions connected with the Federation. There are also financial accounts, reports, property files (including synagogue plans), notice books and correspondence files which give a fuller picture of life of the Federation, records of the East London Mikvah Committee, Federation Burial Society and London Talmud Torah Council.
- Archival history:
- Deposited at London Metropolitan Archives in multiple accessions between 1991 and 2007.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Federation of Synagogues was established in 1887, consisting at that point of 16 small synagogues in the East End of London. By 1991 it had 14 constituent and 20 affiliated congregations, all in the the Greater London area. The objects of the Federation include the provision of services of orthodox rabbis, ministers and dayanim, the provision of a burial society, assistance to synagogues to build, reconstruct and decorate places of worship, the maintenance of kashrut, the support of charitable and philanthropic works, the furtherance of the progress of Eretz Yisrael. There are also associated organisations: the office of Rav Rashi, the London Kashrus Board, the London Talmud Torah Council and the Federation Burial Society. The cemeteries of the Federation Burial Society are at Montague Road, Angel Road, Edmonton, London and at Upminster Road North, Rainham, Essex. The Federation of Synagogues was founded by the first Lord Swaythling (Sir Samuel Montagu) as a counterpoint to the United Synagogue under the presidency of Lord Rothschild. Members of the Federation tended to be Jews based in the East End of London, as opposed to those in the West End and City of London who generally attended the United Synagogue. East European Jews were attracted to the Federation as they were used to smaller synagogues which played a daily part in the social life of its members and acted as an advice centre and a meeting place. Also, the Burial Society fees were lower: members of the Federation had been refused admission to the United Synagogue Burial Society, so in 1890 the Federation formed its own Burial Society. By 1991 most of the Jewish population had moved to the north or further east of London. The Federation's offices moved to Hendon.
- Access points: locations:
- London
- United Kingdom
- Access points: persons/families:
- Montagu, Samuel
- Subject terms:
- Burial
- Mikveh
- Orthodox Judaism
- Synagogues
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018
