IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4551
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SANDY'S ROW SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): [1900]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Sandy's Row Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Comforters of Mourners Kindness and Truth Society was founded by Ashkenazi Dutch immigrants in 1853 as a mutual aid and burial society. At first the Society met in small rooms, but as they grew and expanded their activities they purchased a small Baptist church in 1867. The society began to renovate the chapel for use as a synagogue but met with strong opposition from the established synagogues of the East End. Indeed, Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler refused to attend the dedication ceremony.
The chapel entrance was on Artillery Lane, near Bishopsgate. However, it was on the south-east side of the building which is the traditional location of the Torah Ark. The architect blocked up the old door and opened a new one on the opposite side of the building, leading onto Sandy's Row. The interior was modelled on the nearby Great Synagogue in Duke's Place.
The Synagogue was one of the congregations which formed the Federation of Synagogues in 1887, but left the Federation in 1899. It became an Associate of the United Synagogue in 1922, but left in 1949. It is now an independent synagogue.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
One black and white photograph of the Ark at Sandy's Row Synagogue, undated.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Presented by Mr and Mrs Wilder, the Secretaries, to Sharman Kadish, 8 August 1996, and by him to the Archives.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in September 1996.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the papers of the United Synagogue, see ACC/2712.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.