CHRONOLOGY

1949
Community Founded June 1949
First premises used for services, 584 Watford Way, Mill Hill
First Part-tme Officiant Rev L.Jakob 1949

1951
House in Sylvan Avenue purchased as Synagogue in Sept 1951

1953
Rev I Abrams succeeded Rev Jakob in 1953

1955
Sylvan Avenue Synagogue consecrated in June 1955.

1959
Reverend (later Rabbi) Cutler appointed first full time Minister in 1959
Brockenhurst Gardens Communal Hall erected in 1959
Communal Hall Consecrated in May 1960.

1971
Synagogue in Station Road built in 1970/71 and consecrated in Nov 1971

1975
Communal Hall 1st “modernisation” in 1975 and reconsecrated in December 

1990
Communal Hall 2nd “modernisation” in 1990 and reconsecrated in March 1990

1993
Rabbi Cutler retired in 1993 and was succeeded by Rabbi Schochet

2013
“Ner Orre” Community Centre, in Station Road, was built in 2011/12 and consecrated in March 2013.

2014
Refurbishment and enhancements to both the main Synagogue itself and its lower ground floor usage, including the new Ohev Shalom Bet Hamidrash

2016
Installation of the Keilim Mikveh
 

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