Collection GB 0074 ACC/2712/GTS - GREAT SYNAGOGUE

11.58 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/2712/GTS 1591-1975 Collection 11.58 linear metres Great Synagogue

The Great Synagogue was founded in 1690, and was situated on Duke's Place, near Aldgate in the City of London. The Synagogue was the first in England built for Ashkenazi Jews and for many years it was the centre of Ashkenazi life in London. It was one of the original five synagogues which grouped together to form the United Synagogue in 1870. The Hambro Synagogue was incorporated into it in 1936. Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler was the rabbi there 1845-1890, succeeded by his son Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler, 1890-1911. The synagogue was destroyed by enemy action in 1941.

Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue. The administrative, financial and charity documents (items 1-368) form part of the original deposit. The registers (items 369-382) are part of an additional deposit.

Records of the Great Synagogue, consisting of minutes of the Committee of the Great Synagogue; Vestry minutes; Financial Committee minutes; Building Committee minutes; laws and rules of the Great Synagogue; letter books; wills and bequests; registers of distribution of unleavened bread at Passover and of Passover flour; title deeds for property at Duke's Place; financial accounts; financial accounts of the Burial Society; papers relating to charities; notices and circulars; and registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and chalitzah undertakings.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records arranged in two series: Synagogue records (ACC/2712/GTS-1) and Membership (ACC/2712/GTS-2).

All records relating to members of the synagogue are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Roth, Cecil: The Great Synagogue London 1690-1940 (published 1950), available online here: http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Susser/roth/index.htm (accessed March 2010).
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Description prepared in March 2010. Financial records Life cycle Death Burial Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Synagogues Organisation and management Administration Social welfare Poor relief Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Religious groups Jews Ashkenazim Information sources Documents Marriage records Kethubot Orthodox Judaism Judaism Ancient religions Religions Jewish Cultural identity Property Religion Great Synagogue United Synagogue City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations

Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue. The administrative, financial and charity documents (items 1-368) form part of the original deposit. The registers (items 369-382) are part of an additional deposit.

Records of the Great Synagogue, consisting of minutes of the Committee of the Great Synagogue; Vestry minutes; Financial Committee minutes; Building Committee minutes; laws and rules of the Great Synagogue; letter books; wills and bequests; registers of distribution of unleavened bread at Passover and of Passover flour; title deeds for property at Duke's Place; financial accounts; financial accounts of the Burial Society; papers relating to charities; notices and circulars; and registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and chalitzah undertakings.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records arranged in two series: Synagogue records (ACC/2712/GTS-1) and Membership (ACC/2712/GTS-2).

All records relating to members of the synagogue are closed to public inspection. Other material is available for consultation only by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English