Western Marble Arch Synagogue

Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Western Marble Arch Synagogue is located in Central London
Western Marble Arch Synagogue
Location of the synagogue in Central London
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
RiteNusach Ashkenaz
Synagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Daniel Epstein
  • Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld (Emeritus)
StatusActive
Location
Location1 Wallenberg Place, City of Westminster, Central London, England W1H 7TN
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates51°30′54″N 0°09′33″W / 51.5151°N 0.1591°W / 51.5151; -0.1591
Architecture
Established1991 (merged congregation)
  • 1761 (Western)
  • 1957 (Mable Arch)
Completed1961
Website
marblearch.org.uk

The Western Marble Arch Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Wallenberg Place, in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England, in the United Kingdom.

The congregation was formed in 1991 as the result of a merger between the Western and the Marble Arch Synagogues, with the former congregation dating from 1761. It is a leading Modern Orthodox congregation and offers religious and social activities to its members and the wider community. The congregation worships in the Ashkenazi rite.

History

The Western Synagogue was founded in 1761 in Great Pulteney Street, Westminster. The congregation, formally named the Ḥevra Kadisha shel Gemilluth Ḥasadim (Hebrew: חברה קדישא של גמילות חסדים, lit. 'Holy Congregation of Acts of Charity') first met in the home of Wolf Liepman, a prosperous immigrant merchant from St. Petersburg. A series of leased spaces followed until 1826 when the congregation built an elaborate synagogue in St. Alban's Place, Haymarket and renamed itself The Western Synagogue.

The Western Synagogue and Marble Arch Synagogue, the latter founded in 1957, merged in 1991.

The building has been Grade II listed since 2024.

Notable members

See also

References

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  6. ↑ "Western Marble Arch Synagogue (1 Wallenberg Place and 13 Quebec Mews), 24 Great Cumberland Place and 38 Seymour Street, with area railings, and standard lanterns to 38 Seymour Street, Non Civil Parish - 1488912 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2026.

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