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Liverpool Reform Synagogue

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Liverpool Reform Synagogue
Front entrance to the synagogue in 2017
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Warren Elf MBE
Status	Active
Location
Location	Liverpool, England
Location of the synagogue in Liverpool
Geographic coordinates	53°23′49.8″N 2°54′56″W / 53.397167°N 2.91556°W / 53.397167; -2.91556
Architecture
Date established	1928 (as a congregation)
Completed	1962
Website
lrshul.org

Entrance gates to the synagogue

Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogueinLiverpool, England. It is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.^[1]

Overview[edit]

The congregation was established in 1928 as the Liverpool Liberal Jewish Congregation, a member of the Jewish Religious Union for the Advancement of Liberal Judaism, and was one of the first progressive Jewish communities that were established outside London.^[2] From c. 1937 until 1962, the Liberal congregation was located at 1 Hope Place (off Hope Street) in the city centre, the site of the former Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation.^[3] The former Hope Place building subsequently housed the Unity Theatre.^[4]

In 1962, under the name Progressive Synagogue, the congregation moved to premises located at either 28 (or 28a) Church Road North in the Wavertree district, located adjacent to the current synagogue building. The congregation subsequently moved to its current location, a smaller building in the gardens on the same site at 28 Church Road North.^[2]^[3] The former synagogue building on this site was closed, converted into a block of apartments, and listed as a Grade II building in 1952.^[5]

The congregation's part-time rabbi is Warren Elf MBE, who is based in Manchester and is also the part-time rabbi at Southend and District Reform SynagogueinSouthend-on-Sea.^[6]^[7]

Notable members[edit]

Luciana Berger (born 1981), politician and former MP for the local constituency.^[8]

References[edit]

^ "Liverpool Reform Synagogue". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

^ ^a ^b "Our Story So Far". Liverpool Reform Synagogue.^{[self-published source?]}

^ ^a ^b "Liverpool Reform". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

^ "Home". Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

^ Historic England (28 June 1952). "28A AND 28, CHURCH ROAD NORTH (Grade II) (1068326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

^ "Our Synagogues". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

^ "Rabbi Warren Elf". About SDRS. Southend & District Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

^ Dysch, Marcus (21 June 2013). "Luciana Berger pledges to help women follow in her footsteps". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 September 2015.