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In 1919, David Assersohn and Mendel Kanal happened to meet each other on Ealing Common and decided to start a shul.  The Ealing & Acton Hebrew Congregation was established in September 1919 and the Rev. John Harris is appointed Minister and Teacher.

In 1923 Ealing Synagogue moved to 15 Grange Road.  The Ark and fittings were acquired from Hampstead Synagogue.  The new building is consecrated on 6 April 1924.  Rev. A Rose is appointed Minister, leading the community for thirty-eight years.

Ealing Synagogue joins the United Synagogue in 1923.

In 1935, the Ladies’ Gallery is extended and the foundation stone is laid for a communal hall.

The community continues to grow and the first overflow services for the High Holydays are held in 1946.

Rev. N. Goldberg is appointed as Chazan and Secretary in 1948.

Membership continues to grow and over one hundred children are enrolled in cheder classes.

In November 1959, the 40th anniversary of Ealing Synagogue, a fundraising event is held at the Cafe Royal to raise funds for a new classroom, the Hydleman Room, which is completed in 1962.

Rev. Rose retires in 1962 and is succeeded by Rabbi S. Silberg who stays with the community for five years.

In 1968, Rev. Dr. Norman Gale is appointed Minister and one of his first tasks is to establish the community magazine.

Ealing Synagogue’s Golden Jubilee is celebrated with a dinner at the Europa Hotel.

The 60th anniversary is celebrated at the Grosvenor Rooms, memorable for water flooding through the ceiling and soaking the guests.

During the 1980’s the membership begins to decline.  In 1988, Rev. Gale leaves and the first Elders, Clifford Lawton, Menascz Lipowicz and Hans Stern, are appointed.

Rabbi Dr. Julian Jacobs is appointed Rabbi in 1989 and stays with the community until his retirement in 1998.

Due to the decline in the number of children, Ealing Synagogue closes its cheder in 1992.

Rabbi Herhi Vogel is appointed Rabbi in 1999.

The 80th anniversary of Ealing Synagogue is celebrated in the synagogue hall.

In 2002 the United Synagogue’s restructuring of synagogue management allows women to serve on the Board of Management.  Ealing Synagogue elects its first female “Chairman”, Dorothy Kochan, formally known as Deputy Chair.

Ealing Synagogue celebrates its 90th anniversary on Sunday 8 November 2009.
Click on the link below to view the Ealing Synagogue 90th Anniversary Brochure (opens a new window).
Ealing Synagogue 90th Anniversary Brochure

In June 2011, Ealing Synagogue moved from the shul building to its newly renovated shul/communal hall, which incorporates many elements of the original building such as the Ark doors, chandelier and stained-glass windows.

The new synagogue building was dedicated by the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks on 16 October 2011.

 

 

Times of Services 5781/2020

Friday 22 January 2021
Shabbat begins: 4.17 pm
Mincha/
Kabbalat Shabbat: 3.25 pm
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 894 2182 4396
Passcode: 435416


Shabbat 23 January

Shabbat ends: 5.25 pm
Havdalah: 5.30 pm
Via Zoom
Meeting ID: 811 8281 1801
Passcode: 878025


Sunday 17 January
Shacharit: 8.30 am
Via Zoom
Meeting ID:
856 5041 3132
Passcode: 311690



 

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS 2021

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TRUST
WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY 2021
7.00pm - 8.00pm

For HMD 2021, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is curating a very special UK HMD Ceremony. To keep everyone safe, for the first time in the history of HMD, they are organising a fully virtual Ceremony.

On 27 January from 7 – 8pm, we will gather (in spirit) to remember those who were murdered for who they were: in the Holocaust, during Nazi Persecution and in the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

The UK Ceremony will be open to everyone and we hope that as many people as possible will watch and engage with the event.  Please click here to register to watch the ceremony.

Anyone who signs up, will receive a couple of email reminders in January, with the link to the Ceremony.


HOLOCAUST LEARNING UK
TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2021
7.30pm - 8.45pm

Please join us for a special event to view the première of our new and original Docufilm "Out of the Darkness"

"Out of the Darkness" includes the compelling testimony of Holocaust Survivor Janine Webber and features a diverse cast of participating students and a rabbi. It teaches students about the Holocaust and helps students understand that we must all play our part in the fight against racism, victimisation and intolerance if we are to build a better, safer future for everyone.  Click here to register.



 

What’s On

Monday afternoons: 2.30pm
Arts and Crafts Group
Join us in our new Arts and Crafts Group and do your own thing - painting, sculpture, pottery, textiles, mixed-media, etc.  Tell us what you're doing and swap ideas. For Zoom details please email Stephen Hirst: stephen.hirst@btinternet.com.


Wednesday afternoons: 3.00pm
Good Read Discussion Group
It could be a book you have just enjoyed or not, a newspaper or magazine article that has piqued your interest or maybe a painting that has moved you.  Perhaps you could talk about it for a few minutes or so with a view to group discussion.  Politics-free of course.  Or just Zoom in to say hello, listen and participate as you fancy.  For Zoom details please email Stephen Hirst: stephen.hirst@btinternet.com.


Israeli Dancing
Sunday mornings : 10.00am - 12.00pm
Tuesday evenings : 7.30pm - 9.00pm 

Via Zoom.  For Zoom details please email Daniela Bland: daniela.bland@btinternet.com.


 

Ealing Synagogue, 15 Grange Road, London W5 5QN
Tel: 020 8579 4894 | Fax:020 8576 2348 | Email: office@ealingsynagogue.org.uk
Minister: Rabbi Hershi Vogel, BA