Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation
| Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Location | Middleton Road, Crumpsall, North Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership | Rabbi Daniel Walker |
| Architectural description | |
| Completed | 1937 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Red brick |
Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation is a large Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue located in North Manchester, United Kingdom.[1] It was founded in 1935, and in 2010 had between 500 and 749 members.[2] Under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom,[3] Reverend Leslie Olsberg MBE led the congregation for 35 years until his death in 2008.[4][5][6] Rabbi Daniel Walker succeeded him, and currently heads the congregation.[7] Yehuda Marks is the hazzan.
History
The Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation was formally founded in 1935. By 1999, it had a membership of 550.[1] Reverend Leslie Olsberg retired from his position in 2008, aged 86, after 35 years' service.[4] The congregation is housed in a 1967 red brick postwar building on Middleton Road, Crumpsall.[8] Architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky describes it, unadmiringly, as having a "central block with projecting wings" and "a disproportionately large glass entrance wall."[9] According to architectural historian Sharman Kadish, the building is one of three Manchester area synagogues modeled on the 1934 building of Manchester's Holy Law Synagogue with its tirpartite facade in a "pleasing international style." The other two are the Manchester Reform Synagogue Jackson's Row, and the Prestwich Hebrew Congregation.[10]
On 22 April 2000 and again on 15 September 2002 antisemitic remarks were shouted at the synagogue.[11][12] Synagogue security cameras captured a murder on film in 2008, when violinist Michael Kahan was stabbed to death outside a Kosher bakery near the synagogue building by a mentally ill assailant.[13][14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Jewish Communities and Records – UK (hosted by jewishgen.org)
- ↑ Census of the Board of Deputies. Found at Board of Deputies website (see p. 21 of the census. Accessed 21 June 2011.
- ↑ "Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation", Jewish Gen website. Accessed 21 June 2011.
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- ↑ "Walker steps in at Heaton," The Jewish Chronicle, 11 July 2008, [1] Accessed 22 June 2011.
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- ↑ Krinsky, Carole, Synagogues of Europe; Architecture, History, Meaning, MIT Press, 1985, p. 99.
- ↑ Kadish, Sharman, Jewish Heritage in England; An Architectural Guide," 2006, p. 152.
- ↑ "Report of Anti-Semitic Incidents", Jewish Virtual Library. Accessed 21 June 2011
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- ↑ "Father killed on way to buy bagels," The Jewish Chronicle 6 June 2008, [2] accessed 22 June 2011.
- ↑ "New probe into death of bagel-stab violinist," The Jewish Chronicle Dec. 4, 2008 [3] accessed 22 June 2011.
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