Westminster Synagogue

Westminster Synagogue
Kent House, location of the Westminster Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Benji Stanley
  • Rabbi Dr Kamila Kopřivová
  • Rabbi Dr Thomas Salamon (Emeritus)
StatusActive
Location
LocationKent House, Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, Central London, England SW7 1BX
CountryUnited Kingdom
Westminster Synagogue is located in Central London
Westminster Synagogue
Location of the synagogues in Central London
Geographic coordinates51°30′05″N 0°10′00″W / 51.5013°N 0.1666°W / 51.5013; -0.1666
Architecture
TypeTown house
StyleVictorian architecture
FounderRabbi Harold Reinhart
Date established1957 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1874 (as Kent House)
  • 1960 (as a synagogue)
Website
westminstersynagogue.org
[1]

The Westminster Synagogue is an independent Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue, located near Hyde Park, in Central London, England, in the United Kingdom.[1] The synagogue is located in Kent House, a restored[2] Victorian town house in Knightsbridge. The building, which dates from the late 1800s, also houses the Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Westminster Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Kent House, Knightsbridge". Kent House, Knightsbridge. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. ^ Greenacombe, John. "Rutland Gardens and South Place: Kent House and the Kent House Estate Development: Survey of London: Knightsbridge". British History Online. p. 134-140. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.