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The Ark Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Liberal Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue (active) |
Leadership | Senior Rabbis: Rabbi Aaron Goldstein and Rabbi Lea Mühlstein. Emeritus Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein |
Location | |
Location | 18-24 Oaklands Gate, Northwood, HA6 3AA, United Kingdom |
Geographic coordinates | 51°36′46″N 0°25′30″W / 51.6127°N 0.4251°W |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1964 (Pinner & District Liberal Synagogue)
1966 (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue) 2020 (The Ark Synagogue) |
Website | |
https://www.arksynagogue.org/ |
The Ark Synagogue is a Liberal Judaism Synagogue situated in Northwood, in a northwest London suburb, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1964 it has become the largest Liberal Jewish Synagogue outside of central London with over 1100 adult and 300 younger members. [1] Previously known as Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue (NPLS), in December 2020 they adopted the name “The Ark Synagogue”. [2]
Services are held weekly on Shabbat evening and morning, Havdalah service on Saturday, High Holy Days and festivals. These are conducted in-person as well as broadcast via livestream on YouTube and Facebook. They celebrated their 200th online Havdalah in February 2024. [3] Every Kabbalat Shabbat, The Ark Synagogue join their twin congregations in Lutsk and Teiva ( Lviv) in Ukraine for online services. [4]
On the High Holy Days, services are held for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidrei and all day services on Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. [5]
At Pesach, special services and a communal second-night Seder is held at the Synagogue.
The Ark Synagogue has a membership of 1100 adults and approximately 300 children and junior members (under 18 years of age). [1]
In 2010 the synagogue’s Bereavement Support Group, founded by Sharon Goldstein in 1993, was awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service [6], which was presented, in the sanctuary by Deputy Lieutenant, Wing Commander, Edna Partridge, representing the Queen. [7]
They work with the local community and support local charities such as the Harrow Foodbank and homelessness [8] and refugee projects [9], Holocaust memorial events, as well as participating in interfaith activities. [10] [11]
In 2014 the synagogue became one of the first Liberal and Reform Synagogue’s to start live streaming both Friday and Saturday services, allowing those not able to attend to enjoy the services at home. They have since celebrated their 200th zoom Havdalah in January 2024. [12]
Rabbis and members of The Ark Synagogue are represented on the boards of Liberal Judaism, the Board of Deputies of British Jews as well as Leo Baeck College, London.
The Synagogue is twinned with the congregations of Lviv (Teiva) in Ukraine. [13]
Rabbi Andrew Goldstein became the congregation's first rabbi in 1965. [14] He went on to become President of Liberal Judaism from 2013-2022 [15] and Honorary Life President of European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ). [16]
Rabbi Goldstein's Yom Kippur address in 1978 was the starting point for NPLS connection with Czech and Slovak Jewry. [17]
Rabbi Andrew Goldstein retired in 2008 and became Rabbi Emeritus of the synagogue. His son, Rabbi Aaron Goldstein became Senior Rabbi. [14] This was the first time in the UK Liberal Movement that a son has succeeded his father in this way. [18]
Rabbi Aaron Goldstein also writes for the Guardian and Jewish News.
The synagogue's other Senior Rabbi is Rabbi Lea Mühlstein. She was one of only two rabbis outside the US to win at the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Women’s Empowerment Awards, held in Chicago in 2020. [19] She is also the Chair of European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) [16] and Chair of Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland in 2023.
In 1965 the Synagogue acquired the first of their Czech Memorial Torah scrolls which had been recovered from the Nazi sacking of Czechoslovakian synagogues. They received a second scroll in 1971 originating from Třeboň. In a glass case on the wall of the Bimah is the torn remnant of another Scroll from Kladno that serves as a Holocaust memorial. In 1998 NPLS were presented a fourth Torah Scroll from Spišská Nová Ves. [20]
In 2015 the first Torah scroll especially for the Synagogue was commissioned. [21] The new lightweight Torah was finished with the help of 41 of their members who, with a scribe, wrote the final letters onto the Scroll.
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The Ark Synagogue | |
---|---|
Religion | |
Affiliation | Liberal Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue (active) |
Leadership | Senior Rabbis: Rabbi Aaron Goldstein and Rabbi Lea Mühlstein. Emeritus Rabbi Dr Andrew Goldstein |
Location | |
Location | 18-24 Oaklands Gate, Northwood, HA6 3AA, United Kingdom |
Geographic coordinates | 51°36′46″N 0°25′30″W / 51.6127°N 0.4251°W |
Architecture | |
Date established | 1964 (Pinner & District Liberal Synagogue)
1966 (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue) 2020 (The Ark Synagogue) |
Website | |
https://www.arksynagogue.org/ |
The Ark Synagogue is a Liberal Judaism Synagogue situated in Northwood, in a northwest London suburb, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, in the United Kingdom. Since its foundation in 1964 it has become the largest Liberal Jewish Synagogue outside of central London with over 1100 adult and 300 younger members. [1] Previously known as Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue (NPLS), in December 2020 they adopted the name “The Ark Synagogue”. [2]
Services are held weekly on Shabbat evening and morning, Havdalah service on Saturday, High Holy Days and festivals. These are conducted in-person as well as broadcast via livestream on YouTube and Facebook. They celebrated their 200th online Havdalah in February 2024. [3] Every Kabbalat Shabbat, The Ark Synagogue join their twin congregations in Lutsk and Teiva ( Lviv) in Ukraine for online services. [4]
On the High Holy Days, services are held for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, Kol Nidrei and all day services on Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah. [5]
At Pesach, special services and a communal second-night Seder is held at the Synagogue.
The Ark Synagogue has a membership of 1100 adults and approximately 300 children and junior members (under 18 years of age). [1]
In 2010 the synagogue’s Bereavement Support Group, founded by Sharon Goldstein in 1993, was awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service [6], which was presented, in the sanctuary by Deputy Lieutenant, Wing Commander, Edna Partridge, representing the Queen. [7]
They work with the local community and support local charities such as the Harrow Foodbank and homelessness [8] and refugee projects [9], Holocaust memorial events, as well as participating in interfaith activities. [10] [11]
In 2014 the synagogue became one of the first Liberal and Reform Synagogue’s to start live streaming both Friday and Saturday services, allowing those not able to attend to enjoy the services at home. They have since celebrated their 200th zoom Havdalah in January 2024. [12]
Rabbis and members of The Ark Synagogue are represented on the boards of Liberal Judaism, the Board of Deputies of British Jews as well as Leo Baeck College, London.
The Synagogue is twinned with the congregations of Lviv (Teiva) in Ukraine. [13]
Rabbi Andrew Goldstein became the congregation's first rabbi in 1965. [14] He went on to become President of Liberal Judaism from 2013-2022 [15] and Honorary Life President of European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ). [16]
Rabbi Goldstein's Yom Kippur address in 1978 was the starting point for NPLS connection with Czech and Slovak Jewry. [17]
Rabbi Andrew Goldstein retired in 2008 and became Rabbi Emeritus of the synagogue. His son, Rabbi Aaron Goldstein became Senior Rabbi. [14] This was the first time in the UK Liberal Movement that a son has succeeded his father in this way. [18]
Rabbi Aaron Goldstein also writes for the Guardian and Jewish News.
The synagogue's other Senior Rabbi is Rabbi Lea Mühlstein. She was one of only two rabbis outside the US to win at the Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Women’s Empowerment Awards, held in Chicago in 2020. [19] She is also the Chair of European Union for Progressive Judaism (EUPJ) [16] and Chair of Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland in 2023.
In 1965 the Synagogue acquired the first of their Czech Memorial Torah scrolls which had been recovered from the Nazi sacking of Czechoslovakian synagogues. They received a second scroll in 1971 originating from Třeboň. In a glass case on the wall of the Bimah is the torn remnant of another Scroll from Kladno that serves as a Holocaust memorial. In 1998 NPLS were presented a fourth Torah Scroll from Spišská Nová Ves. [20]
In 2015 the first Torah scroll especially for the Synagogue was commissioned. [21] The new lightweight Torah was finished with the help of 41 of their members who, with a scribe, wrote the final letters onto the Scroll.