Leytonstone & Wanstead Synagogue was established in 1932 at 14 Drayton Road, Leytonstone E11 4AR and is affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues. The Synagogue stemmed from a Minyan started around 1924 in the home of Mr and Mrs Harris Schneider at 15 Preston Road. The current Synagogue building in Fillebrook Road was opened in 1954.
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Rabbi Yitzchok Austin - 2020 to date
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Rabbi Simcha Blum - 2019 to 2020
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Rabbi Zalmy Brackman - 2017 to 2019
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Only a short three months ago, when I was first invited by the community to lead the high holy day services, I immediately realised that the community at LAWS is something different. I was greatly inspired by the deep concern this warm, familylike community extends, not only to its regular service attendees, but to the wider unaffiliated community as well.
Together with my family, it has been a pleasure to join your community, attend Shabbat services and take part in many outreach activities together, working to ensure the entire Jewish community can enjoy the many benefits and blessings a vibrant, multi-functional Synagogue provides for please G-d many years to come.
Together with my family, it has been a pleasure to join your community, attend Shabbat services and take part in many outreach activities together, working to ensure the entire Jewish community can enjoy the many benefits and blessings a vibrant, multi-functional Synagogue provides for please G-d many years to come.
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Rev. Z. Meir Salasnik - 1974 to 1979
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It was wonderful being back in E11 this Yom Kippur, the first time since we moved to Bushey in 1979. If, in 1979, I had been asked whether the Shul would still be open in 2018, I would have assumed it would not be. Indeed, communities that were stronger and larger have closed. What has been Leytonstone & Wanstead's success has been a lay leadership that has given continuous commitment, some of you for close to 50 years; others more recently. Now, with an enthusiastic young Rabbi, Rabbi Brackman, hopefully your efforts will be rewarded and you will continue to grow both in numbers and in activities, religious, educational and social.
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Rev. I. M. Braier - 1948 to 1974
Photo shows Rev Braier presenting Stephen Maizals with a Kitzur Shulhan Arukh. August 1956 |
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Rev. G. H. Gordon - 1939 to 1948
In 1932 at a General Meeting the following Board of Management and Committe was appointed:
President - Mr H Bresloff
Vice President - Mr B Shulman
Wardens - Mr A Levy & Mr A Beerman
Treasurers - Mr J Shorn
Hon Secretary - Mr H Schneider
Trustees - Mr T Finn, Mr M Goodman & Mr L Hornstein
Hon Auditors - Mr L Shinsbaum & Mr J J Treisman
Collector - Mr M Harris
Talmud Torah - Mr S Kalms, Mr A Levy, Mr M Golding & Mr L Shinebaum
Committee - Mr L Abrahams, Mr A Lassman, Mr K Muswell, Mr J Mydat, Mr M Golding & Mr P Galowitz
Vice President - Mr B Shulman
Wardens - Mr A Levy & Mr A Beerman
Treasurers - Mr J Shorn
Hon Secretary - Mr H Schneider
Trustees - Mr T Finn, Mr M Goodman & Mr L Hornstein
Hon Auditors - Mr L Shinsbaum & Mr J J Treisman
Collector - Mr M Harris
Talmud Torah - Mr S Kalms, Mr A Levy, Mr M Golding & Mr L Shinebaum
Committee - Mr L Abrahams, Mr A Lassman, Mr K Muswell, Mr J Mydat, Mr M Golding & Mr P Galowitz
With gratitude also to the following lay readers:
Barry Hoddes
Philip Schryber
Etan Blass
Paul Braham
Sammy Ebrahimoff
Max Bronstein
Howard Cohen
Victor Charing
Alf Charing
Prof Dr Paul Fenton 1979
Joe Kent
If we've missed anybody out please get in touch.
Barry Hoddes
Philip Schryber
Etan Blass
Paul Braham
Sammy Ebrahimoff
Max Bronstein
Howard Cohen
Victor Charing
Alf Charing
Prof Dr Paul Fenton 1979
Joe Kent
If we've missed anybody out please get in touch.
Havdalah with Rabbi Menashe Scharf of the Traveling Chassidim - 22/06/19
Opening of the new Synagogue building in Fillebrook Road on 23rd May 1954
Jewish Chronical Article 10/10/1931
Consecration of the new Synagogue in 1964
Synagogue at 14 Drayton Road 1934
Hainault Hebrew Classes Outing 1947
Fusion Orchestra, the highly acclaimed progressive jazz/rock band, played at Leytonstone & Wanstead Synagogue on 24th October 1971.
Fusion Orchestra at the Marquee Club
A trip back in time...
Stanley Cirsch, whose parents were founder members of the Shul, has found these wonderful photos of Maccabi youth members from around 1950.
A teenage Stanley can be seen with Mrs Rosetta Shine in the top photo. Her husband's parents donated the tablet pictured here, with the Prayer for the State of Israel (which sits to the right of the Shul's Ark).
Rosetta and Stanley are also in the group Maccabi photo below - can you spot them? And do you recognise anyone else? Please contact us and let us know.
Stanley Cirsch, whose parents were founder members of the Shul, has found these wonderful photos of Maccabi youth members from around 1950.
A teenage Stanley can be seen with Mrs Rosetta Shine in the top photo. Her husband's parents donated the tablet pictured here, with the Prayer for the State of Israel (which sits to the right of the Shul's Ark).
Rosetta and Stanley are also in the group Maccabi photo below - can you spot them? And do you recognise anyone else? Please contact us and let us know.
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