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Liverpool Reform Synagogue
Front entrance to the synagogue in 2017
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Warren Elf MBE
Status	Active
Location
Location	Liverpool, England
Location of the synagogue in Liverpool
Geographic coordinates	53°23′49.8″N 2°54′56″W / 53.397167°N 2.91556°W / 53.397167; -2.91556
Architecture
Date established	1928 (as a congregation)
Completed	1962
Website
lrshul.org

Liverpool Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.

Overview

The congregation was established in 1928 as the Liverpool Liberal Jewish Congregation, a member of the Jewish Religious Union for the Advancement of Liberal Judaism, and was one of the first progressive Jewish communities that were established outside London. From c. 1937 until 1962, the Liberal congregation was located at 1 Hope Place (off Hope Street) in the city centre, the site of the former Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation. The former Hope Place building subsequently housed the Unity Theatre.

In 1962, under the name Progressive Synagogue, the congregation moved to premises located at either 28 (or 28a) Church Road North in the Wavertree district, located adjacent to the current synagogue building. The congregation subsequently moved to its current location, a smaller building in the gardens on the same site at 28 Church Road North. The former synagogue building on this site was closed, converted into a block of apartments, and listed as a Grade II building in 1952.

The congregation's part-time rabbi is Warren Elf MBE, who is based in Manchester and is also the part-time rabbi at Southend and District Reform Synagogue in Southend-on-Sea.

Notable members

• Luciana Berger (born 1981), politician and former MP for the local constituency.

See also

• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• List of synagogues in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Liverpool Reform Synagogue". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
2. ^ "Our Story So Far". Liverpool Reform Synagogue.
3. ^ "Liverpool Reform". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
4. "Home". Unity Theatre, Liverpool.
5. Historic England (28 June 1952). "28A AND 28, CHURCH ROAD NORTH (Grade II) (1068326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
6. "Our Synagogues". Synagogue Directory. Movement for Reform Judaism. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
7. "Rabbi Warren Elf". About SDRS. Southend & District Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
8. Dysch, Marcus (21 June 2013). "Luciana Berger pledges to help women follow in her footsteps". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Liverpool Reform Synagogue on the Jewish Small Communities Network

v t e   Reform Judaism in the United Kingdom
Rabbis	Living Tony Bayfield Miriam Berger Barbara Borts Helen Freeman Laura Janner-Klausner Deborah Kahn-Harris Nicholas de Lange Josh Levy Jonathan Magonet Nancy Morris Julia Neuberger Jonathan Romain Sylvia Rothschild Sybil Sheridan Jackie Tabick Mark Winer Historical Leo Baeck Charles Berg Lionel Blue Curtis Cassell Albert Friedlander Hugo Gryn Arthur Löwenstamm Philip Magnus Ignaz Maybaum Harold Reinhart Sheila Shulman Werner van der Zyl
Lay leaders	Sir Sigmund Sternberg
Communities and synagogues in the Movement for Reform Judaism	London Bromley Edgware Finchley Hendon Hatch End (Kol Chai) Harrow (Mosaic) Ilford Redbridge (Sukkat Shalom) Temple Fortune (North Western/Alyth) West Hampstead (Shir Hayim) Whetstone (Sha'arei Tsedek: North London) Wimbledon Manchester Manchester Reform Whitefield (Sha'arei Shalom) Sharston (Menorah) Elsewhere Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford Brentwood (Tikvah Chadasha) Brighton and Hove Cambridge Cardiff Cornwall Coventry Darlington Glasgow Harlow Hull Isle of Wight Leeds Liverpool Maidenhead Milton Keynes Newcastle Radlett Ramsgate Sheffield South Hampshire Southend Southport Totnes Weybridge
Independent communities and synagogues	West London Westminster
Organisations	Leo Baeck College Sternberg Centre

v t e   Synagogues in the United Kingdom
England   London Barnet Belsize Square Bevis Marks Bromley Reform Central (East London) Central (Great Portland Street Edgware & Hendon Reform Finchley Progressive Reform United Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Golders Green United Hampstead Kol Chai Hatch End Kol Nefesh Masorti Lauderdale Road Liberal Jewish Machzike Hadath Mill Hill United Mosaic Reform New London New Stoke Newington New West End North Western Reform Ohel David Eastern Richmond Saatchi Sandys Row Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform South London Liberal Oaks Lane Reform Stanmore and Canons Park Sternberg Centre Sukkat Shalom Reform Wembley United West London Western Marble Arch Westminster Wimbledon Former: Bayswater Dalston Dollis Hill Fieldgate Street Great Great Museum of Immigration and Diversity Shir Hayim West Central Liberal Wlodawa Elsewhere in England Berkshire Birmingham Central Blackpool Reform Bournemouth Hebrew Bournemouth Reform Bradford Brighton and Hove Progressive Brighton and Hove Reform Bury Cambridge Cheltenham Coventry Darlington Exeter Guildford Heaton Park Hull Isle of Wight Kehillat Kernow Lincoln Liverpool Reform Maidenhead Manchester Reform Menorah Milton Keynes Middle Street Montefiore Newcastle Reform North West Surrey Plymouth Portsmouth and Southsea Princes Road Radlett Reform Seven Hills Sha'arei Shalom (Manchester) Sinai (Leeds) Singers Hill Southend Southport & District Reform South Hampshire Reform South Manchester Thanet & District Reform Tikvah Chadasha Former: Blackpool United Brighton Regency Brunswick Terrace Old Canterbury Falmouth Greenbank Drive Jesmond Leazes Park Lincoln (Jews' Court) The New, Leeds Manchester Sephardi Northampton Medieval (remnants) Nottingham Severn Street Sunderland Wilson Road
Northern Ireland   Belfast
Scotland   Aberdeen Edinburgh Garnethill Giffnock Glasgow Reform Former: Dundee Langside South Portland Street
Wales   Cardiff Reform Cardiff United Former: Merthyr
History Category Former list

• 1928 establishments in England
• 20th-century synagogues in the United Kingdom
• Buildings and structures in Liverpool
• Jewish organizations established in 1928
• Organisations based in Liverpool
• Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom
• Religion in Merseyside
• Synagogues completed in 1962
• Synagogues in England