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Sandy's Row Synagogue is a historic ''Grade II'' listed synagogue in the East End of London.〔(''Exploring the vanishing Jewish East End'' ) London Borough of Tower Hamlets accessed 26 Sep 2007〕 ==History== The building was constructed in 1766 by refugee French Huguenots as a community church, named ''L'Eglise de l'Artillerie'' (the Artillery Church), on a small street called Parliament Court, Artillery Street, in Bishopsgate.〔Reginald Lane Poole, ''A History of the Huguenots of the Dispersion at the Recall of the Edica of Nantes'', Macmillan and Co., 1880, p. 196.〕 The church took its name from the street, which in turn took its name from the fact that in the time of Henry VIII, the artillery practiced there.〔London, Rob Humphreys, Judith Bamber, Rough Guides, 2003p. 234–235〕 With changing demographics, the church passed into the hands of the Universalist Baptists, the Unitarian Baptists, the Scottish Baptists, and the Salem Chapel. In the mid-19th century, it was purchased by a Jewish society, the ''Hevrat Menahem Avalim Hesed v'Emeth'' (Heb: The Comforters of Mourners Kindness and Truth Society).〔Kadish, Sharman (2006). ''Jewish Heritage in England: An Architectural Guide''. English Heritage. pp. 10–11〕 The society had been founded by immigrants in 1853 as a mutual aid and burial insurance society, but evolved into a synagogue.〔 The members were workingmen of Dutch Ashkenazi background, employed as cigar makers, diamond cutters and fruit traders.〔 They acquired the building in 1867.〔 The building renovation was opposed by London's established synagogues, whose officials believed that new immigrants ought to join one of the established congregations. The poor, immigrant Jews of London's East End, however, felt so strongly about having a synagogue of their own that, rather than sitting in the free or cheap seats reserved for the poor in the established synagogues, they raised money to purchase and renovate the building at the rate of a penny per family per week. The Chief Rabbi of London, Nathan Marcus Adler, refused to preside over the dedication ceremonies. The total cost of the renovation came to £1,000. The building contractor held a mortgage for most of the cost, which the congregation paid off at the rate of £70 per year.〔Geoffrey Alderman, ''Modern British Jewry'', Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 85〕〔"Works in Hand", ''The Architect and Contract Reporter: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Art, Civil Engineering and Building'', 1870, v. 4, p. 320.〕 By 1881 Sandys Row was among the largest congregations in the East End, with a membership of 460 families and adult men.〔''The Jewish heritage in British history: Englishness and Jewishness'', Antony Robin and Jeremy Kushner, Routledge, 1992, pp. 182–183〕 In May 2009 English Heritage awarded a grant of £250,000 for the restoration of the synagogues Huguenot roof.〔〔(£7 Million to help repair England's historic places of worship )〕 In November 2010, building work began and the new roof is now in place. Today (2012) The synagogue is the last remaining Jewish place of worship in Spitafields. It is in use for weekday afternoon prayers, for Sabbath services every other week, for Jewish Festivals, and for tours of the historic building.〔 A plan for using the historic synagogue to house a museum or heritage centre celebrating the Jews of London's East End is under consideration.〔"Sandys Row Synagogue wins lottery", ''Jewish Chronicle'', May 14, 2009 ()〕 After the Great Synagogue of London, the city's first Ashkenazi congregation, was destroyed by the Nazis in the London Blitz on May 10, 1941, Sandys Row became the oldest surviving Ashkenazi synagogue in London.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandys Row Synagogue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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