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The Wimbledon Synagogue (formally, Wimbledon and District Synagogue) is a synagogue in the London Borough of Wandsworth at Queensmere Road, Wimbledon Park, on the boundary with the London Borough of Merton. It is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. The community was established in 1949 and was based at Worple Road, Wimbledon from 1952 to 1997.〔 In 1997 it moved to its present premises, adapting a 1953 building which previously belonged to Southlands College,〔 now part of the University of Roehampton. ==History== The synagogue came into being at a meeting of the local Jewish community at the Wimbledon Hill Hotel in February 1949. In its first year the membership, of 60 families, was little more than one tenth of what it is now. Services were held in temporary accommodation. The community decided to build a new synagogue on a site at 44 Worple Road in Wimbledon. The foundation stone was laid on 8 April 1951 by Ernest Abelson and Leonard Montefiore (of the West London Synagogue) and the synagogue was formally opened and dedicated on 25 May 1952 by Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck. In 1953 the synagogue appointed its first Minister, Rabbi Charles Berg. When he retired, in 1974, the community had grown to 750 members. He was succeeded by Rabbi Hillel Avidan (1974–80), Rabbi Daniel Smith, (1982–93), Rabbi Robert Shafritz (1993–96), who died suddenly in office, Rabbi William Woolf (1997–2002), Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild and Rabbi Sybil Sheridan who job shared from 2003 until 2014〔 and Rabbi Tony Hammond who was appointed interim rabbi in 2015. Rabbi Jason Rosner became the synagogue's rabbi in November 2015.〔〔 In September 1997 the synagogue moved to its present site, adapting the former Athlone Hall (dating from 1953).〔 The synagogue now has more than 900 members. 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「The Wimbledon Synagogue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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