Israel Independence Day, London, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1968, St John’s Wood, New West End and Marble Arch Synagogues.

These are the Orders of Service for the celebrations of Israel Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) in London. London’s Great Synagogue in Dukes Place, in the City, had been destroyed in 1940 in the Blitz (bombing).  So now, the community had to find a new central synagogue for major communal services.  In 1955 it was the St John’s Wood Synagogue, in 1959 the New West End Synagogue, and in 1962 and 1968 the new Marble Arch Synagogue.

 

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