Menorah Synagogue

{{Short description|Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in South Manchester, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use British English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Menorah Synagogue | infobox_width = | image = | image_upright = 1.4 | caption = The synagogue in [YYYY] | map_type = Greater Manchester | map_size = 250 | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the synagogue in Greater Manchester | location = 198 Altrincham Road, Sharston, Wythenshawe, South Manchester, England M22 4RZ | country = United Kingdom | geo = {{coord|53.3936|-2.2538|region:GB_type:landmark|display=it|format=dms}} | latitude = | longitude = | religious_affiliation = Reform Judaism | rite = | region = | province = | territory = | prefecture = | sector = | district = | cercle = | municipality = | consecration_year = | status = Synagogue | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | leadership = Rabbi Kath Vardi | website = {{url|menorah.org.uk}} | architecture = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | established = 1963 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | specifications = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/m07_cheshire_ref/index.htm |title=Menorah Synagogue; Cheshire Reform Congregation |work=Jewish Communities and Records - UK |publisher=JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |date=8 January 2021 |access-date=12 May 2024 }}</ref><ref name="Rabbi">{{cite press release |url=http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/menorah-synagogue-welcomes-rabbi-fabian-sborovsky.html |title=Menorah Synagogue welcomes Rabbi Fabian Sborovsky |publisher=Movement for Reform Judaism |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=11 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211175703/http://news.reformjudaism.org.uk/press-releases/menorah-synagogue-welcomes-rabbi-fabian-sborovsky.html |archive-date=11 February 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> }} '''Menorah Synagogue''' is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Altrincham Road, Sharston, Wythenshawe, in South Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1963 as the '''Cheshire Reform Congregation''', the community is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.<ref name="Directory">{{cite web |url=http://synagogues.reformjudaism.org.uk/details/menorah-synagogue.html?__catid=4 |work=Synagogue Directory |title=Menorah Synagogue |publisher=Movement for Reform Judaism |access-date=11 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211181037/http://synagogues.reformjudaism.org.uk/details/menorah-synagogue.html?__catid=4 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The rabbi of the congregation is Kath Vardi who succeeded Rabbi Fabian Sborovsky,<ref name="Rabbi"/><ref name="Directory"/><ref name="JC 150115">{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/community/community-life/128202/sborovsky-set-light-menorah |title=Sborovsky is set to light up Menorah |work=The Jewish Chronicle |date=15 January 2015 |access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>

== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Greater Manchester|Judaism}}}} * History of the Jews in England * List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom * List of synagogues in the United Kingdom

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== External links == * {{Official website|http://menorah.org.uk/}}

Category:1963 establishments in England Category:20th-century synagogues in the United Kingdom Category:Jewish organizations established in 1963 Category:Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom Category:Synagogues in Manchester Category:Wythenshawe